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LifeOnce Again CH 305

Author:Wise Dragon Category:Unreal Update time:2022-12-22 05:32:02

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“So we have to go with this small-claims filing”

“Before that, you should make a call one last time.”

“Theres no way that man will pay us just because we call him.

He practically wants us to do it.”

“We can negotiate now, so its better if you try anyway.

Hell probably change his mind if you bring up the word court.

Also, the fact that someone got paid means that they still have some budget left over, so if you act strongly, hell probably pay the overdue wages.

He might act like that again, but youll be able to make up some money for immediate bills, so youll have to go on a strike or something like that if he does that again.”

Maru finished speaking and had a look at the staff.

They all looked hesitant.

Mr.

Kim also fell into thought as he put his hand against his chin.

“That lawyer back there told you that”

“Yes.”

“Do you think you can ask him to help us if something goes wrong”

“That probably wont be possible.

He just gave me advice for this, not a proper consultation.

If you want him to help us, youll have to pay him, so I dont think that will work out.”

“Why He sounds like a good man from how hes helping us out.

I think you can ask him.”

“Being a good man and free service are two different things.

Also, Im not that close to him, so Im not comfortable with asking him for something like that.”

“Then I guess well hire him officially once things go bad.

Hell help us more if hes doing it for someone he knows.”

“That… probably wont work out either.”

“Whys that”

“As far as I know, you might have to pay him what you get paid for the case.”

“...Looks like hes someone famous.”

“Yeah, well.

He does belong to Lee & Kang Law Firm.”

“Lee & Kang Law Firm Im not knowledgeable about things like that.

Is that like some super corporation or something”

Someone told him that it was the number one law firm in the country.

“Then I guess its not happening.

But its good that we now know a way.

People like us dont know how to stare into books and only know how to work to get paid.

Since he said its not hard, lets make the call.

If he still feigns ignorance, then I guess we can only do this the hard way.

Is everyone okay with that”

The staff nodded at Mr.

Kims words.

It seemed that everyone gained the courage when they found out that they didnt need to go to court.

The scary thing about going to court was that being called there and doing that required time.

An ordinary persons life would crumble with one lawsuit.

Being required to show up to court, calls telling them to negotiate, and the energy and money required if the lawsuit drags out long enough.

This was why most ordinary people could not win against companies.

If the companies decide to hire lawyers and drag things out indefinitely, the plaintiff would be exhausted and end up negotiating even if its the company thats clearly in the wrong.

This was common.

Mr.

Kim called the president of the subcontractor company with his phone.

Perhaps thanks to having found a way out, he did not get agitated and started with the greeting.

As the conversation continued, he exercised more effort into his words and mentioned the lawsuit: that they were prepared to do it as a group, and that they had already talked to a lawyer about it.

There was a little lie mixed in, but it probably did not matter.

After all, the subcontractor was the one holding their money.

“Todays shoot finished without a hitch, but I dont think I can say the same thing for tomorrow as well.

I have made our intentions clear.

If you do not send us the overdue wages before tomorrows shoot… well go to the KPU and go on a strike.

I plan to drag this out until the end, so think about it carefully.

Also, the lawyer thats helping us says he belongs to Lee & Kang Law Firm.

So think about that carefully as well.”

Mr.

Kim hung up with a smile on his face.

“Do you think that will do”

“I guess well have to wait to find out.”

At that moment, director Lee, who was watching from afar, picked up his phone.

“Yes, president.”

Director Lee approached them slowly.

He took the phone off of his ears and switched on the speaker mode to make the other partys voice clearer.

-I got a call just now, and he told me something about talking to a lawyer.

Is this true

“Ah, yes.

I was next to him.”

-Wait, so you just watched him do so without taking any action

“What power do I have to stop him He says hes a famous lawyer.”

-Why is there a lawyer at the shooting location Is it really true Are you sure he didnt make something up

“This is an independent school you know Its the school where all the rich kids go to.

Maybe that lawyers child goes to this school.”

At the beginning, Mr.

Kim watched the two make a call with a sour face, but his expression loosened the more he listened to it.

Director Lee started leading the conversation so that he was inducing the president to pay the staff, and the president eventually had to accept before ending the call.

“Producer Lee.

Why are you changing your attitude now”

“Director Kim.

