020 Kwon Eun-bi or Kim Min-ju

“Apologize!”

Yin Yunhui immediately nudged Li Junhao with his foot.

Li Junhao glanced back with a “Me?” expression.

“Who told you to dodge? When big brother hits you, you still dare to dodge?”

Yin Yunhui had quite a ‘naughty’ temper.

Li Junhao seemed to be itching all over, scratching his ears and cheeks for a while before hastily muttering to Jin Minju, “Sorry.”

Because Yin Yunhui had already invoked the seniority of ‘big brother.’ Big brother is never wrong! Though reluctant, Li Junhao still complied.

“It’s my fault, I wasn’t careful enough.”

Seeing Jin Minju so scared, he quickly stood up, no longer feeling any pain, and kept bowing repeatedly.

“Apologize and just take it…”

Li Junhao muttered.

But then he thought, although apologizing to his subordinate’s artist was embarrassing, as long as he elevated the artist’s status a bit, it would be fine.

Anyway, last time Brother Hui said he quite liked Jin Minju.

That was easy. Let Brother Hui take care of Jin Minju, and everything would be different. It was only right to apologize to big brother’s woman.

“Are you okay?”

“Y-Yeah, I’m fine.”

Yin Yunhui asked with concern, and receiving Jin Minju’s ‘affirmative’ reply, he left the waiting room, returning it to IZ*ONE.

Passing by Jiang Huiyuan, he noticed she quietly stepped back but smiled at him.

Hmm?

It seemed that Shin Shuaixian really was her close friend, sharing this kind of information.

Since you know…

Yin Yunhui smiled back and then left the waiting room.

The waiting room finally relaxed.

“Hurry up and get ready, why are you all just standing there?”

“Okay, Director!”

After smoothing things over, Li Junhao also left the waiting room.

IZ*ONE’s captain, Kwon Eunbi, wanted to say something more, but the matter was brushed aside gently.

It was just a playful accidental injury, causing no real harm. Even their director apologized—what more could they ask for?

“Is he Yin Yunhui? The student council president of Yonsei University?”

Jiang Huiyuan was a bit confused.

Hey.

Does this person have multiple identities?

“Probably him.”

Apparently, Kwon Eunbi had also seen related reports and remembered the handsome guy Yin Yunhui who had visited the company several times.

“Director Li’s big brother, Yonsei student council president, and an actor…”

Sitting squeezed on a plastic bench, Jiang Huiyuan twirled her fingers, starting to list the identities she knew about him.

Uh uh uh.

Seems like no problem—all these identities could coexist in one person without conflict.

She had been overreacting.

“An actor? What kind of actor?”

Captain Kwon Eunbi shooed away the clumsy Ahn Yujin, rubbed Jin Minju’s injured spot to make sure she was really fine.

Jin Minju felt helpless.

She had no one to blame but her own bad luck.

She had so many misfortunes—playing with a tablet in the dorm, she dropped it and it hit her foot.

Getting her foot hurt was one thing; a hospital visit would fix it. But when she told her roommate, the roommate said she was exaggerating and that there was nothing wrong.

Then the next day her foot turned purple. When she cried in pain, the members accused her of faking it.

Finally, after an X-ray, it turned out she had a broken toe.

Choi Rina: Uh-huh?

Jin Minju: So wronged…

So being hit by an empty water bottle from afar was really nothing but a little pain for her.

Yet she still felt so wronged…

She was naturally submissive—unable even to voice a safe word.

She was caught between Kwon Eunbi and Jiang Huiyuan, listening to their conversation.

“That President Yin seems to be debuting as an actor. I have a close friend—you remember Oni, right? Shin Shuaixian, who participated in 48 with us? She recently acted in President Yin’s debut film.”

Jiang Huiyuan shared what she could with Kwon Eunbi, who was speechless.

For those people, entering the entertainment industry was like a game.

But for us, we have to fight with all our might and seize every opportunity.

Jiang Huiyuan had switched agencies three times to debut, and so had Kwon Eunbi.

Kwon Eunbi’s experience was even more disheartening—she had debuted, released a debut single, but her small company couldn’t withstand any risk and disbanded.

She returned to being a backup dancer.

How many times had she lain on cold operating tables?

Unlike Jiang Huiyuan, who had a somewhat casual attitude toward the entertainment industry, with some ambition but easy to satisfy, Kwon Eunbi was determined to become famous, make it big, and earn enough pension before her looks faded.

She loved IZ*ONE more than anyone because they made that dream come true.

“Our Director Li is the son of the former vice chairman of CJ Group.”

Kwon Eunbi unexpectedly named Li Junhao, and Jin Minju looked up at her sister Eunbi, a bit puzzled—wasn’t that common knowledge?

“What about his big brother? Whose son is he?”

Kwon Eunbi asked blankly, lost in thought.

“Maybe Shuaixian Oni knows.”

Shin Shuaixian: ? I don’t know, I just simply wanted to say... The entertainment industry is really oppressive~

Jiang Huiyuan whispered:

“I only heard he’s signed with Artist Entertainment, the agency of seniors Lee Jung-jae and Jung Woo-sung.”

“Um, maybe President Yin has Instagram? Shall we check his Instagram?”

Jin Minju quietly raised her hand. She had also seen news about the school anniversary; Yin Yunhui’s Instagram was spread all over by his fans.

Not only that, even the local Korean Namu Wiki had an entry on Yin Yunhui.

The company must have built it for him.

There was no way those few fans at school could have created such a buzz.

It was obviously the marketing strategy of a professional agency.

Others just couldn’t replicate it.

“We’ll check it out later—maybe we’ll find something.”

Kwon Eunbi smiled indulgently because Jin Minju said the obvious.

Meanwhile, Yin Yunhui, the one everyone was curious about, was talking business under the shade of a tree outside with Li Junhao.

Li Junhao complained,

“Hui-ge, it’s hard for me to handle this in front of the staff.”

“It’s no big deal. Didn’t you say last time, after sending off IZ*ONE, you’d get promoted and transferred elsewhere?”

Yin Yunhui was sizing up Li Junhao.

His little brother was a bit flamboyant, probably because he came from a side branch with a lousy father.

But he was solid at work, and now he was about to get promoted.

“Yes, as I mentioned last time, CJ Entertainment’s reorganized subsidiary will be managed by an executive from CJ’s headquarters.

If nothing unexpected happens, I’ll be transferred to Mnet’s Music/Entertainment Broadcasting Channel to join the reboot of the Produce series, still as director.”

Moving from OTR Management to Mnet Music Channel—both subsidiaries under CJ Entertainment—was a big step. Content was king.

Li Junhao was about to become the head of the variety department’s strategic development office at Mnet Music Channel, currently the only staff in that department.

“Work hard. Maybe I’ll have to rely on you someday.”

Yin Yunhui patted Li Junhao’s shoulder heavily, and Li Junhao instantly lit up.

“Hui-ge!”

Li Junhao probably thought he would casually get resources for actor Yin Yunhui.

But Yin Yunhui was thinking that after he dealt with Taeyong Construction Group, SBS would need a trusted ally.

Li Junhao was a good choice; by then, he would have some years of work experience.

CJ Group had a legitimate eldest son heir, following a proper succession path and already holding some shares, with ruthless methods.

Yin Yunhui didn’t believe Li Junhao could rise very high in CJ Entertainment—he might not even become vice chairman like his father in name.

Better to work for me instead.

Big brother is doing this for your own good~