Chapter 37 (1/2)
Chapter 37 – What is Important
It was on the morning after 4 days.
The Hetae Media team was sitting down and looking at the monitor screen. Everyone was reading the same novel.
The office was very quiet. There was only the sound of a mouse click, a keyboard, and a person sipping coffee.
‘Wow, this is good? What? Already done?’
Park Gyungsu clicked the copy of the 3rd book after he finished the 2nd book. And then he fell back into the story again. He was so deep into the story that he was almost forgot that he had to read it as an editor.
Ma Jonggu was the same.
‘This is amazing, this guy…! Did this guy really get some drugs? He never ceases to surprise me!’
Jonggu’s job was mostly business, not editing. He left the editing and a.n.a.lyzing to the lower employees like Gyungsu.
And that same Jonggu was sitting on his chair, deeply entranced by the novel. His hand was busy trying to untie the necktie strangling him.
Time pa.s.sed until 11.
Jonggu lifted his head as he felt the vibrations of the alarm he set earlier. On the position of his glance, he could see the workers’ faces that were glued on the screen.
“How was it? There’s no need to go to the meeting room so let’s discuss here.”
“It’s beast.”
One employee looked towards Jonggu and gave a thumbs up.
“I thought it might be hard with the previous story’s world and the main characters son as the lead but now, after I read it, it doesn’t look hard for a reader who hasn’t read the previous story.”
Another girl employee continued.
“I think so too. If they read Pegelon’s Magician, there might have a little more enjoyment, and if they haven’t, they might enjoy it nonetheless.”
Gyungsu said the last word.
“The story is dynamic and fast. The main character is now a swordsman so the battles are much more intense than the previous story. I can’t guarantee that there will be more copies, but the minimum 3000 copies doesn’t look hard at all.”
Jonggu smiled and nodded. The employees were all thinking the same thing as him. He pulled out a phone from his pocket and called.
Beep! Beep!
After he took a shower, the phone that he left on the bed was vibrating. Jaegun brushed off his hair with a towel and went over.
“What, is the confirmation already done?”
Jaegun muttered as he saw the name on the screen. It was Hetae Media’s Ma Jonggu. It had only been about 4 hours since he sent the 5 copies of ‘Pegelon’s Swordsman’ but there was a call already.
“Yes.”
“Writer Ha, h.e.l.lo. I got your copy. This work is really interesting as well.”
“You’ve already read all that?”
“I’ve read about 2 to 3 books. The entire planning team read it and they complimented it a lot. Before even reading, it feels like the two eyes are getting sucked in? Hahaha.”
Jaegun scratched his nose and giggled. He didn’t dislike Jonggu’s remarks as before.
“You’ve taken a lot of care into this, writer, so that reader who haven’t read the previous series could read it. I could feel the consideration.”
“I feel good because my hard work has been rewarded.”
“We can get a schedule for printing right away. Until the 2nd book, I don’t see any typoes. You’re amazing.”
It was obvious. He used Se Gunwoo’s Gla.s.ses to pick out the typoes and bad words. He had completely reduced the work that editors had to do.
“Since the last series got about 6000 copies, this one will also do well. Thank you for your hard work. And you’ve finished it so quickly. I was so surprised that I might have fallen over on my back. Writer, you’ve been keeping a storage, right?”
“Ah, yes…”
Jaegun slurred his words. He couldn’t say that he didn’t sleep at all for 4 days and he used the power of Se Gunwoo’s laptop and mug to help him.
“Anyway, thank you. I like the cover that you sent me so just use that. I’ll send the rest of the series as soon as I can.”
“Yes, there’s no need to hurry, writer. You’ve already sent 5 books so we have time. Don’t hurry and just write well. And thank you again.”
“Yes, you too.”
Jaegun dried off his hair and drank a coffee with Se Gunwoo’s mug. After a 5 minute rest, the energy came back to his body. He felt as if he was being lead to the laptop.
“I need to write the 3rd Ranking series.”
He finished the plot up to the 10th book. Now he only needed to write the story as he made it up. Before he started, Jaegun licked his dry lips.
“Rika, I’m kind of worried.”
“Meow?”
“Pegelon’s Swordsman was made so the readers didn’t have to read the previous series. The main character is the previous series’ main character’s son, and I’ve explained it briefly. But this 3rd series for the Ranking is different. The previous 2 series main’s are coming up so I’m not sure if it will be good.”
Rika came down from the cat tower and walked towards Jaegun. Jaegun put out his two arms. But Rika ignored it and sat down on his lap.
“What, is that to not complain anymore? You’ve decided already, so finish it with your own strength?”
Rika answered with a step on Jaegun’s stomach instead of a cry. Jaegun touched Rika’s face and asked.
“You really take care of me. Maybe we should marry.”
“Meow…!”
Rika shouted and dropped her head. It was the feeling that she didn’t want to be bothered anymore.
“Yeah, I’ve decided so, let’s do the best I can.”
Tap! Tap! Tap!
The Rankings series was started. Like the same with yesterday, there was only the sound of keyboard typing in the small one room.
….
“WHAT IS HAPPENING!”
A huge fist went down on the desk.
Representative Park Jeguk of StarBooks was screaming with his face red. The shouting was directed towards Tewon sitting across from him.
“YOU DIDN’T EVEN GET AN EXCLUSIVE CONTRACT, AND, YOU MADE HIM RELEASE A SEQUEL WITH HETAE MEDIA BEFORE US? ARE YOU DOING YOUR JOB RIGHT?! DO YOU HAVE ANY EFFORT TO WORK!”