Chapter 524 – Chapter 524. Reunion
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“Long time no see.”
Like Song Eun-chae, I went to a place like an employee lounge and sat down at a table while drinking a cup of mixed coffee and talking.
It was a long time ago that I met Song Eun-chae.
However, it must have been because of the days I lived with her that I recognized her at once.
Just as I can recognize her mother in a second even if her mother is wearing a mask and I haven’t seen her in a while, just like when I recognized Song Eun-chae in the electronics section of a mart, I was able to quickly recognize her because of my familiarity. .
When I spoke to Song Eun-chae in her lounge, Song Eun-chae nodded her head.
“Right.”
Eunchae Song and I started talking while drinking mixed coffee, so we took off our masks and looked at each other while talking.
I told her, remembering her old days.
“It’s already been six years.”
“Huh.”
“I felt a bit more comfortable when you first asked me to be friends, and we call each other sometimes.”
“It did.”
“How are you these days?”
“So so.”
“Are you married?”
“Yet.”
“Why?”
Eunchae Song heard my question and smiled.
“Pu-huh.”
Then she raised her white hand and, passing her hair once to the side, spoke her words.
“After living, it wasn’t easy. Meeting someone to marry.”
I sipped a sip of coffee.
I spoke to Song Eun-chae, lightly moistening her tongue with the sweet and hot mixed coffee.
“Why, you were popular. I think you are still popular.”
“It’s popular.”
Song Eun-chae also drank a little of her mixed coffee and continued.
“But, it has to be nutritious. There are no really good men.”
“Are you still picky?”
“Then~.”
Song Eun-chae answered in a more harmful tone than before.
The harshness I showed when I was a freshman in college was broken with me, and since my sophomore year, I’ve improved considerably, and my personality has become a bit milder, but now I feel like I’ve become more mellow than back then.
And, in a way, it seems to be something you can see a lot around you.
When I meet my friends who were in the category of Nalnari in middle school and high school and meet them as adults, there is no image of them living sharp lives holding on to the Gao of the past.
I live like other normal people.
Maybe everyone seems to be like that.
In my case, I had friends who were good at studying, friends who liked books, friends who liked games, friends who liked sports, and friends who were good at fighting.
Of course, such encounters become less frequent as we grow older.
It’s hard to see friends you often met in middle school or high school, or when you just became an adult, because everyone walks their own path for their own lives.
It also seems to be a natural order.
I, my friends, everyone, in their own place, in this society, I hope that we can become people who can faithfully play our role, and later become people who can help each other with a good appearance.
Just as so many of her friends adapt to this society and their angular sides gradually become rounder, Song Eun-chae seems to be like that too.
Song Eun-chae continued.
“And after living there, I also thought that. Money is not everything. What the hell.”
“Why?”
“Men’s money is not my money. If a man with a lot of money approaches me, he seems to want something, and in the end, I think I have to earn my money and keep it.”
I listened to Song Eun-chae and nodded her head.
As she met numerous beauties, Song Eun-chae was also telling the same story she had heard so many times.
In the past, in the traditional patriarchal system, women did housework, but now times have changed, and there are many talented career women.
And there are some conflicts between families as well.
For example, there are cases where people lose to those with more income or higher social status.
Like many other beauties, Song Eun-chae seems to have learned that it is necessary to have social power while possessing certain abilities.
“Hmm. You think so.”
I took another sip of coffee and said to Song Eun-chae.
“Eunchae.”
“Uh?”
“Here’s the mart, your dad’s?”
“Pu-Hup! Huh?”
“When I was in college, your family lived quite well. So I wondered if the person in charge of this mart, such as the general manager, was my father.”
I remembered that Song Eun-chae’s house used to live very well, so I asked.
There won’t be that many houses that can afford to buy a house for her college-aged daughter, saying that she can go to school comfortably.
At my words, Eunchae Song waved her hand.
“No, haha.”
Song Eun-chae smiled.
Many years have passed, but her smile is still beautiful.
Her expression and teeth when she smiled were pretty.
She took a deep breath and told me.
“I’m just an employee. Actually, my father’s business is out of business.”
“Uh?”
“When I was in college, I had never worked before. But the reason I’m working like this now is because my father’s business was completely blown away.”
“Ah, that’s what happened. I’m sorry. I brought up a pointless story.”
“No. It was hard to adapt at first, but I’m fine now.”
Song Eun-chae said.
“After that happened, my life changed. I couldn’t go down the path of an actor anymore, I started doing things like work, and my life was completely different.”
It was a bit disappointing that she could no longer go on the path of an actress.
There are many people who live like that.
In the days when she had many dreams, there are quite a few people who dig their way to do what they really want.
However, as you get older, you often encounter a realistic problem and run into a wall in continuing it.
If you look at cases where you stop doing what you want to do because of a practical problem, there may be many reasons, but most of them are money.
Every field has its own competition for that field, and the side receiving a boost from a family with a lot of money has a much better advantage than a child from a family that doesn’t.
I’ve heard people around me say that taking lessons from the best singer in Korea is worth several million won.
If you want to become a singer, taking lessons like that doesn’t necessarily win you over going to coin karaoke by yourself, but it’s true that there are definitely advantages.
All fields require education.
