Golden Print [EN]: Chapter 109

When the show, , first started, people thought it was just a ‘fresh and fun new show.’

Some people even thought it was just popular because the show that was on before it wasn’t very good.

But after the second episode and three weeks had passed, people started to change their minds about .

The show’s ratings, a key sign of success, began to threaten the top spot in its time slot.

One Monday morning, the most popular online article about was titled:

“[Average Viewership Rating 17.8%, Peak Viewership Rating 21.2% . Is it Presenting a New Paradigm in the Entertainment Industry?]”

The article said the show was a ‘paradigm shift.’ A ‘paradigm’ is like a big change in how people think about something. It might sound like a strong word, but many people agreed.

was changing how people saw entertainment shows.

Anyone who had watched the first three episodes could feel it.

One viewer commented, “Wow, I thought they’d just be pretending to do interior design on an entertainment show….”

Another added, “This is real reality TV. It seems more real than most documentaries.”

Someone else said, “Agreed. Jaeyeop’s team’s furniture-making process is really real, and Duyeong’s team going around negotiating for materials seems genuine too.”

Before 2010, entertainment shows always tried to be funny, no matter what.

They tried their best to be entertaining.

The people making also wanted it to be fun.

That’s why they hired comedians and entertainers who were good at talking.

But before just making people laugh, they added the topic of ‘houses.’ People became really interested in the house building process. You could see viewers online talking about wanting to try building furniture themselves after watching the show.

They made the show feel real, but not boring. This made even small funny moments feel much funnier.

Other cooking shows had done similar things, but it was harder to film something as big as designing a house.

The fact that this big project was done so well showed how talented Gong Jin-young, the show’s director, was.

You could see it in the comments people left on articles about the show.

One person asked, “But why is this even fun? I fall asleep right away if I turn on a documentary.”

Another said, “Yoon Jaeyeop is hilarious.”

Someone else commented, “It’s because Yuri, Im Suha, and Jung Minha are pretty.”

Another person wrote, “Nope, it’s the directing. More than being funny, I keep watching because I’m amazed.”

People online were excitedly sharing what they liked about the show.

One viewer said, “Actress Im Suha has great chemistry, too, right?”

Another agreed, “I think so too. I saw Im Suha for the first time on ‘Why Did You Come To My House,’ and she’s definitely got a knack for entertainment, not just looks.”

Someone else commented, “Expert Seo Woojin being treated like Suha’s sidekick is so funny, haha.”

Another person wrote, “He really works like a cow, haha.”

People started talking about Woojin, one of the show’s stars.

Someone said, “That’s right. Come to think of it, Seo Woojin? That carpenter is really amazing too.”

Another person added, “I was going to say that too. The furniture he makes… Isn’t that a scam? How can he make furniture so fast?”

Someone else wrote, “It’s hard to call it a scam, the video is too revealing….”

A carpenter commented, “I’m a current carpenter. Looking for Seo Woojin.”

Someone asked, “Why?”

The carpenter replied, “I want to take him as my master. I can offer the proper etiquette.”

Someone asked, “Are you Seo Woojin himself? He’s 22 years old… Why would a current carpenter take a college student as his master?”

The carpenter insisted, “I’m serious. I’m sincere.”

Someone else said, “Yeah, Woojin’s at school, right?”

Then someone else announced, “Woojin appeared here!”

In the woodworking office, filled with the scent of sawdust and the rhythmic tapping of hammers, Go Jae-sung stroked his shaggy beard as he typed comments on the computer.

“Wow, it’s really working… They actually don’t believe it!”

Jae-sung chuckled and checked the replies to his comments.

Jae-sung was joking, but he was also half-serious about wanting to learn from Woojin.

If Jae-sung were ten years younger, he would have really tried to learn woodworking from Woojin.

“Should I have subtly shown my face during the filming? Haena would have liked it…….”

Jae-sung thought of his nine-year-old daughter and took a sip of instant coffee.

Just then, the office door opened, and a worker rushed in.

“Foreman! I’ve finished printing this, where should I hang it up?”

Go Jae-sung looked at the large scroll the worker was holding.

It was the task he had given the worker that morning.

“Hang it at the entrance of the workshop, in the most visible place.”

