Kim Donghu applied for both the Silver and Gold Play Buttons.
‘Alright, the stage is set, but what should I do next?’
I seriously thought about my next content.
It was a very interesting first experience.
Normally, I worked in places where everything from the planning to the stage setup was already done for me.
But in the YouTube world, I had to handle everything from start to finish on my own.
"Maybe I should start with something light, like workout content."
The first thing that came to mind was exercise.
I had already shown a lot of acting, and boxing had been exposed plenty too.
So, familiar exercises like gym workouts seemed like a good place to start.
In Korea, wellness and fitness were still very popular.
A video in that theme wouldn’t be a problem, especially since it fit with the "daily life" concept.
‘Workouts... piano or violin content too, that would be perfect, right?’
That was the plan, and it was time to get started.
‘At least I don’t have to worry about the location.’
While I’d been running around the U.S. doing my thing, Seokho-hyung had undergone a big change.
—Oh, Donghu! Oh, filming? Sure, do it however you like.
The change was that a new Veritas office building had been set up.
The old office stayed the same.
He’d mentioned wanting to keep the original spirit intact.
Anyway, the old office remained, but now a whole building was set aside for the convenience of the agency’s actors.
‘He said it was a secret date spot.’
There were actually so many fun things there you could almost call it a date spot.
Starting with a gym, there was a movie theater, an arcade, and more.
Seokho-hyung called it the "dream playground we imagined as kids."
"Okay, let’s film it and upload it right away."
The first glimpse into my daily life.
The theme was the gym and measuring my three big lifts.
***
The news that Kim Donghu was starting a YouTube channel spread in just one day.
Honestly, there was no way people wouldn’t know.
After hitting 1 million subscribers in 5 hours, he completely dominated the portal news, so it was common knowledge, and the difference was whether people subscribed or not.
And then—
[Kim Donghu hits 2.5 million in 24 hours]
—This guy’s not playing around
—Just a regular vlog, and it’s already at 5 million? LOL
—It was weird he hadn’t done this before, right?
—But hitting 5 million? Makes sense, Donghu’s face was on there for 10 minutes, and he varied his expressions.
[Why Kim Donghu is truly insane]
—He still has all the gifts his fans gave him at the Hydream concert LOL
—Isn’t that from 10 years ago? It’s all old, could’ve thrown it away, but nope LOL
—Saw the frames and letters, still there. Chills.
—Fan love is real for Donghu
—Wow, but the fact he still keeps the stuff from Hydream is legendary
—What’s wild is how well-preserved it is, LOL
—He has a whole space in his house dedicated to fans, crazy
—Not even kidding, the frames from Hydream are still hanging there. Insane, LOL
—I bet he probably dedicated a whole room to that stuff.
Just a 10-minute video caused a massive stir.
People kept watching and rewatching it.
The comments already ⊛ Nоvеlιght ⊛ (Read the full story) hit over 100,000, showing unbelievable power.
It got to the point where the comments felt like a live chat instead.
The firestorm was even more intense on Kim Donghu’s fan communities.
[Should we update soon?]
—Donghyeong’s 2020 June Mid version... is it ready?
—^The long one^ The notice update’s coming. Big thumbs up.
—Big thumbs up
—Big thumbs up
—Big thumbs up
—Burger thumbs up
—No, wait
—No, wait
—No, wait
—No, wait
—No, the badges are in line? LOL Update already~
[Notice update ^The long one^ latest complete]
—Oh my...!!!!
—^Commercial movies, double 10 million, independent films, Migeonsen 4 Best Director Awards, variety show ratings 30%, drama ratings 40%, Olympic boxing gold medal, Red Horn, Adidas, partner, Benz, Richard Mille, Louis Vuitton muse, fluent in English and Japanese, proof of cooking skills, flawless piano and violin performances, WBC heavyweight champ, Wembley Stadium viewership 250 million, Tarzan’s own, pulled a small plane, live-action 20 billion dollars, Disney movie, animation live-action highest box office, the Korean actor filming Musashi, Japanese culture conquest success, YouTube Gold Play Button in 5 hours^
—Updated after a while
—Tell me if I missed anything, I’ll add it right away, LOL
—It’s so long, I honestly don’t know
—Looks right though?
—Problem is, it’s only gonna get longer
—Donghyeong’s big updates are tough to handle
—Why’s Donghyung so high, I’ll need to memorize all this
The community was continuously feeding the fire about Kim Donghu.
And as if waiting, at 2 a.m., another video suddenly appeared on his YouTube.
[Is Kim Donghu doing daily uploads? LOL What’s this, two days in a row?]
—Good things are good, right?
—Straight fire, gotta watch right now
[The concept seems like fitness, guess he’s doing the 3 major lifts]
—Kim Donghu is like 180-something cm? Around 100 kg, right?
—At this point, he’s probably lifting 500 in total.
—500 isn’t something you see often in real life
—Having a good body doesn’t always mean being super strong, you know?
—Since he’s a boxer, he does functional training, so the weight lifting could be different?
—Still, he could probably hit 500, he’s so strong.
—For regular people, anything over 400 is insanely strong, though.
As people wrote their comments and watched the video, they noticed something strange.
—?
—?
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