Novelist Running Through Time - Chapter 240



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There was a time when people were believed to be good.

He believed that there is a warm conscience in the human heart, and that if you are kind to others, kindness will come back to you.

and.

Now I know that it is just a ‘belief’.

Contrary to popular belief, people are not good.

In the first place, there is no ability to choose goodness or anything like that.

Humans don’t have it.

Humans are not creatures who control their own desires.

Rather, they are mechanical puppets controlled by desire.

“Isn’t that right, Sister?”

“Uh, uh······”

Actress Kim Byul’s life has become considerably easier since she realized that fact.

Kim Byeol no longer greets each and every staff member individually.

I don’t buy coffee for no reason and share it with my fellow actors.

and······

He doesn’t even smile at those who oppose him.

“It’s an important scene. That’s why I want to film it again.”

“Still, it’s not like there were any NGs or anything···”

“That’s because the PD is too weak-hearted. He can’t send NG signs even though he’s worried that the actors will die······”

Even though Kim Byeol was pushing for a reshoot without any hesitation, the other actress, Jung Hyo-rin, couldn’t say anything in return, and just looked around like a scared child, looking for someone to help her.

It was a stark contrast to the way he had been spreading bad rumors about Kim Byeol by leading his gang around until just recently.

Kim Byeol brought in the PD.

“Isn’t that right, PD-nim? Wasn’t it a bit ambiguous just now?”

An encyclopedia quietly opened in Kim Byeol’s head.

Producer Joo Ho-sang. KBS 35th open recruitment. 3rd year since transferring to BMB. No hit works.

Even though he has a rather stubborn personality, he can’t just work casually when he’s in a situation where he’ll get fired if he ruins the drama.

“······Wow, it seems I’m not the only one who thought that.”

“Right?”

“How amazing, how did Kim Star know that?”

“It’s ambiguous even for those who are watching, so how much more so for those who are doing it.”

So, Kim Byeol forced re-shooting using her ‘own shortcomings’ as an excuse.

But anyone with an eye for acting knew.

The fact that the one who showed a lack of skill in the previous shoot was not Kim Byeol, but the other actress, Jung Hyo Rin.

“······”

Publicly humiliated by Kim Byeol, she hung her head and shook her hands.

Of course, people who only had thoughts about when to leave work and what to have for dinner tonight thought that Kim Byeol couldn’t just let her mistake go and requested a reshoot.

Those who were a little more astute noticed that Kim Byeol was publicly criticizing Jung Hyo Rin’s acting.

But those who understand all the events and language that take place in the shadows of this filming set…

Over the past few days, Kim Byeol has been destroying Jeong Hyo Rin’s group of gossipers one by one, and has finally realized that she has driven a stake into their hearts today.

“I’m sorry, Sister. What should I do if I caused you trouble?”

Kim Byeol called Jeong Hyo-rin ‘sister’ until the end.

Because Kim Byeol was my ‘senior’.

EP 14 – The Future

“I once believed that people were good.

He believed that there is a warm conscience in the human heart, and that if you are kind to others, kindness will come back to you.

and.

Now I know that it is just a ‘belief’.

Contrary to popular belief, people are not good.

In the first place, there is no ability to choose goodness or anything like that.

Humans don’t have it.

Humans are not creatures who control their own desires.

Rather, they are mechanical puppets controlled by desire.

“Isn’t that right, PD-nim?”

Actress Kang Eun-chae’s life has become considerably easier since she realized that fact.

Now, when Kang Eun-chae meets someone who presents her with a contract with a smiling face, she looks at the paper, not the face.

Instead of getting your hopes up for something you didn’t expect and then being disappointed, you give your own empty thanks.

and······

I don’t even bother to curse those scumbags who covet my body.

“I had seven shoots last week. I can’t go to the company dinner today because I’m tired. Seriously······”

“Hey, but if our Eunchae leaves, everyone will be sad. Why don’t you come and show your face and leave, okay?”

“Ha······I have a schedule for tomorrow.”

