Chapter 33 (1/2)
Chapter 33 – What is Important
It was the serial publis.h.i.+ng.
It was the same that it was only electronically like electronic book. But unlike an electronic book with ‘one book’ type, the serial publis.h.i.+ng was about 5000-6000 characters for one ‘section’ published serially. So about 20-25 sections were released for one book.
Jaegun was planning to try this for a new book.
He fulfilled the dream for paper books so now it was money.
About 10 cents for one book, Giving up money for the service web and the management and the writer gets about 5 cents. If the view are about 1000, the profit is about 50 dollars.
“Could I stop you here?”
“Yes, thank you.”
Jaegun left the taxi and headed for the subway station.
Walking with his hands in his pocket, Jaegun was thinking what to write about in his sequel.
‘I can’t think of anything.’
Maybe it was because of his problems with his father.
Or maybe because he was tired of writing too much.
He had nothing come in his mind. He had to write, but he couldn’t think of what to write.
A fantasy with blades and magic, A martial art story with a master looking for foes, it was the same. He couldn’t think of anything as he was riding the subway.
Jaegun, leaning on the elderly section of the subway, took out a memo and a pen.
It was a habit that he kept materials for writing everywhere. It was different from a phone memo. If he was writing the characters, the setting, and the background with a pen, a story could just magically come up sometimes.
‘Ah, what…’
The pen didn’t write as if it was out of in
Jaegun put the writing materials right back, sighing. He decided to think as he went to his quiet house. He pointed his lance at the background out the window.
….
“Meow, meow.”
“Uhh, Rika, don’t do that.”
“What are you doing, I need to sleep more. Please let me sleep.”
Jaegun,with a tired voice, begged and turned around. But Rika didn’t care. Still meowing, she kept scratching Jaegun’s back.
Beep! Beep!
He could now feel the vibrations coming from the top of his bed as he woke up more. Jaegun pulled his phone and muttered.
“Aauh, waking me up so I can take a call. I don’t need to take a call.”
It was a phone number that he didn’t know.
Rika glared furiously at JAegun, who was going to throw the phone away. It was a glare that was saying she wasn’t going to let him go.
Jaegun looking at that glance, put the phone to his ear.
“h.e.l.lo..”
“h.e.l.lo, is this Writer Ha Jaegun?”
A man’s voice was asking.
Jaegun pulled himself up and answered.
“Yes, so.”
“Excuse me. I am Ahn Tekwon who is taking care of the search website Navin genre literary service planning.
“Ahah, yes, h.e.l.lo.”
Jaegun stood up putting his legs below his bed.
A conversation that he heard for the person in charge of the Digital Literary Contest came into mind.
There were going to be places that were going to ask for interview, so Navin was one of them.
“I want to have an interview about Writer Ha Jaegun’s writing tendencies and things relatings to your life. THe interview will be on the main ‘Book of the Month’ corner as well.
Jaegun’s sleep completely went away.
Navin was the company that ran the country’s biggest search website Navin.
It was about 15 years since the beginning. The daily usage was 18 million people, the users were 40 million, the global member registration was over 500 million so it was the site that had the biggest size in the country.
This Navin was going to put his interview in the main screen corner.
Jaegun was a person so he could not be not excited. He wasn’t jumping up and down, but his heartrate was definitely getting faster.
“You can come to the company place, or you can pick a comfortable place. But to our point of view, we went to have the interview at your writing place, how is that?”
“My writing place?”
Jaegun asked while looking around.
This room was the only writing place that he had. It was filled with the minimal materials needed to write and live.
“Yes, writer, is that difficult?”
Jaegun answered immediately.
It was an important place that he spent writing till now.
There was no fancy, but there was no shame. Isn’t it an error that a writer should even be shamed that he was writing in a shabby place. With that thought, Jaegun immediately answered.
“I’m find if you can come to my house. I’ll be fine.”
“Thank you. Then we must make an appointment. Tell me what day you would like to meet.
“Hm, how about Thursday?”
Yes. I will call back a day before. And I’ll send to the your mail about the general outline of the interview so it would be nice if you can look it over once.
“Ok.”
“Yes, then good work.”
Jaegun looked at Rika who was sitting on the bed. Feeling the gaze,Rika layed back down and shook around
“You woke me because it was Navin’s call. That’s it?”
“Meow,”
“Yes, you be my manager. But let’s eat. You’re hungry and I’m… wow, what is this. Did I drink this much yesterday?”
THere were 10 cans of beer on the ground. It was messy place because he couldn’t think of a story. Jaegun bent his waist and picked it up.
Beep!
A call came as he was about to clean up.
It was Editor Kwon Tewon. Jaegun remembered his call with Somii and answered.
“Yes, editor.”
“Writer Ha, you wanted to release a sequel? I heard from Somii so I called right now. You should have told me right away.
“Haha, well Somii is in charge of me, and I thought you would be busy with other writers.”
There was no lie in Jaegun’s words. Tewon was always busy. It was amazing seeing his personality and energy as he took care of all the StarBook writers even as he was busy.