The Baby Seizes Fortune - Chapter 56

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Episode 56

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[Children Save the Day – 【Typhoon Internal Medicine】, Ratings Recovery with Child Actor Card]

Starting from last week’s broadcast, young patients and guardian characters began appearing in earnest, making the overall atmosphere of the drama much lighter than before.

In fact, that episode saw a slight increase in ratings compared to the previous week.

The appearance of child actors is analyzed to have brought changes to the existing cast’s acting as well.

In particular, Gu Jun-ho in the role of the driver has shown distinctive and stable acting in scenes involving children, receiving praise for breaking away from the monotonous acting style he had been criticized for.

The PD accepted my advice.

They introduced child actors with the setting that Yeong-il’s younger brother, a pediatrician next to 【Typhoon Internal Medicine】, established ‘Typhoon Pediatrics’, and the response was as good as expected.

New vitality was breathed into the drama that was becoming a bit boring.

And the ratings rose by a whopping 7 percent.

[Reward: You will gain an additional 35% profit rate for the next 3 months.]

Noah was wagging his tail happily.

My assets, currently reaching 820 million won by riding the surge stocks well, are expected to grow even more.

At this rate, five-year-old Lady Gu Chaea might achieve 1 billion won in assets within a month or two?

And there was one more reward,

[Additional Reward: Reputation (+70)]

The green bar that had been visible since Noah’s last upgrade became darker.

‘It’s probably my reputation graph…’

Is it a similar concept to Junho’s growth quest where filling black stars with yellow makes his star quality rise?

“Chaea.”

At the sound calling me, I looked at my desk partner Yeongmin sitting next to me.

The sniffly kid sat with his shoulders shrugged, his face much cleaner thanks to the camera massage.

Surprisingly, Yeongmin appeared as a child actor in 【Typhoon Internal Medicine】 this time.

He gave a passionate performance as a stomach pain patient crying because he didn’t want to get a shot.

‘This kid does have a pretty handsome face though.’

I wonder if he’ll become an actor when he grows up.

Junho, who finished filming, said a friend from Somang Preschool had joined as a child actor, but I only found out it was Yeongmin through the broadcast.

‘No wonder he didn’t come to preschool for a few days.’

“Hey, Gu Chaea. Should I give you my autograph?”

[Princess Chaea, would you please accept my humble autograph? (99%)]

When did I turn this on?

“End inner thoughts.”

“Huh?”

“It’s nothing.”

“Huh, won’t you regret it? I may look like this, but I’m going to be the future Brad Pitt, so now’s your chance.”

His eyes were persistently wanting to give me an autograph, but I’m not particularly interested.

“I said no.”

At the low voice heard from beside me, Yeongmin flinched in surprise and looked next to me.

There was Hee-jae, who had appeared without me noticing, looking at Yeongmin with shadowed eyes.

“Ah… okay.”

When Hee-jae makes those eyes, even I flinch.

Hee-jae was already looking at me with a bright smile. As if the expression he just made at Yeongmin was a lie.

I left the classroom with Hee-jae and headed to the backyard.

“Wow, it’s pretty.”

I said while looking at the pink azalea flowers.

“They’re all blooming beautifully!”

That’s right, everything is going well.

My assets are not far from 1 billion, and both the sub quest and hidden quest are being resolved well.

I became friends with Hee-jae, and I helped Junho who was about to be in danger.

“You’re more.”

At Hee-jae’s voice, I looked up to see him pick up a clean flower that had fallen on a leaf and place it on my palm.

As I stared blankly at the flower then looked at Hee-jae, he smiled faintly and moved his lips.

“…You bloom more beautifully.”

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“The images overlap, but that side has the upper hand.”

Murky smoke rose in puffs from the end of the cigarette.

Go Jae-il, president of Claudia Entertainment. Also the son of Chairman Gochan-hyeong, he was expressing great displeasure about the actor he discovered losing in the advertising competition again this time.

The man sitting in front of him was none other than Gi Seung-cheol, a lawyer from a top-tier law firm.

“That bastard Gu Jun-ho, I wish he’d just disappear completely.”

【Typhoon Internal Medicine】, which had briefly faltered with the appearance of child actors, was riding high again, and Gu Jun-ho, who had emerged as the sitcom’s leading character, was doing the same.

For a man, he had a slender face with gentle-looking eyes and clear skin.

