Chapter 12 (1/2)

Chapter 12 – I Am Generous

Gyungsoo quickly ran up.

Jaegun, until he came up his nose, stood there. It was true that this unexpected meeting was uncomfortable and baffling.

“He…llo.”

“How did you know?”

“Yes? Ah…”

Gyungsoo read the discomfort in Jaegun’s face and stopped for a second. However he knew that this wasn’t a matter to be hidden so he quickly explained.

“The general manager told me to get over here… I was looking for the exact place and you just appeared…..”

Jaegun closed his mouth and was speechless. He didn’t feel like he needed to ask how he found out.

This line of job is small. A person who worked here works over there. A person who worked over there works over here. And then here and there and over there, people start to know each other. Perhaps general manager Ma had contacts in StarBooks.

Hetae Media knew that Jaegun wouldn’t like yet they still found his address and sent a person here. Jaegun was sorting out the perfect response for this discomfort in his head.

“Writer Ha, if it’s before dinner time, you should come with me…”

“I have a meeting.”

“Ah. Yes then talking while standing here is bad so we should go to a nearby cafe…”

“No. I will simply speak right here. What I want is a contract requirement.”

“Con, contract requirement?”

Gyungsoo’s face revealed his fear.

This was the first time that he saw this confident and self-confirmed Jaegun. The old Jaegun wasn’t like this. As they were a writer and an editor, they had different jobs, but he was like him, a powerless man.

Jaegun put up his hands and folded his fingers one by one and continued his words.

“11% royalties from 3000 copies, extra 1%, from 4000 copies, extra 1% from 5000 copies and so on. Also a contract span of two years. Electronic books should be 7 to 3. Of course the 7 is me. Send this to general manager Ma.”

“Wr-writer Ha? This, this is…”

Gyungsoo turned pale and couldn’t continue his words. This wasn’t impossible. The deal that Jaegun just proposed was a deal that A type famous writers could negotiate.

“I’m busy so I’ll a.s.sume you heard me and I’ll go first.”

“W-writer Ha. Wait a second. Excuse me.”

“Don’t follow me!”

As Jaegun looked back with a furious face, Gyungsoo stopped following and froze in place.

“Don’t follow me, and do not come to my house without my consent or there’ll be no contract. And give me the answer today by text.”

Jaegun spoke hardly and furiously turned around . Gyungsoo with his s.h.i.+vering body could only watch Jaegun’s figure move farther away.

“…I’m sorry. Gyungsoo-s...o...b..e**”

Jaegun wasn’t too happy about this. However, it was the only option. As long as Gyungsoo was an employee of Hetae Media, he couldn’t do anything else. So he chose this path to just completely cut them off.

When he couldn’t see Jaegun anymore. Gyungsoo finally got control of himself and called his superior. The other accepted the call before the first bell stopped ringing.

“What? It ended already?”

“That is, general manager, he says he’ll sign if we accept his demands.”

“Demands. What does he want?”

Gyungsoo said Jaegun’s demands one by one. The other voice’s breathing across the phone started getting heavier.

“This mad man, first time since his debut he’s selling 1000 copies and what?!” Does this guy think he’s on the level of other top writers? Is this guy going crazy because people are saying he’s gaining popularity?”

Gyungsoo held his phone away from his ear and wrinkled his face. He waited until the screams were over and asked.

“What should I do now, general manager.”