Big Life

Chapter 55

Chapter 55


Chapter 55


“This is good, right?”


a.s.sistant Manager Lee asked as she left . Somii put away the cash and nodded .


“Yes, I haven’t eaten fish in a long time . Thanks to a.s.sistant Manager Lee, I got lunch . ”


“Just call me informally, ahh it’s so cold . ”


Lee straightened her clothes . Unlike her, Somii didn’t show that she was cold .


“I guess you’re not cold?”


“I’m from Donghae . This is nothing . ”


“It’s cold there?”


“No, the wind is strong . The temperature is greater though . Ah, do you want to go into a cafe?”


“Sure, there’s a lot of time . ”


The two people got something to drink . Instead of Lee who was preparing to take her card out, Somii gave her card to the employee .


“Why? Let’s pay separately . ”


“It’s the stocking repayment . ”


“You remember that?”


“Of course . I borrowed it, so I have to repay it . ”


“Ok, I get it, thanks . ”


The two people went inside, instead of sitting near the windows . Lee said as she rubbed her fingers on the hot drink .


“It’s already been one year since you came . ”


“It’s been fast . ”


“How is it? Editor . ”


“It’s good, It’s fun . ”


“What? Fun? Ahahaha . ”


Lee did a throwing gesture and Somii laughed .


“Not fun to you?”


“Is that a joke? It’s definitely not fun . It just hurts when you say stuff and the work is unlimited . There’s nothing that shows you did good . ”


Lee continued with a little sad face .


“Maybe if I get a boyfriend . Why is there no one good around me . I don’t even want much . ”


“You want to marry?”


“I’ll have to see . I’m not in a hurry . The world is like that . I’m only 32 so it’s not that late . Right?”


“I think so too . ”


“But my family is in a hurry . So get a date . I feel I’m gonna die when I go there . ”


“Hahaha . ”


“Funny? This is a pain . If you don’t have a boy, they say go meet one, and then when you get a boy, they say get married . And then when you get married, they say get a child . ”


Lee poured out the stories in her heart as she looked outside .


“Really, I got a bit hurt by my last boyfriend . ”


“Last… boyfriend?”


“About 2 years ago . It was good . He was humorous and romantic . Generous too . But it wasn’t good enough . ”


Lee asked with a wink


“Guess his job . ”


“Hm, I don’t know… I’m not good at these . ”


Somii rubbed her hand together . Lee laughed and told her .


“Writer . ”


“Writer?”


“Why are you surprised when you’re an editor? It’s the people we meet the most after our employees . ”


“I didn’t know . StarBooks?”


“Secret . When you get one, you’ll know how they are . There are a lot of good writers, but there’s also a lot of bad ones . There’s also something weird every time . ”


As she was listening .


Somii was thinking about Jaegun . Then his smile of the summer came up as well . And to that, she smiled happily .


“Ah? Somii, what is it?”


“…what?”


Somii asked as she woke up . Lee was tilting her head .


“You were smiling on your own . You have a person you like? Right?”


“N, nooo . Nothing like that…”


“What is it . Who? Tell me, hm?”


Beeep!


The phone rang at that time


Somii got the phone and asked for apologies .


“It’s Writer Ha . I asked him to call me for the Modern Ranking contract . ”


“Go ahead . ”


Somii took the call .


“Yes, h.e.l.lo Writer Ha . ”


“h.e.l.lo, did you eat?”


“I just ate . What about you, Writer Ha?”


“I just woke up . I called as soon as I saw your message . About the contract . I’m fine with whenever so you make the time . ”


“Ok, then how’s between next Monday and Wednesday . ”


“Ok, that’s good . ”


Somii didn’t have anything to say and she felt a bit sad . It was a while since she had talked to him . She didn’t want to end without asking how he was so she continued .


“Writer Ha, has anything happened?”


“No, it’s the same . I just wrote and ate . What about you?”


“The same . Except the fact that I couldn’t read your writing as soon as it came out . ”


“Thank you even though that’s not true . Oh, but I didn’t tell you about my new book . It’s for Munpia . ”


“New book?!”


Somii’s eyes widened . She continued after seeing Lee’s glance of curiosity .


“Is it Dragon Rider?”


“Yes, but the t.i.tle is changed . It’s called the Breathe . Search it up . I thought you knew . Don’t you go to Munpia to get new writer?”


“Ahaha… yes . But I was in romance for now so . There’s not many people here so I’m sorry . ”


“What is there to be sorry about . Just give me feedback later . Your feedback is very important to me as well . ”


“Yes, I’m do so . I’ll read it today .


“Thank you, and Somii, would you like to have dinner next week? I want to buy you something great . ”


“Ah, really?”


Somii smiled widely . She nodded to the nonexistent Jaegun and answered cheerfully .


“Of course, Writer . I’ll get the schedule and call you back . Eat well . ”


“You too . ”


Somii hung up with a smiling face .


Lee asked immediately .


“What? A new novel?”


“Yes, pay per chapter . It’s the Dragon Rider . But a different t.i.tle . ”


“Yeah? But is it that bad? Why did n.o.body say anything?”


Lee went into Munpia .


“What’s the t.i.tle?”


“The Breathe . ”


“The Breathe? Let’s see… Hm?!”


Lee pulled her phone closer to her face . It was a face that was in disbelief .


It brought curiosity to Somii .


“What is it? a.s.sistant Manager Lee?”


“No, no, there’s nothing to search for . Look . ”


Somii got the phone from her . And like her, she lost her breath as soon as she saw the screen .


‘It’s … first?!’


Her glance couldn’t move away from Pyung Cheon Yu’s new novel, ‘The Breathe,’ It had twice as big of a size as the other novels . It was the power of the number 1 novel .


“If it’s number 1 on Munpia, that’s amazing . How many views?”


“Wait, wait, let’s look together . ”


Somii put down the phone so Lee could see it and touched the screen . When the page came out, the two people opened their mouth and looked at each other .


“That’s amazing… Somii… . !”


It wasn’t an over exaggeration .


A chapter’s payment values were almost up to 15,000 . There were 41 books as well .


“Looking at the date, it’s 2 books per day? Wait, then let’s see . 30 dollars per day . If you include Munpia, it’s 63 dollars per 10,000 views? And then multiply by 30 is 1890, takeoff 30 percent and 1330 dollars! In one day!”


Lee couldn’t contain herself .


“I told you . This was going for success as soon as I read it . How could the new editor and Go miss something like this?”


“It’s amazing, Writer Ha . ”


“Not just amazing! This is only Munpia . A month with 40,000 dollars . And then there’s the other companies . Navin and Cocoa come in and we have no idea how much it is . Wow, Writer Ha must be happy . So happy!”


Somii was just nodding her head .


She knew it would be good, but to be this good .


It was 3 times the 2nd rated book .


“You can see this kind of writer, right?”


“Yes?”


Lee laughed at the surprised Somii


“As we say it, he’s perfect? He’s a good person when I saw him at the writer’s meeting . He gets money . And finally …”


Lee pointed at Somii’s chest .


“You have Writer Ha inside of you . ”


“Wh, what? No . ”


With a red face, Somii refuted back . But Lee didn’t budge .


“I know . Your call . You were smiling all over the place?”


“No, no . You’re not right . Just Writer Ha was my personal writer and I met him a couple of times . We had stuff together so we are a bit closer than other writers . That’s only it . ”


“Ok, ok I get it . Now just drink coffee . It’s gonna cool . ”


Lee smiled and took a sip .


Somii fanned her face to cool her rising temperature .


It was going to be a while to get her heart back to its regular beating speed .