The Red Rose of England
The Red Rose of England.
A true icon of pop culture.
The role model for every girl and the ideal woman for every boy around the world. The actress with the largest global fanbase on the planet.
From the hottest teen star to sweeping the Academy Award for Best Actress last year, proving her acting prowess. The undisputed top star of Hollywood.
Kylie Rose.
She was trembling right now.
“Oh my God……!”
She had only stopped by during her Asian schedule to see a friend’s face, yet here she was having this incredible experience!
She also had to admit it.
She had fallen completely in love with these adorable, sweet fairies inside Mir Land!
“Shin! Shin!! The place you recommended is absolutely insane! Oh my god. I’m seriously shook!”
“Haha, calm down, Kylie.”
“It’s fantastic. Look, I still have goosebumps all over! Can’t you let me go in one more time?”
“Mm, just once. Starting tomorrow, you’ll have to wait in line.”
“Oh, thank you. Really, really thank you. Should I give you a kiss as thanks?”
“Yeah. Quit the nonsense and get going. I’m busy.”
Why had the famously professional Kylie Rose become so completely disarmed?
Was it because she still couldn’t forget the pet dog that had crossed the rainbow bridge not long ago? Or was she reminded of her first pet cat, Catherine, from childhood?
At this point, did the reason even matter?
What mattered was that she had fallen for these sparkling fairies at first sight, and that warm, fluffy feeling of love had ultimately made Kylie Rose plant herself firmly in Yeongdo.
Even when her manager foamed at the mouth, it was useless. Even when the agency CEO called personally to beg, she shouted back, “I don’t care, I’m staying here!”
And so every single day, she returned to that dreamlike world.
Day 2.
Day 3.
Day 4.
The moment Kylie Rose boarded her private jet with lingering regret, the airport descended into chaos as waves of foreigners poured in.
“Is this the country where Mir Land is?”
“Excuse me. Where is Busan’s Yeongdo?”
“Hey! Where do I go to see the cute little guy in this photo?”
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As expected, Kylie Rose was the world’s greatest loudspeaker(?).
Her performance was simply outstanding.
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Starting with Kylie’s SNS, the entire world became aware of Mir Land’s existence.
A Gate that regular people can enjoy? No way, stop joking…… How could something like that exist? Wait, it’s real? Just how amazing is that Gate that Kylie is raving about it? Should I go check it out?
Curiosity moved their fingers, and soon people found out.
That Kylie’s excitement was not exaggerated in the slightest.
The entire YouTube world was flooded with nothing but that topic.
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A fantasy world created not with CG but with magic power.
Thrilling and mysterious adventures unfolding within it.
And the ridiculously cute creatures that steal your eyes!
Adventure, theme park, Gate, Hunter, dreamland, fantasy world.
All things kids go crazy for, and on top of that you can hang out with cute and lovable characters from a cartoon?
Oh my, and that cartoon is being released for free right now! Should I watch it……?
But a few sharp-eyed people realized from the start that the situation was far from ordinary.
It stinks.
There’s a smell!
The rotten stench of capitalism hidden behind those cute faces!!
To get straight to the conclusion, it was already too late.
The kids were already eating with their eyes glued to Monster Guild, and children who used to struggle with multiplication tables were now perfectly memorizing the names of all 131 monster species.
After binge-watching all the way to season 8, the children looked back and forth between their parents and the floor, demanding with their eyes.
Father, Mother, is it okay if we lie down here?
The children’s friend.
But behind the scenes.
The parents’ wallet breaker.
Take a good look. This is K-cartoon and K-business!
And so Lee Shin’s scheme once again made the world react.
America.
Europe.
Japan.
China.
No exaggeration — vacationers from Asia, America, Europe, Africa, entire continents were flooding into Korea.
The terrifying crowd was enough to paralyze Incheon Airport. It made people newly understand why Lee Shin had wanted to build an airport in Yeongdo.
And so, with a single theme park and one animation, Lee Shin rose to become the public enemy of every parent in the world.
But the man himself was smiling with satisfaction as he read the curses from all over the world posted on the guild’s SNS.
“Wicked merchant, exploiting childhood innocence, this demon, the Demon King of Money……”
Clap clap clap.
