Golden Print [EN]: Chapter 258

Even within the same realm of design, architectural design and urban planning design are very different fields.

So, while they might overlap sometimes, being good at architecture doesn’t automatically mean you’re good at urban planning.

Therefore, Woojin didn’t really care about this particular design project from the start.

He already had a lot of work to do without trying to do things he wasn’t really familiar with.

‘To make the set even better as a tourist spot, the urban planning needs to be done by a really professional company.’

However, the Architects Association was different.

Most of the bigger companies in the association also did urban planning.

So, Woojin quickly understood what was happening.

The last piece of the puzzle he couldn’t figure out was revealed today by Director Jo Yonghyun’s phone call.

‘Right, they couldn’t have just done the audit to get back at me. Audits take a lot of effort for them too.’

So, the final thing Woojin realized was that the Architects Association was involved.

They had to know Woojin was working on the project, but they were doing the same thing as last year’s Seongsu District design competition.

This meant they were sure they would win this time.

Woojin finally understood that their plan was to use the audit to push him out and take over all the design rights, starting with the land development.

‘To be so obvious means they must have a way to beat me… and that way is probably…’

A strange smile touched Woojin’s lips. It wasn’t a happy smile, but a clever one, like a cat who just found a mouse.

‘They think I’m corrupt.’

If Woojin had known Chairman Kwon Juryul better,

He might have figured this out when he learned about the pressure from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport.

But Woojin didn’t know Kwon Juryul well enough, so he didn’t expect them to act without even checking if he was corrupt.

Woojin thought they would do something after his corruption was revealed in the audit.

‘Well, well… it seems they are all the same kind of people.’

Even though Woojin knew their plan, he wasn’t upset at all.

Actually, he was quite pleased. They have walked right into my trap.

Before, he felt helpless and couldn’t do anything. Now, they were trying to steal the project, giving him a chance to really make them regret it.

The way to make them regret it was simple.

‘Act a little nervous… and when they take the bait, pull them in.’

[Um… President? Can you hear me? Why is the phone acting up all of a sudden?]

Beep- Beep-

Woojin stopped talking suddenly, and Director Jo Yonghyun, thinking the phone had died, hung up.

Woojin immediately called back to finish what he was saying.

“Ah, I was just thinking for a moment, and the call got cut off. I apologize.”

[Ah, I see. My phone sometimes does this, so I thought it had died again.]

“Well, as you said, since there’s only one company participating, we have to go with them.”

[Yes. I was already thinking that way, but I thought you should know, so I called to check.]

“Yes, Director. Thank you.”

After that, Director Jo Yonghyun brought up the next thing.

[But having only one company involved also has some good things about it.]

“What good things are those?”

[The screening process can be easier, right?]

“Ah, I see.”

[Of course, we need to check what can do, but I think we can make the schedule shorter by more than a week than we planned.]

“That’s good.”

Jo Yonghyun continued.

[So, President.]

“Yes, go ahead.”

[Since we’ve basically picked the basic design company, how about starting the next competition soon?]

“The next competition, you mean…”

[The business plan isn’t completely done yet, but I think about 2,000 pyeong of public space will be used.]

To be a special tourism zone, you need to attract tourists, but you also need places for them to stay and things to do.

The most important thing is places to stay.

Most of the condos and hotels will be built by private companies, but there will also be public places paid for by Icheon City.

There would be design competitions for those public places, so Director Jo Yonghyun was talking about that.

Woojin understood what he meant but pretended not to, shrugging and saying,

“Well, it’s up to you, Director. You can have the competition whenever you want…”

[Haha. WJ Studio said they would enter the architectural design competition, right? That’s why I’m telling you this.]

“Ah, I see.”

[Well, I wasn’t going to give you any special treatment anyway, but with the audit coming, it’s definitely out of the question.]

“Of course, I understand.”

[But I can at least tell you when the competition will be, right? Haha.]

“Thank you, Director. Then I’ll assume you’ll be starting soon, and we’ll get ready.”

[Most of it will probably be private projects, so there won’t be many big ones, but there should still be one or two important projects.]

Woojin talked a little longer with Director Jo Yonghyun and then called a meeting as soon as he hung up.

