Chapter 515

exodus 3. best friend (2)

Namsan Grand Paros Hotel.

The ‘Neoteen Webtoon Writer’s Night’ meeting was held at the Emerald Hall here.

Min Ha-young, who entered her with Taek-gyu, put a name tag around her neck and sat down at her seat.

She said, “A lot of celebrities are here today.”

As the sales of the webtoon business are increasing day by day, Neoteen did not spare any money. She hired a famous MC as the host, and prepared a lot of celebrity performances. Meals will be served at the hotel buffet after the event is over.

Hundreds of artists had already gathered in the huge hall.

Min Ha-Young opened her rabbit-like eyes wide and looked around because it was awkward at the place she had been to for the first time. She was not very impressed with Taek-gyu, who had participated in many larger events than this.

They were sitting quietly in a corner seat together, when a man approached and spoke carefully.

“Are you a high-ryeong writer by any chance?”

Min Ha-young was startled and opened her eyes like that.

“Yes? How do you know me?”

“Look at the name tag.”

“Oh, I see.”

“Nice to meet you. I’m a pamble writer.”

“Yes, hello.”

“I’m a fan of that writer, can you sign one autograph?”

At that, Min Ha-young was embarrassed and waved her hand.

“Yes? Sign? Oh, no. What sign am I?”

In her place, her Taek-gyu stepped forward.

“Paper, please.”

Taek-gyu quickly took the paper and handed it to Min Ha-young.

“Sign it now.”

Min Ha-Young was forced to sign her autograph. Meanwhile, other writers flocked in. She greeted everyone and asked for her autograph.

‘Is this the dignity of the No. 1 Neoteen Webtoon writer?’

Taek-gyu raised his thumb.

“Oh! Popular writer.”

At those words, Min Ha-Young blushed.

“Don’t do that. It’s still embarrassing.”

***

Kwon Su-ryun was sitting at a table with her close writers.

The girls met through an internet community and drew webtoons together even before their debut, and at one time, Min Ha-young also belonged to this group.

“The writer of Hiryung is here.”

“Very shameless.”

“Yeah. To come to a place like this after trying to attract fellow writers on multiple levels.”

“You say that the Norwegian princess is bragging about being a fan?”

“It’s ridiculous. Is the princess a fan of Lost Fantasy, or a fan of the writer of High Lung?”

“I’m really lucky. I got the Lost Fantasy IP and turned my life around.”

“Did a man ask you well?”

It is easy to think that one’s own success is a natural result of hard work and skill, but the success of others is obtained by luck.

There was a long line in front of Min Ha-young to get her autograph.

Seeing this, Su-ryun Kwon stood up.

“It’s been a long time since we met, but I have to say hello.”

***

Taek-gyu looked at the man in front of him and said.

“Uh! It’s a Tai Pong writer. I saw it on TV.”

“Good morning.”

Webtoon has emerged as a popular content, and the popularity of webtoon writers has also increased. Some appeared on TV and enjoyed celebrity-like popularity.

Taek-gyu looked around and saw a woman sitting at another table. She has a white, small face and distinct features. She looked like she was going to be told that she was pretty. She was somehow familiar.

“Uh! Isn’t that him? Isn’t that Kwon Soo-ryun?”

“Ugh. That’s right.”

She wasn’t friendly, but she was in the same class and knew her face.

“Is he also a webtoon writer?”

“Yeah. It’s being serialized on Neoteen right now.”

“I don’t think I’ve ever seen the name Kwon Soo-ryun.”

“Because I use the pen name Seo-ryun.”

“okay?”

Taek-gyu searched for her work on his smartphone.

She said, “She drew comics every day, even then, and she made her debut.”

It’s nice to meet her high school classmate at such an event.

Taehyung raised his hand.

“Howdy!”

At that moment, Min Ha-young stopped.

“Ha, don’t.”

“Are you doing this because I’m afraid I’ll say ‘Hisashiburi’? I quit ‘Hisashiburi’ a long time ago. I was just trying to say ‘It’s been a while’.”

“I know that, but don’t pretend you know.”

“Why?”

“That, just.”

‘Is there something between you two?”

Thinking so, the three writers who were sitting at the same table with Kwon Su-ryun got up and walked over to this place.

Kwon Su-ryun greeted me warmly.

