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Episode 091: Preparing for Gluttony (2)

After hesitating for a while, the president opened his mouth.

“Could you please give up your seat as the representative author of the problem book?”

He seems to know that the form that lowers his gaze as if he is slightly nervous is nonsense.

I sighed and opened my mouth.

“It’s nonsense… but it seems polite to ask first. Why?”

OK.

The CEO looked at me with determined eyes and said.

There was a will to convince me no matter what.

“Judged internally, I think it may still be unreasonable in many ways. Teacher, just be patient this time, no matter what happens next time..."

There is no such thing as nonsense.

No, when you ask me to make a problem book under my name, it seems like it's unreasonable any time soon, so please give up the lead author?

This is the moment when the impression of the CEO, which he thought was not bad until recently, quickly turns negative.

“… ‘In many ways,’ I think I need to explain how there are many.”

When I dared to ask one more time, the CEO slightly avoided his gaze and chose his words.

“Ah, of course, the ability of a teacher is what I know best. But... as you know, a company is not only maintained by the owner alone, isn't it? So I also respect the opinions of others…”

The CEO, who was looking at my expression, began to speak in a earnest tone.

Perhaps he had in mind that my expression was not good, and he was casting praise for me and expressing emotions about his situation.

But it's a story with no nutritional value.

After all, what he was saying was nothing more than asking him to be patient for now, as this won't happen later.

Of course, the CEO was not only appealing to emotions.

“Instead, we will make sure this does not happen next time. Or how about the others? We can also set up a separate writing room for you, and we can also slightly adjust the reprint contract for ..."

The CEO tried to change my mind secretly by suggesting the benefits of a future contract.

It could be seen that it was a pretty good proposal if it were to arrange a writing room and modify the terms of the reprint contract.

Because all the things the CEO said were the wannabes the writers wanted from the publishing company.

However.

As long as you hand over the kernel of the representative author, everything is just a shell. There is a limit to the amount of sweet water that comes out by chewing only the outer shell cancer.

Tok tok-

knocked on the table

My hot head turned cold.

In fact, at this point, there seems to be no reason to remain at Globian.

After all, I didn't sign an exclusive contract, it was just a contract for one work , so even if I said I would not participate in the planning of the issue book, the publisher had nothing more to say.

‘Because you are the one who broke the promise first.’

However.

However, there was something not quite clear about ending the relationship with Globian like this.Let's look at the representative's face.

I saw the face of the CEO repeating what he had been saying with a gloomy complexion.

“Teacher... trust me and just this once...”

He was desperately trying to change my mind. Desperate emotional arm.

Clearly, the representative of a large general publishing company, comparable to that of Globian, was not in sight.

‘Is something strange?’

Apart from dissatisfied with the president's proposal, I feel a sense of disparity.

When I first heard the CEO's words, I wondered if he was trying to make fun of me, but seeing how he was constantly trying to change my mind, I thought that maybe all of this was not his intention.

Then why did he say that?

Why would he have done this if he wasn't thinking of pretending to be a writer?

Moment.

Among the words of the CEO, there was a word that ran through my head.

That word is right.

'concession.'

The dictionary meaning is to set aside the length, seat, or object to others.

In general, I mean handing over my seat to someone else.

When I recalled this word, I could see what the true sense of disparity I felt was.

‘Because in order to make a concession, there must also be someone to whom the concession is made.’

Actually, I was worried from the time the publishing company asked me to make a ‘problem book’.

Because I thought that if it was a problem magazine planned by a large publishing house like Globian, there would definitely be a lot of writers aiming for it.

‘Somehow, they said that the flies were not twisted.’

In general, textbooks, reference books, and study books that are expected to be in demand to a certain extent are the honey of honey that the author must eat if he can eat it.

As there are no parents who save money for their children to study, learning books do not sell like other genres of books once they are published, so there are hardly any cases of worrying about storage costs.

So, everyone who is eating education would want their name to be engraved on the study book.

This is because, no matter how small a textbook is for a study book, a decent amount of royalties is paid for the effort put in.

Moreover, if the publisher is not a small study book publisher but a publisher with professional manpower like Globian, the old flies who try to stick a straw somehow can be entangled.

In fact, if you think about it a little, you can see the obvious.

it gets sorted out

The success of my book and the planning of the representative's problem book that started with this year's SAT jackpot. And, as if it was natural, the proposal of the leading author came to me.

