Chapter 77 – Episode 77 – #9scenario 10-Day Intern Training
Blind rate.
Coming fall. It was as if the green leaves were gradually fading.
The bluish-green leaves still made up most of it, but the chilly weather signaled that autumn was coming.
Tat tat.
As I went down the stairs made of cement, I saw broken places in places because it was old.
The drain pipe attached to the roughly removed cement wall was rusting and giving off an orange glow.
“Haha.”
Fearing that I would be late for the bus, I hurriedly ran down from the village located halfway up the mountain.
As soon as I arrived at the bus stop at the entrance of the village, I saw a bus coming in front of me.
Chwiik.
When I got on the stopped bus, it was full of students going to school and office workers going to work.
Maeng So-yul pushed through them with her slender body and barely grabbed hold of the handle of his chair.
Rattle.
Every time he passed a bump due to his rough driving skills, his body staggered.
Nevertheless, a small smile formed on Maeng So-yul’s lips as he got on the bus on time.
Wiping the sweat on my forehead, I looked out the window and saw the clearer sky than ever before.
“…”
I took her old earphones out of her pocket and put them in her ears, listening to her favorite song and enjoying the scenery outside her window.
Unlike when she was at the factory, she liked now that she could see the sun in the morning and the sunset in the evening.
[Ding Dong]
[The next stop is…]
I heard an announcement coming through my earphones and got off as soon as I stopped.
The company building you can see when you get down.
It wasn’t the shiny building with glass walls that you sometimes see in dramas.
Still, she went up to her office with a faint smile of her pride.
When I went up to the second floor, the door was slightly open.
I wondered if someone had already gone to work, so I went inside and saw Nam Si-woo standing there with few desks in a large space.
She was the one who worked alone even in the factory, so she was the first boss and senior.
“Oh, are you here? Are you here early?”
Finding Maeng Soyul, he smiled at her and shook her hand.
She, too, wanted to answer out loud, but she only nodded at her old habit.
“Hello.”
After accepting her greeting, he handed over the printed materials in a file folder.
“Okay, take it. You’re going to practice today.”
“Thank you.”
She was a good senior who was infinitely good to herself, who was clumsy in expressing herself.
“Did you look pretty today?”
While looking at the materials he handed over, I flinched at the words that came in.
“…”
A lot of thoughts came to my mind, but I couldn’t get them out of my mouth.
“If you look at me like that, you’ll get hurt.”
Because of her own eyes, she was sometimes misunderstood.
Even if it’s not at all in the heart.
“Sorry.”
“Haha! There’s nothing to be sorry about.”
He shook his hand and passed it deftly.
He brought her coffee and set her cup down on her desk.
“After attending the seminar, I will start working in earnest from now on.”
“Ah yes…!”
It was not a practice, but from now on, it was said that it would go into practice.
Even now, I am entrusted with small tasks in the middle of practice, but it was only a very small part.
When it was time to go to work, they entered the company one by one.
All of them were just good people.
“Let’s have a morning meeting.”
At Kim Woo-hyun’s words, they gathered at the table and started the meeting.
Originally, I heard that they were all friends from the same university, but I don’t know if that’s why, but everyone seemed comfortable.
“My close friends have also settled down, so I need to increase the content a bit more…”
Maeng So-yul, who sat next to Nam Si-woo, had many opportunities to look at him as he spoke.
When she was working, the way he spoke seriously was what she usually thought of as an adult.
After the meeting, I went to the bathroom for a while and saw my reflection in the mirror.
[Did you look pretty today?]
I remembered what Nam Siwoo said earlier.
“…”
It was a cheap shirt and suit skirt that I had bought to wear to work.
It was less than 100,000 won for the two of them, but it was a lot of money for her.
Even so, thinking of him saying he was pretty made his face redden.
Slap.
I looked in the mirror alone in the bathroom and slapped myself on the cheek.
“It’s a luxury.”
It was a luxury for him to like someone.
He pinched his cheek with a hand as small as his small face.
“Eww…”
I must have pulled harder than I thought, so my cheeks turned red.
He had a duty to take care of his younger siblings.
There was no time for dating. When he got into a relationship, the only person who would look after his siblings was his old grandmother.
“No.”
I grabbed his heart and left the bathroom.
§
[Immersion: 8%]
[Discomfort: 0%]
The increase in engagement on the first day was 8%.
The sense of incongruity has not risen by one degree.
As far as this was concerned, the performance was good.
The first thing I tried to change was Maeng So-yul’s feelings.
Responsibility.
