Cheat day

For the Weary and the Depressed (2)

Tuesday.

It was the sixth day since the happiness event began, and I could clearly see that the number of people participating voluntarily had increased.

As always, there were some who dismissed it as trivial or useless.

Some resonated with the purpose, some just followed along, and others enjoyed it with playful comments.

In the YouTube videos I usually watched, the image of the Nam Sadaengpa was always present, and even after logging out, it was the same.

I never thought something like this could really happen, but even I found YouTubers sending thanks and encouragement messages to Nam Sadaengpa.

The comments expressed how happy they were that the number of comments had suddenly increased despite feeling very tired.

I was really glad and replied, expressing hope that more people could join in, along with sending a chicken to them.

Meanwhile, today’s upload, “Delivering the Park to Heungbu,” received a great response.

Within six hours of being uploaded, it reached 500,000 views, a notable record even within the side dish store.

Since we were uploading one by one in rotation, it likely contributed to the view count being concentrated on me.

The view count was spiking in real-time, along with the video uploaded on Heungbu’s channel yesterday.

“I don’t remember the last time I put myself out there like this. I’ve been busy farming, uploading YouTube videos, and handling housework that I haven’t watched a movie with Cheong even once.”

The video began with Park Heungbu’s warm tone and genuine voice, filled with gratitude and surprise for our Nam Sadaengpa, as well as love and trust between husband and wife.

“This person gave up his job and city life to come to this rural village in Jangho-won without any connections because he liked me. Sometimes I feel a bit sorry when I see him working the fields in his trousers, which used to look so great when he was single.”

The narration by Simcheong also clearly expressed her affection for her husband.

Viewers seemed to enjoy the sweet interactions of the couple in their early 40s, as the like ratio and number of comments were quite positive.

I want to live like that too.

I don’t want to live farming, but I want to marry someone like that.

Love isn’t about meeting a good person, but about becoming a good person.

What are you talking about?

LOL!

Seriously, how pitiful. What kind of life must you live to get so worked up over just going to see one movie?

Oh? Is this a fight? Negative comment?

I hope you regret this comment later.

For real, I hope your heart grows soon.

It’s obvious they’re living well, what’s the complaint?

It’s probably about their own reality.

Oh? Negative comment?

You seem to be someone who feels sorry for your own reality.

Even if you shoot slowly, it still hurts, teacher.

It’s so nice to see how much you care for each other. I support you.

This was a great job by Nam Sadaengpa.

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Haha, if you want to help, just help. What’s with the lights at this late hour?

Heungbu’s reaction was a bit disappointing.

He was so flustered he couldn’t even speak. LOL!

I liked that reaction because it felt more genuine.

For real, if someone gets too excited, I start to suspect it’s an act.

If that’s a script, shouldn’t we acknowledge it? It’s true he worked until 4 AM before coming here.

That’s true.

While I was looking at the comments on my video and Heungbu’s video, Joo Ji-seung, Cha Ji-chan, and Baek Woo-jin came into the office.

“How did you come in together?”

“We ran into each other downstairs.”

“What about Eun-ji?”

“She’s at the labor office. She’s trying to hire more staff, so she wanted to talk. Want some coffee?”

“Sounds good.”

I took out cans of Americano from the fridge and handed them out.

“So? Are you trying to help Yook Hye-rin?”

The reason for today’s gathering was that Joo Ji-seung wanted to help Yook Hye-rin, a participant from the Korean Food Contest.

“Yeah. Seong-chil said business isn’t going well.”

“Hmm.”

“Have you contacted her yet?”

Cha Ji-chan asked curiously.

“Yeah. Not everyone, but we’ve been in touch.”

It seemed they were keeping in touch since they shared how serious and eager they were about each other’s situations.

“Did you quit your job?”

I asked, and Joo Ji-seung nodded.

“Yeah. Apparently, the boss kept bothering him after he appeared on the show. He kept asking, ‘When are you leaving? Why aren’t you leaving?’ like that.”

Now that I think about it, there were instances where the participants’ stories were broadcasted as they were during interviews.

I clicked my tongue at the producer’s lack of character, and it seemed he took advantage of that to harass him.

“I wanted to try running a business anyway, and since the Korean Food Contest just ended, I thought I’d start after watching that, but it’s not going well.”

“What kind of business are you doing?”

Baek Woo-jin asked.

“Yukhoe. It’s been about a month.”

“But with that much exposure on TV, how can it not be doing well? Isn’t there something wrong?”

“It started off well, but the number of customers dropped quickly. There could be a problem.”

“Mm. Where is it located?”

“At Nakseongdae Inheon Market.”