He initially ran towards the manager's office, but changed to the director's. The manager had been fired along with Kim Ki-Yeol. The new manager wouldn't realize the magnitude of the situation and risked making a mistake.

In Assistant Lee Dae-Su's head, he recalled what his manager said after the Almond incident.

‘There are talks of running a promotion with Punk and Almond. We will propose it to them after a couple of meetings.’ 

A collaboration with Almond for a promotion was already in the works.

'We're fucked if we mess this up again.'

Lee Dae-Su squeezed his eyes shut before opening them again and headed toward the director's office.

Knock knock.

He carefully knocked on the door and entered.

"Uh... We received this email."

"?" The director raised his glasses and frowned. His expression said, 'Why are you bringing this to me?' 

Lee Dae-Su expected this and further explained, "It's related to our planned collaboration with Almond. I thought it would be best to bring it to you right away."

"Almond? They sent an email to us?" The director finally showed interest. He must've thought it was good news judging from his...