If I Don’t Earn 1 Trillion Won, My Regression Ends - Chapter 20

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Episode 20

“You know each other? How? She doesn’t even have any experience.”

“Just once. I saw her by chance. You could say we’re practically strangers.”

It would be ridiculous to say we know each other just because she’s my cousin’s neighbor kid.

Bae Seo-nyeok was secretly surprised by the fact that he remembered that child so clearly despite only seeing her once.

“Strange… I thought it was odd how she caught my eye, but I never expected you to discover her.”

“She caught your eye in a strange way?”

Ham Gyeong-seok, who had been responding half-heartedly, raised his eyebrows. His tone changed too.

Under his senior’s piercing gaze, Bae Seo-nyeok asked back, not understanding.

“Yes. Why?”

“You said she caught your eye. In a strange way.”

“So why is that- Ah. …No way.”

Bae Seo-nyeok looked at him as if he couldn’t believe it.

If he didn’t know how outstanding Ham Gyeong-seok’s talent was, and didn’t know his personality of not enjoying jokes, he would have seriously thought he was talking nonsense.

“Senior. Don’t joke around. You said she’s a kid with no experience.”

“I didn’t say anything. You’re the one who said she caught your eye. And isn’t this the first time you’ve said something like that? After rejecting hundreds of kids.”

Even with Ham Gyeong-seok’s calm words, Bae Seo-nyeok’s perplexed feelings didn’t change.

But…

‘But it’s true.’

Bae Seo-nyeok had been searching for some fateful child for over a full year, from last year until now.

However, this task was becoming increasingly hopeless, and everyone seemed so ordinary that he was reaching the point of feeling bored… That’s right.

The only case that left a particularly strong impression was definitely that child.

He just had never thought about it from ‘this perspective.’

Bae Seo-nyeok’s expression, which had been slightly disturbed by bewilderment, gradually settled. After remaining silent, he took off his baseball cap and sat back down on the sofa.

“Rewind the tape. From the beginning.”

〚Good. Look here. That’s it.〛

〚Can you introduce yourself? Starting with your name.〛

〚My name is Seosing-a.〛

〚Sing-a. That’s a nice name. What does it mean?〛

〚It’s the sing-a from the novel 《Who Ate All the Sing-a?》. Dad took it from the book title, but he said he couldn’t find a prettier name because he hadn’t read many books. He said it means wild grass by the roadside.〛

〚You don’t really look like wild grass though.〛

〚I know. I’m more like a flower than grass.〛

The young girl smiled shyly yet primly, lifting her chin. Laughter from the adults spread through the screen.

Bae Seo-nyeok pressed the rewind button.

〚I know. I’m more like a flower than grass.〛

He pressed it once more, then again.

〚I’m Seosing-a.〛

〚I know. I’m more like a flower than grass.〛

“…Hyung. You know how important this project is to Director Haemun and me.”

Director Haemun had personally gone to France and stayed for years to get the adaptation rights, finally obtaining them this year.

Bae Seo-nyeok had a deep connection with him, having worked together on his debut film.

A few years ago, he had the chance to read that scenario, and the moment he read the script, he was instantly captivated.

After countless persuasions and pleading, he finally secured the male lead role, and now all that remained was the female protagonist of the work, the true protagonist of this story.

Director Haemun had said:

I have no intention of bringing out this scenario until I find the right protagonist. I’ll wait years if I have to, but I won’t start half-heartedly.

If he ultimately couldn’t find the right person, the director was even prepared to scrap the scenario.

Knowing his stubbornness and determination, Bae Seo-nyeok became even more anxious and desperate, starting to run around on his own.

“I know. I didn’t recommend her or anything. Like I said, she has no experience whatsoever. I guarantee she probably doesn’t even know how to memorize a single line.”

Ham Gyeong-seok muttered as if talking to himself.

“I just showed you. How she looks inside the camera.”

“…”

Bae Seo-nyeok stared at the director with serious eyes.

Had Ham Gyeong-seok really not hinted at anything?