It only added weight to the original responsibility.
At first, that was enough.
Because there is still a lot of time left for the scenario.
§
Blind rate.
I was packing my things to go to the seminar.
“Are you ready?”
“Ah yes.”
After answering, I looked at Nam Si-woo, who was wearing a suit and was waiting.
When she too went to her job interview, she followed him while she was wearing the suit.
“Is this your first seminar?”
“Yes.”
“It won’t be any big deal if we go. You just have to go and listen to the education.”
That’s what I said, but I was kind of nervous.
Since there was no car, I had to take a bus to the meeting place, so I left early in the morning.
“Hello, ah, Woohyun-ah. Yes, let’s go now. Yes, I’ll leave work as soon as I’m done.”
After finishing the phone call, Nam Si-woo said to Maeng So-yul, who was sitting next to him.
“I’ll just go to work when I’m done.”
“Yes…”
The place where the two arrived was an education center on the outskirts of the city.
It was crowded with people who arrived first.
“From Neulsom Studio. Yes, two.”
“You can sign here.”
After signing, he received a necklace with his name on it.
[Neulsom Studio]
[Team Leader]
[Nam Siwoo]
[Neulsom Studio]
[Employee]
[Blindness rate]
Looking at the name tag, Maeng So-yul felt his heart pounding.
She liked the company even more when she saw the word [Employee] In her neat plastic case.
“Interns couldn’t come, so I secretly changed it to an employee.”
She flinched at his words.
[Intern]
It was her original job.
“There…”
She asked in a short time before the seminar started.
“What do I have to do to become an employee…?”
At her question, Nam Si-woo scratched his cheek and made a puzzled expression.
“Well, I’ll have to take the test and go to the interview, right?”
“Ah…”
It was a known fact. However, the test and interview were a problem.
“Do you want to become an employee?”
“…Yes.”
An intern was a contract job who never knew when he would be kicked out.
However, if he becomes a full-time employee, he has no worries about being kicked out and his salary goes up.
Although I started it for my younger siblings, I really like it now.
It was my first goal, a dream.
“But the test is a bit tough… If you are not a major, it will be very difficult.”
At Nam Siwoo’s words, she nodded her head. It was natural.
She won’t just give her the position of her employee to her who has built a wall after studying.
Thinking like that made my goal feel like a very high wall.
For the first time, she felt resentful for not being able to go to university.
“Since the seminar starts now, let’s go to our seats.”
“…Yes.”
She sat down in her assigned seat.
[Nice to meet you. So, let’s start the 3rd seminar. As for those who came this time…]
The names of several professors or representatives are listed.
In turn, discussions continued with me on topics such as filming techniques and editing.
All we did was sit down and record and learn while watching professors’ discussions and materials.
“Learn well.”
“Yes.”
Maeng So-yul thought. I had to work twice as hard as others to get an interview with a delayed start.
I couldn’t understand all the technical terminology in the current discussion, but I wrote it down for now.
[Then take a break. We will start again in 20 minutes.]
During the break, I went out and smoked a cigarette.
Maeng So-yul was fidgeting with a cigarette and asked, holding up the notebook he had written on earlier.
“Seniors…”
“Yes Yes.”
“I’m not sure what this means.”
“Let’s see.”
As he read through the notebook, he smoked a cigarette and raised the corner of his mouth.
“I guess I taught too harshly. This is…”
Watching Nam Si-woo explain without hesitation, I thought that he was amazing.
As Maeng So-yul was writing down everything he explained, he heard someone’s voice behind him.
“Student Siwoo Nam~.”
Nam Si-woo, who was smoking a cigarette, turned his head to look behind him and saw a gray-haired man wearing a suit standing there.
“Ah! Professor. Good evening.”
He immediately lit the cigarette and reached out to shake his hands.
“Heh heh, how have you been?”
“Yes, Gyosunnim. How have you been? I thought I’d say hello, but you were talking, so I came out to get some fresh air.”
“Sure. I didn’t expect to see you at the seminar. It’s the first time since college, isn’t it?”
“That’s right. Originally, Kim Woo-hyun was supposed to come, but somehow I came to see the professor. Haha!”
They talk with a smirk, but I thought this was an adult.
It was a reaction that he could never do even if he was told to do it.
“Next to…”
“This is Maeng So-yul, who came in as an intern this time.”
“Oh, I see. A student? Looks like… Which school were you at?”
My body stiffened at the university talk.
Nam Si-woo patted Maeng So-yul on the back and said.
“Soyul said that her dream is to be in the video field, so she is learning at the company instead of school.”
