Big Life

Chapter 1

Chapter 1

Big Life Chapter 1 part 1

Big Life – Chapter 1 Part 1 – No Money and No Recognition

-Beeeeep! Beeeeep!

The phone under his pillow vibrated his body greatly . Jaegun’s two eyes bursted open . He was anxiously waiting for his editor’s call . However, it wasn’t . It was his closest friend, Park Jungjin .

“Heeeelllllooo…” He yawned .

“What’s with you today?”

“Just woke up . Deadline today . ”

“Oh, that new contract . ”

“Yeah, just got it done . ”

“That’s good . Come before 7:30 . Remember? At Shinchon?”

His eyes burst open again at his words, “What do you mean? 7:30?”

“This idiot forgot again . You know, the college reunion is today?”

“Aaaaahhhhh . ” Jaegun sighed . He completely forgot . It was the day to meet his literary college graduates . “What time is it right now?”

“Don’t even have a clock? Better hurry because it’s 5 right now . Woah . Hey, I have a meeting to go to . See you later . ”

-Beep!

He took his aching body and went to the bathroom . He needed to hurry .

-Whoooshhhh

“AAAAAHHHH FREAKING COLD!” The freezing water hit his body hard .

He had no choice; he had to save his gas fees . Flopping like a fish, he hurriedly finished his shower . Picking out his best clothes, he quickly left home .

Heading to the bus stop, he checked the time . 15 minutes to get to the subway station, 40 minutes to ride the subway . He had some time .

‘Still the same here . ’ He arrived at the meeting place, a nostalgic pub . He remembered when he visited this place . Cheap and delicious, the store owner was really nice as well .

-Tap!

Someone behind him tapped his shoulder .

Surprised, he looked back to see a smiling Jungjin .

“Hey man, don’t do that . My heart’s weak recently . ”

“What are you doing here, not going in?”

“Just… Filled with nostalgia . Haven’t came here in ages . ”

“Same, it’s been a while . Let’s go in . ”

In the corner of the pub, there was a huge corner to hold even 20 people . 18 people said they could come . Most of them were already there and exchanging conversations .

“Hey . Been a while, man . ”

“You two, always sticking around together since college . You dating now?” People exchanged greetings .

Jaegun and Jongjin took their places and replied, “Hey, how is everyone . Your face is still the same, Hyojin . ”

“Don’t make fun of me, I was thinking of getting a facelift because of my skin . ”

“Silly you, not even 30 and thinking of nonsense . Don’t ruin your pretty face . ”

“Same as always, I see . Speaking about pretty, come to me . I’ll take care of you today . ”

She gestured with her hands for him to sit next to her . With a face, Jongjin came in the middle .

“Hey hey hey, don’t put all the attention on him . See this poor looking producer . This poor looking producer spent a week with a bloody nose trying to think of an idea that just got shoved in the trash can . ”

“Ohhh you di~d,” she mocked . ”Come here too . Have a drink . ”

Smiling, he went next to her with a cup .

Minah, the girl across from them, said with wide-eyes, “You guys starting strong already . Aren’t you ready to be dating now? Don’t you think, Jaegun?”

“Yeah . Listening to them, I reckon so,” he replied seriously .

Immediately, Jongjin and Hyojin crinkled their faces and stared at each other . A smile formed at Jaegun’s lips .

-Clomp! Clomp!

A sound of shoes hitting the sound came up . Everyone looked towards the sound . A man in a suit waved confidently to the crowd; it was another graduate, Oh Myunghoon .

“Hey, come here . ”

“How’s life . ”

“How’s it been going . ”

The reaction was different from when they got here . There was more cheering, especially from the girls .

“It’s the successful guy! I see you’ve been rocking them fancy clothes . ”

“What do you mean? It’s only the beginning . ” He said stolidly and sat down straight across from Jaegun .

“Been awhile, hasn’t it . ” he put his hand out .

“Yeah, yeah, it has been,” Jaegun replied awkwardly . He couldn’t be calm anymore .

Not everyone becomes a writer when they graduate from literary college . As it’s a job with risk, people often go elsewhere to find jobs . They might go to a gaming company and write scenarios like Jongjin . In this college, there were barely any writers . In this reunion, there was two .

One was Jaegun, the other was the person right across from him, Myunghoon .

Myunghoon recently broke success with his three romance novels . One even got a huge award . It was big enough to be considered to be adapted into a drama .

Myunghoon was famous among writers . His salary was said to be over the millions already .

“What have you been doing recently?” Myunghoon asked .

It felt mocking . It felt mocking to be asked a question that he already knew the answer to . Reading his mind, Jongjin answered for him,” What do you think? Of course he’s been writing . ”

“I see, still writing?” He put a strange emphasis on “still . ”

“Yeah . Yeah, I’m still writing . You want a drink?” he answered back with a false smile .

“Ah, thanks . ”

“I’ve heard . You’ve been famous . Congrats . ”

“Nah, it’s nothing . It’s only good enough for a drama consideration . ”

Jaegun’s hands shook when he was pouring the drink . Trying to conceal it, he quickly poured the drink and put the bottle down .

“What are you writing?” Myunghoon asked .

“Me? I’ve been, I’ve been writing a martial arts novel for a contract right now . ”

“Ah, martial arts? Does that even pay? Does it even give a 1000 dollars for a book?”