episode_0082

“What? You already finished it?!”

Min-jae is loudly embarrassed when he sits on the sofa and talks about the ending as if he were talking about his daily life.

Is it because it’s a problem that depends on one’s livelihood?

They seem to be in disbelief at the fact that it has already been completed.

“It will be 1 year and 2 months since the final episode will be uploaded… but there are still about 400 episodes left, so don’t worry.”

“Ha…I should have said that first…”

Currently, about 280 episodes of web novels are being serialized, and about 30 episodes of webtoons are being serialized.

Although the web novel is not as good as the webtoon, the progress is maintained at a level that is not significantly different.

Is that why?

Recently, it has been felt that the amount of payments and views of web novels is increasing.

Isn’t there a difference in that a web novel is uploaded a day, but a webtoon is uploaded a week?

So, readers are also flowing into web novels.

There are many people who cannot resist being curious.

Personally, even if you read the original work and read the webtoon, it doesn’t make it any less fun, so I hope you’ll read more web novels.

“Then I can draw for at least 13 more years.”

“Do you want to draw it to completion?”

“That was the contract? It was guaranteed to continue until the end.”

“Wow…”

If a drama is made, I think it will be completed first…

Webtoons only air once a week, but isn’t it common for dramas to air twice a week?

No matter how late you start, if you run at twice the speed, you will eventually catch up.

As expected, the speed of webtoons being serialized once a week…

“Then I’m going to die?”

“Please cheer up. Our artist.”

Anyway, wouldn’t it be better to try to die while writing a masterpiece than to wither and die as an aspiring writer?

I believe Minjae can do two episodes a week.

Well… that doesn’t mean I’m really telling you to write two episodes a week.

Web novels require writing, but webtoons require drawing.

With Minjae’s quality and quantity, two episodes a week would never be possible.

It’s definitely true because I’m saying that as I’m watching from the side.

“Anyway… The drawing is amazing no matter how many times I see it…”

“It takes 40 to 60 minutes to draw one picture of this.”

“How many cuts are there on each side?”

“About 60 cuts?”

“So, do I have to draw for 8 hours, 7 days a week?”

In my case, it takes about 2 to 3 hours to write a web novel.

On the other hand, when it didn’t come into my head at all, it took up to 8 hours… but it never took longer than that.

But does it take about 60 hours to think about drawing one side of a picture?

“You’re crazy…”

“Hehe… Still, considering that the fee will be deposited…”

“How much do you want to get?”

“It’s a secret.”

Minjae tries not to reveal his income.

While writing the original work, you didn’t even want to tell your friend, me… It’s such a shame…

“You don’t teach me either. So, it’s teacher.”

“Well, that’s right.”

“But in the case of my profits, there are limits in the contract, so I can’t do anything about it. I’m a rookie, but if there’s someone like me who gets it, established people might stand up.”

“….. That much?”

“In addition, there is a separate incentive for each number of views, and there is an additional incentive just for maintaining first place…”

Minjae said he suddenly remembered something, took out his phone, and went to the banking app.

Wouldn’t they then suddenly transfer money to me?

Sure enough, a sound came from my phone.

That familiar and thrilling deposit/withdrawal alarm sound.

“Have you repaid what you previously borrowed? 110 million won including interest.”

“I’m already paying this back…”

“I almost never used it and saved it. I was wondering when I should give it to you, but when I thought of it, I paid it back.”

I can’t believe I’ve already received the deposit I wasn’t planning on receiving.

It seems like you’re earning a lot because you’re really working.

Anyway, I ended up with some unexpected money.

Should I soon start investing?

Real estate was bad… Stocks and coins were also not good with a lot of blue lights coming on.

So should I just go about doing business?

“If a person like you who doesn’t know anything about the world starts a business, it will fail.”

“I don’t know what’s going on in the world?”

“You said you don’t even know where you get your wholesale goods?”

“I did say that.”

“Do you know where you are doing it now?”

“I don’t know?”

“Ugh… Just don’t do business… Because you’ll be embarrassed for no reason.”

Minjae said seriously, saying it was not a joke.

If it had been a joke, I would have been angry, but strangely, it seemed like he was being serious, so I couldn’t be angry.