The abrupt cancellation of the offer that followed.

The jaws of events that were incomprehensible fit tightly.

When the missing cogs were aligned, the cog wheel started to turn.

“Who are you?”

When I asked, the representative who continued on opened his eyes round and looked at me.

"Yes? What are you talking about?”

knowing

I put a smirk on my lips. To be honest, the attitude that you can look at it.

“I’m asking who the author is who opposes me as the lead author.”

Then the president's face hardened.

In fact, if you think about it a little, it was obvious. The only thing he couldn't see was that he was in a desperate situation.

How many people can overturn the ambitious plan of the CEO in an instant? The line of suspects is clear from the outset.

‘I don’t think executives or employees would have done that.’

Stock-sensitive executives wouldn't do that. Except for the employees, of course, because they have no authority.

So, all that remains are the writers belonging to the publishing house.

That too.

‘Are they writers with quite a bit of experience?’

In the case of a publishing house with a long history like Globian, there were writers who had been working together for a long time.

Normally, the pool of such writers would be a competitive edge for publishers.

That is when the representative can control them well.

Most of those people are writers who have been active since the days of the CEO's father.

It must have been difficult for him to simply ignore the demands of the presbytery, who had only taken over the position of representative for only a year.

‘So they must have secretly put pressure on the CEO.’

but. As the representative prepares ambitiously for the exam papers, it must have seemed like enough food from their point of view.

The more well-crafted study books, the more likely they will sell, and the greater the amount of money that falls on them.

The problem was... the place they wanted was mine.

My position that has been popularly proposed by the publisher.

Representative author.

Representative author refers to an author who is qualified as a representative of a co-authored publication such as a study book.

In general, in the case of a book with a fairly large volume, such as textbooks, reference books, and problem papers, it is difficult for an individual to write and supervise by himself.

Therefore, when the publisher plans to publish a study book and recruits suitable authors, it is common to hire a representative author who will oversee the direction of the book and a co-author who will fill in the details.

Of course, as most of the contents in high school level textbooks are similar. At this time, the difference between the lead author and the co-author was whether or not they had the experience and achievements to publish a book under their own name.

However.

The treatment that the two receive at the publishing house is a thousand-year difference.

Most of the negligence caused by the work goes into the mouth of the representative author.

So, if you have a career worthy of rising to the position of a representative author, you can mobilize all your personal connections, academic connections, academic connections, Jiyeon, and blood ties to secure the position of leading author and light your eyes.

“Can you tell me?”

Let's say it again after we've cleared our minds for a bit.

“There is no such person.”

The president shook his head and said.

As long as he has a prestige as a representative, he can't admit that there are writers who can put pressure on him.

And even if there is, it is the manager's mind that he does not speak out. Morally, this is correct.

But I wanted to hear it.

After all, I'm not the first company to publish a book. It's not temperamental to walk away like a frightened dog.

The representative wets his burning throat with water.

I looked back at the representative and asked.

“Didn’t the CEO just say that I was ‘proof’ of the CEO’s eyes?”

That's what the president said earlier.

When his remarks were quoted just a moment ago, the president who continued on was frowning again.

"···Phew."

sigh.

The president pointed his forehead with a gloomy complexion.

The teacup placed on the table cools slowly.

The lost hand is only fiddling with the rim of the teacup.

“·················ogue.”

“·················ogue.”

Silence as a question.

And silence as an answer.

To be honest, I don't think there will be any stories that will come out in this kind of atmosphere.

Moment.

'····················ogue ''!

An interesting thought came to mind.

If it's not an atmosphere to bring up a story, shouldn't we just create an atmosphere that can bring it out?

I looked around and saw the table where the meal was finished and the cold teacup caught my eye.

It was time to get up as the meal was over.

I opened my mouth to the representative with my head bowed.

“Shall we go and talk?”

Then, the CEO who followed raised his head as if he had gained an extra life.

I just shrug my shoulders as if not to expect too much.

“·················ogue.”

However.

Even at this moment, complex calculation formulas go back and forth in my head.

How to get around this situation without incurring any losses.

Yes, it seems to work well.

As I stand with a meaningful expression,

“Yes, your writer, no, your teacher. Where are we going to take you next?”

The representative picks up his robe with a bewildered expression. The appearance of coming out to match my pace straight away without time to wear his.

In the yard where the initiative has been taken away anyway, I want to correct the things that bothered me from the past.

“This time, go where I know.”

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