Novelist Running Through Time - Chapter 149



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The Novelist Who Leapt Through Time Episode 149

A beast lives in the creative writing department of Baekhak Arts Middle School.

When the beast roars, everyone trembles in fear.

Because that beast once ate the Minister of Culture.

The roar of the beast is as follows:

“mind!”

Park Chang-woon, a literature teacher with wild gray hair and a white beard that resembled a lion’s mane, roared in the Yeongnam dialect.

Noh Ik-jang’s loud voice can be heard not only in the entire teacher’s office but also in the hallway.

“What are you talking about! Why is this guy with intact limbs missing the nuclear bridge?!”

The writer who heard the roar right in front of him quickly wiped the spittle from his face with a blanket.

And he answered calmly, without any sign of fear.

“Yeah-”

Of course, it was a situation where there was no need to answer.

Park Chang-woon continued talking to himself with an expression like ‘Oh my gosh!’

“Oops! “You said the screenplay you wrote as a side job was invited to the Cannes Film Festival?!”

“It wasn’t really a side job-”

“If a novelist writes a movie script, is that a side job? What is a side job? “Novels are my main job.”

The writer was shocked when he tried to say, ‘If you say that, it seems like you won the Cannes Film Festival with a script written with your toes.’

Between his bushy white eyebrows, wide eyes are staring at him.

Eyes filled with madness, as if rays of light could shoot out at any moment.

Those eyes were saying that they would turn anyone who spoke back to me into a pulp.

The literary man gave in.

“Yes, well, that’s right.”

At that moment, the old man truly laughed maniacally.

“Khahahahahahaha-!”

The momentum of the old man, who got up from his seat and made a big fuss, made everyone go ‘Huh!’ It was pushed away with a sound.

Wen Chang and the teacher were not the only ones in the teacher’s office. Numerous departments came to see the screenwriter who had been ‘invited to the Cannes Film Festival.’

Department of modern dance, department of applied music, department of art, department of Korean traditional music… They were all experts of their respective factions, but today they were pushed aside by Park Chang-woon’s spiritual pressure.

In particular, the head of the Department of Theater and Film looked as if he would shed tears as he bit his handkerchief, even if he had no eyes to see.

However, Park Chang-woon, a madman without the slightest mercy, declared in front of everyone with a force that seemed to make the world go crazy.

“It’s Khan… “That’s pretty good for a ‘local’ festival in France!”

The head of the Department of Theater and Film frowned.

“good night! “If that’s the case, I can skip the creative writing class at Daebaekhak Arts Middle School!”

After saying that, the old man took out a wooden seal and brandished it majestically.

bean. bean.

A stamp was placed on the experiential learning application and attendance recognition application.

It was an ordinary day with Munchang from Baekhak Arts Middle School.

EP 9 – Sound

Although a literature teacher who was a former minister at an art school made comments that seemed to be very disparaging of the Cannes Film Festival.

To put it conversely, the prestige of the Cannes Film Festival was so great that the Creative Writing Department, not even the Theater and Film Department, made such a fuss.

So, what happened at Baekhak Entertainment was no worse than Baekhak Yejung.

“I’ve got some water here, Grand Actor Kim Byeol.”

Kim Byeol was handed a bottle of water with a nervous expression.

It wasn’t that he looked nervous because it was a brand he didn’t usually drink, but it was because the person who brought him water was the owner, not the manager.

Yes. President Baek Seung-won claimed to be Kim Byeol’s daily manager.

I wasn’t trying to post it on the company’s YouTube entertainment show, nor was I making some strange bet with anyone.

He just comes first and acts as a daily manager.

That makes him even more like a crazy person.

“excuse me… president. You can stop now… .”

“Stop what?”

“Daily manager… .”

“hey. Kim Star. “If you stop acting better, I’ll stop too.”

Byeol Kim bit her tongue and felt like she wanted to pass out.

However, the reactions of those around him were also not normal, and everyone except Kim Byeol took it for granted.

“Haha, the boss too.”

