Novelist Running Through Time - Chapter 107



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EP 5 – Love Story

“The regulations are a bit ambiguous, but…”

Lim Yang-wook and Moon In-seop stared at the Baekhak Entertainment staff.

The employee glanced at the two people and sighed as if there was nothing they could do.

“Well, it’s possible. The selection of managers is not so tightly decided anyway. And top celebrities often have managers who have been with them for decades, so internal regulations, company atmosphere, and networking are smooth.”

Lim Yang-wook looked bright.

“Oh, then there’s no problem?”

“Yes, manager. But that friend, Kihoon Ma, is now in his senior year of high school, right?”

“Is that right? “Inseop?”

“yes.”

“Face each other.”

An employee at the management headquarters smoothed his beard and organized matters related to Ma Ki-hoon’s hiring.

“If a minor comes into the management headquarters, things get a little complicated. I think it would be better to call it an intern for a year and have a part-time job within the publishing management department. Of course, as soon as you become an adult, if you pass the interview at our company, your annual leave will be recognized. How do you feel, writer?”

“I’m good.”

“And the manager’s salary… is to be paid by the sales department for one year.”

“no way. Don’t do that…”

“Ah, why are you like this, Manager?”

“How much money does our writer Moon make to this company? They tell us to pay his meager salary from our department.”

“Still, there are regulations…”

While Lim Yang-wook and the management headquarters staff were arguing over who would pay Ma Ki-hoon’s salary.

I looked at the scenery of the publication management department that I had become accustomed to.

The office where employees were busy moving around, the cookie dough (Beekulpic) under the yellow shelf in the break room, and the open sky view of Seoul beyond the window seemed to have now become a part of my daily life.

Baekseol, who was hurriedly carrying something, came from a distance and made eye contact with me, smiling brightly and making eye contact. I smiled quietly and said hello.

Meanwhile, Lim Yang-wook appeared to have won the scuffle in the end, and approached with his chest majestically puffed out.

“Did you win?”

“We won.”

“yes. congratulations.”

Im Yang-wook gets angry when he answers in a soulless voice.

“this···! “If you weren’t careful, you could have paid the manager’s salary with your own money, so I saved you by shaving it off!”

“wow. Thank you.”

“Oh, but if it had been a while ago, it wouldn’t have worked, but thanks to you, I gave it a try at the management headquarters.”

I suddenly noticed that Yangwook Lim had deep dark circles around his eyes. His skin is a bit dull, and the shine of his hair seems to have faded.

“I guess you’re very busy with work these days?”

“You’re busy then! There are only three writers who have signed contracts right now. “There are five people in contact.”

“Does that cover everything?”

“Not everyone goes to entertainment shows as often as you do. This mainly involves lectures, autograph signings, and contracts with publishers. When I was at Baekhak Library, I covered more than 20 people by myself. “At that time, I was really close to death.”

“okay.”

I answered half-heartedly because it was something I wasn’t particularly interested in, and Lim Yang-wook glanced at me and asked me.

“Are you okay these days?”

“What.”

“Well… why… my condition or something like that.”

Condition? Of course it’s not good. I’ve been depressed ever since I messed up with my prospective family members at the restaurant.

But it was okay because I was pouring out that depression on paper.

“are you okay. really.”

“okay···?”

“I missed school a bit because I was writing, but you don’t have to worry too much. “I went to this school in the first place because it wasn’t a problem even if I missed it.”

“okay. However, if you are going to take a long leave of absence like this time, please tell me. No, since I have a manager, I can receive status messages periodically. [Today’s Moon In-seop], [Mood – Bad]. [Condition – Poor]. [hungry]. [Not cleaning the house], [Not being able to live alone]… It must be like raising a Tamagotchi.”

“What is a Tamagotchi?”

“it is a secret.”

When I glared at Lim Yang-wook with an expressionless expression, Lim Yang-wook smiled happily.

He asked me, mistaking the cookie dough he brought from the break room.

“okay! “How is your writing going these days?”

“It’s okay.”

“You’re always so-so.”

“The main theme has been figured out to some extent, but I feel like there is a lack of understanding of the story’s background.”

“background?”

“It’s set in Brooklyn, USA.”

“Oh-America!”

Lim Yang-wook muttered in admiration.

His pupils turned to the past, not the present.

“America is good…”

“Do you have any good memories?”

“I went there with a friend a long time ago. It’s still vivid. “I guess it was that good.”

Lim Yang-wook’s gaze, which had been looking at the past, returned to reality and looked at me.

“Why don’t you go once too? “It’s winter break now.”

