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Chapter 8 - Bubdha Statue (Part 4)

The netizen were starting to understand the situation better.

A while ago, the trending topics were all criticizing Im Giseok.

But if the reality was as the marketing accounts said, then why weren't the screenwriters responding?

Im Giseok wasn't trying to clear the original owner's name.

With the agreement in place, he couldn't say much, but it was still okay to speak out for himself.

Even if it couldn't change his situation, making things difficult for Kim Soseong and the others still felt good.

It was just posting another Chirp update every day, and since Im Giseok's career was on hold, he had plenty of time.

During this period, Im Giseok was trying to find screenwriting-related work.

In this world, screenwriting was a popular field, unlike in Im Giseok's past life where it was more closed off.

But the best jobs were still monopolized by screenwriters recruited by TV stations.

These screenwriters had their own networks, which they used to bring in new screenwriters.

Im Giseok used to be part of that network, but now he wasn't anymore.

There were indeed some screenwriter job postings online, but most of them didn't seem reliable.

Some were even like community-based recruitment, offering no pay but demanding that the rights belong to the production team, which was outrageous.

Im Giseok only found one job posting from a video website that seemed reasonable in terms of fees and requirements, but the work wasn't for long dramas—it was for short dramas.

Right now, short dramas are a new thing, and short dramas produced by online platforms are not trusted by the public.

Major TV stations monopolized the best screenwriters and production resources, leaving only scraps for video websites.

In a way, video websites were just appendages to TV stations—mainly buying up TV shows that had already aired to provide extra income for the TV stations.

Even so, in the video website market, CineHaven TV and ReelRise were far ahead of the BingeBox that Im Giseok was looking at.

Although BingeBox showed the most sincerity, it didn't hold a significant market share.

Im Giseok didn't have much experience creating short dramas, but in his previous life, short dramas had already become an important source of income for video websites.

Compared to long dramas, short dramas had lower costs and could achieve a high return on investment—short dramas with high views could make profits ten times the cost of each episode.

After thinking for a few days, Im Giseok submitted a short drama script to BingeBox.

Even though Im Giseok had been in the original owner's body for a month, he was still in the process of understanding this world.

His daily routine was watching dramas and movies, learning about the positioning of various TV stations, and reviewing popular dramas and blockbuster movies from the past decade.

The drama genres in this world were not as diverse as in Im Giseok's previous life, but there were still high-quality shows.

What Im Giseok was most satisfied with was the existence of a screenwriter forum where screenwriters were active, sharing script-writing experiences and summarizing recent hot topics.