Chapter 320 (2/2)
It could be seen just how much Lee Junmin cared about his own people from this contract. In fact, there were some statements that seemed disadvantageous to the company. The contract period was two years, and it could be dissolved at any moment during that time. Compared to the ten-year slave contract that was mentioned on the news, this was a golden contract.
‘Providing the best treatment to his own people, huh.’
As expected of a man who chucked 300 million won to a mere high school student. To Junmin, money was just a convenient means of achieving what he wanted, nothing more, nothing less. Although he was doing business in order to earn money, it felt like he was giving it all back to the people under him rather than piling it up.
The movie, Twilight Struggles, was also something that was hard to expect any profit out of, yet JA Production, the investor and producer of the movie hired superstar-level actors. Some of the articles he read after his shoot said that the movie will never break even. Although the level of investment into the movie was commercial movie-level, the contents were definitely not suited for commercial use after all.
‘Now that I think about it, I really should make a visit.’
He was reminded of the kind smile of the elder. Since it had been quite some time since the shoot ended, it should be fine to make a visit. He put the contracts back into his drawer and lied down on his bed. He closed his eyes and waited until he became sleepy. Just then, his phone that was on the desk vibrated once. He had received a message.
He really couldn’t be bothered, but he still yawned and sat up. He would be really dissatisfied if it was some advert. He checked the message. It was from Jiseok.
-Maru. Chaerim-noona wants to know your number! Should I tell her?
Chaerim? He wondered who that was for a moment before he remembered that it was the girl idol he saw during the drama shoot. But why so suddenly? Maru called Jiseok. Jiseok picked up immediately.
-So you’re a boy after all.
“Stop with your nonsense. What’s this about phone numbers.”
-Noona wants to say thanks.
“At this hour?”
-I just met her. She’s next to me right now. She’s thankful for what you did back then.
“Oh that. Tell her to forget about it. I never did anything that would warrant thanks from her. In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if she said bad things about me.”
-Eh? Are you not going to tell her your number? She’s an idol you know? From the popular idol group BLUE.
“And what good is that to me? Since you said you’re next to her, tell her that she doesn’t need to feel thankful. Ah, just tell her to not resent me too much during shoots. She’s one of the main characters after all.”
-What, that’s it?
“What else do you want?”
-Really, that’s it?
“We exchanged greetings, that’s enough. I’m hanging up then.”
-Hey! I said Chaerim-noona is right next to me!
“Good for you, there’s an idol noona next to you.”
He still had a loud voice as always. Maru yawned and switched his phone to silent.
* * *
“He hung up,” Jiseok said with a bright smile.
If it was anyone else, he would have told her the number without even asking, but from what he knew of Maru’s personality, it was obvious that he would not be okay with that so he asked first. However, he didn’t know that he would hang up without even listening to Chaerim’s voice even once. Although he did feel a little sorry for Chaerim-noona who stood next to him, he found this situation interesting. Being involved with Maru was always fun.
“He hung up?”
“Yes. And he told me to tell you that you don’t need to feel thankful and that you shouldn’t resent him too much during shoots.”
“That’s it?”
“You’re not upset, are you?”
“Why would I be?”
“Or disappointed?”
“Not really. I just tried to call him because it leaves a bad aftertaste. If he doesn’t need it, then that’s that.”
Chaerim yawned slightly and leaned backwards.
Jiseok licked his lips seeing that her reaction was very dry. He wanted to see something much more dramatic, but reality said no. Jiseok got out of the car. They were doing a night shoot right now, but it was halted due to a sudden interruption from some drunk people. The safety guard was trying to push the two away, but the two drunkards did not leave and just kept shouting. The production staff seemed to have gotten pissed as they even called for the police.
“Fuaam.”
He yawned before stretching his arms out. The drama shoot wasn’t as fun as he had expected. He was a comedic character that hung around the main characters, so the acting itself was quite fun, but the waiting time was too long. Jiseok had a hard time enduring this time where he had nothing to do but stare into the sky. It would be great if there was someone he could play with, but Chaerim was sleeping inside the car like someone who was tired of everything.
“Sir, please get up.”
He saw some policemen that appeared in patrol cars trying to console the drunkards. They had a hard job. He inwardly cheered for them. After the drunkards went away, the shoot began again. This was a scene where the poor heroine was taken shopping. Chaerim, who was sleeping inside the car, had a scene right after this one where she came across the other main characters inside the store. That scene would be quite something to look at because there was a kiss scene. It was unknown if they could enter the store to shoot, but if they could, they would achieve their objective for today.
Jiseok looked at the jimmy jib camera filled with expectation when the door opened and Chaerim got out.
“Noona, there’s still time until your shoot.”
“I had a sore waist.”
“Aha.”
Chaerim crossed her arms and looked at the street where the shoot was currently happening. She seemed bored.
“But hey.”
Chaerim, who looked like she wouldn’t speak, opened her mouth.
“Yes?”
“Is he going to be the class president in the future?”
“You mean Maru?”
“I don’t know his name, but yeah, that kid. Is he going to be the class president?”
“Yes, I think so.”
“I see.”
Chaerim nodded slightly before getting in the car again. Jiseok narrowed his eyes and looked at Chaerim who started sleeping again.