Big Life

Chapter 26

Chapter 26: Cheer Louder 

“Did you come to get a bottle of soju? I could have…”

“You’re an editor . ”

“…Yes?”

Jaegun, extending his hand, took away the bottle that Somii was holding . He was completely taken back inside, but he was saving his words because Somii might get embarrassed .

‘What year is this…’

Even though Somii was the junior, she was still an editor .

It wasn’t the 90s, he couldn’t understand that Somii was serving and he didn’t want to see it either .

Jaegun continued to take bottles away from Somii and put them close to his chest . Seeing that from far away, Assistant Manager Go was embarrassed and disconcerted and quickly ran over

“Oh, sir, sir . You can say this to one of the workers here . Don’t come and get it yourself . ”

Assistant Manager Go had no choice but to be this way in front of Jaegun .

It was a good idea not to anger or irritate a writer with good sales . It was one of the basic obligations and responsibilities .

Jaegun was just stolid . Looking calmly at the waist bent and talking Go’s face, he spoke .

“I can take Somii away, right? She’s my editor so I have things to discuss about writing . ”

“Yes, su, sure . Somii, go talk to Writer Ha . ”

Assistant Go nodded his head a couple of times and immediately backed up .

Hugging the bottles near his chest, he tapped Somii’s shoulder with his shoulder .

“Let’s go in . ”

“Yes, yes, sir . ”

Somii, still looking at the situation, reluctantly followed Jaegun . Looking at her taking off her shoes and climbing up, assistant Go wrinkled his forehead as if frustrated .

“Assistant Go . ”

“Ah, editor . ”

Assistant Go turned back with a surprised face . Tewon, who came in late because of his work, was right in front of his eyes .

“You’re here now? The traffic was bad, right?”

“I spoke about this last time, right?”

Tewon ignored Go’s question and replied .

Assistant Go blinked his two eyes as if he didn’t understand . Tewon, following his gaze to where Jaegun and Somii was sitting, continued his words .

“If you order even one more to Somii about something that isn’t work related, you should be prepared . ”

Go shuddered .

This face of the editor was unknown to a 2-year veteran like him . The person that always took care of all employees smoothly was looking down at him with cold eyes .

“Did you understand my words?”

Tewon fixed his glasses and asked for confirmation .

Assistant Go unknowingly swallowed once . He put down his burning face and answered .

“I, I understood . I’ll stop it in the future . ”

“Go do your work . ”

Assistant Go, feeling timid, turned around and went away .

Tewon still stood in that place . He was stuck in thought with both his eyes on Jaegun .

‘Should I stop today . ’

Secretly, he was planning to use this spot to talk about a sequel with Jaegun . It was because of the representative’s orders to contract with Jaegun no matter what .

But he stopped today . He wanted to respect Jaegun’s decision to participate in the Digital . He had already gotten over expectation results with the Ranking series .

‘I already mentioned a sequel so, well, I can talk about it after the contest . ’

Tewon turned his body, brooding over his personal trust about the writer Ha Jaegun . And to meet the other writers not present yet, he moved his steps to the parking lot in front of the restaurant .

“Have another drink . You can drink, right?”

“Your real name is Ha Jaegun, right? Since I’m looking at you loosely, you’re really handsome . Do you hear that you’re handsome a lot?”

Two female writers sitting next to Jaegun were tossing questions at Jaegun . Everyone’s face was red because of the drinks .

It was already 2 hours since the writer’s meeting had started .

There was no your spot or my spot .

Writers who had drunk over their limits were carrying their bottles and greeting each other . It was chaos .

And in that time, there were two conspicuous groups that were growing .

It was the group of the Ha Jaegun and the fantasy writers on the left and the Oh Myunghoon and the romance writers on the right .

‘So loud…!’

Glimpsing at the loud Jaegun’s groups, Myunghoon was grinding his teeth . From a while ago, he was discomforted .

Myunghoon came here first to lower Jaegun’s confidence .

But he failed . Jaegun was getting attention like he was getting . He could not accept that Jaegun dared to create a group as big as him .

“Writer Oh, are you going to write a romance as your sequel as well?”

The female writer next to him asked with sending a flirty look in her eyes .

Many female writers pulled by Myunghoon’s handsome and rich face haven’t left and were still around him .

“Writer Oh? Did you hear me?”

