The Famous Millionaire

“Not really,” said Suji in an offhand manner, but she didn’t push Hyunwoo’s arm off her shoulder. She seemed not to care about it at all. Hyunwoo didn’t feel that way. Though she had thick clothes, he couldn’t feel anything in particular, but he felt something warm in his heart, and he felt the scent of perfume on her hair was unusually strong.

Suddenly Suji asked, “Do you like it?”

“Uh? What are you talking about?”

“I mean, do you feel good if you put your arm around my shoulders like this?”

Hyunwoo felt a prick in his heart, but he had no reason to feel so. She was just asking, knowing already that he liked it. Then, he had no reason to hesitate in expressing his genuine feelings.

“Well, I feel like my heart is full. I don’t feel cold at all.”

“Gee. Your hands must be cold.”

Suji raised her hand and held the hand that was around her shoulders.

“Wow, your hands are warm. I hear someone whose hands are warm is also warm-hearted.”

Suji looked at Hyunwoo, and at the same time, Hyunwoo looked at her.

Suji’s beautiful face was shining in his eyes.

At that moment, he choked up. If he had his way, he would like to press her tightly to his chest, but Suji was walking ahead, turning her head.

Letting out a sigh Hyunwoo looked ahead. Parting with her, Hyunwoo went back home and sent her a text message.

After he sent it, he waited for her reply but didn’t get one.

Maybe she’s in the shower or already in bed?

Going into his bedroom, Hyunwoo closed his eyes and leaned against the wall. He could still smell Suji’s fragrance and feel her warmth.

Can I ask for a date this weekend again?

She might be waiting for his request for a date, too.

He regretted not asking her before they parted.

Shall call her now to set the date?

He looked at his watch. It was almost midnight.

Too late to call, he thought.

“Let me call her tomorrow morning.”

When he thought of meeting her on the weekend, he felt much better.

“Tomorrow will take care of itself. Let me wrap up today.”

Hyunwoo sat before the computer the way he always did and checked out N&C Korea Cafe before surfing Story Mecca.

Recently, Hyunwoo’s main focus was on Tuti & Angelica. He found a student voice actor, finished the dubbing and uploaded the first episode with the plan to upload a new episode every week.

“How many people have visited this site?” Hyunwoo stopped his mouse suddenly, “What the heck is this? Wow, so many visitors!”

Even though it was the first episode, there were more than 5,000 visits already.

Of course, the first episode of a popular work boasted tens of thousands.

Ani & Funny was just a start-up animation company with no name in Story Mecca, but it was very unusual that the first episode of a new work by an unknown company to have such a large number of visits.

What’s more surprising was that more than 900 people had clicked ‘like’. It was almost 10% of a popular work’s numbers. On the other hand, there were only nine who clicked ‘dislike’ button.

While surfing Story Mecca, he noticed an unusual nickname.

“Noyenam? Who coined such a nasty screenname?”

It was not just the screen name. The comments were pretty much annoying.

It looked like the person was a so-called hater.

Checking out the person’s comments, the readers were blaming the writer for the miserable condition of the main character, Angelica. Even though they didn’t use any foul language, they seemed to be trying to offend the writer.

Hyunwoo giggled at that, “There are all sorts of peculiar readers here as there are so many of them.”

The following morning, Hyunwoo called Suji at her convenient time, but her reply was disappointing.

“How could I? I’ve got an appointment. I’m available the day after tomorrow.”

“See you, Sunday.”

He felt dejected. Obviously, he was too eager about his date with her.

Suddenly, he didn’t know what to do. At that moment he thought of Sohn Sungrak and Moon Juhwan who were supposed to fly to Vietnam next Tuesday. They would be staying at least one week.

Hyunwoo drove his van to the warehouse. While he was waiting for the traffic light to turn to red, he saw Suji running somewhere hurriedly.

He was just glad, so he was about to get out and shout her name, but he had to shut his mouth quickly because she stopped in front of a young man. He had an expensive foreign sports car with him. At a glance, it looked like a car worth hundreds of millions of won.