However, although it is a recent trend that support for technology or arts and sports is increasing, people still spend a lot of money on education at home.
Chasing a dream without support will be hindered by the fact that not only can you not get an education, but it is difficult to live independently.
On the other hand, if you receive all the support, you will have a better education, a more comfortable life, and a better chance of winning in a favorable environment.
In addition, the environment does not only include this kind of education and buying time because you don’t have to do other things at the same time.
The environment also includes personal connections.
Even if your parents don’t help at all, if your parents’ friend is the president of a private company, you may become a scout instead of applying for the company.
So, even if it seems that those with a better environment did not benefit from their parents, in fact, they could have had many advantages in places they did not know.
Right now, I have a lot of money to spare, but when I first came to the gosichon and prepared for the civil service exam, I had to work part-time for half a year every year to save up for the rent and living expenses of the studio in advance, so it took a lot of time to do other things. Did.
Given that Song Eun-chae is in such a favorable environment, I suddenly thought that the girl in my memory long ago would have succeeded well with the support of her family, but unexpectedly, Song Eun-chae’s family seemed to have a lot of money. .
Song Eun-chae shook her head and said.
“I really couldn’t live with it. I didn’t know that working was so painful. Most jobs are like that. You have to deal with people. If you deal with a lot of people, are there really crazy people among them?”
She continued, holding the paper cup of mixed coffee in her right hand and stroking it with her thumb.
“After that, I think my personality has changed a bit. These days, when I have time, I just want to stay at home, not see people, do nothing, and stay still.”
“Hmm.”
I asked Song Eun-chae again.
“Still, you dreamed of becoming an actor. Couldn’t you take on more challenges while working?”
“It’s difficult to do other things because it’s difficult to live. Realistically, it’s almost impossible. I’m just getting older, and I haven’t increased my acting in the meantime.”
“It’s a bit wasteful.”
“What, just living like that.”
Song Eun-chae talked a little more.
“I didn’t know at the time. At that time, I was very happy that my parents had a lot of money. My parents were only rich and never poor, so I had no idea what a beautiful world it was to enjoy life like that.”
And Song Eun-chae was slightly impressed.
“But now I understand. The world is so ugly. Just like the water in the Han River. The upper water shines brightly in the sunlight, but all sorts of garbage must have settled at the bottom.”
Hearing her words made me feel the reality again.
Perhaps Song Eun-chae is present and absent, so she might feel that way more.
Originally, in a life where everything was taken for granted in a family of the capitalist class, now it may be thought that way because it has to work as a working class.
It is said that Song Eun-chae has probably folded now, but she is quite beautiful enough to be a rookie actress, so even if she says the world is ugly, the truth is that she is receiving preferential treatment in a society that is tired of this golden almighty and appearanceism. Was going to
However, as expected, the gap between capitalists and workers was quite large, and Song Eun-chae had a face full of dissatisfaction with the world.
It was also beautiful.
I said to Song Eun-chae.
“Maybe so. But, Eunchae.”
I took a sip of coffee and continued.
“If it’s a given situation anyway, I think it’s better for her to devise a strategy than to be in despair in that situation.”
“Strategy?”
Song Eun-chae’s eyes widened.
I told her
“If I don’t do anything just because I’m feeling difficult right now, nothing will happen. The more difficult it is, the more strategically I think it’s good to think about what I’m going to do and stick around.”
Song Eun-chae smiled calmly at my words.
“It’s still the same.”
“Hmm?”
“Jinhyeok, you seem to have been like that from before.
“Well.”
It seems that there is such an aspect.
Since I met a lot of people, including many beauties, I think I got to know the world a little faster by dealing with a lot of people, so I might have a grown-up side, and because I’m a good guy, many beauties treat me well, so I have a more positive self. It may have been influenced by its formation.
We talked some more.
It was until I finished a cup of hot mixed coffee.
Because our time has passed, the world we live in has changed, our relationships have changed, and our conversations have also changed.
If there’s one thing that hasn’t changed in her, whether it’s me or her then or now, it’s that her beauties follow me, and a lot of men follow her too.
And neither of us had a current boyfriend.
While we were drinking coffee, Song Eun-chae called.
“For a moment.”
I made a gesture of raising one hand as if to answer comfortably, and Song Eun-chae answered the vibrating phone.
“Ah, yes, chief.”
“Yes. I’ll go down now.”
Song Eun-chae, who had been chatting with me for a while, seemed to have been away for a while, and soon she went back to work.
“I’ll go down and see.”
“Um. Going well.”
“Excuse me…”
Song Eun-chae stood up from the table and handed her phone to me, she said.
“Can you tell me the last time? I changed my phone a few times in the middle.”
“Ah.”
I got up at the same time as Song Eun-chae and took her phone and dialed her number.
After Song Eun-chae got my number, she called me once, and she gave me the number as well and talked to me.
“Can I call you after work?”
“Hmm?”
“I want to have a drink with you.”
Song Eun-chae spoke directly.
However, at the time I met Song Eun-chae, I wanted to go home and rest a bit, probably because I was walking around outside, so I had a greater desire to rest for now.
“I don’t think I’ll have time today. I’ll call you next time.”
“Uh, yes! Yes.”
Song Eun-chae left, and we shook hands.
“Bye.”
“Hi!”
