Life, Once Again!

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I tried to put a half-burnt cigarette in the ashtray, but I couldn't. It was right before the collapse of the towering butt, which was flaky as a Christmas tree. It reminds me now that I haven't sharpened ashtrays for a while.

“It's time to go. ”

Dongwook stood up with ashtrays. I left my butt in the trash and opened the living room window wide. The sunlight spills in. I stood dazed on the veranda for a moment and got the sunlight. It reminded me of a specialist who said people need photosynthesis.

I sprayed deodorant all over the house and went to the bathroom. I stood in front of the mirror and looked at my face. I haven't shaved for a while, so my beard is full. I foamed my face with soap and lifted my razor. Every time I shave my fur, it burns. I washed my hair, washed my hair, and came out. I dried my hair with dry hair and caught it in the shape with wax and spray.

“Not bad yet. ”

I turned my back on the mirror and took my clothes out of the wardrobe. Blue shirt and denim pants. Dress neatly and put a bag of photographs and notebooks on your shoulders. I'm ready to go out to the front with this.

I pulled the car out of the parking lot and out onto the road.

“Number 8, for starters. ”

I drove to a building near Seoul. Number 8. I'm a filmmaker. As a producer who consistently filmed movies, it was thought that there was no problem with the management, but the company suddenly collapsed during the shoot. Management evaporated.

I stopped in the building parking lot and got on the elevator. On one wall of the elevator is a sign of shops in the building. ‘Number 8’ was on the fourth floor. Above it was a black meteor fan with x characters.

Elevator door is open.

I knew it.

Dongwook could see people camping in front of the elevator. You are blocking the door in front of office number 8 on the left. I can see people sitting on the ground, already in a commotion.

Dongwook showed the camera to those looking at him. I don't know if my face will turn blurry soon. I think they're private investors. I can see a lot of women. I opened office door number 8, avoiding a man who seemed to have fainted. Luckily, it wasn't locked.

There were people inside. Everyone has fierce eyes. I looked at the camera in the eyes of suspicion, but it didn't work this time.

“What are you? ”

“I'm a journalist.”

“A journalist? Why a journalist? ”

“Come on. We got a case. ”

“The case? Are you kidding me? Don't you see all these people with cans? You're not the kind of reporters who giggle at people's ruins! ”

A decent-looking fifty year-old man approaches and screams. He doesn't usually look angry, but now he looks like he'll send a man with a knife.

“Ms. Grant, calm down. ”

Others stopped him. They seem like rational people.

I approached a man in his fifties who was pulling away the hands of the dryers, beating his nerves.

“I didn't come out of interest. We didn't make any money, and our company did some research because of this film. Do you understand?”

Twelve years of journalism. At the time of the station, he led the atmosphere by selling a smile among the bad cops. He is not fragile enough to be driven away by a man in his fifties who is consumed by anger.

A man in his fifties pauses and retreats. Dongwook passed by him and went inside. Various office documents remain here and there. Of course, computers and expensive devices were taken by private investors who came first.

Dongwook picked up the A4 paper that fell on the floor. It was a paper with investor accounts.

“You must have done a lot. ”

Number 8 was building a blockbuster based on the limited edition supervisor's scenario. Production costs 15 billion. It was unprecedented in Korean history

In Chungmuro, it was a fairly good number 8 and a limited edition film featuring 2 million audiences and trusted actors, but the projected production cost was too great. That's why it started as a recruitment of private investors, promising to share the principal, as well as the return on the second product, in breakthrough points of 10 million KRW per account. These are private investors who are moving in and out of the office right now. People who invested as little as 10 million won and as much as a billion units of money, they would be shocked to hear that the production company was destroyed.

“What kind of money is that...? It's my daughter's postage.... ”

I heard a woman singing outside. Dongwook kicked his tongue. That's the kind of people who show up when something like this happens. There is very little loss of principal, and the money that should not be touched by sweeteners will be inevitable, will eventually perish. What investments in the world are risk-free and profitable?

I looked around Dongwook's office once. I heard the police investigation started today. Before that, I checked to see if there was anything to salvage, but it is also clean. That's how I found out. This is a well-prepared scam.

I got a call from Dongwook.

“Oh, Mr. Geun-soo. ”

- Reporter, is number eight gone?

“Yes, I'm here. But there's nothing to gain. ”

Oh, I'm here for the staff that didn't get paid for the shoot. You said you had an interview.

“Speaking of which, please do it for me. If it's hard, I'll call the principal. I have a lot of places to go today. ”

- Well, let's just record it and talk. Do you have any other questions?

“All you need to do is give an overview of how difficult this situation is for the victims. I'm gonna drag the emotional part out of you later when I'm published as an article. Then why are you doing it? The actor.”

- The movie's all over the place. We should do something like this. I cleared my schedule because of this movie, and I have nothing to do.

“Haha, do me a favor instead. If anyone knows where the runaway boss goes often, keep a separate number. Sure."

Dongwook hung up his phone and left the office. JA production was also on one leg of the film Number 8 was filming. He was filming a series of short hours and days, and he thought he had invested quite a lot of money in JA production.

