Ch.230A light kiss

As soon as the light aircraft landed.

“Thank goodness you’re not hurt, you absolutely must not get injured… Anyway, really… I’m so relieved.”

“I’m so glad it worked out in one take. You did great.”

“Are you crazy?! Why did you do something so dangerous?! What?! Is that right?!”

An overwhelming amount of dialogue assaulted my ears as if they’d been waiting for this moment.

From experience, I knew that in situations like this, one clear statement is more effective than many words.

“But it looked cool, right?”

I answered with a bright smile.

“Is that really what you should be saying right now?!”

Evelyn Queen Ember jumped up and down as if she was going crazy.

“I thought it would be fine since I practiced it during rehearsal. I’m sorry.”

And I added a piece of apology amid this atmosphere.

No matter how much it was for the film, I had done something extremely dangerous.

In cases like this, it was only right to apologize and move on.

“No, rather… it’s my fault for not double-checking even though you already showed us during rehearsal.”

“Me too… me too. As the director, I shouldn’t have been so careless.”

After bowing my head to Producer Berillard and Director McGroi, who were having a hard time dealing with an unconventional actor,

I gently took the hand of Evelyn, whose face was still flushed red.

“I won’t do such dangerous things on my own from now on, really.”

“…You really need to think about how people feel watching you do these things.”

Evelyn seemed to calm down as soon as I took her hand.

It strangely reminded me of a certain childhood friend.

“The shot… the shot was perfect. Somehow we’ve already finished all the high-difficulty filming in advance.”

Director McGroi continued, explaining the current situation.

To summarize briefly:

Starting with the rope-climbing scene,

And various scenes using the light aircraft.

Generally speaking, all the tense work that would make everyone on set nervous was now complete,

And only the relatively safe parts remained—filming on set with CG processing.

“Somehow doing it this way seems to create a much better flow, like we’re gradually completing our homework.”

Producer Berillard also smiled pleasantly, apparently liking this approach to filming.

“I suppose it’s because the lead actor doesn’t make any mistakes?”

I’ve been filming for about a month now,

Yet we finished in just one day.

As I was showing appropriate modesty in response to their praise,

“Then with this flow, our next shoot should be the kiss scene.”

A sudden bombshell statement popped out of Director McGroi’s mouth.

“Ah, I guess that’s right.”

Though surprised, I thought it wasn’t a bad sequence, so I quickly agreed.

“What, what?! WHAT?! K-kiss? Not just a light peck?”

Evelyn was startled.

She looked at the director with a face that showed she hadn’t imagined this at all.

“Yes, yes, just a light peck. I was just saying it to make the situation easier to understand. There seems to be a misunderstanding, I’m sorry.”

Director McGroi waved his hands and answered hurriedly.

‘A kiss scene, huh.’

Actually, Ghost of the Opera had a kiss scene too,

But that was cleverly done using camera angles to just ‘pretend.’

There was no actual contact.

Just bringing our bodies a bit closer together.

We never went beyond that.

Who would have thought that fate would lead us here, to shoot a real kiss scene in Tarzan.

While I was surprised inside,

Evelyn, whose ears had turned bright red, slowly approached me.

Wondering what she was going to say, I slightly lowered my head.

“This is my first kiss, what should I do?”

“?!”

A real bombshell exploded in my ears.

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“The conditions are really good?”

-Yes, so if it’s at all possible… I’d really like to work with him.

“Is Kim Donghu definitely the main?”

-Yes. I’ve sent all the detailed plans and contract-related materials by email.

“Sounds good, I’ll check and let you know once we decide.”

-Yes, I look forward to your positive response.

Click.

As soon as the call ended.

“Wow, this is insane?”

Choi Seokho laughed heartily as he recalled the conversation.

The program name Will It Work Here?.

At first, he wondered what it was about.

But the concept was excellent.

Running a food truck in America to introduce Korean flavors.

Plus, it would be pre-released on an OTT service.

If done well, it could perfectly target global tastes.

‘Setting aside everything else, what I like most are the terms.’

Choi Seokho felt satisfied as he checked the contract that came by email.

Despite Kim Donghu’s status skyrocketing overnight,

Many in Korea still didn’t treat him properly.

‘Even with international recognition, without domestic activities… they tend to be stingy.’

That’s why he had rejected all the numerous offers until now.

