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Episode 120: The 3 Million Dollar Man (7)

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Someone tapped my shoulder.

I slowly opened my eyes and looked around.

OK.

"Sir···."

The stewardess I saw when I was on a plane to California a week ago.

She was looking at me with her perplexed expression, which suits her graceful smile.

‘What?’

I stood up straight, slightly perplexed.

"Yes? Anything?”

Then I asked her

Then she lowered her head slightly and opened her mouth.

“Ah, I could not get up, so I unintentionally made a disrespect. It's landing soon, so fasten your seat belt..."

Ah, now that I see it, it looks like it's already landing.

I was in the middle of the Pacific Ocean just when I closed my eyes a little after eating an in-flight meal...

I thought I slept for about ten minutes, but time flew by really quickly because it was Incheon.

I looked around and saw that everyone but me had finished preparing to land.

I scratched my cheek and opened my mouth.

“Ah, sorry. I was so tired that I fell asleep. I'm a little tired today..."

Then she nodded her head as if she already knew, and opened her mouth.

“You’ve been busy in California, so that’s okay.”

Then she looks at me with her sparkling eyes.

Apparently, she also had seen this yotube quiz contest.

Because she was wearing the same facial expression that everyone she encountered after this contest did.

‘I know you, but you don’t know me?’

that expression.

Anyway, after this tournament.

'Crado came all the way here, isn't it Chom's return to par?'

When I was walking around downtown San Francisco with Johnson's guide.

'Oh, Seven Hearts! You did a good job escaping the room!’

'me too! I’m envious of three million dollars!’

‘Kim! Sign it! Or even a photo!’

People who recognized my face approached me without hesitation as if they were friends.

Then he high-fives and walks through Fist Bumps and asks me for autographs and photos.

Of course, at first I thought he was going to punch me, but I was a little embarrassed.

'Sun. That's how much I like Sun-saeng. Say hello!’

After hearing Johnson's words and clenching fists a few times, I was able to laugh and hang out with people later.

And each time that was the expression on their faces.

'It was fortunate that he left me alone while eating.'

However···

Even if it was understandable that it was an event that only took place in the United States in their own country.

It was a little surprising that people, like the stewardess in front of me right now, would recognize my face even if they didn't seem to be very interested in things like yo tubes.

Probably because I thought that professionals like her would get so caught up in their work that they would not have time to watch things like Yotube videos.

However···

“Have you ever seen the video?”

"sure. I really enjoyed it.”

Seeing her nod her head with her bright expression on her face, it didn't seem like it either.

‘Because it was covered not only on social media but also on news and newspapers.’

So when I was thinking about this competition for a while and my awareness that it has raised.

"Then I'll see you after landing. Call me anytime if you need anything.”

She disappeared after being called by another passenger.

I looked at her back and fastened her seat belt.

I even looked around.

Then, the familiar Eurasia Air First Class image caught my eye.

‘Come to think of it, the name is first class, and all I did was eat and sleep again.’

I sighed.

In fact, from the side of the tube in the first place.‘I made a reservation for the same flight and the same seat as when you came.’

Just when I heard that I had reserved a First Class seat as a winner's privilege.

‘This time, I will experience everything in first class.’

Because I promised myself that

But.

‘Rather than trying to use all the services, I fell asleep right away as soon as I opened my eyes…’

Well, the schedule in between was so tight.

A week ago, after the finals were all over.

[We will announce the winner of the 1st Yotube Worldwide Quiz Contest. The winner is... a man of miracles from Korea! Seven Hearts! This is Kim Chun-young!]

The welcome party, the California tour, and the last goodbye party that I had skipped before the finals.

It was a series of non-stop meeting people, talking and taking pictures.

Besides, in my case.

‘Because Kim Jun-young is the winner. She must be different from other contenders.’

Even after all the other contenders were gone, I had to participate in simple publicity events such as YOTUBE's own events and local broadcast talk shows.

