“Director Sun Eun-Soo, right? I feel good meeting someone with such insight.”

“Yes. Personally, the sensibility you showed in the 1930s and 1940s in ‘Wonderful Times’ was excellent. But is the background of your new movie also set in that era?”

“That’s right. We’re envisioning a cafe where intellectuals gathered at that time….”

As Director Kim followed Eun-Soo as if enchanted, and Eun-Soo cheerfully guided him, PD Park’s camera followed. Gyu, who glanced around, leaned towards Joo-Han.

“Hey, Sun Eun-Soo has skills. That guy isn’t an easy nut to crack, but he fell for her quickly.”

“What do you mean by ‘fell for’…?”

“I didn’t know he was so knowledgeable about movies. Well, when he was in school, he seemed to know everything up to that point. No matter who he met, whatever the topic was, he could converse fluently. He used to say it was broad but shallow knowledge, nothing special….”

“How is that not special? That’s really impressive.”

Looking somewhat satisfied, Joo-Han’s mouth curled up as if he had received praise. In Gyu’s eyes, a hint of disappointment flickered.

“Anyway, there’s no one like him, right? Thankful, huh?”

“For what?”

“Hey, appear on the broadcast with this. It won’t be long before it comes out that a veteran staff member of Director Chu Jae-Young’s new movie came to ‘Bida’ to discuss sponsorship. How does that sound?”

“Of course, I’m thankful, but… It’s not entirely for me, is it?”

Joo-Han’s eyes narrowed slightly.

“When you asked the PD to put a caption saying ‘Yoon Gi-Woo, Movie Promotion Director of The Sequence’ on the business card, did you see that?”

“That’s professional spirit. If you’re in the promotion business, wouldn’t you take advantage of such an opportunity?”

“When they chased me all the way home to do this, it wasn’t now, was it…?”

“I wanted to stop it then. But in the end, I had to do it. So now, there’s no point in me saying anything.”

It was a very realistic and pragmatic attitude. At that time, stopping it was better, and now, cooperating is more advantageous—that was the simple conclusion reached.

Along with this, there was another suspicion.

“Did your company take charge of promoting the new movie?”

Gyu twitched. Then, he nudged Joo-Han and sent a gesture to lower his voice.

“I didn’t put a stamp on the contract, but it’s almost done verbally.”

“No wonder….”

“Why are you looking at your brother like that? You know the saying, ‘Seeing is believing.'”

“Do you want to eat the quail and its egg, too? Is that what you want?”

“Understood vaguely, kid.”

Anyway, Gyu and Director Kim stayed at “Bida” for quite some time, and ultimately, the sponsorship agreement was concluded. Moreover, Director Kim, who had completely melted away, even shook hands with Eun-Soo with an attitude that was 180 degrees different from when he first came.

“Director Sun! Let’s go to that bar I mentioned next time!”

“Yes, Director! Please contact me.”

After seeing off Director Kim, PD Park approached Gyu.
“Did you say you’ve been close friends with Joo-Han? Can I ask for an interview?”

“Sure.”

Gyu followed PD Park out, and Joo-Han looked at Eun-Soo with an expression that seemed to have something to say. When Eun-Soo sent a questioning gaze, Joo-Han scratched his eyebrow.

“No, it’s nothing.”

Joo-Han immediately turned and went downstairs. As Eun-Soo climbed the stairs with a smile, his phone rang. It was Joo-Han.

[Is that true?] [What?] [Did you really get inspired by that director?]

A rapper? What is it? What’s with the lime? While Eun-Soo was contemplating whether he should pull out a congratulatory necklace or something, more messages followed.

[You don’t really like movies, right? Do you watch two or three a year? Especially, I’ve never heard those movie titles you mentioned before.]

Eun-Soo slightly stuck out his tongue.

Joo-Han had a tendency not to easily admit that there was something he didn’t know about Eun-Soo. In fact, he knew almost everything, so it was rare for him to act like this. However, now he felt a bit mischievous, thinking, ‘What does it matter whether he knows or not?’

If he suddenly developed a new hobby like watching movies after breaking up with him, what could he do?

He wanted to say that, but he was annoyed. So, he just replied truthfully.

[I asked Ki-Woo senior to help with organizing the materials when he moved his office. I remembered seeing his filmography in those documents.]

Among the documents related to the movie ‘Wonderful Times,’ there was a proposal to focus on the art director’s filmography for marketing purposes. It was the first time he had seen a focus on an art director rather than the director or actors, so he read it with a curious mind.

Since the habit of saving any interesting information for later use from his magazine working days was still ingrained in him, he didn’t know when and how it might be helpful.

[You didn’t deliberately look for it, and you still remembered?] [I naturally have a good memory.] [So, did you really watch all the movies?]