Translator: MarcTempest
Editor: NicoleTempest
Chapter 228 Seeing is Believing
âWhat is this?â
Seon-woo approached me with curiosity and excitement in his eyes.
âI made four different kinds of salads. Which one do you think youâll get tired of the least?â
I was planning to take all four kinds anyway. But I wanted to get the opinion of the closest consumer first, so I handed him a survey that I had prepared in advance.
âWow, this is so professional!â
Seon-woo exclaimed as he looked at the data that I had made. It allowed him to check the amount of sauce, sweetness, acidity, greasiness, and other indicators with numbers.
âYeah. Iâve been thinking about this for a long time, but I was too busy with the comeback and stuff. Iâm still busy now, but I wanted to get it done while I had the idea.â
Of course, as soon as I started this seriously, I would have more work than I could handle in a day or two.
But it was better to start sooner than later if I had a plan anyway. The market was all about getting ahead of the competition.
âI donât know what this is, but Iâll try it!â
Seon-woo nodded his head as if he didnât understand but it looked delicious anyway. He picked up a fork and took a bite.
Crunch. The sound of lettuce coated with a thin dressing and topped with various ingredients filled his mouth.
âWow, this is really good!â
Seon-wooâs eyes sparkled, which had been dull and ordinary until a moment ago.
âCan I try the others too?â
Of course, I showed them to you so you could eat them, not just look at them. I nodded my head generously and Seon-woo moved his fork to another bowl with a happy expression.
âThis one has a hint of pepper that adds a spicy kick to the aftertaste. This is really nice!â
They say that even a dog can recite poetry if it watches for three years. Seon-woo was analyzing the taste in his own way, which made me laugh.
âTake your time, take your time. I wonât take them away from you.â
âOkay!â
While Seon-woo was enjoying the samples with a blissful face, Yi-jun came to the kitchen, lured by the delicious smell.
âOh, whatâs this? A sudden salad buffet?â
He casually took a fork from the counter and it looked as natural as water flowing.
âCan I eat some too?â
Before I could even answer, his fork was already heading towards the salad.
âYouâre going to eat it anyway, even if I say no.â
I didnât mind, since I had enough for all four of us to take the survey. The more samples, the better.
âEat and fill this out too.â
I handed Yi-jun the same survey and he let out a short exclamation. He nodded his head and picked up a pen.
âOh. Okay, okay. I think this one is the best.â
Yi-jun pointed to the salad with the most meat toppings and mumbled with his mouth full.
Yeah, I thought you would like that one. I asked Kyunghwa and Seong-won, who came out later, to take the survey too and checked their preferences and feedback.
Then I started preparing for tomorrowâs operation.
The next morning. I was originally going to send only Kyunghwa to the shooting today, but I visited the set with him to put my plan into action.
âHello!â
As we entered the set with a cheerful greeting, the staffâs eyes turned to the huge volume of mini lunch boxes that Kyunghwa and I were holding.
âPlease take one if you want to have a salad for lunch.â
I was most worried about Henny, but⊠Kyunghwa had misunderstood something yesterday. I didnât want to be suspected of having ulterior motives.
Anyway, my goal was to make him eat something less burdensome than that weird shake, even if it was a salad.
If I didnât want to look like I was doing a favor for a specific person, I just had to increase the number of samples I offered.
âWow, is this that thing? The one that Seon-yeong posted on SNS last year and caused a sensation?â
I answered the staffâs question with a smile.
âYes. Thatâs one of them, and they have different flavors mixed in. If you donât mind, could you please fill out the survey thatâs attached to the package?â
I pointed to the survey that was stuck to the mini lunch box.
I remembered the trouble I had printing them on labels and sticking them to each lid at dawn.
I had to collect and dispose of the packages anyway, so I wanted to get the opinions of ordinary people who actually ate them when I separated and collected the packages.
âBut itâs better to do it right if Iâm going to do it.â
The staffâs admiration for the salad was short-lived. As the director came to the scene, they all got busy with the shooting preparation.
âYouâre really working hard for this.â
Kyunghwa looked at me as if he thought I was doing too much to impress the scene.
âYeah, I have a good reason for it.â
âYou donât meanâŠâ
I frowned as I sensed that Kyunghwa was making another disgusting assumption.
âNo.â
But I was very interested in whether Henny would eat that weird shake for lunch today, or the salad I had prepared.
âPlease let it be lunchtime soon.â
As I glared at the salad packages, the shooting began.
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A little later. Finally, the slate sound announced lunchtime, and one by one, three by three, they came to get todayâs lunch box and salad.
âThere wonât be anyone who only eats salad since thereâs rice tooâŠâ
I watched nervously as the amount they took was all gone and I felt relieved.
âWow, I was really curious about this. Iâll enjoy it~!â
As I opened the lid of the salad lunch box in the waiting room where the celebrity cast gathered to eat, Jun-ki, who was sitting next to me naturally, poured dressing over his share of the salad.