Of course, the meeting wasn't all bad.

'Hello. Mr. Joon-Young Kim. My name is O'Brien Sten.'

Thanks to that, I was able to make faces with people I had only heard of in the past.

However.

'Still, I couldn't ignore the fact that I was tired...'

I shook my head.

Then the slightly hazy mind awakened slowly.

and after a while.

[After a while, our airline will arrive at Incheon Airport. Passengers on board [...]

The captain's words began to come out of the in-flight speaker.

Slowly the plane lowered its altitude.

Then, out of the window, the familiar sea.

A familiar green light caught my eye.

‘You are finally back.’

* * *

widely-

It's been a really long time since I set foot on Korean soil.

Then I felt all the tension and fatigue that had accumulated in my body melt away.

It's like coming home after a week of all night work.

I felt as if I had escaped the slaughterhouse and returned to my homeland.

‘It’s only been a week.’

I smiled softly and moved on.

I had to hurry back to the academy and deal with the things that happened during my absence.

Come to think of it.

‘Be sure to call me this time!’

Before leaving today, I remembered what Yuna Kim had said to her.

‘If you don’t, it’s a dart girl strike! strike!'

I smiled and turned on my phone.

And that moment.

katokka talk ka talk ka talk ka talk katok-

tiring tiring tiring tiring tiring tiring tiring tiring-

The phone started ringing like crazy.

'what···.'

The eyes of the people around me turned to me.

I bowed my head slightly to the people and checked my phone.

OK.

[KakaoTalk 999+]

[character 999+]

[257 missed calls]

A huge amount of KakaoTalk, messages, and missed calls appeared in front of my eyes.

“·················ogue.”

Even before the finals, a fairly large amount of messages came all at once, but this time the amount was different.

When I checked it a little, I saw everything from acquaintances of hermit crab academy to calls from numbers I didn't know at all.

It was a flood of messages with different purposes.

Oh so... the studios earlier.

‘Did you enjoy your flight?’

‘Thanks to you, I came here really comfortably.’

'That's fortunate. But when you go out, you have to be a little nervous, right?'

'Yes?'

‘The popularity of teachers these days is no joke.’

I remembered what you said to me.

At the time, I thought it was just simple lip service...

When she saw the storm of messages, it seemed that her words were not just lip service.

'no way···.'

She was slightly nervous and checked the KakaoTalk of the hermit crab academy members.

[Yuna: Sam!!! Wow, this is no joke right now!]

[Eunsol: Teacher! Come out with caution!]

[Jiseong: Heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh]

.

.

‘What the hell is going on?’

I swallowed my saliva and walked out of the arrivals hall.

OK.

ah ah ah-

great cheers.

Click-click-click-click-click-

Dazzling camera baptism.

and.

[axis! illusion! Congratulations on winning the quiz contest of hermit crab academy teacher Kim Jun-young!]

Even the hermit crab academy members waving huge placards.

There were so many welcome people looking at me that it put a strain on my heart.

* * *

I managed to get out of the airport really quickly.

‘Mr. Kim Jun-young! Just say one word!’

‘How do you plan to spend three million dollars?’

‘What kind of relationship do you have with Na-yoon Son!’

‘Is the rumor that you are donating your prize money to UNICEF true?’

‘The information that you are entering the entertainment industry is…’

Reporters frantically pointing their mics.

‘Look at this.’

A camera flash that explodes non-stop.

Even though I had prepared myself in my heart, I had no choice but to stop for a while.

because.

‘No, that’s about it?’

Because I didn't know it would have been like this.

When I searched for domestic articles in California, I was told that it had gained some recognition among people.

I never imagined that a famous Hollywood actor would come to Korea as it is now.

Because if.

‘Aaaah! This is Sam. Waist up, waist up!’

If she hadn't found Yuna Kim, who was floating around the placard, she might have been surrounded by reporters now.

I looked at Yuna Kim with a new gaze.

But at that moment.

