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“Are they only transferring Writer Jeon Bong-Yi’s royalties now?” asked the new employee sitting beside Deputy Lee. Deputy Lee had just finished calculating the royalties due for Writer Jeon Bong-Yi and threw a glance at Ma Jong-Goo and Park Kyung-Soo’s way before signaling the newcomer to leave the office together.
“Do you want to have a coffee together?”
“Thank you.”
Deputy Lee and the newcomer took a can of coffee each and went up to the rooftop. He put a cigarette stick in his mouth and said, “Mr. Dae-Woo, if you want to work here longer, just go with the flow.”
“Pardon?”
“This is how we do things here at Haetae Media.” Deputy Lee turned to look at the newcomer and laughed self-mockingly, “It’s been two years since I joined the company, and do you know what I’ve realized while working here?”
“I-I don’t know…?”
“I learned that writers are much more powerless than expected. Nine out of ten of them don’t even complain when they don’t receive their full settlement, and this applies more toward writers who are not as popular. They do not know much of anything else aside from writing. If they know that they can't really do much about it, and it's going to be bothersome to deal with it, they wouldn’t deal with it at all."
“Even if they don’t get paid according to what is rightfully their portion?”
“Yes.” Deputy Lee replied before adding, “And this company takes full advantage of that characteristic.”
“But… wouldn’t there be at least one writer who would threaten to sue the company?...
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