Novelist Running Through Time - Chapter 204



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The Novelist Who Leapt Through Time Episode 204

“It’s easy to see from a distance.

A company is a place to make money, and parts that do not make money are discarded. Disposal of old parts is a very natural process.

It’s difficult to see up close.

The empty desk of a colleague with whom I have worked face-to-face for decades. A boss at work carrying boxes with a sad smile.

Success and ups and downs, cigarettes lit on the rooftop, time spent together, trivial conversations about what to eat for lunch, joys and sorrows.

Since humans were tiny creatures that lived only looking ahead, based on these insignificant things, Deputy Director Song Ji-heon became angry.

“What the hell is this!”

The office is not a good place to raise your voice. The employees flinched at the sudden shout. In fact, it was a time when you had to shrink to survive.

However, Deputy Director Song Ji-heon was angry and angry as if his life was not a waste. He was so angry that he felt like he was going to resign at any moment.

This is because the resignation of Manager Jeong Ho-hyeong from Management Office 1 was something that warranted outrage.

But what should we be angry about?

An ‘entertainment’ agency that drives away the most passionate artists? The public not accepting his art? An idol who doesn’t shine beautifully enough? Or the boss who acted like an asshole and strangled himself?

While the anger was wandering somewhere in Deputy Director Song Ji-heon’s throat for a moment, Director Jeong Ho-hyung, who seemed to have already given up on everything, gave an answer.

“What is it? “I got kicked out because I ruined the album.”

“Doesn’t box office success depend on the sky? Is there a case like this where a credited person is kicked out just because the album was rolled up a couple of times? To put it bluntly, the money the manager has made to the company so far… !”

“Well, it really didn’t happen because of money.”

“……”

It was like that. It wasn’t just about money.

It’s easy to see from a distance. A company is an organization that makes money.

It’s difficult to see up close. The company was not an organization that only made money.

The long-standing conflict between President Baek Seung-won and his working-level staff, who try to thoroughly control everything in the company, down to the brick, the head office’s maneuvers to bring President Baek Seung-won to his knees, sweet temptations, and failure.

To the extent that no one could guess where the twist came from, this labyrinth called ‘White Crane Entertainment’ was squirming amidst numerous silver linings and conflicts, demanding a scapegoat.

So this time, Director Jeong Ho-hyung’s turn has arrived.

Like this, it is easy to see from a distance.

However, Song Ji-heon, looking at his face from up close, could not easily open his mouth.

The face of my boss, who had always been young in my memories, was now wrinkled.

The boss who led this young boy who volunteered for a part-time job as a manager because he wanted to date a pretty idol to this point opened his mouth with eyes that seemed to be looking somewhere far away.

“No one is dying, so why are you so sad? Does your life end if you quit your job? I should look for another job too. Hehe, if you don’t feel like it, you can fry the chicken…”

I know it’s a joke, but Deputy Director Song Ji-heon was moved to tears.

This is something that cannot be tolerated.

K-pop. The Korean Wave is sweeping the world.

It is a national loss for a genius who created quite a stir in creating that huge trend to jump into the restaurant industry.

Song Ji-heon sighed.

“ah… !”」

EP 12-Marionette

Song Ji-heon sighed.

“What the fuck is this!”

Baekhak Entertainment Management Office 1 Manager Song Ji-heon screamed while reading a web novel on the monitor screen.

“When did I do this – !”

Director Song was furious and looked around the office with his eyes burning for consent, but unfortunately Manager Lee and Director Park did not agree to it.

“What can I say, it’s exactly the same.”

“When Director Jeong left the company, Director Song was exactly like this…”

“Ah, back then, it was very sad…”

“Right…”

“After all, the insurance that says ‘this is all fiction’ at the beginning of the work is all fact?”

Director Song Ji-heon swallowed his anger, resolving to punish the vicious sectarians within the department.

“So how many people saw this?”

“40,000 people per side.”

“How much is that?”

“There are so many… it’s a bit complicated.”

Director Lee of Web Novel Cheokcheoksa, who continued to advise Director Song (Min Hyo-chan, Webnovel Doctor Cheokcheok, is currently on the run after being wanted on charges of distributing subversive books) shook his head.

“It’s really annoying to see what they do. You wrote it all the way to completion and uploaded it right away? “It’s even free.”