Kim Yu-na, who was laughing hehehe looking at her cell phone, raised her head suddenly.

Then she asked me with a serious expression on her face.

“That’s right, sir! But did you see a whale?”

Oh, I did something.

I smiled and nodded her head.

Well it wasn't because of her, but she did see her whale anyway.

OK.

“Oh, have you really seen it? Where?”

She looked at me with a surprised expression.

He looked like he didn't really expect to see a whale.

It was a really envious face.I smiled softly and opened my mouth.

“I saw it on a whale tour yacht under the Golden Gate Bridge.”

After hearing my words, Yuna Kim ran and opened her mouth.

"Really? OMG! I want to go too. If only I got the last question right then! Oh right. Do you have any photos? picture! picture!"

If you don't give it up, you will be bitten like a killer whale, so he politely handed over the phone.

OK.

'Ha, the killer whale is cute...'

muttered her words and looked around her photo album.

Somehow before I left.

‘I want to go to California and see whales!’

He sang and seemed to really miss him.

But Yuna Kim, who had been fiddling with my phone for such a long time, suddenly made a blank expression.

“Wow, sir. Is all this money a prize? How many balls (0) are there? One, two, three, four.

looked at me and said

Apparently, I saw the balance in my account.

Then did you hear Yuna's words?

“Teacher, how did you pay your taxes?”

Eunsol said to me with a worried expression.

It was a look in his eyes that knew that the tax of the US state government was considerable as he came from a school of study abroad.

I looked at her and she slowly began to open her mouth.

“Ah, it worked out just fine. As for how it happened...”

'tax'

In fact, I had a lot of trouble with it at first.

From Johnson before the prize money is deposited.

‘Sunsaeng-nim, the tax may come out as high as that. The state government cuts it like a knife.’

Because she had heard about taxes.

According to Johnson's story, in general, the US state government deducts 30-40% of prize money as taxes.

So, at most, we had to pay close to 1.3 billion won in taxes.

Paying 1.3 billion won in taxes from the 3.2 billion won prize money felt like a piece of meat being ripped off, but there was nothing I could do about it.

I couldn't afford not to pay taxes to the state of California.

After all, isn't the only advantage that once you pay your taxes in the US, you don't pay domestic taxes with a foreign tax credit?

‘No, to be precise, I will have to pay an additional 2% of the domestic tax of 42%.’

But then.

‘We talked about $3 million, so we have to keep it. We will pay the tax. Actually... this time, it's really small compared to the amount I've earned thanks to the teacher.'

Jamie Sue delivered some shocking news.

Well, 1.3 billion won't be a huge amount for a giant company like Yotube.

Still, when she heard that she was going to answer this, she was a little perplexed.

But as she pondered, it started to make sense that YouTube had shown me this kind of favor.

In fact, as a result of this quiz contest, the profit and image increase that Yotube earned is beyond imagination.

I saw articles that said they had achieved intangible and tangible profits that were almost several times the amount they used during this competition.

So, from their point of view, it seemed like they were going to build a positive image for me and the public by paying the taxes I had to pay instead.

And as a result.

A total of 3 million dollars came into my hands.

Converted to our money.

About 3,250,000,000 won.

It was an amount that was hard to imagine that he had earned during the two weeks of the preliminary rounds.

Thanks to this, the account balance, which had shrunk after expanding the academy, increased, and I was full even without eating.

“…that’s how it happened.”

Let me finish talking about taxes.

“Oh, I’m glad. I was worried that there might be double taxation in the US and Korea.”

She nodded her head with a look of relief.

But then.

“Sam! What are you going to do with the prize money? Can you buy tea? No, the car is already there. So home?”

Yuna Kim asked.

Then other people looked at me with curious eyes.

After all, it's more interesting how the money will be used than the heady tax story.

I looked at them and smiled slightly.

I already received this money.

Because the place where this huge amount of money of 3.2 billion will be used has already been decided.

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