To Kiss An Idol

216 The Summary

Nivritti had given presentations in front of the CEO before still, but she was a nervous wreck. First, she had no idea if she would present the presentation in front of the CEO only. If not him then who all would be present in the meeting? Will it be an affair between the CEO and the script department or other departments would be involved as well?

She knew she would receive every answer tomorrow morning. She was too focused on her work and her concentration broke when she heard the doorbell. Her food was here. She grabbed the food and thanked her delivery person.

While eating, she kept working on presenting the summary to the CEO. She would eat one spoonful of flavourful rice and then jot down some numbers about the scripts.

1. The number of scripts received – 65,823,796 and counting.

2. The number of scripts received in Asia and Europe server – 14,045,236 and counting.

3. The number of scripts read till now – 78,987 and counting.

4. The number of scripts not selected – 50,562 and counting.

5. The number of scripts in the ‘Bad grammar’ folder – 679 and counting.

6. The number of scripts in the ‘Nam Kyung-Soo’ folder – 1589 and counting.

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7. The number of scripts selected by Nam Kyung-Soo – 0.

8. The number of scripts star marked in the ‘Nam Kyung-Soo’ folder – 18 and counting.

9. The number of scripts not selected due to plagiarism – 26,157 and counting.

10. The number of participants banned for plagiarism – 8425 and counting.

11. Most common Genres received – Werewolves, Vampires, Fantasy, History.

12. Most common Genres rejected – Intimate, Sexual, Romantic.

13. Longest word count received – 650 words.

14. Shortest word count received – 493 words.

15. Most scripts received for – Jee Jung-Hwa.

16. Most scripts selected for – Shin Korain.

17. Most number of characters/actors mentioned in a script – over 50.

18. Least number of characters/actors mentioned in a script – 2.

19. Change of location mentioned per scripts – almost none.

She made a list and when she was satisfied, she let out a big puff of air. She was also done with her Biryani. She dumped the packet of food in her dustbin, took out a bottle of water and drank out of it. She noticed that she had to empty her dustbin as well as go grocery shopping. She kept delaying everything due to her leg, but it was getting better. She made a mental note to go to the supermarket on Saturday.

She came back from the kitchen and again cross-checked her numbers. When she was satisfied, she shut down her system, packed the laptop and the external hard drive back in the laptop bag and went to her bedroom.

She unlocked her new, fancy, heavy phone and messaged Jae-Hwa asking if she talked with Jeong-Eun. Jae-Hwa replied that she did and told him that she would tell him everything face to face as it is not okay to discuss such things on phone. Also, she didn’t want her family to overhear her.

But Jae-Hwa was more interested in discussing the summary they had to prepare for tomorrow. Nivritti told her that she was finished with her work which made Jae-Hwa panic even more. She still had a few numbers to crunch, and she even set an alarm for early morning.

Jae-Hwa told Nivritti that she was going to sleep but had an alarm for 4 in the morning and she would complete her summary by then. Nivritti tried to calm her down, but Jae-Hwa kept panicking even more. So, Nivritti had to say good night and leave Jae-Hwa alone to calm down.

She realised that she didn’t ask any of the boys how they were feeling after the news. And she didn’t know what to say. So, she just messaged Kyung-Soo, “How are you?”

Instantly she received the reply, “I am well, how are you? Any pain?”

“NK! I am asking about the news. Are you okay?” asked Nivritti.

Oh, that. That is nothing. Don’t worry about it.

Hope no fans crashed your practise session.

We were in the K&Q building. For our safety and for PR meeting too.

Nivritti was surprised to read his message that he was in the building. “Ohh!”

What? You were expecting to meet me?

What? No!

Liar!

Tell me, the coat that PJ lend me, is it washable at home or does it need to be dry cleaned?

Just give it back to him, if he wants he can get it cleaned by himself, better, just keep it, don’t return it.

NK!

I am serious. He has a lot of coats. Keep it.

You are an idiot!

Thank you!

Did PR find out how that blogger knew that you were selecting the scripts?

No.

Hmm. How is everyone else? How did they react on news?

For a minute everyone was shocked. But as it turned out that this news was in our favour, so everyone is fine now.

Good, good. You should rest.

Yeah, see you tomorrow.

No, Rencontre will not see you tomorrow.

What? Why? We lost two days already.

Tomorrow is the update session. Remember?

Oh, right! Hu-ssi told us.

Told you? Do you mean you guys are also attending the meeting?

YES!!! (sunglasses emoji)

Do you have any idea who else will attend the meeting?

Oh, trying to extract information from me.

Yep.

Not sure, but all I have heard is most probably, the production team.

Great, now I am more nervous.

You gave a presentation on literally your second day. You don’t have anything to be nervous about.

Yeah, I know, but still, I am a little worried.

Don’t worry. You will be great. You should sleep so that you feel fresh tomorrow.

Okay, good night, NK.

Good night, Ritti.

Her facial muscles were acting on their own. Her lips were curved upwards. Her eyes were slightly squinted. Her heart was feeling lighter. She suddenly realised that she was smiling. Immediately she pulled a straight face and hit herself on the back of her head.

“What is there to smile? Why are you smiling?” she scolded herself.

She then opened the group chat and messaged everyone, “Sorry that you all had to go through a shocking experience today. And sorry that I couldn’t message you earlier. Now that the issue has been solved, don’t think any more about it and rest well. Go to sleep. Have a good night.”

One by one every member replied something along the line that they were fine and doing well and she should not worry and wished her good night.

But one last task was remaining before she could go to sleep. She still had to send a good night message to Young-Chul.

“Hope the therapy session was okay today. Hope that the doctor is helping you in every way possible. Hope you received the love your fans showered you with today. To tell you the truth, I was angry at your fans. I had to walk to the office because they blocked the street. They were not even letting me get in all because they wanted just a glimpse of you. All because they love you. I hope you will remember all that. Have a sweet and love-filled night. Sweet dreams, MY,” she messaged Young-Chul and for a few minutes kept waiting for his reply.

But he never replied. She knew he was not that eager to reply back. When after 10 minutes, she didn’t receive a reply, she locked her phone, switched off the lights in her room and tucked herself in the blanket.

Sleep came instantly as she was tired. She woke up only after her alarm started chirping. The first thing she did was check the notification on her phone. But Young-Chul never replied to her. She was a little disappointed, but she knew how he felt regarding replying to messages or calls.

She stopped thinking about him as she was soon going to see him in the meeting. She got out of her bed and again picked out a dark-coloured dress for the day. But she had to dress sharp today as she would be before the CEO. So, she took out a white shirt and dark maroon skirt to pair up with it. She completed the ensemble with the pink overcoat that she bought with her bonus money.

After she brushed her teeth and took a bath, she came out in a towel and the first thing she did was check on her toe. The wound was almost dry. She didn’t need any compression bandages now. She just applied a Band-Aid to keep the wound clean and got ready for the office.

After having cereal for breakfast, she cleaned her bowl and her teacup and checked every switch. She grabbed her laptop bag, her purse and was ready to leave. But she stopped before her shoe rack. Should she wear a sandal or heels? Her leg was almost fine but not completely healed. What if heels make it worse? She finally decided on sandals.

When she reached downstairs, her cab was waiting for her. Within minutes, she reached her office. Luckily, there were only a few fans outside the K&Q building. The excitement died within a day. She easily entered the office and as usual, the guard smiled at her, and she returned the smile. She again thanked him for yesterday and moved towards her department.

She pressed the button for the lift. The doors opened and Jae-Hwa appeared before her, her face was white as sheets but her eyes were red.