Chapter 645 (1/2)

“Yes, writer. Then see you this evening. Yes, yes. That place sounds good.”

Park Hoon threw his phone and shouted hooray. His work was now finally on track. Once things went according to plan, it wouldn’t be a dream to start airing by the end of the year. Although the drama times were full for this winter, there were times where things didn’t go well for some of them, so he could use that opportunity. He grabbed his mouse and double clicked on the plan document icon on his desktop. The scripting was going well. To a producer, their work was like their child, and as the creator, he would think that it was very pretty, but the thing he was working on this time was actually pretty enough to participate in the Miss Korea contest. Since the writer gave birth to a pretty piece, the producer had the responsibility to put that child on the stage. If the script symbolized the skill of the writer, the plan was the barometer that measured the producer’s skill. No matter how good the script was, if the plan was like an elementary schooler’s diary, it would never see the light of day. As he was staring at the black text on a white background looking for things to fix, he saw Lee Kangho, who had gone out to smoke, return to his seat while ripping out his hair.

“Did you swallow your cig or something? That was quick.”

“I didn’t get to smoke at all because of a phone call I got.”

“A phone call?”

“This is gonna be an unlucky day today.”

“Didn’t I tell you? I told you not to do bad things. Which police branch is it? Do they want you to come right now? Or is it the bank asking you to pay back your interest?”

“I’d be happy if it was one of those right now.”

“Then who was the phone call from? Your wife?”

“Yoo Jayeon.”

The moment he heard that name, Park Hoon could sympathize with Kangho’s pain. Some of the producers belonging to the drama department at YBS would shiver in fear when they heard the name ‘Yoo Jayeon’ and Kangho was one of them. Even chief producer Cha and president Jung would helplessly tell her to put down her teacup before calming her down. The members of the drama department knew that an angry rhino was supposed to be avoided, not blocked.

“What did she say?”

“You know she’s doing the one-act play, right?”

“Right, it’s her first work, isn’t it? She gets to do her own work just 3 years after entering the company huh. I gotta say, she has some skill.”

“I sometimes forget because of her personality, but her skills are really goddamn good.”

“So what does her debut piece got to do with her shitting on you?”

“I thought I’d try to help her out as a senior, but I ended up getting a scolding instead.”

“Hey, do you like Jayeon? Otherwise, why would you try to help out that crazy girl?”

“Hey, I’m married, don’t go saying weird stuff. Also, I admit that Jayeon has the looks and the body figure, but what good is all that? She’s a different species. Humans and aliens can’t fall in love with each other.”

“Calling her an alien is putting her in a good way. At least aliens are classified as humanoids. In my opinion, she’s closer to a reptile. You know, maybe a tyrannosaurus rex or a triceratops.”

“Can I tell her what you said?”

“Sure, if you want me to barge into your house at night with a knife in hand.”

Kangho rubbed his face.

“I had my plans. I was planning to help her out this one time and was going to take her next bitching off, but looks like I was too complacent. I forgot about that woman’s eyes.”

“What did you do?”

“I sent in an actor I know of. He’s pretty decent, but it looks like he said a word to Jayeon.”

“What did he say?”

“Even though you’re a woman - that.”

“Hey, is the guy that said those words still alive? Are you sure he’s not encased in concrete and thrown into the sea?”

“For now, she just sent him back. Though, I can’t be sure of that ‘just sent’ part.”

Kangho sighed. He collapsed on his desk without saying anything else. Kangho was the grim reaper to the new producers and was a strict senior to the juniors, but in front of Jayeon, he was just a feeble senior.

“You should’ve thought things through. You know how much she screens the people she works with. I got to know the term ‘human allergy’ thanks to her.’”

Jayeon was someone who refused to even eat together with the people she didn’t like. She wouldn’t even talk to someone if that person got on her nerves. She never made compromises. Her likes and dislikes were too distinct. Above all, she was a ‘crazy bitch’. The ‘crazy’ of ‘crazy bitch’ included many concepts that only the people of the drama department would understand. It even included the meaning of respect.

“Is Jayeon coming back to the company today?”

“She said she’s doing the audition herself, so she’ll probably come back once that’s done.”

“Lee Kangho, don’t talk to me today. I’m not going down with you.”

Park Hoon stood up and clapped. The members of the drama department, who were working, all looked at him.

“Today, our beloved Kangho has gotten on Yoo Jayeon’s nerves. Keep that in mind and avoid him at all costs. I won’t take responsibility if you get caught up in the storm just because you talked to him. Oh, chief producer Cha, you just came. Don’t get involved with Kangho today, hyung-nim. Jayeon is getting ready to tear him apart.”

Chief producer Cha, who had just walked in with a magazine in his arms, nodded before going to his seat. The other producers also looked at Kangho with pity before taking their eyes off him.

“Should I take the afternoon off?”

“She’d probably go to your house if you do that. She’ll probably team up with your wife to tear you apart. Can you handle that?”

“No, I definitely can’t. But rather than that, Park Hoon, you were grinning when I came in. It looks like things are going well for you, huh?”