I’ve been a hikikomori for a long time, so I’ve been stuck for a long time… but it’s not like I don’t know what’s going on in the world, right?

“Do you know how much Samsung Electronics’ stock price is?”

“Isn’t it about 60,000 won?”

A channel called Shrimp World often covers economic current affairs, so I watch it every day.

When the economy is talked about, stocks also come up, so it’s impossible not to know.

“You know? So what about Apple?”

“When I saw it a while ago, it was around $130.”

I was curious about this so I looked it up.

When looking for corporate value in a web novel, Apple and Aramco were mentioned.

Hasn’t Aramco now surpassed Apple and become the world’s largest company in market capitalization?

“What is it? You understand well, right? Then why don’t you know the concept of a wholesale store?”

“No… It’s not that I don’t know the concept of a wholesale store, it’s that I don’t know where to find such a wholesale store…”

If everyone in the world could get goods cheaply and sell them expensively, everyone would sell things.

Who would work so hard at work like a fool and get scolded by their boss?

“That’s it.

“….Then everyone buys things at wholesale stores, why do they buy things at retail stores?”

“Wholesale stores sell products in bulk, but ordinary consumers do not need them in large quantities.”

“And when I looked at wholesale stores, there was no difference from the market price.”

“That’s right. What you are looking for is not a real wholesale store, but a name wholesaler that imports goods in large quantities from China and sells them at high prices.”

“……..”

So you’re saying you can’t find that real wholesale store?

He doesn’t understand what I’m saying to the point where I wonder if he’s really a good friend.

*

I can’t talk to Minjae.

After all, the person who understands me best is my family.

Also a girlfriend.

I left Minjae’s studio, returned to our studio, and entered Dahye’s room.

“Wholesale store?”

When I told her what had happened earlier, Da-hye, who had been listening to me while nodding her head, began to hint.

I asked if you knew of any wholesalers.

“Yes. Dahye, do you know a place like that?”

“An acquaintance of mine sells fancy stationery wholesale, so I know a little about it.”

“Really?”

“But I’m surprised that you’re interested in such a place.”

“Is that so?”

“I thought you would be interested in a shared office or something like that.”

“Well… if you do that, it’s better that way.”

It seems like it would be surprisingly fun to decorate a place and rent it out.

So at first, I thought about running a reading room, but I thought the reading room wouldn’t make money, so I put it away as a business idea.

“If you are interested in fancy stationery, please let me know. I’ll connect you.”

“Thank you. As expected, only Dahye understands me.”

“Hehe.”

As expected, more of a girlfriend than a friend.

The sight of friendship being defeated and destroyed by love brings tears to my eyes.

“By the way… Oppa.”

“Huh? What’s wrong?”

” Yehwa did that before, right?”

“What?”

What are you talking about?

Did your sister say anything about business?

It’s not.

There is no way that public officials would have any interest in business.

“Why not just get married?”

“Sigh… Why all of a sudden?”

“No… I was just wondering what my brother would think.”

There must be a reason for asking that, right?

I don’t want to hurt Da-hye’s heart by clumsily avoiding it.

“What am I…”

“What about your brother?”

“I don’t think it’s bad…”

“Really?”

“Yes…”

“I see~ I thought you didn’t like it because of the reaction~”

“Because it was in front of my sister.”

I’m usually embarrassed in front of my sister, so I don’t often say things like that.

Even though we can talk comfortably now that we are together.

“I see~”

Dahye smiled brightly and sat back down at the computer desk.

Then, without saying a word, he hummed and went back to work.

Are you satisfied?

I wish you could tell me what part you were satisfied with.

“Oppa.”

“Yes.”

“Do you just want to get married?”

“……”

You’re serious.

I have a feeling that if I treat that one comment like a joke, our relationship will be over.

It’s embarrassing, but haven’t you been thinking about it until now?

I thought Dahye would say something like that.

I nodded.

Why don’t you just get married?

If only that could put Dahye’s mind at ease.

***

Ah… I committed it.

I nodded to Da-hye and went outside, but I felt like I was going crazy because all kinds of thoughts were going through my head.

Still, it’s a better action than shaking your head, right?

Because that would really be an action that could kill anyone.

Because it’s marriage…

Will it be much different from now… Or will it not be much different?

I’m a little worried, but also excited.