Producer Who Gets Eaten After 100 Days

A bad start (3)

[Hey, really, save me just once! ]

I took off the phone, slightly impressed by Kim Jun-hyung’s voice resounding through the speaker, and then gently put the phone back on my ear and said.

“Junhyung. I really want to help, but I’m not feeling very well today. I’ll help you later.”

Then, Kim Jun-hyung over the speaker showed a hint of hesitation for a moment, and then cautiously asked in a lowered voice.

[ you… , what’s going on? ]

have.

A very big thing to be abandoned by friends who have been like family for 10 years.

“uh.”

[Ummm… . ]

Junhyung Kim groaned lowly as if he was in trouble for a while, then calmly spoke as if he finally understood my situation.

[ … okay. I’m not going to ask what’s going on. by the way… . I’m really in a hurry too. There is no one to ask for but you. ]

‘What the hell are you doing?’

Kim Jun-hyung was a man with a bit of a light side, but he wasn’t so unreliable that he ignored other people’s circumstances and put my request first.

It means that it is so important to ask for such a sincere request.

Although he was a fictional character who didn’t even appear in the novel, he was my old friend anyway.

“What is it?”

In the end, not being able to betray my loyalty, I inquired about Kim Jun-hyung’s circumstances.

[ that is… . Our city hall suddenly made a fuss about creating a hunter team… . ]

“team?”

Unexpectedly, I was able to hear the story.

*

next day.

I left home after two days to calm my complicated mind with work, and headed to the city hall located in the center of Seoul.

“Jihyuk! here!”

Kim Jun-hyung, whom I met at the city hall, greeted me with waving both hands as if he was really happy.

“Thank you so much for coming! After all, there is only you… ! I’ll buy you some beef after work. With Korean beef!”

“It’s not even money after all… .”

“It’s my tax, it’s my money! Let’s go in!”

After a light greeting with Kim Jun-hyung, who was making such a fuss, I followed him into the city hall building and asked for more details.

“So, why did you create a team all of a sudden?”

“I don’t know. I was also struck by lightning all of a sudden… .”

The situation was like this.

The mayor, who needed an achievement worth presenting before the election, promoted the hunter team business, and the story above was that Kim Jun-hyung took over the work.

“They told me to do something, and they gave me a lot of fear… . I really can’t live.”

“I’m struggling.”

I moderated Kim Jun-hyung and thought about why the mayor is suddenly paying attention to the hunter team business.

Whether the writer of the original liked idols, the world’s hunter team business in ‘The Strongest Master’ is showing a similar pattern to the modern idol business.

A hunter unit managed by the guild.

It feels like an entertainment agency and an idol.

Like modern idols, the hunter team drives money, and there is no ceiling on their income when they succeed, and if they reach the top 10, the added value increases to an astronomical level.

Last year, Queens newly achieved No. 1 in the rankings and received nearly 11 digits only in contract renewal fees, so you can guess how much it is.

Of course, as the market is large, it costs a lot of money to run a team normally.

Usually, a team consists of 3 to 5 people, or up to 9 people at the most, but each team member spends a huge amount of maintenance, and a lot of supporting staff is needed, and of course there is a huge maintenance cost.

In this information age, there’s no way the mayor doesn’t know about this behind the scenes… .

‘It sounds like you’re trying to pull it tight.’

When I said that I had to pay taxes and jump into the uncertain Hunter team business, I meant that I was going to try to raise some money using the cost of the business as an excuse.

“All the real idiots are running.”

“I brought you here not to be fooled. Queens Executive Producer, Jihyuk Do… !”

I waved my hands at the sound of Junhyung’s mouth, and I followed him into the elevator and asked about the most important story.

“So, who on the team?”

Of course, the most important thing in the Hunter team is the team members above all else.

In the entertainment industry, celebrities.

In football terms, he is a football player.

Even if the parent company has a lot of money and is a large guild, if the level of the team members playing in the field is poor, they are all talkative.

“Still, it’s a business in the country… . Will it be at least a B-grade or higher?”

“Don’t be surprised to see it. Because it’s really great… !”

Kim Jun-hyung, who makes a meaningful expression and speaks softly.

‘With what confidence do you do this?’

I looked at him with anticipation that he might not know.

*

When Do Ji-hyeok arrived at City Hall and was briefly greeting Kim Jun-hyung’s bosses.

same time.

Queens office.

Contrary to the atmosphere of the office, which has a great view and a lively interior, there was a gloomy air in the office.

“Now that we are all gathered… , let’s get to the point.”

The head of the Cheonhwa Guild, Gok-il, glanced at the three people in Queens with a strange expression, and gently brought up the story.

“First… , Jihyuk decided to cover things up as quietly as possible. Well, it’s not a good thing to be nervous… .”

As soon as Do Ji-hyuk’s name comes out, the atmosphere in the manager’s room gets heavier.

The moment when Hong Yu-ra and Seol Joo-hee’s expressions were terribly distorted.

Arin Lim opened her mouth with a worried expression.

“then… . Now Jihyuk… ?”

Then Gok-il answered Lim A-rin’s question firmly.

