The Barbarian Writer of a Martial Arts Visual Novel Chapter 222

EP.222

“You will save face if you pay the wages of the scholarship students yourself, so I will give the wages of the scholarship students in vouchers.”

Full wage support for work-study students. How much is it? I was so surprised by the chairman’s declaration that I could not easily open my mouth.

Of course, the chairman comes from a high-ranking official and lives in a luxurious mansion, but I never thought he would give something this big.

It’s a fascinating proposition.

There is still a lot of debt remaining at Daseogak. Since you don’t know what will happen in the future, it’s better to save money if you can.

If you can hire a talented unpaid employee, it’s a good idea to say yes right away.

but.

“Thank you for the offer. However, this is a system I proposed to help needy writers, but if you don’t pay, I think its meaning will fade.”

It’s a waste of time to just accept a good offer.

No matter how tempting an offer may be, it is polite to show humility by refusing.

Of course, I don’t intend to stubbornly refuse, so let’s try to convince him by showing a loophole in his logic.

“Isn’t this the work-study system you proposed? We drafted a system, persuaded the literary community, proposed raising funds, and announced it to everyone. Even in court, that’s enough to be credited to one person. “I just want to help you with your cause, so don’t feel burdened.”

“I don’t know what to do when you give such great support to a black-haired barbarian and outsider of the literary society.”

So let me know.

Compared to my first refusal, I declined in a more subdued manner and showed that I would accept it right away if he gave me a little offer.

“Don’t refuse, take it. Instead, save more money. “Work harder and grow your business.”

“yes? “What do you mean by that?”

“Didn’t you say that you would run a business that leaves behind people like Baekjiajangju? If so, shouldn’t we do big business like Baekjiajangju did? Are you going to be satisfied with just having the best bookstore in Uichang?”

The moderator asked in a tone that seemed to suggest that you have a big dream, so tell me because you all know.

Of course, I have no intention of ending it with just one piece.

Danggapoongun was clearly a success. However, that is only within Uichang, Hubei Province, and the surrounding city of Sichuan.

That is not enough to save the fate of the heroines. For my reputation, I need to increase my wealth and reputation through business expansion.

“I also want to grow my business and leave behind more people. But I am a black-haired barbarian who lives in the central plains. “It is difficult to run a large business amidst strangers and prejudice against black hair.”

I am having trouble expanding my business.

Someone you can trust and entrust to you.

It’s enough for me to run a business, but running a business is different. It would be nice to have a blood relative or friend I could trust, but as a barbarian, there is no way I would have someone like that.

I patted my chest and expressed my frustration in front of the chair, like a young man with big dreams but stuck in the face of realistic barriers.

“This guy knows one thing and doesn’t know two. I understand your difficulty of not having anyone you can trust. But if you leave people behind as a business, will they remain silent?”

“Are you talking about working scholarship students?”

In response to my question, the chairperson nodded and continued speaking.

“People, unless they are cubs of animals, never forget the people who helped them in their most difficult times. Some people can be writers. You can also go to government office. However, someone will eventually give up their dream and start working for a living. “If you were to extend your hand to them at such a time, who would dare refuse?”

Expand your business by making working scholarship students your own. It’s definitely a good method.

“Thank you for giving great enlightenment to the young merchant.”

I bowed my head and expressed my gratitude to the chairperson’s teachings.

“Daseo-gak Dangga Pung-un Work Scholarship Student’s Business Beliefs. When I look at you, I can feel what it means to go after the Yangtze River and then go after the river before the river. “You’re going to end up like a river that’s being pushed away anyway, so I’ll help the person who will carry on Baekjijangju and my will, so try your best.”

After the Yangtze River, before the river, after the Yangtze River. Like the waves of the Yangtze River, the old people are eventually pushed out by the new people. This means that there is no business in the face of the flow of time.

The chairman looked at me with a proud expression and smiled bitterly, perhaps feeling that I was becoming an old person due to the passage of time.

“I think that the water in front of the Yangtze River is not being pushed out by the water behind it, but rather arriving at the vast sea first and preparing to embrace the river water. “I don’t know what to do with my small beliefs being embraced so much.”

As a person from a new era, I looked at the chair and expressed my gratitude to him.

“Ha ha ha ha ha. “I’m glad I didn’t meet you when I was in office.”

The chairman’s eyes widened at my words and then he laughed heartily.

“yes?”

“Either way, make him mine. “If it weren’t for that, I would have advised His Majesty the Emperor not to listen to what you said.”

