It Was You Who Intervened
After sticking the summarized content on one side of the house wall, now the picture is starting to come together.
“Why has this company ended up in such a situation?”
[Heh…]
The ghost laughed awkwardly at my words.
Don’t laugh like that. Habits are really scary.
It wasn’t a question, though.
It was just reviewing what he’d figured out about the situation.
To summarize the current state of Nine Entertainment:
“Total crisis.”
[Is it that serious?]
Not serious.
I started mentioning the contents one by one.
“The company representative who works hard but has lost motivation.”
Choi Yoon-ah, the managing director.
“The overall manager who only maintains the status quo and has lost motivation.”
Kim Misook, the general manager.
“Lead actors are executives.”
[Still, actor Ki Seongchan is a lead actor…]
He was managed in the 1st team handling veteran actors.
It was true that he was a lead, but it was with rice porridge, three times.
“Is a lead actor who has failed three times in a row a lead actor?”
[Even Eun-yul will become a lead if she picks a good next project… Bong Tae-soo actor also doesn’t get the luck, but his skill is solid, if only the work supports him…]
“There’s potential, right? I’m talking about current, not how.”
[…]
“Without lead actors, the revenue structure is obviously vulnerable. Then operations should be efficient, but it’s not. There are six actors in total, but five management team members.”
Even this was oddly divided.
Team 1 handled veteran actors, one team leader and one manager. Originally, when I took over the team, it should have been six managers for six actors, but because Moon Cheol-sik caused an accident, I hastily filled Team 2, and because Bong Tae-soo was taking time to choose the next project, I still belonged to Team 2.
If new personnel were added to Team 1, it would become a 1:1 structure with six actors and six management team members.
“Even now, Team 1 is taking care of four actors with two people, and Team 2 has two actors and three people including the team leader.”
[It’s a bit inefficient…]
“Not a bit, extremely so.”
It was surprising that they’d been holding on this far.
[I feel like I’ve asked for too much. Looking at it like this.]
I said to the ghost who was dejectedly, in a flat tone.
“If I had come to this company as a manager, I would have started with personnel adjustments and completely restructured the structure to fit the current scale.”
[It seems the button was sewn on wrong from the start. Because of my opinion to just get a job first.]
“What does it matter what happened in the past? Anyway, thanks to that strategy, I got the job.”
[Still… The limits as a road manager are too clear. Seeing and hearing it directly like this, the realization is clear. How did the company end up like this.]
“Even if I was the chief aide to Rep. Choi Giseok. Starting from the chief aide? It would be fine, even as a road manager. One by one in the position I was in.”
I was rather comforting the ghost.
[How?]
“How is there how? First, I’ll take care of the actors I’m in charge of.”
There were many who coveted.
Especially, the person I was supporting.
I stuck two post-its next to Ha Eun-yul.
One was Baek Sungwook, the team leader.
The other was the man who had been at the filming site.
‘Gyeon Seongcheol. His name is unusual.’
***
Nine Entertainment office.
General Manager Kim Misook idly scanned the suddenly clean company.
‘It’s quite a good feeling.’
It wasn’t a level where one would notice the changed office late. The new manager who was hastily replaced when Moon Cheol-sik caused the accident, trying to pick a manager for Bong Tae-soo actor.
‘Lee Jaewook…’
I told the managing director Choi Yoon-ah that I was seen as a ghost, but I didn’t think of it as a ghost. That thought was still unchanged.
Still, idly scanning the quite tidy space made me think that the person was not bad after all.
Cleaning.
And that too, extremely consistently and diligently.
I saw it.
That was the place where such things were visible.
“Hey, hey Misook-ah.”
Former CEO Choi Chil-goo who always called her name casually like that.
“Oh, representative. What is that? Even if we’re close, you shouldn’t call the name casually. Call me Kim Misook, the general manager. Right? Noona?”
“Oh my, you’re such a one. What is that noona? The overall manager of management?”
