Chapter 159 – Episode 159

This is why confidence is important.

I feel like I am being persuaded without even realizing it because he pushes me with a confident attitude. Prejudice, anxiety, and distrust toward web novels are slowly lowering their heads… On the contrary, the thought of whether I should believe it raises my head.

“Well, wait a minute.”

Still, I knew from experience that nine times out of ten, if I accepted something like this, I would end up with regrets and regrets, so I put off making a decision.

First, check the leaflet…

Unlike pamphlets that felt like booklets, the leaflets that were organized into one sheet were easier to read.

“Yes, as much as you want. Please watch it slowly, and if you have any questions, please ask anything.”

“Ah yes…”

I bowed my head deeper as Song A-young smiled brightly without any hesitation. Even though I think I’ve gotten used to women, I still feel embarrassed when I actually encounter them.

To hide these feelings, I focused my eyes even more on the leaflet.

There, the schedule and tuition for the web novel lecture, and the contents of the lecture were briefly listed.

It is divided into full-time classes, aspiring students, and hobby classes.

Among them, it felt like it was once again divided into weekday classes and weekend classes. If I were to learn it, it would probably be a hobby class…

“Huh!”

I flinched without realizing it.

[Weekday tuition 1 month/KRW 600,000]

[Weekend class tuition for 1 month/KRW 400,000]

Wait a minute, fuck.

Was the academy tuition originally this expensive?

The last time I went to an academy was when I was in middle school. I didn’t even think about that because I paid for it with my parents’ money. Looking back, I think it was 270,000 won at that time after cutting and deducting. Considering that 10 years have passed since then, is this correct when considering the inflation rate?

‘… Isn’t it?’

No matter how many times I thought about it, all I could think was that it was expensive. When I was a college student, I checked out a TOEIC academy just in case, and the monthly tuition was 200,000 won…

“Joe, it’s a bit pricey, isn’t it?”

A little?

After seeing that my expression has worsened, Song A-young opens her mouth urgently.

“Actually, most of the people who attend the academy here come with government support… You may feel that it is a bit too big to bear entirely on your own.”

“Do you think it would be expensive even if you receive government subsidies?”

“Omg! That’s not really true. Because. In the case of drawings or webtoons, you may need to learn at least a few months, but in the case of web novels, you can start working right away with just 2 or 3 weeks of learning. Of course, there are often people who ask for an extension if they want to know detailed feedback or shortcomings.”

“Hmm. Even if you take all that into account…”

Personally, I am afraid that if I do not receive government support, they will give me a 50,000 won discount, so I look reluctant.

Song A-young kept saying things that were different from what I meant.

“The quality of the lectures is also good. Above all, it feels a bit off-season right now. It’s almost like one-on-one tutoring. Especially in the case of web novels, weekend classes are currently empty, so if you sign up for weekend classes, I will teach them myself.”

“That one? 1:1?”

“Yes, yes!”

It’s not what I wanted, but it’s tempting for no reason.

“…”

For a moment, Oh Ha-na, Han Ae-bom, and Yoon Su-a flashed through my mind in that order… “It’s absolutely not like that,” She answered in her mind.
If you’re going to learn something, it’s better to have a pretty person. It’s not like I’m going to have sex with this person.

“Uh… I think that’s a pretty fascinating story. “Aren’t you a counselor?”

“Ah! There aren’t many people who want to learn web novels separately. Is it because the barrier to entry is so low? Well, I’m originally working as a web novel instructor, but these days, especially since I don’t have any students. “I’m even temporarily working as a counselor, just because I’m being sensitive.”

“So, usually, the person over there who calls the helpline…”

“Yes. It’s like that.”

It was a plausible story, but it was quite a lot of money to bet just because it was a plausible story.

Even considering that it was free money received from Oh Hanam.

So I asked one more question. This may be a bit rude question, so be careful.

“It might be rude. Because the tuition fee is so burdensome… “Is there something that the counselor, or rather the instructor, can trust?”

“Oh, that’s… Of course, there is! “Just a moment!”

Song A-young seemed to hesitate for a moment, but she quickly took out her phone and tapped her fingers, something she was so used to that she could do it with her eyes closed.
Then she showed me a screen.

[She has become a villainess in Ropan.]

[Total views: 34,556,112]

[Number of comments: 191,002] [Writer: Song A-young]

[Work Management]

“If you look here, the ‘work management’ section is something that only the artist can see.”

“Aha… So, the writer of this work is a counselor?”

“Yes!”

“But, is 30 million views high?”

“It’s so high, so high! It’s hard to go into detail, but if you just look at pure sales, it’s a novel that sold over 1 billion won.”

“1 billion!”

When the topic of money came up, I realized too late that this was amazing. Until then, honestly, I didn’t realize how much I knew about web novels or how great it was.

On the other hand, I wondered why someone who wrote such great works bothered to become an instructor at an academy.

I didn’t need to ask. Because this is really rude.

“So have you made a decision?!”

I opened my mouth as I saw Song A-young looking at me with eyes that said, “I guess this is enough.” Her eyes open wide.

*

I mumbled while fiddling with the leaflet in my hand.

“Should I have just decided right away?”

As a result, I shamelessly said that I was worrying about it for one more day than I thought and just received a leaflet for the web novel lecture. I feel a bit sorry that it actually came out like that.

Even if it’s a weekend class, 400,000 won is not someone’s name. It was not an amount that anyone who had earned 400,000 won could easily think of.

