Life is Easier If You're Handsome novel Chapter 311

$2.3 billion.

#4 at the all-time global box office.

That meant it had overtaken the classic Titanic. It had out-earned every movie except the Avatar series and Endgame.

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“My... my body... I just can’t control it...”

Once the weight of that reality hit, they all started trembling.

“Oooooh... I-I’m shaking too.”

“M-Me too!”

Murciélago had been the opening act of a brand-new Batman franchise. Of course, it had received massive investment—and they had spent all of it.

Marketing alone devoured a fortune. If the results weren’t good enough, the losses would’ve been enormous.

But now—The many sleepless nights, spent worrying what if this bombs?, were being rewarded all at once. Their fingers and toes curled involuntarily.

“Th-Then... is it even possible? Thirty... billion dollars?”

A voice let that fantasy slip.

“What? $30 billion...?”

“That’d make it the #1 movie of all time...?”

“You’re saying it’d beat Avatar?”

$3 billion.

Roughly ₩4.4 trillion.

One movie making ₩4.4 trillion?

Was that even a real number?

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Inside the Warner Bros. boardroom, the executives’ minds spun like calculators, running the math at lightning speed.

“The word is that Donghu Kim gave quite a lot of creative input during production. Is that true?”

“Yes, that’s correct.”

“...Then let’s keep that going. No—make it official. Put it in the next contract.”

Lock down Kim Donghu.

Letting him go? Not even on the table.

“Starting today, every major production company... especially Dazney... they’re going to come after our Donghu Kim. They’ll offer him anything.”

“Exactly. They’ll try to steal our actor!”

Technically, Kim Donghu’s Hollywood debut was Tarzan.

So his first affiliation was with Dazney.

But Warner Bros. didn’t care.

To them now, Kim Donghu was their actor.

Still...

“They’re going to target the fact that we haven’t signed a series contract yet!”

“At this point, money is... meaningless. Sure, we’ll offer the best deal possible, but for someone like Donghu Kim, money isn’t everything.”

They were nervous. Because ✧ NоvеIight ✧ (Original source) he hadn’t signed anything yet.

“We have to go all out for convenience. Obviously, start with a visa... let his family visit anytime...”

“What if we open the Hollywood pipeline to other Veritas actors too?”

“I’ve heard Donghu Kim is the de facto head of Veritas. Owns equity too... He’d love that.”

“No no! What we need is something directly for Donghu Kim!”

A house? He has one.

A private jet? Got it.

A car? Don’t even need to say it.

The moment Murciélago succeeded, every auto company gifted him every car featured in the movie. A move to capitalize on the Batmobile premium.

“Doesn’t he already have everything?”

“This is actually dangerous.”

An actor with it all.

Before fame, you could tempt him with what he lacked.

But now—there’s nothing left to offer.

Which means...

“Well, it’s simple now.”

“Sorry?”

“Whether Donghu Kim says yes or no... that decides our fate.”

The entire franchise’s future now rested on one actor.

“Ah.”

At Director Cristo’s words, the executives’ eyes flew open.

They realized how foolish their previous thinking had been.

“It’s not about losing him or not.”

“Drop the exclusivity clause. Don’t put a single restriction on his film activities.”

“Remove all restrictions. Just ask him to be careful with spoilers.”

Earning $2.3 billion does not mean he’ll automatically do the next movie.

That kind of thinking is foolish.

This is Hollywood.

Everything can fall apart in an instant.

The cold truth slammed the calculator shut.

The sequel? The title? The final showdown between Batman and Joker? Even if they prepared it all—

If Donghu Kim suddenly said,

“I just don’t feel like it.”

That would be the end. No sequel. No sponsors. No funding.

DC was riding an unprecedented boom right now.

Any comic tied to Batman was selling like wildfire.

Even Murcielago’s comic version—preorders of preorders were already sold out.

An animated adaptation had been announced too.

They’d publicly committed to building a new cinematic universe around Murcielago. Dozens of staff were already working behind the scenes.

Not only that—

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