“Why is it free?”

“The original web novel business model was to use it for free at first and then switch to a paid version around episode 25, but they released it for free. It was a blatant promotion hit. “See as much as you can.”

“this…”

“Because the content is content, not only web novel readers are reading it, but it has already spread through Internet news and communities, so even the general public is snooping around. Not to mention the Rapid Boys fandom and the literary fandom. therefore…”

Manager Lee gave the conclusion of the meeting in a confusing manner.

“It’s already past the point where I can post something.”

“shit……”

* * *

, a hot new work that appeared like a supernova in the web novel industry, immediately had a huge impact.

From the topic of the writer’s second web novel to the news that Min Hyo-chan participated in the writing, there were many topics that could stir up public opinion.

There was nothing to say about the content of the novel.

But there is one problem:

– Wow, Baekhak Entertainment, this is complete trash?

The problem was that not all of this huge interest was positive.

– So you’re saying that Rapid Boys was abandoned because the person in charge was pushed out due to company politics? Did I understand this correctly?

└ ㄹㅇ…

└ I wonder how bad the company behaved so that the member would post an expose himself…

– As a joke, I called the factory manager and Baek Seung-won said he really sees the kids as cogs in the wheel.

└Let’s kick out the evil factory manager! Baek Seung-won OUT!

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└Take down the factory manager…? Ugh, my head…!

Idols and fandom are one body. Rapid Boys’ fandom accepted the crisis the group was facing as a threat to themselves.

The ‘world view setting book’ called ‘Marionette’ did its job well.

Powerful storytelling desperately appealed to Rapid Boys’ crisis, and fans who were immersed in it began to take active action.

Signs of a large-scale protest to bring down the vicious capitalist Baek Seung-won were slowly spreading.

These days, MZ also does hip demos. Don’t run out into the streets, trusting only your body.

No, I don’t even go outside in the first place.

They organize an army and send it out.

– Fundraising begins.

Group fundraising has begun to recruit a demonstration truck, airship, and pony (yes, that’s right) to be taken to Baekhak Entertainment’s headquarters.

Literally, the clouds of war began to hover.

The army, air force, and even the cavalry were mobilized, so this was an all-out war.

If they are not careful, the executives and employees of Baekhak Entertainment could end up witnessing a show of force by the Royal Guard cavalry marching down a four-lane road to absolutely defend the Rapid Boys… …

Baekhak Group, which realized the seriousness of the situation, also responded, and a high-ranking official from Baekhak Group personally stepped forward to quell the chaos.

The so-called fearsome ‘higher-ups’ came forward directly.

“Don’t worry.”

That ‘higher line’.

Baekseol, the CEO of Baekhak Bookstore, held the phone and smiled confidently.

* * *

President Baek Seol, who contributed to the advancement of Baekhak Library into the U.S. with his outstanding English skills and Oxford poetry.

He finally dispelled the distrust and established himself as a true monarch…

When it came to practical use, it couldn’t be said to be of much use compared to succulents.

– Um, we…! We’ll go! president…!

– oh.

Sometimes, the secretary’s office still becomes paralyzed every time I go to the water purifier tank.

In fact, this is something that cannot be helped.

Baek Seol was promoted at the speed of light before even learning ‘practical skills’.

I became managing director in the morning, managing director at lunch, and president in the evening.

And although she eats so much Sundae Gukbap that people around her often forget about it, she is a talented person who studied abroad and spent most of her 20s in England.

In fact, he is the kind of person who doesn’t find it strange to add ‘It wasn’t like this in England’ at the end of every sentence.

It is bound to be slightly out of focus with the authoritarian sensibilities of Baekhak Bookstore, which is quite conservative among large Korean companies.

The problem is serious enough to see that the owner, after learning that he should not change the water purifier tank, thinks, ‘Then I can change it secretly…?’

On top of that, there was the surrounding environment of President Baek Do-hyun, who wanted Baek Seol to remain as a scarecrow, Vice President Kim Geun-tae who did not send work upwards to protect his influence within the Book Distribution Division, and Managing Director Lim Yang-wook, who was useless and very talented, and controlled the Publishing Business Division on his own…

The only thing Baekseol does at work is really water the succulents!

