Genius Manager Who Hears Voices - Chapter 112



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Episode 112

[Hello, Representative Jeong! How have you been?]

[Yes, I’ve been doing well. It seems like your style has changed a lot since I last saw you, reporter? You even dyed your hair short.]

[Haha, it’s summer now. I’ve always had the same hair, so people around me are making a fuss about changing it up a bit. What do you think? Doesn’t it look weird if you cut it short?]

[Well, personally, I think you should have done it a long time ago. When I opened the door and came in, I didn’t know you were a reporter and almost jumped up. Someone about ten years younger came in.]

[Poohahaha! If you were ten years older than me now, you’d be a minor, a minor! Mr. Representative, you’re ridiculous!]

Representative?

The voice is clearly his, but the reporter keeps calling him “representative.”

Why do you call me representative? And at what point is this?

[By the way, I never thought I would meet you in a place like this. Why, you said that the last time we met. You said that being a freelancer is easier and that you’ve never thought about running a company. Do you remember?]

Well, of course. That thought is still the same now.

Because I don’t think I have the ability or experience to do that yet.

Is this perhaps 10 or 15 years into the future?

[But it must be so strange for me to hear you say that and then sit in this big office less than a year later. It feels like someone who was in a similar situation suddenly got promoted. Even the way you’re dressed.]

……A year? It hasn’t even been a year?

Oh my god.

[Haha, I dressed up a bit today because I had an interview scheduled, but I’m usually very sloppy. You know my fashion sense, right?]

[What sense is this? You are a luxury item from head to toe. Anyway, congratulations, CEO. It was your fate to end up like this anyway!]

I don’t understand what’s going on at all. The reporter’s voice is so cheerful that it feels like I’ve heard it somewhere, but it also feels like I don’t, but it has a nuance that makes me feel like I know him very well.

It was meant to be this way? What does that mean?

[Anyway, thank you for taking the time for this interview, CEO. I’m sure you’ve had a lot of requests from all over the place, but thank you for doing it with our Goodwin Magazine.]

[I owe you something for what happened last time, so I have to pay it back. Give and take, isn’t that the way of the world? Haha.]

[You already gave me a nice bag as a gift, so what? Thanks to you, I always carry it with me when I have important occasions. It’s the first luxury item in my life. Thank you, CEO.]

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, the reporter began a full-scale interview.

[Okay, then let me start with the first question. I think I should start with this story. You went from being a freelance manager to the CEO of a mid-sized agency. It’s quite unusual, isn’t it? It’s almost unprecedented. How do you feel about it?]

[Well, I don’t know. I get similar questions from people around me, but I don’t really feel anything. I’m still doing the same thing I used to do, and other things are being done by people who are good at it. In fact, I think of this nameplate as just an interior decoration.]

[Hey, props? That’s ridiculous. Mr. Jeong owns most of the shares of this company. But isn’t there anything that’s significantly different from before? Even something very minor.]

[It’s a minor thing.]

[Please feel free to tell me anything. If there is anything that you think cannot be included in the article, I will edit it for you. Feel free to tell me anything.]

Judging from the fact that he even has a nameplate, it seems like he really did rise to the position of representative.

Moreover, he owns a majority stake in the company.

Wait a minute. Didn’t you say earlier that it was the position of CEO of a mid-sized planning company?

So you’re saying you’re not starting a new company?

How on earth did you end up making that choice?

[If there’s one thing that’s changed the most, it’s probably that I have a set work schedule? And people keep calling me CEO. Until a few years ago, I was a part-time worker.]

[Oh, you’re a part-time worker? Didn’t you say you worked at a company before entering the entertainment industry? As far as I know, you worked at an advertising company?]

[Yes, Line Planning. At that time, my position was part-time worker. It was written on my desk as ‘Part-time worker Jeong Hee-seong.’ Everyone else was an employee, deputy manager, or manager.]

[Wow, so you went from being a part-time worker to a CEO in one go? Isn’t that almost a legend?]

[Haha, whatever it was, it’s true that my life changed 180 degrees. Because meeting Kang Se-ra on the last day of that line project completely changed the direction of my life. Both then and now.]

[So, that’s when your relationship with Kang Se-ra started. And that relationship continued until this investment… Ah, let’s ask that question again at the end.]

The reporter, who was about to say something, made a sound like her laptop keyboard was clicking and then quickly changed the subject.

