A Genius Director Who Dominates OTT Platforms - Chapter 86

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The Genius Director Who Dominates OTT

Episode 86

Honestly, I’m not sure if I have the ability to become a senior.

It’s not that I don’t have it, but I really don’t know.

Of course, my position probably won’t be promoted to Senior CE.

I only just got rid of the Assistant CE label not too long ago, so I can’t be promoted to senior.

To begin with, a senior CE in their 30s has never existed in this industry.

But while the position stays the same, the role and duties are no different from a senior.

SSK is a company that leans more toward a job-based pay system than a seniority system.

The salary, authority, and work would all be that of a senior.

It’s a kind of smoke and mirrors.

So I need to do much better than ordinary CEs.

Of course, even without superpowers, I’m confident I can handle at least one of my own projects.

I don’t know about a huge hit, but I’m confident enough that I won’t cause losses for the company.

But being a senior is different.

Leading a team means taking responsibility for all the CEs’ results…

Can I do it?

Do I have the ability to shoulder all their efforts and results?

This has been the worry filling my head lately.

That’s why the external praise for my eye for talent feels even more uncomfortable.

Just then, my phone buzzed.

It wasn’t a call but a text, with a company representative’s business card sent from the ENS manager’s number.

-After hearing the story, the CEO also wants to meet with you! Just in case, I’m sending the business card!

Just in case, my ass.

When I go to the meeting place, there’ll just be a well-dressed CEO waiting.

Still, since it’s work, I was saving the ENS CEO’s phone number when…

“Web drama?”

Lightning struck in my head.

Commercial dramas have billions of company money at stake, so I can’t help but expect superpowers.

But web dramas are different, aren’t they?

They don’t cost much company money, and if it’s a bit ambiguous, I can use my own money.

With the incentive coming in soon, I could shoot as many 20-minute web dramas as I want.

If I don’t know whether I have the ability or not, I should just prove it, right?

Without the help of superpowers, with my pure strength alone.

Of course, I don’t expect to attract huge audiences or create trends with a web drama.

The web drama scene is quite big these days, but it’s still content that only certain people watch.

But what I want isn’t grand viewership ratings.

Self-confidence about whether I can really pull it off.

I’ve never worked without superpowers before.

Besides…

‘It sounds fun, doesn’t it?’

High degree of freedom, and I can do it my way.

I was humming because my blood circulation suddenly seemed to improve when someone patted my shoulder.

“You look happy?”

It was the Manager.

“Oh, what brings you to the 4th floor?”

“I have business with the marketing team, but I have to leave soon so I just came down.”

“You must have dinner plans.”

“Yeah. But what’s the good news? You’ve been looking tired lately.”

“Ah, I had a good idea.”

“What is it?”

“I was thinking about shooting a web drama.”

Whether with company money or my own money, it’s something I need to report, so I mentioned it in advance.

The Manager’s expression became incredibly serious.

“Hyeon-u. That’s addiction.”

“Pardon?”

“Work is fun. I know that too. The thrill of racing on top of success is incomparable to any other pleasure. But when you think about the long-term balance between work and life…”

The nagging continued until the Marketing Team Leader came and told him to stop.

The request that came at the end was simple.

“For now, can’t you just fully enjoy Handtip Crawl’s success? Hm?”

“Oh, yes.”

It’s ending next week anyway, so whatever.

What genre should I do?

What about actors? The script?

“What are you thinking about?”

“Didn’t you say you have dinner plans?”

“Why are you deflecting?”

* * *

Domestic AI company 【Rolemodel AI】.

Rolemodel AI’s CEO’s decision to sponsor Handtip Crawl wasn’t simply from a marketing perspective.

More importantly, the values of the character Han Guk-yeong were eerily similar to the CEO’s own values.

He too was someone who worried that if there were no domestic AI companies in the era of big tech AI, the public industry sector would be encroached upon.

So he felt a kind of destiny and invested the huge sum of 1 billion won in the drama.

But unlike Han Guk-yeong in the drama, Rolemodel AI’s CEO wasn’t a genius.

Their company lacks technological capability.

And they don’t have the money to recruit top-tier engineers either.

While they’re not immediately running out of money, it was clear they’d have to close the company within 1-2 years at this rate.

So he prayed desperately.

“Please, please.”

For the drama to be successful and for people who would join his cause to appear.

And…

They appeared.

Someone who had originally planned to donate their entire fortune to society empathized with the CEO’s purpose and wanted to have a conversation.

The investor’s request before the meeting was just one thing.

They didn’t expect investment returns, so could he prove that he wouldn’t forget his current mindset?

It was a very difficult task.

