Novelist Running Through Time - Chapter 140



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The Novelist Who Leapt Through Time Episode 140

Taewoong So.

There are not many people who do not know the name of the film director who won the Golden Bear Award at the Berlin International Film Festival.

But to me, he was not ‘K-So Taewoong’ but ‘S-So Taewoong’.

Stalker means So Taewoong.

If I were to look at a terrible example that ruined his image within me, it would be as follows.

excuse me… Are you there?

I don’t have any.

Even though the office moved to Baekhak Bookstore, he still followed and scheduled a meeting.

This is a coincidence.

I don’t think so.

A chance encounter with me at a novel signing event.

There’s only one meal ticket left, so maybe… ?

Because I don’t eat well… .

Ask someone out on a date.

And so on… .

This is enough to talk about, even without mentioning the fact that in the past, a variety show said it would be made into a movie about ‘Communist Hunting’.

What’s so disappointing about a successful movie director that he follows me around?

The correct answer is that we follow the ‘original’ because it is disappointing.

So Taewoong is a wolf-like person who covets novels like his own.

Even though he looks fine on the outside, on the inside, he’s sticking out his tongue and drooling, so you can bet your hair on Lim Yang-wook’s head.

So it was obvious why he came to see me.

I’m going to take the novel.

And it was also obvious how he came to find me.

To me, he is S-So Taewoong, but to others he is the great K-So Taewoong, so I must have gone to Baekhak Bookstore and asked him outright. Lim Yang-wook would have been willing to sell me… .

“Please come in first.”

“Thank you.”

So, rather than turning a blind eye to a sudden guest, we let him in.

“hmm… “The house is deserted.”

“Don’t worry, I have coffee for you.”

“Looking at the state of the house, I am worried as an adult… .”

After all, winning or losing a war depends on geography and feng shui.

My plan was to first draw the enemy to my home ground and defeat them.

The story I’m going to say will be obvious anyway. Let’s make a novel into a great movie.

But what does that leave me?

At best, we can make some money, sell books, get news, gain more fans, and the stock prices of Baekhak Bookstore and Baekhak Entertainment go up.

But it doesn’t help my literature.

So, even though I was offered a cup of coffee, I was determined to refuse it without mercy… .

Today the story was a little different.

“A movie script?”

“That’s right.”

EP 9 – Sound

Sure enough, the reason So Taewoong, who had been hovering around me all of a sudden, suddenly attacked my studio was because of that damn guitar.

“I saw the guitar.”

“Drama? “A movie?”

“both.”

So Taewoong sipped the cup of coffee I gave him with a sad expression.

And then, in a somber voice, he secretly asks my intentions.

“if… Was there anything unsatisfactory about the movie ‘Communist Hunt’?”

“Sigh… .”

The coffee I was drinking almost passed into my prayers.

Are you really asking, “Why can those bastards do it and I can’t?”

I protested, waving my hands.

“Oh, no… That’s it… .”

“That?”

“There was nothing we could do about the drama because it was hosted by the company, and the movie… .”

I couldn’t bear to say, even if I died, that

“… … “It can’t be helped due to the circumstances of high-ranking people.”

“okay. Because they are high people… .”

So Taewoong looked at me as if he were looking at a .

Something pricked my conscience, but anyway, it wasn’t a lie because Baek Seol was right about the ‘higher person’.

Anyway, the misunderstanding was resolved(?) and there was a friendly chat after that.

“Oh really?”

“At that time, the junior was taking a sip of the liquor and said, Senior, this is not my ball… Called-”

So Taewoong first came to see me because he was the director of the movie ‘Sign’.

“When I told him that I knew Director So Tae-woong, Director Matsumoto was surprised… .”

“Oh, that friend. “He’s good at making movies.”

It is said that Kenji Matsumoto, the director of the animation movie ‘Gita’, is a huge fan of So Tae-woong.

Such a conversation went back and forth for a while.

The main topic continues.

It was far beyond my expectations.

“How about participating in movie script work?”

“Me?!”

