Chapter 110
Dramas written by Seo Kyunghee were loved by everyone, regardless of age or gender.
One of the YTBS employees looked suspicious.
“You’re not just throwing out her name because there’s no harm if it fails, are you?”
Jung Wonki raised a hand toward his employees, signaling for them to be quiet.
Then he quickly turned to me.
“Writer Seo Kyunghee... can you really get her?!”
Instead of answering, I opened my bag and took out a stack of documents.
On the first page were the words:
[Remember Me Project Proposal]
[Writer: Seo Kyunghee]
Jung Wonki’s eyes shook as he stared at the document.
“Is this...?”
He looked up at me.
“Is this really Writer Seo Kyunghee’s project proposal?”
“Yes.”
I nodded.
“The scripts for Episodes 1 and 2 are already finished as well.”
Jung Wonki immediately reached for the proposal.
At that exact moment, I pulled it back.
He froze.
“W-What are you doing?”
I calmly placed the document beside me.
“Didn’t I already tell you?”
I smiled.
“Now I think it’s our turn to hear YTBS’s offer.”
I tapped the proposal.
“I’ll show you this after that.”
Jung Wonki stared at me in disbelief for a moment.
Then suddenly, he burst into cheerful laughter.
“Hahahaha!”
He slapped the table lightly.
“Fine. Fine!”
“Let’s do it. Let’s hear our offer first. Hahaha.”
As evening rush hour approached, Gangbyeonbuk-ro began to fill with traffic.
I looked out the window and repeatedly went over the results of today’s meeting with Division Director Jung Wonki.
Jung Wonki had said that if we could bring in Writer Seo Kyunghee’s project, he wouldn’t care much what the second project was.
YTBS would provide a combined production budget for both dramas.
They also wouldn’t interfere with how much of that budget we assigned to each production.
In that case...
Since we’ll naturally have to put more resources into Writer Seo Kyunghee’s drama, the other drama should probably be smaller in scale.
While I was thinking, I noticed someone watching me through the rearview mirror.
Actually, two people.
Kang Jooyoung and Lee Hyunwoo kept glancing at me in the back seat as if they desperately wanted to ask something.
“Why do you two keep looking at me?”
I finally spoke.
“Do you have something you want to ask?”
The two quickly exchanged glances.
Then they finally spoke.
“Team Leader, when did you start talking to Writer Seo Kyunghee?”
“Exactly.”
Kang Jooyoung looked almost hurt.
“You even had the proposal and scripts without telling us. Since when were you preparing all of this?”
Their words sounded like a mixture of admiration and resentment.
“Ah... is that what you were worried about?”
I smiled.
“Don’t misunderstand. I wasn’t trying to hide anything from you.”
“I only received Writer Seo Kyunghee’s final answer right before today’s meeting, so I simply didn’t have time to explain.”
“What do you mean?”
Both of them stared at me with intense curiosity.
Their expressions demanded an explanation.
I remembered the time when Jung Wonki had contacted me and we arranged today’s meeting over the phone.
“Next week I have to travel overseas regarding equipment, so how about Thursday the week after next?”
“Yes, that works for us.”
“We’re expecting a lot from you.”
Jung Wonki had ended the call with those words.
“We’ll see you then.”
After the call ended, the phrase we’re expecting a lot from you kept repeating in my head.
I had immediately realized something.
If I couldn’t completely capture Jung Wonki’s attention in this meeting, there might not be another chance.
Of course, I had been preparing for the general programming channel era.
I had recruited writers and directors who would become successful in the future.
But...
They were people who would become successful.
They weren’t writers and directors who could satisfy Jung Wonki’s expectations right now.
Then what do I do?
I need a card so strong that Jung Wonki can’t possibly refuse it.
And then I remembered something.
A few months earlier, when I had visited MBS Director Hwang Donghyuk...
I had seen Writer Seo Kyunghee’s project proposal for a drama called Remember Me.
That’s it.
Writer Seo Kyunghee and that drama were more than suitable for YTBS’s first drama after launch.
I couldn’t remember clearly, but before my regression, the dramas made for YTBS’s launch had failed so badly that I couldn’t even remember their titles.
Of course, ratings for general programming channel dramas were already much lower than terrestrial dramas back then.
Still, these had been launch dramas.
Yet from what I remembered, they had disappointed viewers in every way, including overall quality.
I hadn’t personally watched them at the time.
But I clearly remembered the flood of newspaper and magazine articles complaining that the new general programming channel dramas had fallen far below expectations.
But what if YTBS launched with a drama written by nationally famous Writer Seo Kyunghee?
I had to bring her in somehow.
But how?
How do I approach Writer Seo Kyunghee?
If I knew where she lived or where she regularly went, I could at least try to contact her.
Seo Kyunghee...
Seo Kyunghee...
I had definitely seen information about her in the media before.
I desperately searched my memories.
Then suddenly...
Right.
Namsan Library!
Seo Kyunghee was extremely sensitive about appearing in the media.
However, after entering the 2020s, she began appearing occasionally because she focused more on educational work than writing dramas.
During one interview, a reporter asked why she had avoided media exposure for so long.
Seo Kyunghee had given a somewhat unusual answer.
She said she practically lived at Namsan Library near her home on weekends.
She had avoided becoming too famous because she thought it would become difficult to visit the library if everyone recognized her.
The strange answer had become a minor topic of conversation.
And if I’m remembering this now...
My mind began moving quickly.
Of course, recruiting a writer before I even knew whether we would secure a relationship with YTBS might be premature.
However, even if the YTBS deal failed, I planned to continue making dramas.
Building a relationship with a legendary writer like Seo Kyunghee could only help me.
Fine.
I have nothing to lose.
Let’s try it.