The lubricating oil-like Kim Taewoo, the managing director.
‘What’s the point thinking about the past. Just do what you have to do and receive your salary.’
He shook his head with a small sigh.
“General manager.”
“Mommy!”
“I didn’t mean to startle you, sorry.”
General Manager Kim Misook clutched her startled chest as if seeing a pot.
“What?”
The formal speech that came out unintentionally, Kim Misook swallowed a bit of surprise.
Strange.
Clearly, the new manager’s speech was strangely not matching.
‘It’s strangely not comfortable… but it’s not a character that acts out.’
“I’m trying to study, can I see some scripts, screenplays, synopses? Something like that?”
‘Oh?’
It was impressive.
Taking care of Ha Eun-yul well and even cleaning.
Now saying she was going to study, there was no reason not to look pretty.
General Manager Kim Misook pointed to the cabinet on one side of the office wall.
“Over there… can you see? There will be many stuck… ya. Because it’s not organized, there are things that have already started filming, investments abandoned, and even released ones.”
“Thank you. Can I take some and look at them?”
“Ah, whatever… I left the ones going to the actors separately. Yeah…”
“Thank you, general manager.”
Bowing like that and walking towards the cabinet.
Clearly.
He said he was a game addict.
Somehow, gentle and has edges…
“Eh?”
Eagerly picking up all the scripts from the cabinet into a large box.
Rather, that extinguished Kim Misook’s curiosity.
‘Then that’s it. Just overflowing with enthusiasm.’
If she took them like that, she wouldn’t be able to see any properly.
Normally, kids who can’t study have heavy backpacks. It’s sad, but Kim Misook’s son is exactly like that.
‘Yeah? But it was Korea University? It says he studied well?’
The dying embers of curiosity flared up.
Thinking of her son who only repeats school, home, library, academy, and whose grades are stagnant.
***
When starting something new.
Having a good navigator is definitely a good thing.
It’s good to study alone, but the reason grades improve better with tutoring is the same.
“Arrived.”
I arrived at the filming location with Ha Eun-yul and Lee Yujeong as usual. I parked the car in an easy-to-get-off place, the two got out and moved the car for parking.
I asked my navigator.
“Are there usually so many indoor shootings?”
[Case by case. If it’s not a big production, the filming budget is tight, so that might be the reason. And like this time with pre-production, it’s usually like that. Not shooting in order of flow, but shooting in batches. If it’s a studio, it’s the studio, if it’s a location, all the scenes needed when going once.]
Matches the market research situation.
These days, they say they’re doing pre-production by receiving investments from OTT platforms. Even so, it doesn’t seem like the investment money is very generous.
There might be cases where they receive large investments expecting tentpole dramas. Like this romantic comedy drama that Ha Eun-yul is shooting, the budget is somewhat tight. That must be it.
Regional budget allocation is similar. Push hard on big projects. Tight budget for places that don’t stand out.
The returning structure is similar anywhere.
[Ah! There, Jaewook-ssi…!]
“?”
[Need to take the synopsis…]
The ghost pointed to the side with the trunk with a quite expectant expression.
“Really, you read the script well, right?”
I?
For some reason, showing with expression rather than words.
After parking and stuffing a few pamphlets into the bag I brought, I quickly headed to the filming location.
But as expected…
“Eun-yul-ssi. Now, can we stop being so formal? We’ve seen each other’s faces a lot, right?”
“No.”
“Yeah? Well, that’s how it is. Our company is participating in a drama production this time. Read it comfortably once.”
The man who was friendly to Ha Eun-yul in the previous filming is doing the same this time.
[Gyeon Seongcheol…]
The ghost mumbled quietly.
[It looks like Eun-yul is coveting… of all people, that guy. He’s a bad human being, and the company is like that too…]
I had already talked to the ghost.
When I saw him that day.
It doesn’t mean coveting in a romantic sense, but as an actor.
He’s persistently trying to pull him to his own company.
It was quite obvious.
That means Nine Entertainment is that easy.
