Cheat day

Pearl

“How did you find out so quickly?”

“I don’t know.” It’s their livelihood, so what can’t they do?

Baek Woo-jin liked it, shrugging his shoulders and wiggling his hips.

Mugunji looked at Baek Woo-jin, chuckled, and handed the phone to me.

When I checked the message sent by PD Park Sang-cheol, it was written exactly as Muk-ji had conveyed.

“Perhaps they won’t know the exact viewership ratings.”

Mugunji started the conversation.

It seems like you know something.

The TV ratings in our country are determined through sample surveys. It is a method of obtaining consent from each household to install the survey equipment and then aggregating the data at the designated time. As far as I know, Nielsen Korea is at 2 AM.

It’s still a long way until 2 AM.

“Then how do you know?”

“Recently, what is considered as important as viewership ratings by broadcasting stations is buzz.” We check how much related content is being posted on SNS, portal sites, and communities.

As I turned my head, Baek Woo-jin happened to look at me too.

Our post hadn’t gone up, and we were at a loss.

I checked how many times the related keywords were searched from 8:45. The search volume for various keywords such as Gangneung restaurants, Gangneung kalguksu, jang kalguksu, and jjambbong bread has surged, and we can infer that this led to high viewership ratings.

“Ah.”

I forgot because the Naver real-time search rankings disappeared.

The way to check keyword search volume hadn’t disappeared.

If you use Naver Data Lab or Naver Search Ads, you can find out as much as you want.

There must be another way that I don’t know about.

“We weren’t the ones appealing to them; it was the food.”

Baek Woo-jin was looking at his smartphone and then showed it to me.

Indeed, when searching for “Baek Woo-jin,” “Woo-jini,” “banchan store,” and “banchan,” not much came up, but when searching for “Gangneung,” “Jang Kalguksu,” and “Jjamppong Bread,” a lot more results appeared.

If you look at the time slot, it was probably watched by older people. It is more natural for you to be interested in places to travel and food to eat with your family rather than just the two of you.

I can’t help but laugh.

I couldn’t help but express the joy I felt after such a long time.

When I raised both hands, Baek Woo-jin followed suit, and we spun around the office with the aged kimchi in the center.

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I headed to the WTV headquarters at 6 AM on Monday.

I was hungry, sleepy, and my whole body ached, but I felt good.

As the second episode of “Baekban Ttara,” featuring Jeonju, aired, people began to mention not only travel destinations and restaurants but also me and Baek Woo-jin.

The ratings for the first and second episodes were 9.1% and 9.2%, respectively, benefiting greatly from the prime time slot between news and drama.

If they had scheduled it for an hour, we wouldn’t have gotten such a good time slot.

Park Sang-cheol PD’s idea to create and utilize short videos with a YouTube concept has hit the mark perfectly.

Next week, it’s also going to be uploaded on YouTube, so I’m looking forward to seeing how many views it will get.

Hello.

When I arrived in front of the broadcasting station, PD Park Sang-cheol and the production team had already finished setting up.

They must be tired from working early in the morning, but both they and I have bright expressions.

“Here, eat this.”

I took out the kimbap from my bag and offered it to PD Park Sang-cheol.

“What is this?”

“You haven’t even had a meal since morning.” Eat this, at least. Both the writer and the director. Ah, would you like one more? It’s okay. I bought a lot.

It’s all about making a living, so we shouldn’t go hungry.

I also came out early in the morning and was about to eat a line because I was hungry, but PD Park Sang-cheol blocked me.

“Wait a moment.”

“Yes?”

“Mr. Chanyong, please don’t eat.”

“……Yes?”

“Since you should eat a lot of delicious food today.” When you’re hungry, the food will look great in the picture too.

“No.” PD-nim, I haven’t eaten anything since 6 PM yesterday. They say they’ve been starving for 12 hours.

“That’s nice.” We will eat this.

“I will eat well.”

Thank you.

Before I could even say anything in rebuttal, the production team greeted me first. While I stuffed my mouth full with the kimbap I bought.

“……I bought this.”

They don’t even listen to me and eat among themselves.

Wrap the tuna mixed with mayonnaise in perilla leaves. They deliciously eat tuna kimbap made with seaweed and rice, along with eggs, carrots, and pickled radish.

“Good morning!”

Baek Woo-jin has arrived.

Uh? Is that gimbap? Aren’t you going to eat, hyung?

As Baek Woo-jin asked me and reached for the tuna kimbap, Park Sang-cheol blocked him.

“No.” No.

Why? I’m hungry too.

“Endure it today because you need to eat a lot.” This is something Mr. Chanyong bought for us to eat.

“Hyung, what about me?” Don’t I have one?

I don’t have anything of my own…”

As he blankly stared at the tuna kimbap, PD Park Sang-cheol wiped around his mouth.

“Let’s get started.

I was just as dumbfounded as Baek Woo-jin, and while we were both silent, PD Park Sang-cheol started the broadcast on his own.

“Baekban Follow has finally been officially scheduled.” How did people around you react?

“They took my kimbap.”

“They wouldn’t even let me eat kimbap.”

He glared at Baek Woo-jin and PD Park Sang-cheol and said.

“Oh dear.” It’s a big deal. Then, let me tell you about the next travel destination. Do you two happen to like naengmyeon?

“I like gimbap.”

“Tuna kimbap.”