Myunghoon ignored the female writer’s question and stood up . He couldn’t end the writer’s meeting like this .

‘You’re not going to crumble on your own I see . Then I’ll personally get a broomstick and sweep you out…!’

Myunghoon in two hands held a bottle and a cup . And then with a resolute face, he started to walk towards Jaegun’s group .

“Ah, Writer Oh? You’re coming over here?”

The female writer next to Myunghoon and then went to Jaegun first saw him and said . With that sentence, Jaegun also lifted his head .

“Oh Myunghoon? You came here, too?”

“That’s what I wanted to ask, boy, I just saw you . ”

Two glances met in midair .

Both people, underneath their strong gaze, had a string of a smile .

The writer’s around them were talking to each other and saying ‘they knew each other?’, ‘they must be friends’ and other words .

“Sit here, Writer Oh . ”

“Excuse me . ”

Somii, who was sitting across from Jaegun, moved to the side to make room . Myunghoon leisurely sat down and gave the bottle to Jaegun .

“I didn’t know I would meet you here . In this place . ”

Myunghoon gave a strange emphasis on the “In this place . ”

Jaegun responded with a calm smile and took the bottle . Now there was no reason for him to be mixed up with Myunghoon’s provocations .

“I’ve heard . So you’re doing well?”

“I got lucky . How are you?

“Don’t even ask . It isn’t easy making a work in to a drama . It was a completely different world from one to ten . ”

Jaegun caught that Myunghoon was already going to take control of the atmosphere by laying out self-praise . So he didn’t say anything and smiled and drank .

Myunghoon changed the topic and asked when Jaegun didn’t show much reaction .

“That’s that, but you, you wrote a lot in a short time? The 2 StarBooks fantasy books you made, I heard they are both 10 books?”

“Yeah, It’s the time where you write well . It must have been that time . ”

“Yeah I guess; fantasy is easy to write down quickly . There’s no reason to think in depth about fantasy as well . ”

Myunghoon nodded his head as if he knew everything .

The writers around him couldn’t hide their displeasure . Jaegun, acting as their representative, shook his hand and answered .

“You haven’t written a fantasy and you don’t know how to write one . ”

Myunhoon’s face hardened slightly . Unlike the Jaegun in the past who bitterly smiled, this Jaegun countered immediately .

“Haha, I haven’t written one, of course . But isn’t it fantasy that if you make up your mind, you can write quickly?”

“No, Myunghoon . How would you know if you haven’t even written one before? Isn’t that thought a bit complacent for a writer? You are a writer?”

Instantly, Myunghoon wrinkled his nose . Jaegun was following his way of speech that he used when he was being sarcastic with others .

Jaegun shamelessly laughed and lifted the bottle up .

“You want another drink?”

“No, I have to drive . I brought my car . ”

Myunghoon, waving his hand, answered .

On his face, he was smiling barely, but inside was already completely ripped .

One solid strike was hit . It could be told by the writers around who were very quietly grinning as if they were saying you deserved it .

Sighing burning, hot breath as quietly as he could, finally Myunghoon answered .

“Yes, I am a writer . Therefore, as a writer, I am recently writing a work that has quality to not shame the name of a writer . ”

“Ahah, you are?”

Jaegun replied absentmindedly as he was pouring the person next to him a drink . Myunghoon continued saying stuff that no one asked .

“Just, at this time there is a Digital Contest . I saw the other awards so I feel like I’m going to win it pretty simply . Probably have one more one on my career . ”

Myunghoon didn’t say that it was the Digital Literary Contest . It was going to be shameful if he didn’t win .

“Think about using the effort that it takes to writing 10 books of fantasy into one book . You know that feeling because Jaegun, you and I are all language students, right? Ah, you might not know because it’s been awhile since you wrote a novel like an actual novel . ”

Noticing the mind fight between the two people, the writer’s around them all were shutting their mouths . Jaegun matched Myunghoon’s glance in the quiet air . And he stuck out his cup as if nothing happened .

“I hope you do well . ”

Jaegun had no other thoughts of uselessly talking with Myunghoon anymore .

He declined saying childish things because of petty pride and atmosphere . He could respond with the result that he put hard work and effort in to .

“Thanks, man . You sell well, too . ”

The cups met in midair like they were going to break .

Swallowing the drinks, the two people didn’t break their glance away from each till the end .