Novelist Running Through Time - Chapter 201



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The Novelist Who Leapt Through Time Episode 201

On the first floor of Baekhak Entertainment, an in-house cafe designed by an overseas high-tech architect. In this space, which boasts avant-garde design, something quite conventional was happening.

“Hey… big, coffee is here.”

A trembling voice hands you coffee. The voice trembles even more than that. The cafe part-time worker couldn’t even make eye contact with Gu Yubin.

“Yes, Thanks.”

Meanwhile, Gu Yu-bin accepts this romantic interest as if it were everyday life. She smiles happily, takes her coffee, and returns to her seat.

It wasn’t just the part-time worker who got upset in front of Gu Yubin. As Gu Yu-bin turns around after receiving her coffee, several people who glanced at Gu Yu-bin avoid her eyes.

Anyway, I can’t understand. What good is this scary woman? I don’t think she can even make eye contact…

Of course, I also automatically look down when Gu Yubin looks at me with a straight face and glares at me, but that’s like a kid who grew up getting beaten and flinches whenever someone raises a hand, so let’s just move on.

“Now, since you like sweets, I added a little syrup.”

“thank you…”

Gu Yubin handed me an Americano with syrup and sat down with me. And she hummed softly as she sipped her syrup-free Americano.

Gu Yu-bin, wearing a suit, sipping Americano at a large company’s in-house cafe, looked like an office worker rather than a novelist.

And it suited him quite well. Should I say I’m used to it?

In fact, in my memories, Gu Yubin was always the successor to a fairly large company.

EP 12–Marionette

Looking back, Gu Yu-bin was a writer who really did not feel like a novelist.

The first place I met her was also on the TV screen. She is a literary genius who has been promising since she was young. As a writer and entertainer, no one was more famous than her.

Nowadays, elementary and middle school students are rising and falling on the Booker Prize list, so there is no feeling that Koo Yu-bin, who is active in Korea, is being treated as an imitation of a writer, but that was just the reason why people who are drunk on fentanyl-grade soup do not seek out cannabis-grade soup. It’s like I took her place.

In any case, Gu Yu-bin, who was not a novelist but an entertainer, changed her career to become an entrepreneur as soon as she finished being an entertainer. This is the result of ultimately giving in to her mother’s pressure.

To sum up, Gu Yu-bin was a celebrity when she wore a dress, and she looked like a CEO when she wore a suit.

The novelist’s unique eccentric temperament was also hidden by his unique dark pretense, so there was no trace of ‘novelist-ness’.

So where can we find Gu Yu-bin’s ‘novelist-likeness’?

I was able to find it right in the article.

In the past in my memory, Gu Yubin gave up being a novelist, but she never gave up her brush.

It could be said that he followed his mother’s admonition, ‘You can use writing as a hobby.’

Of course, Gu Yu-bin did not publish her writings, but as I was an acquaintance of Gu Hak-jun and Gu Yu-na, I was able to often come across her studies (through a dark route) without difficulty…

In my view, it was during that period that the capabilities of the novelist Gu Yu-bin reached their peak.

Suffering from the pressure of the public and his mother, he quit imitating his father to make himself look good, and returned to being a human, Guyubin, and wrote down his desire for literature in a mature style.

Just as a starved hound risks its life to go hunting, when you take writing away from a born novelist, literature that is more earnest than anything else emerges.

I still can’t forget the shock I felt when I first encountered Gu Yubin’s writings.

I thought she was a loser who ran away from the industry using cowardly excuses, but Gu Yu-bin was on a much higher level than me…

Although Gu Yu-bin is now officially a writer and happily writing, there are times when I miss Gu Yu-bin’s literature from back in the day.

It is a dark desire to make Gu Yubin slightly, just slightly, more unhappy. You were shining even brighter when you were in the darkness, not the light…

I guess it feels the same.

In any case, Gu Yubin is by no means a bad novelist. Saying that she has a red face or that she is a fake writer is all a scheming ploy by slanderous forces.

Even if you don’t like the human Gu Yu-bin, you can be trusted as much as I, who claim to be the president of writer Gu Yu-bin’s fan club, vouch for her.

But why…

“……”

When I thought of “Zombie Crush Saga,” my heart naturally became depressed.

Looking at Gu Yu-bin with those melancholy eyes, Gu Yu-bin, who was sipping coffee, trembled.

She quickly erased her expression of embarrassment and looked around calmly.