Actually, there is none.

Even though there was nothing, Kang Eun-chae frowned and pretended to be worried.

And the PD’s earnestness gradually increases, right before that earnestness turns into unpleasantness.

“Okay! Since it’s a request from our PD Kim, I’ll just show my face and go!”

“Really? Really? Eunchae, you made a promise with me?”

“But you know I can’t drink much, right? I have a low tolerance······”

Not weak.

However, there is a reason why people say that Kang Eun-chae has a weak drinking capacity.

This is not because other people will drink less, but because in this society, if a woman drinks a lot, she is considered to be a slut.

So Kang Eun-chae pretends to be careful, weak, and picky······

Today, I put a poor PD in the fishing ground.

“Okay! So I’ll see you tonight, Eunchae?”

“Yes, see you then, PD-nim-”

Kang Eun-chae waved her hand gently and smiled softly.

Until the PD with the blank expression disappeared from sight.

As soon as the PD disappeared from sight, Kang Eun-chae stopped ‘acting’.

All emotion drained from her face, and a cold blank expression replaced the smile that had once been there.

‘Why couldn’t I do something this easy?’

Kang Eun-chae is no longer afraid of this world.

I wasn’t afraid of this cruel world of survival of the fittest, where the boss would throw an ashtray at his employee and the producer would call an actress to a room salon.

Because I found out.

They too are ‘weak’ to some people.

Fear comes from the unknown, and Kang Eun-chae realized that there is no absolute strength in the world.

Even a president with a scary tattoo and swinging his fists becomes a docile lamb in front of a broadcasting station PD, and even a PD who can destroy an unknown actor’s life with a single word is a fly in front of the broadcasting station president.

Wouldn’t there be anyone who would be afraid of the president of a broadcasting station? He too would have to run to the local congressman and bow down whenever he saw him.

Even that great congressman shows off his skills to big-time politicians who have the power to nominate candidates when election time comes, and even that big-time politician has to bow out in front of the president.

So is the President invincible?

Everyone living in the IMF era already knows the answer.

Therefore, there is no absolute ‘strong’ person in this world.

Every strong man is weak before someone, and he exposes his meanness to his superiors.

And in the place where that meanness disappeared, they vent their boiling anger and humiliation by throwing ashtrays at people weaker than them and yelling at them to come to the room salon right away.

That’s right.

This world was a hell shaped like a pyramid. No one could stand on the pointed top.

Everyone offers up meanness to the strong, and receives meanness from the weak.

In the heart of every strong man there is a weakling.

therefore······

Once you dig into the soft parts, things become very simple.

“Whew······”

That’s why actress Kang Eun-chae was able to survive in the industry even after ‘fucking’ PD Choi’s demands.

The trials given to Kang Eun-chae were exactly the kind of things that would happen if someone like PD Choi declared, “I’m going to make it so you’ll never be able to work in this industry again.”

An audition that I thought I had landed suddenly fell through, I got fired from the commercial modeling job I was in, and no one gave me a job first······

This is what is called adult bullying.

However, Kang Eun-chae gradually learned more and more as she experienced the bitterness of society.

And among that knowledge was this:

PD······is a worse job than you might think.

A newly hired PD becomes a servant to numerous senior PDs. After enduring low wages, overwork, and numerous personal insults for a long time, the PD is finally able to create his own work.

In the filming set that he obtained in this way, the PD is king. However, even such a tyrant has a complex. It is an inferiority complex that he can never be loved by the public.

No matter how good a drama is made, the glory goes to the actors, not the PD.

The PD himself has to endure fierce jealousy within the broadcasting station without even feeling the love of the public. And then, carrying fear, he goes to produce the next work…

In that way, the fame goes to the actor and the money goes to the broadcasting station.

So what’s left for PD?

Just empty pride.

So, in order to fill their pride that cannot be filled no matter how much flattery they pour in, PDs take the meanness of those who want to be cast and put it in their mouths.

