Before the alarm even rang, Kim Donghu woke up precisely at 6:50 AM. He imdiately got up and began stretching his whole body for about 10 minutes. After a quick wash and pulling a cap tightly over his head, he headed outside.
"Sniff."
The fresh morning air tickled his nose, and the dewy leaves still carried signs of the previous day’s weather.
"Hoo, let’s go."
Beep!
The alarm followed soon after, and with it began his interval running routine. This had beco his daily life since deciding to prepare for the boxing tournant.
'No matter how much talent I gained, I always need to keep my mind sharp to match it.'
It was true that Sims - The Real Life was like a cheat code. But he couldn’t just lie under the persimmon tree, waiting for the fruits to fall. He needed to keep driving away any laziness through consistent effort.
Huff, huff.
With each step, as his breath ca in heavier, mories of his past life naturally resurfaced.
'I ran like this a lot back then too.'
There was a ti when he hated being at ho. It was unbearable to be alone.
He avoided seeing people, covered himself from head to toe, and ran every day.
Maybe the reason he could run so well now was thanks to that ti in his life. With a vague sense of nostalgia, he finished his run, took a shower, ate breakfast, and then relaxed at ho before starting a post-al walk.
"...When did they put this up?"
As soon as he made his way towards the school, his eyes caught sight of sothing new.
Pride of Shinbit Middle School! Million Actor Kim Donghu!
Even though it was still winter break, the banner had already been changed.
'So they’ve officially decided to make the school’s poster boy.'
He wasn’t upset about it. In fact, he had never received this kind of treatnt before, so it felt unfamiliar but nice.
'Ahem.'
After briefly witnessing his own public "execution" hanging above the school gate, he continued on with his leisurely day.
'Golden Bell is in March, and the boxing tournant is in May.'
Since it was the end of January, he had about a month of leeway.
'And with Ilshik doing so well, they’re planning a fan eting too.'
MNC had set several goals if the drama exceeded 40% in viewership. That ant they really wanted to surpass that 40% threshold.
'It’ll definitely go beyond that.'
The script had an "A" rating next to Ilshik. From what he had observed, dramas with a B rating hit around 30%, while A-rated ones reached 40%.
'As for movies, an A rating ans 10 million viewers, but I’m not sure about B-rated ones yet.'
He hadn’t seen any B-rated comrcial films, so it was hard to judge their performance. However, considering the short film Hero, which had a B rating and won four awards at Mise-en-scène, an A rating might an it could beco an internationally recognized short film.
'It could even end up being one of those well-known OTT films later on.'
While he was lost in such thoughts...
Hey Donghu, can you spar with next week? I can’t get a good sense of it with just our size difference. We were going to do it in April, but I think it wouldn’t hurt to try it once before that. What do you think? Of course, if you don’t want to, that’s fine too... Just thought I’d ask, haha;;;
Why did his coach always act like a different person in his text ssages? In reality, he looked like a shark, intimidating enough that no one would dare approach him.
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