126. Marriage announcement (2)
“What the hell happened to this!”
Eom Yong-jin unknowingly shouted at Kim Ju-man who was next to him.
“I don’t even know what’s going on!”
However, Kim Joo-man was also unaware of the situation.
The two of them quickly followed the parking attendant’s instructions and parked on the second basement floor, then hurried up to the first floor.
On the first floor, there was kindly a sign that said there would be a press conference in the banquet hall.
“Hermes?”
“Hermes Telecom?”
Um Yong-jin still couldn’t understand.
“What exclusive contract is Hermes Telecom signing today? Have you ever been contacted?”
“No. Of course I don’t know.”
On the signboard, the words Miae Kim Hermes Telecom Exclusive Contract Press Conference were clearly written.
The two hurriedly entered the banquet hall.
A press conference was already in full swing in the banquet hall.
In the middle of the banquet hall, a table was set in a row, and three men and women were sitting at the table.
The woman was sitting in the middle, and I could tell at a glance that it was Kim Mi-ae with her outstanding beauty.
“Isn’t that right, Lee Jin-chan?”
“Right. This is H&H’s Jinchan Lee!”
And on her right, Lee Jin-chan was sitting, and on her left was another handsome young man.
Then a reporter stood up and asked them a question.
“So, are you announcing your entry into the entertainment industry at the same time as the establishment of Hermes Telecom, no, Hermes Entertainment?”
Then, the young man sitting to the left of Kim Mi-ae raised a microphone and answered.
“Strictly speaking, it is not a full-fledged entry into the entertainment industry. Of course, I can’t guarantee what will happen in the distant future, but I have no intention of recruiting other celebrities right now. We, Hermes Entertainment, will only support movie actress Kim Mi-ae so that she can work smoothly and live in the entertainment industry.”
The young man’s voice was deep and confident.
“As far as I know, Hermes Entertainment has no experience in the entertainment industry. How are you going to proceed with your business in such a situation?”
“As you said, we don’t know much about the entertainment industry. However, as I mentioned earlier, we plan to take care of only one actress Kim Mi-ae. Compared to celebrities in other fields, film actors are considered to be a relatively small area of management. I think the number of people to review the scenario will be enough because they have been recruited. I don’t think Kim Mi-ae is an actress at the level of auditioning now. haha. I never meant to disparage the film industry, so please write well to avoid misunderstandings.”
Laughter leaked out from the young man’s joke.
“Then, what are you planning to do outside of film activities?”
“Even if we give up some TV entertainment and dramas, where the role of the agency is important, we plan to focus on movies and commercials for a while.”
After that, reporters continued to ask questions, but the young man’s answer was not blocked.
It seemed as if he had anticipated all the questions.
After a few questions and answers, a reporter got the right to speak and stood up.
The reporter was a reporter from ‘Silla Ilbo’, one of the three major daily newspapers in Korea.
“I have heard the answers so far. Then I will ask a question on behalf of the journalists gathered here. What is the big announcement that will be made after the announcement of our exclusive contract?”
Almost every reporter in the hall nodded.
In fact, most of them were more interested in the important announcement Kim Mi-ae would make than the exclusive contract.
The reporters all naturally looked at the young man.
Because he answered all the questions so far.
But the young man did not answer.
Instead, I turned my head to the left and looked at Kim Mi-ae and Lee Jin-chan.
Then Lee Jin-chan grabbed the microphone and spoke in a trembling voice.
“hello. My name is Jinchan Lee, CEO of H&H. Some of you may know me, and some may not, so I will speak on behalf of Kim Mi-ae.”
Lee Jin-chan stopped talking and said while holding Kim Mi-ae’s hand.
“We are getting married.”
“marriage?!”
“Is that true?”
As soon as Lee Jin-chan’s words fell, the atmosphere in the hall, which had been quite decent, instantly heated up.
Click-click-click-
The reporters fired their camera flashes all at once, and all the reporters who were seated stood up and began to relay the news to the head office.
The murmur grew louder and louder and soon became so loud that it was difficult to distinguish the voices of the people next to him.
