Big Life
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“Yes?”
My face stopped with a smile.
The reconstruction took a sip of water and added, placing down the cup.
“I wonder what was good about this new piece. ”
“Hmm, yes. So overall it was unblocked... Well, the result was clear and... huge. Yes, it is. ”
“I see.”
The reconstruction smiles faintly and nods.
He had already guessed with his face that he had never read his work.
I forcibly coughed once or twice and opened my mouth.
“So anyway, Mr. Ha, there's something I want to talk to you about before the contract. ”
“Can we start with the webtoons? ”
“Webtoon……? ”
“Comic KT decided to webtune the modern Journal. That's a priority, so I want to start with the webtoon story. ”
“Ah, yes. It's going well. Right, Mr. Somi? ”
I handed it to Somi with a look of distress.
In fact, he was barely aware of the details of his work or the progress involved. She had no choice but to repeat what she had already told the reconstruction.
“I'm coordinating with a painter and a Conti writer. It could take a week or 10 days. ”
You nod slowly with a reassuring look on your face. Somi's doubts about looking at his tone with his eyes were only growing.
Why are we asking again what we already know about Webtoon progress?
‘What are you thinking, Writer Ha...' ’
Somi wondered why the reconstruction was here.
He made it clear that Tae Won had left the company on the phone.
If she knew about the reconstruction, she would have postponed her appointment with Starbooks and contacted Tae-won first.
But Somi only knew one, and neither of them knew.
The question about webtoons is, why is rebuilding the surface here?
The real reason is not because of anything else, but because of yourself, the taste of sperm.
In fact, this was the last thing you could do for Somi, a Starbooks employee, from the point of reconstruction.
She, who was a dedicated editor, came here with the intention to speak to the new editor face to face so that she wouldn't be broken.
There was static on the son-in-law.
I opened my mouth with a smile to try to score some points for reconstruction.
“I support your work as it is. We're here to support you in your creative endeavors. even if you don't sign a contract. The old editor was kind of a stickler, wasn't he? You must have done a lot of work. The, uh, the representative. What was his name?”
“Yes, it was Kwon Tae-won. ”
“Yes, Kwon Tae-won. My father...... No, he's been with Jules for a long time. You're too stubborn and you interfere a lot with writers. I mean, what writers would like? He wasn't very good at it. As long as I'm editor-in-chief, you'll feel more comfortable writing. I'm going to push actively. Of course I'm going to push. ”
Somi was so anxious that she wanted to clench her fists with both hands.
I could see it in her eyes as a freshman terminator. He has no head and a shallow personality.
Even a punk who wants to make up for his shortcomings is short.
I couldn't understand how Jules was acting when she sat him down as editor.
With serious concern for Starbooks' future, Somi shakes her head.
“ ……. ”
Reconstruction was drinking another sip of water with an expressionless face.
And then after a while.
He raised his head and said without hesitation.
“It was thanks to Kwon Tae-won's editor. ”
“…… Yes? ”
He narrows his eyebrows and tilts his head.
Reaching out to the clothing rack I had left by my side, the reconstruction was a horse.
“My novel was published thanks to President Kwon's feedback. I didn't just hit him with my own power. ”
The high representative's complexion became pale first.
The blood was draining from his face. The rebuilding that took place as if it were nothing, bowed and greeted.
“I feel overwhelmed and unable to eat. I'm very sorry, but if you'll excuse me. ”
“Now, Writer? Hae-won, wait a minute. ”
The frown that was frozen and the high surrogate woke up late and bounced.
Reconstruction has already passed through the entrance wearing shoes.
Somi, who was left alone in the room, couldn't keep her mouth shut, wrapped around her forehead.
"Ha, ha. Writer? ’
Somi couldn't stay still either.
She asked the waiter for understanding and put on shoes.
Starbooks was a regular and reliable customer of the store, so she was never stopped.
“What, where did it go? ”
“She's not answering her phone. ”
Kyungwook and his high-ranking proxy were on the road in front of the building, blinking their eyes and circling around.
Reconstruction was not an easy thing to find on the streets of the night swarming with crowds.
“Deputy, did I do something wrong? ”
“Oh, no. What could the editor have done wrong? Writer Ha must be in a bad mood today. Writers get sensitive when they're annoyed, you know. ”
Somi comes down the stairs and stands in front of them.
Taking the eyes of the two flying men into one body, she said first.
“Let's go to the subway station. ”
“Yes, Mr. Somi. When you find him, you'll convince him to bring him back. What the hell is this? Deputy Go, we'll go that way. ”
He uncuffed his neck and headed across the street with his surrogate.
Somi's phone began to vibrate around the time their appearance became smaller.
“Ha Writer! ”
- I'm sorry, a little surprised?
“I was surprised, not just a little. Where are you now?”
- I took a cab, I was in a hurry.
Somi shuts up without saying anything more.
I thought I already knew why I was in such a hurry and where the cab I was rebuilding was going.
