Ch.340Scandal Breaks!

『 A great family was brought down by a single assassin.

A murder occurred in the sanctuary,

and even the highest elder of the great family died.

Even the Judge couldn’t handle him properly,

and eventually the proxy of the great family met his end.

So what happened to the assassin who did this?

Was he executed miserably? Or did he willingly accept punishment for disgracing their honor?

“He achieved everything he wanted and officially died.”

That became the problem.

From cause to effect, the great family was essentially made a mockery of.

The great family that prided itself on honor and wielded authority because of it.

The incident of their downfall by a single person was widely discussed.

This resulted in the great family’s honor being tarnished.

So to restore their fallen honor.

The great family hired a new assassin… 』

Tap.

Growing bored of reading further, Shin Seoyul frowned and rolled up the scroll again.

“Why explain the whole situation when they could just give the orders?”

How pathetic.

Is this really necessary?

He muttered to himself.

“In the end, it’s all about controlling the media.”

Shin Seoyul realized once again why he had come to dislike the great family.

Despite all the rambling.

The core message was to kill a journalist who was exposing their incompetence inside the hotel.

As expected of the higher-ups, they’re certainly thorough with media control.

‘Sigh.’

After a short sigh.

Shin Seoyul moved straight to the safe.

Inside were hundreds of gold coins with a slightly aged metallic smell.

They were piled so high that despite the unfavorable situation, the corners of his mouth involuntarily turned upward.

‘I was planning to earn just enough, retire, and buy an apartment to live in.’

The order got messed up.

In his desire to secure an apartment, he suddenly found himself buried in debt.

To make matters worse, when he tried to wash his hands of it all and start a business, he failed.

At that time, to survive, he had no choice but to take out a loan.

Well, it wasn’t exactly a loan, more like free money.

‘I thought it was a sure profit with tens of billions per mark.’

Who knew it wouldn’t be.

Muttering, muttering, muttering, muttering.

Continuously lamenting his own circumstances.

Shin Seoyul headed to the heart of Gangnam.

A bustling intersection.

Towering buildings.

The place boasting the greatest development in 21st century South Korea.

Between those tall buildings.

A hanbok shop that didn’t match the modern setting at all was firmly established.

A world-famous designer and something about a new direction for hanbok.

But to me, it just looked like a shop disguising the sale of illegal military supplies.

Shin Seoyul muttered this as he entered the store.

“Welcome. Are you here to see hanboks? Or do you have a reservation?”

A friendly employee greeted him as soon as he entered.

Though multiculturalism might be trending, a blonde, blue-eyed beauty working at a hanbok shop was unexpected.

It should have felt strange.

But her smile was so bright that a first-time customer would naturally smile back.

That smile was too beautiful and radiant.

But for Shin Seoyul.

‘This is maddening.’

It felt like watching a close friend’s business.

He only felt disgust.

The friendly lines that never became familiar no matter how many times he heard them.

How could someone fake it so well?

Shin Seoyul didn’t answer and simply held out a gold coin.

“I’m talking to you with a smile, and you just hand me a coin without saying anything? Isn’t that incredibly rude?”

“Please just let me in nicely. Do we really need to argue about this?”

“Our Seoyul… I used to wipe your bottom when you were little.”

“And that’s why I washed your bed sheets when you wet them.”

After the warm exchange ended.

Shin Seoyul moved into the hanbok shop.

“What, you’re coming too?”

“Of course, I’m the proprietress. If I don’t go, who will?”

“You’re the proprietress? What about the old lady? There was an old man too.”

“The elderly couple is on a world cruise tour now, enjoying their golden years.”

“Hah… I have to kill someone at a hotel, and here we are.”

“You, you have to kill someone at a hotel? In the sanctuary?”

He moved with the employee toward the elevator heading underground.

Ding.

A hidden space that didn’t exist on any architectural plans.

The secret second basement.

“Yeah, so bring me some cool makgeolli with ice floating in it.”

I want to have that before I die.

There, numerous firearms and bulletproof equipment greeted Shin Seoyul.

‘All this just to kill one journalist.’

