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Vol. 2 Chapter 45: Chapter 45
Vol. 2 Chapter 45: Chapter 45
Vol. 2 Chapter 45: Chapter 45
Translated by Chef
Edited by Chef
“Lee Wooyeon! “
Inseop stiffened his shoulders at the low familiar voice calling Lee Wooyeon from far away. Lee Wooyeon spat out a curse and brushed his hair. Inseop straightened the hem of his clothes before he knew it and got up.
“Lee Wooyeon! Where are you! Hey you bastard!”
The voice was getting closer.
“Stay here for a second.”
When Lee Wooyeon tried to get out of the car, Inseop hurriedly grabbed him and corrected his attire.
“… All right.”
Wooyeon lightly kissed Inseop on the cheek and left the car.
“Why are you calling me, CEO?”
Lee Wooyeon, who walked in front of the car, spoke to CEO Kim.
“Hey you!
I heard the sound of CEO Kim running hurriedly. Inseop crouched down in the car and overheard the conversation between the two with a nervous feeling.
“Why are you out there! No way…”
CEO Kim was horrified and continued with the next words.
“What’s in the trunk!”
“I told you I didn’t kill him. Why don’t you trust people and come and bother me?”
“If it were you, would you believe me?”
“But…”
Having said that, Lee Wooyeon casually held out his hands.
“Look.”
“What am I looking at?
“Is there blood?”
There’s nothing right, he asked, and withdrew his hand. CEO Kim put his hand on his forehead and said “Ah”.
“I can’t die like this. Do you know how surprised I was when I got the call from Assistant Manager Cho?
“How can I do that?”
“…Can’t I try killing you just once?”
“No.”
Lee Wooyeon smiled broadly and replied. CEO Kim was tearing his hair out in agony, and his eyes flashed fiercely.
“Why did Kang Youngmo come here? What did you say?”
“He didn’t talk much. There seemed to be a misunderstanding, so it was resolved.”
‘Do someone who really believes that wants to be alone with me?’
When he said that, Kang Youngmo flinched, but then put his cigarette in his mouth and spoke.
‘You don’t even have a brick, what are you going to hit me with?’
The moment he heard that answer, Lee Wooyeon smiled.
Ah. He really doesn’t know.
If he knew, Kang Youngmo? wouldn’t have said that.
Would a man who broke a man’s head with a brick blame his tools?
“What misunderstanding? How?”
Kang Youngmo was not a human being who could communicate. He was the type to believe and think as he felt comfortable. It was difficult for CEO Kim to believe that he had persuaded such an opponent in such a short time.
“Well,” Lee Wooyeon finished the explanation concisely.
“Explain in detail!”
When CEO Kim couldn’t control his anger and screamed, Inseop, who was in the car, flinched. But that too was something he wanted to know, so he listened to their conversation again.
“I didn’t hit them with a brick myself, he seemed to believe that I was instigating him, so I just left him alone.”
“Then the misunderstanding is not resolved.”
“There’s no evidence of instigation anyway. I said I solved it, but I never said I resolved the misunderstanding.”
CEO Kim was at a loss for words.
Naturally, there was no evidence. Not because he ordered it, but because he hit him himself.
Inseop realized once again that he was not a good man. The battle between the wicked and the wicked was mentally difficult because it was difficult to make a righteous judgment.
“Anyway, why was he talking about the end of the drama? Why did that person come to you and make a fuss?”
Kang Youngmo was an actor who had gone through all the hardships in this field.
“What are you talking about? It is only natural that the show ends if there’s no ratings.”
“…”
“Am I wrong? Even if the viewer ratings exceed 200,000, the broadcasting station cannot end early just because the station president’s grandfather comes and orders it.”
In other words, this time it meant that there was someone’s order.
CEO Kim thought for a moment before he asked.
“Is it related to your visit to the hospital yesterday?”
Lee Wooyeon looked at CEO Kim with an oblique smile.
