TL: Myoni
Edited: Myoni, Yoni
“Both the synopses are very interesting.”
Chief Jo nodded his head as if it was obvious.
“Right? You have a good eye. If there was just one that was really good, we could have just chosen that one, but since both are equally good, it’s troublesome.”
Well, they both would equally fail.
“I am a bit cautious to tell you this…”
I gulped down my saliva.
If we didn’t consider that I knew the future, I was a new employee that has been around for less than a month and they were long time experts that had lots of experience with dramas and movies. I really needed to explain myself carefully.
Good. Let’s try my best to convince them.
“Both have really good synopses, but there are some parts that concern me…”
“Oppa, just who is this?”
Son Chaeyeong cut me off and asked Chief Jo.
“Huh?”
“He says there’s a part that concerns him. Just what kind of person is he that I have to listen to him pour cold water on my project I haven’t even started? Whose manager is he?”
“Neptune’s manager.”
“Neptune?”
Son Chaeyeong’s expression immediately grew worse.
“They aren’t actors, but singers. Idols. And I know their manager and this person isn’t him?”
“… He’s a new recruit that just started.”
“New recruit?!”
She crossed her arms and laughed as though she was dumbfounded.
“What knowledge would a new recruit have for you to bring him here? Are your senses deteriorating? Just listen to what he’s saying.”
“The truth is…”
This time, Chief Jo cut me off.
“He hit the jackpot as soon as he started working and has become Management Team 3’s Lucky Charm. So I wondered if there really was something like beginner’s luck and asked him. All for you…”
“Tell him to stop pouring cold water on my projects and to screw off. So annoying, really.”
Ah…
The person synonymous with innocence turned to dust and scattered.
I knew that a big part of an actor’s image was made up. But to be told to screw off from an actress who I thought was so good that I went to see her movie three times at the theaters… It was quite shocking.
“You, go.”
Before I could recover from the shock, Chief Jo tapped my arm.
“I asked you to pick one out of the two, but why did you have to overrate yourself and piss her off?”
“… Then I’ll take my leave.”
I stopped myself from speaking anymore and got up.
Just do what you want.
Mermaid out of Water? I don’t care if that fails or not.
After being told to screw off and hearing that I was overrating myself, I had no mind or loyalty to convince them any further.
I didn’t go straight to the office but came back outside. Then I went to the coffee shop, bought some coffee and made my way to the fifth floor.
Until then I kept pondering.
Although it was already spilled milk, as long as I had this ability, these incidents would constantly come up.
Did I say it wrong? Was my method wrong? Then how should I have done it?
The elevator doors opened to reveal a refined hallway. On each side, the walls were filled with frames. They were the pictures of all the celebrities in W&U.
Son Chaeyeong with a bright smile, Song Dowon in the water gazing into the distance, among other countless actors that made up W&U.
There was even a frame with Neptune. An album cover with the now familiar faces clung together smiling. I stopped my steps in front of that frame before once again moving at a quick pace.
The PR team office was at the end of the hallway.
When I looked inside, I could see familiar faces between the partitions.
The two people I ate kalguksu with in the future. The female and male employee were sitting next to each other while typing on their keyboards. And behind them was Team Leader Park whose disheveled hair indicated something wasn’t going smoothly.
I quietly placed a cup of coffee next to them.
“Hello. Have some coffee.”
“Huh?! What is this? Why coffee all of a sudden?”
“I was just craving for coffee, what luck!”
Like I expected, their reactions were intense.
“I brought it here because I had a favor to ask you.”
Team Leader Park took her coffee and poked my back.
“I heard that you heard a few words from Son Chaeyeong just now? Is it about that?”
“How did you… Ah, this was the PR Team.”
“That’s right.”
“First, sit here.”
The male employee brought out a chair and sat me down, then massaged my shoulders as if giving me his support.
“Was it shocking? Son Chaeyeong was a child actress.”
As if he was cautious of his surroundings, he lowered his voice.
“She didn’t really have a time when she was unknown and since she was young, everyone around her spoiled her. That’s why her personality is like that.”
“She thinks she’s the best in the world and thinks her words are everything.”
The female employee complained. It seemed like the two had a lot built up. As soon as they started talking, Team Leader Park waved her hand and ended the conversation.