Unlike Han Guk-yeong, he wasn’t a genius, nor eloquent, nor a charming man.

But he couldn’t run away.

So he hypnotized himself.

Every day, looking at Han Guk-yeong’s photo, he repeated.

“I am Han Guk-yeong, I am Han Guk-yeong, I am Han Guk-yeong. I have faith in my mission, I don’t turn away from nobility, and I don’t give up. I am Han Guk-yeong.”

After countless self-hypnosis sessions, the meeting approached.

That day happened to be the final episode of 【Handtip Crawl】.

A long, long meeting started from early evening…

[Seong-hwa Empire grabs victory, preventing team dissolution.]

[Sa Mo-yeon, who took Han Guk-yeong’s hand, was too strong!]

[Lee Yeong-han X Yu A-yeon touch fans’ hearts.]

[Can we imagine Park Seong-hwa instead of Kim Ra-un?]

[【Handtip Crawl】 ends with happy ending, raising expectations for Season 2!]

While the drama was reaching its happy ending.

“Please take care of us, President.”

“I should be the one… thanking you.”

The investor confirmed the investment.

* * *

“Kids, you can’t run!”

“Waaaaaaaah!”

“Teacher!”

Jeong Su-yeong, who works at the daycare center, looked up at the sky during a moment when the children had calmed down.

The blue and high autumn sky was clear.

Like a scene from a dream.

Come to think of it, it had been like this for the past few weeks.

Even though her husband kept appearing on TV, strangely it didn’t feel real.

It felt even less real after she told him to stay in Seoul because she felt sorry for him having to come all the way to Cheonan after finishing his schedule.

She kept remembering the moment her husband cried when he gave up acting, and how he used to act in his sleep.

“Is this really a dream?”

It was the moment Jeong Su-yeong muttered that.

“What is?”

A familiar voice was heard.

When she lowered her head that had been looking up at the sky…

“Ta-da.”

Her husband was standing there.

Carrying bags full of food.

Before Jeong Su-yeong could even open her mouth to say something, shouts erupted.

“Wow! It’s Han Guk-yeong mister!”

“It’s Han Guk-yeong!!”

“Team Owner! Mom said Team Owner!”

The children who discovered her husband came running and caused a commotion, but the teachers were even more excited.

“A-are you really Han Guk-yeong?”

“But how are you here… why…?”

Because Jeong Su-yeong had never revealed her husband’s profession.

Then Kang Min-sik suddenly hugged Jeong Su-yeong tightly.

At that moment, it hit her.

That the resentment her husband had harbored for so many years was no longer there.

So, this was reality.

“Gasp! We’re going to tell Samoyon auntie!”

“He’s cheating! Cheating!”

“Affair! Mom said affair!”

Kang Min-sik and Jeong Su-yeong burst into bewildered laughter at the children’s shouts.

* * *

Yeom Jae-mun, sitting on a bench, felt the cool autumn breeze and took out his phone.

It wasn’t like he had prepared for today specifically.

But he felt like he could do it.

Because these were words he had been preparing for a very long time.

-I was sorry. And thank you. I’ve wanted to say this for a long time, but I’m only now finding the courage. It was all my fault.

He didn’t know if a reply would come or not.

The last time he saw them was three years ago.

But…

Even if no reply came…

If it reached them, that would be enough.

* * *

On Friday, I didn’t even go to work and slept in lazily before heading to the convenience store.

I’d been eating only expensive meals lately, so I was craving kimchi fried rice.

Am I just a commoner at heart?

As I bought eggs at the convenience store and looked around, I saw a bunch of familiar faces.

The main promotional model for the convenience store was Jeon So-ra, and Kim Ra-un’s face was plastered on the snacks.

Min Jae-ryul and Oh Ha-eun were on the ice cream, and what’s this.

Why is Min-sik Sunbae on the instant cup rice? He’s a married man.

And on the TOOL X “Caught at Fingertips” collaboration drinks, all the cast members’ faces were plastered.

I grabbed the drink and bought eggs, spam, and seaweed before heading to the counter.

I went home and ate the kimchi fried rice I cooked while drinking the beverage.

“What the hell.”

It tasted terrible.

It was the moment I put down the drink bottle.

A pleasant autumn breeze blew in through the open window and brushed my fingertips.

Riding on that breeze, memories of the past year came flooding back.

Fifteen years of accumulated resentment brushed someone’s fingertips, and dreams that seemed to have ended brushed someone else’s fingertips.

Well, it wouldn’t just be those two people.

Probably each person had their own things brush their fingertips.

And for me…

“You should try the product before advertising it.”

It was just a really good day.

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