âIt smells really good. Do you like cooking?â
Jun-ki asked me a question that had become quite unfamiliar to me, as if he had never looked for me or anything.
Since Climax Jaekon had become known as a web variety show that even ordinary people would laugh at, most of the people I had met so far knew that I was good at cooking and that I was sincere about eating.
âYes. I like it. And Iâm good at it.â
Jun-ki, who had put a kale full of dressing in his mouth, made a face of surprise and delight at the fresh and sour taste.
âWow, this would be really good with bread! Oh, itâs good now too.â
At Jun-kiâs innocent remark, I quickly handed him a small amount of protein bread that I had wrapped separately.
Actually, I didnât really like this kind of protein supplement diet food. But I was considering offering it as an option to suit the needs of the customers who wanted salad.
âHaha, youâre like Doraemon. Thank you. Iâll enjoy it!â
As I chewed the salad with Kyunghwa and Jun-ki next to me, I could see that Henny was reaching her limit of patience as she sipped the shake out of courtesy.
âSheâs going to starve herself again today after barely eating that.â
I couldnât force her to eat when she said she wouldnât, and I felt awkward since we werenât close. At that moment, Hennyâs manager seemed to have prepared a mini lunch box and handed it to Henny.
âOhâŠâ
But unfortunately, Henny shook her head right away. The manager put the mini lunch box next to Henny and went back to where the staff were.
Well⊠It was a pity, but that was all I could do.
Anyway, I was able to gather various opinions from the staff on the scene, so that was good. As I thought that.
After the manager left and some time passed, Henny reached for the lunch box.
âIs she eating?â
Henny, who had been looking at the salad with a very distrustful expression at first, stabbed a lettuce with a fork, dipped it in the dressing, and put it in her mouth, and her expression turned to astonishment.
She must have intended to eat less dressing on purpose. Anyway, since it had a taste, there was no way that the fork that had gone to the salad once would only go once.
But maybe the amount itself was small, so she closed the lid completely after emptying half of it.
âI guess I should be satisfied with the fact that she didnât just eat the shake and starve.â
As the staff thanked me for collecting the lunch box packaging, I felt a pang of regret for the half-success.
âWhy⊠I made it so that it would be filling, but it wasnât too much to eat at once.â
As I kept feeling uneasy, I noticed that Henny disappeared somewhere during the breaks in the shooting.
And a little later. She brought me an empty container.
âI ate well. Thank you.â
It was a dry and businesslike tone, but she seemed sincere in her gratitude.
âOh, yes.â
I didnât want to cause any misunderstanding, so I greeted her curtly and checked the survey. The item that indicated the degree of fullness was marked with 10 points.
Was her stomach so shrunk that she couldnât eat that much at once?
It was strange, but that was all I could do.
And after the shooting was over. This time, posts tagged with Cheon Ise Salad instead of Na Seon-yeong Salad were uploaded.
From the director to the camera director, the writer, and various staff, to Jun-ki, they thanked me for the salad I had prepared and praised it.
It was delicious, of course. The community was turned upside down by the testimonies that came up.
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[Title] Todayâs thrilling secret romance, the warm shooting scene
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A shooting scene that looks ordinary in many ways.
It doesnât look much different from other scenes.
Finally, lunchtime.
It still looks ordinary.
Whatâs piled up next to the main lunch box?
Salad?
Letâs take a closer look.
[Thank you for looking at us nicely :). We look forward to working with you. â Climax Crew â ]
Fan support (X)
Idol bought it (X)
Idol made it (O)
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This is the salad made with the same recipe that Na Seon-yeong tweeted last year and the leader personally developed!
The staff posted testimonies after the shooting.
They said it was so good that they wanted to eat only salad even with meat. I want to eat it too ??????
Please sell it, CEO Cheon ????????
Photo source: Staff SNS
[Comments]
? It depends on what kind of vinegar you used for the oriental sauce, what kind of soy sauce, and even the garlic and oil. The taste changes a lot depending on those ?? Itâs safer to buy it than to make it at home and ruin your tongueâŠ
? Itâs meaningless if I canât follow the recipe even if itâs public ????????????
? Ha ???? Is Composition still hiring people? I want to go to the interview and eat instead of paying the fee
? Why are you so extreme ???????????? You have to appreciate that Koreans are serious about eating
? If Composition offers a benefit like a meal from the CEO once a month instead of some weird vacation system when they hire people, theyâll get applicants in no time
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The promotional effect was better than I thought. I dragged the empty lunch box package that I had finished eating and put in a kimchi bag for recycling, and the members greeted me with a surprised expression.
âWhy did you bring this?â
I didnât feel bad at all because of Seong-wonâs puzzled expression.
âDonât worry. Iâll take care of it.â
Sniff sniff, as Aeongi, who came out of Seong-wonâs room, smelled the bag, Seong-won took Aeongi back into the room as if he was scolding him.
I got a satisfying reaction, so now it was time to fish when the water came in.