The Famous Millionaire

Minhye surfed the internet on Hyongsun’s computer and found out the song. Its title was ‘Duckling Fly.’

He has never heard of it before.

“Oh, this is new to me.”

“Just hear it. Very exciting. It’s all the craze on Youtube these days.”

She played the tune, whose unique rhythms created by drumming milk bottles excited her body.

Carried away with the exciting tune, she already began to hop around. On such occasions, her big bosom seemed to tempt him.

He also began to hop like her, commenting “This song is really cool. Of course, I love your hopping to the tune much better.”

“I’m flattered, Hyongsun. Hohoho.”

***

At the office of Ani & Funny in Bono-dong, it was already quite dark outside, but the office was still brightly lit up. The staff were told to wait instead of leaving the office for the day. Hyunwoo told them they would have a meeting as soon as he got back from Vietnam.

They were looking at the large screen on the wall where the music video of Duckling Fly was being played through a projector.

The exciting tunes of the song filled the office.

When the song was over, Jinhon, its composer, said, “It already hit 10 million views. Their reaction is explosive.”

Hyunwoo nodded at that. As Jinhon said, Duckling Fly was winning popularity quickly.

“It’s not just Youtube. Numerous bloggers are downloading it now. I guess those who have actually heard the song are at least ten times more than Youtube viewers.”

That was true. Duckling Fly was gaining popularity not only in Vietnam and Korea but also in the United States.

What’s more encouraging was that the music video was posted on Youtube only a month ago.

If this trend continued, it was clear that it would be the biggest hit on Youtube.

It was a fantastic opportunity for Hyunwoo and the staff of Ani & Funny to make money, but Hyunwoo decided he had to be careful. He thought he could lose the golden opportunity if he dealt with the situation carelessly. If he wanted to make full use of it, he needed someone with experience in the field.

He decided to ask for Jinyoung’s help when it came to the musical aspect. Of course, he could reject his request if he was too much tied up at the moment.

What Hyunwoo had to focus on most at the moment was the video of the song.

There were three big reasons that Duckling Fly became so popular.

First, its musical aspect appealed to the young. Its tune was so exciting, along with the excellent singing of Jinhon and Angela.

Secondly, the dancing aspect was also appealing. The bouncing rhythm of the song was called ‘Kenny Dance’ on the internet, gaining popularity as the word ‘Kenny’ appeared in its verse.

If anybody googled on ‘Kenny Dance’ on the internet, there popped up numerous videos similar to it. In particular, the sexy girl group called ‘Yellow’ were popular, along with Kenny Dance.

Hyunwoo watched the Kenny Dance done by the girl group Yellow.

They were in tight sportswear, with each of them showing off their slender figures and full bosoms. Their dancing stood out in the Kenny Dance. Obviously, Yellow’s Kenny Dance was pretty appealing to men.

Interesting enough, Kenny’s Dance was not just popular with young women. In fact, it was loved by all, regardless of age and sex. In particular, thanks to Mrs. Hong, it was also appealing to seniors who could not move about freely. Watching the video, many seniors began to dance to the tune, thinking ‘I can do it like her.’

Lastly, the characters of the music video had some impact. Various characters including Kenny were the talk of the town already.

In particular, the characters were popular with children.

That was a golden opportunity for Hyunwoo. He had to seize it by all means.

“What’s the status of the animation production of Garbage World?” asked Hyunwoo.

“We’ve done rendering of about ten episodes so far. And five facial expressions of the main characters,” said Kyungsu.

“We haven’t started on the fairy tale production, right?”

“Right now we’re only concentrating on Tuti & Angelica.”

“How many episodes have you created so far?”

“A total of 15. Kunho draws the animation really fast, doing the work of two workers. And we have also finished 25 highlights of Tuti & Angelica.”

“What about the storyboard?”

“Including the highlights, we have finished about 40 up to now. Right now, the storyboard team is focusing on Garbage World.”

Hyunwoo felt Kyungsu was really dependable. Though Kyungsu refused Hyunwoo’s offer to be the CEO of Ani & Funny, Hyunwoo felt it would be more efficient for him to take over even now. But Kyungsu refused the offer again, let alone any top managerial role.

So, Hyunwoo had to ask for his opinion and then give the direction to the staff.

“Is it okay to have the Yu Zuung and her students’ team in Vietnam take care of the remaining work of Tuti & Angelica?”

“Yes, no problem as far as its storyboard has been completed.”

“Okay, then. Let’s focus on Garbage World from now on. As I’m not familiar with the practical aspects of your work, can you divide up the work, Kyungsu?”

“You don’t have to. Just send the work to VPictures as soon as its storyboard has been done. Send them the samples of the facial expressions or motions of characters, along with our special note on the direction of the production of the major scenes. We can take an interim review of their production,” said Kyungsu.

“As for the progress in the animation production of Garbage World, can you take it over, Manager Han? I would like to post it on Story Mecca as soon as possible.”

At that moment Sanggyu said with some concern, “We’ve run into a problem.”

“What is that?”

“The storyboard of Garbage World that we have completed is for an experimental purpose. It doesn’t have any specific theme, and its length varies from 20 seconds to one minute. In other words, it is lacking in terms of consistency.”

Hyunwoo was aware of that problem, too. The reason he had a renewed interest in Garbage World was that Jungah and Jihoon Kang recreated its main characters. So, Hyunwoo went further and wanted to change the contents and mood of the animation. He tried various different ways ranging from its length to the content. Obviously, it was not consistent.

He wanted to try different ways to find out which type of animation would attract the most attention, and his goal was never changed.

“That doesn’t matter. We don’t have to be tied to the same format and theme all the time. Let’s make it as soon as possible.”

“Got it.”

At that moment, Hyunwoo recieved a call from somebody.

Confirming the caller, he was pleasantly surprised because it was Jinyoung Paek.

“Wow! This is a call from Brother Jinyoung! So thrilled,” shouted Hyunwoo in spite of himself.

Stunned to hear that, Kyungsu raised his head and asked, “Who is Brother Jinyoung?”

Hyunwoo raised both hands as if he asked Kyungsu to wait a moment.

The reason Jinyoung called Hyunwoo was just one: he must have watched Duckling Fly on Youtube.

And that was what Hyunwoo wanted. Though he didn’t know Jinyong’s contact number, Hyunwoo thought Jinyong would remember Ani & Funny was the animation company founded by Hyunwoo.

Hyunwoo picked up the phone in an excited voice.

“Long time, no see! How are you doing, Brother Jinyoung?”

“Yea, it’s been a while since I talked to you. How are you?”

Last time, Hyunwoo earnestly asked him to talk down to him, and he said he would, but he was using honorifics while speaking with Hyunwoo now.

“Brother, please talk down to me. You said last time you would treat me as your younger brother, right? Did you forget it?”

“Oh my god! No, I don’t mean it. As I haven’t called you in a long time, I just forgot that. Sorry, hahaha.”

Then Jinyoung furtively began to talk down to him in a much more relaxed tone.

And the impatient Jinyoung brought up the main topic, “I watched the music video ‘Duckling Fly’ on Youtube. I saw the logo ‘ANI & FUNNY’ there on the screen. Isn’t that your company?”