CHAPTER 92

TK Entertainment was branded the villain when Park Han-Cheol played the voice recording. While Hoop Entertainment had tried to calm the situation, TK Entertainment appeared to only worsen it.

As a result, Ma Dong-Pal found himself bowing deeply twice that day. After apologizing repeatedly to Choi Eun-Hyuk, Ma Dong-Pal returned to the waiting room of Petite More while fuming.

Bang!

Ma Dong-Pal furiously slammed the door open.

"Hey, Park Eun-Bin. Are you out of your mind? How dare you fight in such a public place?"

Park Eun-Bin retorted with annoyance at Ma Dong-Pal's scolding. "Ugh, you think I wanted to fight? That bitch kept pissing me off when I'm her sunbae!"

"Even so, you shouldn't have done that in front of so many people! Do you know how humiliated I was because of the recording? Hoop Entertainment threatened to release the contents in a news article!"

Park Eun-Bin bit her lip slightly.

'A recording?'

She did not expect someone to have recorded the whole situation. But then, an idea crossed Park Eun-Bin's mind.

"Mr. Ma, could it be that talent agent who recorded it?"

"That talent agent? What are you talking about?"

The enraged Ma Dong-Pal couldn't understand Park Eun-Bin's words.

"Ah, you know, the Dough Face's talent agent! There was only one female talent agent and him there. The female talent agent was busy talking, so she couldn't have recorded. But that Dough Face's talent agent was just standing there with his arms folded!"

At that moment, Ma Dong-Pal frowned. He knew that young man, who was always in a suit, would certainly have had the audacity to do such a thing.

"The talent agent of Jung Yoo-Jin, huh... that newbie who always wears a suit?"

"Yes. That's the guy. I told you there's something off about that talent agent. He's only in his first year but is always wearing a suit as if he's a chief."

As Park Eun-Bin got more irritated, Ma Dong-Pal scowled. No matter how upset she was, Park Eun-Bin should be apologizing, not shouting.

"Hey! Who do you think you are to be yelling in this situation? Quiet down!"

When Ma Dong-Pal's face soured, Park Eun-Bin stepped back with a frown.

"Okay, fine. I know I did wrong. But we are not gonna let this go, are we?"

Grinding his teeth, Ma Dong-Pal lowered his voice and whispered. "Park Eun-Bin. I said keep it down. Others might hear."

Only after glancing behind did Park Eun-Bin also lower her voice and calm herself down.

"Wait. Are you...?"

"Yes. We are already in motion."

"Really?"

"When have I ever lied to you? I've been waiting for the right opportunity. Just pretend you don't know anything about this and keep your temper in check."

Jung Soo-Hee and Yeo Jin-Yung, the members of Petite More, did not hear the conversation as they were busy with their own things.

"Got it," Park Eun-Bin answered.

While Ma Dong-Pal made a call, Park Eun-Bin searched the entertainment news on her phone and let out a sharp scream.

"Ugh, seriously. What is this?! She's the one who took my ad?"

[Burger Queen's New Face: Rookie Actress Jung Yoo-Jin!]

[Jung Yoo-Jin Chosen as Burger Queen's New Advertising Model!]

[Burger Queen Replaces Slumping Park Eun-Bin with Rising Star Jung Yoo-Jin!]

[Park Eun-Bin's Acting Venture: A Disastrous Failure.]

Nave reported that Jung Yoo-Jin was the new face of Burger Queen's latest product.

Three days ago, Park Eun-Bin was notified of her contract termination by Burger Queen. Although her pride was hurt, she reluctantly moved on because she was paid a penalty fee. After all, such things were common in the entertainment industry.

However, the rage became unbearable when she found out it was Jung Yoo-Jin who replaced her.

Park Eun-Bin screamed in the waiting room as if she had been struck by lightning, while Sung Ji-Hyuk struggled to soothe her.

"Mr. Sung, get me an ad with Lotteria or Magnum! Something to compete with her!"

"You know that's not as easy as it sounds."

"Ah, just do it! Or I won't renew my contract with TK!"

Her high-pitched pleas pierced Ma Dong-Pal's ears as he left the waiting room with a headache. As soon as he stepped out into the hallway, he made a call.

"Yeah, it's me. Proceed as we discussed. Yeah. If you can make the scandal with Jung Yoo-Jin happen, I'll support your appearance in any drama you want."

Ending the call, Ma Dong-Pal's eyes sparkled with a sinister gleam.

***

After the eventful music stage, we returned to Seoul via the Yeongdong Highway.

The exhausted Cherry Blossom members had fallen asleep in the backseat of the van.

"We're here, girls."

Cherry Blossom stretched and got up at Han Myung-Ho's call.

Even while half-asleep, the Cherry Blossom members instinctively bowed and expressed their gratitude. "Thank you for your hard work."

"You guys too."

Then, Sae-Ri approached me in the driver's seat.

"Yoon-Ho oppa."

"Hmm?"

"Thank you so much for today, really."

As Sae-Ri bowed, the other Cherry Blossom members soon came over to express their gratitude as well.

"Thank you, Yoon-Ho oppa."

"Everything from the Idol Daejun to today has been like a dream all thanks to you, oppa."

I lost count of how many times I was thanked today.

"I haven't done much, really. So lift your heads, it's fine."

"What do you mean you haven't done much? We got another stage performance because of you, and our photos flooded social media thanks to the shoes you got us."

"Shoes?"

I was unaware because I was driving, but it turned out the ugly shoes Cherry Blossom wore today became a hot topic on social media. They even ranked fifth on Nave's live search.

"We've been really lucky these days. What luck. Looks like this year is going to be big for us."

"How great would that be, eh?"

"Well, we're going inside now. Thank you for your hard work."

"Alright. Take a good rest."

As Woo Yeon-Hee was about to enter the dorm, she stopped and turned around.

"Yoon-Ho oppa, see you tomorrow~."

"I told you I can't make it tomorrow."

However, Woo Yeon-Hee pretended not to hear what I said. "Sorry, what was that? I didn't hear you~. You have to come tomorrow!"

"Yoon-Ho oppa! See you tomorrow!"

"Tomorrow! Tomorrow!"

Following Woo Yeon-Hee, the Cherry Blossom members also insisted on seeing me again tomorrow, giggling while running into the dorm.

Han Myung-Ho looked at me with a slight smile. "Yoon-Ho, can't you help out again tomorrow? I've never seen them this happy before."

"I'm sorry, but I have a schedule tomorrow."

"Oh, you have a schedule?"

"Yes."

Unfortunately, I had an important task to handle tomorrow.

'Kim Dong-Soo.'

I had a plan to get back at him.

At that moment, Han Myung-Ho's phone rang with a loud and unusual ringtone.

『The Ultra Kiga destroying the earth~ Super~ Soniiii~~eek~ BOMB!』

'Yikes, that scared me. It must be the theme song of an animated show his son watches or something.'

Han Myung-Ho tilted his head curiously and answered the call. "Oh, it's Mr. Lee. I wonder why he's calling."

But as the conversation continued, his face gradually lit up with excitement.

"Yes. Yes. Huh? Really? For Cherry Blossom?"