“Maybe we will find another team.”

“!”

new team.

In other words, Jihyuk Do is leaving Queens.

“… … .”

Hong Yu-ra slowly closes her eyes as if something is to come, and Lim A-rin lowers her head with a look of dead grass.

It was the first departure since Queens was formed.

In fact, it was all thanks to Do Ji-hyeok that the three of them got together in the first place, that they were able to explode into the normal class at an early age, and that the three people with different personalities were able to harmonize well.

In retrospect, it can be said that the three of them were able to succeed thanks to Do Ji-hyuk making Queens.

However… .

Now that it was revealed that all of this was a scheming that Do Ji-hyeok had with an insidious heart, no one was able to stand up for Do Ji-hyuk.

“… Nonsense… .”

Lim Ah-rin, who struggled to hold back her tears, finally can’t hold back her sadness and hides her face.

Seol Joo-hee, who had been keeping her mouth shut the whole time, shot her with a dissatisfied expression.

“Is that the end?”

“!”

Hong Yu-ra and Lim A-rin raised their heads in surprise at the sharp remarks.

“Aren’t you supposed to sue or something like that?”

“… Joo, Joo-hee… .”

“Seol Joo-hee. you… .”

The two tried to stop her, but she rather stared at them and scoffed.

“Wake up your mind. That bastard didn’t do enough to deceive us for 10 years, so he even sold our information!”

“Hey Juhee. Even though… .”

“Yura Hong. Haven’t you forgotten what that bastard said?”

“that… .”

Hong Yu-ra’s words were choked up.

Because the voice of Do Ji-hyuk, who had been demeaning and insulting himself, remained intact in his heart.

Seol Joo-hee glanced at Hong Yu-ra as if she knew it would be the case, and then sharply sharpened her teeth.

“The fact that I cherished such a scumbag is horrifyingly disgusting. never… , I just can’t get over it.”

Hong Yu-ra and Lim A-rin became a little worried about Seol Joo-hee’s revenge.

Because she doesn’t know what she’s going to do with her eyes turned in anger.

But… .

The two cannot stop Seol Joo-hee.

Because they were both victims.

*

Like many hunters, ‘Strongest Master’ uses a plain rank setting.

Generally, from the highest grade, S grade, to the lowest grade, F grade.

The same rank is given to items, monsters, and abilities, and in the case of the original protagonist, Seol Joo-hee, she has an Ex-rank setting that is impossible to measure.

Except for special cases like Queens, which consists of an unprecedented 1 Ex-class and two S-class members, most of the general hunter teams are made up of various members from B-class to S-class… .

‘Are you really kidding me?’

After receiving the candidate list from Kim Jun-hyung, I was stunned by the list of team members who were far from common sense.

“this is right?”

“Isn’t it great?”

As Kim Jun-hyung said, the team members recruited by Seoul City Hall were unprecedented.

Their average rank is D.

Even the lowest candidate’s rank is F.

‘It’s ridiculous.’

E and F grades are practically at the level of the general public.

Unable to believe that they were trying to build a team of candidates like this, I threw the file on the table.

“are you kidding? You’re paying taxes to make these kids a team? You vomit my taxes, you bastard!”

“No, listen… ! Would you have put these guys in the nominations because you liked me?”

“What?”

As it turned out, in fact, Kim Junhyung was also initially trying to recruit candidates with at least a B rank.

Anyway, since I took over the work, I thought I had to go in the middle.

By the way… .

“They keep telling me to pack only cheap kids… . what power do i have If it’s black, it should be.”

It is said that there was an instruction from the upper level to form a team with lower-ranked hunters.

‘I’m really trying to eat a lot.’

To say that I had to recruit low-ranked candidates like this is the same as saying that I have no intention of spending almost any money on the team from the beginning.

“I’m not the type to work for a team like this… .”

I, who had lost steam at a worse level than I expected, leaned in the chair and stared at Junhyung Kim.

“Ji-hyuk. I’m begging you… . I really go down fat like this… !”

Over Kim Jun-hyung’s shoulder, public officials sitting outside the conference room catch his eye.

He probably didn’t want to take responsibility for a business that was about to go bankrupt, so he handed it over to Kim Junhyung.

Otherwise, there is no reason to entrust such a large business to a low-level civil servant like Kim Jun-hyung.

“Jihyuk, please help me… !”

I was slightly weakened by the appearance of Kim Jun-hyung, who begged me to be in danger of being demoted.

‘D-Class, Lancer. E-class, fighter… .’

And while I was going through my resume again… .

“… ?”

I was suddenly attracted to a candidate with a rare style.

[Name: Hanna Hanna Rank: D Skill: Shield]

‘Not a shield and a sword, a shield?’

Usually, when writing a special skill, it is common to write down the weapon or ability you use.

However.

It was the first time to use only a shield.

‘Did I write it wrong?’

I ignored her and turned her resume over, checked the rest of her resume, and prepared for the interview.

and.

“This is Hanna Bang. His specialty is shield skills!”

‘No, why is this real?’

I was really surprised to see her showing up with only one small shield.