In addition, it means that Team Leader Baek Sungwook and the previous manager Moon Cheol-sik didn’t properly take care of him.
I approached and wedged between Ha Eun-yul and the man Gyeon Seongcheol.
“Sorry for being late due to parking. Let’s go to the waiting room.”
But the one answering is not Ha Eun-yul.
“Good. Sit down and talk comfortably. I’ll read the synopsis I brought too.”
“No. I prefer the site more.”
Ha Eun-yul answered belatedly, but Gyeon Seongcheol skillfully intervened.
“There’s still a lot of filming left, so rest inside. While having a coffee.”
“No…”
“Come on quickly. The manager here is doing well. Guiding the waiting room so the assigned actor can rest comfortably. I’ve seen a new manager since a while ago? Ah, that’s it. The previous manager caused an accident.”
While saying that, he stepped back slightly and opened the way.
It’s definitely a feeling of having the upper hand in dealing with people.
This too.
Gyeon Seongcheol took out a card from his wallet and handed it to me.
“Buy me some coffee. There’s a place called Daisy in front that does good coffee. Their latte is the best.”
“…”
“It’s fine. Take it. I’ll buy the coffee. Buy one for Yujeong-ssi here and the other side too.”
Naturally.
In controlling others.
Unknowingly forcing specific actions, it’s not a good method, but if it’s a skill in handling people, it’s a skill.
Even now.
Ha Eun-yul and the person themselves will head to the waiting room first, so I just need to buy coffee and come, creating a picture in an instant.
I didn’t intend it from the beginning, but I intervened anyway.
‘Now I see why Ha Eun-yul couldn’t enter the waiting room.’
The waiting room is a closed space.
It would have been too much to deal with someone like Gyeon Seongcheol there.
Gyeon Seongcheol was obviously persistently tempting to pull him to his own company.
Therefore, Ha Eun-yul’s choice is the site.
It’s tiring, but at least here it’s open on all sides, so it would be less anxious.
I turned my gaze to Ha Eun-yul rather than the card being handed to me in front.
“Let’s go. To the waiting room.”
Again, the answer is not Ha Eun-yul but Gyeon Seongcheol.
“Coffee? Ah, does Eun-yul-ssi not like coffee?”
Only then I looked at Gyeon Seongcheol.
“Apologies for the actor Ha’s condition management. Let’s talk later.”
“…”
His cheek twitched with an awkward mix of smile and irritation.
If cut like this, it’s harder to stick. That would really become a real grievance.
In the moment the other couldn’t answer.
I once again blocked between Gyeon Seongcheol and Ha Eun-yul like a wall.
Then, sensing the situation, Lee Yujeong the coordinator grabbed Ha Eun-yul’s hand and headed to the waiting room.
Gyeon Seongcheol, who had been watching for a long time as Ha Eun-yul and Lee Yujeong disappeared into the waiting room, called me.
“Hey. Come here.”
“You come.”
“What? You? This bastard, if you talk nicely, I don’t get it? What are you doing intervening?”
Checking around, there are not many people around.
Ha Eun-yul chose the most quiet place.
The other also knows that, so he came out roughly.
But I still answered calmly.
“The one who intervened was you. I was the one speaking nicely.”
[Ah… Jaewook-ssi, that’s not good… I heard that this person was a gangster before. I told you to be careful…]
So what?
“Look at this bastard? What are you? At best, a road manager?”
While saying that, he started rolling up his sleeves unnecessarily.
I smiled coldly.
Thinking that my smile came from leisure, the ghost opened his mouth with a voice expecting something.
[Eh? You must be good at fighting?]
No.
Fighting is terribly bad.
Consistently from the past.
Good at head but good at fighting? That doesn’t make sense?
Just, no fear of being wrong.
12 years as an aide, dealing with a couple of weird people?
Been hit right, grabbed by the hair too.
Even to a complainant coming to the district office with a knife… I couldn’t even speak.
This is just a joke.