“That’s Okay. “How much does the ticket cost…”

“You have a lot of money. Do you think I don’t know how much royalties are coming in this month? “I give it to you?”

“Still… we have to live as people used to live…”

“Then why don’t you go and use the company money? It just so happens that Deputy Baek White is on a business trip to America? Then go along and take a look. “It’s not Brooklyn, though.”

“Is that okay?”

“I’m going to export your book, so what’s the problem with the author going there himself?”

I thought for a moment. The decision was quick. I shook my head.

“That’s Okay. “What kind of America is this all of a sudden?”

“why?”

“If a person like me wants to travel abroad, he or she must prepare mentally at least six months in advance and prepare step by step. If you go like roasting beans in a flash of lightning, you will feel a psychological burden…”

Talk. Talk.

Someone tapped my shoulder.

I turned my head and looked back.

and···

Phew.

Fingers with long, well-manicured nails dug into my cheek.

In my memory, Gu Yuna was laughing mischievously.

I stared at that figure blankly for a moment.

But Yuna is not the type of child to make that kind of expression…

ah.

“Hello, writer Koo Yu-bin.”

“Eye, it’s too hard~”

Gu Yu-bin, who is always on my top 5 disapproval list, sat next to me with a natural smile.

Unlike Gu Yuna’s older sister, she smiled in a friendly way and pulled my cheek.

“I heard you became friends with Yuna? Then, call me sister~”

I slapped away the hand pulling my cheek.

And I asked Yangwook Lim.

“Why is writer Gu here?”

“Didn’t you tell me? Writer Koo Yu-bin is also now affiliated with Baekhak Entertainment. “She signed a contract with publishing management.”

“huh. Since I often go on variety shows, I think I need management. Hello, manager?”

“It’s been a while since I saw you. How is the company?”

“So good! “I feel like a celebrity!”

“Aren’t you already half a celebrity? haha.”

Gu Yu-bin and Lim Yang-wook exchanged formal greetings with the smiles of members of society. Gu Yubin seemed very familiar with this type of conversation.

Gu Yu-bin demonstrated her conversational skills and led the conversation naturally.

“By the way, I guess you were talking about America?”

“Yes, Writer Moon’s next work is set in the United States, so it’s burdensome to be asked to go on a field trip using company money. “I feel this every time I see him, but our writer Moon is a truly humble and frugal person.”

“Yes! Yuna also says at home how much of a literary friend she is! “She was bullied by her friends at school, but I heard she’s doing well in school thanks to Inseop’s help?”

“Oh, did something like that happen?”

“That’s why my father also smiles when you think of him as a writer.”

He looked at me with deer-like eyes, as if he had just remembered Gu Yu-bin.

And then we applauded.

“ah! right! My family is going on a trip to America this winter! “Do you want to go with us, writer?”

“yes?”

“Do you have any other plans for winter vacation?”

“I don’t really have a schedule…”

shit. Instead of asking if I was going on a trip, I was asking about the schedule.

Then wouldn’t it be difficult to refuse?

“Just right! Then let’s go on a trip together. huh?”

“······”

“Yes?”

And, if you say this with the face of Yuna Gu.

I just can’t refuse it…

“······yes.”

I had no choice but to nod.

* * *

“You want to go on a trip to America?”

“No?”

Koo Hak-jun wondered what the unexpected trip to the United States was all about.

But my daughter clings to me with a bright smile on my face, so I just can’t refuse.

“Okay. Let’s go.”

“Dad, I love you~”

“Only in times like this?”

“huh.”

Gu Yu-bin left the sullen Gu Hak-jun behind and approached Gu Yu-na.

“Yuna. In winter, we-”

“I’m not going.”

“why?”

Gu Yuna was sitting on the sofa, looking at her iPad and writing something.

The bold younger brother answered without even looking at his older sister.

“I’m going to write. I don’t have time to travel or anything.”

“Really? I heard a writer is also going?”

Gu Yuna was silent for a moment.

Then he turned his head and said this while hiding his expression.

“Well… I guess I can go and write.”

Gu Yubin looked at that and smiled evilly.

It’s all according to plan.

‘Literature…’

You can tell by looking at the eyes of that young genius boy.

‘Why on earth do you hate me?’

Perhaps, you will find the answer on this trip.

And, even if you don’t find the answer.

A talent that shines so brightly that it can make someone like Gu Yubin instantly forgotten by the public.

If only I could see that part…

“……”

Wouldn’t it be possible to write something that would be recognized by my mother?

That’s what I thought.