“It’s not bad to be known to the public as an actor who has been in critically acclaimed films. What about doing commercials?”

“Initially, we’ve gotten offers for products like ramen, detergent, and beverages. Recently, even though it’s a one-off thing, we’ve also gotten offers from grocery stores, telecommunication companies, cosmetic and beauty companies.” 

“Choose one of the three among the recent offers and go ahead with it. Don’t accept every offer and burden Woo-Jin with work.” 

In CEO Jang Soo-Hwan’s opinion, commercials were a means to tell people ‘I have become famous enough to shoot commercials for these products’. Hence, instead of appearing in multiple commercials, he emphasized that the celebrities should only shoot a couple that would help them boost their image. As a result, Jang Soo-Hwan’s decisions occasionally caused some rifts with the celebrities from the agency. 

Unlike Jang Soo-Hwan who was always carefree and relaxed, the celebrities wanted to strike while the iron was hot. There were many realists who felt that good days will not last forever, and they felt that they should not be sitting around idly while taking opportunities for granted. It was often difficult for them to come to terms with Jang Soo-Hwan’s opinion that they should refrain from shooting too many commercials if they wanted to extend those ‘good days.’ because of their opposing views.

Fortunately, Chae Woo-Jin had no interest...