“Thank you for the compliment.”

“ha ha ha. okay. “I will immediately write you a voucher for your wages, so take it with you.”

———-

“Let me start by introducing myself. Simply tell us your name and age.”

next day. I gathered the working scholarship students in Daseogak and had them introduce themselves, which is the rule for starting a new semester.

It starts with Lim Ha-yeon, a familiar face.

“Me? “From me?”

When I pointed to Ha-yeon Lim, she opened her eyes brightly as if she hadn’t expected it.

“My name is Du Eung-hyang.”

Why are you like that? Have you been creative and used a pseudonym? Dueunghyang in Daseogak.

“Phew!”

“Really?”

“Young Soger is good at telling jokes right from the start.”

“Sister, then shall I go to Gusukjeong?”

“Oh, actually, my name is Lee….” I

can’t believe you’re trying to use your real name even though you’re a doju courtesan. This girl is doing something big.

Of course, it’s true that nicknames you normally use appear as duplicate nicknames, and naming your character is tricky, but using your real name is risky.

“Hmm!”

I awkwardly cleared my throat loudly and caught Lim Ha-yeon’s attention.

Ha-yeon Lim looked at me with puzzled eyes. Use another name. Soso. Forever. There are a lot of common names.

I shook my head and tried to dissuade her.

“My name is Ha-yeon Kang. I’m 19 years old. Please take care of me.”

I laughed, feeling a little absurd.

Why Mr. Kang? If you’re going to change anything, change the name too. Since I’m not working as a courtesan but at a bookstore, I think changing my last name would be enough as an alias.

By the way, Lim Ha-yeon was 19 years old. I’m the same age as Sohee.

Well, they said she was an apprentice courtesan, so she couldn’t have been over 20 years old. Just as idols debut in their late teens, in this world courtesans become official courtesans in their late teens.

“My name is Gu Suk-jeong! It’s not like this, let’s complain. I’m 18! Please take care of me!”

“My name is…”

Is it because the tense atmosphere was relaxed due to Lim Ha-yeon’s mistake? Everyone coolly continued to introduce themselves.

“Now let’s clean up!”

I finished introducing myself and started cleaning with the staff.

“Everyone needs to move to their seats, clean up the dust in between, and make sure to wet mop.”

“What kind of book has this much dust accumulated?”

“The book has accumulated a lot of dust. “It has to look marketable, so please be honest.”

It’s good that there are so many people. It will be over soon.

————

“I will finish early today.”

We’ll be able to open tomorrow after just one more day of cleaning.

Before the sun sets yet. When the progress seemed to go much faster than expected, I stopped working and announced that I would leave work early.

“really?”

“and! “It ended early!”

“I’ll go first!”

“Hayeon Sojeo.”

I stopped Im Ha-yeon, who was about to leave Daseogak to get off work.

“why.”

Did he look like his boss when he caught him when he was about to leave? Ha-yeon Lim asked me with eyes full of disbelief.

sudden. I think I’ll make him work overtime. I thought for a while about showing my employer’s tyranny, but decided to show my employer’s abilities as planned.

“Take this.”

I took out a small bundle from one corner.

“What is this?”

“Dumplings. “I bought it from a restaurant earlier.”

“Why are you giving this to me?”

“There will be no trouble until next month’s salary comes out. “Please take care of your meal.”

She came to Uichang without any money. Although I gave him some money, it must have been so difficult that he had to skip meals to buy paper, pencil, and ink.

“Even if I don’t help you with this…”

I saw you inhaling jajangmyeon during lunch time earlier. When it came to sweet and sour pork, my hands were faster than my eyes. If you steal like that, it seems like you will also rob the martial arts people’s pockets.

Lim Ha-yeon took a step back and said, as if she was still reluctant to accept my help.

okay? Then I have a way too.

“It’s about making sure you don’t wander around while working.”

I have a rough idea of how to deal with you. If the logic makes sense, I will agree.

Then you can just tell me that I’m taking care of you because I’m your employer and not because of your father’s agenda.

“please. then.”

Did the logic work? Lim Ha-yeon nodded, took the bundle, and left work.

This employee is really hard to treat well.

*****

“I must be crazy!”

Im Ha-yeon returned to her shabby guest room, pounded the pillow and shouted.

“why me?! why?! Of course you said it was Kang Ha-yeon, right? Ugh!”

Ha-yeon Lim remembered the man’s smiling face. You must have guessed where the last name came from.