“How excited are you… .”

“Well, it makes sense… .”

After the head office sent black suit men to tame President Baek Seung-won to make trouble, the atmosphere at Baekhak Entertainment became very shitty.

High-level executives who tore the company into pieces, reorganized it into a small and medium-sized label, and came close to destroying the ‘CEO’ business card are no longer as loyal as they once were.

The words ‘independence’ and ‘president’ flashed before my eyes whether I was sleeping or waking up, and there were quite a few people who were truly independent as it was customary in the entertainment world to become independent with their own celebrities.

However, the most vicious thing was to harass the president while deciding whether to become independent or not. Even the employees would frown every time they saw President Baek Seung-won being harassed by several department heads in that way.

Meanwhile, Kim Byul was invited to the Cannes Film Festival.

For President Baek Seung-won, it must have felt like running on clouds.

However, Kim Byul wanted to stop playing.

It is a wish that will not come true.

* * *

At this time, there were more than one person running above the clouds.

Art always seems like something noble and removed from the world.

But it is more worldly than anything else in this world.

This is especially true in modern times, when the entertainment industry is at its peak.

Never in human history has an artist enjoyed so much.

Art brings so many things. Honor, status, and… money.

Therefore, the moment just one film was invited to a film festival, the lives of countless people changed.

“Oh, thank goodness… .”

The owner of Baekhak Bookstore, who almost lost the company’s money when the movie ‘Sori’ passed the break-even point, sighed.

“Look at that. I’m right… .”

Kim Byeol’s mother, who had lived her entire life as a miserable unknown actress, felt like her dream had come true through her child.

“AA AA AA… .”

Actress Lee Mi-ri, who played a witch in ‘Sori’, was sobbing at the achievement that came after 22 years of acting.

In addition, large and small inflection points have occurred in the lives of countless people.

Kim Geun-tae, vice president of Baekhak Bookstore, who had attacked the president, drank soju to soothe his sore stomach, and President Baek Do-hyun, who had been anxiously watching the inside of Baekhak Bookstore, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Kim Woo-joo, the new actor who played an astronaut in ‘Sori’, changed agencies on unimaginably good terms, and Lim Yang-wook, who had stayed still, grinned as he received resumes from novelists flocking to him asking to be connected to So Tae-woong.

But actually, film director So Tae-woong didn’t mind.

Why?

I’m almost curious myself.

If I were to be specific, it could be the leisureliness of someone who has reached the top of an industry, or it could be the boredom of a middle-aged man in his 50s.

Ironically, he found the answer in a teenage boy.

“Now, my heart won’t beat anymore except for movies.”

* * *

It has been a long time since I had guests ride on a Rottweiler horse. A writer sat in the passenger seat. Kim Byeol rode in the back seat.

The staff left for France a long time ago. The reason they are catching up late is to deal with the reporters lined up at the airport.

There is no separate formal interview at the airport. However, if they chew up reporters and just leave the country, that becomes a problem.

However, So Tae-woong did not get angry at each of the reporters who got upset and poured out malicious articles when he was not interviewed.

I spent too many years in the entertainment industry for that to happen.

Now, the natural approach is to send the staff first, and only send those who are likely to be interviewed a day later.

It is in the same context that I went to the airport with Moon-in and Kim Byeol. Reporters only like the pictures for interviews if they are pretty.

Perhaps we could say that we have become accustomed to the physiology of the entertainment industry.

As I was telling that story, the story also reached the statue.

After hearing that he was not impressed, the boy in the passenger seat said something unexpected.

“Now, my heart won’t beat anymore except for movies.”

“hmm?”

It’s a bold story.

At the same time, it is a particularly poignant story.

I decided to listen a little more.

When I urged the boy, who always hid his torso and inner thoughts with a blanket, he finally revealed the story inside.

“Director, there must have been a time in the past when you were struggling with each and every investment, right?”

“There was even a time when I went down on my knees to ask for just 5 million won to be invested.”

“Not now.”

“Of course.”

