The sixth graders of class 3, who were chatting away, stopped talking at the sound of the ergency bell.
The kids who were playing in the hallway also ca back to their classroom.
The horoom teacher quickly checked on the kids.
Along with the loud ergency bell, an announcent ca on.
The kids perked up their ears.
[We will now begin the evacuation drill.]
Thank goodness. It was just an evacuation drill.
I know. I was so startled.
Relieved that it was not a real situation, Seo-jun and his friends waited for the next announcent.
[There is a fire in the science lab on the third floor. Please avoid the hallway and stairs near the science lab, and use the hallway and stairs near the library to evacuate. We repeat. There is a fire in the science lab on the third floor]
The location of the science lab on the third floor popped up in the minds of the horoom teacher and the kids.
Third floor science lab. Kids, lets get out of here quickly.
Yes.
At the teachers words, Seo-jun and his friends went out to the hallway.
The students from the other classes, both ahead and behind, also ca out in droves and lined up.
In less than a minute, all the kids who were in their classrooms ca out to the hallway and stood in two lines.
Seo-jun, who was the tallest in his class and stood at the end of the line, looked ahead.
There was no one missing among his classmates who stood side by side in two lines.
Jio, who stood next to Seo-jun, whispered to him.
It was math class in fourth period. We got lucky!
No kidding. We didnt have any math howork because of the evacuation drill.
The senior students, who were used to having evacuation drills twice a year, chatted while skillfully lining up.
One of the kids from the next class seed to have gone to the bathroom, so their horoom teacher asked Seo-juns horoom teacher to look after them.
Check if there are any kids missing in front or behind you.
Yes!
Anyone missing?
No!
Then lets go down.
Under the guidance of their horoom teacher, the students moved.
They covered their mouths with handkerchiefs or sleeves, bent their waists, and headed for the stairs.
Seo-jun saw that not only his class but also the next class, and even the classes from lower floors, all orderly but swiftly left the building and ca down to the playground.
As the senior students from higher floors ca down, each grade head teacher and horoom teacher checked on their kids and made sure no one was left behind.
The first graders are crying.
At Ji-hoos words, everyones eyes turned to where the first graders were standing.
They seed to be scared by the noisy sound and sudden movent, as they were crying.
They had classrooms on the first or second floor, so they evacuated quickly, but their lines were ssy and they needed other grade teachers to calm them down and line them up.
The first graders cry even though we tell them beforehand.
Theyre still young.
You guys cried a lot too.
At Jios words, Mina laughed and said.
Everyone in our class cried except for Seo-jun.
They all looked embarrassed and rolled their eyes before looking at each other and bursting into laughter.
The lower grades of first and second grade were notified by their parents a few days before about having an evacuation drill, and they were explained again a day before and on that day as well.
They also watched a video, gathered together in their class, and moved together.
But they were still afraid of the loud ergency bell and sudden situation, so they cried.
There was an opinion that it was too early for first graders to have evacuation drills because of that, but it was buried soon because ergencies did not spare young children.
I rember being surprised when they didnt tell us until that day for our evacuation drill in third grade.
Yeah. We didnt cry but still.
Seo-jun and his friends nodded their heads.
By then, a teacher ca back to the playground with a kid who had been in the bathroom.
It seed like they were a fourth grader by looking at where they went among the groups of students.
Seo-jun and his friends laughed.
They say disasters happen suddenly, so they dont tell us anymore starting from fourth grade.
At Minas words, Jio shook his head vigorously and said.
I really didnt know they wouldnt tell us. I was so shocked when I went to the bathroom during break ti and heard the ergency bell. Luckily I heard the announcent in there too. And the teacher ca right away.
I was surprised too when Jio wasnt there.
The teachers must have a hard ti too.
The teachers counted the number of students again and again, and then the ergency bell stopped.
There was no student who hid on purpose.
They had been warned by their teachers since first grade.
But really, what if soone hid and didnt co out? Would they have to write a 100-page reflection?
Probably. They make us write a parental consent form every year. It said 100-page reflection on there.
If you write one page a day, you can finish it by the end of the year.
At Seo-juns words, they all frowned.
A reflection paper a day. It sounded painful just by hearing it.
Then lets move to the stands.
At the teachers words, the kids moved.
While the kids were sitting on the stands, a fire truck ca into the playground.
The first graders, who had been crying, stopped their tears and shouted wow at the sight of the big red fire truck.
Seo-jun and his friends smiled at their cute appearance.
The firefighters who got off the fire truck explained to the kids how to evacuate in case of a fire in detail and taught them how to use fire extinguishers, first aid thods, and so on.
They also picked a few kids who wanted to try it out and showed them how to put out a fire together.
Seo-jun turned his eyes away from the sight of a third grader holding a fire extinguisher and putting out a fire.
There were kids who listened attentively and kids who looked bored.
Even the bored kids had co down to the playground without any trouble under their teachers instructions.
Dont you think our school kids would be able to evacuate well if there was a fire at school?
Everyone nodded at Seo-juns words. They hoped there would be no fire, but accidents could happen anyti.
Ji-hoo opened his mouth.
School is one thing, but kids dont just stay at school. They go to academies, they go out to play.
They wont freeze in fear when they hear the ergency bell, though.
