Chapter 514
Chapter 514
exodus 3. best friend (1)
[Lost Fantasy Saga – Serine’s Tower’ Content Leads the Korean Wave!](Strategy) The popularity of ‘Lost Fantasy Saga – Serin’s Tower’ serialized in Neoteen Webtoon is frightening.
With the popularity of Lost Fantasy, it has been exported to more than 20 countries around the world, and is also gaining popularity in the United States and Japan.
In an interview, writer Hiryung said, ‘I would like to thank gamers who love Lost Fantasy and everyone who enjoys watching webtoons. And I would like to take this opportunity to apologize for the frequent delays and absences. I will work even harder.”
Lee Baek-hoon, CEO of Neoteen Webtoon, said that webtoons and web novels are key industries that will lead the Korean wave in the future, and that they will actively nurture new writers and support overseas expansion projects.
***
Webtoon writer Kwon Su-ryun with her 4th year of debut.
When I first debuted as a webtoon artist in Neoteen, I felt like I had the whole world. She once became famous on social media, saying she was one of the top 5 most beautiful writers of neo-teen webtoons.
However, her debut was a beginning, not an end. She struggled to complete her first work and is currently working on her second work, but the response has not been good.
Kwon Su-ryun met webtoon writers at her cafe. They were the writers I met during the doujinshi sales event this time.
The topic of discussion among writers was the article that came out yesterday.
“Have you seen the interview with writer Hiryung?”
“I heard it appeared in the newspaper.”
“They said it was a hit in the US and Japan as well. How much does a high-ryeong writer make?”
“Isn’t it going to make 100 million a month?”
“What is 100 million? It’s said that sales this year will exceed 10 billion.”
“Wow! That’s enough walking small business.”
“It’s really great.”
“How would it feel if I made that much money? I’m going to buy a building in Gangnam soon.”
All the writers did not hide their envy.
Hearing this, Kwon Su-ryun thought.
‘Again, we’re talking about Min Ha-young. Now I’m tired of it.’
She went to the same high school as Min Ha-young. She used to be in the same class, so she was kind of close.
As much as she both dreamed of becoming a cartoonist, she met frequently after graduating from high school to draw and exchange comics. Kwon Soo-ryun, who was not in contact with each other now, but only listened quietly, spoke as if tossing.
“You’re lucky. If you draw a Lost Fantasy IP, who won’t get that many views?”
The writers nodded their heads.
“Well, that’s right.”
“But how did writer High-ryeong get the Lost Fantasy IP? There is only one writer who got it in Korea, writer High-ryeong.”
“That’s right. How did a writer who didn’t even debut to get an IP from a Japanese game company?”
Lost Fantasy M and Online are record-breaking hits, and there are not one or two places that want Lost Fantasy IP. However, it was not easy to get the IP of a popular game.
Kwon Soo-ryun bit her lip slightly.
‘How the hell did you get that? Does anyone know of any OTK Games? Why don’t I get that chance? I’m much better at drawing pictures.’
“Have you heard of that? Writer Hyirung is close with a Norwegian princess.”
“Ah! I heard that too. A Norwegian princess sometimes comments on webtoons.”
“Wow! You’re friends with the princess!”
“The princess is a Lost Fantasy fan.”
“The writer Hyryeong is a celebrity now.”
“He’s the same webtoon writer, but he’s like someone from a different world.”
A writer asked Kwon Su-ryun.
“Ah! I heard from writer Ha-eun, that writer Seo-ryun is friends with writer Hi-ryeong?”
At that, she nodded her head.
“Yes. We were in the same class in high school.”
“Wow! So, are you still in touch these days?”
“Yeah, well, sometimes.”
She actually didn’t contact her.
The reason for the separation was simple. Kwon Soo-ryun’s work, which was serialized in Challenge Best at the time, was promoted to official serialization.
While she became a paid writer, Min Ha-young was still an aspiring student.
After that, Min Ha-young showed her own manuscript to her Kwon Soo-ryun and sought her advice. But she refused to meet her because she felt it was bothering her.
‘It happened after that,’ she said.
She cut off all contact with her after that, and one day, Min Ha-Young officially debuted in her Neo-Teen webtoon.