But Junho, who had lean muscles and broad shoulders in contrast to that, was a character rarely found even in the entertainment industry.

Moreover, his acting was outstanding, making it strange why he hadn’t been discovered until now.

“Hyeok keeps getting overshadowed because of that bastard.”

“You really cherish him.”

“It’s not about cherishing. He’s the money source of the new era, so it’s frustrating to see him being hindered like this. I have very good judgment about people.”

If your judgment about people is so good, why did you put a pure mask on that drug-addicted Korean-American bastard?

Seungcheol’s lips twitched slightly, but he soon spoke calmly.

“Anyway, is there a way? That’s why you called me, right?”

Jae-il nodded with an indifferent face as if that was correct.

“Gu Jun-ho, Gu Jun-ho.”

Seungcheol called that name a couple of times while thinking.

Is this what they call fate?

Getting entangled repeatedly even when trying not to pay attention.

Seungcheol touched his brow and moved his lips.

“How about shaking up Westree first?”

“Westree?”

“Even if we pour out articles enough to bury him, that agency responds quite nimbly, so let’s paralyze the agency first.”

“But those guys…”

Have solid financial backing.

I heard that Tomorrow Securities even made a new investment in Westree this time.

‘They pretended not to know when Claudia requested, those spiteful bastards.’

“Really, nothing’s going well these days.”

“Right? In the end, there’s only one way.”

“What’s that?”

“Chairman Go needs to become a legislator.”

At this, Jae-il clicked his tongue.

Soon there will be the National Assembly election, Chairman Gochan-hyeong’s first attempt to enter politics.

Lawyer Gi Seung-cheol was helping with that as his father’s right-hand man.

“Nothing would back you up as much as that. It wouldn’t just be Gu Jun-ho, would it? The bastards you could trample once you have power.”

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“Chaea!!”

Junho came home with his arms full of gifts.

“What’s all this?”

As I stood there dumbfounded, Junho handed me the gifts and said.

“The PD insisted I bring these. Our Chaea…”

His face, full of pride, had a joyful smile.

“Called you a golden toad.”

“Oh my, but still, all this!”

Even so, I eagerly received them with both hands and unwrapped each one.

“This is….”

It was a Tamagotchi.

A nostalgic item that I used to buy one by one at sports festivals when I was young.

Woof!

As I was touching the Tamagotchi, lost in memories, Noah came running from the status window and barked for some reason.

Woof woof- Grrr-

[૮₍ •́ ᴥ •̀ ₎ა]

‘Don’t tell me… you’re being territorial?’

Whine- Whimper-

[૮₍´˶• ᴥ •˶₎ა …]

As if that wouldn’t work, Noah suddenly showed his belly and acted cute.

He doesn’t like other electronic pets besides himself….

‘Alright, I’ll only raise you.’

Chuckling at his cute reaction, I put down the Tamagotchi and picked up the yo-yo.

“Oh, Dad is good at this.”

Junho took the yo-yo and immediately performed tricks in front of me.

It was quite fascinating to watch the yo-yo go down, spin around by itself, then come back up.

And there was also a character stationery set.

A pencil case and notebook covered with flashy album photos of the group MIX.

Even new sneakers. It seemed like they had gone around department stores and stationery shops to carefully pick out gifts for me.

“The other actors and staff members are all surprised too, since the PD is going around telling everyone that the idea to add a child actor all came from Chaea.”

I shrugged my shoulders.

“Of course, Yeong-il and I are also bragging about it.”

Geez, adults!

“Anyway, the fact that Typhoon Internal Medicine is starting to sail smoothly again is definitely because of our Chaea….”

“Junho hyung!”

At that moment, before Junho could finish speaking, we heard violent knocking on the door from outside.

This voice is…?

When Junho opened the door, I saw Minsu with his face pale white for some reason.

“Oh, Minsu?”

“C-c-could you please help us?”

Junho blinked and nodded, and I followed behind him as we went out.

‘But… Minsu’s neck is red. What happened…’

As we hurried downstairs, we heard shouting.

“What divorce! If anyone’s leaving, it should be you!”

And I saw a shabby-looking man grabbing the landlady by the collar.

“Now that the kid’s grown up, you don’t need a head of household anymore, is that it? Huh?”

My heart suddenly went cold and heat rushed to my head.

Junho rushed over like lightning and pulled the man away from the landlady.

“Hey, shit, what are you! You bastard!”

The man’s hand shot up.

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