Chapter 39 - The Writers' Duel

The writer's harsh critique was intense, and his article quickly made it to the trending list on Chirp.

With such an industry veteran taking the lead, other screenwriters who disliked <> started jumping in, constantly pointing out its flaws.

[ A screenwriter should have a sense of social responsibility. Writing should not just focus on ratings and viewership numbers. ]

[ Allowing scripts like <> to exist will only create a bunch of visual garbage. ]

[ The success of <> is a disaster for the screenwriting industry. ]

Anyone with a keen eye could see that these people simply couldn't stand how well <> was performing.

Seeing that the show could easily run for hundreds of episodes, its success had first negatively impacted <> and <>.

Even TV ratings were somewhat affected.

TV stations generally disliked seeing successful online dramas, and when <>'s viewership numbers kept soaring, an advertiser from K-Drama Network turned around and invested in BingeBox instead.

However, this group of screenwriters spoke from a moral high ground, using terms like social responsibility and guiding the youth.

This forced BingeBox's official blog and fans to interact more cautiously.

[ Now Im Giseok has nothing to say… ]

[ There's no need to criticize <> so much. It's just a short drama. ]

The fans thought Im Giseok might back down for a while, but right after all those screenwriters spoke out, Im Giseok quietly went online.

[ When writing the script for <>, I didn't think about the viewership numbers. It just happened to become popular. Is that my fault? ]

[ Now, let's hear from the screenwriters who have neither social responsibility nor viewership numbers. @ScreenwriterJinNarae @ScreenwriterHaYeonu. ]

Jin Narae and Ha Yeonu were the authors of <> and <>, respectively.

The two were among the group of screenwriters who had been criticizing Im Giseok, but Im Giseok singled them out.

They were competitors, after all, so why pretend to be neutral?

Ha Yeonu & Jin Narae: "..."

Wait, is there something wrong with this guy?

They were well aware of how bad their viewership numbers were; was it really necessary to point it out?

As for social responsibility, <> and <>… well, they didn't really have that either.

Seriously, why try to find social responsibility in historical romance dramas?

Wouldn't it make more sense to look for it in serious dramas instead?