“Hmm~ Where should I start talking? Idol groups’ ‘world view’ is not real literature like you think. Rather, it feels like a set of fantasy novels.”

I looked at Gu Yubin blankly.

Then Gu Yubin continued speaking.

“At first, I also wrote quite serious novels. But the person in charge said that if it’s too long and deep, people won’t watch it. So, I tried to write something that felt like a fairy tale as much as possible. “Only then did they start liking storytelling because it was accessible.”

I looked at Gu Yubin blankly.

Then Gu Yubin, whose strong smile slightly broke, continued speaking.

“Well, to be honest, I didn’t like the writing either. But if you think about it, this request is similar in nature to a planned publication or research service, right? So, sometimes buyers’ opinions take precedence over academic truth. “Isn’t that the professional thing to do?”

I looked at Gu Yubin blankly.

Then Gu Yubin exploded.

“Don’t look at me like that!”

Gu Yubin, whose poker face was broken, confessed obediently with a messed up face.

“Even if I write even a little seriously, the person in charge is quick to punish me, so what can I do? “I also didn’t want to use a zombie apocalypse magical girl setting!”

“But why…”

“hey! I have two entertainment shows and one radio show with Baekhak Entertainment! What should I do when they say I’m not good enough? Ah~ You don’t know because you’re not Eul, right? “Our author Moon doesn’t know because he’s the boss, right?!”

“What do you not know?”

“Do you know how I feel when I write a hot article and submit it, only to be criticized in 3 seconds?! “It’s actually a zombie magic girl who takes orders after making fun of me, which makes me even more upset, so be quiet!”

“yes.”

“Don’t add nasal sounds at the end of your words!”

“Nam…”

“Don’t even talk too much!”

“Hi!”

“Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah -!

Gu Yu-bin, who was screaming and tearing out her hair, attracted all the attention in the cafe with a different meaning than before and violently burst into flames.

dump.

Gu Yu-bin, burned white, collapsed face down on the cafe table.

And he muttered in a voice that seemed like his soul had escaped him.

“Han River water… how many degrees…”

It looks like it’s broken.

* * *

I didn’t even ask the question, ‘Does Professor Hakjun Koo know about this work?’ out of fear that Gu Yubin might actually become Gu Yubin, who travels through time.

I also have that much mercy.

However, these bloodless capitalists handed over to me all of Gu Yu-bin’s writings, calling them ‘reference works’.

So, without spending a lot of time, I was able to obtain Gu Yubin’s research on the worldview of idols.

Surprisingly, it was very helpful thanks to its rich content.

In particular, it was a great help to me in understanding the concept of ‘worldview’ in the idol industry.

Let’s see, which part of the note was that…

– Fuck, fuck…

Not here.

Ah, I found it.

– The world view is like a kind of masquerade ball.

At the masquerade ball, everyone wears animal masks. In fact, most people can tell who is who, but that day they pretend not to know each other, calling each other ‘lion’, ‘rabbit’, ‘peacock’, etc.

Although such masquerade balls were usually held for political meetings, affairs, and social gatherings, their core function was still entertainment. The worldview of idol groups is also similar.

For example, even if a boy group’s world view is that of aliens, they do not imitate aliens on entertainment shows.

Rather, in such places, there are many cases where people make fun of themselves and laugh at their embarrassing ‘conceptualism’.

The worldview is used in earnest not outside the fandom, but within it.

Fandoms that are familiar with the world view consume and enjoy it in music videos and albums.

Some scenes refer to this setting, these lyrics refer to this setting, discussing, having fun.

That’s it.

It won’t be difficult. It’s all about having fun. So, it should be concise and not complicated. The purpose of the world view is not artistry, but to provide light and intense content that can be consumed…

This was, at least roughly, the result of Gu Yubin’s research that analyzed the idol worldview culture.

After knowing that fact, I looked at “Zombie Crush Saga” differently.

In order to defeat the zombies born from the curse of depression, the girls chosen by the jewels of faith, hope, love, dreams, hope, and joy save the world through song…

It’s concise, easy to understand, stimulating, and fun.

It is an idol worldview that is truly faithful to its purpose.

I reflected on my slight teasing of Gu Yubin and asked her what the difference was between the jewel of ‘hope’ and the jewel of ‘hope’.

– Ahhhhh

– ?

– Ahhhhhhhhhhh

– ???

– bastard

After this, I was unable to call or text Gu Yubin at all. It seemed like it had been blocked.

