Reset Life with Infinite Talents - Chapter 146
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Infinite Talent Reset Life Episode 146
Surprise stage greeting in New York! ‘Fire Always Targets Us’ team!
The audience had no idea at all.
New York girls shedding tears! We were fans!
Johann hugging fans and taking photos with them!
Don’t let your guard down. We’re by your side!
“I hugged her because she was crying.”
-…Really?
“Yeah. Want me to say something nice?”
-Never mind. I trust you.
“That didn’t sound like you trust me.”
-That’s different from this. I’m a woman, you know.
“Hmm. I see.”
I don’t get it.
Women really are hard to understand.
-Don’t answer when you don’t know.
“I’m hanging up. Love you.”
-Hey.
Broadcasting station waiting room.
Johann quickly ended the call, and Mark and Matthew Payton sitting next to him chuckled.
“You’re having a hard time too.”
“Doesn’t Rhea say anything?”
“That’s why I turn off my phone at times like this.”
“Wow…”
‘So there was a reason Rhea subtly talked bad about Mark.’
Rhea Wahlberg had jokingly made comments that weren’t quite complaints but weren’t not complaints either.
As he shook his head, the waiting room door opened.
“Mr. Jefferson?”
“Oh, yes.”
Johann got up and followed the gesturing staff member, while Matthew Payton looked at Mark.
As soon as the door closed, his face darkened dramatically.
“Is there anything I should be careful about?”
This was Matthew Payton’s first time appearing on this kind of show.
Johann had appeared on the talk show ‘California Evening’ before, but this was his first time, so all kinds of worries and nerves were shaking his entire body.
Mark chuckled.
“Keep your ears open and your mind sharp.”
Otherwise, the day this show airs would be Matthew Payton’s retirement day.
“Oh, shit…”
He shouldn’t have asked.
Matthew Payton’s legs started shaking too.
* * *
“Whoo! Hoo!”
Behind the studio stage, a man holding a script breathed roughly and rapidly.
It had already been 4 months since he became the host of this show, but it was still a terrifying moment.
Even as staff members patted his face with cushions, he only looked at the script and moved his lips.
“Comfortable night, happy time. Tonight Show! Nice to meet you.”
NBC’s prestigious talk show ‘Tonight Show’ that started in 1954.
The 7th host, Jimmy Fallon, mumbled his opening remarks and then looked over the personal information of today’s guests.
‘Mark Wahlberg, Johann Jefferson, Mackenzie Foy, Matthew Payton.’
This was the first large-scale guest lineup since taking over ‘Tonight Show’.
‘I can’t mess up. I can’t mess up.’
There had already been a lot of talk since he became the host.
It was because of ‘Tonight Show’s reputation.
‘Tonight Show’ could truly be called America’s greatest talk show.
As the pressure from that reputation weighed down on his entire body, he tried to shake off his fear today as well.
“They said I can ask anything, right?”
“Yes. They said it doesn’t matter.”
“I wonder if we’ll have enough time.”
“That depends on your skills, Mr. Fallon.”
“That’s harsh.”
Jimmy Fallon clicked his tongue, checked the time, and took another deep breath.
At the same time, a staff member held up five fingers while looking toward the interior of the stage.
5. 4. 3. 2. 1. Entry.
The door opened wide and Jimmy Fallon stepped onto the studio floor.
Zzziiiing! Zzzzzzing!
At the moment when audience applause should have burst out, intense guitar playing greeted him instead, and Jimmy Fallon couldn’t hide his bewildered expression.
‘What, what?!’
Fast playing that seemed to directly strike his brain.
He was amazed once again by the guitar skills that grabbed his ears.
Jimmy Fallon opened his mouth to handle the situation despite his confusion.
The cameras were rolling. He absolutely couldn’t make a mistake.
“Everyone, comfortable night, happy moment Tonight Shooow?!”
Jimmy Fallon, who had been giving his opening remarks while naturally looking at the house band, was shocked.
“Bwahahahahaha!”
Laughter erupted from the audience seats.
“Who, who are you?”
Johann, hiding among the house band, grinned and grabbed the stand microphone.