- Even if we get caught, we won't be able to recover our investment. Just like most charlatans do. But we can't just suck our fingers and wait. We can't end it with a loss. We have to do something.

Dongwook recalled the conversation he had with Joon-min. Joon-min didn't care much about the loss of money. No, to be honest, it was a welcome face. I thought about what I had heard from my senior reporter before. Businessmen prefer chaos to the pacific world.

I looked at Dongwook's watch leaving the building. I have an appointment at a coffee shop nearby. I drove my car into a coffee shop about 10 minutes away When I was halfway across America sitting down, a woman came through the door of the coffee shop. Looking around with a nervous face, Dongwook noticed that she was a guest waiting for him.

“Here you go.”

Dongwook raised his hand. The woman walks with a slight bow and sits down.

“Dong-wook Kim, are you right? ”

“Yes, are you the guy who used to work for number eight? ”

“Yes. But you're really not going by my name, are you? You're not disclosing any information about where you live or anything like that, right? ”

“Of course. Concealing your informant's identity is one of the basics on this floor. So don't worry, just relax. You have a very awkward face, by the way. Let's have a drink first. ”

Dongwook deliberately ordered a warm drink. Humans are so simple that they often decide how they feel based on their body's condition. Warm tea soothes the mind and softens the mouth at the same time.

A woman halfway out of the car sighs a little.

“I was working as usual, but my boss isn't coming out. I've been working a lot outside of the production site, so I'm trying to do that, but he won't be out for two days. I just got off the phone with the money, and they can't get in touch with you. ”

“That was a week ago, right? ”

“Yes.”

“What about the people who came? ”

“Three days after Ms. Grant evaporated. About that time, we started to get anxious, and some people didn't come out. They came to me thinking about what to do. ”

“You must have suffered a lot. ”

“Really, don't tell me. A woman grabbed my head and yelled for money, and I thought I was scared to death. ”

“People get violent when it comes to money. ”

“It really is. ”

“What happened after that? ”

“I kept calling the boss without leaving the office. But all I came back with was the power off. ”

“What was the status of your payroll? ”

“Actually, I've been pushed for about four months. I think it's going to be about seven million won. Compared to the frauds, it's a small fortune, but now I don't have it, so I'm really going to sit on the street. ”

The woman who sighed tremblingly eventually shed tears. Dongwook pulled out a tissue and handed it to me. After a while, the woman opened her mouth again.

“For the past three days, employees have been secretly searching for a place to go, but I can't even see the shadows. I grabbed the owner of a regular restaurant, and I asked him how he knew, and he got insulted. Most of my employees are underpaid. ”

“You said you'd give me a generous bonus when I finished filming this movie."

“Yes, it's a film with over 10 billion dollars invested in it. I thought we could give it to him on our salary. And you ran away like that. ”

Dongwook finished the question with a woman.

“Here's a list of the stores that my boss used to frequent. ”

“Thank you.”

“Hey……. ”

I handed the blurry woman a brooding interview fee. It was 50,000 won, but she was ready to bow in gratitude.

“I'll get back to you then. ”

Dongwook broke up with the woman and drove to the next employee. She was a woman again. She was a college student on leave, but she said it was her first job. Circumstances are the same as the previous woman. Suddenly, the boss didn't come out, and then people came in. I didn't expect much, so I came out after a short interview. Before coming out, I had to shake my head, smiling bitterly at the question, "If I catch the boss, can I get my salary backed up?"

“After the police leave, it'll be an issue. ”

There's never been a bigger death sentence in the movie world because 15 billion people have gone missing. Except for the payment, it may not be exactly 15 billion, but it is estimated that the amount of money carried by the President will be more than 6 billion. From now on, we need to talk to the giant companies, actors and staff.

“My boss doesn't know what he's going to do with it. ”

When journalists start digging deeper into the case, what they do becomes like an errand center. Digging behind people. What will we use this information for? Dongwook wondered in Joon-min's head.

I pulled out a cigarette and looked up at the sky.

“Nice day. ”

It was time to throw the burnt cigarettes on the floor and get in the car. The call is ringing. The caller's name is coming up. Choi Mi-yeon, a subordinate of Sharon magazine, is a disgusting human being who secretly pursues dangerous incidents.

“Uh, why? ”

- What did you find out about what I said last time?

“No. I'm not gonna touch that. That's all I listened to. ”

- I knew it. Then you have some time tomorrow. I need to talk to you about something.

“Are you going to keep digging? Hey, knock it off. If I dig deep into the celebrity section of an advertisement magazine, the advertisement will fall out. ”

- That's why I told you, I'm ready to quit. Anyway, he's our accomplice, so make time. I found out something about a woman in the entertainment world who goes to Madame.

“What an accomplice. But what madam?”

He hangs up before he even asks. Personality, anyway. Dongwook kicked his tongue once and got into the car. Even though I know I'm not looking good, I hate myself for being interested in it.

The car was set off by stepping on the axel. I still have a lot of places to go.

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I'd love to try 99% of Dreamcacao, but I don't have anywhere to sell it.

I like the bitter ones.

Ugh, I want to eat!!

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Coupon, thank you. I write thanks to you.

Composition: Basilisk

Finished by: Pharynx