Introducing yourself. Why on earth would you do something like that? Could it be that Kang Yun-ho created it to tease himself? Lim Ha-yeon was shaken by what happened a little while ago.

An unexpected start and even your first introduction. Lim Ha-yeon could not help but be embarrassed.

Since I didn’t have a prepared pseudonym, I said it was Du Eung-hyang, the pseudonym I used last time, but it immediately became a laughing stock. Then should I tell you my real name? I was so embarrassed for a moment that my head turned white.

If the man hadn’t paid attention, he would have said his real name awkwardly.

What do we do. I was so embarrassed. Ha-yeon Lim could only see herself and the man, Kang Yun-ho, with their graying hair.

What name should I say?

In the end, the pseudonym that I managed to come up with was Ha-yeon Kang.

‘I heard that in foreign countries, when a woman gets married, she takes the man’s last name. What if I made such a strange misunderstanding?’

That man has black hair, so there could be such a misunderstanding. Ha-yeon Lim was lying on the bed, shaking her feet.

do not misunderstand. That’s not what I was thinking about. I just said that because I was embarrassed. Should I go and tell him? Can not be done. It seems like we care more for no reason.

‘Ugh! really! ‘I ended up spending too much money on paper and ink!’

Ha-yeon Lim thought as she looked at the high-quality paper and ink that did not fit in the shabby room.

An event supported by numerous literary figures. Of course, the judges will be able to tell at a glance whether the submitted works used high-quality paper, pencil, and ink.

Lim Ha-yeon was afraid that she would get points deducted if she used too cheaply, so she spent all her money to buy paper, pencil, and ink.

‘Even though I was eliminated in the end.’

As Lim Ha-yeon reflected on the fact that she was eliminated, her turbulent heart calmed down.

I thought you wrote an interesting article. I felt like I could win an award at this level. In reality, I didn’t even receive an encouragement award.

The frustration that I thought I had barely forgotten pressed heavily on my chest.

‘What would have happened if I hadn’t applied for the work scholarship?’

Is it right to work under Kang Yun-ho? Ha-yeon Lim thought constantly until she submitted her application.

So what are you going to do? If you work as a courtesan, you will immediately be caught as a runaway courtesan.

Then stealing? no. I don’t want to live like that person. I don’t want to live a life that brings tears to other people’s eyes.

I want to become a writer. A person who covets other people’s things. How can you become a person who gives joy to others?

So what should we do? Those are the only two things I have learned in my life. I spent almost all the money I had.

There’s nothing you can do.

‘Let’s apply for a work scholarship.’

In the end, the only path left to him was to apply for a work scholarship.

It’s supported by the literary society. That guy just helped. Ha-yeon Lim began to make efforts to rationalize herself.

Could it be that Kang Yun-ho created this system for himself? Whenever she strangely needed help, she thought of the face of the man in front of her, Kang Yun-ho.

‘Aren’t people themselves bad?…’

Lim Ha-yeon recalled his words at the literary club.

一 The work to become a writer is hard for anyone. However, it is especially difficult for writers who have to think about what to eat tomorrow.

I and the Uichang Literary Association would like to give hope to such people.

These were sincere words that touched my bones. It made me wonder if he was someone who dreamed of becoming a writer.

It would be too far-fetched to say that the work-study system was created because of oneself. Still, like Lim Ha-yeon’s favorite Dang-ga-poong-un’s Dang-jeong, he reached out to those in despair.

Perhaps, just as the branch manager said, he is an expert at business and is not a vicious merchant…

When Lim Ha-yeon’s thoughts reached that point, she was startled and stood up.

“Ugh! A vicious merchant exploiting author Hopil! “I don’t let down my guard!”

That’s the human agenda. Isn’t this a guarantee that he is the worst man? On top of that, he is a vicious merchant who exploits the writer he respects.

Let’s not let down our guard. Ha-yeon Lim!

“I’m hungry…”

As I thought more, I became hungry.

Lim Ha-yeon got up from the bed, unpacked the bundle Kang Yun-ho gave her, and took a bite of a kimchi dumpling.

Is it because I work hard? Did the man buy delicious dumplings?

Somehow it tasted even better today.

*********

In the end, I finished cleaning in two days.

“The cleaning is over!”

“Manager! “It’s all over!”

“Thank you all for your hard work. “Now I can hang this sign.”

I took out the sign I had prepared from my pocket and hung it in front of the entrance to Daseogak so that everyone passing by could see it.