Novelist Running Through Time - Chapter 200



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The Novelist Who Leapt Through Time Episode 200

Baekhak Entertainment Management Office 1 Manager Song Ji-heon’s life has been a bit of a mess these days.

Even promotion to manager couldn’t solve this shit.

This is because the seat he sat in after being promoted was a seat where the warmth of his immediate superior, whose head had been blown off, remained.

Cheek, chik.

Director Song Ji-heon took a puff of a cigarette on the rooftop of Baekhak Entertainment and vomited out the smoke rising from his heart with love and hate.

“1 chief of the room …”

The head of the first management office tried to take advantage of the difficult times by taking advantage of the difficult times to overthrow CEO Baek Seung-won, take over the entire management office, and become independent and become the “CEO.”

He eventually became the owner of a chicken restaurant.

“You ended up becoming the president…”

Live happily there. After Director Song Ji-heon’s short eulogy, the first director smiled and gave a thumbs up as he was greeted by a vaguely glimmering sight in the forest of buildings under the sunset.

EP 12-Marionette

Song Ji-heon looked at the soul of Manager 1, who was wearing an apron with the chicken restaurant logo, with a faint smile, then gave up escaping reality and returned to work.

Director Song Ji-heon returns to his workplace, Management Room 1.

The scenery there was the same as always.

Just looking at it made me want to go up to the rooftop again and smoke a cigarette.

“everyone! “Aren’t you coming to your senses?!”

“……”

“How long will you be hanging around just because you rolled up one album? uh?!”

“……”

“Guts! Guts! “When we were young, that wasn’t even a failure!”

It would have been quiet if everyone was hanging out together in the gloom, but with one person struggling desperately, it felt like they were truly devastated.

Director Song Ji-heon tried to dissuade Manager Lee (34) and Director Park (29) from the efforts of Rapid Boys leader Lee Soo (24), who urged ‘the spirit of the young generation’.

“Isoo… stop…”

“Chief! Look at this! “As soon as young people go to work, they hang out like sloths…!”

“Please stop…”

“……”

After Director Song tried desperately to dissuade him, Lee Soo also remained solemnly silent.

Even while the two were performing a skit, Manager Lee (34) and Assistant Manager Park (31) were staring blankly into space like soulless succulents.

If the president of Baekhak Bookstore (30) had known this, he would have shed tears, saying, ‘I know, that’s how I feel.’

For office workers, work is like their soul. When there’s work to do, it moves around like a fuss, but if there’s no work to do, it quickly withers away.

Therefore, working mothers (also known as CEOs) who raise office workers must manage them well so that they do not wither by investing in appropriate work.

However, there is no way that street workers who have been kicked out of their comfortable homes will be given work.

It was like that.

Management Office 1 was abandoned.

There are only a few options left for single-room workers who have become abandoned office workers.

You have to stay in a box house in a back alley and wear a plaque around your neck that says, ‘Please take me away.’

However, abandoned cats may be cute, but they are not cute to abandoned office workers. No one takes anything that isn’t cute. This is especially true during a recession like today.

Still, they had to eat to live, so when it was time to eat, they ate their meals while receiving stares from others, and then idly idly looked at Job Korea at work, which was the daily routine of the employees in Management Office 1.

There was no hope.

The grand ambition of the first director, who was the last hope of becoming a ‘Trot Bbongjak Seo Taiji Pakuri idol’, died away with the sound of frying oil at a chicken restaurant.

Even if I beg for just one more chance, I can’t open my mouth in the face of counter-arguments asking how many billions of dollars were burned on Trot when the Trot trend has passed.

Even though I want to ask him to please spare my life, I can’t open my mouth in front of President Baek Seung-won’s cold eyes, asking why on earth did you try to betray me?

As a result, half of the people left the company because they felt like shit, and the other half were gnashing their teeth and focusing on politics, so there is no way the first management office could run properly.

I was cut off by the A&R who selected the songs, and the C&C headquarters, which promoted the business, did not even care.

Those who are trying to somehow save the Rapid Boys cannot make the effort even if they want to.

So, the second-oldest member of the group, Jamie (real name Kim Seong-su), a sub-vocalist with a Cha Do-nam concept, sneakily approached leader Lee Soo, who tried and failed to cheer up the discouraged employees.

“How is the atmosphere in the office?”

“I don’t know, I’m screwed.”

“Fuck…”

This time of year, boys can’t have a conversation without swearing.

Idols were no exception.

However, when Yubin, the third child of the group, approached, Leesu and Seongsu pretended to be in front of a camera.

