Chapter 169

# 170

Momentary Choice (3)

Fortunately, the falling object did not land on the floor, but on the balcony below.

The studio of Oh Young-ji, the author of ‘The Boyfriend from Another World,’ was a two-story single-family house located in Nowon-gu, Seoul. It was not Ilsan or Yeouido, where writers usually live, and it was also far from central Seoul, where production companies, such as Gangnam, were concentrated.

The reason artist Oh Young-ji chose this place was because it was a single-family home. The prices of places such as Yeouido and Ilsan were too expensive. The first floor was a space for working with assistant artists, and the second floor could be seen as artist Oh Young-ji’s residence.

Anyway, the object that fell from the second floor window ended up in the first floor balcony flower bed.

Do-wook and Director Baek-ho Oh looked there with surprised faces.

The object that was thrown into the flower bed was none other than a laptop.

“Can I come in?”

Do-wook also could not answer Director Baek-ho Oh’s question. Because the same question was on my mind.

The promise was definitely made today. Although they arrived about 5 minutes early... Do-wook and Director Oh Baek-ho thought they should have arrived on time 5 minutes later. Anyway, I was lucky that it didn’t fall on my head.

The thought of a laptop falling on my head was terrifying. Director Oh Baek-ho also shuddered as if he had imagined the same thing.

Without even thinking about whether to ring the bell or not, the front door burst open. Dowook took a step back.

The person who opened the front door and came out was a woman with short hair. He looked to be in his late twenties and was wearing a short-sleeved T-shirt and a comfortable pleated skirt with elastic bands. He had a large backpack on his back.

The eyes were red and his face looked like he was about to cry.

“Oh...”

It wasn’t just the two people who were surprised, but the woman as well. He looked surprised for a moment, but when our eyes met, he bowed his head and said hello. Dowook also reflexively said hello and looked at the woman.

“then.”

The woman said hello and quickly walked down the balcony to look at the shattered laptop.

“Haa......”

A deep sigh followed. It was a situation that made me sigh.

‘Could it have been dropped?’

When Do-wook thought so, the woman picked up a laptop that had several cracks in it. Keycaps and broken remains were rolling around on the dirt floor, and it seemed like they didn’t even take care of it. The woman turned her head towards the two people standing there, wondering if she should at least help them.

“Hmm hmm. Please go in. Are you here to see the teacher...? “Stay inside.”

The woman finally spoke while clearing her locked throat. Do-wook thought it would be rude to look any further, so he quickly answered and entered the open front door.

As I entered the front door, another woman came out in surprise. This time it was a woman wearing horn-rimmed glasses and her hair tied high. Like the woman with short hair, she appeared to be in her mid to late 20s.

“Oh hello! “You’re here!”

“hello.”

When Do-wook bowed, the woman looked around busily and guided the two towards the sofa. As the two sat down on the sofa, the woman scratched her head and said.

“The teacher is upstairs right now... Now, just wait a moment. “Would you like some tea...juice?”

Director Oh Baek-ho seemed to be happy and handed the fruit juice set he had bought to the woman with horn-rimmed glasses. The woman said thank you and accepted the juice.

Although ‘Love on a Vine’ received national love, it was a different kind of love than the love received from a weekday primetime drama.

Writer Oh Young-ji has a desire to receive this kind of love in the field of romantic comedies, the flower of drama. Now I have confidence that I can do better.

What emerged after going through the planning and writing stages was ‘The Boyfriend from Extraterrestrial’.

Because of the unique setting of ‘alien’, there was initially opposition from the production company that writer Oh Young-ji was affiliated with, but writer Oh Young-ji was confident. So I pushed for it, and eventually the production company, after seeing the script, gave up.

In the case of broadcasting companies, the atmosphere was, ‘If the casting is good, go!’

Then the problem was, of course, casting. Romantic comedies are half-baked by casting.

The main male character’s character was based on being ‘handsome’ and ‘cool’. There were parts where acting skills were not enough to express that, and there were a very limited number of actors who could even neutralize the ‘alien’ setting that met those conditions.

Additionally, another problem was the length issue with the female protagonist. Unlike other dramas that mainly feature male actors, ‘Boyfriend from Outer Space’, despite its title, focuses on the female protagonist.

So, even though it was possible to overcome the barrier of alien subject matter, top-class male actors refused to be cast because they did not want to be pushed out by actresses. Naturally, the actor that writer Oh Young-ji first thought of was also rejected.

However, writer Oh Young-ji’s position was that it made no sense to lower the level at all. At that time, Dowook appeared like a savior.

Do-wook was not a top-class drama actor, but he had a strong top image, so he was definitely not a casting choice.

Writer Oh Young-ji thought that a casting of this level would definitely be okay at a broadcasting station.

‘There hasn’t been a clear answer yet about the actor who will play the female lead, but... Well, if I told you that Kang Do-wook was cast, wouldn’t you think more positively?’

Writer Oh Young-ji thought with a smile.

“Ah... So the female protagonist hasn’t been confirmed yet.”

“yes. We are having a conversation. I guess the alien setting is there too. “I wonder if it makes sense to love aliens.”

Writer Oh Young-ji also nodded as if she understood. The reason why the top female actor was giving the drama a positive review despite such limitations was because they knew that it was a drama that would definitely draw attention to women.

Dowook shook his head.

“No, author. He only talks like an alien, but he is a man with money, abilities, and even superpowers. “It’s natural to fall in love with a man like that.”

“Oh my, too. Thank you for reading my script. thank you.”

Writer Oh Young-ji didn’t seem to have a particularly bad personality. Rather, it looked good and there seemed to be no sharp corners. As the comfortable atmosphere continued, Dowook asked cautiously. This was because the woman with short hair and glaring eyes kept bothering me.

“But... I saw your laptop falling earlier... I think you dropped it by mistake.”

“Oh, you saw that. Were you surprised? I must have been surprised. sorry.”

“No, I didn’t mean it that way.”

“It’s not a mistake. I dropped it. Or should I say I threw it away?”

Director Oh Baek-ho and Do-wook paused as writer Oh Young-ji spoke quietly, tucking her flowing hair behind her ear.

“No, sometimes I lose my temper when I get too angry. When I asked Ande, who was my assistant writer, to write down an idea, he wrote it in a mess. How many times has it been already? “Do you want to work or not?”

“Ah...”

“If this is going to happen, I threw it away and told him not to work. Hoho, don’t worry about it. Are you making a campaign just because you came up with the title idea in the first place? Anyway, kids these days get hooked quickly...”

Writer Oh Young-ji shook her head.

Dowook, who was quietly listening to her words, widened his eyes. At that moment, I was reminded of the plagiarism controversy of ‘The Boyfriend from Extraterrestrial’ that had previously occurred.

‘I only saw an article about someone being sued. no way.......’