- Mr. Somi?
“I'm listening, Writer… Go ahead. ”
I'm not embarrassing you, am I, Mr. Somi?
“There's no such thing. Not at all. And why worry about me? You need to worry about your work and your work. ”
- I'm fine. If you don't mind, Mr. Somi, that's all.
“What is that…? ”
I blurred my words instead of asking Somi.
It felt like a vague conjecture that was wandering around somewhere in the brain.
‘Is it... because of me? ’
I can't get it out of my mouth.
Wrong pieces of the puzzle take their place.
Surprisingly, the walk of reconstruction began to make sense.
That's why another question arose, Somi.
As a new editor, I wonder how much I care.
- You've worked hard to keep me in charge. I'll shoot you something delicious sometime.
Somi presses her finger against the frowning tip of her nose and smiles.
No matter how much I thought about it, there was nothing I could do to rebuild it. I never struggled with reconstruction. The writer was always a good man, and the work was always so perfect that there was no place to touch it.
I am done working with the writer Harebuild.
You will never edit his novel again unless you quit Starbooks.
Somi raised her head toward the night sky.
I took a deep breath of cool air and regained my energy. She takes back her usual voice and replies vigorously.
“I'm going to get you something really expensive, so you have to be awesome. ”
- Of course, it'll explode like a trifecta.
“I look forward to it. Be careful going in.”
- Somi, too.
After hanging up the phone, I turned around.
Her back wide and walking swallows into the crowd.
It wasn't until the reconstruction got out of a crack in the building that he took a taxi.
* * *
- Sorry, Representative Kwon. I was not confident when I reconsidered because of the difference between paper books and breathing. I quit this time.
- I really wanted to sign a contract with Mr. Kwon's management. I have relationships with publishers who have masterpieces. I'd love to talk to you again next time I have a chance. I'm sorry, sir.
- I'm afraid not. I told you the last time I saw him, but I still don't trust him. I don't doubt Mr. Kwon's skills. But this is just the beginning, and I'm pretty nervous because I don't have any data to reference. I have to concede the first start to another writer.
“Phew...! ”
A heavy sigh of stone comes out of my chest.
Tae-won woke up from his nap early in the evening without overcoming his fatigue.
Three writers who believed in him sent a message of rejection in a row.
I was limping.
“Did it not work out again? ”
The woman who touched the cover sample with the design program from another computer asked.
It was Tae-won's wife's prodigy.
“Maybe they're all scared. It's a brand-new company that doesn't pay for anything. ”
“That's too much. There must be something you've done for me. ”
“It's harder when you think about it and expect it. Forget the past. ”
Rather, Tae-won comforted me, shrugging the shoulders of the east.
Dongmyung was looking around the living room with a dirty look on his face. The two children were supposed to stay with their parents until they were seated for a while.
“You know what?”
“Huh?"
“H-how come there's no one around the writer? ”
Knowing her husband's meticulous nature, Dong-mi waited until now. And I was about to ask him a question because I couldn't wait any longer.
“You said you were in good company. I thought you said writing is good and that people are okay and that you complimented me on drooling. I told you I wanted to go all the way. ”
He couldn't answer, so he looked at the blue fluorescent light.
Just before he left, what he had heard from Starbooks' national treasure remained in his ears.
- Don't try to steal the writer. Especially Harebuilding. If you name the floor, no one will notice it. We have to stop pushing our slaves. He paid me three months' salary in addition to my severance pay. Costs a lot of money, right? I hope it's useful and good for you.
That's why we haven't been able to get in touch with the reconstruction.
Reconstruction may not work with Starbooks if they find out that they have left the company.
This alone is unlikely to cause embarrassment.
Starbooks has a strong influence and a wide network of genres. If you have acted against the plan, you do not know what serious damage will be done to your management's sales force.
Management should sell the works of the contracted author in as many markets as possible.
This is what Tae Won should do from now on. But what if we lose the pedestal from the start?
The end is a stray and penniless hell.
“Where are you going? ”
Dong Dong asked, seeing Tae-won packing his clothes.
Without looking back, Tae Won replied with his shoes on.
“Take a walk. I'll get some air. ”
Tae Won took the elevator down to the first floor.
I was biting a cigarette that I just had.
The purpose of this walk was to sneak a cigarette for my wife.
Glug glug!
At that moment, the phone in my pocket trembled.
Tae Won quickly took out his cell phone, hoping that some of the writers had changed their minds and called.
“ ……! ”
The moment he saw the name rebuild on the screen, he froze in place.
Bloop-oop! Bloop-oop! Glug glug!
The vibrations in his hands continued.
However, Tae Won could not answer the phone.
What can I say now?
I didn't even think of a single line of sentences about how to continue the conversation with reconstruction.
Right then.
“It's not your phone, is it? ”
Tae-won's heart sank.
The voice coming from behind my back was so familiar.
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