episode_0145

I was immediately called to the NAS entertainment headquarters by myself.

The place I was called to was the conference room on the 7th floor where we had our last meeting.

But if there’s anything different from last time… .

“First, everyone get ready to send out press releases!”

“MS Planning is preparing a press conference soon!”

“When will Miss Haye-rin come back!”

Unlike the last meeting, which was friendly, today I could hear busy noises even before I opened the door.

“… Let’s go in.”

“… Yes.”

So, I opened the door with a nervous look on my face along with the employee who brought me here.

and… .

Squeak.

“… … .”

“… … .”

As soon as I opened the door, dozens of pairs of eyes were fixed on me.

None of them said anything to me… , I couldn’t help but feel intimidated because their eyes seemed to blame me for some reason.

“Miss Yerin, you are here.”

“… Director Jeong.”

The first person to welcome me was Director Jeong.

Still, he asked me again in a slightly softer tone than when we spoke on the phone earlier.

“Miss Yerin, I’m sorry, but I have to ask you again. … Have you ever signed a contract with MS Planning?”

“… No, there isn’t. There really isn’t one.”

This time, the company that filed a lawsuit against NAS Entertainment, citing dual contracts, was MS Planning.

‘Producer Shin said he would introduce me… , the company that Han Si-woo and Yoo Seol unanimously called trash… .’

So, thinking that this incident might be related to PD Shin, I told Director Jeong everything that had happened with PD Shin so far.

And Director Jeong, who told me all the facts… .

“Shin Ji-cheon… , That person really said that… ?”

“Yes, he definitely said he would introduce me to MS Planning.”

“That quick-witted person wouldn’t have dared to turn his back on the headquarters… .”

I clenched my chin as if I couldn’t believe it.

Then he immediately slapped me on the shoulder as if to reassure me.

“Anyway, it is clear that there was a tampering attempt on the part of MS Planning. Don’t worry too much, Miss Yerin. I don’t know what MS Planning believed in making such a big deal… , This matter will be easily overlooked if Yerin simply states that she did not sign a contract with MS Planning.”

“Just… , Is it okay to just make a statement?”

“Yes, it’s just that MS Planning’s claims are not true. We have never signed a contract with MS Planning. Please write this in your handwriting and post it on social media. If public opinion comes to our side, the company can resolve the rest on its own.”

The expression on Director Jeong’s face as he said that seemed truly reassuring.

Certainly, MS Planning may have a deeper presence in the entertainment industry than NAS Entertainment, but in terms of capital and scale, NAS is several times greater than MS Planning.

Moreover, since I, the contracting party, was here, I no longer had the power or courage to force MS Planning any further.

It was at that time that I felt that the deep anxiety I had felt until I came here was becoming much more comfortable.

“But, Ms. Yerin.”

“Yes, manager.”

Director Jeong tilted his head and asked me.

“… Can you get in touch with Brother Planning President Kang?”

“… !”

I couldn’t help but flinch when asked if I could contact Hyeongman Kang.

That’s right… .

“No… , I kept calling you on the way home, but you didn’t answer.”

I also called Kang Hyeong-man and Sang-gu oppa from time to time while I was here, but no one answered.

“The boss doesn’t even answer Director Jeong’s phone calls… ?”

“Yes, that’s right. really… , Where on earth did Boss Kang go at this important time? .”

“Strange… , you don’t usually answer the phone… .”

It was a time when Director Jeong and I were wondering about Kang Hyeong-man’s whereabouts.

“Director! The MS Planning press conference is starting soon!”

“… Open the screen.”

When Director Jeong ordered the screen to be turned off, along with a heartbreaking report from one of the employees, a huge monitor came down in the middle of the conference room.

Faaat.

Eventually, the screen turns on… .

“How much do reporters say they raised?”

“First of all, it is said that all the majors were sung.”

“… What on earth are you trying to say?”

A typical press conference hall appeared on the screen.

Then, all the employees in the conference room held their breath and watched the screen. And soon… .

Click, click.

… A middle-aged man appeared at the press conference.

“That person… .”

“That person is Ahn Min-seong, CEO of MS Planning. … Why did you come out in person?”

“That person is the CEO of MS Planning… .”

So, is that person the one who tried to recruit me to MS Planning?

It was my first time seeing it in person… .

‘Dirty eyes and pupils, crushed nose… .’

He was a more unpleasant-looking person than I thought.

As we in the conference room and the reporters on the screen looked at him with curious expressions, he soon stood on the podium, bowed, and began to speak.

“Hello, fellow citizens. This is Ahn Min-seong, CEO of MS Planning. From the tyranny of an evil company… , I came here myself to save our trainees.”

“Which evil company are you talking about?”

“Is the statement from MS Planning that was just posted on the website really true?”

Click, click, click.

Representative Ahn nodded and answered a reporter’s last question as if he had answered it well.

“I would like to take this opportunity to state that there was not a single lie in MS Planning’s statement earlier. Yerin Ha, who won the Nnet program ‘My Idol Academia’… , I am a trainee at our company.”

“What is that… !”

I have never had any contact with MS Planning or met CEO Ahn.

“You lie so shamelessly without even blinking… !”

When I became enraged, Director Jeong calmed me down.

“… Miss Yerin, please calm down for now. Let’s listen to what CEO Ahn has to say.”

“… Yes.”

Some of the reporters on screen also asked a somewhat explicit question as to why they could not easily believe CEO Ahn’s words.

“Is there any evidence that Ms. Ha Ye-rin was originally affiliated with MS Planning?”

What evidence?

There’s no way something like that exists.

I thought so… .

“Yes, there is.”

