"I heard Hoop Entertainment gives team leads autonomy. So I'd like to have authority over my team'sproject selection as well."0

Project selection was the core of an entertainment company's operations. Most companies only granted such authority to chiefs, not team leads. No matter how talented a celebrity was, they couldn't succeed without landing the right project. However, recognizing a project's potential for success required years of experience.0

That's why even the company president handled project selection personally in small agencies. In my case, I had been given special autonomy as a team lead.0

And now, Yeon So-Hee was asking for the same. Her request exceeded the usual scope of a team lead's authority and caused murmurs among the staff in the meeting room.0

'As expected of Team Lead Yeon So-Hee.'0

I understood why she was making this demand. At FNK Entertainment, she had never been properly respected simply because she was a woman. She had always read scripts, analyzed them, and assessed directors and writers before making recommendations.0

Nevertheless, her superior, Chief Choi Taek-Hoon, had ignored all of her insights and chosen projects arbitrarily which ultimately ruined actors' filmographies.0

Now, she wanted to build a team the right way. Her motivation wasn't personal success but it was to protect her actors.0

Knowing she had no ill intent, I smiled as I answered. "You know my track record when it comes to selecting projects, don't you?"0

Yeon So-Hee nodded. "Yes. I completely acknowledge and respect the results...0