chapter 15
15 – A Good Start
Today is the first airing date of 「Welcome Cafe Violet」.
Seol So-young visited Studio N Mix with light steps. She made a promise to watch the first episode with the actors.
‘Should I use the Internet?’
When she arrived at the break room first, she looked at her phone to appease her boredom.
Currently, the drama community is paying a lot of attention to Welcome Cafe Violet.
KDS broadcasting station’s prime time programming was secured.
Studio N Mix’s last dance taking a downtrend.
Seol So-yeong, who even made her debut film with an unknown new artist who even performed that last dance?
Most viewers showed interesting reactions. Everyone was eagerly anticipating that Studio Enmix wasn’t some kind of trap, but that they had a special strategy.
In the meantime, an article on the main news naturally caught her eye.
Um… I think it’s a lot for a title title.
“Wow, what is the title of that article? Interesting?”
Namgoong-hwan then visited the resting room and read the article written on Seol So-young’s cell phone and admired it.
The reaction of the other actors is the same.
I checked the comment section just in case, and most of the articles showed positive reactions.
…… Am I the only one who feels this way?
Seol So-yeong urgently wrote and sent a text message to someone.
Beep-
The screen started coming out of the beam projector in the break room.
The broadcast time for episode 1 is 9:00 PM.
About 5 minutes left.
Giying-
At that time, I also heard the sound of the phone vibrating.
Seol So-young checked her cell phone with a thrilling smile.
[(Link to main news article) What do you think of this article?]
Before the beam project started working.
She texted the 927 writer like this.
And the reply from the other party…….
[Um… I don’t know anything else, but I think the title is a mess?]
Seeing that, Seol So-young smiled.
As expected.
I think I fit well with this person in many ways.
***
Director’s Office of Studio & Mix.
PD Na Young-jin watched TV with Director Park Yong-oh. An advertisement was playing on the KDS channel, and the drama was just about to start.
“Young Jin-ah, how many percent do you think the viewership rating will be?”
Director Park Yong-oh asked Na Young-jin.
Welcome to Café Violet, in particular, a lot of words came out.
Using Seol So-young as the female lead is an incident if anything, but there was a separate incident that Park Yong-oh thought was unprecedented.
927 Author.
The debut of a durahan artist whose face and name are unknown.
Now, it was roughly predicted where the public’s attention would go once this drama aired normally.
“Okay. I don’t have any decent competitors, so I think it will come out pretty high.”
“Are you going to get 5%?”
“Ah, I promoted it like that, but it will never be 5%. Oh, it starts now.”
After a few commercial videos, the opening of the drama was played on the KDS channel.
Starting with the opening with a cafe atmosphere.
Tick tock- Tick tock-
With the sound of the clock in the room, the main character slowly opened her eyes. Looking around the room, I could only see the essentials, including a bed.
It’s like the room of a person who will be leaving soon.
A woman with no expression there.
A winter day has begun.
‘This is so… ….’
Park Yong-oh saw the main character’s acting and was genuinely impressed.
It is never easy to act naturally with such an expressionless face. To be honest, if I imagined that acting was done by another actor, it would only feel awkward.
‘How on earth did he notice?’
Recalling the image of her boy who strongly insisted on casting her, Park Yong-oh smiled bitterly at her.
The directing was good, and the acting skills of the actors were flawless.
Thanks to that, he was deeply immersed in the drama. However, while he can immerse himself that much, there was something else that made his biggest contribution.
As I said before, the directing was good and the acting skills of the actors were good to some extent.
Just.
‘Is that really a line that can come out of a middle school student’s head?’
Natural harmony between play flow and dialogue. Can the viewers of this drama feel awkward even once?
At the same time, Park Yong-oh was curious about what other artists would look like by now.
You must be in shock.
Imagine how many years he must have researched for that line.
But they will never believe or affirm.
That lines and story were born in a middle school student’s head in just three weeks.
If the world knew about this……
Well, there will be a big upheaval.
Unconditionally.
“Director…… “
“Why?”
At that time, Na Young-jin checked her cell phone and urgently called Park Yong-oh.
“Our current ratings are…… !”
“Why the ratings?”
Park Yong-oh was frustrated.
No, I keep waiting because of how high the ratings are!
“Ten-“
“Oh, ten percent? That’s enough to save the first fight.”
“The arm.”
“… Under?”
What, eighteen?
The moment Park Yong-oh thought Na Young-jin was finally crazy.
Where is this, swearing at the heavenly director!?
“Youngjin, are you finally crazy?”
