Ch.336This is seriously amazing!

“To the Super Bowl event match? Me?”

-Yeah! Doesn’t it sound great? How awesome would that be!

“Ah… honestly, I think it wouldn’t be bad, but let me discuss it with the others first.”

-Discuss? Is there something you’re uncomfortable with? I’ll make sure to accommodate you.

“It’s not that, just go ahead and plan everything assuming I’ll do it, because I intend to.”

-Really? You mean it? Alright! Thank you so much!

A sudden call from Cade.

Who would have thought it would end with me participating in the Super Bowl event match.

‘Well, I don’t have any schedule then… and appearing in the Super Bowl event match would actually be beneficial.’

While countless companies spend millions to advertise during the Super Bowl.

Being a central figure in the event for such a game was an incredible opportunity.

Even though I wondered if it was possible to become even more famous.

I didn’t want to miss such an opportunity now that it had come.

‘Plus, it would be great promotion for the movie.’

Since it’s an event game, there are naturally no strict regulations regarding attire.

If I could modify the football gear to look like Bruce Wayne or Arkbone.

It would obviously create tremendous marketing effects.

Of course, I’d have to ask DC and Marvel about this.

But I thought they wouldn’t outright refuse, knowing how huge the Super Bowl is.

When I actually conveyed this information to DC and Marvel.

“Donghu, we have a big problem. I think there’s an auction going on?”

“What?”

I was informed that a meeting was being held about ‘which hero’s gear I should wear’ for the Super Bowl.

‘Really, to that extent?’

Apparently, not only DC and Marvel participated in this meeting.

I heard that any sponsor of mine was eager to jump in, and.

Upon hearing this news, I quickly made a decision.

“I guess I’ll just have to wear gear with all the sponsors’ logos on it.”

“Will the Super Bowl allow that? It’s blatant advertising if you do that?”

It means you’ll become a walking billboard, Donghu.

Seokho expressed concern about my decision.

But I nodded as if it was fine.

Honestly, I still don’t have a clear understanding yet.

But I’m gradually starting to get a sense of it.

‘What level of influence I have, and what weight class I’m in.’

What I can do.

How far I can push while still respecting boundaries when making requests.

In that sense, this kind of request I’m making now.

-Donghu Kim, you might become the first human F1 in history!

“Is that so? Haha, but this means you’ll listen to my opinion, right?”

-Of course. Why wouldn’t we? It’s actually better to accommodate everyone. We just couldn’t say it outright because of our positions.

Obviously, it was well within the range I could easily handle.

‘So that takes care of the Super Bowl event match.’

Then all that’s left is to finish the two movie shoots?

While I was thinking that.

“…?”

An unfamiliar script arrived by courier.

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The film industry hasn’t been doing well lately.

Overall, movies are no longer the trend, you could say.

Among generations accustomed to short-form content.

Movies that last at least 2 hours are losing their power.

Also, since summaries of recent movies are widely circulating on YouTube.

No matter how much people claim “it’s different when you see it in theaters.”

If a movie doesn’t generate enough interest to make people go to theaters.

Cases have occurred where interest is lost just from watching the summary.

So to prevent this.

Recent content creators have been taking the approach of.

Remaking successful works from the past or creating sequels.

Of course, in this process, sometimes they resurrect dead characters.

Or force in storylines that weren’t originally there.

This created some discord.

But despite that, the performance and box office results often followed to some extent.

This was the power of a guaranteed IP.

And this power was why Marvel was able to expand its IP so extensively.

A well-developed IP is like a game macro that hunts automatically.

If successful, you can just sit back and enjoy the money rolling in.

But there were cases where this wasn’t possible.

Namely, when the pillar supporting the IP itself collapsed.

Places like Marvel or DC had numerous pillars, so.

Even if the biggest pillar collapsed, they could still hold up to some extent.

“A clean ending is sometimes too cruel.”

“Even if we couldn’t hear fans’ praise… should we have at least left a hint that he was alive?”

“But considering the actors’ ages and all… we should have done a soft reset.”

For an IP with only one pillar, the death of the protagonist was fatal.