“Hello. I’m Johann Jefferson, one of today’s guests. Nice to meet you all!”
“…Waaaaaaaaah!”
“Wait wait wait.”
A completely different opening from usual.
Jimmy Fallon sent a look to the production team asking them to explain the situation.
And so ‘Tonight Show’ began.
* * *
A little while ago, in front of the waiting room.
“What’s going on?”
Johann, who had followed the staff member who suddenly called him, was surprised. The main producer of ‘Tonight Show’ was standing outside the waiting room.
The main producer’s expression hardened.
“If it wouldn’t be rude, could you help us out?”
“Excuse me?”
“We want to surprise Mr. Jimmy Fallon a bit.”
Jimmy Fallon was still crushed by pressure even though it had been 4 months since he became the show host. Of course, appropriate tension was necessary for running a show, but Jimmy Fallon’s was too severe.
He had repeatedly broken out in cold sweats, unable to properly handle unexpected situations.
So this time, he planned to surprise them from the beginning to help them relax.
“It wouldn’t be a bad proposal for Mr. Jefferson either.”
‘This guy had the personality to firmly reject anything he didn’t like.’
Since investigating guests was essential, they had researched even his childhood.
Johann was curious, unafraid of new challenges, yet had the conviction to absolutely refuse anything he didn’t like.
‘This type can only be persuaded by explaining the situation from the start.’
“I can appeal that I have an interesting personality, right?”
“…That’s right. Our Tonight Show is…”
“Ah, I know the reputation of the Tonight Show well.”
The ‘Tonight Show’ that he occasionally watched sitting on the sofa with Larry.
Though its shine had dimmed somewhat due to Jay Leno, the 4th and 6th host, the ‘Tonight Show’ was still a major talk show with nationwide popularity, where conversations immediately became media topics.
In terms of history alone, it was undoubtedly number one.
“I’ll do it.”
‘This seems fun!’
It was about tricking a top-tier show host.
Someone loved by so many people.
His body was already heating up with excitement.
“What should I do?”
“Thank you!”
“But please grant me one favor too.”
Johann stated his conditions, and after thinking for a moment, the Producer nodded.
It was a condition they could sufficiently accommodate.
“Understood! Please come this way!”
As they led Johann to the stage, the audience who had arrived early and were seated spotted Johann and began murmuring.
They knew who today’s guest was.
“When Jimmy Fallon appears, please play freely with this.”
Show your talent, Johann.
Display the guitar skills that Joe Walsh and Jimmy Page praised to your heart’s content.
“Ohh…”
Johann, strapping on the electric guitar specially prepared by the production team, fell into thought.
‘Hmm. What should I play… A famous riff? Or rapid playing?’
“Ah, shh!”
The audience, understanding the situation, closed their mouths and shrugged their shoulders excitedly.
Johann’s eyes filled with laughter.
* * *
“…Haha!”
Jimmy Fallon, making eye contact with Johann, burst out laughing.
“Ah, sorry. Puhaha!”
“Well, I am quite handsome, aren’t I?”
“Puhahahaha!”
Jimmy Fallon ended up holding his stomach and laughing.
The production team never expected him to trick them.
They never thought even a 16-year-old boy would join in on it.
‘And while showing such incredible rapid playing skills!’
Honestly, for a moment he thought Yngwie Malmsteen had possessed the guitar session.
Mark and the cast sitting on the sofa next to Jimmy Fallon wore wicked smiles.
“Haaa. I’m sorry.”
“I understand, Jimmy. He used to play pranks on the film set and act shamelessly just like that.”
Jimmy Fallon’s eyes lit up at Mark’s words.
“Oh, is there an episode?”
“Me!”
Mackenzie Foy raised her arm.
“It was a day we were filming an important scene, so I was getting into character, when he suddenly appeared and held out his hand saying it was a gift. But! There was a caterpillar this big inside it!”
“But it helped you relax, didn’t it.”
“Look at him!”
After startling someone, he acted so shamelessly that she thought she’d go crazy with anger.
Johann shrugged, and this time even the audience burst into laughter.
