Code Entertainment's Chief of the PR department, Min So-Yeong, nervously asked, "Remind me again. Today is the first broadcast, right?"

“Yes, Chief.”

Min So-Yeong rubbed the thick dark circles below her eyes while worriedly muttering, “Whew. I hope she did an alright job…”

Today was the day they would reap their investment, and it was making her anxious.

Jeong Seok-Su sitting next to her sighed. “We've already fired all the PR salvos everywhere as much as humanly possible, so... If her performance is rubbish, it's gonna spell doom for us all. The number of negative comments and trolls roasting her online will go through the roof.”

Min So-Yeong cocked her head. “You don't trust your own performer that much?”

Jeong Seok-Su made a wounded expression at that question, and a sigh of lamentation leaked out of his lips as he rubbed his nose a couple of times “No, I do believe in Se-Ah. I really do, but as you know, being good at acting doesn't prevent people from kicking you down online. Far too many people will be waiting with preconceived opinions when a singer or idol changes their job to an actor. And well... Even though they hadn't surfaced yet, our Se-Ah already has quite a few haters by now, too.”

“I thought the last incident decreased the number of haters, though?”

“Well, that is true.” Jeong Seok-Su involuntarily broke into a loud chuckle.

The previous dating gossip threatened to derail Kang Eun-Yeong's career. Usually, such a thing wouldn't harm a celebrity's public image too much, but Kang Eun-Yeong being a minor played a significant part in the derailing process.

Any wrong response would have ensured that her image—and her career—would go down the drain, but Kang Jin-Ho's sudden...