Chapter 58 - Jealousy and Success

Most of the time, colleagues were fairly tolerant of each other, and it was rare to see someone like Im Giseok who would push a fellow writer to such an extent.

[ Im Giseok better hope he stays popular. He's only just become famous, and now he's acting like he's all that. ]

[ He finally got his moment to shine; if he's not going to be cocky now, when will he get another chance? ]

Seeing all these discussions among the screenwriters, Lee Hayoon, who was about to secretly hint that he was familiar with Emperor Boss, thought to himself, "..."

Enough, enough, just let them guess.

Let them be envious, jealous, and hateful.

Lee Hayoon thought of himself as a reasonable person, and from a reasonable person's perspective, Im Giseok's actions weren't over the line at all.

To be precise, Im Giseok actually hadn't done anything.

It couldn't even be considered revenge against Kim Soseong.

He simply wrote a short drama called <>, and it just happened to become a hit.

Was it Im Giseok who dumped all the blame on a junior writer and exploited them?

No, it was Kim Soseong.

Was it Im Giseok who paid someone only 900,000 won to write an episode?

No, it was Kim Soseong.

Was it Im Giseok who got caught in a plagiarism scandal?

Of course not.

However, the person who, with nowhere else to turn, went to every TV station looking for a chance, and finally found success with short dramas, was Im Giseok.

After <> became popular, the pictures of Im Giseok when he trying his luck and got kicked out at TV stations were also leaked by the media.

Outsiders only saw Im Giseok's sudden success and good fortune but didn't consider what would have happened if BingeBox hadn't picked up the short drama.

What if <> had never even gotten the chance to air?

Because they used Im Giseok, <> was nearly rejected by ReelRise.

At that time, Im Giseok was almost out of hope.

Lee Hayoon had an account on the forum, and he posted a message telling those people to stop being so sour and not to be too jealous.

After getting flamed by a bunch of people, Lee Hayoon quietly posted another message.

[ Show me your results—just show me a single-episode view count higher than <>. Then you can start criticizing. Is that too much to ask? ]

The comments section under the post instantly went quiet.

Lee Hayoon knew very well that the reason those writers on the forum loved to criticize Im Giseok so much was because their own results were way worse than his.

In reality, screenwriters who have more projects than they can handle wouldn't spend all day on a forum, and they certainly wouldn't just focus on attacking Im Giseok.

It was purely because they had too much free time.

Im Giseok was already one of those screenwriters with a lot of energy and free time, but even during the filming of <>, he only occasionally logged onto the forum.