Above all, should we call it a prejudice against web novels?

There was a lot of distrust in what I didn’t know.

‘Wow, but it’s interesting.’

It’s also true that there was a person who made 1 billion won in sales through web novels so close.

Also…

[The ‘1 trillion market’ web novel begins a new era.]

[Conflicts arising between pure literature, popular literature, and web novels. Web novel workers who are not yet recognized as ‘writers.’]

[Currently, the number of people reading web novels exceeds 7.2 million. Industry size expected to reach ‘2 trillion’ in the near future.]

Looking at the news articles, I was clearly the only one who didn’t know.

The web novel market seemed to be a very hot issue. It’s even more ridiculous that I didn’t know about this hot potato. This is why people cannot know what they are not interested in, no matter how famous they are.

At least, unless you become a soccer player representing your country or a world star, well…

‘Sseu-eup, if you look at this, wouldn’t it be a bad idea to just say that you’ll go see Song A-young tomorrow?’

Above all, I liked the fact that it was conducted in a one-on-one tutoring format.

Honestly, if I were to be an idiot who didn’t even know what web novels were and take a lecture with someone who knew a bit about web novels, I would end up falling behind and would feel unmotivated because of a sense of inferiority.

In that sense, if you think that Song A-young is as kind and gentle as she is today, she will teach you step by step right next to you… Very satisfying?

‘Aren’t you discovering an unexpected talent and debuting as a web novel writer?’

That wouldn’t necessarily be a bad thing, right?

[The number of web novel writers earning more than 100 million won per month has already surpassed 500.]

Looking at news articles, it seemed like some of these web novel writers had incredibly high salaries.

Is there anything I can’t do? If you succeed with a web novel, you can immediately get rid of the headaches of preparing for a job.

[Nobel 24]

“I came to work 10 minutes early today as always. Dot…”

After a busy day, I entered the convenience store and stopped. The store manager, without paying his dues, holds wooden chopsticks and mutters something seriously with his eyes closed.

“Huh! King’s sword method! Tanji Shingong! “Igigeeogeom!”

“… Store manager, what are you doing?”

I couldn’t open my eyes and look at her, so I tapped her on the shoulder, and the manager, who had slowly opened his eyes, fell backwards in surprise.

“Ouch, surprise! How dare you break through my feelings and get this far! You!”

After getting scratched at home, have you finally gone crazy?

“What are you doing?”

“I seriously think I need to call a psychiatric hospital or emergency room and get a CT scan.”

“You bastard! It’s not like that. It’s just that her eldest daughter said web novels are hot these days and her father told her to check it out, so I’m watching it now. This was a lot more fun than I thought. Should I say that it has a different taste from the martial arts novels I read when I was young? “The content is very refreshing these days.”

“The manager’s age… No, you see that even at your age.”

“You bastard! Really! I, too, am only physically old. “My heart is just as young as yours!”

Young?

No way… Are you talking about the English word that means ‘young’?

I was in shock and shook my head and said.

“Manager.”

“Why?”

“I’m going to go to academy on the weekend starting tomorrow.”

“What academy?”

I reflexively tried to speak honestly, but held back.

“Just, well, a job academy.”

The thought of that person reading the novel I wrote and showing the same disgusting behavior I just saw made me dizzy.

What’s certain is that after seeing the store manager’s pitiful appearance, I became convinced.

It seems like web novels are really hot these days.

“Hey, you should take a look at this too. It’s a fusion martial arts novel called ‘Bicheon Jaerim’. “Read this and talk about it with me.”

“There is nothing to see.”

Even if I die, I will never see you again.

*

“You really thought it through!”

Song A-young is happy with her work as if it were her own… No, it’s your job. As soon as I signed the registration document, she smiled happily as she took it into her arms in 0.1 second, as if she were a master of the art.

“This web novel is definitely an area where luck is important. There is an absolutely immutable law. If you really write a great work, you will eventually succeed.”

“I see.”

“The important thing here is to read public trends. The key is to know the latest popular writing styles, materials, and flow.”

“I see.”

“In that sense, I recommend that you read ‘The Second Coming of Rain’ by author Nyaha, who is currently ranked #1 on all web novel platforms, before the weekend lecture.”

I nodded my head indifferently, but then my eyebrows furrowed. Now, what?

“… Does it have to be that work? Absolutely?”

“Hyunwoo, you’re saying it’s not for nothing that you’re currently ranked first on all platforms? I also read it briefly, and it was a very good novel to read for beginners to web novels, and it was even fun. So, it has to be this work.”

In the end, I had to pay for over 300 crazy novels because it was a work I had to read even if I died.

As usual, I sighed as I went to work at the convenience store.

Crazy.

How can there be 300 novels?

Are all web novels like this?

Once you’ve made the payment, you have to read it even if it’s a waste of money.

I thought it would be perfect to read during the early morning shift and during free time, so it was around 2 a.M., When there were almost no customers. Episode 1 of Rain of Heaven… No, it’s time to read the prologue.

“Ringle!”

“Welcome…”

At the sound of bells coming from the entrance, I jumped up to say hello, but then froze. At the same time, I couldn’t believe my eyes. Customers were coming in droves, like a scene from a war movie.

Right here, at the convenience store where I work.

Why?

“It’s right here, right?”

“Oh, right here. “Here.”

“Let’s give him some money, some money!” Buy everything you want!”

As I watched the convenience store starting to get crowded in an instant, I put down my phone in fascination. What kind of situation is this?