“Anyway, I don’t think you need to worry too much. yes. yes.”

However, it did not mean that Baekseol, the head of the plant, did not grow at all.

Like succulents that grow well, there were parts of Baekseol that grew little by little as they received water and sunlight.

That is ‘atmosphere’.

“It’s not like a really serious risk has arisen, and there’s no need to go all the way to the headquarters to handle this. It’s really not like I’m a writer. yes. I know there is some back and forth in the boardroom, but I think it still falls under the category of noise marketing. yes. yes.”

Being the boss of a scarecrow is not an easy task.

Every time he is called by directors who are more powerful than him, he has to play golf.

After all, since they are members of the royal family who inherited the white crane lineage, they are subject to a lot of scrutiny.

Baek Seol’s work outside of work was not much different from that of public servants dealing with actual complainants, but there was a difference in that all of the complainants were upper class executives at the Baekhak Group executive level.

As a result,

Now Baek Seol is able to perfectly catch ‘Gao’.

“Okay, then I’ll just hang up. Let’s do a round together next time. Haha, yes. yes. Please come in-”

Sweet.

Baekseol put down the phone after successfully appeasing the major shareholder, who was worried that the stock price would fall, before he got angry at the board meeting.

He did not make any promises or provide preferential treatment, but simply calmed down the shaken people with a relaxed atmosphere and tone of voice, which must be the characteristics of a true gentleman.

Baek Seol’s entire body was enveloped by a confident aura that could only be seen in second-generation chaebols in dramas.

But as soon as he put down the phone, the firearm disappeared from Baekseok’s eyes.

“Huh…”

Succulent Mode, On.

As soon as the intense phone call ended, Baek Seol, who was belatedly tense, ended up drooping like a withering succulent.

Baekseol, who was lying face down on the desk in the president’s office, muttered something weak, like she didn’t like phone calls and liked KakaoTalk, and then lifted her head weakly.

And he looked at Lim Yang-wook like Noh Jin-gu looking for Doraemon.

“What should I do with this…?”

“ha…”

Lim Yang-wook also had no answer so he looked up at the ceiling to see Baek-seol making a fuss, nervously picking at his fingernails.

“Not only are we involved, but Baekhak Entertainment is also involved, so we have no way to respond.”

“…First of all, Team Leader Eunbi Lee is currently stationed in the public relations office of Baekhak Entertainment.”

“Ah, there needs to be some kind of policy there, so why does everyone keep picking on us?”

Baek Seol was so upset that he hit the desk and made an important decision.

“This isn’t working. “Even though we are part of the succulent family, I can’t forgive this accident…”

“What on earth are succulents to you…”

At the moment when Baek Seol felt sorry for Lim Yang-wook, who did not know the beauty of succulents, he tried to sell to him how to grow succulents.

While they were waiting for someone to contact them like they were on standby for 5 minutes, they received a call from someone who could be called the ‘higher-ups’ of the truly terrifying Baekhak Group.

Suddenly, the secretary knocked politely and came in to report a call from Baekhak Entertainment.

“The secretary’s office of Baekhak Entertainment President Seungwon Baek has requested that you attend the meeting at 2pm tomorrow.”

Yangwook Lim nodded once towards Baekseol.

Baek Seol, who had received word of his determination, looked resolutely at the chief secretary.

“Please tell me I’m coming.”

* * *

“……”

President Baek Seung-won glanced around the conference room.

I could see the staff in the first management room shaking, and I could see the Rapid Boys members trembling as well, but glaring at them with determination.

If you turn your head a little, you can see a lot of people looking at the whistleblowers who tarnished the company’s reputation with hatred, and among them, you can see the duo of Baekseol and Lim Yangwook of Baekhak Bookstore enduring the glares.

“It’s impossible for people from the same company to do something so ridiculous…!”

“No matter how much it’s part of noise marketing…!”

“You have caused harm to the company, so the contract should be canceled immediately…”

Angry voices were heard in the conference room.

Sometimes facts are discussed, sometimes emotions and pride are scratched, and sometimes outright lies are misled by emotions, and a common place for debate has opened up.

“hmm.”

Watching that scene, Baek Seung-won made a decision.

“The title of Rapid Boys’ next album will be ‘Marionette.’”

Baek Seung-won, rowing when the water comes in!