Life is Easier If You’re Handsome-Chapter 336

“Me? In the Super Bowl event match?”
—Yeah! Doesn’t it sound amazing? Just imagine how cool it’ll be!
“Ah... I mean, honestly, I don’t think it would be bad. But I’ll talk it over with the others first.”
—Talk it over? Is something uncomfortable? I’ll make sure to accommodate absolutely everything.
“It’s not that. Just go ahead and plan it like I’m doing it. Because I’m planning to.”
—Really? For real? Got it! Thank you so much!
Kade’s call came out of nowhere.
Who would’ve thought that the call would end with me participating in the Super Bowl event match?
‘Well, I don’t have anything else scheduled then... and honestly, it’s more of a gain for me to be in the Super Bowl event match.’
While countless companies spend billions just to advertise during the Super Bowl—
To be the centerpiece of an event match during that kind of game was an enormous opportunity.
I wasn’t sure if I could become even more famous than I already was—
But since the opportunity had come, I didn’t want to let it slip by.
‘Besides, it’ll also be a huge boost for promoting the movie.’
And since it was an event match, there obviously wouldn’t be any strict rules about the outfit.
If I could just modify the football gear to look more like Jin Wayne or ArcBorn—
That alone would clearly bring tremendous marketing effect.
Of course, I’d have to ask DC and Marvel about it.
But since they also understood how enormous the Super Bowl was, I didn’t think they would flat-out refuse.
And when I actually conveyed this as it was to DC and Marvel—
“Donghu, this is a big deal. Looks like a bidding war’s going on?”
“What?”
Turns out, a ‘meeting about which hero’s gear I should wear during the Super Bowl’ was being held.
‘Seriously? That far?’
And it wasn’t just DC and Marvel participating in that meeting.
I heard every sponsor I had was fighting over it, each wanting a piece.
As soon as I heard that, I made a quick decision.
“Then I’ll just go out with everyone’s sponsor logos plastered all over.”
“You think they’ll allow that at the Super Bowl? That’s basically blatant advertising.”
That means, Donghu, you’ll be a walking billboard.
Seokho hyung expressed concern about my decision.
But I nodded as if it was nothing.
Honestly, even if it’s still not clearly defined yet—
I’ve started to feel it to some degree.
‘Just how much influence I have, and what kind of weight class I belong to.’
What I can do—
And how far I can push while still respecting the line and making demands to the other side.
In that sense, this kind of request—
—Donghu Kim, maybe you’ll become the first human F1 in history!
“Really? Haha. Then can I take that as you’ll listen to my opinion now?”
—Of course. Why wouldn’t we? It’s actually better to take care of everyone. It’s just that we’re not in a position to say it out loud like that.
Naturally, it was well within the range I could easily handle.
‘So that takes care of the Super Bowl event match for now.’
Now all I have left is to finish the two movie shoots.
That’s what I was thinking when—
“...?”
A strange script arrived by courier.
***
Recently, the movie industry hasn’t been doing very well.
Maybe it’s more accurate to say that movies just aren’t trendy anymore.
Among the generation used to short-form content—
Movies that run for at least two hours have lost their power.
And with recent films being endlessly summarized on YouTube—
No matter how much you claim, “It’s different in theaters,”
If a movie doesn’t spark enough interest to drag people all the way to the theater—
They lose interest even watching the summary.
So to prevent that from happening—
Content creators recently began copying existing things.
They started remaking old hits or producing sequels.
Of course, in that process, dead characters were brought back to life—
Or storylines that didn’t originally exist were forcibly shoved in.
Which led to some discord.
But despite that, in many cases the box office and popularity followed.
This was the power of guaranteed IP.
A well-built IP was like a game macro that automatically hunts monsters.
If it succeeds once, you can just stretch your legs and sit on a mountain of cash.
But there were cases where that didn’t work.
When the pillar supporting the IP collapsed entirely.
Studios like Marvel or DC had countless pillars—
So even if the biggest one collapsed, they could still endure somewhat.
“A clean ending can be too cruel sometimes.”
“Even if we couldn’t hear the fans’ praise... maybe we should’ve left a hint that he was alive?”
“But the actors are old now... a soft reset was probably necessary.”
An IP with only one pillar—
The protagonist’s death felt fatal.
