Chapter 37  

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 analyzing 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 passed 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, hello . 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 Glasses 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 . ”Somii said in a quiet voice .

copies is not small .

If there are 1000 copies printed frequently, that’s considered pretty good in this terrible paper book market . But it was nothing compared to the 5000 copies printed of the previous series .

“It requires knowledge about the previous series . It’s going to be hard for readers who haven’t read both the Martial Rankings and the Modern Rankings . It requires patience to like the characters . ”

Tewon nodded silently . He was thinking the same . He had a slight difference in the number of copies . He was thinking of releasing 2500, maybe because of his personal trust in Jaegun .

“Go with 2000 copies . ”

Tewon said with a voice like a sigh . It was the feeling that everything was confirmed with this decision .

“Put the schedule on the sereer . I’ll leave this to you . ”

“Yes… editor . ”

Somii turned around with no energy . There was nothing else to say . It was her that knew of Tewon’s situation so it was even harder .

Tewon took off his glasses and pressed his around his eyes as to pressure them . And he put his neck way back . He could see the fan on the ceiling with his two eyes .

Click, click .

The time went by .

Tewon was waiting with his two eyes closed, resting on the chair . He could see his editor’s life passing by through the darkness . There were a lot of things . What should he say . It was the days when he had no worthwhile undertakings but also no regrets .

Moments later .

“Editor, the representative said to come immediately…”

Tewon opened his eyes at an employee’s words . He didn’t hesitate and he stood up . The old chair that held him for 9 years were moving weakly back .

Tewon stopped in front of the representative’s office .

If he entered this door, he couldn’t stay as a StarBook’s editor anymore .

He knew that but he could do no other thing but to open the door . After a deep breath, his hand was slowly turning the doorknob .

“WHAT IS THIS! WHY ARE YOU ONLY HAVING 2000 COPIES OF THE 3RD RANKING SERIES! HETAE MEDIA IS ALREADY PRINTING 1000 MORE COPIES WITH PEGELON’S SWORDSMAN OR WHATEVER AND WHAT IS THIS!”

Screams came as soon as he opened the door .

Tewon opened his mouth as he closed the door .

“I’ve told you that if you didn’t read the previous series, the meaning is…”

“Do business! Push! Go with the people and leave! Why are you spouting such stuffy words all the time! Where did you sell your job brain?!”

Jeguk was pounding his chest .

“There is a great probability that many will be refunded . You should look further, representative . If Ha Jaegun’s cost drops, then the consequence goes to the writer as well as the company…”

“SHUT UP!”

Jeguk’s shouts pushed down Tewon’s justifications .

“So useless… . ! Is it because of the age? Is your brain not working very well?! Do you have dementia already?!”

These were personal insults now coming from Jeguk’s mouth .

Tewon closed his eyes .

He had heard many screams from the representative, but this was the first he had heard something so humiliating .

But now it was fine .

Jeguk’s insults were making Tewon’s decision easier to make .

“Representative . ”

“What!!”

Tewon pushed his glasses up and lifted his head . Looking at Jeguk’s angry and annoyed glance, he answered in a calm manner .

“Company, I’ll resign . ”