There was a lot to prepare.

++++++

With that, the immersive world breaks.

The last part seems to be an homage to the sommelier scene from John Wick.

‘Do they really call them proprietress?’

Well, it’s not wrong.

If the West has sommeliers, Korea has proprietresses.

It’s not an incorrect expression, but why does it feel so familiar and Korean?

‘They say the most personal things are the most universal.’

Recalling the words of a very famous film director.

I put away the script for “Shin – The New Bullet.”

It only feels awkward because it’s a Korean expression.

From a global perspective, these expressions might actually feel fresh.

And that’s why it received an S+ rating.

“But does this mean I’ll be filming three projects simultaneously?”

And not just simultaneous filming.

All three had series contracts.

Assuming it takes about 2 years to make one movie.

‘From my 30s onward, I’ll be focusing entirely on film series.’

I felt a bit disappointed that I seemed to be moving exclusively toward the global stage.

While it’s important to be loved by many people.

After spending so much time abroad, I was starting to want to work on Korean projects too.

‘Appear on variety shows, upload some YouTube videos.’

I wanted to communicate with fans in various ways.

But it wasn’t something to consider right now.

Since I’d already signed all the contracts.

I needed to finish what I could do now.

With that thought, I boarded the private jet.

Having refreshed my mood with the Super Bowl event match.

It was time to get back to work.

++++++

Director Zenker of “Arkbone.”

He was currently.

“What? So now… What? I didn’t mishear, did I?”

“No, you heard correctly. I said I want to bungee jump from a high-rise building. With a parachute, of course.”

He was in a situation where the lead actor he had worked hard to cast was trying to make a life-threatening choice.

“…So, why?”

“I want to pay homage to Iron Man. You know, that remote control feeling!”

He knew.

He knew exactly what he meant.

‘The problem is I know it too well.’

Normally, people would use CG for that.

They don’t actually do it.

Is there any reason to risk death while filming a movie?

Especially since today’s CG development is so frighteningly advanced.

There’s no difference between doing it for real and not.

Of course, it would be incredibly helpful for promotional videos.

But suggesting a high-rise bungee jump for that? Does that make any sense?

‘Come to think of it, didn’t he hang from a light aircraft in Tarzan?’

Because the actor already had such an impressive track record.

He couldn’t refuse by saying it was too dangerous.

‘It was fine when I tried it. I’ve done it before.’

When someone says something like that, there’s not much you can say in response.

If the person who wants to do it says it’s fine, what more can you add?

Of course, the safety personnel might stop it, but.

‘…The safety personnel could be replaced.’

As long as Arkbone revolved around Kim Donghu.

The atmosphere was generally one of overlooking and accepting everything unless it was truly bizarre abuse of power.

Therefore, in the end.

“…Alright. Let’s do it that way.”

“Thank you.”

Director Zenker was defeated by Kim Donghu, who was smiling innocently with clear eyes.

That aside.

“I have something to discuss about the suit production.”

“Ah, right. The suit.”

Director Zenker immediately began the next business-related meeting.

“Since the bio-suit will be fully explored in the second film, we agreed not to CG the suit parts in the first film… Is that still your preference?”

“Yes, of course.”

No matter how light they made the suit, it would still weigh at least 10kg.

It was essentially armor, but Kim Donghu just said it was fine.

If anything, wearing the suit gave more of a heroic feeling.

Having experience acting in the suit.

It would help make the CG acting more natural later on.

Thus began the filming of “Arkbone.”

Since his acting skills were already proven.

Director Zenker continued to express admiration while filming Kim Donghu.

Throughout the filming, the actor and director maintained good synergy.

And just as they were repeatedly giving OK signs, losing track of time.

“…Donghu. Donghu!”

During a brief lull in filming.

Choi Seokho, Kim Donghu’s manager and the CEO of Veritas, came running, out of breath.

He seemed to have urgent business.

And as if to prove it.

“…You’ve got a scandal!”

He brought truly big news.

“What? What kind of scandal?”

“Just… just all of them!”

“All?”

“Yes! All five! All of them! Scandals!”