Excellent. It couldn’t be more excellent.
He loved it. It was exactly the picture Lee Shin had wanted.
“Looks like the board is set. Shall we move on to the next step, hyung?”
“I’ll make the calls right away.”
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Ring ring——
Ring ring———
While the phone rang like crazy, the front desk staff shouted loudly.
“Dreamwalkers have arrived!”
The authority in attraction development and America’s top theme park entertainment company.
Dreamwalkers Envision has joined.
“We’ve also received contact from the Sky Track side. They say they’ll be here soon.”
The theme park industry’s second-in-command that closely trails Dreamwalkers’ vision.
Sky Track Technology has joined.
“Pixel says they’ll arrive shortly as well.”
A production company that owns numerous globally popular animation series.
Pixel Motion Studio has joined.
“Oculus? Is this the place we sent the invitation to?”
“Correct. It’s a content development company.”
“Confirmed.”
The company that acquired the world’s top virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) research labs and is aggressively producing content.
Oculus Interactive has joined.
Besides them, lighting art specialist company Lumiric Lighting, theme park food and beverage partner Galactic Tricks, and many more.
Not just theme parks, animation, and content production. Any company that could even slightly utilize the innovative Gate Lee Shin had created was gathering here.
All of them, to Mir Guild!
At that moment the door opened and Chae Dong-ha entered, dressed in a suit.
“How’s the situation?”
“Vice Guild Leader. Everything is proceeding smoothly.”
“That’s a relief. What about the arrival list?”
“All the invited companies have arrived.”
“However, companies that weren’t invited are causing a ruckus demanding seats.”
“They’re shoving their way in without even asking……”
“There are major broadcasters like the BBC and quite a few places that are hard to refuse…… What should we do?”
“You’re asking the obvious. What do you mean, what should we do?”
Chae Dong-ha looked at the list and spoke indifferently.
“Send back everyone who wasn’t invited.”
Who cares about the BBC or anyone else? Even if the president came, he’d have to beg for a favor. Who do they think they are, sticking their heads in so rudely?
Chae Dong-ha cut them off with a single decisive stroke.
“We only stopped by briefly, so we don’t have much time. Please prepare these documents quickly.”
“Yes!”
Soon after, Chae Dong-ha took the documents and walked down the corridor, followed closely by the staff who had been attending him.
“What about makeup and coordination?”
“They just reported that it’s finished.”
“Then is the CEO alone right now?”
“Yes, I believe he’s waiting alone in the dressing room.”
The dressing room they soon reached.
When Chae Dong-ha opened the door and entered, Lee Shin — fully made up and dressed to the nines — was leaning his chair way back and humming a tune.
On the TV, Monster Guild was playing, and the humming was the theme song…….
Chae Dong-ha tilted his head. This scene felt familiar somehow? After thinking for a moment, he realized what the déjà vu was.
“Ah…… The Lair Cafe!”
“Hm? You’re here, hyung? What are you talking about?”
“This situation doesn’t feel new to me. It seemed like I’d seen it somewhere before, and now that I think about it, it’s exactly like how you looked right before the Lair Cafe presentation in the past.”
“Ah……? You’re right?”
Now that he thought about it, it really was.
The dressing room was the same as back then, Monster Guild was playing on TV, and even the way Lee Shin was humming the theme song was similar.
“Wow, time really flies. Back then we were running around like crazy just to open one little cafe.”
“It wasn’t little. It was clearly a franchise. Even back then, the scale was already quite large.”
It felt like just yesterday they held a presentation to expand the cafe franchise, yet in just a few years they were now inviting the world’s leading corporations to this very spot.
Finding the situation amusing, Lee Shin and Chae Dong-ha burst into laughter as if they had promised to do so.
“The stage is ready.”
“Then shall we go dance?”
“I will escort you.”
When Chae Dong-ha opened the door and stepped out, Lee Shin followed.
Following his steps, the waiting front desk staff bowed at the waist.
Receiving everyone’s greetings, Lee Shin energetically stepped up onto the stage they had prepared.
“Welcome, everyone who has come to the Mir Land collaboration presentation! I am Mir Guild representative Lee Shin!”