Ch.344″Did I not get hit enough?”

Kim Donghu’s marriage news continued to spread.

Just when you’d think people would be tired of it, more gossip kept surfacing.

Every little thing triggered a flood of articles about Kim Donghu’s lovers.

It was impossible to remain ignorant about it even if you wanted to.

Plus, it was the first time something like this had happened in South Korea, which made it even more sensational.

This wasn’t some old-fashioned “My house has two grandmothers!” kind of situation.

He had officially and boldly declared he would marry all five women.

It was the first such case in Korea, not abroad.

“But how many times do they need to keep talking about this?”

“Right, that’s enough. It’s even making the news.”

“Is Kim Donghu just that famous? I mean… he’s not just some random celebrity.”

He had worldwide recognition.

Kim Donghu was on another level entirely.

In fact, as soon as Kim Donghu announced his polygamous marriage plans:

“Unexpected citizenship offers? Kim Donghu! Come to our country where it’s already legal! Islamic nations’ serenade goes wild”

“We don’t even need to wait for legislation? Saudi Arabia makes bold citizenship offer?!”

Countries where polygamy was permitted openly invited Kim Donghu to become a citizen.

As the situation developed this way, negative public opinion drastically decreased.

After all, nothing strengthens a group more effectively than creating an external enemy.

Thanks to these naturally emerging external threats, what little negative opinion remained completely disappeared.

ㄴSo we should just hand Kim Donghu over to Saudi Arabia?

ㄴPass the bill immediately, I mean how many polygamous marriages would there even be?

ㄴIf it seems controversial, just allow it for Kim Donghu and quickly repeal the law

ㄴAgree lol just approve it for Kim Donghu and then drop it

ㄴDo you know how much economic impact Kim Donghu is creating right now… imagine if he traveled around the world doing concerts

ㄴㄴHe’s not even a singer, what concerts?

ㄴㄴIt’s entirely possible, if Kim Donghu decided to work with a good producer on an album? You don’t think he could make good music?

ㄴㄴFact) Kim Donghu has already proven his singing ability in a duet with Evelyn

ㄴㄴKim Donghu sings incredibly well, he just doesn’t need to so he doesn’t

ㄴNewcomers to Kim Donghu fandom don’t know much, do they? His piano skills are already at gala concert level

Losing Kim Donghu to another country was unthinkable.

He was Korea’s pride and one of the nation’s points of honor.

How could they lose him just because of marriage?

To the people, it was ‘impossible.’

ㄴAfter Kim Donghu, our country is producing so many promising boxers, what is this nonsense

ㄴIf Kim Donghu leaves, would he go alone? Absolutely not. Choi Seokho < This guy would definitely follow him

ㄴHonestly, the entire Kim Donghu squad would probably go to Saudi Arabia

ㄴEven if he went to Saudi Arabia, it wouldn’t affect Kim Donghu’s lifestyle at all, right? His stage isn’t just Korea anymore anyway

ㄴFact) There are already more than a truckload of variety shows begging Kim Donghu to appear

ㄴFrankly, if Kim Donghu went to Saudi Arabia, he could live like a king

ㄴThat’s why we can’t lose him, we must pass the bill no matter what

Losing Kim Donghu, one of the nation’s shining stars, to another country?

And just because of ‘marriage’?

That was unacceptable.

Of course, in the midst of all this, a few tone-deaf media outlets jumped in:

“Kim Donghu, Actually Considering It? Criticism of Treasonous Choice”

“Will He Abandon His Country? Kim Donghu’s Decision?”

They published some strange articles, but:

“Thank you so much! Thank you for writing such articles!”

“The, the views are amazing! The reactions are incredibly heated!”

“Right! Super heated!”

“The article is getting a lot of attention, isn’t it?”

“That’s right! Yes! Yes! You’re too big for us! Amazing! So capable!”

“Thank you!”

“We’re not worthy of someone like you! You’re too amazing for us to handle! Look elsewhere!”

“Excuse me?”

“Thanks to you, companies that maintained good relationships with Kim Donghu have pulled all their ads!”

“…?”

“I really appreciate your youthful passion, sure, maybe you didn’t know what relationship our advertisers had with Kim Donghu! If your head is filled with noodles instead of brains, what can we do!”

“Ed-Editor-in-chief?”

“Good job! Really good job! You’ve worked hard writing trashy articles. Now go independent and pursue bigger dreams!”

“What are you suddenly saying! Am I fired?! Just for writing one critical article about Kim Donghu?!”

“Well, we just lost four advertising contracts because of it, you idiot. Why would I keep you at the company?”

The articles were taken down extremely quickly.

“Calling Kim Donghu a traitor was really… moving.”

“…Boss!”