The young man opened the door of the passenger seat for her, and with a broad smile, she hopped in the car.

Hyunwoo would have chased the car if he had not controlled himself at the moment.

Come to think of it, it was not a big deal. Suji didn’t hold his arm nor kiss him. She just hopped in his car at his request.

Maybe they were driving to an appointment, and she only needed a ride.

Thinking a little deeper, Hyunwoo felt deeply inferior. Would he feel the same way if the young man had a nondescript car? Maybe not, but because of that expensive foreign sports car, he obviously got the impression that she might only be interested in the rich guy’s wealth.

On the other hand, his reaction suggested that he had a real affection for her.

Hyunwoo, act like a man. Be a good sport, said Hyunwoo to himself.

Hyunwoo mett Suji at 7 pm the next day. She seemed too tired.

“Did you spend the whole night with your friends?”

“Oh my god. How did you know that? I feel really tired.”

Hyunwoo felt a prick in the heart. It’s not a big deal that she got in the young man’s car for a ride but having her a fling with the man like that all night was far from virtuous.

Hyunwoo asked her cautiously, “Who did you spend the night?”

“College classmates.”

“Oh, there were men among them, I guess.”

At his asking, Suji opened her eyes wide and denied, “Do you think I’m crazy enough to be up all night with male classmates? I parted with them at the second session, and I spent the whole night with my female classmates.”

Hyunwoo felt relieved to hear that, Yea, I should trust her. Then she can trust me, too.

Looking at her, Hyunwoo smiled brightly.

***

The Seoul headquarters of ‘Space Design’ was located in Yongdungpo near Yoido.

There were only nine employees there. Among them were three designers, so there were only five employees besides Minhye Park, the new president, who worked there. The designers had quite a good reputation, all headhunted by Daebong Park, her father, and president of Aurum.

Hyunwoo was opposed to that kind of headhunting.

Of course, they had extraordinary capabilities, but hiring them was too costly.

He felt it would have been much more effective to open a competition for college students majoring in design or to hire more salesmen with that money.

But, Minhye ignored his suggestion by saying, “You just focus on your own job. All you have to do is persuade the TV producers.”

Actually, he thought that was his main job. From day one, he went on various business trips every day, visiting various soap opera studios.

In particular, he tried his best to meet the writer and producer of the sitcom “Wolf and Fox”, in which Yu Nami was supposed to play a role.

However, he couldn’t see even their faces, let alone meet them.

Everybody at the scene didn’t allow him to approach, treating him like a hawker.

In that situation, it was difficult to ask a favor of Nami. Though she was a rising star, she just started her entertainment career on TV. If she did a favor like this, she might not get in their good books for being arrogant if something went wrong.

So, Hyunwoo began to target the field staff first.

He helped them move heavy shooting equipment and heated their frozen hands with warm hot pads.

Every time he did so, they would ask him, “Who are you?”

“Oh, my name is Hyunwoo Jang with Space Design.”

He ran around like that, introducing himself to the field staff of various studio sets.

By the evening, he was exhausted. He was wearier in mind than in body because it was even more difficult to make acquaintances with the shooting staff, let alone meet anyone actually performing in the shows. Nonetheless, he clenched his teeth.

Looking back on his life, he felt the current difficulties were nothing compared to his past. He overcame more difficulties and hardships than this, and he’d been just a minor at the time.

How could he give up now?

He’d already transferred all his stocks from Aurum to Space Design, which were worth more than 100 million won.

If Space Design established itself in the field, the stocks would grow by several or even several dozens. In that respect, he had to make Space Design a successful company.

This is nothing. Once I get connected to them, I can do it.

With great determination, Hyunwoo went back to the office.

It was already 10 pm.

As the producer worked an irregular schedule, Hyunwoo had to adjust his schedule to theirs.

When he arrived at the office, he found the lights were on inside the office

Hummm…. Was someone still working now?

Hyunwoo’s eyes opened wide a bit. Minhye was there wearing an erotic outfit. Her top had a deep plunge that exposed a lot of cleavage. Immediately, he understood her intention.

Letting out a sigh without her hearing it, She is impossible.