“Brothers, what does the manager say today?”

“Oh, I heard you’re working hard on your lessons. “They are also looking into entertainment shows, so please wait a little longer.”

“…really?”

“I heard that MBC is doing something new like Idol Survival? “If we do well, we’ll be hooked too, right?”

“How do we get out there?”

“Of course I’m an MC and a mentor, dude.”

“Oh really?! “Isn’t that right?”

“Hey, what kind of habit does a bastard who doesn’t even have ID have in talking to Lee Soo?”

“what. “I feel unfair, so I get a national ID…”

In this way, Lee-su and Seong-su tricked Yu-bin. That’s because he was a cub who didn’t even have ID.

The two people who had ID had to do something.

“Oh, really, it’s going to turn… This really isn’t like the Ugly Duckling.”

“Still, I have to try to rub it in somehow. “Unless you’re going to suck your fingers for the rest of your contract.”

“Where and how are you rubbing it?”

“You can go around auditioning for dramas or something…”

“How do we get through the audition without lobbying? “Idol casting alone is a disaster.”

“Still, because of noise marketing, there will be people looking for supporting roles for idols. “Not the 3 Love comprehensive series, but something like a drama from another broadcasting station.”

“Fuck, it would be better to do a personal broadcast instead.”

“That’s right…”

As Isu was feeling downcast, Seongsu noticed him and comforted him.

“Ah, it was just a remark, why are you talking so loudly?”

“No, that’s right. “I would make a lot more money by doing a personal broadcast with this face…”

“Ay! Shit, how can an idol run around a fucking room?”

“Is there anything else we can do now without the company’s push…?”

“Then why don’t you run around at events and university festivals! Then, if a legendary fancam comes out and goes viral, it goes up and down the charts! “What is life!”

“An event needs to be scheduled… Oh, this is driving me crazy.”

“Hey, we can’t be like this. Go for it! Go for it!”

“Okay, fighting…”

Rapid Boys’ eldest and second sons, Lee-su and Seong-su, ended the meeting with a vague fight.

Even failed idols are celebrities in their own right, so Rapid Boys didn’t have much to do.

Small events, web dramas, radio guests, YouTube appearances, etc.

However, it was mostly about consuming images, not accumulating them.

It means there is no future.

To get that future, you need the support of the company, and to get the support of the company, you have to prove your business feasibility.

But how?

– To the question, neither Lee-su nor Seong-su had a clear answer.

One way or another, they are both young people in their early 20s who have obtained ID cards but have never experienced the real world.

It was a huge leap for them to even reject the company’s instructions to just take lessons and wait patiently and set out to find their own way.

Even people who have been rolling on this floor for decades say they have no answer and just smoke cigarettes on the rooftop, so there is no way they can do anything.

So, I have no choice but to grit my teeth and endure it day by day.

Just like all troubled young people do.

“Hello, I’m novelist Moon In-seop. “I am writing under a pen name.”

So, artificial, desperate, and at the same time natural smiles could not help but bloom on the faces of those who greeted the boy who came one day.

* * *

“iced coffee! Welcome! Come on!”

“Woah- welcome! “Guys, applaud!”

“Wow-”

As soon as I visited Baekhak Entertainment Management Office 1, I received countless requests for handshakes and applause.

Honestly, I’m a little embarrassed.

What on earth did I do…?

Before I could even tilt my head in response to that question, the first manager with a smile on his face took my hand and shook it vigorously.

“Ah, if our Hyochan is a friend, he’s almost like a quasi-member! Isn’t that right, Lee Soo-ya?”

“I can also give up my leadership position.”

“From today, the leader of Rapid Boys is a writer.”

As I was losing my senses amid such a strong welcome and fuss, I saw Min Hyo-chan, who had caught a big fish in the corner, with his pink hair getting tangled up as he was showered with praise from his brothers.

“Good job! good job!”

“shit! “I believed you, Min Hyo-chan!”

“ah! “Don’t touch my head!”

Min Hyo-chan was avoiding his brothers’ touch, but the corners of his mouth were slightly raised.

Certainly, in my opinion, that was a courtesy of a goalkeeper who successfully defended in the penalty shootout against Korea and Japan.

So, along with Min Hyo-chan, I was guided to Baekhak Entertainment, receiving the courtesy of the first manager.

“This is our members’ practice room, and over there…”

How do you feel about such a special tour?

‘It’s a place everyone knows’

-This was it.

That’s natural.

My life at Baekhak Entertainment doesn’t last just a day or two.

