79. Oh, my God! it was real

next day.

In the morning, Kyuha headed towards the Stellar Entertainment office building. Team leader Han Jeong-hee greeted Kyu-ha with a slightly surprised expression.

“Isn’t it the first time I saw you at the company at the request of Gyuha after coming into the company? Ho ho ho, let’s go into the meeting room first.”

Han Jeong-hee put down the steaming hot green tea.

“I’m a little scared when Kyu-ha said that I don’t think it’s something to talk about over the phone, right? What the hell are you doing?”

When Han Jeong-hee asked with an expression that he couldn’t understand at all, Kyu-ha said.

“Are there still a lot of interview requests from overseas media?”

“Ugh. don’t talk Maybe it’s because youtube videos are more popular, but there are more of them these days.”

Han Jeong-hee showed the number of views of a Greek street performance video.

[AMAZING MOMENT Korean guy joins busking in Greece]

18.25 million views

“As the number of views increased, I got a nickname for Kyuha. Dragon Robe Musician. My God, when they saw the dragon drawn on the gonryongpo, they started calling it that. Anyway, various overseas media outlets are flooding in with requests for interviews about Kyuha, no, Dragon Robe musicians.”

Han Jeong-hee shook his head as if he was troubled.

“But since this is not an interview with actor Song Kyu-ha, but a musician, I’m cutting everything out.”

“okay.”

“But what about foreign media? It must have something to do with the request for a meeting this time?”

“Yeah. Please catch all the interviews with the foreign media. It doesn’t matter which country. Please schedule all of them.”

Team leader Han Jeong-hee was taken aback by the sudden request. It was because Gyuha had never been like this before.

“Are all those places? why not? May I ask what happened?”

Team leader Han Jeong-hee thought that he should know, so Gyu-ha spoke honestly.

“I was watching the news yesterday, and I saw the news that China stubbornly insisted that Hanbok was their traditional costume.”

Only then did team leader Han Jeong-hee clap his hands as if he had inferred the situation.

“ah! Hanbok issue? But why…? ah! Because of that? Huh.. I’m surprised. I didn’t know Kyu-ha was that patriotic.”

“Yeah? Anyway, after watching the news, I feel bad that Chinese people are saying something about hanbok with a photo they captured in our movie, ‘The Supreme.’”

“…..? Is that just why…?”

“Do you need any other reason than that? Anyway, I’d like to take this opportunity to let the foreign media know that hanbok is Korean. I wonder how much of an impact it will have.”

“That’s true, but… I’m actually a bit cautious about this, Mr. Kyuha.”

Han Jeong-hee said with a worried expression.

“In the past, actor Lee Yong-sang also had an interview in China criticizing the Northeast Project, but he was unable to work for about five years. The influence of Chinese capital subtly on this floor is great. After that interview, a Chinese company secretly sent a threatening official letter saying that if Lee Yong-sang was cast, all of the investment money would be recovered. Production companies had no choice but to notice them, so they had no choice but to exclude Lee Yong-sang. Lee Yong-sang is a great actor, but it’s not impossible to replace him. Perhaps a similar situation could happen to Kyuha. Are you really going to be okay though?”

“I would like to ask the opposite question. Manager, would you mind if I did an interview like that? It is a situation that can be very fatal at the company level.”

At that, Han Jeong-hee smiled.

“I don’t know about the company, but I’m fine. If that’s what Gyuha’s will is, of course you do, and I’ll somehow deal with the situation that arises from this. Because that’s my job too. I can do anything for my actor. And honestly, you’re not the kind of person who would do something like that without any countermeasures.”

In fact, there was no countermeasure, but Kyu-ha silently looked at Han Jeong-hee.

“I believe in Mr. Kyuha. And if pressure comes from the Chinese side, I will block it in any way. If you run harder, something will happen.”

After a moment of silence, Kyuha finally opened her mouth.

“As expected, meeting Han Jeong-hee was the luckiest thing in my life.”

Perhaps they had similar thoughts, the two looked at each other and smiled with similar feelings.

***

GlobalBomb, one of the North American entertainment media.

Michelle Park, a reporter from Korean descent, was thrilled by today’s interview.

“I never thought you would give me permission to interview you…”

To be honest, when I asked for an interview with Stellar Entertainment, I didn’t expect too much. It was because I knew that this interview would not be of much benefit to an incumbent actor.

“Song Gyu-ha… It was really great. That performance.”

Michelle Park was a huge fan of Kyu-ha, to the extent that she watched the video of him busking in Greece three or more times a day. At the same time, I naturally got to know the character of Kyu-Ha Song, and became an avid fan to the extent that I even looked after all of his works.

In fact, the popularity of the nutube video [AMAZING MOMENT Korean guy joins busking in Greece] in North America was explosive beyond what Koreans could have imagined. Beautiful Greek scenery and fantastic music. And the sound of people cheering made me feel a tremendous sense of presence.

The outfit Kyuha wore also became a big issue, and didn’t he even get the nickname ‘Dragon Robe Musician’?

“Anyway, I’m looking forward to it!”

