episode_0067

Since returning from my trip to Seoul, I haven’t been able to come out of my room much.

It was to come up with a story since I was offered to write a drama script.

Something keeps coming to mind, but it falls apart if I focus on other things, so it’s a result of careful consideration.

“As expected, the drama is not a fantasy, but a modern one…”

Either that or a historical drama.

However, in the case of historical dramas, it is difficult for me to write because I have to be careful about historical research in many ways.

“The background is modern… but the content is retro…”

The setting is not modern, but the past.

It is popular with everyone because it gives memories to those who lived in that era, and gives those from a different generation a glimpse into the past.

To give an example, the previously aired ‘Reply’ series is one of them.

It was a series that I also really enjoyed.

Crack…crack…crack….crack….

I gathered together all the things I had thought about in my head and wrote them down on a notepad.

People who watch weekend dramas are in their 30s to 50s.

The era that people of that age commonly go through is the 90s to 00s…

Of course, this would be best.

So it would be good to set it around 1997.

It might not be a bad idea to write against the background of the foreign exchange crisis at the time.

“The difficult times at the time due to the foreign exchange crisis, and the people who took advantage of it to make money… excluding the political stuff.”

Personally, I don’t like political content in my work, so I plan to leave it out altogether.

The work I will write will not be a criticism of that era, but will be a record of how hard the people had to overcome that era.

For this part, I will have to look at American dramas that mainly use the subprime mortgage crisis as a background to get input on how it unfolds.

Or something related to the Japanese bubble economy….

“Bubble economy… There must be one game.”

It was a new version of a game called ‘Ryugagotoku’ released by SEGA.

I understand that it is being sold to rave reviews in Korea under the name “Like a Dragon.”

There are games and game CDs in the studio, so let’s go to the studio.

With that in mind, I took my car keys, wallet, and cell phone and went outside.

widely!

“Huh?”

However, when I opened the door and tried to go out, someone hit the door and I fell.

I was looking for someone and it turned out to be my girlfriend, Da-hye.

What is Dahye doing here at this hour?

My head automatically tilted.

“What’s going on? At this time?”

“It hurts… Hmm… Oppa, where are you going?”

“Huh? I’m going to go to the studio now. Do you want to go together?”

Dahye changes topics very quickly.

It was obvious that he wouldn’t tell me if I asked, so I suggested it.

Sure enough, Dahye started shaking her head at Mach speed.

“Of course!”

“Then, at least change your clothes. Aren’t you embarrassed to show it to your boyfriend?”

“What’s wrong with this? We’ve already seen everything there is to see.”

“It’s not something to wear in broad daylight.”

Dahye is wearing an opaque negligee.

It’s nice to wear the pajamas I bought you, but it’s already past 10 o’clock and I’m giving myself a headache wearing those as everyday clothes.

“Okay? Hurry and change your clothes.”

“Yes.”

“Right, right. Good.”

Our Da-hye is so happy to be stroked to death as if stroking a dog’s head.

At night, I become a puppy, but during the day, Dahye is a puppy.

….Something is strange.

Let’s stop thinking.

*

I guess it’s because I played games comfortably in my studio…

Or maybe it’s because the game itself is so fun…

It’s so fun.

I heard it was a Yakuza glorification game and all, but I never thought it would be this much fun.

Plus, it reflects the times very well.

1988, the twilight of Japan’s bubble at the time was expressed very well.

“Ha…so fun.”

It’s not something I can clear in one day, so I feel really good because I think there’s still a lot left to do.

Aren’t some games that increase the play time by adding more uninteresting side quests?

However, this game is fun, even the sub-games that I only briefly glance at.

“Someday, I want to write a game scenario like this…”

The game I played to input the drama scenario gave me a new dream.

After all, no one knows what will happen to this world.

“Should I save this for today and wake up.”

The downside is that you have to go to a public phone to save?

This isn’t a bad thing as it reflects the times well, but I can’t help but admit that it’s uncomfortable.

And beep beep.

In Korea, pagers began to become active in the mid-1990s…

I think I can understand why it is said that Japan advanced 10 years ahead of Korea.

Even though it is set in 1988, the pager is used casually.

