Chapter 273 – Radio Star (1)

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The schedule in Arab was successful.
To what extent, it was more than I could have imagined.

『Tens of thousands of people flock to Hong Min-joon’s visit』
『(Photo) Dubai citizens gathered to see Hong Min-joon』
『(Photo) Fans going crazy for Hong Min-joon in training』

It is too enthusiastic to be simply the popularity of a soccer player.
Even if a world-class singer or actor visits, it won’t be like this.

And it’s all—

“Hello~!”

The host, who has a large nose and wide eyes unique to Arabs, greeted them in awkward Korean and laughed.

“How about it? Did you like my Korean? I practiced hard to meet Minjun Hong!”
“Should I practice more?”
“… Uh?”
“How is my Arabic? I also did some practice… Are you okay?”
“Oh My God!”

The facilitator amazed at my fluency in Arabic.
No, it’s not just the host. All the staff on the set stare wide.

“Last time, it was regrettable that I could only say hello, but now I can communicate to some extent. I learned hard. Because-“

Staring at the camera,

“I have always been interested in Arab culture.”

It happened while filling the so-called gukppong.

* * *

Gukbbong is not unique to Korea.

Isn’t there an interesting story about why, when senior Kim Min-jae was active in Naples, the Taegeukgi and the Georgia flag fluttered competitively at the Naples home stadium?

Hvita Kvarachhelia, who moved to Naples at the same time as senior Kim Min-jae, is a Georgian player.

As the two players, who were the motives for the transfer, continued to play an active role in Naples, the cheering squads from Korea and Georgia visited the Naples home stadium.

Korea is also Korea, but the Georgian cheering squad also visited far away Italy, and the Taegeukgi and the Georgian flag fluttered competitively at the Naples home stadium.

Well, Georgia has low self-esteem because it is a poor country, so it can be said that it is Asian, which belongs to West Asia rather than Eastern Europe, but… For that reason, it is not easy to compete with the United States and China, two powerful countries that divide the world, which are evaluated as the two largest hegemons in name and color.

People are well aware of China’s gukppong temperament, represented by Sinocentrism, but tend to not know about the unexpectedly severe American gukppong.

However, the gukppong between the United States and China is clearly revealed just by looking at representative mass media movies. It’s not for nothing that there’s a joke about Hollywood movies always showing the American flag waving.

If Chinese national movies such as Jeon Rang and Jang Jin-ho are a bit embarrassingly direct and shout for the best in China, there is Independence Day in Hollywood.

In ‘Independence Day’, which caused a worldwide box office hit, when the aliens invaded, the United States, which ‘represents mankind’, takes the lead in fighting, and even the ‘great bread of mankind’, the US president drives a fighter jet to fight the aliens.

It’s a Hollywood movie, so I don’t feel it, but if I replace it with a Korean movie right away, when China invades, the president personally drives a fighter jet to fight and win.

The difference with China is that while China directly shouts “Gukppong” To the point of being childish and petty, the U.S. At least has evolved into a modern, refined and metaphorical like “Top Gun.”

In that sense, Gukppong in the Arab world is not easy…

“Hong Min-jun! Minjun Hong!!”
“Friends from Dubai! Arab friend!”
“Red!! Just say something!!”

A huge crowd of people moving to the next schedule.
He doesn’t stop walking and always answers in Arabic, so it’s so good that I can’t stop.

He’s fluent because he only learned a little Arabic, and he’s kind of manly, roughly like ‘Arab’s sarcasm~’… In a way, I wondered if it would be so good to just spread childish remarks.

“This is it. For example, in the late 2000s or 2010s, when he visited Korea as soon as his season was over, he said ‘I love Korea~’ in fluent Korean, ‘I usually listen to K-POP often’, ‘I enjoy Korean dramas and movies, and then I also speak Korean. It’s like saying ‘I learned it’ or ‘I love kimchi so much’.”

… Plausible?
If that were the case, Korea would have turned upside down.
Suddenly understand

In particular, as Harin and Daye told us, ‘Dubai’ was emphasized.

On the outside, the UAE is a single country, but internally, the independence of each member is quite strong, as it is a federation of seven Toho countries.

In particular, to the people of Dubai, who have a sense of competition with Abu Dhabi, the leader of the UAE, my popularity, which caused the Dubai royal family’s ‘Newcastle’ to compete for the title with ‘Man City’ owned by the Abu Dhabi royal family, is enormous.

