Ch.228I really want to make this happen.

The moment I grabbed the rope attached to the light aircraft, the first thing I felt was:

‘This is sturdier than I expected.’

It was the robustness of the rope connecting the weight.

I suppose you could say it seemed like it would transfer force well and wouldn’t break.

After considering various factors, starting with safety measures:

‘Should I fulfill my dream today?’

I concluded that it was definitely feasible.

I immediately applied force.

Creeeeak.

The light aircraft responded right away.

Cheers and astonished exclamations erupted from the people around me.

That gave me even more strength.

‘Control breathing, maintain abdominal pressure.’

Creeeak.

I pulled the aircraft a bit more.

I wanted to exert more force, but…

I couldn’t waste energy when the cameras weren’t even rolling yet.

As soon as I judged I’d shown enough, I released the rope.

‘The leather’s pretty worn out.’

The first thing I checked after letting go was the condition of my gloves.

Perhaps due to the force of gripping and pulling the rope.

The gloves, which I knew were quite good quality, were roughly torn.

Especially the palm area was practically in tatters.

Thanks to them, my hands weren’t injured at all.

While I was checking my wrists:

“Really… I still can’t contain my excitement, wow, this is amazing!”

“W-what was that crazy scene just now?! How did you do that?!”

Director McGroi and Producer Berillard rushed over as if they’d been waiting.

“This is… this is unbelievable, pulling a light aircraft!”

“Are you a strongman? Or did you get injected with some super-soldier serum? How, how is this even possible…!”

Still unable to contain their excitement.

The two spoke very rapidly while looking at me.

“I wasn’t sure if I could do it, but I tried and… it worked.”

I answered casually.

Honestly, I didn’t really know if I could pull it.

I was a bit dumbfounded myself.

I still don’t know my exact limits.

What else can I do, how much more, and how far can I go?

Maybe I should get a physical fitness test sometime.

Even as various thoughts swirled in my mind.

The overheated atmosphere showed no signs of cooling down.

After about 20 minutes of people’s enthusiasm:

“…What’s all this about?”

Evelyn Queen Ember appeared.

She was a third party who couldn’t adapt to the atmosphere of this scene.

“Uh… well….”

“Um… you see.”

“Where should I even begin explaining this?”

Thanks to her, fortunately, the atmosphere cooled down quickly.

“No, no, there’s someone who hasn’t witnessed this miracle yet! This absolutely cannot stand!”

“Evelyn! Come over here! We’ll show you what we’ve captured!”

No, it almost cooled down.

If only the producer and director duo hadn’t reignited the fire.

The two showed Evelyn the video of me pulling the light aircraft.

As soon as she saw it:

“Are you hurt?! Th-this kind of thing usually causes pressure in the head… what were you thinking?!”

“Ah, I hadn’t thought about that….”

She immediately scolded me.

Why am I getting scolded?

Before that question could even form:

Evelyn grabbed my hand tightly as if something terrible had happened.

She examined my body from all angles.

“I don’t see anything problematic… it’s incredibly… incredibly cool, but be careful with things like this.”

I was already worried sick about this shoot.

I couldn’t hear the rest clearly.

But the feeling that she was concerned about me came through loud and clear.

But then:

“Evelyn, I didn’t know you were this forward.”

“What?”

“Your hand.”

To think she’d say this while interlocking our fingers.

I’ve felt this before, but

I’m definitely weak against this kind of direct approach.

‘Must be the influence of my past life.’

Having had a gloomy past life.

I couldn’t properly process this head-on, bold show of affection.

In other words:

“Ah, no, this just happened! I, I, um… ah, I’m sorry!”

“No, it’s fine. I… appreciated your concern.”

It’s a bit embarrassing, that’s all.

And simultaneously, the atmosphere turned slightly peculiar.

“Are you already immersing yourself as Jane? Well, with Tarzan right in front of you, it’s understandable.”

Berillard was the one who instantly changed this atmosphere.

He knew better than anyone the danger of the current mood.

“But before that, we’ll borrow Tarzan for a moment. Haha!”

Naturally leading the flow to release our interlocked fingers.

“Staff, please make the aircraft as light as possible, without causing any mechanical defects.”

He officially announced that they would put a lot of effort into the scene of pulling the light aircraft.

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What is wilderness?

It refers to the most primal state.

A world of killing and being killed, a raw world.