The interview was conducted at a cafe in Insa-dong. As the appointment time approached, Kyu-ha entered the cafe.

“hello.”

“Hi~ Nice to meet you. I am your biggest fan. It’s an honor to meet you in person.”

Michelle Park greeted me in Korean with a hint of awkwardness.

“thank you. Shall we take a seat?”

The two sat in a spacious seat and conducted a full-scale interview. The format of the interview was simple. Michelle Park asked questions and Kyuha answered, and all interviews were conducted in English.

“Yeah. hello. Today we have a really unexpected person. You will be surprised when you hear it too. There’s a video that’s getting an explosive number of views on You Tube these days, right? It’s a video called [AMAZING MOMENT Korean guy joins busking in Greece], and the data screen will probably come out. You say it’s already hit 20 million views? I will serve Song Kyu-ha, the dragon robe musician who is the main character of the topic.”

“nice to meet you. I’m telling you to say Song Gyu, which appeared in the video.”

“I am such a fan that I replay the video several times a day. I wonder how they ended up going all the way to Greece to perform.”

“I had to perform overseas inevitably because I had a promise to the audience in my work called Jijon. How about playing with Korean traditional instruments when performing overseas? I thought that. And I went to Greece because of a program I was filming at the time. It was all a coincidence.”

“audience? filming? I didn’t do what I should have asked first. Many North American fans think that a dragon robe musician’s job is, of course, a music artist, right?”

Kyuha shook her head.

“no. A lot of people misunderstand, but I am an actor active in Korea. Playing an instrument is one of my hobbies.”

“Oh my God! So, is Song’s real job an actor? North American fans will be shocked by this, right? Can you see what kind of work it is on You Tube?”

“Yeah. of course.”

Michelle, who looked through the works Kyuha had acted on her smartphone, exclaimed in exclamation.

“Oh, my God! It was real. It’s even quite popular. I want to ask you something else. What kind of instrument did you play in Greece? It looks a little strange.”

“It is an instrument called daegeum, one of the traditional Korean instruments. It is also an instrument that can express the unique Korean emotion, Han (恨). I prepared it because I thought it would fit well with the Greek sentiment.”

“It was an instrument called Daegeum. It was a truly beautiful instrument that I had never heard before.”

Afterwards, formal conversations came and went, and finally the question that Kyuha had been waiting for came out.

“A lot of people are curious about the outfit Song wore during the performance. It seems to be a traditional oriental costume, but no one in North America knows exactly. Can you explain it yourself, Song?”

“The costume I wore at the time was the one I actually wore in the movie Jijon in which I appeared, and it is also the one worn by the king among ‘Hanbok’, the traditional Korean costume. It is precisely called ‘Gonryongpo’.”

“Oh! The dragon robe is a traditional Korean costume worn by kings. Many people have been curious about the beautiful pattern and unique style, but the curiosity has finally been answered. In fact, if you look at the comments on the video, there were heated debates about whether it was Japanese or Chinese clothing.”

“It is natural that the traditional clothing of the East is unfamiliar to the West. However, there were places that insisted that Korean traditional clothes, Hanbok, were their own, so I went to Greece to perform in a faraway place because I wanted to publicize Korea’s Hanbok.”

Michelle Park asked with curiosity about the unexpected content.

“Is there a place that is trying to steal Hanbok? Where is it?”

“It is China. At the recent Olympics, China put forward Hanbok as the clothes worn by the ethnic minority in China, the Korean people. Actually, this didn’t happen for a day or two. In fact, if you search for hanbok on Maidu Encyclopedia, China’s largest portal site, it is recorded as a ridiculous fact that it originated from ‘Hanfu’.”

“What in the world is that really happening? Are the two clothes similar enough for China to make such a claim?”

In response to Michelle Park’s question, Kyu-ha said firmly.

“no. Hanbok and Hanfu are completely different clothes. Korea’s hanbok is a northern style clothing that has a practical structure in which the jacket and pants are separated, while China’s hanfu is a one-piece structure like a dress. In addition, overall, Hanfu is more exposed than Hanbok, and Hanbok clearly shows the characteristics of Korea’s unique fastening. It’s a form that is worn by tying it with a string. There are so many differences that it is difficult to list them all.”

Michelle Park asked as if she didn’t understand.

“No, it’s so different. Why is China like that?”

“There are many reasons, but one thing is certain: China lacks respect for the other culture. From the past, it is a fact that various countries in East Asia have developed their own cultures by exchanging cultural mutual influences. If we ignore this and claim that everything is our origin, who will accept it meekly? China’s Hanfu also has its own beauty. I think China should focus on promoting its own beauty rather than coveting others.”

“That’s a good word. Today’s interview will end here. You did a really good job.”

“Michelle also worked hard.”

After completing the interview with Global Boom, a North American media outlet, Kyu-Ha performed 15 performances in 6 countries, including ‘Indie Guy’, ‘Gold Match’, ‘Rotton Kiwi’, ‘BBA’, ‘TOX’, and ‘CBA’ for about a week. He did endless interviews with the media.

By the time this week has passed

Finally, the aftermath of the interview gradually began to arrive.