Especially if that death was an undeniably clean conclusion.

“It would be strange to continue from here, we did 4 films with one protagonist. Plus, we confirmed his death.”

Beginning, development, turn, and conclusion.

Since all of this was contained within 4 films.

There was nothing more to add.

So they tried to expand the universe.

But the absence of the protagonist clearly had a significant impact.

Resulting in barely recovering the production costs.

And that’s when the production company, Storm Road Pictures, realized.

“We need… a new face to succeed John Wick.”

They didn’t necessarily need a legitimate successor.

But they needed a new face that could show the same presence as John Wick.

To be precise, not “John Wick Chapter 5”.

But they sensed it was time to place a new successor.

On top of the solid franchise John Wick had built.

In fact, this had been discussed consistently for a while.

The problem was ‘who would be that successor.’

“According to recent trends… choosing a Black woman would be PC.”

“Ha, what PC… Can we please stop with that? Since when did John Wick care about such things?”

While strange opinions continued to circulate.

Storm Road Pictures heard some very sweet news.

“Donghu Kim is doing Arkbone too? So Murciélago… Arkbone… does he do everything?”

“Yes, he apparently doesn’t define himself as any one thing and wants to do various activities.”

“Not defining himself as anyone… meaning he could be anything….”

The ability to freely change one’s identity.

Isn’t that perhaps the mindset a hitman should have?

With that statement, Storm Road Pictures felt strongly drawn to Kim Donghu.

In truth, they were already attracted, but maybe they just needed something more enticing.

Well anyway.

“Start writing the script.”

“What? Shouldn’t we make an offer first?”

“Are you suggesting we just float the idea to an actor of Donghu Kim’s caliber without anything concrete? We need something to convince him!”

So Storm Road Pictures immediately began working on a script centered around Kim Donghu.

The possibility of Kim Donghu refusing? Of course it exists.

But you can’t make an omelet without breaking eggs.

They felt that only by making such an attempt could they revive.

The John Wick IP, once called the textbook of the tactical action genre.

“Having him succeed John Wick doesn’t make sense, since he never trained disciples.”

“That’s right, and I’d like to emphasize his Korean identity.”

“Yes, since the 4th film was criticized for being too Japanese… let’s emphasize Korean elements instead.”

“What if we say there’s an assassination organization in Korea too?”

“Go with that, ignore minor historical accuracy, as long as it’s entertaining!”

I saw some webtoon recently.

King Sejong was firing a bazooka, but it was so entertaining that I kept reading!

The result of their work, muttering such things, was precisely why.

“…So suddenly?”

Kim Donghu received the script for <Working Title – New Bullet>.

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At the same time.

In a different space.

There was another who was delighted to hear the news of Kim Donghu’s Super Bowl event.

‘….’

It was Fate.

Fate had officially lost.

To the extent that milking it further would make them feel sorry for those around them.

Since the year 2025, when he was supposed to die, had passed.

Kim Donghu had officially escaped his death date.

He would likely live out his natural lifespan as long as his body allowed.

But.

Variables always exist.

And Fate was prepared to do whatever it took to create such a variable.

The only being that defied fate.

A being created by a bug, using the power of Sims to thrive.

This was absolutely unacceptable.

Therefore.

“…I want to go against Kim Donghu.”

“I feel the same way.”

Fate naturally.

Placed Edward and Zain Lance on the opposing side of Kim Donghu’s Super Bowl event match.

Given the short recruitment period of less than a month.

Famous people who know how to play football volunteering?

Of course they would be accepted.

Rather, their applications were welcomed with open arms by Matchto.

The situation was already amazing with just Kim Donghu.

But now they had the opportunity to place his former opponents on the other side.

‘This is really incredible!’

Plus, there were already many people who wanted to be on the same team as Kim Donghu.

So having those two request the opposing team was truly a gift from heaven for Matchto.

Accepting that they couldn’t kill him.

Fate thought, ‘But perhaps we can injure him?’ while.

Matchto thought, ‘No matter who comes, it’s impossible to injure Kim Donghu anyway.’

It was a moment of perfect collaboration between the two.