Bae Seo-nyeok didn’t think it was a coincidence that Ham Gyeong-seok, one of the people who knew about the scenario, had played this video during the time he frequently visited.

He might have thought so at first, but not anymore.

There are no coincidences in this industry.

Ham Gyeong-seok may have fallen, but his ambition was still alive.

Moreover… his eye was ‘real.’

“…If she doesn’t know how to memorize, we can teach her. Training her wouldn’t be difficult at all.”

“…”

“I’ll go to the filming site once.”

Bae Seo-nyeok grabbed his coat and stood up.

The cold face of the actor who had regained his composure no longer showed any trace of feigned friendliness.

“If this is really a ‘discovery,’ I’ll consider myself in your debt. Director Ham Gyeong-seok.”

♧

The 15% down payment of the advertising fee was deposited.

Since I don’t have an agency or manager, 3 million won went directly into my guardian’s account, but that’s not the important part.

At the same time, my status window was updated!

【Contribution Asset Details:

· Cash [Owner: Mother / Contribution: 95%] – ₩30,000,000

· Advertising Contract Payment [Owner: Mother / Contribution: 100%] – ₩3,000,000

· Real Estate [Owner: Parents / Contribution: 100%] – ₩60,000,000】

“…!”

[Contribution Asset Details] – not assets under my name like the children’s savings account and piggy bank.

Literally, it was a list of assets I had contributed to so far, classified according to contribution rate. Currency exchange profits, apartment deposit, etc.

But…

“What am I supposed to do with this…?”

These aren’t even under my name!

What’s the point of this now? Are you trying to tease me?

Are you telling me to start worrying now about how much gift tax I’ll have to pay later when I transfer assets under my parents’ names to mine?

‘Is the system… mocking me…?’

I almost lost my respect for the system due to rising anger, but – rash actions are forbidden.

When I clicked on the [Contribution Asset Details] section, I felt my eyes light up at the explanation that appeared.

*Assets of spouse and direct ascendants/descendants within the 1st degree of kinship are displayed when the challenger’s investment contribution exceeds 50% but are not under the challenger’s name.

These assets can be reflected in the challenger’s total holdings through [Family Combined] when unlocking conditions are met.

“What, what?!”

Family combined?

‘I can combine it without paying gift tax or changing it to my name?’

Ha, hallelujah!

“What are the unlock conditions? What are they!”

I was so moved by the system’s generous benevolence that I felt like I might collapse from emotion rather than just tearing up.

I kept questioning the air with a dizzy feeling, but no one answered me…

“…”

Let me calm down.

The information given isn’t insignificant.

Even if I don’t know what the unlock conditions are, the fact that it told me this much means it will come to me someday.

When that time comes, I just need to grab onto it tightly without missing it.

And…

‘Spouse?’

I could understand direct descendants and ancestors, but the family range the system recognizes includes spouses too?

Then doesn’t that mean if I marry someone rich and then pressure them to invest using the information I know, achieving just 50% contribution would make their wealth mine too?

…Suddenly, a strong desire for marriage began surging up!

‘C-calm down. Yeah~ you’re still eight years old~.’

After being broken up with by Andrew Gu, I had resolved that there would never be marriage again in Seosing-a’s life…!

No, wait. This kind of thing is a scenario I’d only choose in the worst case, when I couldn’t meet Bitcoin.

I need to keep my head clear.

‘Right. Let’s just think of it as insurance.’

Marriage is better than brain death, after all.

Anyway, even in the vast desert of 1 trillion won, there are oases. Thanks to the ray of light called family combination, my always heavy heart felt somewhat lighter.

– Sing-a? Sing-a! Are you out?

“Yes, yes~! I’ll be right there! Daughter? Are you still far from done? People are waiting. Finish up roughly and come out quickly!”

Bang bang bang.

Mother urgently knocks on the door with a hushed voice.

“…”

My heart growing heavy again…

That’s right.

April 14th, 1998.

Today is the CF filming day.

“…I’m, I’m coming out…!”

It was the day of the INFP nightmare…

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