“Whew. Mr. Jefferson seems to have a very playful personality.”
“Not really, but when people react like this, not playing pranks would be a bit…”
“What did you say?!”
“Whoa. Calm down, Ms. Foy. I’ll give you time for revenge later.”
“Really?”
After calming down Mackenzie Foy, Jimmy Fallon looked at Johann.
“Then we only have the last guest introduction left, right? Whew, you really have many nicknames. Billboard star, avatar sent down by the god of rock, reincarnation of El Toro… Recently you’re called the founder of Saint Rock? Let me introduce you. From the Order of Saint Sylvester, Sir Johann Jefferson, Holy Knight!”
“Waaaaa!”
Jimmy Fallon stuck out his tongue.
“Whew. You really have many nicknames. Is there a reason?”
“I like taking on new challenges. Fortunately, I have talent, so I’m enjoying them all happily.”
Every single one without exception.
“So I don’t even know how the day passes.”
“Except for studying?”
“All A-plus. I’m first in the whole school though?”
“…Just die, you winner.”
“Puhahahaha!”
“Haha! Just kidding, I think it’s because you don’t hesitate to take on new challenges that you were able to create Saint Rock.”
Currently 6th place on the Billboard Hot 100.
That was the ranking of ‘Praise Pascal’s Sacrifice.’
Besides this, six songs composed by Johann and sung by Aerosmith were ranked in the Hot 100, and the campaign song released by Black Eyed Peas, currently on tour with the slogan ‘For Marginalized Children,’ was also charted at 23rd place.
‘The great genius the world has encountered.’
Johann, who played pranks with such a calm face, was such a genius.
This made him curious.
“By any chance, I’m asking just in case… It’s been quite some time since Aerosmith’s concert, have you taken on any new challenges in the meantime?”
Johann’s eyes lit up.
This was what he had requested from the production team.
“Yes. Hair dyeing.”
“…What?”
Jimmy Fallon stumbled for a moment at the unexpected words, but Johann continued without concern.
Promoting Paula Diaz.
“I recently invested in a company that makes cover stickers for patients suffering from burn scars, and while working part-time there, I discovered I have talent in dyeing too. Um… If there were oil paints, I could create the exact same color as your skin, Mr. Fallon.”
Not covered with makeup, but the real skin color underneath.
“This?”
Jimmy Fallon rolled up his sleeve to show his forearm full of hair and blemishes.
“…How?”
Cosmetics like foundation only create pretty skin colors, they can’t express the exact same color as real skin.
Special makeup is the same. Even if it looks perfectly real, you’ll discover something unnatural if you look closely.
All because they can’t replicate real skin.
Johann smiled as if he could tell just by looking, and the production team brought the promised oil paints.
He squeezed them onto the palette and mixed them with a knife.
Like a child’s playful scribbling, carelessly.
Everyone holds their breath as they watch.
And then….
“Give me your arm.”
Johann grabs Jimmy Fallon’s arm and applies the paint on it.
“…Wow!”
“Whoa!”
Clap clap clap clap clap!
‘Th, this is?’
An arm as clean as if a razor had shaved away all the hair and blemishes.
Are his eyes playing tricks on him right now?
Or did he suddenly develop superpowers to see through the real skin beneath the hair and blemishes?
Jimmy Fallon’s eyes widen as he looks back and forth between his own forearm and Johann holding the paint-covered knife with trembling eyes.
Grab!
“Let’s do business together! I’ll pay for everything, please!”
Jimmy Fallon’s desperate cry echoed through the studio.
* * *
Opening weekend breaks $25 million!
North America box office #2, ‘Fire is Always Targeting Us’!
Asian success! Let’s find out why!
Swish!
Thick, white, wrinkled hands flipping to the next article.
“We’ll break even next week.”
“The total production cost was $35 million, so that should happen.”
Usually in Hollywood, the break-even point is considered twice the production cost, so that would be the case.
At Wolfgang Steakhouse, filled with the greasy smell of butter-grilled meat, H&M New York Branch Manager Ben Wood chuckles at his secretary’s words.
“Warner invested $20 million in production costs and didn’t even use it all?”
