If I Don’t Earn 1 Trillion Won, My Regression Ends - Chapter 83

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Episode 83

“This is absolutely outrageous!”

Central Capri, Grand Hotel Quisisana.

The woman threw her Hermès Birkin bag onto the bed and exploded with anger. Even after coming to the hotel, her fury hadn’t subsided.

Her husband, who had followed her in, let out a hollow laugh.

“Calm down. This isn’t like you at all. Why is such a refined person acting this way? Just don’t deal with those kinds of people.”

Recalling the scene he’d witnessed at the bus stop earlier, he found it quite amusing himself.

While he was briefly chatting with the yacht staff, his wife had said she was feeling seasick and would go ahead, but instead of leaving, who would have thought she’d be getting into a street fight?

What would the neighbors who had praised her as the epitome of elegance say if they saw this? Even having witnessed it with his own eyes, he could hardly believe it himself.

“This is exactly why I hate Koreans. They’re so vulgar, as if they want everyone to know they’re from some uneducated, poor country!”

“You’re Korean too, Junok.”

“Alfred James Montgomery Pierce! How dare you call me by that name!”

Mrs. Jun Pierce, real name Park Jun-ok.

That name was her reverse scale.

Park Jun-ok, who had sternly warned her husband, took a deep breath and barely managed to calm herself.

“How many years has it been since I left that country? I’m Australian and British. Not Korean. I don’t even remember Korean anymore.”

‘But you were speaking it just fine earlier…’

Alfred Pierce swallowed his words.

Usually in their marriage, when he got irritated, his wife would smooth things over, but when Jun-ok got angry, she was like fire, and when it came to protecting her pride, he had to let her have it.

Alfred remembered the taste of the fiery slap he’d received from her during their dating days when he’d foolishly tried to fight fire with fire.

The only Korean word he knew was a curse word.

“I think the Italian soil just doesn’t match my feng shui. My fortune-telling chart is severely lacking in water elements, so I’m destined to live near water. But this entire land is blazing with fire energy, so I thought coming to Capri might be better.”

“…”

He couldn’t understand a word about fortune-telling or feng shui.

Alfred skillfully let it go in one ear and out the other as he opened his newspaper.

Park Jun-ok sat fanning herself and lamented.

“That Rampa is so heartless too. His mother is going through all this trouble, but he can’t spare even a moment. I came all this way to see him.”

“If he said he’d meet you, the kid would be out of his mind.”

Alfred said coldly.

“Every second is precious right now. Did you forget how important Belgium is as a stage for that boy? Renault and Formula 3 are on completely different levels. Formula 3 reaches 270 km/h on straights and 4G during cornering. Do you know how much 4G feels like? 25 kilograms. He’s driving with 25 kilograms on his neck. If you don’t want to see your son crumpled like paper, don’t interfere and just quietly go sightseeing before heading to Belgium.”

“Fine. Honestly, both father and son are usually perfect, but when it comes to cars, they get like this. Wife and mother don’t matter at all.”

“Not cars. Machines.”

“Right. Machines.”

“So you hate it?”

Park Jun-ok, who had rolled her eyes sarcastically, sat on Alfred’s lap and wrapped her arms around her husband’s neck.

“How could I hate it? If machines are number 0 for both of them, then I’m number 1. That’s enough for me. I won’t childishly compete with chunks of metal.”

“Mm. Wise as always. My number one.”

At her husband’s affectionate whisper, Park Jun-ok burst into pleased laughter.

But her misfortune from the bus stop, which she thought had ended, seemed far from over.

A few hours later.

Capri Boutique Street, Bulgari Store.

“What? That blue sapphire went to auction? Why? I definitely heard it was being kept privately at Capri Bulgari!”

Early 2000s. Bulgari was implementing marketing that assigned their heritage collections containing their history to specific stores for management.

The 35-carat blue sapphire that Park Jun-ok had fallen in love with at first sight was one of Capri’s exclusive collections, named 【Blue Dedication】.

It was an item that could only be viewed in person at Capri.

Given its hefty price, there were few buyers, so she naturally thought it would be hers since she came with her husband this time…!

Suddenly going to auction?

“Signora. We are truly sorry. That piece was indeed kept in the deepest part of our store, but this event was decided by the Head Office Heritage Department.”

It was polite, but that was all.

The white staff member at the Bulgari store didn’t withdraw his painted-on smile.

Without the business card identifying her as Mrs. Pierce, he wouldn’t have shown even this level of courtesy.

Park Jun-ok, who sneered inwardly, caught her breath. Refinement, she had to maintain her refinement.

“I understand. Which auction house? You’ll prepare seats for us as a couple, right? We are VVIPs of this brand, after all.”