Well… To be honest, I have no interest in Arabs, and I don’t know anything about culture or Islam.
I only skimmed through short-term overhauls by cramming on the plane, but I’m glad you like it.

Dubai, which was originally visited on a 2-day schedule due to its more enthusiastic popularity than expected, has since changed to a 4-day schedule to tour the entire UAE, including Abu Dhabi.

On the day of returning home after 4 days like 2 days, there were enough crowds to fill the airport and it became quite a hot topic, but it could not be delayed any longer.

So, leaving Dubai and arriving at Incheon International Airport—

“Wow! Minjoon Hong!! Minjun Hong!!”
“Please look here!!”
“Brother!!”

Well… After all, the best gukppong is the national gukppong.
It’s not too hard here either.

When I arrived at the scheduled interview location after breaking through the huge crowd, there were a lot of reporters waiting.
The interview will take 1-2 hours.

“There can be no regrets. But personally, it was a satisfying season.”
“I am happy that being a Bundesliga player is out of the question. I have the confidence to play anywhere, not just in the Bundesliga.”
“Of course it’s good to be the league’s top scorer for three years in a row. I won the EPL top scorer for the first time since Son Heung-min, so I will prepare well to become the top scorer next season.”

As always, while answering stories about how he felt after finishing the season, the EPL, the Bundesliga, and the top scorer, the story of the Champions League came up.

“This is Kim Na-kyung from Daily Sports. Despite scoring 15 goals in this Champions League, she failed to become the top scorer by one goal difference. Aren’t you sorry?”

In the EPL, he became the top scorer with an overwhelming gap, but unfortunately missed the top scorer in the Champions League with a difference of one goal.

Even though he scored 15 goals, he was pushed back by Jorge Garcia who scored 16 goals.
No matter how you lose, you lose by just one goal, it’s really annoying.

But getting annoyed here will only ruin your image.
I’m not a small person like Nal Gangdoo, so I have to act like a big person at times like this.

“Sorry.”

Reporters burst into laughter at such a simple answer.
The reporter who asked the question looked puzzled, so he answered in more detail.

“It’s really unfortunate.”

And when he smiles, he stutters with a red-hot face.
Are you new? Cute.

“Uh, uh… This, there are many evaluations that this Champions League scorer competition is the best of all time. What do you think about the evaluation that Hong Min-jun and Jorge Garcia form the best rivalry after Messi and Ronaldo in the past?”

-Trot! Hong Min-jun returns home!
—Now broadcasting live from Incheon International Airport
-Crazy;; What kind of president is he even doing a live show about returning home?
—Ah, I have to watch a drama, but what a press conference for returning home.
ㄴA crazy guy changing direction is funnyhaha
—The state of the woman asking the question. What’s the matter?
—Have you been beaten by Hong Min-joon again…
-Ha… I also want to meet my brother… You’ll get wet as soon as you run into each other.
ㄴCrazy bastard, come to your senses
Fuck off, I didn’t do anything to you
—He looks like he’s losing his mindhahaIs it true that you can’t even make eye contact properly…

Is this the look of a woman in love?
— Will there ever come a day when I will be looked at like that for the rest of my life? ?
No Nin
No, there will be, cheer up
—I always get that expression when I go out on the street.
ㄴv(;༎ຶД༎ຶ`)v An expression like this?
— It’s the same as this memehaha

* * *

After returning home, I couldn’t rest well for several days.
Because there are so many things that I have had to deal with in the past few days.

For example, club problems or schedule problems… Something like that is very minor.

“… Great.”
Hehe. Dad, this is a gift… “
“Leave it there.”

It’s been a long time since I returned to Korea, so I have to show my face to my father-in-law.

She received tacit permission, but she still received stinging glares, and she experienced not once, but twice an encounter that seemed like she would sit on a cushion of thorns, and she fell into a weak state of mind and body.

Still, since she has crossed the biggest mountain, maybe she should take a break now—I wanted to,

『Hong Min-joon continues his busy activities after returning to Korea! Talent donation this time?』
『(Photo) Hong Min-joon having a good time with the children at the nursery school』
『Premier league trapping? Practice match with the 2nd division players!』
『The superstar’s next move is entertainment? The broadcasting station is doing its best to serve Hong Min-joon』

The schedule for talent donation, volunteering, advertising, etc. Was packed, and after that was over—

『Hong Min-jun appears on Radio Star!』

Finally, the day of variety shooting has arrived.