Chapter 170

# 171

Momentary Choice (4)

Director Oh Baek-ho first took Writer Oh Young-ji’s side to prevent the atmosphere from becoming too heavy.

“The writer must have been very offended.”

Of course, the question ‘Isn’t it wrong?’ was rising in Director Oh Baek-ho’s mind. The industry’s reputation for artist Oh Young-ji was average. It was a rumor that Director Oh Baek-ho had heard that he was not the type of writer to engage in eccentric behavior, which is common among writers.

‘Isn’t throwing a laptop even part of a eccentric act? what the.’

Director Oh Baek-ho thought. I also thought that it would be better if writer Oh Young-ji made an angry face right now.

Writer Oh Young-ji was treating Do-wook and Director Oh Baek-ho with such kindness that it was hard to imagine that she was the person who had just thrown the laptop. If you don’t know, it makes people feel even more uncomfortable. I felt like I didn’t know where I would end up.

“No, it’s okay. By the way, Mr. Do-wook, what is your relationship with teacher Kang-yeon Lee?”

“I was advised to postpone the entrance exam. “He is still helping us now.”

“Oh, I see. Did you go to acting department? Dowook is a singer… surprising. Can I ask which school it is?”

“Oh, Korea National University of Arts.”

“really?! I also went to that school. Of course, it will be different.”

“ah! I did not know. “You were a senior.”

Since I chose to work on ‘Boyfriend from Outer Space,’ the better relationship I could build with writer Oh Young-ji, the better. When I heard that it was the same school, Do-wook also responded with a happy expression.

“Our Mi-hyeon and our assistant writer also graduated from Daejejong. Mihyeon!”

“Haha, I wish I had graduated from that university too.”

Director Oh Baek-ho joked. When writer Oh Young-ji called someone named ‘Mihyeon’, an assistant writer wearing horn-rimmed glasses who had been inside the room came out. The assistant writer was holding a cell phone in his hand as if he was on a call.

“What’s wrong, sir?”

“No, you should also formally say hello to Do-wook…”

“Yes… But I think you should answer the phone.”

“huh? What transition? “Customers are here now, so we’ll have to do it later.”

Mihyeon looked embarrassed and said, “I think it would be best to receive it now.” There was no choice but writer Oh Young-ji got up and handed me the cell phone.

After writer Oh Young-ji entered the room, the only people left were Mi-hyeon and Do-wook, manager Oh Baek-ho. When Mi-hyeon made eye contact with Do-wook, she awkwardly avoided eye contact.

“Writer, please sit down for a moment.”

“Oh, it’s okay… then…”

Mihyeon hesitated and sat down in the seat across from her. Director Oh Baek-ho asked while there was silence for a moment.

“It looks like the phone call is taking a long time.”

“Well… I got a call from the manager of our female protagonist…”

Manager Oh Baek-ho nodded in understanding at Mi-hyeon’s answer. Being the female protagonist was also important to Do-wook. As the female protagonist had to lead the play, it was difficult for the play to survive unless she was a top star with excellent acting skills.

‘If it were the original, it would have been Wang Hee-jin…’

Do-wook thought of Wang Hee-jin. She was a beautiful actress who never once fell from the top position from high school to her late 20s. There have always been controversies about her acting skills, but she had the beauty and charm to put those controversies to rest.

‘It’s hard to think of anyone other than Wang Hee-jin playing the female lead role.’

Dowook was a little worried. Since the male lead role was changed to him, it seemed like the female lead role could also change. Since he had already seen Wang Hee-jin’s acting in this drama once, Do-wook definitely wanted Wang Hee-jin to play the female lead role.

But there was nothing Dowook could do right now. First of all, it is true that Do-wook does not even know who the female protagonist currently being discussed is.

Before that, I thought it was an opportunity to ask about the work of writer Oh Young-ji and the former assistant writer. Do-wook glanced at the door that showed no sign of being opened and asked Mi-hyeon.

***

When I returned from the meeting with writer Oh Young-ji, the dorm was quiet.

Except for Seok Ji-hoon, all the members had gone out to meet their families and friends. Even Taehyung Park, who usually rested by quietly watching movies at his dorm, seemed to have plans today.

“Are you here?”

“You didn’t go out?”

When Do-wook asked, Seok Ji-hoon answered, taking out a suitcase from the utility room.

“I have a shoot tomorrow. “I’m going to pack my bags and take care of my condition.”

I was talking about filming ‘48 Hours Camping’. Seok Ji-hoon was active in ’48 Hours Camping’ to the point where he won the Rookie of the Year award at last year’s KVS Entertainment Awards. Of course, since he is not a professional who specializes in making people laugh, there were times when there was less screen time, but the netizens’ evaluation of Seok Ji-hoon in ’48 Hours Camping’ was that he was always above average.

Do-wook smiled happily at Seok Ji-hoon’s answer. At first, there was a difference in gaze like that of an uncle looking at his nephew, but now he is looking at the youngest member of the team as an older brother.

A big reason was that Do-wook adapted to life as ‘Kang Do-wook’ and that each member, including Seok Ji-hoon, grew older and gained experience.