In such a world, the most important thing was a male’s strength.

How high on the food chain one is positioned.

How far one can control situations through force.

These aspects are nakedly revealed in the wilderness.

And from that perspective:

Creeeeak.

The scene of Kim Donghu pulling the light aircraft was raw nature itself.

A sight that automatically makes even other men say it’s cool.

Thump thump.

It would be a lie to say one’s heart didn’t race seeing that.

‘Why is his back so broad?’

No wonder people fall asleep drooling when riding on that back.

Thinking such thoughts, Evelyn imprinted Kim Donghu’s image firmly in her eyes.

Of course, she was also recording a video.

This was a masterpiece among masterpieces that needed to be watched again and again.

Creeeeak.

Gulp.

Hoping the sound of swallowing was masked by the sound of the aircraft being pulled.

Evelyn watched as Kim Donghu perfectly pulled the light aircraft.

“Perfect! It’s perfect!”

Director McGroi gave a standing ovation and signaled OK.

“We’ll postpone the filming on top of the aircraft until next week. You must have used a lot of strength.”

“No, I’m fine. We can do it right away.”

“We’re not fine. If we continue like this, people might misunderstand it as abuse.”

Director McGroi said seriously.

Pulling an aircraft was already impressive, but to be greedy and continue filming?

That would be insane.

“But since we’re already here, it would be better to film more….”

Of course, Kim Donghu judged that he had physical energy to spare.

He expressed his willingness to continue filming.

“We’ll postpone the aerial filming, and we’ll end here for today. Really… thank you so much for your hard work.”

“If we release this footage as a behind-the-scenes, it would be unbelievable, right?”

“I can think of so many ways to use this! I want to go edit it right now!”

The staff were alarmed and tried to stop them as they started another spicy Korean joke.

“That’s a shame, I wanted to efficiently push through everything at once.”

“…No, after pulling an aircraft, why are you suddenly talking about… efficiency?!”

They were dumbfounded by the Korean way of extracting efficiency.

As the filming site was being wrapped up:

Evelyn quietly approached Kim Donghu.

“So the action scene will be filmed next week?”

“Unfortunately, it seems that way.”

“…You mean the filming where you carry a stunt double who strangely resembles me on your back.”

“What?”

Evelyn frowned her beautiful forehead, as if just imagining that scene displeased her.

“If I had known this would happen, I should have learned with you when you said you were training for stunts.”

“You were busy, you had events to attend, parties you were invited to.”

“You mean the events and parties I attended alone after desperately asking you to come with me and being rejected.”

“…Haha.”

“Just kidding, that’s real American humor.”

Evelyn stuck out her tongue slightly and smiled.

“I just learned for the first time that I’m the jealous type, so please understand.”

“What?”

“Just saying, that’s all.”

Western direct approaches are definitely different.

Kim Donghu marveled at the unfamiliar culture.

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At the same time, on the opposite side of the Earth:

“His price has suddenly skyrocketed! What are we supposed to do?!”

The tvW conference room was currently in chaos.

Originally, they had planned to carefully develop “Will It Work Here?” centered around Kim Donghu.

They were going to select casting members and refine the outline, but:

When the news of Kim Donghu’s boxing match broke, all those plans instantly collapsed.

The biggest problem was as mentioned earlier:

“How much will he charge? It must be over 10 billion won, right?”

“Probably… honestly, we can’t even estimate it.”

“Right, of course. You wouldn’t know either.”

The entertainment director looked at the PPT screen with a serious face.

“Some say we should view actor Kim Donghu and boxer Kim Donghu differently, but that’s nonsense.”

The scale had already grown too large for such classification.

An irreplaceable, unique existence.

Kim Donghu was currently one-of-a-kind.

And that’s why it was giving them a headache.

“Have you contacted Netflix?”

“Yes, but they couldn’t give a definite answer either. They said they’re still discussing it….”

“Of course, naturally….”

How much should they pay to cast Kim Donghu?

If this issue couldn’t be resolved, “Will It Work Here?” would never air.

“I really enjoyed watching Eclipse.”

“What?”

“Our Fake Marriage too… I really, really enjoyed it.”

“Director, why suddenly?”

“That’s why… I wanted to see the Kim Sujin and Kim Donghu combination again… that’s why I planned this casting.”

I really want to make this happen.

The tvW entertainment director spoke with strong determination.

His resolve to make it happen no matter what was evident.