chapter 31
31 – 31. Date (6)
“Huh? Reporter Hong. “Did you get here quickly?”
“Oh my. “Is Manager Byeon here?”
Seohwa Group Public Relations Department manager Byeon Soo-hwan and freelance reporter Hong Jin-dae sat together at a high-end Japanese restaurant in Gangnam.
Manager Byeon Soo-hwan said as he handed over his jacket to the employee who came to serve.
“Yes. “Is everything going well?”
Reporter Hong Jin-dae pulled her body back and struck her.
“Wow. Boss. “It’s been a few days since we spoke and you’re already asking me if things are going well.”
“A. I ask because I know your skills well. And isn’t there a reason why you suddenly want to see me quickly?”
Reporter Hong chuckled.
“Oh my. Our manager. You’re still quick-witted. “How can you be so perceptive?”
“If I hadn’t been careful, would I have stayed at Seohwa Group until now? It was cut off a long time ago. Our Seohwa group is not normal. Your abilities are a little lacking, right? “Send it home right away.”
Reporter Hong gave me a puzzled look.
“Why are you dissing yourself? “Is this a place like that?”
“It tells the reality of calligraphy and painting. You have to have some sense of humor. You have to pretend to work hard, pretend to work, pretend to be busy, pretend. That’s how people like me survive. hahahaha, there are so many young and smart kids these days, so I’m tired.”
“Manager, you’re getting older now, so why don’t you come over to me?”
Manager Byun shook his head.
“I’m not good at freelancing. It’s good to have a steady paycheck. Ah. “Did you order a meal?”
“No? “Someone who will pay has to come.”
“Look at how they clearly know that I’m bringing a corporate card, but they’re still pretending not to know. “Couldn’t you have ordered the most expensive one in advance?”
“I didn’t ask for it in advance, but that doesn’t mean I got the room.”
“This room?”
“Isn’t this the private omakase room?”
“Oh? Do you have good sense? Let’s stop talking about business first. “Because I don’t want anyone listening.”
Soon, an omakase chef came into the room, greeted us politely and served zensai (an appetizer eaten before sashimi).
In fact, the relationship between these two has been going on for a long time.
A large company’s public relations office and a talented reporter.
It is an inseparable relationship.
Reporter Hong was quite a famous person in this area.
To put it simply, he is a reporter who specializes in things like biting lightly, lightly scratching, and making people bleed in a shallow way.
In fact, the things I just said were not because of his lack of ability, but because he only deposited that amount of money.
In fact, he buried a popular young IT CEO and a promising politician through the media when he gave them an unreasonable amount of money.
Manager Byun was lucky because the timing was good when he met Reporter Hong.
Before reporter Hong made such a big deal, we met at a time when he was cold and hungry due to low popularity and low ransom, and he treated me well at that time, so we were able to build a friendship.
So, Reporter Hong did not touch Seohwa Group, where Manager Byeon was located, as long as he bought a certain amount of alcohol.
The head of the public relations office knew that Manager Byeon’s work ability was poor and that he was unnecessary, but he knew of his relationship with Reporter Hong, so he continued to preserve his position.
From a company’s perspective, there is a need for trash to be removed.
After the omakase was over, we bowed politely just like at the beginning and the chef left.
Reporter Hong, whose lips were still moist from his first drink, said.
“Manager Byeon. What is this drink? “Isn’t it sweet?”
“Reporter Hong drinks a lot, right? “You don’t know much about traditional Japanese alcohol?”
“Manager Byeon has to buy it for me to know. How do I know that? “I will buy it often from now on.”
“Hey. Reporter Hong. “Don’t you remember that I buy you a drink once in a while, whether I have work or not?”
“That’s right. Manager, isn’t it because the group’s budget is rotting?”
“Reporter Hong is trying to film a comedy again. Even if the budget is rotten, isn’t it important who you spend it on? “I can drink alone and get upset, but I drank with you.”
“Oh? Are you good at speaking? “As expected, the manager has the style of a reporter?”
“Ah. That’s it. Quickly tell me why you called me. Do you want to see me burning inside?”
Reporter Hong stopped laughing and asked with serious eyes.
“Brother. “Where did you order this from?”
Manager Byeon stayed still and then shrugged his shoulders and said.
“Do I really have to tell you?”
Reporter Hong followed Director Byeon in the same way and shrugged.
“It’s not necessary to say it, but I don’t think the employees are moving to harass the chaebol. Well, I think he’s from a chaebol family.”
Manager Byun tilted his head slightly.
“Why do you want to know? Curious? Or insurance later?”
Reporter Hong rubbed his ears.
“Ah. Older brother. What kind of insurance? And my curiosity has long since disappeared.”
“Then why are you asking?”
“At a glance, Seo Woo-jin does not play a central role in the group, nor is he capable of becoming a key member of the next chaebol family. “From my perspective, it seems like I’m doing something meaningless.”
“Then it’s curiosity?”
“A. What a curiosity. I’m curious about probability. Probability. “I’m also going to use a pen, but I need to add probability to get a smooth output.”
“What is smooth? Just figure it out. “If I get good results, I go into something heavy.”
“Oh. Something heavy is good. “Then what… can you tell me the story?”
Manager Byun’s eyes widened.
“Oh. Is there really something already? Of course, our reporter Hong. Are you talented?
“I looked into this and that, figured out their movements, listened to people around me, and Seo Woo Jin had a tendency to have fun, but he didn’t do drugs, rape, kill people, or anything like that. Called?”
Manager Byeon laughed.
“Foot. f*ck. So you’re saying there are chaebols who do that? Ah. “There must be drugs.”
Reporter Hong nodded his head.