[Since you have not walked the typical path in the entertainment industry, you have always been able to receive attention for every step you take. Among them, there were a few incidents that left a big impression on people. Do you remember them?]

[Yes. The first thing that got attention was the press conference.]

[That’s right. It was really shocking at the time that a manager who wasn’t affiliated with any agency would hold a press conference like that. Of course, it’s still the same now.]

It seemed like he was talking about the time he was in charge of Kim Ye-seul.

Instead of a regular press conference room, he made revelations about Jang Man-cheol and his actress Cheon Si-eun in front of dozens of cameras in the lobby of a building.

Thanks to that, we were able to completely dispel the rumors that were surrounding Kim Ye-seul at the time.

Wow, it seems like it was just yesterday, but it’s already been a year.

No, should I say it’s only been a year?

[Is there anything that stands out among all those things? You have accomplished so many great things in such a short period of time, but I think there must be something that stands out in your memory. If there is, please tell me just one thing!]

Suddenly a fundamental question occurred to me.

Why on earth are you suddenly telling me this conversation?

It was when I was having a lively conversation with CEO Je Young-jun and Director Lee Se-jeong from Onwol Production Company about the production of the work.

Then, the names of writer Lee Hae-sook and actor Jin Myeong-gil came up and we continued to worry about casting.

But why this scene out of the blue?

It’s certainly a good thing to be successful as a representative, but I couldn’t help but feel puzzled because the conversations had nothing to do with the current situation.

But, at that time.

Without a moment’s hesitation, my future self answered the question.

[If that’s the case, then it’s definitely that incident. The incident that first brought me and the reporter together, and that I can’t forget to the point that it still appears in my dreams from time to time. Do you know what I’m talking about?]

The reporter answered as if it was obvious.

[Yes, of course. That incident still remains as a huge shock to the entertainment industry. Perhaps it is an incident that has never happened before or in the future?]

[Yes, it is something that must be done.]

[While we’re on the subject, let’s go into more detail about that incident. There were numerous media articles and news reports at the time, but I don’t think the CEO ever directly mentioned the incident. Right?]

[Yes, at that time, I was in a difficult situation for many reasons, so I didn’t have the energy to respond to an interview. At that time, I had to be hospitalized.]

[Wow, I know better than anyone. You almost died back then. I know it’s late to say this, but you must have been really shocked. More than I could have even imagined.]

[I was so surprised and confused as to whether this was really happening in reality. After all, everything from start to finish was unrealistic.]

[It’s more shocking that a person did that.]

Perhaps because the interview scene was told as is, I don’t think I’ve ever seen a future that was this long.

It always cuts out the important parts and shows them, then quickly disappears after the scene ends.

I thought it might be because they wanted to make this information known, since it was a shocking and dangerous incident that required hospitalization.

‘I’ve saved others from near death before, but I don’t think I’ve ever almost died myself. What on earth could it be that makes me do that?’

As he was thinking about that, an unexpected name came out of his mouth.

[At that time, I was in a situation where I really needed actor Jin Myung-gil. I was preparing to produce a work called by writer Lee Hae-sook, and the writer said that I absolutely had to cast actor Jin Myung-gil. As you know, at that time, I was doing a lot of collaborations with the production company Oh New Moon.]

[Writer Lee Hae-sook is famous, right? She matches the actors and roles from the beginning of writing the script and prepares accordingly. That’s why she’s called a star writer.]

[Yes, at that time, that actor was Jin Myung-gil. I contacted him with the intention of casting him no matter how much the appearance fee was, but I couldn’t get in touch with him. Personally or through his agency.]

Up to this point, the situation was the same as before.

Because Director Lee Se-jeong actually said those things.

They said they only checked if he was alive or dead and didn’t contact the agency at all.

That doesn’t mean it’s a break.

[I can talk about it so comfortably now, but back then, it was a situation that could have been a disaster. Who would have thought that a top actor in South Korea, let alone someone else, would be going through such a shocking thing… If the CEO hadn’t gone to see me in person then, I really don’t know what would have happened. Something terrible might have happened.]

[Yes, that was the first time I realized that people are much scarier than ghosts.]

At that moment, the dull feeling that seemed like it would continue for a long time suddenly disappeared.

And, right before my eyes, CEO Je Young-jun and Director Lee Se-jeong were having a conversation about Jin Myeong-gil.