Life is Easier If You're Handsome novel Chapter 283

As soon as the article announcing Kim Donghu’s casting as Batman came out, the very first ones to freak out were none other than the Comedy TV team.

“C-crazy...!”

Originally, Delicious Guys – Kim Donghu Special was planned for just two episodes.

The first episode had already scored a staggering 23% rating, and YouTube’s live concurrent viewers hit an unbelievable 6.53 million.

Realistically, it was hard to expect the second episode to beat that. It was airing back-to-back, after all, and the freshness would inevitably fade a little.

‘We already did Chef Killer, ate for six hours, and now we’re left with Kim Donghu’s personal restaurant tour...’

Since a lot of it overlapped with the first part, the Delicious Guys team thought they had already hit their peak.

But then—

ㄴAre we about to see Batman’s eating show?

ㄴWhat kind of food does Batman like?

ㄴIs it really possible for an East Asian to play Batman?

ㄴIs Korea now the land of the Korean Batman?

The Kim Donghu Batman contract news exploded.

And this wasn’t just any news.

It was a historic event—an East Asian actor starring as the lead in a superhero film.

“Wait, so Joker’s gonna show up too?”

“Wow, East Asian Batman... in Hollywood!”

“This is insane. Isn’t this the first time ever at this scale? He’s gone fully mainstream.”

“Man, I’m feeling the national pride hitting hard. Should I pop open some makgeolli?”

PD Choi Minseon frowned watching her staff just sit there gaping.

This wasn’t the time to just “Wow! Kim Donghu! Batman! Amazing! National pride!” and be done with it.

“Stop gawking. Start monitoring the community reactions.”

“Huh?” 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

“Huh? Get your ass ready to track them!”

How could they be this clueless?

Delicious Guys aired once a week, and they still had one more Kim Donghu episode left for next week.

Meaning: the ratings could spike even higher. It was time to double down on promotion and preparation.

‘You’re telling me I have to explain all this step-by-step?’

No way. They’re just stunned because Kim Donghu’s becoming Batman—that’s all.

Thinking that, Choi Minseon kept refreshing the community sites.

[Kim Donghu... finally blowing up big time]

—That’s it, Donghu. Become the Bat.

ㄴLegendary situation.

ㄴBiggest event of 2022.

ㄴRide the bat, Donghu.

ㄴScrew it, let’s go all in.

[If Kim Donghu’s Batman, does that mean the others will show up too?]

—Director’s interview said they’re going for a totally different vibe.

—【We want to show a Batman that’s both familiar and new.】

—【Respecting the original is obvious, but expect something fresh from the Another series.】

—【Just remember one thing: A new Batman is coming.】

ㄴYeah, seems like it’ll be completely different.

ㄴBut seriously, how huge is this gonna be?

ㄴHis Disney debut already crushed expectations.

ㄴTarzan made $1.7 billion, right? That’s like 8th highest-grossing Hollywood film ever 😂

ㄴHonestly deserved an Oscar but got snubbed because of bias; it’s obvious.

ㄴAgree 100%.

ㄴNow that I think about it, why didn’t Tarzan’s $1.7B get more attention?

ㄴStraight-up discrimination if you ask me.

ㄴNo, it’s because there was a boxing boom at the same time—people got distracted 😂

ㄴChoosing between watching jungle Tarzan vs. Tarzan in a fistfight? Obviously the fistfight.

[Delicious Guys just hit the jackpot 😆]

—Just getting Kim Donghu on variety for the first time in 5 years was already insane.

—And now he’s appearing as Batman too 😆😆😆😆

ㄴLegendary lucky break.

ㄴWhy the hell is everything working out for this show?!

ㄴDelicious Guys just hit its all-time peak.

ㄴA peak that may never come again. Seriously.

[Delicious Guys PD Choi Minseon: "This bastard’s got it easy."]

—Just ask Kim Donghu to do stuff, and he does it.

—Promote the show? Boost ratings? Crush Chef Killer?

—Raise ad rates? Generate nonstop articles? If live search rankings were still around, he would’ve dominated too 😂

ㄴBiggest career achievement: recruiting Kim Donghu 😂

ㄴLeft all the big shows behind and turned Delicious Guys into a giant.

ㄴWhen your guest is a megastar, the show’s scale doesn’t even matter anymore 😂

ㄴFact is, we should just be grateful Kim Donghu still bothers doing activities in Korea.

ㄴEven if his career crashes (which it won’t), he could just ghost Korea anytime he wants.

‘Yeah, yeah, reactions are good.’

Kim Donghu’s fame would spill over into Delicious Guys’ popularity.

But humans are greedy creatures by nature.

PD Choi Minseon thought about secretly posting something on Kim Donghu’s gallery.

At that exact moment—

[Minseon, we know you’re lurking in the gallery]

“?”

An irresistible post title appeared. She couldn’t help herself and clicked.

[Minseon, we know you’re lurking in the gallery]

—We let you slide for sneakily hyping Delicious Guys here a week before airing.

—It was kinda cute, honestly.

—It’s not even a real problem; promotion is expected anyway.

—Talking about Donghu on Dong-Gal isn’t against the rules either.

—But now that the show’s blown up this big,

—NOT handing out burgers is just plain rude.

—Give us burgers, Minseon, before we trace your IP.

ㄴDaaamn 😆😆😆 Legendary call-out.

ㄴPraise the mighty admin!

ㄴAdmin! Admin! Admin! Admin!

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ㄴImagine Minseon actually prepping burgers seriously after reading this—legendary 😂

ㄴMinseon, don’t just hand them out openly. Just say, “I’m in a good mood today~ Free burgers~”

ㄴIf you succeeded, you gotta go big—give out full sets 😂

"...."

A few moments later—

A post suddenly appeared in Kim Donghu’s gallery:

[Feeling good today, so giving away chicken^^~]

—I’ve been so happy lately, so I’m giving out chicken.

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