“Because drugs are so easy to obtain these days. They are also trying hard to get wet. There is also a third generation chaebol whose hobby is rape. They said it was provocative? I don’t know much about murder, and in fact, the personal troubles of chaebols are not known to reporters. Even the prosecution can’t get that information. Just holding it means fighting a chaebol, but is this not some kind of movie or drama? If you do that for no reason, you get assigned to a local area and it becomes a mess. Anyway, if you go around looking around and making trouble, the conglomerate will block it on their own because it sucks, but this time there wasn’t even an attempt to stop it? “When I look at it like that, it seems like something is missing.”
The wrinkles on Director Byeon’s forehead became darker.
“Then what is it? “Are you saying you’re letting go because there’s nothing there?”
“Oh my. Manager, brother. You have to listen to what business people have to say to the end. “What’s so urgent?”
“It’s not urgent. “At this national meeting where we are planning to kill Seo Woo Jin, Seo Woo Jin suddenly says that there is nothing dirty and that there is no dirt. Shouldn’t you say this then?”
“That’s right. But who am I? Isn’t this Reporter Hong? Reporter Hong. “I’m not saying I caught one of them that wasn’t there.”
Manager Byun’s eyes sparkled.
“What is it? “What was there?”
“Assault.”
“Assault? “Seo Woo-jin?”
Director Byun briefly recalled the image of Seo Woo-jin, but he did not fit well with assault.
He doesn’t seem like the kind of guy who would go anywhere and get beaten up, but I don’t think he was the type to go around and beat up anyone either.
“But shouldn’t assault be agreed upon? “I don’t think it’s anything big.”
“That’s right. As people live, they can get angry and throw punches, isn’t that the case? However. Assault is also assault. “Gapjil assault is a little different.”
“Assault by Gapjil?”
Reporter Hong nodded his head.
“There is such a thing. “Throwing money in people’s faces.”
“Really?”
“That’s the information on my radar. “That thing on the radar was probably the picture the manager wanted.”
“Oh..”
Reporter Hong let out an unpleasant laugh.
“Cluck. I’m really good at making pictures. “I’m going to try making it with real dog waste.”
“Is the situation a piece of sh*t?”
“No. “The situation varies greatly depending on which actor is directed and how.”
Reporter Hong explained the convenience store incident that he knew about.
He also explained how to draw it.
Manager Byeon slapped his knee.
“Oh! “Is this a complete work of art?”
“Brother. I will try to draw a clear picture. So, if it goes well.”
Reporter Hong patted his pants pocket.
“You know? “Do I need to make this kid thick?”
“Hey. It’s not important to make your pockets thick once, but to have those pockets for a long time. It’s important to keep getting thicker. “We are not just another mayfly.”
“hahahaha. I know it well. Then, Manager Byeon. “I will trust you and start working.”
As Reporter Hong prepared to get up, Manager Byeon asked with surprised eyes.
“Huh? “You’re leaving now?”
“I have to go now because the actor is there now. If I wasn’t going now, why would I have been eating omakase here with the manager? Go to a salon and call a girl. “The reason I didn’t even have a drink was because I wanted to go interview.”
“Kkeuk. Good results. Expect?”
“Oki.”
When Reporter Hong left the room, Manager Byeon grinned and grabbed his drink.
“Seo Woo Jin, disappear. Because then I can climb to a higher place.”
# # #
Man, I’m going crazy!!
How should I do this?
My alter ego is about to stretch out in a huge and magnificent way.
Why?
Isn’t it rather strange that Serin, with her smashing body, is sitting on my thighs, and she isn’t stretching?
I only exchanged a few words with Serin.
I was using all my strength to control everything, including my tone of voice, my actions, my posture, my breathing, etc.
Pretend as much as possible that nothing is a big deal, that everything is okay. Pretend to be relaxed.
But this really makes no sense!!
Ah. Really.
I don’t know how many times the national anthem is playing in my head right now.
I really tried to send Serin away by taxi.
But Serin says she wants to ride the Bugarting Veyron, how?
Should I walk?
I said playfully, so he said let’s ride together.
What the f*ck?
How do we ride together?
I thought about it carefully, and the conclusion was that Serin would come between my legs.
So. Ah. I’m going to die now.
Is this another test from God?
I’m going to turn around.
Next to her, Geun-woo continues to sneeze, I can feel Serin’s heat all over her body, and my alter ego continues to radiate the energy to grow.
Serene says her house is around here. She needs to be put down quickly.
But…
Is it right to just send them home?
Wasn’t Serin’s favorability rating +49?
There is also a one-time ticket to ‘A glimpse into the inner thoughts.’
They drop you off, but there’s no law that says you have to send them home, right?
“We’re all here.”
We arrived near Serin’s house before we knew it.
I opened the door and let Serin get out first, and I followed right away.
I told Geunwoo.
“Wait a moment. “It will come soon.”
He said that, but the two men knew it was a lie.
Actually, in this situation, it’s funny to say out loud, ‘You go in.’
What would Serin think?
Is this crazy?
Are you saying she doesn’t drive such a nice car and walks?
That doesn’t make sense.
So, let Geun-woo wait.
I have to think about how to warm up Serin.
First, I walked down the street with Serin.
The night air was nice.
Very nice weather for a walk.
The air is not awkward even if no words are needed.
Serin’s steps gradually slow down.
As she got closer to home, she felt herself getting slower and slower.
As expected.
I guess Serin doesn’t want to go home right away either.
The moment I was about to speak to her first, Serin turned to me and asked.
“Oppa. “I have a question.”
“Huh? What?”
Serin stopped her steps and stared at me.
“Oppa, what on earth are you doing?”