“No, that’s not it, it’s 18 percent. Current ratings for our drama.”
In that moment, Park Yong-oh’s heart sank with a thump.
18 Pro…… ?
How strange?
The end credits haven’t even come out yet?
‘Did I make Youngjin do too much work these days… ….’
Park Yong-oh looked at the mobile phone Na Young-jin handed him with doubtful eyes.
And the numbers written there…….
[18.8%]
The problem did not end there.
18.8
18.9
19.0
……
Now the number was gradually rising to the point where it felt scary.
─Creator: Park Yong-oh
─Director of Production: Youngjin Na
─Director, Cinematographer: Go Dong-bin
─Screenplay: 927
And finally, when the ending credits for episode 1 rolled.
[20.2%]
What a first work.
Even from the first episode, the highest viewership rating was in the 20% range.
It was a historic moment announcing the birth of a monster writer.
‘Hmm, should I change Dad’s car?’
Meanwhile…….
Seo Eun-woo, who was watching Café Violet with her family, welcome back from home, had a shallow smile on her lips.
To be honest, I had some expectations. I also had some confidence in my work.
However, the average rating of 19% and the highest rating of 20.2% Were a bit unexpected.
In the place where I was in my previous life, the average viewership rating for episode 1 was about 4%.
Write…… 20% Isn’t the name of anyone’s doghouse, so was it that easy?
Compared to the results of my previous life, I feel a little depressed……
Anyway, good is good.
First of all, the pockets will get thicker.
“Oh my, this is really fun. Son, those two are going to be connected, right?”
“Eunwoo, get me Soyoung’s autograph!”
Well, now that I think about it, there are some not so good things.
At the attention of his family, Seo Eun-wu smiled and escaped to his room.
***
Moo-Sik Cha, the son of Vice President of Muhan Newspaper, and Eun-Woo Seo, a drama writer who is heating up the world, are old friends.
We were close enough to hang out almost all day at school, so we tend to know each other relatively well.
This is the evaluation of Seo Eun-woo from the point of view of Mu-sik Cha.
First of all, he is filthy good at studying.
What… He himself works hard to maintain his grades by sucking at the academy, but that guy just studies textbooks and gets good grades.
If it’s unfair, it can be unfair, but looking at the amount of studying that guy does, I honestly have no choice but to admit it.
And recently, I know that he has been forced to do fitness every night by an older brother he knows.
Thanks to that, my body has gotten much better compared to the past.
Indeed, the person himself takes turns every day, complaining that the upper body and lower body are hell, but isn’t that actually a happy deception?
Well, to be honest, the fact that he got better could be said to be honey from the point of view of traveling with him.
Any school tends to have bad students, but the same goes for Seo Eun-woo and the school he attends.
But even those guys can’t touch Seo Eun-woo.
Why?
For a middle school student over 178cm tall and with that much muscle…… Well, even if it’s like me, I can never touch it.
Oh, and this is the most important.
Anyway, it seems that he has been in touch with someone recently.
When he’s bored, he’s looking at his cell phone and texting, and he’s not aware of it at all, but he’s laughing so hard that he wants to give me a hand.
So I asked once.
“Is the person you are contacting right now your girlfriend?”
“hahahaha. Me with this person? There’s no way a guy like me could do that.”
“No, I need to know who that person is to determine whether it is possible or not, you bastard.”
“Okay. He’s just a cool guy.”
Looking at the reaction, I didn’t think he was a girlfriend, but he seemed like a girl.
Ha… Is this bastard cheating again?
“Eunwoo!”
At that time, Choi Eun-jeong, who was called the goddess at school, approached us with her gun-like strides.
“Hmm? Why are you calling me all of a sudden?”
“No, that… ….”
Choi Eun-jung lowers her head at Seo Eun-woo’s question and blushes strangely.
He tilted her head, innocent as always.
Shiba, you’re screwed again.
“My science teacher asked me to help prepare the experiment tools… But I think it will be a little difficult for me alone.”
“Oh, help me? Don’t talk too soon.”
My friend nodded as if it were natural and left.
Eunjung Choi followed her friend with a bright smile. And it was a bonus that she subtly slipped her arm around hers.
“That… Why did her arm suddenly….”
“Wow! Eunwoo, your arms are really strong. Can I touch you once?”
You’re very foxy even with just a comment.
Just.
Looking at their fresh backs, Cha Moo-sik couldn’t help but shed tears inwardly.
‘Eunwoo.’
From today on, my dream is you. Eunwoo.