Ch.6 High-End Entertainment’s Trade Secret
“I’m going in.”
After patting my shoulder like that, he went into the director’s office.
I was still standing blankly in front of the director’s office, captivated by the back view he left behind.
The feeling of his hand patting… Touching my shoulder remained as an afterimage, leaving me in a dazed state.
‘Director… No, brother Han….’
Sometimes there are moments when I dislike this secretary position.
Times when I dislike being the secretary of none other than the NSS Broadcasting Director.
At those times, rather than calling him Director, I want to call him by his real name Kim Han-seo, brother Han, and want to hand in my resignation letter while confessing my love.
I’m not sure when I became like this.
Since emotions aren’t calculated and are arbitrary by nature, I didn’t really count.
…No, to be honest, it was love at first sight.
From the moment I entered and left the interview room, no other man existed for me except him.
I knew he was a young director, but he was more handsome and tall than expected, and his voice had a sweet baritone tone.
Moreover, that piercing gaze that seemed to see through everything about me made me wish he would unravel and inspect everything about me.
Yes, after that, all my feelings as a woman seemed to be dominated by him, and when the acceptance notice came, it felt like an orgasm I had never experienced before was piercing my brain.
After all, that acceptance message was the reward and compensation for my efforts of holding back on friendship promises with friends and relationships with men who had feelings for me.
After serving the Director for 3 months like that, I did my best during that time to occupy a place in his heart.
Every morning, when the Director arrived at work, I secretly watched his appearance and recorded everything about what he did and what kinds of things he was interested in.
I even came to know what kind of coffee he liked, what books he read, and which idols he liked.
And I used this information as a weapon to make conversations with the Director flow more naturally and to tease him, all to gain his favor.
But the more I knew, the more I felt it wasn’t enough, and I became more thirsty for knowledge.
So I earnestly looked for opportunities to get closer to the Director and fell deeper into his world.
While the affection for the Director in my heart grew bigger and bigger, I worried about how to express that affection and finally decided to become more bold.
I couldn’t resist the pheromones he emitted and ended up making vulgar attempts.
I wanted to show him my body’s silhouette, so I wore clothes so tight they were suffocating, and I even wanted to show my cleavage, which I never wanted to show others, so I deliberately unbuttoned my shirt when entering the director’s office.
In my heart, I thought about openly showing my feelings to end this internal struggle, but I gave up on that idea.
I was scared by the thought that if I failed, I might never see him again.
But today, just now, I made a mistake.
I ended up making both lustful and pure comments about wanting to give him my first experience.
I was surprised the moment I said it.
Cold sweat ran down my face at the anxiety that our relationship could end.
Fortunately, I lowered my voice for the important part, and thanks to that, the Director seemed not to have heard… So that was really fortunate…
“…Idiot…”
This is me talking to myself for not being honest.
“The oblivious Director is also an idiot.”
I was also slightly angry at him for not noticing.
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“Fuck, really…”
Han Cheol-soon, the president of High-End Entertainment, was suffering from a headache.
It was because of Manager Kim and Lize, who came back with a termination notice when they were supposed to be going to a music show.
Click-
Hisss-
Although there was no smoking indoors rule and he had decided to hold back on smoking in front of the kids, this time he just couldn’t hold back.
Han Cheol-soon felt that if this was a test of patience, he would just fail it.
“Sigh….”
“President, we’re sorry.”
“We’re so sorry, President!”
“Stop whining! You idiots.”
Everyone fell silent at Han Cheol-soon’s words.
The reason he was so angry. First, the timing wasn’t good.
While he was already looking at High-End Entertainment’s red performance report, they came and said ‘They told us not to come to music shows starting next week…’
Of course, if asked whether Lize failed or succeeded, it would be the latter for now.
They produced several well-known songs and were called the leaders of the second tier.
But that’s old news now.
It’s been over a year since they had even a minor hit song.
It was really time for a rebound now, and they had bet everything on this comeback.
And in this industry, betting everything means money.
‘The money that went into those Lize girls this time was important funding that would determine High-End Entertainment’s future direction, but fuck, they get cut from the first music show?’
Thinking like that, Han Cheol-soon couldn’t contain his anger.
“Ah, goddammit!!!”
Crash-!
The ashtray on the desk rolled onto the floor and cigarette butts scattered across the president’s office.
Everyone could only hold their breath as it looked like the future of Han Cheol-soon, Lize, and High-End Entertainment.
Han Cheol-soon nervously stubbed out his cigarette on the desk as the stress wouldn’t go away no matter how much he tried to relieve it.
