Chapter 105

Chapter 105

TL: KSD

“If you don’t know what to write about, it’s not a bad idea to pick three things that catch your eye and use them as your topics. That’s how a ‘writing’ competition works. They give you a random topic and you have a few hours to...”

“That’s good. But if you change the expression here, it gives a milder feeling...”

“How about we cut off the protagonist’s legs?”

EP 7-Isomer

The filming of <Let’s Become a Novelist!> went smoothly. The reason could be traced back to the quality of the participants. I realized this after teaching them myself.

The members cast by PD Shim Yeon-ho were people who originally had a connection to writing or had some literary talent.

If Gu Yu-na was taught one thing and she understood ten, the members of <Let’s Become a Novelist!> when taught one thing would understand about two things.

Thus, they could also be referred to as 0.2 Gu Yu-nas. (TL: It’s like they are 0.2 if Gu Yu-na is 1.)

It might sound like a curse, but it’s a compliment.

But if there are 0.2 Gu Yu-nas, there are also 0.05 Gu Yu-nas.

The title of 0.05 Gu Yu-na, who learns half of what is taught, was taken by Min...

Min......

Min something idol had taken up that nickname. Anyway, idol names these days are so similar it’s hard to remember them. It’s definitely not because my memory is bad.

“Why don’t you know this?”

“Uh......!”

A girl with a trendily beautiful appearance flinched as if she were hurt.

If this had been a variety show scene, a skull bomb would have hit the idol right in the chest.

It was a scene that naturally induced sympathy, but I wasn’t foolish enough to dote on a middle schooler who was almost six years younger than me.

And there was a more important issue at hand now.

“Yu-na, catch her.”

“Okay.”

“Aaaaah!”

I had Yu-na catch Min something version 2.

And I presented her with the highly unorthodox document she had created, exposing her sins.

“Look, ‘돼’ is not a different concept from ‘되’; it’s simply a contraction of ‘되어’.” (TL: “Look, ‘dwae’ is not a different concept from ‘dwi,’ simply a contraction of ‘doeeo'”)

“But, but if you look here, ‘맑은’ is written as ‘마알간’...” (TL: “But, but if you look here, ‘malgeun’ is written as ‘maalgan’...”)

“That’s poetic license.”

Spelling is a serious matter.

Grammar has been a sacred law passed down from ancient times, and those who violate it should rightly be destroyed, excommunicated, and annihilated by the inquisitors of the NIKL.

(National Institute of Korean Language).

Although I am not a blessed crusader granted the right to uphold these sacred laws, my heart is engraved with the sincere belief to protect the true commandments, so why should I be bound by anything?

Losing one’s faith is akin to facing death!

The common trend of slandering those who adhere to grammar as ‘Grammar Nazis’ is widespread, but that is a terribly incorrect term.

It would be more appropriate to call them ‘Guardians of Grammar’, ‘Missionaries of Grammar’, ‘Crusaders of Grammar’, ‘Knights of Grammar’, ‘Mujahideen of Grammar’.

“Do not confuse 되 and 돼 again. There will be no second forgiveness.” (TL: “Do not confuse ‘dwi’ and ‘dwae’ again. There will be no second forgiveness.”)

“I, I’m sorry......!”

Thus, there was a minor incident of disciplining a ‘grammar heretic’ and guiding them onto the path of correct academia, but overall, the first filming ended in a generally smooth atmosphere.

“Hmm......”

However, being a warm and thoughtful educator, I reflected on my lesson and contemplated what needed to be supplemented.

“We’ll need a textbook.”

What I hadn’t noticed was that the variety show participants were literature students starting from zero base.

Whether in the past or now, I was not prepared to teach people who were completely ignorant about literature because I had communicated with experts like Gu Yu-na and Gu Hak-jun.

In that case, there’s a need to provide literary education starting from zero for those literature students at the zero-base.

Fortunately, I knew an expert in that field.

Without hesitation, I called that expert.

“Hello? Ah, Professor Gu Hak-jun?”

If I had known earlier that this would be the start of a domino effect, I might have thought it over a bit more.

“Yes, yes, I’ll contact you often from now on. I’m sorry.”

“It’s nothing much, but could I possibly get some literary textbooks used at the university? For freshmen.”

“Thank you. Could I also get a few copies of <Even Beginners Can Do It! How to Become a Novelist> that you wrote......?”