“The CEO is quick-witted at times like this. Do you remember the reporter who followed me to the interview and I broke the camera?
“What’s wrong with that person?”
“Sejeong recently took in Mun Seong, the head of the Daily News culture department.”
Sejeong was an entertainment company that Kang Youngmo belonged to. It was common for entertainment companies to scout high-ranking executives of newspapers.
“That reporter is on that line. He wrote all the articles about Kang Youngmo. It’s safe to say that he’s a reporter who only writes celebrity articles.”
Each company had one or two reporters who wrote articles that were friendly enough to be called affiliated reporters. It was the same with JN Entertainment. When something happened, it was natural to give the story to a close reporter first.
“Then…”
“Why would Sejeong talk about me? Of course it’s because Kang Youngmo told them to. Look at the name of the reporter who wrote the article after thetaccident with Chae Yeonseo, it’s that bastard.”
Inseop remembered the moment Lee Wooyeon suddenly said he would go to the hospital. As soon as the word reporter came out of CEO Kim’s mouth over the phone, he checked the article.
“You really told general manager Lee Chulhwan to end Kang Youngmo’s drama early.?”
“I never said that. How can a single actor end a drama early?”
Inseop’s shoulders, which were so tense, loosened. Still, he thought it was fortunate that his side was a little less evil than the other side.
“Of course, I said that the reporter might have something to do with Kang Youngmo.”
“What?”
“Why? It’s true.”
The reason Lee Wooyeon went to the hospital that day was simple. Chae Yeonseo was an actress.
There was no better day to incite anxiety than the day of an accident to a person whose body is property.
Handing over the fruit basket, Lee Wooyeon raised appropriate concerns. He told the story of his own car accident experience, along with the fact that he might not have been able to use his arm forever. He did not forget to say that it was fortunate that the injured place was not his face. He brought up the story of a reporter who wrote an article after an accident with Chae Yeonseo when her face was darkening. Chae Yeonseo’s expression was crumpled.
‘It must be him.’
When he pretended to be concerned, Chae Yeonseo asked how they knew each other.
‘I have a problem too, so I’m going to sue. Do you remember the reporter who wrote the article about me and Chae Yeonseo talking about false dating rumors?’
‘Keep talking.’
Chae Yeonseo, who was lying down, got up at the phrase ‘false dating rumor’. Lee Wooyeon deliberately continued with a serious face. Rumors spread even within the broadcasting station that Kang Youngmo and Lee Wooyeon were not on good terms. It was easier than twisting a child’s arm to instill in her mind that Kang Youngmo was involved in this, and that they were about to get into trouble because of it.
“It was General Manager Lee Chulhwan who decided to end the show, not me.”
Even Lee Wooyeon could not have predicted that such an immediate retaliation would come. After all, he realized that actors fear that their faces could be seriously injured more than anything else. Adding the scandal with Lee Cheolhwan created a synergistic effect.
“Even if it’s you, there’s no evidence that Kang Youngmo ordered the reporter to follow Chae Yeonseo, right?”
“There wasn’t, but this makes it clear. Would you have come all the way here if he hadn’t been guilty?”
“Are you saying it was done in depth even though there is no evidence? What if it wasn’t Kang Youngmo’s plan?
“It’s not a big deal to end a bullshit drama like that.”
Choi Inseop despaired.
Ah. This side was a bit more vicious than the other side.
“Did you really need to do that?”
Lee Wooyeon burst into laughter at CEO Kim’s words.
“It was something for me to go that far. You have to give it back as you received it.”
“…don’t you think it’s more than enough?”
“yes. I’m not listening.”
Lee Wooyeon smiled like an angel and continued.
“My private life has been so fucked up lately because that bastard caught up with me. No, I had no privacy at all.”
Inseop took a deep breath. He knew what Lee Wooyeon’s private life meant. Since starting work, the two of them have had little personal time. To be precise, it was because of Kang Youngmo, but the incident with the reporter also played a part in amplifying anxiety.