“Then money has now become an illusion in the director’s mind.”

It felt new to hear a story I had vaguely sensed from someone else’s mouth.

Maybe because he’s a novelist, he writes a lot of text messages.

That text touched my heart.

“It’s an illusion… .”

It started to rain. It’s a shower that keeps falling.

Water droplets formed on the window, and So Taewoong pulled the lever behind the steering wheel.

The wiper moves gently, wiping away the raindrops.

I glance at the passenger seat and see that Moonin has his eyes closed.

It seemed like he was hearing the sound of rain.

“It’s the same with popularity.”

The writer continued speaking with his eyes closed.

“The director also said it. Don’t be too swayed by the public’s attention. Popularity comes and goes, but it doesn’t. “Right?”

“I did.”

“Like you said, how easy is popularity? “It’s a world where people become obsolete just because they have a small number of audiences, and they become big names just because they receive an invitation from France, but in the end, popularity is an illusion that depends on those things.”

“… … .”

“Right?”

So Taewoong could not answer.

It’s not because I don’t think the boy’s words make sense, but because it touches my heart so much.

The moment when a person is most shaken is not when he or she hears something that contradicts his or her true feelings. Whether it’s right or wrong, when that happens, it’s just unpleasant and makes me feel bad.

The moment when a person is shaken is when he or she hears words that fit with his or her inner thoughts. Those words are essentially a compliment that says, ‘You are right.’

And since So Taewoong was also human, he was shaken by the boy’s words.

For a moment, a sacred halo seemed to shine from behind the boy wrapped in a blanket, who had closed his eyes to hear the sound of rain.

So Taewoong asked with the feeling of a sentient being visiting the Great Master.

“Then what is not an illusion?”

The boy answered without hesitation.

“It’s what’s inside me.”

“ah… .”

“When everything on the outside feels vain, I have no choice but to look within myself.”

“okay… .”

At this moment, the three people in the car all had different thoughts.

For So Tae-woong, the illusions were money and fame. And what was on my mind was movies and art. When I thought of that, my heart felt like it was racing.

But for writers, illusions are not about money and fame. Everything in this world, including money and fame. If the only truth is literature in the heart, we are even at a loss as to where that literature should go. Meanwhile, the question of whether everything in this world was just an illusion was added, and the boy’s second puberty was even harsher than the first.

And Kim Byeol was an illusion and a fool, and she wanted to win the award first. But now that I’ve been worrying about him for weeks, I’m exhausted. hungry. I want to eat… .

As the silence continued due to each person’s own reasons, the writer, who realized that he had been talking too profoundly while drunk on the sound of rain, ended his conversation awkwardly.

“So, it doesn’t matter whether you win a prize or not… Let’s relax our minds… This is what I said with this intention. haha.”

“ha ha ha.”

So Taewoong laughed along with the boy and was impressed by the insight the young boy showed.

And suddenly, I realized that the conversation just now was a bit meaningless.

So Taewoong is an expert among experts when it comes to the film industry.

He is a rare expert who has more expertise than those invited to play expert roles on TV.

Therefore, even though So Tae-woong did not tell others, he was able to roughly guess the results of the Cannes Film Festival.

Because he knew about the history of the Cannes Film Festival, the tendencies of the judges, and the direction the festival was aiming for.

In So Tae-woong’s view, winning the Palme d’Or for ‘Sori’ has already passed.

The same goes for the Grand Prix and Jury Prize, which serve as second and third prizes. ‘Sound’ is not at that level.

Needless to say, it’s a great screenplay. Khan can never give up his authority. The moment an award is given to a young novelist, screenwriters around the world rise up. What if the writer had been white? .

So, the only one among these that has a chance of winning is probably… .

“… … .”

So Taewoong glanced at Kim Byeol reflected in the rearview mirror.

The main character of ‘Sori’, who looked tired, was leaning against the window and dozing off.

So Taewoong smiled quietly and turned his gaze forward again.

Incheon Airport was slowly emerging from the fog.