A peaceful Saturday morning.
Now accustomed to it, I enjoyed the routine of weekend work with little thought.
Slurp.
The employee, drinking his coffee while checking his emails, casually spoke to no one in particular.
“He’s supposed to be able to do it in the year after next. Kim Donghu, I mean.”
At that, the people hidden behind the partition raised their heads.
“Huh?”
“Excuse me?”
“Huh?”
They all looked at him with the expression of “Do you even know what you’re saying?”
The employee, still half asleep, returned the question with confusion.
“What’s wrong?”
“Did you just say that Kim Donghu is going to do Physical 300?”
“Yeah... that’s... what... huh, wait, what?!”
That’s when the employee realized what he had just said.
Kim Donghu was offered a spot on Physical 300?
Of course, the conditions themselves were the top-tier industry offers.
There were special terms and tons of perks in the contract, but—
“B-but... but still... this?!”
A superstar like Kim Donghu would never have accepted something like this without second thoughts.
Since Physical 300 was slated to film in the year after next,
the offer would be open until just before the filming started.
“Did he really agree to do it? Maybe they confused it with a show like 300 or something?”
“Do you really think so? The first person to check the offer was Choi Seokho.”
Choi Seokho.
Now, no one in this industry didn’t know who he was.
He might even be more famous than Kim Donghu in the broadcasting world.
Normally, people who are heads of agencies focus only on the big matters and stay out of the daily grind,
but he was still active in the entertainment industry, known for offering top-tier care.
“That’s why everyone wants to join Veritas.”
An agency with the best in the industry.
An agency that offers the best treatment.
Who wouldn’t want to join?
But the funny thing was, not just anyone could get in.
“The lineup’s too intense.”
At the front was Kim Donghu, a wrecking ball.
Behind him, Han Taegun and Seo Jinwoo were hot on his heels.
Not to mention—
The model with the best career in Korean history, Shin Yerim, who had graced all four major Vogue magazines.
Even though there were only four of them, the scale of their talent was overwhelming.
Anyway,
Choi Seokho, who managed all this, confirmed the news.
Kim Donghu had agreed to appear on Physical 300.
“This... this changes everything. We /N_o_v_e_l_i_g_h_t/ might need to scrap the entire plan!”
“I think you’re right.”
When creating variety or survival shows,
the most important thing was choosing the MC or lead character.
Even if there were multiple participants,
there had to be a central figure to anchor everything.
But if that central figure was Kim Donghu?
There was no need for additional production tricks or manipulation.
Everything would naturally revolve around him.
Moreover—
“Let’s change up the cast. Since we’ve got the best card, we should rearrange everything to match it.”
“Understood! I’ll take care of it!”
With Kim Donghu, the show’s quality shot through the roof.
The PD for Physical 300 ordered the writers to rework the whole lineup.
“If anyone’s going to decline, make sure to leak the fact that Kim Donghu’s joining Physical 300—but don’t mention his name. Got it?”
“What if we say the top actor in Korea is joining? That might be a nice touch.”
“Let’s make it a bit more dramatic, but still assertive... ‘The strongest man alive is also joining,’ how about that?”
“Got it! I’ll do that! Should we go with the old list we discarded earlier?”
“Of course, once Kim Donghu is in, this thing’s going global.”
You can’t throw off the best main ingredient by adding weird side dishes.
The initial plan was tossed out lightly.
“Get in touch with famous international athletes—let’s make it feel like we’re choosing real physical talent.”
“Should we include retired athletes?”
“For now, let’s focus on active athletes. Then we can bring in the retired ones, influencers, and such.”
No matter how times change, the value of what people want to see doesn’t change.
That’s why places like the Colosseum existed in the past.
Now, it’s just transformed into things like boxing, MMA, and the like.
The main PD genuinely became curious about Physical 300.
What kind of impact would Kim Donghu have on this show?
With an eager heart, the PD couldn’t wait for the year after next.
And it wasn’t just the PD who felt that way.
-“...Are you telling me he’s really going to be on this program?”
“Well, you can think of it however you want.”
-“Think however I want... but just the fact that he’s in this is making me nervous.”
The video call that followed was nothing like what they’d imagined.
Normally, these people wouldn’t have cared about Physical 300,
but as soon as they heard about Kim Donghu’s involvement, they contacted right away.
They were shaking with excitement over the news of his confirmed participation.
“You can take your time to think about it. We’ve got plenty of time.”
-“Plenty of time, huh...”
The person on the other side of the call,
Kade Walker, an NFL linebacker for the Kansas City Chiefs, thought back to a meeting from just days ago.
And it wasn’t just Kade Walker who made this decision.
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