Life is Easier If You're Handsome novel Chapter 273

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While editing episode one of Physical 300—

“PD-nim! The vote count is finished.”

“Mm, okay. Just a sec.”

Ji Yonghu PD waved dismissively at the youngest PD’s voice.

Seeing the gesture, the junior PD approached with a nervous face.

“Did we do something wrong?”

“No, it’s not that. I just... I’m greedy. I want to make it even better.”

Trying to ease the younger PD’s worry,

Ji Yonghu rubbed his eyes.

Out of about 300 people, maybe only 50 have real variety show potential?

Honestly, that was already a lot.

Objectively speaking, the footage was solid.

But compared to the main highlight... it felt lacking.

“Donghu was just too amazing. But the other matches were incredible too.”

Relieved that the blame wasn’t on him,

The junior PD encouraged Ji Yonghu, who kept replaying the ball-stealing scene.

“I know, I know. I’m just being greedy.”

He took a long drag of his vape and exhaled carefully upward,

His leg bouncing like he was flooring a gas pedal.

“So, obviously Donghu got first place in the team leader vote, right?”

“Yes. Kade was second, just as expected. And third was the marathoner, Sindre.”

“Wow, exactly as we predicted.”

Leaving his regret behind, Ji Yonghu finally stood from his seat.

“Where did you organize the results?”

“On the whiteboard.”

“Good. That’s the best way to make it pop visually.”

Ji Yonghu moved over and stood in front of the whiteboard displaying the final tally.

From 1st to 15th.

The rankings from the “winner candidate vote,” a.k.a. the team leader vote.

One detail stood out—

“Donghu got all 150 votes.”

Kim Donghu had received votes from all 150 participants who passed the first round.

That’s right, 150.

“...Donghu even voted for himself?”

“He’s got such human charm. Should we put that in the broadcast?”

“Yeah, lay it down like bait. You get what I mean?”

“Oh, ohh! Got it!”

You needed little bits like that to spice things up.

Muttering to himself, Ji Yonghu moved on to confirm the next round’s event.

“Now it’s group project time, huh?”

***

The day of Physical 300’s second round shoot.

The participants had gathered again after a short break.

“Man, I never expected they’d give us accommodations like this in Korea.”

“More than half the 150 are international athletes... Netflix must be loaded.”

“Yeah, and with that much investment... I wonder how much they plan to squeeze out of us.”

The participants chatted about how much Netflix must’ve spent.

Then—

“Hello.”

“Donghu! You’re on time today?”

“I had a family thing. Couldn’t be helped.”

“Haha! A real man puts family first. You really are the perfect alpha.”

The moment Kim Donghu appeared, attention snapped to him.

Maybe it was because of the impromptu autograph session earlier?

At this point, Kim Donghu was already a leader figure among the participants.

“I didn’t expect you to send a video message... Thank you so much.”

“It really wasn’t a big deal. It’s off-season for me anyway.”

“Come on, like you ever have an off-season.”

Kim Donghu’s fan service was beyond amazing.

Despite being a global superstar,

He’d sent video messages and signed autographs without hesitation.

Of course, the participants were respectful of boundaries,

But even doing it within those limits was impressive.

Most celebrities lost their humility as they rose—

But not Kim Donghu.

“So, what do you think today’s event is?”

At Kade’s question, Kim Donghu shrugged.

“Not sure. But... maybe it’s time for team matches?”

“Team matches?”

“There are way too many people.”

150 participants.

Obviously, it was impossible to feature all of them individually.

But they couldn’t just exclude people outright either.

In cases like this, nothing beats a good group game. freewebnovel-cσ๓

And Kim Donghu’s prediction was right on target.

—“Welcome to all participants who have survived through Round 2.”

—“From Round 2 onward, games will be held in teams, with team leaders at the center.”

Just like he’d guessed, the announcement rolled forward like a script.

—“The team leaders were selected based on the previous winner candidate vote.”

—“First team leader: Group A’s Kim Donghu, with 150 votes.”

At that first team leader announcement, everyone froze for a moment.

150 votes? There were 150 people. That meant...

“Donghu Kim, did you vote for yourself?”

“...Ah.”

Kim Donghu’s face flushed red.

***

After the announcement of all team leaders from 1st to 15th,

I looked over at the others standing in line beside me.

They’ve all clearly got something solid going for them.

Not just brute strength or raw speed—

They were all well-rounded, hexagon-statted types.

Anyone could tell these were people worthy of leading a team.

This translation is the intellectual property of Novelight.

—“Starting from the top rank, team leaders will each pick one person at a time until they have a team of 10, including themselves.”

With the next announcement, everyone quickly grasped the rules.

From the top down,

Each leader would form a 10-member team, themselves included.

Then those teams would compete.

Now it made sense why team leaders were chosen via the winner candidate vote.

It wouldn’t be fun if all the strongest ended up on the same team.

To maintain exciting matchups,

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