“Ah~. I see. Please take good care of me~.”
Maeng Soyul held his wrinkled hand with both hands and bowed briefly.
“Then, student Siwoo~. See you later.”
“Yes, there are Woohyun, Dayoung, and Yoochan in our studio, so we’ll meet the professor together.”
“Heh heh, yes.”
Maeng So-yul, who was looking at the professor’s back as he returned, looked back at Nam Si-woo.
“Ah~, I’m a professor at my university.”
“Ah yes…”
It was the first time in my life to see a professor rather than a teacher.
It was a different feeling than a school teacher.
It was a kind and warm feeling. And to feel like an adult.
“Let’s go in.”
It was the seminar that followed, but I couldn’t concentrate on the swearing rate.
University, professor, exam and interview.
Because everything felt like a wall.
After the internship, she would have to go back to interviews again, but she didn’t have time for that.
Her living expenses come only from her.
She didn’t know that maybe she would have to go back to work.
“…”
She was a person too. I didn’t want to fall into that deep swamp at the end of a dream I had tasted once.
I wanted to enter Neulsom Studio as a full-time employee.
It wasn’t just the factory that had bad memories. Thanks to this, I was able to feed my family and save money.
However, I didn’t want to live a life where I go before the sun rises like a treadmill and come out before the sun rises.
“Finished~. Let’s go.”
The seminar ended while I was thinking about it.
While chasing after Nam Si-woo, her mind was very complicated.
To become a full-time employee, you had to take an exam, and to do so, you had to study.
But I didn’t have the money or skills to go to school or academy.
“Hmm, it’s still early. Would you like to have dinner?
“…Ah.”
The moment she heard Nam Si-woo’s words, a thought passed through her mind.
She stood on the side of the road and looked up at Siwoo Nam, who was standing in front of her.
“…?”
Nam Si-woo looks down at her, puzzled by her.
“…Please teach me.”
“…What.”
I’m not good at expressing myself because I’ve been alone for a long time, but I thought I shouldn’t miss this opportunity.
It was very small, but I tried to be greedy.
“I want to become a full-time employee. Please teach me.”
“…”
It was also Nam Si-woo with a surprised expression. He was a senior who always treated him well and took good care of him.
“Uh… That must be a bit difficult.”
“Ah.”
My heart skipped a beat at the refusal. It felt like I was falling into an abyss even though I knew it wouldn’t work.
“I have to study hard for the exam, but I don’t have time to do it while working.”
“I could.”
I just had to work twice as hard as everyone else. He thought that if 2x was not enough, he would just have to work for more.
“Think realistically. And…”
My heart pounded and cold sweat broke out when I saw Nam Si-woo’s serious expression, who always smiled.
“University is not for nothing. It is not for nothing that you have a major. I have been learning for four years. It cost tens of thousands of won.”
I knew it, but hearing it directly hurt my heart.
“Doing all the work and taking care of my younger siblings at home? You know that’s impossible in reality, right?”
“I know. I can work harder than others.”
Her instincts were pressing her that she should not miss this opportunity.
“Sigh.”
It was the first time that someone else felt her sigh so heavy.
“…You know it’s selfish, right?”
“Yes, I know.”
I knew it all too well.
Nam Siwoo said while sweeping his bangs.
“I’ll vaguely work hard, I’ll try.
“…”
“I’ll teach you. If I tell you to live in my house for 10 days and live like a slave, can you do it? No? That’s why it’s not possible.”
Nam Siwoo was right.
It was absurd for her to even think of accomplishing in a short amount of time what she had worked hard for over the years.
“Learn slowly. There is still a lot of time left for the internship. Even after the internship is over, you will be able to do enough editing. I will teach you that far.”
It was a perfect declaration. Even his initial ambition was to film his younger siblings’ entrance ceremony.
The distance to Nam Si-woo who turned around was only a few steps, but it felt so far away.
I felt the pressure that if I couldn’t convince him, he wouldn’t be able to do it forever.
“Ah…”
Maeng So-yul made a short sound and gritted his teeth.
Bubbly.
Giving strength, I walked forward and grabbed Nam Siwoo’s sleeve.
“I mean it. Teach me. I’ll do anything for 10 days.”
Sincerity and responsibility.
The two of hers made her walk out, and the corner of Nam Si-woo’s mouth moved up.
“…It will be difficult, but will it be okay? I will have to live for 10 days as my tool.”
The word tool did not come into Maeng So-yul’s ears after making a promise.
“Yes, I can.”
I could do anything if I could learn.