“Of course, I know it. I’ve read it a lot. What? You’re asking what’s going on? Ah, yes. I’m currently teaching literature on a variety show.......”

* * *

Moon naturally led Gu Hak-jun to the lectern. As a current university professor, Gu Hak-jun naturally stood at the lectern.

Gu Hak-jun began lecturing naturally in front of the bewildered cast and came down from the lectern 1 hour and 30 minutes later with a relieved expression.

Then, as if something had occurred to him, he clapped his hands.

“Ah!”

Gu Hak-jun spoke to PD Shim Yeon-ho.

“PD-nim, if it’s not too much trouble, I know a great educator who...”

From behind Gu Hak-jun, the main writer shook her head vehemently.

But Shim Yeon-ho, the variety show PD.

He was a man who didn’t fear writing apology letters.

“...An educator, you say?”

“Yes! A very good educator indeed.”

* * *

Thus, the department head of the creative writing department at Baekhak Arts Middle School appeared at the broadcasting station.

“Ah, hello. I am Novelist Park Chang-woon.”

However, the broadcasting station people, being quite ignorant about literature, considered the title of former Minister of Culture more important than that of a novelist.

Poor BMB CEO had to make a hasty U-turn as he was about to leave work.

“Hello, Minister. I am Kim Seung-hwan, CEO of Baekhak Cultural Broadcasting...”

“Oh, don’t make it sound so formal, what Minister? I’m just Park Chang-woon, a teacher teaching kids at the academy.”

Park Chang-woon was a figure from an era when novelists held fragments of political power. Back then, it wasn’t strange. The strange thing was that a man from that era was still alive and walking around.

This was partly because Park Chang-woon entered the literary world at a very young age and was active, and simply because Park Chang-woon was a case of staying healthy even in old age.

Anyway, since many of Park Chang-woon’s contemporaries were mostly senior politicians, and he himself was a senior, the broadcasting station CEO respectfully greeted Park Chang-woon.

Of course, the fact that Kim Seung-hwan, the CEO, bent his back at a 90-degree angle was largely due to Park Chang-woon’s political alignment coinciding with that of the ruling party.

“Alright, alright, we’ll start the special lecture now!”

However, Park Chang-woon’s primary role was as a novelist, and he strove to be faithful to that.

Therefore, Park Chang-woon started a relay lecture following Gu Hak-jun.

At this point, the original schedule was already two hours over.

Yet, the reason the shooting continued was that many of the cast members were S-class celebrities who could adjust their own schedules, and they found the current situation both enjoyable and beneficial.

However, Min Hyo-min’s manager was alternately threatening and pleading with the PD to let them go because the schedule had overrun, and if Shim Yeon-ho hadn’t been crazy, they might have managed to escape.

Regardless of Min Hyo-min’s anxiety and whether her manager was scolded by his direct boss, Park Chang-woon finished his lecture satisfactorily and stepped down.

And PD Shim Yeon-ho, already deep in the dark arts and having decided to offer apologies as a sacrifice to summon ratings, asked:

“Writer Park Chang-woon, if I may be so bold, could you perhaps recommend another lecturer?”

“Hmm?”

Park Chang-woon thought for a moment.

Then he snapped his fingers.

“Ah! We should call that old man.”

“Who might that be......?”

“Eh, don’t worry about it. That guy retired and has nothing to do. He just makes his subordinates do everything and doesn’t do anything himself...”

* * *

And so, the ‘old man’ who had nothing to do in retirement and who just delegated everything to his subordinates, ‘the old man.’

Seo Woon-pil, the head of Korea’s top literary magazine, visited the broadcasting station.

“Hello, I’m Seo Woon-pil. I run a small literary newspaper.”

Seo Woon-pil was merely the head of a literary magazine and held no official title or position in politics.

However, compared to his political influence, Park Chang-woon was actually just a retired has-been.

Seo Woon-pil’s authority was comparable to that of Gu Hak-jun.

While Gu Hak-jun’s political influence was like a subtle floral fragrance that earned people’s respect through virtue and gentleness, Seo Woon-pil’s was a bit stickier and darker.

So, really, they had no choice.

“Ah, hello, CEO......”

“Heh, it’s been a while, Chairman~nim.”

That day, the back of BMB’s CEO Kim Seung-hwan bent three times.

It was autumn.

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