It was offensive to even read offers trying to lowball someone who made hundreds of millions look trivial.

‘Working with tvW and Netflix must be why they’re offering properly.’

Moreover, it was clear they had planned everything with Kim Donghu as the main focus.

For instance, Kim Donghu was the main chef.

Even though he was good at cooking, he didn’t actually have the title of chef.

They could have recruited someone else, but this was a very bold decision.

‘They must really want Donghu that badly.’

The supporting cast included Kim Sujin, Obe, Kim Hyunjun, and Ahn Suhwan.

The position distribution was also perfect.

‘Sujin is a colleague but mainly in a support role… Obe is a foreigner so communication works, and Kim Hyunjun and Ahn Suhwan are comedians.’

The composition was good.

They were all major figures who wouldn’t be out of place anywhere,

And they had all already signed.

Apparently, they immediately agreed as soon as Kim Donghu’s name was mentioned.

Of course, it would all fall apart if Kim Donghu refused.

Anyway.

After thoroughly checking all the details, Choi Seokho:

“Hey, Donghu, I’m sending you something to check. It’s about a variety show.”

Immediately contacted Kim Donghu.

There was no point in delaying such matters.

Making decisions quickly was better for everyone involved.

And typically in these situations:

-Yes, I checked it. The dates between summer and fall work for me?

Kim Donghu never refused.

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What is a kiss?

It is the contact of mucous membranes.

One of the common forms of skinship in movies.

Usually, when done intensely, it involves French kissing,

Which is said to provide quite an intense sexual pleasure.

In movies with lower ratings, they typically use bird kisses,

Or hamburger kisses,

And the exchange of saliva is rare.

And since Tarzan is rated for all ages,

Intense tongue kissing was obviously impossible,

And it would only involve a light peck to give a pure feeling.

But.

Thump!

Thump!

Thump!

Thump!

For some people, even that much can feel extremely intense.

Evelyn, age 24, was pounding her pillow fiercely with her fist.

“Even during Ghost of the Opera, I was surprised when our faces got close!”

And now they want her to actually kiss that face?

Not just maintaining a precarious distance, but reducing that distance to zero?

Even though she had accepted the filming knowing all this,

When it actually approached, she didn’t know what to do.

“Just do it! Just do it!”

She tried to push herself, but:

“How am I supposed to do that?!”

It was useless.

This was the first time she’d felt these emotions.

How was she suddenly supposed to film a kiss scene?

“Ugh….”

How should she do it properly?

What expression should she wear to look most natural?

While she was pondering these questions, time flew by,

And suddenly it was the day of the kiss scene filming.

Evelyn arrived at the filming location earlier than anyone else.

Normally, she would have leisurely had tea time in the waiting room,

But now adapting to the set was the priority.

‘Green here… green there… I can’t look anywhere else.’

A space that was entirely green except for the basic structures.

Add rain pouring from the ceiling, and that’s it.

What action would be closest to the right answer?

While she was still racking her brain:

‘Let’s just do it, somehow it’ll work out.’

Evelyn decided to just go with the flow.

Honestly, it’s just filming, what’s there to be embarrassed about?

Shouldn’t she just go in confidently?

After reaching that conclusion, time seemed to fly by.

When she came to her senses, Kim Donghu was in front of her,

And the distance closed with each blink of her eyes.

‘Wait, is this real?’

In a dreamlike moment,

Evelyn slowly closed her eyes and kissed him.

“Cut! Um… E-Evelyn… you can’t use… your tongue.”

“…What?”

“It’s supposed to be a light peck.”

“…So I just… now… oh! Oh! J-just a moment! I… I need to go to the waiting room quickly!”

As soon as she heard the director, she hurriedly left the scene.

She felt like she could die of embarrassment.

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In neighboring England.

“I said I’d do it, but it’s a really funny thing to say.”

“What’s so funny about it?”

“It’s funny that an Asian thinks he can become champion.”

A very hot podcast was currently being recorded there.

The white man sitting in front of the microphone had as much confidence in his voice as in his large build.

“With me as the champion, how dare… it’s a bit ridiculous, and from some country I don’t even know.”

Donghu Tonghu? Even the pronunciation is difficult.

The man, the WBC Heavyweight Champion, casually began his provocation.

“I hear he’s acting as Tarzan? I’ll send him back to the era before he learned to imitate humans. Come on in, primitive man.”

This happened in early May.