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Poetry of Anxiety (5)

This ridiculous news that a disappeared writer has released his next work is quite shocking.

On portal sites, stories about Cheon Yu-min continued day after day.

– [Scoop] Is Cheon Yu-min really missing? A record of the day I fell into the labyrinth

– Author Cheon Yu-min’s disappearance case, expert says, “It could be dangerous now”

– Is he missing or kidnapped?… Publishing official: “I suspect a sophisticated marketing strategy.”

Cheon Yu-min’s past history began to be reexamined, and experts began to analyze his daily habits and actions one by one.

Meanwhile, Jeong Yun-hoo, who had returned home, comes to Cheon Yu-min’s mansion again.

The reason was because of the next work announced by Yumin, who disappeared.

Less than 24 hours after the next work was announced, Cheon Yu-min’s parents came to visit Jeong Yun-hoo at the office.

“Director Jeong. By any chance, have you read Yumin’s next work?”

“···yes. “I read it.”

Jeong Yun-hoo answered while looking at his parents with sharp eyes.

Cheon Yu-min’s adoptive parents sitting in front of him looked exhausted and exhausted. Still, there was a strange heat in his eyes.

It wasn’t just hope that her child would be alive.

‘···.’

Jeong Yun-hu felt uncomfortable looking at their faces.

“Um, yeah. If you’ve read the novel, you’ll understand. “The author disappears in the latter half of the text.”

“···yes”

“And then, after the author disappears, the bodyguard comes back to the mansion. “The writer came back three days later.”

Jeong Yun-hu nodded his head with difficulty.

The author’s character and the description of the bodyguard in Cheon Yu-min’s novel were too similar to the real Cheon Yu-min and Jeong Yun-hoo.

The similarity to this reality also played a part in the fact that Yu Min’s next film became such a hot topic because it was intertwined with his disappearance.

Jeong Yun-hu looked at them without even thinking about what to say.

“···We think Yumin is playing a ‘game’ right now.”

“yes?”

Jeong Yun-hoo asked back with a frown.

“What is that…”

“She’s been like that since she was young. “I couldn’t tell what she was thinking.”

The middle-aged woman’s voice began to tremble. Then Yumin’s father, who was sitting next to him without opening his mouth for a moment, spoke.

“···Yumin likes games played with rules that he made himself.”

“···but.”

Jeong Yun-hoo, who was about to say something, closed his mouth.

No matter how much you love games and how unique you are, there is no way you would make such a big deal…

– I don’t find board games fun.

At that moment, Cheon Yu-min’s voice rang in Jeong Yun-hu’s head.

– I wonder if it’s too frustrating to follow the rules…

‘···.’

···Just in case… What if Cheon Yu-min is really like that?

What if Cheon Yu-min is conducting some kind of ‘experiment’?

So, what if you want to check whether what happened in the novel you wrote also happens in reality?

‘···shit.’

Jeong Yun-hoo bit his lip.

I realized that it didn’t make sense in my head. But his mouth was already open.

“···All right.”

On that path, Jeong Yun-hu enters Cheon Yu-min’s mansion again. Returning to the mansion, he reads Cheon Yu-min’s last words again.

The content of the next work written by Cheon Yu-min was scheduled to appear continuously in the movie. It was a kind of play within a play.

‘Content in Cheon Yu-min’s novel’ was to be filmed handheld and later edited in black and white.

A writer who ran away.

And the next work announced.

A bodyguard chasing the secret of the next project…

‘In the novel,’ Jeong Yun-hoo wanders around the mansion, looking for things that can be of some help.

The film was scheduled to gradually dissolve from the image of Jeong Yun-hoo walking in a black and white background and be edited to present Jeong Yun-hu.

And Jeong Yun-hu realizes that the note with unknown content left on the table was a kind of code. After cracking the code, he discovers a letter stuck in the corner of the study.

However, the beginning of the letter was somewhat strange.

[To you who might be me-]

‘···?’

Jeong Yun-hoo, who started reading the letter with a puzzled look, begins to read it at an increasingly faster pace.

*

When Yuil was in the midst of filming a movie.

At JJ Entertainment, a person who had suddenly set up a meeting knocked on the office door.

“A BN Media official has arrived.”

“All right.”

Jang Jae-hyeon smiled as if he had drawn it.

‘You’re finally here.’

I thought maybe I could come after hearing the news.

Jang Jae-hyun slowly stood up, thinking that it was a good idea to tell the writer to block all contact in advance.

The intention was to somehow negotiate contract conditions that were favorable to them or to change the IP.

But there was just one thing they overlooked.

The point is that Jang Jae-hyun is definitely not a soft opponent.

‘Let’s hear what they say.’

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Meanwhile, the head of BN Media’s Planning Team 1 entered the hallway, wiping the sweat from his forehead with a handkerchief.

‘Sir… I didn’t know it would get this big.’

When I threatened the writer who was about to pitch, I thought things would work out quickly.

He entered the office with a sly smile.

“Hello~! My name is Kim Young-soo, team leader at BN Media. Hey, it’s nice to meet you again. “It’s so nice to meet you!”

As soon as I opened the door and entered, the BN Media team leader spoke in a loud voice. The intention was to take the lead.