Is it because I am at an age where I will soon be called a ‘fossil’ when it comes to college? It seems that communication with the new generation has become difficult. Anyway, what MZs are these days…

So I went to see another advisor.

This is none other than the active idol, Min Hyo-min of Benibis.

She was also an idol who actually used Gu Yubin’s settings.

“Thank you so much for helping my brother. “I didn’t know you would work so hard… If you have any questions, ask me anything!”

“By any chance, what kind of jewel is it that you are entrusted with?”

“Kaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah -!

Min Hyo-min disappeared like a strange creature. How fast was he running? In the blink of an eye, he ran away into the hallway and disappeared.

I don’t know how long the investigation continued like that, but I ran into a person at Baekhak Entertainment who was sad not to see me.

“hey! you! “Why are you harassing our Hyomin!”

This is Kim Byul.

Kim Byeol came running up to me, grabbed me by the collar, and shook me.

It happened to be a good thing. I decided to put Min Hyo-min aside and ask Kim Byeol for advice.

“Senior Kim, do you know what the idol worldview is?”

Kim Byul tilted her head.

“huh? what is that?”

“..,..”

Kim Byeol, useless confirmed!

* * *

In any case, there is no helpful human being in the world. I rented an office at Baekhak Entertainment and started working right away.

Min Hyo-chan, who was nervous because it was his job, and Kim Byeol, who was bored because he had no schedule, joined and were watching from behind.

“I’m worried, so could you please leave?”

“I don’t like it.”

I thought it was furniture that I couldn’t even clean up, so I continued working.

As a few concepts came to mind, I drew up a few drafts.

At this time, Min Hyo-chan and Kim Byul were surprisingly helpful.

“I did a search, but there were too many aliens and superpowers. “Since we’re Rapid Boys, how about a setting where we’ve been running backwards in time at the speed of light?”

“Why did you time travel?”

“What are you going to do to save the Earth?”

“Isn’t that so boring? “How about a setting where you go back to fix something you regret in the past?”

“yes. Hey, Moonin. Then, if we set each member’s regrets one by one and bring their individual characters to life…”

“oh.”

I thought I was writing a collection of settings rather than a novel, so it was written smoothly.

With several drafts in hand, I went to the first management manager.

It wasn’t easy.

Everything sucks.

“Writer, I think the magical boy concept is too anime-like. It seems difficult to capture the visual…”

“Oh, yes.”

“And there are so many fantasy settings these days, no matter how detailed they are… they are not unique.”

“okay.”

“The time travel setting… Oh, it’s really good, but the problem is that this world view is not just a play on words, but is actually directly related to the album theme and music video concept. However, if you choose ‘Regret’ as the main song, the song concept will inevitably become more solemn. However, since the sound that Rapid Boys currently has is all bouncy, I think this world view should also be discarded…”

“Yes, bye.”

“uh? “Huh?”

Even though I can tolerate cursing from my parents, I cannot tolerate cursing in their writing. He was so picky that I tried to hit him.

However, the Rapid Boys members came rushing out and grabbed my arms and legs with plaster.

Min Hyo-chan was the worst at being stabbed in the foot by an ax he trusted.

“don’t go! “Without you, we’re doomed!”

“Let go of this!”

“You can’t go!”

Even if I want to get rid of Min Hyo-chan, who is clinging to my leg like a cicada, there is no way that I, who is small in size, can beat Min Hyo-chan, who has been trained hard through intense training, with my strength.

I thought to myself as I was grabbed by the members and dragged to the room where Rakuraku was.

“Have I been kidnapped?”

“Oh, you were kidnapped. “Do you understand now?”

Anyway, I think there are a lot of kidnappings these days.

Fortunately, they sent me home in the evening.

Then, I went to school the next day, finished work, and headed to Baekhak Entertainment with Min Hyo-chan to continue working.

That routine was repeated for about a week.

Then one day,

“Hey… a literary person? Writer Moon?”

“You can just call me a writer.”

“Ah, yes, Moonin…”

I received a request for a solo appearance from Rapid Boys leader Lee Soo.

“Can we talk for a moment?”

We headed to a dark, deserted office.

I was a little surprised when Isu clicked and locked the door.

But nothing was more surprising than what immediately followed.

“I think we can stop helping.”

“yes?”

“I’m sorry.”

He acknowledged reality with a sad smile.

“We are already hopeless.”