Especially when that death was indisputable and perfectly wrapped up.
“There was nothing more to do after that. Four films with a single main character. And we clearly confirmed his death.”
Beginning, middle, climax, conclusion.
All of that was already included within those four films.
There was nothing left to add.
So they tried expanding the universe—
But the absence of the protagonist had an unmistakable impact.
They barely managed to recover the production costs.
And at that time, the studio, Storm Road Pictures, realized:
“We need a new face to follow John Wick.”
It didn’t have to be a legitimate successor.
But a new face who could show presence equal to John Wick’s was needed.
To be exact, not <John Wick Chapter 5>—
But it was time to place a new heir on top of the solid franchise John Wick had built.
Actually, this conversation had been going around for a long time.
The problem was—‘who will that heir be?’
“Looking at recent trends... wouldn’t picking a Black woman be the PC thing to do?”
“Hah, what PC crap... Can we please stop with that? Since when did John Wick care about that stuff?”
While all sorts of strange opinions were flying around—
Storm Road Pictures heard a piece of very sweet news.
“Donghu Kim is doing ArcBorn too? Then that means... Murcielago, ArcBorn... he’s doing everything?”
“Yes. Apparently, he doesn’t want to define himself as anyone specific. He just wants to do a variety of things.”
“Because he doesn’t define himself... he can become anything...”
Being able to freely change his identity.
Maybe that’s exactly the mindset a hitman should have?
That comment made Storm Road Pictures feel a strong pull toward Kim Donghu.
Honestly, they’d been drawn to him before.
They just needed something extra to push them over the edge.
Anyway—
“Start writing the script.”
“Huh? We’re not sending a proposal first?”
“Do you think a top actor like Donghu Kim will move just because you whisper something? You need to have something! Something to convince him!”
And so, Storm Road Pictures immediately began working on a script with Kim Donghu at the center.
Was there a chance that Donghu might turn it down? Of course.
But you can’t make an omelet without breaking some eggs.
Even just making the attempt might allow them to revive the John Wick IP—
The one that was once called the textbook of the tactical action genre.
“Setting it up like he’s the successor to John Wick doesn’t make sense. John never raised a student.”
“Right. And actually, we want to emphasize that he’s Korean.”
“Exactly. People said Chapter 4 felt too weeby... So let’s go the opposite direction and highlight the Korean vibe.”
“What if we say there’s an assassin organization in Korea?”
“Go ahead. Ignore the little details. As long as it’s fun, that’s all that matters!”
I read a webtoon recently where King Sejong fired a bazooka.
But it was so fun, I just kept reading it.
And the result of that mumbling and brainstorming—
“...This suddenly?”
Was why Kim Donghu ended up receiving the script for <Working Title – A New Bullet>.
***
Same time.
Different place.
There was someone else who was delighted to hear about Kim Donghu’s Super Bowl event.
‘...’
It was Fate.
Fate had officially lost.
It had been milked so dry, it was starting to feel apologetic to those around it.
Now that 2025—the year he was supposed to die—had passed,
Kim Donghu had officially escaped the date of death.
As long as his body allowed it, he’d live out a full lifespan and then leave this world.
But—
There are always variables.
And if Fate could just create one—
It was ready to do anything.
The one being who contradicted Fate.
A being born from a bug, wielding the power of Sims and running rampant.
That was something Fate could never allow.
So—
“...I want to go up against Kim Donghu.”
“I do too.”
Fate smoothly placed Edward and Zain Lance on the opposing team for Kim Donghu’s Super Bowl event match.
With less than a month to recruit players—
If famous people who know how to play football volunteer?
It was bound to work out.
In fact, from MatchTo’s perspective, their applications were a gift from heaven.
Just having Kim Donghu already meant massive success—
But now there was a chance to place the ones who once fought him on the other side?
‘This is a jackpot!’
And with so many people eager to be on Kim Donghu’s team—
The fact that those two wanted to be on the enemy team made them feel like divine blessings from MatchTo’s point of view.
They accepted they couldn’t kill him.
But the thought—‘Couldn’t we at least hurt him a bit?’—lingered in Fate’s mind.
While MatchTo thought—‘No matter who it is, there’s no way they can hurt Kim Donghu.’
It was a perfect collaboration.