Chapter 32 – Novelpia Pure Love Contest
About a month has passed since then.
Hyeji and I met about three to four times a week and discussed our work and illustrations. Of course, at the end of most meetings…
“Eup, Kbeung, Ueup…” !!”
“Ha, ah, ha…” ! Ta, warm…”
… It was like that.
Thanks to Hye-ji’s cute illustrations and illustrations, the work was completed with good results. Looking at the community’s reactions, there are some reactions that say ‘the work is a novel that cannot keep up with the original’.
That’s it. Aren’t most of them like that? And if you think about it the other way around, it also means that Hyeji’s skills are that great, so I’m very grateful, and it’s a good thing.
Hyeji’s skills really improved day by day. While she drew my paintings as her main focus, she received requests to illustrate other works about once or twice a month whenever she had free time.
“Isn’t this too expensive?”
Starting from 300,000 won for a bust composition on a commercial basis with copyright transfer. Full body shots start at 500,000 won. Additional costs apply if you add props, backgrounds, or design sheets.
If you enter a request with the so-called full option of ‘fancy outfit + full body shot + weapon + background + design sheet’, the request fee soars to 800,000 won per case.
When I asked that question, Hyeji proudly stretched out her large breasts that did not match her small height.
“Ahem, I am a talented woman. “Isn’t it amazing?”
“Isn’t this already a dream come true?”
“Oh, no. My hands are still too slow. The unit price also needs to rise further. “There is a long way to go.”
Well, no matter how fast I draw, the best I can do is four drawings a month, including my own. Also, if I request a cover instead of an illustration, I can only do three cases per month.
If it is difficult to increase the work speed beyond this, the unit price of the request must be increased, and for this to happen, not only skills but also awareness must be increased.
Hye-ji’s words that there was a long way to go were not the usual idioms of humility.
When I hear things like that, I also feel a little confused.
“It would be nice if I got better grades.”
Actually, at first, I thought that about 1 million won a month would really be of great help to Hyeji, and I was very proud because I thought that Hyeji would never earn more than this amount.
However, as Hyeji’s skills improved, she couldn’t help but feel somewhat shabby.
Unlike when we first met, Hyeji is now receiving more recognition from the public. I don’t think it’s an absurd level of pie-in-the-sky. Rather, it would be correct to say that when I first started outsourcing, I benefited from Hyeji, who had not yet properly evaluated her own value.
When I said this, Hyeji puffed out her cheeks and grumbled as if she didn’t like it.
“Where is that word? “I tried hard not to embarrass my brother.”
And every time Heji did that, she would hug me tightly and hug her waist tightly and say something like patting me.
“Thanks to her brother’s work, more people recognize me.”
“That’s true, but…”
“Without my brother, there is no me.”
The last one may seem like a big leap, but it was a very pleasant thing to hear, so I didn’t really refute it and just patted her head.
Still, it was clear to me that I had to work hard to match Hyeji’s level.
So, I decided to achieve perfect results with this work and become a writer who can be proud of Hye-ji.
Naturally, I put in a lot of effort before starting the work, and I was so overwhelmed with pressure that I could hardly complete the prologue. Unlike in the past, when I was satisfied with writing what I wanted to write, even if it was a bit stressful, now I told myself that I had to become truly popular and successful.
It’s overwhelming.
One day I was worried about what to do.
A notice has been posted from Nobelpia.
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“Brother! Did you see this?”
One day, while she was in the middle of writing and deleting words at her house, Hyeji called her and sent her a link asking her to check it out. This is the content of the link.
[1st Nobelpia Pure Love Contest]
“What is this?”
“They say a contest is being held to welcome spring, the season of pure love.”
“It suits you.”
It was a fairly large-scale contest that was held from March 1st, when spring begins, to May 6th, with preliminaries and finals.
Moreover, the prize money of the contest was quite large.
“The grand prize is 10 million won?”
“The excellence award is 5 million won!”
“Just winning the special award is worth 1 million won.”
“Are you going to do it unconditionally?!”
I hesitated to answer for a moment as Hyeji spoke with great anticipation.
When the prize money is this big, how many people are there to challenge it? And to be honest, my skills were never at a level where I could beat those people and even aim for a prize.
“I don’t know if I did it for no reason, and it only lowered my self-esteem.”
So, I said something so vague, and Hyeji responded that she couldn’t understand.
“What are you talking about! “It’s the right time to start a new work anyway, so isn’t it perfect?”
“But it’s a pure love contest. “I am a writer of adult stories.”
“Oppa, Jinseong is actually a pure lover!”
I was completely speechless at Hezzy’s bold remark.
Okay. Although I write dirty stories, I am actually a pure lover.
I like stories where a precious female character is in deep love with a male character. Also, when I imagine such a story, my heart feels soft, and when I see the main characters in the story getting married, having many children, and living well, I quietly admire, ‘The world is still a place worth living in.’
… Of course, I am currently writing a pornographic story that begins with hypnosis, but strictly speaking, it also continues with pure love after hypnosis. Hypnosis is a kind of appetizer toward pure love.
In short, I am a romantic man who writes erotic stories under a curse that requires me to periodically vent my dark pervert power, but I always harbor the romance of pure love in a corner of my heart.
─Now that I think about it, my brother’s works are a bit unique in that way.
─As I was reading, I was desperately waiting for the mecha kucha sex scene to appear, but I was just pure love.
Hyeji accurately pointed out that point in my work and even found a point that connected with me.
─Actually, I didn’t understand, but I liked it because it felt frustrating, but at the same time, it felt like it warmed my heart.
I’m grateful for it, and it’s a very special thing for me.
“No, but actually, I have one more worry.”
“What is it? “Just say the word!”
“The erotic scenes… Should I give up everything?”
“Ah, um…”
It went around and around and ended up being the same problem.
It’s the writer’s problem.
I’m honestly scared.
It was definitely a soft pure love at first, but I’m scared that it will go out of control with more and more perverted, high-level romance using the excuse of pure love… !
“I know it definitely doesn’t suit you. But… “If you don’t use your mouth before sex, you feel like something is missing.”
“That must be included!”
“Can I use ‘Deulbak’ in Pure Love…? ?”
“What’s wrong with Deulbak!! Are you ignoring Deulbak?”
“Oh, no…”
The sound of people banging on the desk and getting angry can be vividly heard here. Seeing that there is such vehement opposition, I think it might be okay to just throw a tantrum.
“Brother. “Don’t try to fit Sunae into a certain stereotype.”
Hyeji emphasized to me with some confidence.
“What you think is pure love.”
“What am I thinking?”
“If you love each other and no one gets in between you, no matter what you do, it’s pure love!!”
… What is the dictionary definition of pure love?
But it made sense. So pure love is the most noble and at the same time filthy word. I thought it might have the character of a Pure Love Battle Royale, with that in mind and an attempt to find out how many Pure Loves exist in the world.
“Good.”
I gained courage from Hyeji’s words.
Okay. Is there anything that can’t be done with pure love? They said they did it because they liked it, but what will happen if someone doesn’t break in during that time?
I decided.
Rather than writing with fear and frustration, let’s write pure love that fully dissolves the darkness from the beginning.
By name…
“Dirty talk…”
“Supilsoon-ae, let’s go!”
… What should we use?