Jang Jae-hyun, wearing a suit, opened his mouth with a faint smile.

“Nice to meet you.”

His face was clearly smiling, but his eyes were strangely cold. The team leader met those eyes and swallowed dry saliva without realizing it.

‘···It’s bloody.’

He clenched his fists discreetly and raised his tone even more.

“As expected, he’s really handsome, just like I heard. “Would you believe me if I told you I was an actor?”

Jang Jae-hyeon, who let his words flow naturally, sat down and continued speaking.

“I’m sorry, but what did you say was the reason for suggesting today’s meeting? “I didn’t receive the message.”

The team leader looked at Jang Jae-hyun in confusion and barely opened his mouth.

“Ah… that’s right… “Recently, I heard that JJ Entertainment showed interest in the work of an author who was affiliated with us.”

Jaehyun Jang’s smile became even deeper.

It was an introduction that did not exceed expectations.

CEO Jang Jae-hyun nodded and answered.

“yes. “I plan to produce it myself.”

“···Haha, I see. After all, the writer is really good at writing~”

“You wrote it really well. So much so that our actor wanted to do it himself.”

“···Actor Han Yu-il really said he would do it himself?”

The BN Media team leader’s expression crumpled in an instant and then came back.

‘That wasn’t a rumor?’

No matter how ambiguous the work was, there were many cases where an actor would grab a work by the collar and lead it to production.

Moreover, if the agency has enough capital to do co-production.

‘···It shouldn’t be like this.’

The team leader, who had been planning to receive author Kim Yul’s IP in exchange for several of the company’s IPs, wiped away the cold sweat that had already formed.

“As I read the scenario, I thought it must have been great to have someone like this at BN.”

“Ahaha…”

“Hmm, could it be that the reason you proposed a meeting today was a compliment to writer Kim Yul?”

‘···This new X.’

It’s not normal.

Obviously, his attitude and tone of voice were gentle… but he wasn’t rude.

The team leader forced himself to raise the corners of his mouth and continued speaking.

“First of all… I just said this with the intention of asking you to consider our other IPs as well…”

“Oh, is that so? “She almost misunderstood.”

Jaehyun Jang opened his mouth with a calm face.

“···I thought the team leader was trying to do something ridiculous to take away the items of the project writer who left the company.”

The team leader mustered all his strength to keep the corners of his mouth from trembling.

“If you leave the plans, I will read them.”

“···.”

The team leader gritted his teeth and stormed out.

Jaehyun Jang looked at the team leader’s back with a faint smile.

It was one of his secret pleasures to see these people struggling to maintain their social presence.

“What should we do with these plans, representative? Shall the planning team review it?”

“That’s it.”

He answered clearly and then stood up.

They didn’t even pay attention to the plans.

*

Same time.

Yuil, who heard the news at the filming site, nodded slightly.

‘···Good.’

It was nice to see CEO Jang looking happy.

At that time, a sonorous voice was heard calling Yuil’s name.

“Mr. Yuil!”

Han Yu-il approached Min Gyu-young. She looked more tired than usual.

“Are you okay, Director?”

Min Gyu-young slowly nodded at Yuil’s words.

“sure.”

“It looks like you couldn’t sleep…”

“Oh, I slept. “I was just worried.”

Han Yu-il nodded at Min Gyu-young’s words.

It was a scene worth worrying about.

Otherwise, it could have been neither of those things.

That’s why it was a scene that was used as a backdrop several times.

“I don’t think you need to worry too much, Director.”

Because of that, I had to spend most of my days off just sleeping…

“When I first read the script, this scene was the part I wanted to do the most.”

“···really?”

As Han Yu-il nodded vigorously, a happy smile appeared on Min Gyu-young’s face.

“Then, I will trust you, actor.”

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Jeong Yun-hoo begins to read the letter he found in the study.

[I always knew. That you are coveting my place, and that you want to kill me…]

Jeong Yun-hoo, reading the long letter, feels embarrassed.

The letter was clearly written by Cheon Yu-min. It was the same as his handwriting.

And Jeong Yun-hu found letters like this in many places.

As he reads the letters, his thoughts expand to places they have never gone before.

‘···What if Cheon Yu-min was suffering from a mental illness that no one knew about?’

Jeong Yun-hu knew that Cheon Yu-min was taking medicine.

He was also afraid of unknown things and felt anxious.

From then on, Jeong Yun-hoo diligently searches books and the Internet. She succeeds in finding out that maybe she has a mental illness that Chun Yu-min may be suffering from.

‘···Dissociative identity disorder.’

A mental illness characterized by having two or more identities and the symptoms of the different personalities communicating with each other.

‘···What if this letter is a letter to another personality of oneself?’

In that case, this disappearance may also have been a kind of hostage situation conducted by another personality of Cheon Yu-min.

This was around the time when Jeong Yoon-hoo made it a fait accompli that Cheon Yu-min had dissociative identity disorder.

“It’s been a while, Director Jeong.”

Jeong Yun-hoo narrowed his eyes.

It was because I couldn’t believe what I saw before my eyes.

“···Cheon Yu-min?”

···Like a lie, Cheon Yu-min has returned.