It’s such a sudden thing.

I’ve never written anything other than a novel in my life.

I’ve never even written poetry!

“I don’t know how to write a screenplay… ?”

“The specifications or format are not important. The key is storytelling. And the writer I know is a storyteller who is well known in the professional world.”

“Well, still… .”

“He will probably be a co-screenwriter with me when it goes into production. “Of course I know that writer Moon is unfamiliar with film production, and I will be there to help him as much as I can in that regard.”

“ah… … .”

I trailed off without saying anything definitively.

I’m not saying you’re going to take my novel and use it as an original work, but are you saying we should write a movie screenplay together?

It was so sudden, so embarrassing… .

and… .

“… … .”

It was a heart-pounding story.

Director So Tae-woong delved into my heart.

“I read dark adaptation. It was different from previous novels. Have you changed your writing style?”

“How do you do that?!”

“Because genius recognizes genius.”

It was a little later that I learned that So Tae-woong had sought literary advice on ‘dark adaptation’ from Gu Hak-jun.

Therefore, when I heard those words, I was astonished by So Taewoong’s genius.

Is this Korea’s best film director?!

“If author Moon is hoping for literary change and literary challenge, let’s be a little more courageous.”

“… !”

“Movie screenplay. How is it?”

It was an offer too strong to refuse.

* * *

Taewoong So.

movie director. genius. Korea’s best. Owner of the Berlin Golden Bear Award.

People give him this title.

However, there was another title that resonated most deeply with So Taewoong himself.

That’s the ’50s’.

So Taewoong is neither a ‘genius’ film director nor the ‘best’ film director in Korea, but a ‘50s’ film director.

At least that’s what I thought.

lived for half a hundred years.

There are more days I have lived so far than there are days I will live in the future.

That’s how old I am.

Now, I can’t drink alcohol like water like I used to, I get out of breath even when I climb a few stairs, and my back and knees hurt like I’m being pricked by a needle.

The body is worn out.

The body also includes the head.

There was one sentence that always lingered in So Taewoong’s head these days, and that was ‘It’s not as good as it used to be.’

Brilliant ideas no longer come to mind. Even when I see scenarios that other people like, my heart doesn’t race.

Taewoong So realized that ‘creativity’ is not an infinite resource.

Even that was expendable.

So, what is it about yourself that you have exhausted all your creativity or genius? Chaff? leftover?

Whatever it is, I can’t dry out here.

Because there are still so many movies I want to make.

But the limitations of the aging brain are inevitable, especially when it comes to trends among the younger generation.

So Taewoong did not find the culture that young people find interesting these days interesting. In fact, it is natural. Because that is natural.

However, in order to take the lead in the cultural torrent, you must keep up with trends, no, you must run ahead of them and lead them.

And So Tae-woong is someone who wants to make movies even while going against the law.

Eventually, I turned to black magic.

So Taewoong acquired a spare brain to support his aging brain.

It’s a young, fresh, soft brain.

The name, of course, is literary man.

However, as Taewoong So continued his work, he learned that this brain was not as young as he thought.

“Have you ever had a flash of inspiration?”

“If there was, I would have written it as a novel, right?”

‘Ah! Is it a defective product? .’

Moonin was not the type of writer So Taewoong expected. This is not a writer who writes spontaneously, like a pianist who is inspired by the muse and beats the piano in a frenzy.

The writer wrote more structurally than expected.

“The antagonist is coming to the same conclusion as the protagonist. Is this intentional?”

“yes. “Because that’s more tragic.”

“Then, the two characters are treated as two signifiers with the same meaning… .”

A middle school student is writing a story like a college graduate. He can even communicate with himself.

From that fact, So Taewoong felt like he had finally realized the genius of a writer.

Did you feel like this?

What do senior writers who are passionate about writers feel?

Of course, even Park Chang-woon never stalked a writer, but So Tae-woong seemed to know why famous novelists gave up all respect and clung to writers.

Thus, the work on the screenplay, or movie screenplay, continued smoothly.