She is also familiar with the drawing style, and since she was in high school, she had been using the pen name ‘High Ryeong’, so she could easily recognize her.
She said that until then, she had a little congratulations, and she thought about trying to get back in touch. However, Min Ha-young’s webtoon quickly hit her and climbed up.
She is the same neo-teen webtoon serial writer, and her income varies greatly depending on her popularity. Unpopular writers end up receiving a salary equivalent to a salary, but popular writers cost hundreds of millions of won.
‘Lost Fantasy Saga – Serin’s Tower’ is the undisputed number one among all webtoon sites, not just neoteen webtoons.
On the other hand, Kwon Su-ryun’s webtoon ‘Marriage to an Enemy Emperor’ was almost at the bottom.
It endured bloody deadlines every week, and there were hardly any comments when it was serialized. Even in the editorial department, she seemed to want her to finish soon.
After finishing this work, will she be able to sign another contract?
She has reached a point where it is difficult for a friend who once thought she was far below her to look up to. This made it even more difficult to communicate.
Seeing all the other writers talking only about Min Ha-young, I felt a bit nauseous.
“You said you’re going to have a writer’s night in Neoteen Webtoon soon?”
“Will you come out this time?”
“Writer Hiryung-nim is cute.”
“I want to see her face.”
Kwon Soo-ryun said as if muttering.
“Well. If it were me, I wouldn’t be able to come out even if I was embarrassed to go through multiple stages.”
Other writers were astonished by that statement.
“Multi-level?”
“I think I heard that rumor too, was it true?”
“What rumors?”
“I heard that writer Hiryung recommended several writers to do multiple levels.”
Kwon Su-ryun was a little perplexed at those words. Because it was she who spread the rumor to the writers around her.
“Oh! Everyone knew. It seems like they contacted me but also everywhere.”
“Does Seo-ryun know more?”
“Just tell us.”
She pretended to be troubled for a moment, and then opened her mouth as if she had no choice.
“Are you aware of the Jeil Gold Coin incident?”
“Ah! Jinhu Kang’s relatives were scammers.”
“I saw it on the news.”
Jeil Gold Coin multi-level fraud case.
As the scale of damage was so great and the incident involving relatives after the earthquake, the media also reported extensively, and even those who had little interest in current affairs knew about it.
Kwon Soo-ryun said with a smile inside.
“The writer Hiryung worked in that multi-level process. One day, I got a call…”
***
A cafe on the luxury street in Cheongdam-dong.
It is located on the top floor of a luxury store building, and it is always full of reservations as it is directly operated by a luxury brand.
A young man in his twenties in a gray sweatshirt and slippers was sitting at a table while the gorgeously dressed men and women enjoyed the afternoon tea set.
In terms of clothes and appearance, there is no other neighborhood white man.
He was talking to someone.
“Just buy it. If it’s 9,000, it’s cheap. Since we lowered the price once, it won’t be hard to lower it any further. It’s necessary, so buy it before it’s on sale.”
The man sitting at the next table thought.
‘Do you sell toilet paper for 9,000 won at a nearby mart? So you’re saying you have to buy it before it’s sold out?’
He never thought he was going to buy an animation company for $90 million.
He called another place.
“Send 3,000 there. You can’t send 2,000, you have to send 3,000.”
The woman sitting at the next table thought.
She said, ‘I only have 7,000 won in my bankbook, so I can’t get it out of the ATM, so you want me to send you 3,000 won, so are you planning on withdrawing it with 10,000 won?’
She never thought that ’30 million’ was ’30 million dollars’.
After finishing the call, the young man took the magazine on the table in his hand. The name of the magazine is TIME. It is none other than a historic American weekly magazine.
The people around who saw it thought about it.
‘Did I buy the wrong Maxim?’
‘Why are you turning the pages so quickly? Are you just pretending to read?’
‘Still, I didn’t lift it upside down.’
At that moment, a French female manager in a suit approached the young man.
‘The dress code doesn’t match, so it looks like they’re trying to get you out.’
‘It makes no sense to come here in that dress.’
‘Now I can get up and go buy tissue paper discounted at 9,000 won.’
However, contrary to everyone’s expectations, the manager politely bowed her back and spoke in English.