After six years of evacuation training, I think my body will move on its own when I hear the ergency bell.
Seo-jun and his friends laughed and nodded at Jios words.
The first sester evacuation training at Maesil Elentary School was over with the last demonstration of fire suppression by the firefighters.
***
The bidding announcent for the advertisent of the Fire Departnt was posted.
[Bidding Na: Childrens Fire Evacuation Tips, Public Service Advertisent Production, Announcent Agency: Fire Departnt]
The eting room of the advertising production company Cloud.
The planning team mbers gathered to have a eting to create a proposal to submit to the Fire Departnt.
[Childrens Target Fire Evacuation Tips Public Service Advertisent]
Everyone was lost in thought at the topic written on the whiteboard.
Fire evacuation tips public service advertisent.
Everyone thought of a plain advertisent with large captions like 1.
Shout fire, 2.
Press the ergency bell, and models acting awkwardly.
The planning team leader, who had thought of the sa advertisent, spoke up.
What kind of advertisent do you want to make, considering that the target is children?
Well We need to make it easy for children to understand.
We can also use characters that children like.
How about the Fire Departnt mascot?
Everyone shook their heads without even looking at the mascot.
If we use the Fire Departnt mascot, we might have a higher chance of winning the bid, but the advertising effect will be low. Its not a character that children like.
It would be better to use popular cartoon characters. There are characters called presidents of children, right?
The most fundantal problem is that kids these days dont watch TV. Im sure the Fire Departnt also wants to post it on places like SNS or YouTube, not just TV. We need to get out of the fra of TV advertisents.
The planning team mbers were actively exchanging opinions when Kim Ji-hyun, who had a daughter in elentary school, spoke up.
She had an easy ti thinking of sothing that would appeal to her daughter, who was the target of this advertisent.
I think it would be better to use famous celebrities that children like, or to make an advertisent that children can easily empathize with.
Empathize?
Childrens dramas starring child actors are popular among kids these days. You know what I an by childrens dramas, right?
Childrens dramas.
The employees in the eting room also thought of the childrens dramas they watched when they were young.
It was a drama about a magic family.
The children were the main characters, and their life at elentary school was shown.
It was childish, but it was popular among their peers.
There must have been so kids among the employees who were fascinated by the drama and wanted to be magicians.
A fire evacuation tip as a childrens drama?
Everyone pondered. Kim Ji-hyun continued.
Since children are the protagonists, it will be easier for children to learn fire evacuation tips. If they watch the drama and imitate the main character, they will naturally practice evacuation, and if there is a real fire, they will rember what the main character did one by one.
The idea is good, but
The planning team leader scratched his head.
Do you want to make a drama with such a small budget?
5 to 10 minutes would be enough. We can edit the important scenes and use them as advertisents, and people who want to see the full video will look for the Fire Departnt YouTube channel. That way, we can also promote the Fire Departnt. And we can also use it as an educational video for the Fire Departnt.
Kim Ji-hyuns words made everyone lean towards web drama. The planning team leader couldnt get rid of the idea that web drama would be better.
But he couldnt accept it right away because,
The governnt agencies are conservative and it will be hard for them to accept this proposal
With the planning team leaders groan, the dilemma of Cloud deepened.
***
A few weeks later.
The eting room of Cloud.
The employees of Cloud gathered and read down the docunt sent by the Fire Departnt.
It seed like a lie no matter how many tis they looked at it.
They felt like their hard work had been rewarded with this one docunt.
Did this really work?
? It was your idea, Ji-hyun.
Kim Ji-hyun blushed at the surprised eyes of her team leader and colleagues.
I thought it was a good idea, but like you said, they are conservative governnt agencies. I thought it would never work because it was a public service advertisent and a web drama
Soone told that they got extra points for using the video as an educational video. As you said, it seems like sothing that children would be interested in. There were also many opinions in the Fire Departnt that a plain public service advertisent wouldnt work. The timing was good.
The employees nodded their heads at the planning team leaders words.
If we do well this ti, we might be able to get other governnt agency advertisents.
We might even get a proposal for a web drama.
Do you think we can make a TV drama soday? Like Wave.
The newcors words made everyone shake their heads. Wave was the production company that made the drama My Doctor starring Lee Seo-jun.
They beca famous after making My Doctor and they have a lot of work coming in.
The employees widened their eyes at the planning team leaders words.
Its been three years and they still do?
They have a director and a writer who are close to Lee Seo-jun, and there is also the expectation that Lee Seo-jun might appear again. And almost every drama made by Wave is confird to be on KBC. Its like entering terrestrial broadcasting as soon as they produce it. Its no wonder they have a lot of scripts. And the dramas that were aired also had good ratings.
They really hit the jackpot. Wave, I an.
I wish Lee Seo-jun would co to us too. Not only children, but adults would love it too. Our company would beco famous too.
The employee who was making the audition promotional material for the child actors who would appear in this public service advertisent made everyone laugh.
The planning team leader, who laughed heartily, opened his mouth.
It would be nice if Lee Seo-jun ca, but the problem is his appearance fee. Its not a corporate advertisent, its a governnt advertisent, so we cant spend that much money.
Ah, appearance fee.
How much would they have to pay Lee Seo-jun?
The employees shook their heads at the amount they couldnt even guess.
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