“Oh! Hayoung-ah. Hello. I’ll meet you here.”

For some reason, Min Ha-young bowed her head.

“Ugh. Oh, hello.”

“We’ve been away for a long time.”

Kwon Soo-ryun, who greeted her warmly, saw a man sitting next to Min Ha-young next to her.

“Uh! Are you sure Oh Taek-gyu?”

“Yeah. It’s been a while.”

In her memory, Oh Taek-gyu wears her glasses and is chubby.

was the physique. But compared to that time, he lost a lot of weight and his face improved a lot.

Kwon Su-ryun was always interested in fashion, so he immediately noticed that Taek-gyu’s outfits were not luxury items, from glasses to shoes. Besides, the watch he is wearing is Patek Philippe.

‘Is it fake?’

Kwon Su-ryun thought so, and she told Min Ha-young.

“I’m glad you look healthy. Don’t you do that these days?”

“Huh? That’s it?”

She looked at Min Ha-young, who was bewildered, and Kwon Soo-ryun smiled inside.

“I’m talking about illegal multi-level. Are you still doing it these days?”

The writers around him were astonished at the words.

Writer Tai Phong asked.

“What do you mean?”

“Ah! Writer Hiryung did illegal multi-steps before drawing webtoons. Was it the Jeil Gold Coin? Why is there a coin that a relative cheated on him after Kang Jin-jin? After a long time, I contacted him and met him, and he said that if he bought that coin, he could make a lot of money.”

Min Ha-young, who fell into her multi-step process, was the first to contact her friend Kwon Soo-ryun. As soon as she met and heard her talk, she spurred her seat and got up.

She did not stop there and spread rumors that she was multi-level, so she lost contact with all the writers she knew before.

Now that I think about it, it was rather fortunate. If she really had brought her fellow writers into the multi-level, she wouldn’t have been able to carry her face.

Anyway, we haven’t talked to each other since then.

This was true even after she made her debut. However, as long as we work in the same industry, we will have no choice but to face each other in the future.

Min Ha-young said nothing and bowed her head.

It is true that at one time she was involved in multiple levels, and she tried to attract those around her. She even thought she had to apologize if she ever met her.

But like this, she’s going to reveal it publicly at a gathering of other writers.

For some reason, it felt like everyone was laughing at him.

Min Ha-young was embarrassed and couldn’t say anything, but Kwon Soo-ryun continued her speech.

“Do you know how worried you were knowing that you were arrested too when you saw the news about the multi-level daily strike? Did you tell other writers to buy it?”

Seeing Kwon Su-ryun’s expression and tone, Taek-gyu noticed the situation and kicked his tongue inside.

‘Excessive success leads to envy and jealousy.’

Anyway, what should I do in this case?

Taek-gyu spoke on behalf of Min Ha-young.

“It was for an investigation.”

“What? Investigation?”

“Yeah. You want to draw a multi-level webtoon, aren’t you, Ha Young-ah?”

“Huh?”

Min Ha-young looked at her Taek-gyu with her rabbit-like eyes wide open.

‘What if you’re even more surprised?’

Kwon Soo-ryun was perplexed.

“Okay, don’t be fooled! Does it make sense that you signed up for a multi-level report for coverage?”

‘Huh. That’s right.’

Data research is crap. It was really multi-level. However, Taek-gyu continued to lie without changing his expression.

“Because it’s real. If you’re a writer you don’t know, you need to be able to do multi-level camouflage infiltration in order to draw a good webtoon.”

Hearing these words, the writers murmured all at once.

“Wow! Were you directly into the multi-level process for the coverage?”

“That’s right. That’s right.”

“Somehow, when I heard the rumors, I thought it was strange.”

“Hi-ryeong-nim, you’re really amazing!”

Kwon Soo-ryun looked like she couldn’t believe it. She never knew it.

“If I went in for a report, would it make sense to buy a coin?”

That’s right.

Taek-gyu changed the subject before the lie was discovered.

“All the writers here should thank Hayoung.”

“What do you mean? Are you saying thank you for not dragging me into the multilevel?”

“No. Because Ha-young hit the Hell Rabbit.”

All the writers were astonished by that statement.

“What nonsense is that?”

“It’s true. The Hell Rabbit site was closed thanks to Hayoung’s report.”