“Thank you for your visit. May I help you withanything?”
To his surprise, the young man answered in English.
“No, thank you. I am good.”
“Please letme know ifyouneed anything.”
“I will. Thank you.” (Okay.)
Those who saw it all stopped moving all at once.
‘What the hell is he?’
‘Who is the manager of a high-end luxury store to say hello?’
‘Am I the only one who doesn’t know who I am?’
The young man looked at the magazine, not paying attention to the gazes around him.
‘In this issue, we do not miss the story of Jinhoo. Let’s see. That article… … Ah! Here you are.’
As I was reading the article, a short time later, a small sized woman with her hair tied and her glasses on came rushing in.
“I’m sorry for being late, Taek-gyu.
“Are you done safely?”
“Yeah. I barely got it right.”
“You keep good deadlines these days.”
“Of course. Now I’m a sincere writer.”
Taek-gyu nodded her head with a satisfied expression.
“It’s a very good attitude. I don’t have a lot of money these days to develop VRMMORPGs. So you have to work hard without taking a break or year-round.”
Lost Fantasy IP usage rights are not free. OTK Games took 10% of webtoon revenue as IP royalties.
Of course, compared to the total revenue earned by OTK Games, it was so small that it didn’t even matter.
Min Ha-young stuck out her tongue.
“Chit! I’m still working hard.”
“How’s the new house?”
“I think it’s good.”
Not long ago, she left her closet and found a new studio in Samseong-dong. It was a luxury apartment overlooking Tancheon.
“But why in Samseong-dong?”
“Because I, too, wanted to live in Gangnam for a long time.”(Read more @ wuxiax.com)
Actually, there was another reason, but I didn’t bother talking about it.
Min Ha-young was surprised to see the magazine in Taek-gyu’s hand.
“Wow! Are you even reading this?”
“I didn’t normally read it, but I bought it because of this.”
Taek-gyu unfolded the page and showed it.
There was an article about ‘Lost Fantasy Saga – Serin’s Tower’ along with the content of Korean webtoons’ entry into the US.
“Hey! To make a lot of money and even be listed in Time. That’s great.”
Min Ha-young cutely inflated her cheeks.
“Are you kidding me?”
No matter how much money she earns, is she comparable to the second richest man in the world?
The two had an afternoon tea set. Min Ha-young ate black tea and scones and made a happy expression.
“Ah! The end of the deadline is really the happiest day in the world.”
“But next week another deadline awaits.”
“I know.”
Min Ha-Young said she remembered something.
“This time, there is a writer’s meeting in Neoteen Webtoon. A lot of celebrities are coming, so would you like to go together?”
“Hey, it’s a writer’s group. But can I go too?”
“Yeah. You can go to the dramatist together.”
“Are you a rookie?”
“It’s not a lie because you tell the story and review the manuscript.”
“That’s right. Then I’ll have to ask the representative to pretend that I don’t know even if he sees me.”
“Huh? Does the CEO know your face?”
“Before, you met Lee Baek-hoon, CEO of Neoteen Webtoon, and Park Se-na, team leader.”
Although he is the vice president of OTK Company and the second richest man in the world, few people know the name and face of Oh Taek-gyu.
In modern society, once a face is known, it spreads quickly through media and SNS.
When a face is known, there are not one or two things that bother me. If Jinhoo Kang was sitting here right now, wouldn’t everyone have looked at him?
‘The main character should hide his face.’
***
On the day of the Neoteen Webtoon Writers Meeting.
Min Ha-young, who met Taek-gyu, was surprised.
“What, what? Why did you come out dressed up like this today?”
Unlike the usual gray sweatshirt and three-striped slippers, today I wore a dandy outfit and shoes.
He changed his glasses and combed his hair neatly.
People looked different.
‘Are you trying to look good to me?’
Min Ha-Young thought so and her face reddened slightly, but Taek-Gyu shook her head and said.
“I got caught by Jinhoo when I was leaving the house in sweatpants. When I asked where he was going, he said he was going to a writers’ meeting with you, so I had no choice but to change because he said that if I don’t change right away, I’ll rip all of my sweatshirts. Oh! Ellie picked out clothes and touched my hair. .”
“……”