And the expressions of Eom Yong-jin and Kim Joo-man, who were just watching this, were crumpled like a dented can.
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Ho-young, who sat to Mi-ae Kim’s left and answered most of the questions at the press conference, glanced at Mi-ae Kim’s face.
It was a face that was extremely nervous throughout the press conference, but after Lee Jin-chan announced his marriage, he looked relieved for some reason.
Hoyeong turned her head and looked at her watch.
The current time is 2 PM.
And Hoyoung instructed Eros to distribute the material Hoyoung wrote to all website communities at 2:00 PM.
You’ve probably finished uploading to all the forums by now.
Hoyoung had noticed two men with dumbfounded expressions at the entrance a moment ago.
It was not difficult for him to infer that the two were reporters from the Koryo Ilbo who threatened Lee Jin-chan and Kim Mi-ae.
food-
Hoyeong smiled a little when she saw them still unable to grasp the situation.
There was nothing he could do about them right now, but Hoyoung never intended to leave the two alone.
“ruler. Everyone calm down and take your questions slowly. You have plenty of time.”
Reporters now began to ask Kim Mi-ae and Lee Jin-chan questions like where did they meet and when did they meet, and Kim Mi-ae and Lee Jin-chan answered honestly what they could.
During the press conference, the reporters of the Koryo Ilbo, who had not been formally invited, could not ask a single question.
At least they came to their senses, and there was nothing they could do but write down the questions other reporters were asking, and when the press conference was over, they had no choice but to go back lonely.
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“How dare you ignore us like this?”
Eom Yong-jin snorted vigorously as he walked down the hallway of the newspaper office.
All he could think of was the great humiliation he had just suffered.
“Let me clearly know what will happen if I feed the reporter with water.”
He was completely ignored at Kim Mi-ae’s press conference.
It was even more painful because it was a disgrace right in front of Kim Joo-man, who even called himself a brother and followed him well.
He sat down in front of his computer and started writing down articles like he was possessed.
[Top star actress Kim Mi-ae embarrassing marriage announcement. The reason is that···?]
The article he was writing was a false article claiming that actress Kim Mi-ae was in fact pregnant before marriage and was in a hurry to get married.
It had been a long time since I had given him the truth of the article or the sense of duty as a reporter.
‘It’s okay to do it first, then spread corrective data later saying you got it wrong.’
He thought to himself and played with his fingers like he was possessed.
A stimulating novel was completed in just 20 minutes.
Then, after printing the finished article, I ran to the press chief’s office and got up from my seat.
Just then, Um Yong-jin realized that someone was standing in front of his desk.
“Chief of press!”
He was the news director Um Yong-jin was going to meet.
Eom Yong-jin said to the news director very gladly.
“Chief! I was going to go see you right now. I have a great scoop!”
“The scoop?”
“Let’s look at this first.”
Um Yong-jin handed over the printout he had just printed to the news director.
The press chief quickly looked through Um Yong-jin’s article.
Eom Yong-jin expected the reaction of the press chief.
It was because he was the head of the newsroom who was harassing reporters, telling them to follow provocative articles and catch scoops.
In fact, it was this news director who taught me the trick of creating a scoop with a false article and later publishing a corrected article when people lose interest.
Contrary to Um Yong-jin’s expectations, however, the reporter’s expression was not so good.
I could even find my eyebrows twitching.
Moving the eyebrows was a habit for the news director when he was very angry.
“I decided to ruin the company right now!”
The press chief shouted at Eom Yong-jin.
“yes?”
“Do you know if the company pays you a salary for doing crap like this?”
“If it is because of the credibility of this article…”
“Stop it right now. You don’t even have the qualifications to be a journalist. Give me your press ID right now and get out!”
“Chief, why all of a sudden…”
Eom Yong-jin said in an unfair voice.
The news director looked at him, sighed deeply, and said.
“Look at the internet. some internet. I’ll give you a chance to clean up before I kick you out, so come clean up and come to my room in the afternoon. okay?!”
The news director tore up the false article written by Eom Yong-jin and left, as if his anger was not resolved.
Eom Yong-jin bewildered opened his internet browser.
Naturally, the main screen of the portal site ‘Gate’ appeared.
