The Baby Seizes Fortune - Chapter 11

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Episode 11

I nodded with a confident smile on my face.

“Yes. This one.”

“Ah… but… would I really fit in this kind of work?”

The genre of that work was a family sitcom.

Not just a hit, but an incredible work that would be talked about for a very long time in Korean drama history, continuously generating memes even in the 2020s, and keep those actors elevated as memes.

Junho wasn’t a humorous type, nor did he have talent in that area, but looking at the casting ability of the PD who had continued hit works starting with 【Typhoon Internal Medicine】, there seemed to be a common pattern.

‘He always includes a male actor among the supporting roles who has a clean, soft, yet pure feeling.’

“Yes. This will definitely work out well. Just looking at it, the content is incredibly fresh and interesting! The role is perfect for Father too, isn’t it?”

Securing viewership ratings compensation and Junho’s career!

Junho, who had been staring at the audition content and schedule for a while, moved his lips.

“Is that so… hearing what Chaea says, it does seem that way…”

I nodded and looked at Junho with sparkling eyes.

Writer Kim Bong-cheol’s new work would fail later on, and the role didn’t suit Junho either.

If you wear clothes that don’t fit, you can’t shine in front of the camera.

“Since I’m starting over anyway, it might be good to try challenging a new field once. There’s no need to do the same style of role that failed again…”

Though he hesitated at first, since I said it would work out well, he seemed to gain some courage as hope appeared in his eyes.

“Since it’s an audition on the same day as Writer Kim Bong-cheol’s work, the competition might be less intense. Alright…!”

Junho spoke as if he had made up his mind.

“Chaea, Father will try challenging this one!”

“Father, fighting!”

I jumped up and gently patted Junho’s tense shoulders with my small hands.

A smile formed on Junho’s lips.

* * *

“Hello!”

And finally, on the day of Junho’s audition, while I was waiting for him to return, the landlady from the 1st floor approached me.

“Oh my, our Chaea, why are you out here in the cold! Come inside quickly! I roasted some sweet potatoes.”

“It’s okay. I’m waiting for Father!”

“Ah, Chaea’s father said he had an audition today. He needs to stick to it like glutinous rice cake.”

“Like how Minsu got into university?”

At my words, a deep smile spread across the landlady’s face.

“Oh my, even the way you talk is pretty. Yes, like how our Minsu got into Yeongseong University.”

Her son Minsu had apparently enrolled in the Yeongseong University he had hoped for.

“Minsu said so. That Junho talked about Chaea. When even that young child says so, and he made his decision that way, how could I stop him. Minsu will do well from now on.”

“Hehe.”

I hid the words “Minsu made the best choice” and just smiled.

“Then when Father comes back later, I’ll pack some roasted sweet potatoes for you to eat together. Wait here for a moment.”

Soon the landlady went into the 1st floor to pack the roasted sweet potatoes, and I sat on the stairs, endlessly gazing at the entrance gate.

‘I’m as nervous as if I had auditioned myself.’

And not long after, the entrance gate opened and I saw Junho’s face in a black jumper.

“Father!”

I ran over quickly and stretched out my arms to hug Junho.

Junho also gently embraced my small body.

“Chaea…”

But his voice seemed to be trembling a little…?

I looked up at Junho with deliberately calm eyes.

And waited for the words that would come from his mouth.

“…Father didn’t get the role I auditioned for.”

Ah.

Snow fell from the gray sky.

When my heart was churning from the unexpected situation and I was confused about what expression to make, Junho continued.

“…But the PD asked me to try something else.”

“Something else?”

The sound of my heart pounding was loud enough to reach my ears.

Soon a faint smile formed on Junho’s gentle lips.

“Yes, there’s a role that another actor canceled, and it’s a bigger role than the one I auditioned for. But he said it would suit me better and gave it to me.”

“Ah…”

So he got it after all…!

“Father!”

“Chaea!”

Junho, who had lifted me up, spun around and around.

His flushed cheeks and bright smile looked truly happy.

“This is a first for me. I’ve mostly done minor roles, but a role that appears in every episode, this isn’t a dream, is it?”

Looking at Junho’s hopeful eyes, I nodded.