He was already planning carefully for the project, but now he had another reason to plan even better.

The first month of the new year went by quickly.

And that meant that was halfway over.

, which started in early December,

Had already shown 14 episodes by the third Thursday of January.

And as Woojin and many others had guessed, was becoming more and more popular every day.

[, Seong Hayoung. Amazing Heartrending Romance Acting.]

[. Breaking its own viewership record of 0.2% this week!]

[Wednesday-Thursday Drama . How high will the viewership go?]

[Child actor Minwoo returns! Now not a child actor, but crowned ‘National Actor’!]

[ Choice goes back to Minwoo (Seohoo in the drama). Can the love from a thousand years ago happen again?]

……Omitted……

was so popular that other TV stations’ dramas were thinking about ending early.

So, Sojeong couldn’t help but smile a lot today.

[CEO Kang, aren’t you being too greedy?]

“What do you mean?”

[No, how can you take it all? A peak viewership of 47 percent… is that even possible in 2013?]

“Haha. Well, CEO Kwon should have invested when I told you to.”

[Who only asks once? Even if you don’t beg, you should have asked at least twice.]

“Oh my, I’m sure I asked twice… Why would you change your memory like that?”

[……. You should have grabbed me and taken my money…….]

“Heh. Anyway, I’ll treat you soon, so let’s set a time.”

[Hoo. I don’t know if I can even enjoy the food with my stomach hurting so much… But I still want a free meal. Alright. I’ll contact you again soon, Sojeong.]

“Okay. PD Yoo In-gun said he wants to see you too, so let’s all meet up.”

[Ha, that Yoo PD… I know he’s going to be sarcastic…….]

“Hehe. Isn’t that karma?”

Right after lunch,

Sojeong, who had finished talking with a close agency CEO, started packing her things while humming.

She wasn’t leaving work early.

Sojeong wasn’t someone who would leave work in the middle of the day like that.

But she had something important to do in the afternoon, so you could say she was going out for work.

“Director, are you ready?”

“I finished getting ready a while ago… I came out early because you said we’d go together, but what were you talking about for so long?”

“Hoho, I was just bragging to someone.”

“About the drama?”

“Of course.”

“I’ll agree with that if it’s about that.”

Sojeong met Director Im Suho in the company lobby, went down to the parking lot, and got in the car together.

They were going to Seongsu-dong.

Sojeong’s afternoon plan was to film at .

As Sojeong started the car, Im Suho spoke up.

“But you know, President.”

“Yes?”

“How did you really get CEO Seo to agree?”

“Heh heh.”

“No matter how much I tried to convince him, he wouldn’t listen.”

“There’s a way to do everything.”

“Did you use your charm?”

“Of course, I’m very beautiful, but that’s not it.”

The plan for the afternoon was to film a special episode of .

Director Im Suho had been planning this special episode from the start.

But the special episode was now longer than expected because so many people wanted it.

They were going to make it one or two episodes, but they ended up filming six episodes.

They had already filmed four of the six episodes.

Today, they were filming the part where Woojin would make a cameo.

“I heard that CEO Seo practiced his acting a lot.”

The director looked surprised.

“Oh, really?”

Woojin’s part wasn’t very big, but he was going to be in some important scenes.

But then, his hopes disappeared.

“Minwoo said that he’s not talented, but he works hard.”

“…….”

“But he said that he turned a robot into a human, so if he edits it well, it won’t be too bad.”

“Is that too harsh?”

“Director, please help him. Our CEO Seo can’t have a bad reputation.”

“I’ll try…… my best.”

The special episode they were filming today was about the main character, Inseo, going to the wrong house.

Inseo, who was reborn in modern times in , was working at WJ Studio, and she was going to find ‘Seohoo’s’ house, but she went to the wrong house, which was the house of Woojin, the CEO of WJ Studio.

They weren’t filming at Woojin’s actual house, but they were filming at , which was the same apartment building as Woojin’s house.

Sojeong kept giggling while driving, as if she was excited to see Woojin’s bad acting.

Director Im Suho was worried about the filming and sighed.

After about 30 minutes,

They arrived in Seongsu-dong.