chapter 14
A Genius Writer Loved by an Actress 14
I opened the door to the cafe and went inside. A sweet ballad was flowing softly with the strong aroma of coffee. The air of Blancneis was comfortable and cozy.
‘Does the atmosphere of the cafe resemble the owner? It feels like Seon-ah and So-young.’
I went to the counter with a calm mind. The cafe owner, Song Seon-ah, recognized my face and greeted me.
“Ah, writer. hello.”
“yes. hello. president. It’s good in the morning and even better in the evening. I want to come here often.”
“Ho Ho. Thank you. Authors are always welcome.”
She smiled sweetly.
“What can I give you?”
“yes. Iced Americano decaffeinated, please. And I’m craving for sugar… Give me a piece of cake over there.”
“Yes, I will prepare it soon.”
I counted and looked around. Because Ji So-young was nowhere to be seen.
‘Isn’t this time for a part-time job?’
I grabbed the script in my hand.
“Maybe there.”
“yes?”
Song Seon-ah, who was about to prepare coffee, turned to me.
“Isn’t it time for Soyoung to work? You can’t see it.”
“ha-“
Song Seon-ah sighed and looked at me.
“Soyoung went back to her hometown. He won’t be coming for a while.”
“Are you home?”
It felt like being hit in the head with a hammer.
I barely managed to protect ‘Chaerin’ through a public audition, but this time So-Young Ji disappeared.
But perhaps my reaction was intense, the soft smile on Song Seon-ah’s lips was disappearing.
“…But why is the writer so curious about that?”
And the corners of his eyes also bulged upwards. It seems to be giving a reasonable basis for finding Ji So-young.
this.
In order not to be misunderstood as a stalker, I had to reveal the reason right away.
“Ah~ I wrote a drama, but it will be produced as a special Chuseok drama. this.”
I quickly presented the script in my hand to Song Seon-ah, and Song Seon-ah accepted the script in surprise.
She took one look at my face with bewildered eyes and opened the first page.
After a while,
Song Seon-ah met my eyes directly. It was a bright, bright look.
“The ‘Chaerin’ here is Soyoung.”
“you’re right. From the first time I saw So-Young at Blanc Noir, ‘Chae-Rin’ has always been So-Young. So… there’s a public audition in a week. Soyoung, you must watch this audition.”
Song Seon-ah nodded as if she understood everything I was saying.
And with a sigh, he calmly told Ji So-young’s current situation.
“Soyoung said that she would stay in her hometown until she returns to school next year.”
“ah.”
“Now that I have to give up my dream of becoming an actor…”
“yes?!”
what else is this
It felt like being sucked into a sinkhole of unknown depth. The person who will become Barcomo’s ‘Chaerin’ will give up his dream of acting.
“I think it was a big shock that I failed the last audition. In the past, even if I fell, I woke up in two days, but this time the recovery was slow. The idle time is getting longer. I kept sighing all the time… and then… ‘Sister, I don’t think this is the way for me. This summer, I’d like to do something like a filial piety that I haven’t been able to do before,’ and left. What a sad look on his face when he said that…”
It made my heart feel sad because I could see the way she must have been hurt and struggling.
Challenges toward dreams and frequent failures.
The feeling of giving up because I can no longer handle it alone.
I could understand a hundred times more.
‘But if that feeling goes on for a long time, you’re far from the real dream. I have to meet Ji So-young as soon as possible and tell him about the audition.’
There was no time to delay.
“There, boss. Can you give me your phone number, Soyoung?”
“yes. Wait…”
Song Seon-ah turned on her cell phone and looked for Ji So-young’s number. And then he added.
“It’s because of work. And since the writer is a friend of Kyul-gyeol, the identity is clear. Can I teach you?”
Song Seon-ah’s personality was meticulous.
A pretty face, a friendly attitude, and arrogance. It was like knowing why my friend Han-gyeol likes Song Seon-ah.
“yes. If you ask Hankyul, you will know. I’m not that weird. By the way, do you know Soyoung’s hometown?”
“Ah, I didn’t know that…”
“I think I’ll have to visit So-young and talk to her in person.”
If Ji So-young’s heart is hardened, the phone may not work. It was nice to meet in person and deliver the script.
“Ah, that’s right. Wait.”
Song Seon-ah went into the kitchen and came out with a box of white peaches.
“Here is this address. The address on this box is Soyoung’s parents’ orchard. They also grow peaches and shine muskets.”
“Aha~”
Song Seon-ah pointed to the delivery invoice attached to the box.
[The farm under the sky. 108, Yongsang 4-gil, Yeonan-eup, Taean-gun, Chungnam]
“Go and get it.”
“Yes, I will.”
I took two pictures of addresses with my phone.
Then I ate decaf coffee and a piece of cake and went home.
***
[You have acquired 200 points for completing the unexpected mission]
As soon as I got home and turned on the TV, it was clearly engraved in the middle of the Genius Writer channel.
“After all, the forest the channel was talking about was Forest Entertainment.”
My heart was troubled because of Ji So-young for a moment. All of a sudden, I was laughing out loud.
“Let’s see. If you add 200 points to your 340 points, you get a total of 540 points.”
Thinking of the next promotion, it was lacking without a choice, but it was still enough to not be burdensome for the time being.
Since the promotion required 10,000 points, it was impossible desperately, and it seemed that the drama had to be made quickly so that the actual ratings would come out.
‘Because I said I’d give points as much as the actual viewership rating. If the drama airs, I will be able to earn a lot of points.’