The gate shows real-time popular search terms, and naturally, my eyes went to the top spot in real-time search terms.
“The Koryo Ilbo. Threat?”
And the second place was Kim Mi-ae’s marriage.
He hurriedly searched for threats from the Koryo Ilbo.
Then, related content poured in.
Kim Mi-ae was threatened by a reporter that she would persistently spread dating rumors, so she had no choice but to announce her marriage at a press conference first.
The main content was her interview saying that she tried to stop her activities in the entertainment industry for a while, but Hermes Entertainment helped her and continued to work with courage.
In Kim Mi-ae’s interview, the newspaper Koryo Ilbo was not mentioned.
But the communities on the internet were the problem.
On the currently active, large community bulletin board, an unknown post was uploaded.
The article contained information that a reporter from the Koryo Ilbo was threatening Mi-ae Kim, and that Mi-ae Kim was suffering tremendous psychological pain because of that person.
And if the reporter found out that Kim Mi-ae held a press conference, he might try to incite the public with false articles.
It looked as if someone had written down after seeing Eom Yong-jin’s actions in advance.
“this···. What is this…”
Eom Yong-jin’s eyes lit up.
Although the influence of the Internet cannot be said to be absolute yet, if users in all communities read this article, there was a possibility that it would go viral enough.
In this situation, what if an article slandering Kim Mi-ae appeared in the Koryo Ilbo?
People’s reactions were obvious.
“Guk, I need to meet the director.”
Eom Yong-jin sought a way to overcome the current situation.
First of all, he decided to persuade the press chief, who could be said to be the closest person to him.
I thought that if only the director somehow persuaded, his lifeline would be extended a little longer.
Eom Yong-jin ran to the press chief’s office in a huff.
And I’m about to knock
“Oh, thank you so much for coming here.”
The reporter’s voice leaked through the slightly open door.
Unknowingly, Eom Yong-jin looked into the director’s office through the gap.
“no. We thank you. Because he said he would put our advertisements on the front page.”
“ha ha ha. We only advertise on our paper as requested. You did a really good job. We, Korea Ilbo, are a newspaper with a tradition of over 70 years…”
In the director’s office, the news director kindly explained the history of the Koryo Ilbo and the effect of newspaper advertisements to the person who seemed to be an advertiser.
“Thank you for your kind explanation.”
“no. We are grateful.”
Seeing that the director appeared in an extremely low profile to the advertiser, it was possible to guess that the advertising contract signed by the advertiser who was talking to the director was extremely large.
The director’s attitude was that of an executive of a large company.
“But there is one concern.”
“Are you concerned?”
“I also enjoy the Internet. However, the #1 real-time popular search term on the gate is related to the Koryo Ilbo here.”
“ah! that!”
Eom Yong-jin could feel his heart sink.
Because the number 1 search word on Gate is talking about oneself.
“Aren’t we trying to sign a contract for just one or two pages of paper advertisements for the Koryo Ilbo? It is a contract that uses more than 40% of print advertisements at once by executing a large advertising cost that has never been in this case before. To have such an unpleasant event ahead of such a big contract…”
“We tried to punish the reporter who caused the problem even if it wasn’t so, and post the result of the punishment in our newspaper.”
“I think this will be directly related to the image of the newspaper. You will definitely have to deal with it.”
“Do not worry. I will clean it up in a few days.”
Eom Yong-jin felt the strength in his legs loosen.
For the news director to say that much, it was tantamount to saying that there was no possibility of revival.
‘wait…?’
Eom Yong-jin suddenly thought that the advertiser’s voice was very familiar.
‘This voice. Where did you hear that?’
He opened the door a little further to where the advertiser was sitting.
It was only natural that the news director would be very angry if caught doing such a thing, but thinking that he would be kicked out anyway, he opened the door as if possessed by a ghost.
“ah!”
And Eom Yong-jin, who checked the advertiser’s face, let out a loud voice, forgetting that he had secretly opened the door.
The advertiser was Yun Ho-yeong, the same young man who sat to her left at Mi-ae Kim’s press conference a few hours ago and took the place of reporters’ answers.