“It’s not enough even if I split his head in half. In fact, it’s a lot of forgiveness too. To be honest, I prefer to get my hands dirty rather than that way.”
It was a ridiculous sophistry, but even CEO Kim could not refute it. It was true that he avenged him like a gentleman.
“Lee Wooyeon…”
CEOKim sighed and called Lee Wooyeon.
“What?”
“Let’s not get entangled with Kang Youngmo anymore. Please. It’s the season when articles say that you have a fatal disease just by coughing because the situation is so turbulent these days.”
Inseop also heard that and nodded his head eagerly. He wished he hadn’t run into him. He prayed and prayed that everything would end with this.
“Don’t worry. I persuaded him nicely so he understands.”
“What did you say?”
Lee Wooyeon took out aUSB from his pocket and showed it.
“I said that if something like this happens one more time in the future, I will send it to the broadcasting company and post it on the Internet.”
“What’s in that USB?”
“You don’t know?”
CEO Kim’s face distorted at Lee Wooyeon’s answer.
“Before I left the office, I brought what was on Assistant Manager Cho’s desk. I don’t know what’s in it.”
“But why…”
CEO Kim couldn’t understand why Kang Youngmo fell off meekly at that one word. Inseop was the same.
“People like us who have lived a good life don’t mind seeing things like this. But bastards like Kang Youngmo will stay awake at night.”
“…us?”
CEO Kim, who is tied to the category of Lee Wooyeon with that word, ‘us’, made an expression as if he had swallowed about a hundred of insects raw.
“As expected, people should live kindly.”
“…..”
How could he say something like that casually?
CEO Kim looked at Lee Wooyeon with a stunned expression. Inseop, who was listening to Lee Wooyeon’s remarks in the car, also covered his face with the palm of his hand with a sense of shame.
“If you’ve committed a crime for a long time, you won’t be able to say a word. It wouldn’t be a bad idea to fill in the actual evidence here when you have time.”
Inseop vowed to keep the incident with Kang Youngmo a secret no matter what.
“What kind of growth process does it take to become a guy like you? Were you shocked when you were young? Or a head injury. Have you had a very unfortunate accident?”
“Ha ha ha.”
Lee Wooyeon smiled pleasantly and waved his hand lightly.
“Are you laughing?”
“No. My mother is curious about that too. How come I was born like this?”
“Let’s not talk.”
CEO Kim, who was sighing, looked at the half-off car cover and glared at Lee Wooyeon.
“What were you doing in my car anyway?”
Inseop gasped and hid under the seat. Even though he knew he couldn’t be seen from outside, he couldn’t keep still.
Lee Wooyeon glanced back at the car covered by the cover and smiled meaningfully. Then he made a circle with his right thumb and forefinger and put his opposite finger between them. Kim’s face turned red at the rude gesture.
“I’ll use this car for one day only.”
“What? Do you have a conscience!?”
“I don’t have any so, please. I didn’t bring my car, so how can I go home after doing this?”
Lee Wooyeon lifted up his coffee-stained clothes. CEO Kim said, “Ah,” with a pained voice, and sat down on the spot.
“What sins did I commit in my previous life? Did I sell the country?”
“Wouldn’t it be nice if you sold your country in your previous life and made money in your current life?”
“Shut up! You crazy bastard!”
“A crazy bastard makes you a lot of money. Be patient.”
CEO Kim, who was looking at the man who looked like he had walked out of a pictorial even though he was wearing a coffee stained shirt, stiffened his face and opened his mouth at the thought that suddenly crossed his head.
“Let me ask you one thing. Please answer honestly, thinking about the friendship we have had.”
He was about to ask where the affection he had been for all these years was, but Lee Wooyeon just nodded, thinking of Inseop trembling in the back seat of the car.
CEO Kim asked with a calm expression.
“……What’s in the trunk?”