“Don’t be silly!”

This is true.

Thanks to Min Ha-young crying and reporting (?), Oh Taek-gyu came forward. Otherwise, Hell Rabbit would have been operating even now.

However, it is not easy to prove that statement. I don’t know if Oh Taek-gyu reveals himself.

‘But even if you reveal your identity, you won’t believe it.’

Fortunately, at that moment, I saw a familiar face.

Taehyung quickly waved his hand.

“Hey there! Representative!”

CEO Lee Baek-hoon was surprised to see Taek-gyu.

“Ah! You really are here. Nice to meet you.”

“Please tell the writers. The writer here knows that it was closed because the writer Hiryeong reported and requested that the Hell Rabbit be closed.”

“……?”

Team leader Lee Baek-hoon looked at Taek-gyu Oh and Ha-young Min alternately with surprised eyes.

“How are you two?”

“I’m a high school classmate.”

Team leader Lee Baek-hoon noticed the situation.

‘Was the vice president of OTK Company a friend of writer Hyryeong? That’s why writer Hiryung received a Lost Fantasy IP from OTK Games and was able to draw a webtoon, so that’s why the Vice President was so active in Hell Rabbit!’

Now everything made sense.

Team leader Lee Baek-hoon spoke out loud so that the surrounding writers could hear it.

“The unit… No, this person is right. Thanks to the tip and request of the writer Higherung, I was able to sweep the Hell Rabbit management team at a glance. I would like to take this opportunity to express my sincere thanks to the writer Higherung.”(Read more @ wuxiax.com)

Hell Rabbit is the largest illegal webtoon site in Korea.

I don’t even need to explain how much damage the webtoon writers have suffered because of that site.

Unfortunately, the site was shut down. Many writers drew and posted a congratulatory message.

By the way, how did the writer Hiryung play a decisive role in shutting down Hell Rabbit, the enemy of webtoon writers, and sweeping the management team?

“Thank you, writer Hyryeong!”

“You’ve been through a lot.”

“Did you tell me earlier?”

“Thank you very much. Writer!”

clap clap!

The writers got up all at once and clapped, and Min Ha-young bowed her head in shame.

But the person who surprised me the most was Kwon Soo-ryun. Until recently, the multi-level fact was disclosed to put the opponent in a corner, but in an instant, the atmosphere was reversed.

‘Really? Did Min Ha-young really shut down Hell Rabbit?’

All of a sudden, the writers who were with her moved a step away and avoided her gaze.

When she tried to disgrace Min Ha-young, but rather got into a corner, Kwon Soo-ryun’s pupils shook greatly. In such a situation, if you continue to talk about multi-level stories, the seeds will not work.

Taek-gyu said a word to her, who was bewildered.

“Ah! You really don’t need to thank me. Hell Rabbit didn’t have your webtoon.”

The Hell Rabbit operator illegally uploaded popular webtoons serialized in Lujin Comics and 3 Mix, as well as Neoteen Webtoons, and provided them for free.

In other words, unpopular webtoons did not spread.

It also included a webtoon serialized by Kwon Su-ryun.

Still, whenever I saw a comment that said, ‘No-jam webtoon that Hell Rabbit also skipped’, a tantrum broke out, and Taek-gyu touched that point properly.

Taek-gyu said to her, who was shaking her whole body with her anger.

“It is very morally wrong to frame a friend for jealousy and jealousy because he is doing well.”

Kwon Su-ryun couldn’t stand it and screamed.

“Hey! Taek-gyu Oh!!!”

***

Perhaps it was difficult to bear the gaze of those around him, Kwon Soo-ryun disappeared as if running away before the event even started.

Min Ha-young and Taek-gyu enjoyed the event until the end.

On the way back in the car, Min Ha-young said.

“Thank you for today. I’m alive thanks to you. I always get help.”

Taehyung said with a smirk.

“I have to help each other and live.”

Min Ha-young also smiled.

“Thank you, though.”

“By the way, what about Kwon Soo-ryun? We’ll see each other again later.”

“I’m going to meet and talk soon. I apologize for what I did wrong, but I’ve known him for a long time.”

“That’s a good idea.”

Min-ha-young thought as she looked at Taek-gyu.

‘We’re friends now… … … Well, I have a lot of time in the future.’



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