025. belly button!

slurp – slurp –

In the quiet officetel, only the sound of inhaling ramen reverberated.

All sorts of emotions ran through their heads. But what is the biggest feeling right now?

“It’s great – it’s delicious. My stomach is full.”

“Large. So. Wow, this soup is really good.”

Coming to work early in the morning, the quantity of paintings brought embarrassment and the quality brought surprise.

But this feeling of being relieved right away was nothing compared to anything. Sweat was leaking out of my pores, but instead of feeling hot or like that, the sound of coolness came out naturally.

“Huh. I will live a little now.”

“So.”

“no. Really, is it ramen? What is the ramen we used to drink and boil every day?”

“So. It tastes much better than the ramen I ate at the hotel where I went to win the investment money.”

“a. It’s just ramen. What.”

Of course, better results came out because he fully digested his cooking talent.

After scraping up the soup from the bottom of the pot, the two secretly noticed Song Jae-ik as they wiped the sweat from their faces as if they were finally going to live.

It was only then that shame raised its head. I really put all my doubts aside and inhaled the ramen.

“uh. by the way. When did you paint like that?”

“Yeah, that’s amazing. Even if you said you came at 9:00, only two hours had passed.”

“Of course, I go to work at 9:00. ruler! It’s because time is running out. Let’s start working soon. There must be quite a lot to work on today, right? Didn’t you do it yesterday?”

Kim Hyun-jin started washing the dishes, and Yeon Jin-woo stood behind for a while and watched Song Jae-ik draw.

I thought I belonged to a fairly quick hand, but it was because the speed was beyond my imagination considering the result of the morning of the new unknown employee.

Song Jae-ik smiled at Yeon Jin-woo’s actions and took a familiar pose and started drawing.

Still, after digesting my talent, I said that I drew some pictures, and even though the environment was different, I came out with a familiar attitude.

His hands continued to draw lines, but his eyes checked the continuity and original drawings of the scene he was drawing, and he was even paying attention to the layout at the same time.

‘Does this make sense?’

Yeon Jin-woo couldn’t believe that what he was seeing was true.

Even at low speed, it is a clean line. Multitasking ability too. Because there was nothing he had to point out. Especially if you think that many people make mistakes in areas such as line processing when drawing 2D animation.

And even more important fact. It’s embarrassing to say this, but Song Jae-ik’s drawing style was much better than his own, and at the same time, it was neat.

“her. this. real? Wow. Do you think we have a fortune?”

After washing the dishes, Kim Hyun-jin saw Song Jae-ik drawing and smiled and put his hand on Yeon Jin-woo’s shoulder.

It seems that they have come to their fortune. It may be a strange example, but the sh*t car went and it was a Benz. No, it feels like a sports car like a Ferrari.

“Is that possible?”

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Looking at Song Jae-ik, the thought that it would be possible to complete it in time sprouted in Yeon Jin-woo’s mind and was growing in size.

Even just yesterday, I continued to worry about whether I would be able to exhibit or not.

Seeing that image gave me a certain certainty that I could complete the work sufficiently within the remaining period.

It’s only been one day since Song Jae-ik became an employee.

It was a very strange thing.

—

“Turn it off. Today’s portion is over.”

“uh. Are you done already?”

It’s only around 3pm now.

Since Song Jae-ik came, I started drawing a new timeline, but Song Jae-ik had already finished today’s portion and was stretching.

“Already? My hands are really fast. I think I’ve done about 80% of it now.”

“Is it only fast? The results are great too.”

Yeon Jin-woo, who checked the work copy that Song Jae-ik passed over, smiled brightly.

“I’m almost finished coloring until the current finished version. At this rate, I’d rather have more time, right?”

Kim Hyun-jin nodded as he painted the amount he had completed on the timeline on the whiteboard.

“Then, in the spare time, I have to improve the level of perfection. It might be your last chance.”

“Why are you shrinking again?”

“No, it is true. To be honest, I can’t hang on to an animation that might succeed forever. Pooh-”

“Then, I think this project should be successful. Yes?”

“That’s what it says…”

“Yes. It’s what you have to do to be successful. It’s a simple thing. If successful, everything is okay.”

Kim Hyun-jin raised his voice as he saw Yeon Jin-woo’s expression about to collapse. It was true that he had suffered for too long, but there was no need to do so in front of Song Jae-ik.

And even more so in a good mood like now.

“By the way, overall, wouldn’t it be okay to put a little more effort into this scene to be drawn next? It is a scene where a wandering soul finds its purpose. It feels like this.”

Song Jae-ik laughed at the atmosphere, pointed out the highlight of this animation, and lightly drew what he thought.

“uh···? this.”

If the scene conceived by Yeon Jin-woo in the past was simply a feeling of expressing emotion, the new idea was a feeling of literally expressing that emotion or more on the screen.

I wonder if the feeling of that moment is completely revealed on the screen as if CG was applied.

‘What’s your skill? Are you really a beginner?’

“Only here, we increase the frame a little and give it a lot of strength. It is the highlight part.”

“uh?! uh···! yes this is it!”

Yeon Jin-woo, who was blankly looking at the picture being drawn on the screen, held Song Jae-ik’s hand like Archimedes shouting Eureka!

“Five! Oh my gosh! This picture is exactly what I was thinking of! Just no more, no less!”