If so, Ji So-young was needed in Barker Mo.
Ji So-young should take on Chae-rin so the ratings double and the points she gets are doubled.
Considering the hardships of transcribing each dictionary to get only 20 points, Ji So-young was like a lottery.
‘What should I say to So-young tomorrow?’
A person who used to dream of becoming an actor, but now wants to give up on that dream. I didn’t think I would be able to blindly audition.
I’ve been thinking about persuading for a while by hypothesizing various situations.
‘I don’t really like it.’
There was no particular way I wanted to do this.
‘Does the channel have a function to recruit actors?’
I went to the point shop with the hope of going, but there was no such product after all.
“Yes, I have to do what I have to do. You can’t try to rely on the channel for everything.”
I pressed my complicated mind and turned on my laptop. Because I had to solve the alleyway recruitment that Kim Marie ordered.
‘Sometimes Marie Kim is helpful. If it hadn’t been for the alleyway cast, I would not have been able to go see So-young tomorrow.’
I didn’t have to go to work tomorrow on condition that I was asked to cast an alleyway. Using that time, I will go to see Ji So-young.
‘But you can’t neglect the recruitment of the alleyways. Actor Gam Woo-hyuk will appear.’
Fortunately, the image of the alley was already in my head when I came up with the idea. Based on that, I searched several famous alleys on the Internet and selected one candidate.
I met Ji So-young tomorrow, came back, looked around for a while, and took care of the work so that all I had to do was make a decision.
“done. If you do this.”
Now, we looked at the time of the intercity bus to where Ji So-young is, and to Yeonan-eup, Taean-gun, Chungbuk.
“The first car is at 6:10. Let’s see, 3 hours to go, 1 to 2 hours to meet and talk to Ji So-young, 3 hours to come back… Even if you add and subtract this and that, you can come back around 4 o’clock. After that, hunting down the alley. I found all the data, so no problem. Oh, let’s rest now.”
It was only after I had the perfect scenario for tomorrow’s schedule that I was able to cool off.
I logged into the channel as usual.
“Oh, right-armed corporation is coming forward.”
<Right Arm Co., Ltd.> was floating in the place where Bacomo was at the top center of the main screen. I met actor Gam Woo-hyuk today and seemed to be active.
The baccarat was also well placed underneath.
“You should go in.”
When I clicked on Right Arm Co., Ltd., a brief introduction came out, and episode information appeared at the bottom. From episode 1 to episode 16, the miniseries was correct.
When I clicked them one by one, only the 1st to 3rd episodes came out, and from the 4th episode it was empty.
“right. I couldn’t write at the time. So it comes out like this.”
Because the synopsis was finished, it appeared on the channel, but the work was incomplete.
I had to sleep thinking about tomorrow,
‘I don’t know if I haven’t seen it, I can’t just skip it now that I’ve seen it.’
I turned on my laptop again and went to the folder of Right Arm Co., Ltd.
As expected, there is only a synopsis and up to episode 3, and from episode 4 onwards, it was sparse.
However, it was too cringeworthy to leave even the 3rd episode written. Maybe it’s because a lot of time has passed, and there are things that don’t fit, and it’s kind of tacky.
Above all, my head was full of inspiration, probably because I met Woo-hyeok Kam today, but there were many differences from what I wrote in the past.
“I have the perfect script in my head, so there is no problem. You just have to pour it out. So just write a little bit and go to sleep.”
Tadadak- Tadadak-
The story came out right away. It was so natural, like flowing water.
When the father of the main character Gil Byeong-su dies in an unexpected accident during the mixed martial arts world championship match, the mother who was pregnant with Byung-su gives birth to Byung-su and remarries the owner of a Japanese restaurant.
Byung-soo lives a harmonious life with the boss who treats him like his own son.
Due to his innate physique and excellent athleticism, even high school Iljin sneakily avoid him.
After being discharged from the Marine Corps, while delivering a Japanese restaurant, an episode where he witnesses the atrocity of a local thug and destroys it.
Gang members scour downtown Masan to find Byung-soo.
Byung-soo’s stepfather: Byung-soo! Go away! The shopkeepers are hunting downtown Masan like this.
Byungsoo: You thugs. It’s all George!
Byung-soo’s stepfather: Dude! Waiting for me to leave in case you are like that. What if all the golden horses are beaten? If so, are you? Wanna go to jail and be the same thug? hey! You have good eyes and a good nature. Don’t get involved with gold horses. Know what you mean? Byungsoo! Answer me!
Byung-soo’s mother: Listen to your father. it’s sick If you’re wrong, we live mon.
Byung-soo: (Eyes blush) Mom…
That night, Byung-soo got on the train bound for Seoul.
On the train, he meets Wooden Tak, the president of Right-Pal Co., Ltd.
Wooden Table: I am the head of the wood. Now here.
The wooden table hands Byeong-su a business card.
On the business card, it is written “Right Arm Co., Ltd. / Representative Wooden Table”.
Wooden Table: If you need work, come to our company. From my point of view, you fit well with our company.
The wooden table scans Byung-soo’s body with unusual eyes.
Although he has a great body, he feels that the aura that comes out of his eyes is not a joke.
Tick Tack!
“Oh, it went too far. only up to here. It’s no more.”
I could have used three or four more days, but now I really had to sleep. Because tomorrow’s schedule is not easy.
He stopped his fingers as he was typing in a storm.
I set the alarm to go back 3 hours and set it to go off every 10 minutes.
And immediately lay down and fell asleep.