Representative Ahn nodded as if he was very confident.

and… .

“This is a copy of the exclusive contract between Ms. Ha Ye-rin and MS Planning.”

“… … Huh?”

He took out what he claimed to be my exclusive contract from his pocket.

Click, click.

Jiing-.

At the same time that Representative Ahn took it out, the flash went off in succession and at the same time, a camera zoomed in on it.

In the small signature box at the corner of the contract… , it contained my autograph.

“… Lie.”

Even though other people might not know, I could tell at a glance.

Although that was in the form of my signature, it was not written by me, but someone else had manipulated it.

As soon as I saw it, I immediately reported it to Director Jeong.

but… .

“Director Jeong. That’s not my signature, it’s clearly fabricated… .”

“… Miss Yerin.”

… Director Jeong’s eyes were not directed at my sign but at something next to it.

He immediately asked me, pointing at something with his possessed eyes.

“… So is that also fabricated?”

What he was pointing at was none other than… .

“… … Oh my.”

… It was the legal representative’s signature line.

It’s so clear inside… , It had my dad’s stamp on it.

“That too… , it is clearly a manipulation… , … … .”

So, I was going to say that it was manipulation… , I was left speechless by the very obvious seal pattern.

It was then.

“There is a very clear witness along with the exclusive contract.”

“Who is that!”

“Right… , these are Yerin’s parents.”

I didn’t want to believe what I was seeing at that moment.

However, appearing at the press conference with CEO Ahn’s hand gesture… .

“… … .”

These were the two people who had pinned me down so much that anyone could tell that they were my parents.

Click, click, click, click, click!

As soon as my parents appeared, the camera flashed as if there had been a flash of light.

“Hello, this is Yerin’s father and mother.”

At that time I… .

Blah blah, blah blah.

I don’t know what it was, but I heard something breaking inside my heart.

**

10 minutes before the press conference.

“Hello… , Hello, fellow citizens. Wet… , Should I go a little more profound… .”

“Hey… , Representative Ahn… .”

“Hmm?”

There were people talking to CEO Ahn, who was practicing the press conference while looking at the script.

They were Yerin’s parents.

“Ah, yes. Father, mother. What’s going on?”

When CEO Ahn answered with a fake friendly smile, Yerin’s parents asked with relief.

“Can you keep your word that you will take good care of our Yerin if she goes to MS Planning?”

“… … .”

In response to Yerin’s parents’ question, CEO Ahn laughed to himself.

The reason why CEO Ahn got Yerin’s parents so deeply involved in this matter was because Yerin’s parents contacted CEO Ahn first.

‘That representative. Didn’t you ask me to meet Ha Ye-rin’s parents last time? I’d like to meet the representative there first.’

‘… Ha Ye-rin’s parents me? why?’

‘I don’t know exactly, but it seemed like urgent money was needed. If you give me money, I will help you persuade Ha Ye-rin… .’

Yerin’s parents actually became very cooperative as soon as they received financial support from CEO Ahn.

He also helped falsify the exclusive contract and helped report Brothers Entertainment.

‘We can’t let our kind Yerin work for that gangster company. I would be very grateful if you could hire our Yerin from MS Planning.’

The CEO was able to quickly figure out that while they were pretending to care for his daughter, their real goal was money.

CEO Ahn nodded, feeling fortunate that Yerin’s parents were easy to deal with.

“Of course, father and mother. When our Miss Yerin joins our MS Planning, I will take special care of her ‘directly’, haha.”

“Oh my, thank you.”

“So, I think it would be good if you put some effort into this press conference as well… .”

“No problem, I will strictly follow the script.”

“Please.”

In reality, it was impossible to subdue NAS with the power of MS Planning.

Representative Ahn knows this very well… , I was planning to focus my attack on Brother Planning, not NAS.

‘It will be difficult to completely remove Naa from NAS since they have already won the championship. Instead, a year later, that child will be affiliated with MS Planning, not Brother Planning. And then… , hehe… .’

Wiggle.

CEO Ahn, imagining the not-so-distant future, soon wiped the sinister smile from his face and put his hand on Yerin’s parents’ shoulder with a kind face.

“Now then, shall we prepare for the press conference?”

“Haha, of course.”

The three people, who had different desires but were very compatible, went to the press conference.

**

“Ugh… , Actually, my daughter Yerin’s original affiliation was with MS Planning… , Kang Hyeong-man, the president of Brothers Planning, threatened us with our debt… .”

“Hello… .”

Click, click, click!

Now that I think about it again, my father and mother were people who really enjoyed being on camera.

As the two handsome men and women spoke with tears in their eyes, I was convinced that anyone who did not know the situation would be completely absorbed in their words.

And my father, who seems to know this very well… .

“So Yerin had no choice but to go to Naaah with the title of the brother project… . MS Planning CEO Ahn understood the whole situation… , I am here with a sense of justice that I cannot hand over Yerin to a gangster company… Wow… .”

She shed tears and continued to fabricate and accuse Brother Planning of being an evil company.

“Ha… , what is this… .”

Director Jeong watched my dad’s interview and nervously loosened his tie, as if he was frustrated with the situation.

Other employees looked at the screen hesitantly, as if they didn’t know how to respond to my parents’ emotional strategy.

And I…

“Ah… .”

Beetle.

“Miss Yerin… !”

Unable to overcome the dizziness, I collapsed in my seat.

“Why… , why… .”

Kugugugugu-.

The world I had built all these years was collapsing with just one word from my parents and a single tear.

“I told you not to cross the line… , But why… . why… , why… .”

Damn.

At the same time, I heard something in my heart split apart.

At that moment, an unbearable feeling of nausea hit me.