“Hehe. Congratulations, Father.”

“Wow.”

Junho was purely happy like a real child.

“I’m so happy. So much! I feel like I could fly!”

Despite the cold winter wind, my heart felt warm as if a bonfire had been lit.

* * *

In the tea room of Dongcheongje, Kang Un-san’s secretary approached and handed him documents while he was having tea and conversation with his grandson Hee-jae.

“Chairman, these are the materials related to drama production investment that Park Manager mentioned.”

Dramas in programming and casting at broadcasting stations receive external investment, and Tomorrow Finance had also been investing in promising broadcast content.

Un-san took the documents from his secretary and spoke.

“Right, this year we spent quite a lot on building the internet banking system, so we should pick just one promising work to invest in. What’s Park Manager’s opinion?”

“Yes. Park Manager thinks Writer Kim Bong-cheol’s work has a high possibility of being a hit.”

Un-san nodded and carefully examined the documents page by page.

However, he furrowed his brow slightly and moved his lips.

“But this work is somehow…”

Befitting Writer Kim Bong-cheol who was in the spotlight of the broadcasting industry, the content was smoothly and well-structured.

But it felt like something was missing.

Though Un-san didn’t usually enjoy watching dramas, he strangely felt bored.

He also looked at the investment proposals for the other two dramas.

“Hee-jae.”

“Yes, Grandfather.”

Then he handed the documents to his grandson Hee-jae.

“Do you know why we invest in movie or drama production?”

Hee-jae flipped through the documents and answered diligently.

“For advertising effects, isn’t it? To approach the public in a friendly way. High-rated dramas are even more helpful.”

“Right. When viewers see the cheerful and hopeful protagonist of a morning drama coming to our Tomorrow Bank to make a deposit, viewers’ steps also head toward Tomorrow Bank. But there are several other reasons too.”

“….”

Hee-jae turned through the drama investment proposal page by page.

The drama’s content and parts of the script, role casting and actors’ photos, content about confirmed broadcasting scheduling.

It was meticulously organized to suit investors’ tastes.

“There are also advantages regarding culture-related policies and tax issues. Sometimes there are political relationships too. You’ll gradually learn about this. Well, anyway, just as we should invest in quality stocks when investing, we need to invest in dramas that will have high ratings to see profits. But Hee-jae, you’ve been looking at that for quite a while.”

The boy’s eyes had been lingering on the last proposal for a long time.

It was the sitcom, 【Typhoon Internal Medicine】.

“That one… well.”

“There’s a familiar face.”

Hee-jae, who had been looking at the cast list of the work that seemed to have completed actor casting, moved his lips.

“A familiar face?”

“Yes. You’ve seen them too, Grandfather.”

Unsan, who had only skimmed through it earlier, took it and looked at it carefully.

“Isn’t this the supporting cast list?”

In drama investments, who the supporting actors are isn’t that important.

Compared to the famous writer Kim Bong-cheol’s new work featuring two A-list actors, this sitcom was cast mainly with middle-aged actors or actors without much recognition.

The supporting cast list was also full of unfamiliar faces…

“Hm?”

Unsan’s gaze also stopped where Hee-jae’s eyes had paused.

Because he had discovered a face he had briefly encountered before.

“It’s like a bank inside a computer.”

When he went on an inspection to Tomorrow Bank, he had encountered a very bright little girl.

She was talking about internet banking, so thinking that a young child couldn’t possibly understand such concepts yet, he had tried to gently explain it to her,

but instead was surprised by her words that hit right to the core.

And the man who was with the child, who appeared to be the child’s father. He was tall with a handsome appearance, and it seems he was an actor.

“Well, that child’s father is here.”

“…Gu…Chaea…”

Hee-jae’s lips moved slightly.

The sound was so quiet that it was drowned out by the sound of flipping through the proposal again and didn’t reach Unsan’s ears.

“Hmm… a sitcom… Right, so he’s appearing as a supporting actor here.”

Unsan looked through the proposal for 【Typhoon Internal Medicine】 again, which he had skimmed through the fastest among the three.

Since he rarely looked at documents twice when making investment decisions, this was quite unusual behavior.

Hee-jae looked up at his grandfather like that.

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