223 Undercover Agent, Kwon Tae Yang (1/2)

Rewinding back the time to just after the Lee siblings entered the building.

Outside of Hope Entertainment's building, inside a discreetly parked black car, a certain man was casually scrolling through some articles while occasionally glancing at the entrance of the five-storey building.

[Hope Entertainment's New Talent: Who Is Lee Yeo Ri?]

[VitaQua Girl Goes Viral Again]

[Netizens Are Going Crazy Over VitaQua's Poster Girl, Here's Why]

While he was looking into the articles and reporting posts and comments that he felt his boss wouldn't like, he stumbled across a certain link.

[(Hope Ent.) Now hiring: manager position]

”Hm.”

Kwon Tae Yang tapped on the link, which redirected him to Hope Entertainment's website. The page quickly loaded, showing the job description and qualifications needed.

Looking at the date, he found out that the job post had only been up since the night before.

He narrowed his eyes, rubbing his chin thoughtfully. Could it be related to Miss Yeo Ri? It seemed like she was serious about becoming an actress. Was the company hiring a new manager for her?

After thinking for some time, he deduced that that was the case. He once again skimmed through the article. For a few moments, he let his thumb hover over the screen. Then, he decisively tapped the 'Apply' button and filled the application before sending it in.

”Kill two birds with one stone,” he monotonously muttered to himself.

Merely half an hour after he submitted his application, a representative from the company contacted him.

”Hello, is this Mr. Kwon Tae Yang?”

”Yes, this is he.”

”I'm calling you on behalf of Hope Entertainment. You applied for a manager position earlier, right?”

”Yes.”

”Um... did you, by any chance, read the job description?” The caller asked hesitantly. He was worried that this Mr. Kwon had misunderstood the kind of 'manager' they were trying to hire; in the job advertisement they posted, they were actually looking for a road manager! Someone who was supposed to help the artistes look for more work, liaise with people, drive them around, and serve them at their beck and call! This wasn't some cushy occupation like those managers in the sense of a normal company or a talent agent.

”I did,” Secretary Kwon replied dryly.

”...Okay, I understand.” The representative's hand holding the freshly-printed resume of the person he was calling trembled. Was this Mr. Kwon crazy? With his amazingly high specs, he actually decided to apply for this practically-slave-labouring kind of job?

”Would you be willing to attend an interview? Whenever you're free, just come directly to our company building.”

”I'm free now.”

”...Is that so?”

”Yes,” Secretary Kwon nodded seriously though no one was there to see him. ”It's hard to find a job these days. I am unemployed so I have a lot of free time,” he shamelessly lied with a deadpanned expression. Well, it was partially right anyways.

With his task to look after Yeo Ri, he was practically running around with nothing to do. Yeo Ri would never inform him about where she was going, so he had to always be on standby to follow her. On top of that, there was still the imminent threat of the thugs who kept coming after the girl. Having to look after that stubborn princess instead of doing desk-work like a normal secretary, he might as well be jobless.

There was silence on the other side of the call for some time. Sounding as if he had choked, the representative responded, ”Well, then, I'll be waiting inside the building. Just tell the receptionist that you're coming in for a job interview.”

”Alright.”

”Then, I'll be seeing you. Goodbye.”

”Yes, thank you. Goodbye.”

After ending the call, Secretary Kwon moved to exit his car. However, just as he reached for the door handle, he paused. Wouldn't it be too strange to just show up right now? He should at least give it a few minutes so as to not make them suspicious. He didn't really want to them to think that he was lurking around the company building like a creep.

With that in mind, he sat silently in his car after setting a fifteen-minute timer. He patiently waited for his alarm to go off, wasting his time by reading headlines on a news website.

Once the timer went off, he left his car and walked towards the entrance, stepping into the building nonchalantly.

”Is there anything I can help you with?” The receptionist cordially received him.

”I'm here for a job interview,” the stoic man informed.

”A job interview? Wait a minute while I check... ah! Here it is. You can head over to the fifth floor, first room to the right.” The receptionist checked her computer and noticed that there was a note left by someone from management about a job interview. After she checked the picture on the resume and confirming Kwon Tae Yang's identity, she passed him a visitor's pass and gestured towards the elevator.

”Thank you,” Kwon Tae Yang accepted the pass with a slight bow and made his way to the fifth floor.

Inside the room, a man was already waiting for him.

”Hello,” he greeted first without waiting for the man to get up from his seat.