The Baby Seizes Fortune - Chapter 78

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Episode 78

The reason she had tasted bitter defeat in her previous work was because she had temporarily lost her true colors.

Political marriage and romance were safe subjects that could appeal to the masses, but she failed to bring out her own personality within this framework.

In the end, the drama lost its direction, and the viewership ratings continued to drop.

And the work she wrote again with gritted teeth—that was 【Waltz of Prague】.

“You…”

Writer Kim Bong-cheol bent down to meet my eyes.

Her eyes, which had been filled only with interest, now held confusion.

“I see…”

After being unable to speak for a while, Junho said to Writer Kim Bong-cheol.

“Haha, our Chaea is quite deep in her thinking.”

“…It’s not just ‘quite deep.’ It’s like…”

Her gaze pierced into my pupils with sharp intensity.

“It’s so creepy how she seems to read my mind.”

I looked at her with eyes that said ‘that can’t be right.’

Nevertheless, Writer Kim, who couldn’t take her eyes off me for a while, slowly straightened up and said to me.

“That’s right, Chaea. I want to write works where everyone’s differences can be respected. And I think 【Waltz of Prague】 is such a work. I don’t know if people will like it, but this was the work I wanted to write. I have no regrets.”

Writer Kim Bong-cheol’s eyes held a deep intensity.

Soon her gaze turned to Junho.

“That’s why I was happy to hear that Mr. Gu Jun-ho wanted to take on the role. Mr. Gu Jun-ho comes from quite a special environment. I thought he could better express the complex inner world and three-dimensional aspects of the villain I wrote.”

“Ah, thank you for seeing it that way.”

Writer Kim nodded.

“Chaea really has exceptional intuition. To grasp the author’s intention like this—this is my first time experiencing something like this, so I’m quite flustered.”

“Ah…”

“Whether she becomes a writer, an actor, or does something else later, Chaea will definitely make it big.”

She smiled, expressing her admiration for me.

“She makes me want to covet her talent.”

“…”

“So, if you’re thinking about doing child acting… for your first appearance…”

Hearing that Writer Kim Bong-cheol found me covetable made my shoulders rise unconsciously.

But my goal is to be a powerful figure behind the scenes, so no more child acting offers.

“Thank you for the compliment! But Chaea wants to play in the rabbit class. Cameras are scary!”

When I put my hands together and spoke in a lively voice, Writer Kim, who was startled, laughed so brightly her face lit up with amusement.

“Oh my, how adorable.”

And then a status window appeared before my eyes.

[Hidden Achievement ‘A-Grade Writer’s Favor’ has been achieved]

[Achievement Reward: Reputation +140]

The reputation graph, which had been dark green, instantly became darker.

It was an upgrade to purple!

Soon a message appeared.

[A random talent is granted as a reputation upgrade reward. ૮₍˶> ᵕ 【˶₎ა]</p】

Huh? What’s this?

A random talent?

Soon the status window started flashing wildly and a message appeared.

[‘Singing Talent’ has been granted.]

[Eardrum Destroyer > Average Singing Ability]

[૮₍˶ᵔ ᗜ ᵔ˶₎ა♬]

“…”

Ah, not this kind of thing—give me money!

* * *

“I texted that I passed the audition, and she’s sending cake. How burdensome, really.”

“Yay!”

Not long after I cheered, the doorbell rang.

Soon a high-end bakery cake arrived.

The round white cake was covered with plenty of fresh cream, topped with fresh strawberries and kiwi.

“Wow, it’s a real cake.”

Very satisfied with the visual that was no less than modern cakes, I spoke, and Junho tilted his head.

“Huh? Were there fake cakes too?”

“Look, it’s different. This is real fresh cream cake.”

“I can’t tell the difference…”

Sometimes Junho or Seok-min would buy cakes from the neighborhood bakery, but most of them were vegetable cream-based and filled your mouth with greasiness when eaten.

The decorations on the cakes weren’t fresh fruit either, but fruit-shaped chewy jellies or syrup-glossy red canned cherries.

They were 90s-style cakes in their own way, so I ate a few bites, but they were too greasy, so I had been missing this kind of light cake.

When I fed Junho some cake, his pupils wavered.

“Hmm? It is a bit different.”

“Right, right?”

Whine-

[૮₍ ◕ﻌ◕ ₎ა]

Noah, you can’t have any.

While I was making a fuss eating cake like this.

Noah, who had been whining, unfolded something.

[Hacking of Congressman Gochan-hyeong’s aide’s email has been completed.]

Nice!

The reason I bought the luck boost potion from the Karma Shop was not only to raise karma points faster, but also to increase Noah’s efficiency.

Noah is an AI capable of hacking, but it’s not that high-performance yet, and could only generate and input random passwords until login was successful.

The villain of my past life, a human I need to keep in check.

I found out Congressman Gochan-hyeong’s office email address, but it was supposed to take 7 months to try all combinations, yet thanks to the luck boost potion, it was solved quite quickly.

Hehehe, excellent!

“Father, eat the cake first. Chaea will go to her room for a moment.”

I left Junho and went into my room to command Noah.

“Show me the email list.”

Soon sent and received emails appeared on the blue screen.

I started checking them one by one.

Most were superficial stories related to policies, schedules, or protocol-related emails, but there was one that caught my eye.

It was an email exchange with the broadcasting station that airs 【Typhoon Internal Medicine】.

I narrowed my eyes and checked the email content.

[Programming Reference Opinion Delivery

Hello, Director.

This is the aide from Congressman Gochan-hyeong’s office whom you met previously.

I’m cautiously delivering a reference opinion regarding the sitcom 【Typhoon Internal Medicine】 currently airing on your station.]

The content roughly expressed indirectly that the sitcom’s content was politically biased and there were various discussions in the party-government, with some lawmakers feeling uncomfortable, and it concluded with the following words.

[I think wrapping it up a bit earlier could be a realistic alternative.

Especially regarding the continued appearance of actor ‘Gu Jun-ho’ who plays the role of ‘Dong-ho,’ we would appreciate your reconsideration.

This email is not an official request or matter to be recorded, so please just use it as reference for your judgment, Director.

You don’t need to send a separate reply.]

‘Why would Congressman Gochan-hyeong’s office write such an email about Father? Hmm.’

Gochan-hyeong.

Chairman of Cheonhwan Holdings, which owns Cheonhwan-affiliated oil, construction, and golf companies, and current regional district National Assembly member.

And when the Haeryeong Resort incident broke, he was a third-term lawmaker and the person presumed to be the actual owner of Haeryeong Resort.

He was also the political mentor of Gi Seung-cheol, who had most viciously attacked the bereaved families and harbored secrets about that fire.

If Gi Seung-cheol was the greatest villain of my past life, then Gochan-hyeong was the sinister mastermind behind the villain.

“Something smells fishy.”

But why does that Gochan-hyeong feel uncomfortable about Father?

As far as I know, the two of them don’t even have any connection.

Is it because of the nerve war with Gi Seung-cheol?

Or does Father’s very existence pose a problem for him?

There was nothing I could figure out yet.

I had Noah record that email and continued examining the other emails.

Most of the rest were ordinary work emails, but I found more suspicious ones.

This time, they weren’t emails about broadcasting or Father.

‘This is….’

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