The title he thought of was a journey he took to find his way. When I first created the scenario for this animation, I was overwhelmed with expectations that this work would be successful.

But the reality was as cold as yesterday. It was difficult to raise production costs, so I just supplemented the scenario and made a continuity to make a living.

It’s already been three years since that time passed.

Then, like a miracle, in 3 years, I received an investment of 100 million won through an art support project. I was able to start the work with a low budget of 150 million won with additional investment, but I was busy working on the picture alone for about a third of the first half because it was not easily obtained.

Then, with two employees who have now quit, the degree of completion exceeded 70%.

However, as the animation gradually materialized, it was very disappointing. It was because he was not able to properly express what he envisioned due to lack of manpower due to time constraints.

“If you have any opinion, feel free to give it to me. Because you are always welcome! Oh, and call me director Yeon Jin-woo! If you feel a sense of distance, hyung is good too!”

“Please be careful. As a director, if this work succeeds.”

“Well, how are you? I’m sure our work will be successful. Call me the director in advance.”

But that young friend casually presented his opinion as if it was natural and showed the result.

At that answer, Song Jae-ik smiled approvingly. At least Yeon Jin-woo and Kim Hyun-jin. Because I wasn’t a person who was blocked from the front and back.

Anyway, as long as you participate, at least I will make sure that you will not be able to complete this project, fold it in vain, or unfortunately not see the light of day even after completing it.

—

– What is that youtuber trying to do these days? The broadcast doesn’t come out well either.

– These days, only musical instrument practice videos are uploaded? I’m curious.

– To be honest, isn’t it better to play the piano than to sing with TVN as long as you take lessons from Lee Jong-woo?

– You ran out of money.

– He’s an amazing nutuber. Like me, Evie and I will be on air every day.

– So. But that anime music video is real no matter how many times I watch it. it’s a legend

– So. weird place.

“Wait, these. I know why the video came out like that. when is he coming I’m running out of videos to upload.”

A week has passed since I applied for independent animation production as a freelancer.

I’m unpacking the videos I’ve taken in my spare time, but it was time for something new. The number of views on YouTube fell into a plateau, and the number of subscribers was obviously sluggish.

Piri-Rik-

When the door opened and Song Jae-ik came in, Um Kang-seok showered him with questions as if he had been waiting.

“Are you able to do your job today? It seems like it’s already been over a week since you said you were making an anime. Did you bring a video worth uploading?”

“uh. not bad. Pretty fun. When the animation is finished, come see it too.”

“There are a lot of people who are curious about what you are doing these days. The videos that are uploaded these days are daily instrument practice videos, and sometimes only pictures are uploaded.”

“ah! I’m going to transfer it to the computer for editing, so check it out.”

“Five! finally?”

“It’s almost like a vlog, so there’s a lot of it, but I don’t think there’s really anything special about it. Anyway, I got permission from them and decided to promote it. It’s not complete, but I was allowed to shorten some of the pictures or videos.”

“Any additional allowance?”

“Of course I take it. Oh, and the most important videos are marked as important. Make it stand out.”

“flaw. Then, is the main category this time anime?”

It seemed that a new video would soon be added to the animation category, which had only a few Jeongyeon music videos on it.

“don’t worry. I will try to make the video as good as possible.”

Eom Kang-seok recalled the comments and burned his will to fight. The malicious comments about Song Jae-ik were no different from the malicious comments directed at himself!

—

“under? you tuber? singer? Did a kid like that come all the way here to get something to eat?”

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Lee Jun-su was wondering where he had seen the idiot’s face he had seen at Yeon Jin-woo’s office, but when he checked the music love letter that was being rebroadcast on TV, he muttered dumbfounded.

“ah. right. Music Video. Did you say you did it alone? does this really make sense? no Duration can be deceiving, 4 minutes or something. There is nothing you can’t do.”

And soon I fell into deep trouble. It just didn’t look like there would be a shortage of money. I didn’t think that 100,000 Youtube would be short of money, even with TV.

However, it is not possible to spread money indefinitely. Even so, even though they are large and have a bit of a name, they are only subcontractors in Japan or the United States.

“Should I just shake it?”

Wasn’t the reason why the animator was taken out in the first place was to shake things up after all?

For the Korean animation industry? It sounds like nothing. These are the words of immature people who literally suffer from art disease and cannot see reality.

“If you tell me the reality and scare me that you are struggling in vain, you will make a good decision. You are too young.”

It may have been a battle of emotions in the beginning, but now it was becoming a battle of pride rather than emotions.

—

“Are you Song Jae-ik? Can we talk for a while if it’s okay?”

As usual, Lee Jun-soo appeared in front of Song Jae-ik, who went to work as if he had been waiting.

That too, in front of an officetel that is boldly used as an office.

“Hmm…”

what is he thinking

At first glance, I thought it was an emotional fight. I wonder if the hole is quite deep. That’s what you see when you come here.

It wasn’t even a month since he came to work here.

“yes. What.”

“Let’s go to a nearby cafe. I have a nice place.”

I was curious about what they were talking about, so I followed Junsu Lee to a nearby cafe.

“uh? Isn’t that a compliant guy? With Jaeik?”

And belatedly, after going to a nearby convenience store, Yeon Jin-woo’s eyes were filled with disappointment.

Kim Hyun-jin put Yeon Jin-woo on his shoulder and started following them.

“Let’s hear what he says and what he answers. OK?”