Rebirth: King to Superstar

Joon-won looked at the young woman standing in front of the counter, handling the customers in the line. He sat on the chair while looking around the store if any person wanted help. After telling him she was his partner, the girl quickly rushed in and changed into the uniform. After apologizing to him, she asked him to take a break and took over the counter.

Gah Soo looked like someone in her early 20s, not much older than him. She had black hair in a bob cut while her face was round with matching glasses to that face. She looked very normal and probably wouldn't stand out much in a crowd. But something which caught Joon-won's attention was her pure smile, and his old man thinking kicked in as he felt the urge to protect it.

He didn't have much conversation with her as people came in and she got to work. He couldn't help but clutch his stomach a little in hunger as the time was already 9, and he had no breakfast.

The door then opened, and he turned to see it was his boss, Gim Da. He noticed Gah Soo and Joon-won. He nodded before greeting both and asked Joon-won to meet him in his office in five minutes. Joon-won also greeted him back and nodded in return. Gim Da went backdoor and Joon-won walked towards it after 5 minutes.

He knocked on the door and went in after getting a confirmation. He walked in as Gah Soo kept the book in his hand down and said, "Sit down. Don't be uptight. Everything here is calm and you can speak casually with everyone, even me."

"I understand, boss. What did you want to talk about?" Joon-won asked with a much relaxing expression on his face.

"Well, the main reason is I wanted to give you your advance. I forgot to give you it yesterday as it was getting late. So tell me your bank account and I'll transfer two week's salary in advance. The next time you'll receive your salary again would be after two weeks. Of course, this doesn't include the bonus you can get if you work on the weekends"

Joon-won felt good after hearing him as he was low on money. He didn't even eat in the morning because of that. Now if he gets two week's salary in advance, he could at least get some minimum food inside him daily.

Joon-won gave him his account number and within a few seconds, he noticed a notification of his bank receiving 4000 Kros. According to what they agreed yesterday, it would be 2000 Kros every week for 25 hours and an extra hour would get him 100 Kros. Given his present situation, Joon-won felt it was a good offer and agreed.

"Well, now that is one thing off my chest. Well, give me your phone number too. We did yesterday everything in a hurry. I'll add you to the store's group chat too with all the employees in it. It will be easier to relate anything to you guys through that."

Joon-won realized it as Gim Da said. He didn't leave any contact information yesterday with him, This was an irresponsible move on both their parts. He quickly shared his phone number and saved Gim Da's as Boss in his.

"So did Eum Kyung teach you the basics about the work? I asked him to teach you yesterday as he would stay here until 8:30 and you can get the hang of other things as you work here."

Joon-won nodded and replied, "Yes, Eum Kyung taught me the basics today before he left. I got most of the things he showed me."

"That's good. I thought he will escape from it."

Gim Da added Joon-won's number to the group chat and told him he could go back to work. Joon-won nodded and walked out of the room. As he got back into the store, he saw Gah Soo sitting on the chair as there weren't any customers to tend to.

"Did the boss call you to ask your number?" she asked him, making him nod.

"Well, let me introduce myself now that we are finally free. I am Gah Soo like I told you earlier. I'm 21 and am studying at a university in the town. My Major in Finance and Management. So if you need any help in the future about finance you can ask me." pointing at her she exclaimed.

"I'll sure to remember your word on that. I'm Joon-won and I also am a student studying at a university nearby. I major in acting." introducing himself. This girl reminded a little about his daughter, their personalities are a bit similar.

"Oh, so am I looking at a future big actor. Should I get an autograph now that I can showcase it and tell everyone we worked together after you go big?"

"Only, time will tell. I may or may not even get a chance to act in a single movie, it's a long role if you do not have any kind of background and young like me." spitting out the truth.

"Well, you say that but there is this confidence in your eyes which tells that you completely believe that you will go big," she said with a smile.

He couldn't help but smile at how the girl was so observant, which was different from his daughter who was always aloof and straightforward. Both of them continued to talk until customers slowly started to pour in and both got busy.

It was the lunch hour rush and people poured in a lot. By the time things settled down a little, it was already 1 and time for him to go. He went back door and changed his clothes, took his bag and came out. He picked up a few items to eat on the way as he was too hungry.

He paid for the goods and waved bye to Gah Soo before walking towards the university.