Production costs recovered in just 4 days since release.
Break-even point reached within ten days at the latest.
Everything earned after that is pure profit.
Since Warner handled distribution, money would pour in from around the world, multiplying those profits several times over.
It could be called a rare case even in Hollywood, where all kinds of movies are constantly released.
“According to our investigation, it’s thanks to the smoke liquid and smoke bombs currently being developed by Boeing and distributed to civilians.”
Smoke with the exact same texture as real wildfire smoke.
Thanks to this, they saved tremendously on CG processing costs.
“And according to internal information, they’ve already signed contracts for military smoke bombs.”
“Johann is the inventor?”
“Yes.”
He almost fainted when he investigated.
“Thanks to that, H&M’s sales over the past 4 days have also….”
Ben Wood raises his hand to stop his secretary’s mouth and stands up.
Because Johann, a boy who looked like a young man in a suit, was approaching him.
“Johann.”
“Mr. Wood.”
They share a long-awaited reunion with a handshake.
The secretary withdraws, wishing them a good time.
“I reserved this place because they also sell hamburgers, how is it?”
“The dress code is a bit….”
“It’s one of the top three restaurants in New York.”
“Oh, then I should have worn a tuxedo.”
‘How delicious must a hamburger from a top restaurant be?’
His mouth is already watering.
Ben Wood bursts into laughter saying he’s still the same, offers him a seat, and calls the waiter to order.
Johann orders the same menu plus five more hamburgers.
“First, I want to say thank you.”
As the main sponsor for costumes, and because they didn’t accept sponsorship from other clothing companies, H&M’s sales skyrocketed nationwide after the movie’s release.
A whopping 10 percent increase compared to the same month last year.
They can’t even estimate how much sales will rise by the time the movie leaves theaters.
Also, since H&M New York had signed this contract, all of this became Ben Wood’s achievement.
“It was the same when you were in LA.”
Thanks to the sales increase caused by Johann, he was able to become the New York branch manager.
At that time, tens of thousands of Wolfies also made remarkable contributions.
Wolfie, who bought clothes almost every week, boosting sales.
And yet never made a show of it, truly a fan worthy of that star.
“I’m always indebted to you.”
‘This is why.’
Because he’s someone who knows how to be grateful like this.
And because when he said he wouldn’t renew his exclusive model contract, this person said he’d wait until Johann finished growing and asked to continue the contract.
Johann hides his true feelings and smiles.
“I was lucky.”
Honestly, he never thought it would be this successful.
Even though outstanding actors like Mark Wahlberg and Mackenzie Foy were starring, this is Hollywood where hundreds and thousands of movies are produced each year.
He was satisfied just being able to act until the end.
“Hmm. I don’t think so….”
“Haha.”
“Fine. If that’s what you think, let’s say so. But I heard you showed off an amazing talent during today’s Tonight Show recording?”
“…Ah. That person was someone you sent, Mr. Wood.”
Among the audience holding their stomachs laughing, there was one person who just chuckled quietly and stared intently at Johann.
So he thought it was a reporter, but it was someone Ben Wood had sent.
“In case you made a mistake, I needed to be able to handle it.”
New York is his territory now.
Even if it’s the ‘Tonight Show,’ he had the ability to handle something like a slip of the tongue.
“You’re not offended, are you?”
“A little…?”
But he’s grateful.
“Please make sure to tell me next time.”
“Haha. Alright. I will.”
Ben Wood laughs apologetically, then his expression becomes serious.
“So I want to make you a proposal.”
How shocked he was the moment he saw the video his subordinate employee sent.
Ben Wood takes out three documents from the bag on the chair next to him and hands them over.
“A design and dyeing collaboration proposal with the concept of friendship between a genius painter with absolute color sense and H&M’s nature-friendly approach, and a general model proposal.”
Unlike an exclusive model, a general model who can wear other brands freely.
“The advance payment is a piece of real estate in SoHo.”
Since he’s started working in earnest, he’ll be coming to New York frequently, so it can be used as accommodation.
At his expectant gaze, Johann opens his mouth.
“…Wow.”
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