“Of course, Signora. Umberto Square at sunset is very beautiful. We’ll arrange the best terrace seats with the finest view for you.”

“…? Terrace seats? Square?”

“Ah. I forgot to mention.”

The staff member smiled.

“This special auction is an open air auction. It’s an outdoor auction that anyone in Capri at this time can participate in.”

“…”

Mrs. Pierce, who had made elegance her mission since remarrying her aristocratic husband, felt dizzy.

♧

‘This luck stat is totally broken…’

Otherwise, how could things be this bad right from the start?

“Cut! No good.”

Another NG.

By now, silence and tension had begun to flow among the film crew instead of chatter.

This was the era of film movies. It was different from future digital filming where camera memory was virtually unlimited.

Since actual film was consumed with each shot, multiple takes inevitably meant film changes. The flow kept getting interrupted.

Besides, film meant money, didn’t it?

On set, they jokingly said that one million won was thrown away with each take.

As takes accumulated, the pressure on the actor intensified by exactly that much.

Typically, it was an average of 3-5 takes per scene.

When it exceeded 10 takes, the staff’s chatter noticeably decreased.

I was already on my 16th take for this scene alone.

It was the first time this had happened since crank-in.

Geum Ju-ran, who was my scene partner, glanced at me briefly and said to the director.

“Director. Sing-a seems to be struggling. I’m feeling a bit dizzy too. Let’s take a short break.”

“…5-minute break!”

Haemun, who had been chain-smoking, stood up.

I thanked Geum Ju-ran and slumped down weakly.

[SC#86] Seaside – On Yacht (Day).

Father Munlemon, daughter Munsul, and stepmother candidate Anna.

It was the first three-way meeting scene of the three main characters.

‘Anna,’ a psychology professor at a prestigious university in the capital, was an elite lady from a distinguished family.

She was fundamentally different from the father-daughter duo who lived by fraud, and no matter how strict the boarding school education Munsul had received, she could never catch up to Anna.

Moreover, Anna had deep ties with Lemon from before Sel was even born.

The first person Lemon had ever swindled as a child was Anna’s own brother.

That incident had gotten her brother expelled from high society and even caused their parents to separate, ruining her family, but Anna didn’t resent Lemon.

Rather, years later, when they coincidentally met again, Anna said to Lemon.

〚A professor, Anna. You’ve become an amazing person.〛

〚Amazing?〛

〚Yes. Isn’t it the pinnacle of intellect?〛

〚But I only started studying this because I wanted to understand you. I know. I’m so boring, aren’t I? Old, stuffy, obstinate… so vastly distant from your taste.〛

At those self-deprecating words, Lemon answered as if entranced. No, that wasn’t true.

Anna was someone who knew about Lemon’s past, Lemon’s illness, Lemon’s false facades… and was willing to love him despite knowing all of it.

The brilliant professor became foolish like a lie only in front of Lemon.

Something so unbelievably foolish.

Reason and intellect were powerless.

So Lemon thought this was pure love.

Anna was even very elegant, graceful and wealthy, and though not young, she had a mature charm that could never be found in young people.

Above all, she was stable.

Anna gave Lemon a similar sense of stability that he could only get from Sel.

Munlemon was certain. I’ve finally met my destined partner.

True love.

The yacht scene in [SC#86] began with Lemon deciding he should introduce his love to his daughter.

On the day they promised to go on an outing, Sel left home with her father without much thought and met Anna who was waiting at the harbor.

Lemon, who had secretly feared Sel’s reaction, had arranged this meeting without saying a word.

〚Who are you?〛

〚Sel. This is Anna. Anna, this child is my daughter Sel.〛

〚Hello, Sel. I’ve heard so much about you. You really are like an angel, just as I heard.〛

〚I’ve never heard anything about you.〛

〚Anna is going to be your mother. Sel.〛

〚What are you talking about?〛

〚Sel, daddy is going to marry this person.〛

〚Lemon, you’re being too hasty. You need to give the child time to accept this. Let’s take it slowly.〛

〚Oh come on, Anna. Don’t be fake. Our Sel hates beating around the bush. Family should be honest with each other. You’re family now too. You should follow Sel’s way. My daughter is so clever. I told you. The reason I haven’t been caught yet is all thanks to our Sel’s skills. Ah, Sel. You can speak comfortably in front of Anna. Anna knows all about our business.〛

〚Be quiet. That’s all just what you think. The child might think differently.〛

〚What could be different? Our hearts are the same. We always understand each other. Sel, my treasure. Daddy’s princess. Right? You’ll understand daddy, won’t you?〛

Sel simply said.

〚Daddy. Do you want to die?〛

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