Big Life

Chapter 50

Chapter 50


Chapter 50 – Follow Me If You Can


“Ah, I guess it’s not the editor . I must be mistaken . I’m sorry . I apologize . So should I just leave now?”


Tewon slowly turned around .


It was Jaegun


He was smiling with his phone on his ear .


“Writer Ha…? How… did you get here?”


Tewon was completely surprised at his sudden appearance .


Jaegun put his phone away and answered .


“You said you bought a house here . I remembered the apartment building . I thought you weren’t about to answer, so the timing was great right? If I was unlucky, I may have left without meeting you . ”


“Ah, writer don’t take it the wrong way . I was going to answer . I was just thinking . My head is really…”


Jaegun waved it off .


“What are you saying? I’m fine . But before that, you should check your email . ”


“Mail?”


“Yes, your personal email . ”


Jaegun’s finger was pointing towards Tewon’s phone .


Tewon with a dazed look pulled up his email . In his email, three books of a novel called Dragon Rider was there .


“Writer Ha, this…?”


Tewon had to ask even if he knew .


It was hard to continue with his overflowing emotions .


Recently, he had looked hard for a writer, struggling to even find one .


He pleaded with them to just trust him once so many times .


But no one answered .


A good selling writer, a bad selling writer, everyone rejected him with different reasons . No one trusted Tewon enough to follow him yet .


But…


Now a writer came here without him even asking .


A writer who wasn’t the bottom anymore, a writer who had lifted himself up to the highest ceiling . A person like that came to his house with his own works .


“It’s my new novel, read it and give me feedback . ”


“Writer Ha…”


Tewon sighed .


Tewon knew Jaegun’s personality, so he had shut his mouth about resigning . He didn’t want Jaegun to lose money because of him .


“I came here, so I can’t leave just now . ”


Jaegun said as he tied his shoes .


“I’ll go back with your feedback . If you want to sleep early, you’re going to have to be compliant . ”


Tewon’s two eyes went back to his phone .


He answered quietly .


“If you say that, I must read it quickly . And you did write it really quickly . ”


“I think I’m great this year . ”


Jaegun pointed towards the opposite side of the street .


“Editor, I didn’t eat yet . If you didn’t either, then let’s go over there . There’s HOF on the 1st floor . ”


“Yes, writer . Let’s go . ”


He put his phone away . He needed a place to concentrate anyway .


“What do you want? You pick . ”


“How’s chicken . It’s good . ”


“I’m fine . ”


“Here, one fried . Hm . . ”


Tewon looked around and asked .


“How about a drink?”


“Yes . ”


“Give us two drinks . ”


The two beers came out before the chicken .


Jaegun sipped his drink while Tewon started reading – his two eyes showing off his long-stayed editing skills .


“Here it is . ”


The chicken came as Jaegun drank about a half of his beer .


Tewon didn’t lift his head once . His beer was losing steam quickly .


“Give us another drink . ”


Jaegun got another drink .


And then Tewon started on Book 2 .


30 minutes, then an hour .


There were no words between the two .


About 2 hours .


“I finished . ”


Tewon smiled as he looked up .


Jaegun immediately asked, half-expectant half-worried .


“How is it? Is it good?”


“First, It’s entertaining . ”


Tewon’s first sentence made Jaegun nervous . He knew this was the only compliment .


Tewon never made any useless compliments .


‘First? Then the negatives will come out now . ’


In martial arts and fantasy, Jaegun trusted Tewon the most .


Tewon lifted up 3 fingers .


“There are 3 problems . ”


“Ha, that’s a lot . ”


“I’ll start with the light one . First, the t.i.tle of Dragon Rider isn’t very good . There are a lot of books with that name . ”


Jaegun laughed with Tewon .


That wasn’t a serious problem . He could change it .


Jaegun asked for the other problems .


“Second… . Writer, do you know that my management is pay by chapter service?”


“Yes, of course . ”


“It releases about 5500 characters repeatedly . And so it’s completely different from paper books . You need an outline for every chapter and you need to make the end very interesting so readers would want to know more like a drama . “


“Hm yes . I know . ”


Jaegun answered .


He could change that . He read a lot of drama, so he had the confidence to change it .


“What’s the last one?”


Tewon couldn’t answer immediately .


It was a really serious one .


Tewon first drank about half his drink before he answered .


“I got a warning to not take away any writers . ”


Tewon said truthfully .


It wasn’t something to hide .


It was Jaegun who trusted him to come here .


He needed to be truthful about this . So Tewon continued .


“StarBooks doesn’t want to lose you . If you sign with me, it might cause you harm . ”


“What harm?”


“They might harm your marketing . ”


Tewon cut him off .


“Like Munpia or Zoayo, they don’t need marketing . The system is fair . If it’s fun, readers will read it . ”


“Hm, yes…”


“But in other places, it’s a lot different . There are places where profits won’t come without marketing . The real money’s in those places…”


Tewon spoke really quickly without even stopping to breathe and finished his entire drink .


Jaegun ordered another .


“There’s no place to put banners… Or the other manager’s project promotion schedule is strict so they have no time… All the excuses they might make . In this place, it’s a job with people and connections have a lot of power . Last week, I faced other companies and I just lost hard . ”


At this, Tewon bitterly smiled .


They stopped talking and drank quickly .


“Haa, I’m sorry . I’ve only put a burden on you . ”


“No, it’s not . ”


Jaegun answered as he put his cup down


Now Tewon was done and it was Jaegun’s turn .


“What about you?”


“Me?”


“As you said, it’s not my problem only . It’s your problem as well . Your management will be taking a hit but can you still sign with me?”


“Yes . ”


There was no hesitation .


“I want to have you even if the management fails . Although I don’t think it will happen . Because…”


Tewon continued after a pause .


“Your writing is entertaining . Entertaining works always work . That’s for sure . ”


Tewon smiled and cheered .


Jaegun smiled as well .


“I guess the pay per chapter I wanted to do with the 3rd Ranking series will be done here . Thank you . ”


“No, thank you . I’ll do really well . ”


“I’ll help you, editor, no representative now . It’s kind of weird . ”


“Just call me anything . ”


“By the way,what’s the management name?”


“Laugh Books . So only good things work . It’s better than Smile, right?”


“No, Editor, You shouldn’t be the one saying my t.i.tles are bad . How about KalKal Books” (KalKal is another way of saying laugh . ”


“Why? It’s a good name . My wife made it . ”


“Hm, then it’s really good . ”


“Wow, that reaction . Well, there’s a reason why pay per chapter is the new thing . If it works, the profits will be amazing . ”


“Yes, I’ll do well . So where should I start?”


“Navin Store or Munpia probably”


“I get it, representative, Cheers . ”


“Yes, Writer . ”


The cold food and drinks weren’t the issue . The night was getting darker and darker and the two people didn’t care, as their conversation didn’t know when to stop .



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