“Yes, sir!”

“You printed it in big letters, ‘Woodworking Workshop Featured on ,’ right?”

“Of course!”

“Good. Let’s get some benefit from CEO Seo’s fame too.”

“If we do a little promotion on the blog, we’ll probably get a huge influx of students.”

Go Jae-sung smiled, pleased.

He was planning to start a woodworking hobby class that day.

The show’s growing popularity was exciting, but for Woojin, it also meant more work. He was juggling the show, his studies, and the looming design competition deadline. The pressure was building.

The weekend flew by.

Woojin, the workaholic, didn’t get any rest.

The last week of October was starting.

The deadline for the ‘Cheongdam Seonyeong Apartment Reconstruction Project’ design competition was only a week away.

The competition deadline was Sunday, October 31st.

Kyungwan said the entries would be reviewed the next day.

If Woojin’s entry wasn’t in Kyungwan’s email by Monday morning, he would be disqualified.

So Woojin looked tired even during the week.

He looked tired in the car on the way to Seongsu-dong after school. A knot of worry tightened in his stomach every time he thought about the looming deadline.

“Woojin, are you going to push yourself too hard and get sick?”

“Do I look like a machine that’s going to break?”

“You work like a machine.”

Soyeon was worried about Woojin, even though she didn’t show it.

She liked his passion and dreams, but she thought he was doing too much.

Woojin knew he was pushing himself.

“Don’t worry. Once this competition is over, I’ll do less work myself.”

During the design competition, Woojin realized he needed a design director.

Woojin was giving the overall direction.

But he needed someone to give direction on the smaller details.

Woojin was still learning about design.

He had his past life memories and good spatial sense and design skills.

But experts who had studied design could do things he couldn’t.

He wasn’t thinking of hiring famous designers.

It would be hard to even contact them, and it would be hard for Woojin, the CEO of a new company, to control them.

Woojin wanted a designer who could grow with WJ Studio.

A designer who might be a little clumsy now, but had a lot of potential.

Woojin looked in the rearview mirror.

In the back seat, the future star designer was excitedly talking on the phone.

“Okay. Then keep next Sunday open, Seokhyun.”

“What are we going to do?”

“Well, of course, intense training.”

“Before the day of reckoning next month, this Jayden must become a ‘British secret weapon.’”

“You don’t think I, Jayden, can do it? I can do it. Trust me!”

Jayden was very excited as he talked on the phone. It was unclear if he was talking about a game strategy or bragging to his friend.

Woojin watched him, sighed, and shook his head.

‘When will I be able to properly use him?’

If Jayden could just focus, he would be very helpful to Woojin.

Jayden had more potential than anyone Woojin knew.

But Jayden was spending all his free time playing games instead of studying design.

He always said he would be a super rookie in the architecture world, but he seemed more like a future professional gamer.

Then, Woojin had a chilling thought.

‘Could it be that Jayden’s future has changed because of me?’

Maybe it was because of Woojin.

Maybe Seokhyun, whom Jayden had met through Woojin, had changed Jayden’s future.

Woojin was exaggerating.

Woojin and Jayden were just college freshmen.

It was normal for them to be playing games all night.

Woojin didn’t know that Jayden hadn’t been a model student in his past life either.

He had won the SPDC award during his freshman year, which was a good thing.

‘I suddenly feel so sorry for Jayden……?’

Woojin felt guilty.

‘Ah, no. I can’t let that happen. I have to nag him a bit more for Jayden’s sake.’

Woojin started to nag Jayden.

“Jayden.”

“What’s up, Woojin?”

“You’re not planning to play games with Seokhyun this Sunday too, are you?”

“What? You don’t think so. Isn’t that obvious?”

“No, that’s not right, Jayden. I think you’re playing too many games these days.”

“……?!”

“You said you were going to win the Pritzker Prize in 10 years, right?”

“Of course!”

“Then you should do your homework instead of playing games this Sunday.”

Jayden looked confused.

It was almost the first time anyone had nagged Jayden.

“To win the Pritzker in 10 years… I have to do my homework this weekend?”

“Of course.”

“Hmm…….”

Jayden, who had been excited, stopped talking and looked serious.

Only time would tell if Woojin’s nagging would help Jayden.