Making managers kneel, pouring drinks for actresses, lining up singers who appeared on music shows in the hallways of broadcasting stations…

“Hello, I’m actress Kang Eun-chae. PD Kim said he’d introduce me to some good people, so I came here for a bit.”

“Huh? What? You really called me?!”

“Oh my! A pretty person in a seat like this… Please sit down! Please sit down!”

“Hey, PD Kim, you little brat…!”

“I’m a fan! I’m a fan!”

Therefore, PDs are always psychopaths who lack affection and crave power to satisfy their inflated egos.

And to fill that void, there is no need to even hold hands, let alone give sexual favors.

In a harsh society of men who always compare each other, are jealous, and divide into classes…

Being friends with a young, famous, and beautiful actress is an authority in itself.

“Please take good care of our PD Kim, everyone-”

“Oh! Of course! Of course!”

If you use that part well, a woman can make a fool of a man.

Yes, that’s right.

Kang Eun-chae had one PD who hated her.

But now, Kang Eun-chae has several PDs who admire her, yearn for her, and sympathize with her.

That was the secret to how Kang Eun-chae escaped PD Choi’s dark harassment.

Of course, these secrets require some ‘technical’ techniques.

PDs, who are usually not as good-looking as male actors, can suppress actresses with their authority, but they cannot seduce them. And they are well aware of this fact.

But recently, I’ve been noticing her a lot and have become quite close to her, so I asked her about the strange rumors surrounding her…

‘Actually, I refused a PD’s request for sexual favors… sob…!’

-What if this answer comes back?

Anyway, everyone in the industry knows that PD Choi is harassing Kang Eun-chae, and she herself is not that close to PD Choi.

At this time, a fairy tale flashed through the PDs’ minds.

It is the story of a brave knight who protects the innocent princess from being bullied by villains and wins her love.

‘No, that piece of trash…!’

At this point, expecting speculation that Kang Eun-chae intentionally sought out only PDs who were not on good terms with PD Choi is too harsh on the PDs who are already intoxicated with a rosy future.

In this way, Kang Eun-chae made full use of her righteous cause, pretty appearance, and gaslighting skills that even she herself was unaware of, and put many PDs in a trap.

And he managed the fish in the fishing grounds diligently, and somehow managed to continue his acting career despite his ruined reputation and lack of acting talent.

“Whew······”

Today, Kang Eun-chae came out of the meat restaurant while saving face for one PD.

The weather has gotten colder and white breath is rising, but the problem is not the temperature.

‘PD Kim… must be really excited,’

Being too nice to the fish in the fishing grounds can also be a problem. This is because they call you out to eat together on the weekends or keep nagging you to go out for a drink after filming.

In order to make the fish behave again, discipline must be firmly established. Kang Eun-chae walked along the dark streets at night, pondering over a way to kill PD Kim sooner or later.

“hey.”

No, I tried to walk.

That is, until a rookie PD caught her leaning against the wall of a meat restaurant smoking a cigarette.

Kang Eun-chae glanced at the young PD. Even though she didn’t remember people’s names well, she definitely remembered their positions. Clearly, he was the youngest PD who worked under PD Kim and the assistant director.

At that level, I can’t even hear the PD’s voice on set. Everyone calls me ‘Youngest!’

But Kang Eun-chae is different.

She smiled and raised her voice.

“Oh my, what’s going on, PD?”

“···!”

The youngest PD, who had been speaking to her curiously, flinched as if it was the first time in his life that he had heard the title ‘PD-nim’, and then lowered his voice and cleared his throat.

Kang Eun-chae thought that appearance was a little cute.

“Kang Eun-chae… actress?”

“yes?”

“I hope you stop being so kind to our PD Kim.”

Kang Eun-chae thought that the youngest PD in front of her was in love with her boss.

No, he, why, aren’t there men who love men?

However, it was my first time seeing a homosexual person in my life, so I was a little surprised and just as I was calming down…

“You don’t love PD Kim either, do you?”

“······”

“I heard something that was hard to just ignore.”

End