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I sent Minjae first because he seemed busy in many ways preparing for the contest.

Still, he seemed to feel a little more at ease after hearing something from me.

By the way, I never thought I would quit my job.

I had no idea he had that kind of talent.

Afterwards, I ordered an iced Americano and another dessert, then took out my cell phone and called the editor.

The editor answered the phone after it rang twice.

At this point, the reaction speed is as if they were waiting for you to make a phone call.

Then we talked about various things.

The most important of these is the removal of preferential treatment for writers with serial writing experience.

– It doesn’t matter to me… It’s really okay, right?

“Yes. I don’t think there will be any major problems with serializing it or not.”

– Actually, because of that clause, you can miss out on talented writers.

In the first place, it’s not a necessary clause because I’m choosing an author I like.

When I think of the artists who won’t try it just because of that.

– Then, I will tell you to deliver it right away and post a notice.

“Thank you.”

– But are you outside now? It somehow sounds like classical music.

“…I’m listening to classical music at home?”

I ended up lying because I was so angry that something like that never came out of my room.

Of course, the editor realized it was a lie and laughed.

– Is that really true? Then go ahead and open the door.

“Yes?!”

– I’m at the author’s house right now. I was having a cup of tea with Yehwa.

“Ugh…”

right.

Since I have Yehwa at home, I can come and go as much as I want.

I forgot that.

What should I do? The editor hates lies the most.

– That’s a lie, right? The one in front of the house.

“Yes…”

– I knew it anyway~ This time, I won’t say anything and just move on.

“…..Thank you….”

– instead!

After I stopped talking, I heard the sound of something falling over the phone.

He probably knocked over the chair while jumping up from his seat.

– instead! Go on a date with me tomorrow!

“De…a date?!”

– Hehe. I wanted to go out for a drive with the author. Are you okay? Sister Yehwa?

– Come back. Siwoo and I have to live while enjoying the wind.

A word from Yehwa’s sister comes from next to me.

In the past, if I was just sitting around at home, they would give me money and tell me to come play.

So, I often went to the PC room with my friends…

anyway.

There was no reason to refuse, and Ye-hwa’s older sister helped me, so I automatically agreed.

But my sister is going to work tomorrow…

Isn’t it okay to be nervous?

– But where are you now?”

“There’s a cafe in front.”

– cafe? The iced Americano there was delicious.

“I’ll buy my sister’s and the editor’s too.”

– lol. thank you I will deposit it into my bank account.

“Yes, yes.”

You don’t have to make a deposit, but the editor says that you need to make sure you have a clear relationship with the money.

They say that even if you have a lot of money, if you spend it too much, you may end up in ruin.

So I am acting on that advice.

“The editor is younger than me, but he is still mature.”

It looks really cute.

There seems to be some cognitive dissonance.

***

After the contest contents were revised, the drawing-related community began to flourish.

Until yesterday, it was just lighting the firewood, but this time, the firewood is burning with oil and exploding as if a 100% oxygen gas cylinder was thrown into it.

Naturally, the biggest reason was the disappearance of the serial experience preference.

If you think about it, hasn’t it been a while since the webtoon itself appeared in this world?

Naturally, there will be a narrow range of people who have experience with serialization.

Maybe that’s why all the aspiring writers were already giving up, so other things were going around.

however?

Suddenly, a new notice was posted over the weekend, and the phrase disappeared.

[But why was it suddenly modified? Haha, they shouldn’t have included it in the first place.] 15,877 views, 565 recommendations

[99.8% chance that the top leaders suddenly changed. When refuting, everything you said is correct.] 35,002 views, 1,503 likes

*Real-time best* [It’s a shame if it’s an employee or executive who made a quick announcement because the community is burning haha] Number of views: 127,778 66,790 likes

After leaving a recommendation to the writer who was wrong with a 0.2% probability and the writer who went to the real-time best, I turned off the community window.

I couldn’t look because I felt sorry that something was burning because of me.

I never thought the reason would change and the fire would turn around.

Still, I hope I can prepare hard and get good grades.

…The first place was decided in advance.

Still, I feel sorry.

Now that things have come to this, let me suggest that we increase the number of people who can win prize money.