However, while novels are all about lines of text, movies are not like that.

Just completing the story does not complete the film.

In that regard, So Taewoong decided to teach the writer.

“hmm… “Then, let’s go get some investment.”

“yes? “The first act of the scenario hasn’t even been completed?”

“That was originally just decoration.”

“?”

Instead of a flashy suit, So Taewoong wore a crinkled jacket and jeans full of realism.

It was a fashion that made you feel like a movie director just by looking at the clothes.

“Would you like to take a look?”

* * *

I swallowed my saliva and nervously knocked on the door.

Knock. Knock. Knock.

Yes, please come in.

When I carefully opened the door and entered, I saw Baek Seol, dressed in a stylish outfit, sitting in an executive chair.

The nameplate on the desk reads:

I could not dare to open my eyes because of the illusion of brilliance emanating from that sacred nameplate.

I bowed my head, not daring to look into the eyes of President Baek White, who was wearing a halo.

“Meeting the lowly servant boss.”

“Kyaaaa ah!”

Baek Seol was shocked and made a dolphin sound.

Today was fun too.

“Don’t do it! really!”

“How do you fit the aptitude for Gamtu, boss?”

“It feels like death… .”

Yes, it seems.

Deep dark circles appeared on Baek Seol’s eyes.

I heard the same repertoire every time I met Baek Seol recently, so I knew very well how she became the president. In fact, she is on the verge of memorizing it.

This time, Baek Seol asks, “How did I become the president?” >, starting with the lament, He laid out his pledges to me.

To be honest, it didn’t seem like there was any need to work hard because he was like a boss, but he just nodded and agreed that he would work hard.

But that’s not important now.

I put an iron plate on his face and offered a reconsideration suggestion to the new CEO, who was suffering for a long time.

“But what happened that brought you to the president’s office? Is Manager Lim harassing you? Should I scold you?”

“Actually, there is a good investment product… .”

“?”

* * *

It worked.

“I will invest!”

“Thank you. “I will never disappoint you.”

scenario? does not exist.

staff? does not exist.

casting? First, write the story.

The current state was exactly like this.

But it’s strange.

Investment money is pouring in even though the film production is in a poor state.

I inadvertently tried to dissuade Baek Seol as he smiled brightly and shook hands with So Taewoong.

“that… president? Are you sure you don’t mind?”

“are you okay! are you okay! “It’s director So Tae-woong!”

“Wouldn’t I get scolded by the vice president or the board of directors?”

“What do you mean! I need to get this kind of performance before it gets to the ears of those noblemen! Oh my, what did I say in front of the author… .”

It seemed like Baek Seol, who was innocent, said something strange for a moment, but decided to write it off as an illusion.

In any case, Baek Sul was not the only one who opened his wallet to such a staged investment request.

The script, casting, and staff are all undecided.

In fact, it was not an investment proposal but a request that was closer to ‘give me the money’, but the money was raised at a scary rate.

I feel like common sense is being destroyed.

Ordinary people… That’s not all, but the film production process that I know, as someone who has just dipped my toes into the entertainment industry, is as follows.

Scenario planning.

Investor recruitment.

Staff recruitment.

Production & Editing.

Screening.

Manipulating reviews by removing comment part-time rules.

If this is the standard route I know, So Taewoong is collecting money even before the scenario is completed.

Even investors give money.

It was almost as if the tattered and crinkled gray jacket worn by director So Tae-woong had a strange radio wave device attached to it to brainwash capitalists.

Taewoong So’s answer to my question was extremely simple and clear.

“So Taewoong, writer.”

“… ?”

“If you don’t open your wallet after hearing these two names, would you be an investor?”

So Taewoong continued speaking casually.

“And the staff… If you call, of course we will gather. All you have to do is film a movie.”

“… !”

“Filmmaking isn’t that big of a deal.”

Suddenly, it seemed like a halo was visible behind Director So Tae-woong.

If I had known that I would meet Kim Byeol at a casting audition a while later, I would not have seen the halo.