“I thought you would like it.”

“Wait a minute!” What kind of conversation is this! Give me gimbap! 김밥! I’m hungry!

When PD Park Sang-cheol continued to ignore us, Baek Woo-jin exploded.

“Okay, okay.” “Today, we’re going to eat a lot of delicious food, so please bear with it a little.”

“How much is it?”

“Talking about naengmyeon, are we talking about Pyongyang naengmyeon?”

“You’re going to Pyongyang?”

Baek Woo-jin’s eyes widened.

“Not Pyongyang.” It’s not even Hamheung. There’s another place famous for cold noodles.

“Pearl!”

I shouted at the same time as Baek Woo-jin.

While preparing for the Baekban Debate episode ‘Mul Naengmyeon vs Bibim Naengmyeon,’ I studied quite hard about naengmyeon, and when it comes to naengmyeon, Pyongyang, Hamhung, and Jinju are famous.

“You know it well.” Today’s travel destination is Jinju.

If it’s Jinju, there are quite a few places I want to visit.

Chajichan suggested doing a nationwide trek in June and tempted me with famous restaurants from all over the country.

Among them, there were quite a few great restaurants in Jinju.

“Wait a moment.”

For a moment, an unwanted thought came to mind.

“You’re not seriously telling me to go all the way to Jinju without eating anything, are you?”

Baek Woo-jin’s mouth dropped open when he heard what I said.

“Can’t be.”

That’s right. It’s okay to sleep on the way. I’ll be there in a moment.

“It’s been over 3 hours!” Even if I take the KTX at 8:22, it’s still noon!

Baek Woo-jin shouted angrily.

I completely understand your feelings, but I just don’t get why you memorize the KTX schedule.

No, it’s just amazing how you know.

“Then, I will provide the budget today.” “Today, since we’re going far and it’s a special occasion, I’ve put in extra.”

PD Park Sang-cheol took out a paper bag.

Until just a moment ago, Baek Woo-jin was bouncing around, but now he’s calm enough to be considered hefty.

As soon as I received the envelope and opened it, I heard a child’s voice.

It’s a thousand-won bill.

“Hyung Sangcheol!” Are you really going to come out like this? How much is this?

“It’s a whopping 200,000 won.”

The word “muryo” strangely irritates me.

“Why have you been like this since last time?” The KTX to Jinju is 57,200 won one way with an internet special price! We don’t even have enough money for a round trip for two!

Baek Woo-jin is stamping his feet and throwing a tantrum.

The kimbap incident and all, we really need to form a union at this point.

“You are very greedy.”

Producer Park Sang-cheol retorted in a spiteful manner.

“But I anticipated you would say that, so I prepared something separately.”

“What is it?”

“Vehicles will be provided to commemorate the regular schedule.” The tank is full, so you can just drive.

“You’re covering the toll fee too, right?”

“Hi-pass is installed.”

Since there are no transportation costs, it’s definitely a good deal.

“Where is the car?”

“Right over there.”

PD Park Sang-cheol turned his head.

As I shifted my gaze, the red Casper came zooming in.

“Cute.”

Baek Woo-jin was inspecting the exterior of the car, so I opened the passenger door.

“Hyung, why are you just going in there?” “Let’s play rock-paper-scissors.”

“I can’t drive.”

“Uh?”

I can’t.

No. Really?

“Yeah.”

Baek Woo-jin stared at me for a while with his mouth open and then suggested to PD Park Sang-cheol.

Bro, we don’t need a car. Let’s take the train. Just give me 100,000 won more. Okay?

“No.”

Please. Okay?

“It won’t do.”

Why does everyone just torment me? It doesn’t have to be like this.

“We need to leave now to arrive around lunchtime.”

“How long does it take by car?”

We took a little less than 5 hours when we went.

“You’re telling me to starve until then!” I’m going to expose this. “I’ll expose the workplace harassment!”

“You’ll like it, right?”

You shouldn’t do that, bro! We have to fight together! Get down right now! “Get off!”

“I have no complaints.” Please drive safely.

“Ah, seriously!”

I was already notified that vehicle support would be provided once it was officially scheduled, and I even got rental car insurance last week.

They’re doing that to stretch out the content, even though they know.

I also went along with it, but that guy Woojin has really improved his acting.

If I had known this would happen, I would have brought a sleep mask. It’s a shame.

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“Get up.”

“Ugh.”

“Wake up.” Pig.

When I took off the sleep mask the author lent me, my eyes were blinded.

When I came to my senses, Baek Woo-jin was glaring at me with fierce eyes.

“Did you arrive already?”

“How can you not wake up even once?” How much more will you keep going? “Didn’t even look at the GPS once.”

It looks like you’re really angry.

“I stayed up all night editing.” Wow. I’m tired. Where are you?

“Where else would it be?” Pearl.

“Go straight to the restaurant.” I’m hungry.

Looking at his expression, it seems like he might attack at any moment.

It seems like it’s best to stop teasing around this point.

“When it’s time to go up, I’ll handle it.”

“Uh?”

“When we go up, I’ll take care of it.”

“They said you can’t drive.”

“I was tired, that’s why.”

“What?”

“If I had grabbed the steering wheel earlier, we would both be in heaven right now.” You worked hard. Thank you so much!

I hugged Baek Woo-jin and patted his back, and he bit my shoulder.