1st and 2nd place were 50 million won and 3rd place was 10 million won?

Here, additional awards of 5 million won, 3 million won, and 1 million won are created.

If the organizer doesn’t provide it, I can give it at my own expense.

“And I don’t think an event where you get a cyburger if you get more than a certain number of recommendations wouldn’t be a bad idea.”

You worked hard to draw it and upload it, so I should at least give you a participation award.

Don’t web novel sites often give coins to read web novels to people who work hard to complete the contest?

That might be a bit difficult on the Green Green site, so they give you a cyber burger…

Just in case, I should make a suggestion.

And then.

A phone call came at a really good time.

I tried to answer the phone, thinking it was the editor, but the caller was not the editor, but Minjae.

Minjae?

What else is going on?

With that in mind, I pressed the call button and put the phone to my ear.

Naturally, Minjae starts speaking in an exalted voice with spit flying out of his mouth.

– Si… Siwoo! notification! Notice!

“I saw that too. It seemed like something suddenly changed?”

– Someone in the industry said that they changed it after seeing the community burning?! After all, the heads above you have to bark to listen!

“…..Okay….”

Here too, there was a 0.2% chance that I picked it wrong.

It’s not a superior, it’s just the author.

– anyway! I’ll contact you again when the contest ends… No… I’ll contact you again when the contest starts! Let’s go have a drink.

“What is drinking with men…”

– are you okay. Because I know my sister’s bar is safe.

“Ah…yeah….”

After all, there are bound to be some discrepancies.

It was a different reaction than I expected.

And then I hung up.

It’s a good thing to act hard in a situation where you don’t know anything.

If I tell you now, I might feel lazy.

No, that can’t be possible.

There are few people who work hard like Minjae.

If it had been someone else, I wouldn’t have known, but because it was Minjae, he was setting the stage for me.

“I hope you don’t do weird things for no reason…”

Are you uploading the picture in a strange way due to a crack in the middle?

Then I could be in trouble too.

Our artist needs to take care of his mental health as well.

As expected, being a web novel writer has a lot to do.

*

The proposal to increase the number of people receiving prize money was also passed immediately.

It is said that the amount of prize money was too small in the first place, and a meeting was held to recruit as many talented people as possible by giving a variety of awards.

Isn’t 200 to 300 million won just for a web novel contest?

However, the total prize money this time is 110 million won.

The problem was that there was no gap between 1st and 2nd place, and the gap between 2nd and 3rd place was too big.

So the conclusion reached was to keep the first and second place prize money the same, but increase the third place prize money to 30 million won.

And they are creating new 4th and 5th places.

It seems that 4th place is worth 20 million won and 5th place is worth 10 million won.

And even small prizes.

In total, it was decided to give prize money to a total of 10 people.

“That’s a lot to pay, right?”

“Hmm… Usually, encouragement awards are given to about 5 people, so I don’t think they give out that many.”

“I see~”

From Minji’s point of view, who makes a lot of money in Busan, it probably isn’t a lot of money.

How much do you earn per month?

I’m a little curious.

“Minji. How much do you earn per month?”

“Why? Brother, do you need money? Should I lend it to you?”

“No. It’s not like that…”

I don’t know if it’s less than Minji, but I also have quite a lot of money.

It’s enough to not only take care of myself, but also feed my future wife and children.

“Are you curious?”

“I’m very curious.”

“Then I shouldn’t teach you~”

“Even if you said you weren’t really curious, you wouldn’t have told me.”

“Did you get caught? Hehe.”

In the end, they don’t teach you.

Well, income is something that even family members are cautious about.

It’s not polite to ask.

He gently patted Minji’s head and stood up.

“Want me to tell you?”

“That’s okay~ I’m not going to tell you anyway.”

“I was afraid my brother would be shocked if he overheard it~”

“You’re not shocked?”

Are you shocked because my sister earns more than me?

I’m not that narrow-minded guy.

If my friend earns more money than me, I congratulate him.

Is there anyone these days who feels sick to his stomach because his in-laws bought land?

Does this mean that this is someone who has put everything aside?

I, too, have grown in many ways.