I have a family to feed just like you.

I have kids at home nagging me to pay their school tuition, and my wife tells me that she has to pay interest for the loan.

I cant not receive the money that the president is giving me.

And also, its not like I treated you badly, did I You watched me as I asked the president to solve the wage issue several times.”

Director Lee apologized in a small voice.

Mr.

Kim sighed and turned around.

“I understand your situation.

But know that I only understand it.”

Director Lee no longer said anything and turned back around with a bitter expression.

“Are you going to continue shooting now that your wage issue is solved” Maru asked.

“I will.

Theyre the kind of people that will nag at us to do work since they paid.

Well, its not like were doing this because we dont like the drama.

As long as they pay us properly, we should do our work properly as well.”

Mr.

Kim thanked Maru as he stood up.

The other staff members expressed their appreciation as well.

Director Lee told everyone to pull out since it looked like they wouldnt be getting any more work done today.

The main actors werent waiting at the set either.

They were probably waiting inside their cars or something.

The managers, who had been keeping the actors places, bid farewell to the staff and quickly left.

The people from the TV station also started packing up the equipment.

Some of them even told the other staff members to cheer up.

They just worked for different entities and in actuality, were just laborers who earned daily wages just like them.

“Go back home.

Ill send you all a message after I look at the time schedule, so send a reply if you want in.

Also, you should tell me beforehand if you woke up late.

Ill have to find replacements.”

The leader scattered everyone after thanking them.

Maru took off the gym uniform and gave it back.

The staff bid him farewell as he gave it back.

Although it was for just one day, it seemed like theyve taken a liking to him.

Maru smiled back.

He hoped that everything went well.

“Hey, over there!”

Mr.

Kim approached him.

He was inviting Maru to an afterparty for giving the subcontractor a blow.

Although Maru was thankful, he had a prior engagement.

“Sorry about that.

I have someone I have to meet.”

“Is it that lawyer from before”

“Yes.”

“I guess it cant be helped then.

But hey, you are a student, right”

“Im in my 2nd year of high school.”

“It wont be easy living in this industry.

Though, from the way you act, I guess youll cope with it better than me.

Are you going to come again If you are, Ill talk to the leader and have you come next time.”

“Ill definitely contact you if I need to.”

“Alright, alright.

Be careful on your way.

Anyway, thanks for today, for helping us out even though were complete strangers.”

“My wage depends on it as well.

I hope we can meet each other on set more often.”

“Alright.

Oh, Im Kim Jangsoo.”

“My name is Han Maru, sir.”

Jangsoo patted his shoulders and told him that he did well.

Maru then bid farewell to the other supplementary actors he had been spending his time with for the day.

“Well done.

Also… thanks for provoking me back there,” Woojoo spoke awkwardly.

Maru shook his head.

“Im sorry.

I think I did take it a step too far.”

“No.

It wasnt that surprising that you did.

I should have been more calm about it, but it looks like I took it too easy.

Its a bit embarrassing but, I feel like I realized something thanks to you.”

“Well, Ill be thankful if you think about it that way.”

“Are you going to come for the next shoot”

“Im not sure.”

“Come if you can make it.”

“Okay, I will.”

Maru left amidst the people that were carrying equipment.

The sun was going down already.

He took out his phone and called lawyer Park.

When he told him that the shoot was over, he replied that he should wait there for a moment.

Just as he was watching the people that were pulling out, he saw students rushing out of the main building of the school.

Many of them were wearing backpacks.

This was a rare scene in an academic-focused school on a weekday.

Maru wondered if they didnt have any self-study sessions after school.

He walked a little so that he was in front of the main building.

He saw cram school vans lined up outside the school gates.

Students got on those vans.

The vans then disappeared off into the distance.

That scene was repeated several times.

It was like they were carrying off all the students in the school.

“Incredible, isnt it They say cram schools are all the rage these days, rather than schools.”

Lawyer Park had appeared behind him.

His eyes were very complicated as he looked at the students.

“Your daughter must be going to one as well, is she”

“Shell probably go after dinner.

Dont you go to one”

“I seem to have no fate with studying.”

“Why You seem smart.”

“I am smart, but not in an academic kind of way.”

“Is that so”

Suddenly, lawyer Park raised his right hand nervously.