At the time when KK ceased activities, Kim Won and Jung Yoon-gi were preparing to release OK Unit digital music, and Ahn Hyeong-seo was receiving a flood of OST requests. Seok Ji-hoon was active in ’48 Hours Camping’ and was often scheduled to appear as a panelist on fashion programs. Seok Ji-hoon, Ahn Hyeong-seo, and Park Tae-hyung were also scheduled to appear on a travel entertainment show.

Do-wook was also flooded with requests for entertainment appearances and OSTs, but he was turning them all down. It was unavoidable because I was busy focusing on my acting activities during the short break.

For the time being, it seemed like all the members would do together was shoot commercials.

Seok Ji-hoon laid out the fluorescent yellow suitcase in the living room, which was eye-watering just looking at it, and began to fold and organize the clothes. Short-sleeved T-shirts were lined up in a row at an angle. The luggage arrangement was done so thoroughly that it made me shake my head.

Dowook, who was looking at that, asked.

“How far do you think we’ll go this time?”

I asked because I felt like I had more clothes than usual.

“no. Now that it’s getting hotter, I’m going to the valley or the sea a lot. “They said if I let them in, I wouldn’t have enough clothes.”

“Ah…”

“It’s hot, but I think it’s still better than filming in the winter. “It’s cool even if you go into the water.”

Do-wook laughed happily at Seok Ji-hoon’s explanation.

“Hyung, if you go into drama, won’t summer end without you being able to go to the beach even once?”

Seok Ji-hoon asked Do-wook, who smiled kindly, as if he felt sorry. All the members were busy in their own way, but Dowook was the busiest as he was splitting his time.

“What…. Isn’t there going to be a scene where we go to the sea during filming?”

At Do-wook’s answer, Seok Ji-hoon laughed as if it were a little absurd.

“Did you come to meet the writer? How was it? Do you believe aliens are real? “Do you think he’s a good person?”

Uncharacteristic of Seok Ji-hoon, he asked questions one after another. Dowook shook his head and answered.

“It’s not like that. “The writer…”

Do-wook could not easily define writer Oh Young-ji. People did not originally have only one side.

“Good. Please be nice.”

“thank god.”

Do-wook answered Seok Ji-hoon and went into his room.

Nevertheless, if Do-wook is asked what kind of person Oh Young-ji is like, he will answer that she seems like a good person. He was treated kindly and, as Manager Oh Baek-ho had known in the industry, there didn’t seem to be any sharp corners.

‘At least not to that assistant writer.’

Writer Oh Young-ji certainly had a fiery personality. When he got angry, he was the type to express his anger without hesitation. In addition, writer Oh Young-ji himself felt that the actions he took against his assistant writer were justified anger. That is why I honestly told Do-wook and Director Oh Baek-ho that this was what I did.

He was an assistant writer whom he hired, fed him, put him to sleep, and even paid him a salary. The author was negligent in his duties because he did not do what he was asked to do.

If you think about it that way, the position was also correct that the way it was expressed was just excessive.

Through the story he heard from an assistant writer named Mi-hyeon, Do-wook was able to roughly guess what happened to the plagiarism dispute that had occurred previously.

Mihyeon answered Dowook’s questions very carefully. If I used my mouth incorrectly, I could be as angry as an assistant writer whose laptop was smashed.

After listening to it, it seemed true that the assistant writer was actually lazy. Mi-hyeon tried to say something nice by saying, ‘Ji-young has been in a bit of a slump lately…’, but if you listen to it, it means that she didn’t come up with any ideas and didn’t do the research she was asked to do.

When explaining the reason why that happened, Mihyeon added the following clue: ‘Maybe…’ Because it was not her business, Mihyeon was cautious and did not make any conclusions. But that’s why I had more faith in Mihyeon’s explanation.

At the same time, Mi-hyeon had no choice but to protect Ji-young, her colleague as an assistant writer, and so she even told Do-wook about things that writer Oh Young-ji did not want him to know.

Since Jiyoung had just run out, it was clear that Mihyeon was also confused about various things.

According to Mi-hyeon’s explanation, the idea of the title ‘Boyfriend from Extraterrestrial’ and the setting that the reason the male alien protagonist fell in Joseon was a ‘UFO crash’ were the ideas of an assistant writer named Ji-young. Additionally, Jiyoung’s idea was used to set up the female protagonist’s past.

It is said that writer Oh Young-ji also praised Ji-young very much. The problem was Jiyoung. After hearing writer Oh Young-ji explain the idea she got from Ji-young to the PD and production company as if she had come up with it herself, Ji-young felt helpless.

As an assistant writer, it was natural for him to come up with ideas, and there was no problem with Oh Young-ji, the main writer, writing those ideas.

Even if he said what he thought, he had nothing to say. It was unfair, but it was that kind of world. Even though she knew that, Jiyoung, who was working as an assistant writer for the first time, felt a blow at that point.

‘That’s why he stopped coming up with any ideas… Writer Oh Young-ji must have been so angry that he had no choice but to kick her out. The assistant writer who was kicked out had malicious intent and used reference materials to raise an issue of plagiarism…’

It was a situation that made me sigh. It was difficult for Do-wook to decide whether someone was completely at fault and he was not in a position to do so. What was important to Dowook was that the work he was appearing in would not be caught up in gossip.

‘Then……’

Do-wook took out his cell phone and contacted Director Oh Baek-ho. It was to contact Wang Hee-jin.