The underground parking lot of Baekhak Entertainment was the beginning of my life as a writer, and even now, the publishing management office’s business trip office still exists at Baekhak Entertainment’s headquarters.

We even toured Baekhak Entertainment’s S-class amenities with Kim Byeol.

It’s still like that these days.

Apparently, Director 1 didn’t know that well.

Well, the Baekhak Entertainment building has dozens of floors and hundreds of people, so how would they know my existence?

Until I came to see you in person, to the manager, I would have been nothing more than a line of subtitles that occasionally passed by in the news.

And that was the same way I viewed Rapid Boys.

I have no interest in idols, and I probably won’t in the future either.

The important thing is to unravel Min Hyo-chan’s twisted celebrity life even a little, and for that, real action is needed, not just greetings.

But I had no idea what action was needed.

I took a step forward because of Min Hyo-chan, but is there anything I can help with?

So I asked honestly.

“Senior Min asked so desperately that I actually came… Is there anything I can help you with?”

But the answer is surprising.

“Oh, there are a lot!”

They say a lot.

When the novelist asked how he could help the idol, the first manager’s answer was as follows.

“First of all, it would be a great help if you appeared on YouTube or entertainment shows together, but…”

Director 1 smiled shyly and trailed off.

Although it is a desperate situation, a sense of reality is still alive.

If you put Rapid Boys on a variety show together with me, Lim Yang-wook, the dark demon king of Baekhak Bookstore, would be so angry that he would throw away his hands, and in fact, it wouldn’t be of much help.

This is because the fan bases of novelists and idols do not overlap at all.

Their tendencies are also polar opposites. Idol fandoms feel a sense of belonging and solidarity by mixing with a group, but book lovers read books alone and feel intellectual vanity, a sense of inadequacy, and specialness.

So, it would be foolish to expect that the fan base would be evenly mixed and expanded just because the two got together.

They’ll only treat it as weird food like mint chocolate, pineapple pizza, and cream puff bungeoppang.

Therefore, in order to harmoniously mix the compatibility of two celebrities, a novelist and an idol, the professional perspective of an industry professional is needed.

Since I tend to trust expert advice, I listened closely to Director 1’s subsequent opinions.

And Director 1 said this with a serious face.

“Crossover between K-pop and K-literature is trendy these days.”

“…?”

“You came at the perfect time. “Is this the trend these days?”

“…Idols and K-literature?”

“yes! yes!”

Mint should never meet chocolate. Pineapple should not meet bread. Cream puffs must not meet carp. Likewise, novelists should not meet idols. This is the correct way of the world.

But they say no.

I thought he was joking, but Director 1’s expression was serious the whole time.

“Don’t you know that recently large entertainment companies are scrambling to recruit famous novelists?”

“No… why?”

“Of course we will involve them in the production of the album!”

“…Do you by any chance write lyrics?”

“I write lyrics, but there’s something more important.”

Director 1 raised his index finger to get my attention.

And he opened his mouth resolutely, as if telling an enormous secret.

“Worldview.”

“…?”

“Every idol has a world view. “Entertainment agencies gather the wisdom of novelists to build that worldview.”

“…???”

“I would like to request writer Moon to write the world view of ‘Rapid Boys.’”

It literally felt like I had entered another world.

I don’t know what it means.

I think my world view and the first director’s world view are different.

The expression on his face must have revealed his true feelings, as the 1st manager guided me somewhere in Baekhak Entertainment.

“I guess you’re having a hard time understanding it, so let me help you. There is already a novelist at Baekhak Entertainment who is participating in album production. “You probably know the writer.”

“You’re an acquaintance of mine?”

“Let’s take a look at his work. Then you will get the feel.”

* * *

“A group of zombies suddenly invaded the peaceful Baekhak High School.

Why zombies were created!

It’s not a virus or anything!

The curse born of the frustration and depression of modern people who have lost their dreams and hopes has finally manifested itself in the zombie crisis!

So, six girls were chosen by the jewels of faith, hope, love, dreams, hope, and joy!

Benibis starts singing to save his friends and solve the zombie crisis…”

“ah…….”

I forgot what to say.

I don’t know what the hell I saw.

“What the hell is this…”

I couldn’t bear to read the whole ‘world view’, so I looked at the author of the world view.

The writer, Gu Yu-bin, was covering her face with both hands with a blush on her face.

“Look, don’t look…!”

“……”

“I-I didn’t want to write like that either!”

I don’t even know what kind of expression I was making at this time.

But if you put that expression into words…

‘Do you… use something like that…?’ It would be about that much.