One girl, who was walking out of the school door with her arms locked around other girls, looked at lawyer Park before pouting at him.

The girl changed her shoes before walking towards the school gates.

The girls that were locking arms with the pouting girl looked back at him.

“So shes your daughter.”

“Shes one impetuous girl.

Shell never listen to my words.”

“Perhaps shes mad at you because you wont let her become a celebrity”

“Do you think just anyone can be a celebrity You need talent to be one.

Rather than that, that girl wont even greet her father, huh.”

“Well, thats what father-daughter relationships are mostly like.

Shell cling to you like youre the only one in her world when shes young, but once she starts wearing school uniforms, she wont even look at you in the face.”

“...Hey, why do you know all this”

“Ah, well, my father sighs all the time.”

Maru just laughed it over.

Lawyer Park said that fathers must be similar across the board and nodded.

“Lets just get something to eat.

My girl says she likes her friends more than her dad, so I guess I cant help it.”

“Shell open up to you once she matures.”

“She does open up to me from time to time.

Though, thats when she wants me to buy her something.

At times like those, shes like a deceiving fox just like her mother, geez.”

Although lawyer Park was complaining about his daughter, he had a smile on his face the entire time.

Maru understood how he felt.

Parents felt satisfied with their kids just growing up safely.

Maru updated him on the overdue wages matter as they walked to the parking lot.

Lawyer Park stopped walking in front of a rather old car.

It looked like quite an old model.

It was a middle-class sedan that was produced in the country.

“It looks a little dirty, doesnt it I havent cleaned it in quite a while.”

“No, thats not it.”

“Then is it because it looks less expensive than the car next to it”

“Honestly speaking, it was a little unexpected.”

Maru looked at the other cars parked in the same row as he spoke.

The rather old South Korean car looked very out of place like a wrong piece of a puzzle amongst the lineup of cars costing in tens of millions to hundreds of millions of won.

It was also unexpected because someone of his financial status could drive a much better car than that.

“I changed my car once and I got into an accident in just two days.

It was a big accident as well.

I almost died back then.

The same thing happened to the next car I bought.

I thought I was jinxed so I came back to this one.

I got somewhat attached to it as well.”

He got in the car with a smile.

Maru nodded his head.

Jinx was a rather scary thing.

If he got into an accident twice, then he would probably not want to buy another car.

Maru got in the passenger seat as well.

The first thing he saw was the prayer beads and a cross hanging off the rear-view mirror.

On the right of the dashboard was a family photo.

He had to be quite a family man if he had a family photo on a place like that.

“I realized that the one that helps you is the best, whether it be God or Buddha,” said lawyer Park.

He started the car and undid the parking brake.

Just as he was about to start driving, a Mercedes-Benz parked right in front of them flashed its rear light before starting to leave its parking space.

Although the parking lots passage allowed two cars to drive side by side, the Mercedes-Benz was leaving the parking space horizontally, so lawyer Park had to stop.

“Do you think that persons a beginner”

“I think so.”

The Mercedes-Benz started repeatedly going forward and backward.

Maru kept watching that car as it moved forwards and backwards.

Just then,

“Do you want some chewing gum” Lawyer Park asked.

When Maru replied yes, Lawyer Park told him that there should be some in the glovebox.

Maru reached out and opened the glovebox.

There were all sorts of things inside.

“Ah, I guess I havent cleaned it in a long time.”

Lawyer Park smiled and reached out to the glovebox as well.

Maru also looked inside to look for it.

Just then, the car shook with a loud bumping sound.

Both of them raised their heads to see what was going on and saw that the rear of the Mercedes-Benz was right in front of their vision.

“Geez, I was just worrying about that too….”

Lawyer Park sighed.

He waited for the other party to come and apologize.

However, there was no response from the other car.

“What the heck”

Lawyer Park scratched his head and left the car.

Maru left the car as well.

I think I mentioned this before, but schools hold self-study lessons after school hours for high school so that they can study.

The vast majority of students choose to stay behind for those self-study hours unless they have a separate schedule, like some event or hagwon(cram schools).

Some schools also give the option to students to have dinner at school as well.

Yes.

Cram schools/academies run their own vans to take the students to and from their site, if they have the financial leeway.

They have their own logos plastered on the vans and everything.

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