“Hey, let’s hear it first. Manager Kim. You tell me. Why were you cut?”
When he pointed his finger, Manager Kim began to speak.
“Well… Harang was in the waiting room and told a staff member walking outside to empty the trash can, but that employee…”
“That employee?”
“….Was Director Kim Han-seo.”
“Huh.”
Han Cheol-soon unconsciously hit his forehead with his hand.
The standing posture he had taken while getting angry also collapsed as his legs gave out, and he fell back into his chair.
NSS Broadcasting is their only path in the entertainment industry. But that path has been blocked.
For an idol to succeed, they must absolutely get their foot in the door at that broadcasting station, and numerous entertainment companies provide sexual hospitality to get that foot in…
‘But to treat someone like a janitor when even spreading legs wouldn’t be enough?’
Han Cheol-soon had expected Harang’s dark inner thoughts would cause trouble someday, but he didn’t know it would be such a major incident.
“We’re fucked, this is totally fucked. Getting marked by an NSS Director, huh…. But wait a minute. Something’s strange? Kim Han-seo isn’t the type of petty person to cut us over something like that. I clearly know that guy never asks for sexual hospitality and is so mild-mannered that he only knows work. If anything, that bastard PD Ahn is way more dirty.”
While saying this, Han Cheol-soon looked over all the members except Harang.
The results they achieved by spreading without rest, thanks to those wet sacrifices, they promoted their songs and Lize became the leader of the second tier.
‘But Harang is the one who causes trouble?’
Feeling indignant, Han Cheol-soon glared at Harang.
“Hey, Harang, explain properly with your own mouth. Before I really lose it.”
“Th-that… I was a bit… I spoke irritably and after taking the trash can, I slammed the door too… Because I thought he was a staff…”
“You crazy bitch!”
“Ah, President, please calm down! I already scolded her thoroughly backstage.”
“Come to think of it, why weren’t you in the waiting room, what were you doing, bastard!”
“I’m sorry. While I went to the bathroom…”
Han Cheol-soon almost lunged forward to hit Harang but barely held back thanks to Manager Kim.
“Sigh… Hey, does our company situation look good to you? Do you think you are born with silver spoons to be going around causing trouble?”
“No.”
All Lize members answered tensely in one voice.
“Harang, let me be frank. Do you think you’re the center of our group because you’re really that good? To be blunt, if Si-hyun had pushed for it, that position would have been hers.”
“Yes, I’m sorry. I won’t do it again…”
“What do you mean you won’t do it again, it’s already too late. Manager Kim.”
“Yes, President.”
“Go apologize to Kim Han-seo, and take responsibility to get us back on the music show.”
“Yes, understood.”
“Take Si-hyun and Harang with you too.”
“…Yes.”
“What?! Why do I have to go?!”
Ironically, the one who said that was Harang.
“You caused this mess so of course you have to go.”
“No… If Si-hyun is going too, that means you want us to provide sexual hospitality!”
“Are you really not getting it? Until now, we let you skip out while other kids were being passed around PDs because we treated you like an ace. Are you even human? Si-hyun is quiet even though she’s being dragged into this because of you?”
“Ah, but I can’t do it! How can I do something so filthy!”
At those words, everyone gathered in the president’s office glared at Harang like they wanted to kill her.
The years when Harang alone nobly avoided being dragged to sexual hospitality venues and slept early and woke up late, while the manager and other members were dragged around by PDs, forced to drink hard liquor, and were passed around, had finally come to the open.
“Harang.”
“Si-hyun, what I just said was a mistake…”
“Want to try spreading your legs for pot-bellied pigs like we did? Don’t you know we’ve been making money for nearly a year and running a deficit? Are you going to keep acting like a child?”
“Haah… But servicing is really…”
“Hey, fuck it, enough. Si-hyun, sorry but please work hard just this once. Harang, fine, you rest.”
“Wow President, thank y…”
“Pack your bags and go home. Of course there’s no settlement money this quarter, and I’m going to expose everything about you dating Shin Jae-hyun and stringing along male idols until now. So don’t think about being an idol somewhere else.”
Harang froze on the spot. She thought she had been dating without getting caught, but the president had already been looking down on everything from above.
Plus telling her to go home meant to leave the company.
At that moment, Harang thought of her debt-ridden household.
She had used all her settlement money until now to pay off a family debt, so leaving like this meant there was no money for Harang.
Because Harang is the head of her family despite being young.
Finally, she bit her lip hard and opened her mouth.
“Fine, I’ll do it! I’ll provide the sexual hospitality too! I’ll definitely get us back on the music show!”