“‘Treasonous choice!’ Wow, to think of attaching that to Kim Donghu… your courage is truly inspiring.”

“I’m sorry! I’m sorry!”

“No, you can get blinded by view counts. Yes… yes, yes, but unfortunately, Veritas specifically singled you out saying they were ‘displeased.'”

“…”

“Seokho is such a great person, he could have targeted our entire media outlet, you know? He’s so gentle.”

“I told you to think properly before writing articles.”

Even before people could criticize.

Someone who was currently leading two Hollywood series simultaneously.

The number one contributor to foreign currency earnings was at risk of being poached by another country.

In such a situation, who could criticize him?

Even if they did, they would be beaten down and quickly disappear, which was the typical pattern.

This issue had become completely sacred territory, you could say.

So with the citizenship requests from various countries,

Kim Donghu’s announcement to marry five women received 100:0 positive public opinion.

“…Is that a real promise? Even after getting married, you’ll visit often?”

“Of course. I was always planning to attend Seohyun’s graduation and entrance ceremonies and things like that.”

“R-really?! You’re the best, oppa!”

With even Kim Seohyun, who had been upset, completely changing her mind,

There was nothing left blocking Kim Donghu’s path to marriage.

In Seohyun’s case:

‘Honestly, there’s nothing I can do about it.’

With her extremely flexible situational awareness,

She determined that negative emotions were meaningless now.

Having sung her heart out and fully assessed the situation,

She explained her “I really hate you, oppa” message and ended the call on good terms.

‘Right, I’ll take a step back for now and… and I can get something bigger later.’

It was what you might call a strategy of giving up flesh to gain bone.

Of course, she hadn’t yet thought about what to give up and what to gain.

“By the way, Seohyun, aren’t you dating anyone?”

“Huh? Me? Dating?”

“Yeah.”

After her friend’s question, Kim Seohyun thought for a moment.

“Ah… well, I might, but hmm, not yet?”

“Do you have an ideal type? Anything like that?”

“Ideal type? I don’t really ask for much, just someone like my oppa? I’d consider dating someone like that.”

“Your oppa? Oh right, you mentioned having a brother! I have one too, but I think if someone was like my brother, it would be terrible. Is your brother different?”

To her friend’s follow-up question:

“Hmm… well… a little?”

That was her answer.

Of course, with an unmistakable smile to go with it.

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He had only announced the marriage.

Since they weren’t actually at the stage of preparing for the wedding yet,

Despite the worldwide commotion, Kim Donghu’s daily life remained largely unchanged.

Just the usual routine of filming movies, keeping schedules,

And signing advertising model contracts.

Because he was already a high-profile actor,

There were very few new or extraordinary events in his life.

Focusing on filming movies was naturally like that.

However.

The world wasn’t going to leave him alone.

“Is it Korea that’s strong, or just Kim Donghu?”

“Heavyweight champion Kim Donghu, mandatory title defense gradually closing in”

“Korean boxing world being provoked? ‘Come out, Kim Donghu!’ The ‘reckless mindset'”

During the approximately two years since Kim Donghu left the fighting world,

His absence had created a huge void that was finally making itself felt.

In truth, there hadn’t been any fighters worthy of matching up against Kim Donghu.

With average fights all ending within the first round,

There were no challengers in that position.

In such a situation, forcing a match would obviously lead to a disappointingly predictable outcome.

‘It would obviously just end up making a modest amount of money.’

There was too little to gain.

Of course, the opponent would receive an enormous fight purse,

But it would be difficult to consider it an amount that would satisfy Kim Donghu.

That’s why for two years, neither boxing nor MMA had called up Kim Donghu.

But now the situation had changed significantly.

There were now many high-level fighters,

And they called out Kim Donghu whenever their confidence rose.

It was clear they could make a fortune just by fighting him.

“But if he came out for everyone who called him, would Kim Donghu be Kim Donghu?”

“No matter how desperately they call, right? Not showing up is what makes him Kim Donghu.”

“How can they even think of matching up when they’re on completely different levels?”

Naturally, Kim Donghu didn’t respond.

So the fighters changed their target.

Not Kim Donghu personally,

But Kim Donghu’s country.

“The limitations of a weak country are clear.”

Spicy provocations uttered each time they defeated a Korean fighter.

They thought this would be the key to moving Kim Donghu.

After accumulating this kind of karma for about a year and a half,

In the midst of his busy schedule,

Kim Donghu, who occasionally checked fighting-related news, laughed hollowly.

“They haven’t been beaten enough.”

There are too many people I haven’t beaten yet.

“I’ll finish them all in the first round, so schedule five matches for that day. Make it five rounds.”

The fighting world has gotten too relaxed while I’ve been filming movies.