“But… it’s a game I was trying to input…”

Why is there no mention of the economic crisis at all?

I knew that the background was a bubble economy, but there was no sign of the bubble economy bursting.

Didn’t you say it was the twilight period?

Slowly, ridiculous land prices start to come to their senses and plummet.

“Should I just say I played a fun game?”

Still, it doesn’t mean I didn’t get anything at all.

I guess it was a fun game.

By the way, there are quite a lot of fun console games.

The game I’m playing now, made in China, is also a console-style game… Surprisingly, it might suit my taste well, right?

***

“Oppa. You played games in the studio all day today, right?”

“Uh…huh?”

While eating, Minji spoke to me with a grin on her face.

The way you talk as if you already know everything makes me shiver.

No, there’s no way he knew that.

Dahye has never entered my hobby room.

“You linked your PSN account. When I looked at my phone, I could see everything my brother was doing?”

“Hmm… I didn’t play the game, I just provided input for the scenario.”

“Oppa, why are you playing With Dragon just because you have any input? Is that a Yakuza game?”

“Uh-huh! Not a Yakuza, but an ordinary person!”

The main character was a member of the Dormitory Association, but at the very beginning of the story, he returns his drinking glass and becomes an ordinary person.

It is a game where the Yakuza are not the main characters, but rather ordinary people escape from the Yakuza’s plot!

“I know that too, right?”

“Kuhm… Anyway, it’s for input. It wasn’t playing, it was working.”

“Okay. My older brother says he plays games, but if my younger sister bothers me, do I use it?”

“Heeing…”

The older sister gently strokes Minji’s head and emphasizes that she continued to play.

It seems that my sister is not on my side either.

“But what kind of input are you using to play the game?”

“Umm… It’s still a secret.”

“What is the secret? Lately, I haven’t been able to come out of my room… Are you planning on writing a new work?”

“Actually… I’m writing a drama script.”

“……Drama?”

“Really? Your brother writes drama scripts?”

He spoke casually and ate in silence.

After all, I’m good at making egg rolls.

When the two people heard that they were writing a drama script, they started to be amazed.

It’s amazing to me as I write this, but what about these two people?

“Then then. What broadcasting station is it on? Could it be Subs?”

“Or Embassy?”

“JXVT.”

“Wow… didn’t the Slap and Reply series come out there?”

I knew Minji and my older sister well because they really like dramas.

I don’t know if the work I write will be on par with those works.

“Wouldn’t it be successful when the drama that your brother wrote the script for is released?”

“Okay. It’s better not to look at things that are too far away.”

“Umm…”

I guess so too.

Still, at least the dramas aired on JXVT have never failed.

Because I hit the middle beat.

I think my work will be fine as long as it’s medium beat.

“Then, I won’t bother you until you finish writing.”

“….Were you aware that you were bullying your brother?”

“Hehe.”

What should I do with my younger sister?

It’s been a while since I gave up because I felt like I couldn’t put it into words.

Tormenting my brother has become a hobby.

It won’t work.

“Minji. My brother has to write, so you do the dishes today.”

“Uh…huh? Ah…okay.”

“And run the washing machine and hang out the laundry. My brother has been busy with so much work lately that I forgot.”

“Uh…yeah…”

“And clean the toilet in the bathroom… okay?”

“……Yes.”

Nice, nice.

The days of pampering my little sister like this always come.

*

“Ugh.. oppa is too much.”

“Minji, you have accumulated too much karma, so be patient.”

I smiled and came into the room, watching Minji washing the dishes.

Then, I sat down on my computer chair and made a noise as if I wanted to play another game.

“Huh? What kind of email is this?”

Something arrived in the email I use for work.

Even though it is for work purposes, work-related emails are sent to the company or editor Da-hye, so there is no reason for emails to come here.

“No way… an email to another world?”

Well, that can’t be possible.

It’s like being in another world, so there’s no point in going to a fantasy world.

Click.

“Hmm… New web novel platform…”

To put it briefly, what was written in the email was that it was a new web novel site and asked if I would be interested in writing an article.

But shouldn’t this be sent to Dahyena’s management first, rather than to me?

“What should I do?”

First of all, I think I need to give you a reply.

What should I write…