After the Bright Night Gala, Jooeun's fame once again increased dramatically, however her agency continued to drag her down. CN's higher-ups had reached their limit with Yonghwa. He couldn't suppress Jooeun and he couldn't win her over either. He's even more useless than the security guard guarding the front door. He's the reason CN had become such a foul place. A few shareholders expressed their intention to withdraw their shares; they had lost hope in CN as they mocked and pressured Yonghwa.
After returning to his office, Yonghwa is so angry, he smashed everything in sight. Every single bone in his body is filled with hatred towards Jooeun.
At this time, the newcomer models Ryeowon had scouted previously, arrived at the office to sign their contracts. Upon seeing Jennie Kim, Yonghwa immediately called her over. "Have you ever done a runway show?"
"Yes, I have. I am the winner of the Model Search Competition." Jennie replied respectfully
That's right, Ryeowon had discovered this girl at the Model Search Competition.
"In that case, you don't require any training." Yonghwa exclaimed. A thought crossed his mind; many companies had contacted the agency directly in hopes of working with Jooeun as they didn't want any disputes with their contracts. Hence, in his hands were multiple collaborations that weren't selected for Jooeun. He decided to select one and recommend Jennie. If the client rejected the recommendation, he would simply cancel the contract preventing Jooeun from ever contacting them again.
"Jennie-ssi, I will prepare a manager for you soon and she will help guide you."
"Thank you, President Jung." Jennie is only 16 years old. So as expected, she isn't as mature as Jooeun, revealing a childish smile. Upon seeing her smile, Yonghwa felt a little taken aback. Once upon a time, Jooeun was also this easy to work with, but the thought of Jooeun now made him want to tear her to pieces.
Looking at Jennie, Yonghwa felt a mix of emotions; she is too similar to Jooeun. He couldn't help but feel angered when he saw her, but he is determined to quickly make her famous. So he had to get her to imitate Jooeun in order to borrow Jooeun's fame.
"That's it, you may leave."
Outside the door, Shinhye listened in on Yonghwa and Jennie's conversation. She immediately pushed open the door and questioned Yonghwa. "Are you still planning to use this fake copy?"
"I'm planning to give Jooeun's resources to her and let her give them a try." Yonghwa calmly explained.
"Although Jooeun does not possess any big awards, she has the same amount of resources as an A-Grade model. Why are you giving such good resources to a newcomer that hasn't even officially debuted? Yonghwa, why don't you give them to me?" Shinhye's mood became a bit agitated. "Haven't you considered that I will be receiving an award soon? Not only that, I also have your child in my stomach. No matter what, you should have my best interests in mind."
"That's enough! In my meeting with the shareholders, they were already unhappy that I am showing you too much favoritism."
"Yonghwa, you are so fake. Is it because you found someone younger that you've decided to dump your second woman?" Shinhye sneered. "Your sister is right, you have no loyalty and all you care about are profits. In order to reach your goals, you could sacrifice anyone."
Hearing Shinhye's words, Yonghwa's expression showed a trace of ridicule. "Anyone has the right to say this to me except you. Shinhye, I sacrificed Jooeun for you."
"In that case, you should give Jennie's resources to me."
Yonghwa looked at Shinhye's greedy face and how she had no self-awareness; he suddenly felt like laughing. "Must you wait until I am kicked out of CN for you to be happy?" Shinhye is dumbfounded.
The couple argued loudly. At this time, a tall figure is eavesdropping from outside. A mocking expression swept across her childish face before she walked downstairs to Jooeun's room.
"Come in." Jooeun's voice resounded from the room. She's here because every couple days she would visit the office to see if her fans had left her any presents. While here, she would also check on CN's progress.
Jennie pushed open the door and entered the room. She had a timid expression on her face, but upon seeing Jooeun's calm and introverted demeanor, she is lost for a moment before speaking. "I am a new model that just signed on with CN, I am Kim Jennie."
She had previously left a deep impression on Jooeun. "I remember you." Jooeun remembered her as the substitute Yonghwa had found for her.
"Can I discuss a trade with you?"
Are all 16-year-olds this mature? Jooeun couldn't help but smile as she responded. "Let me know what your conditions are first."
"Actually, President Jung has decided to give me one of your resources and the manager that is originally intended for you. But I know, it's pretty much impossible for me to fully take advantage of this opportunity. Since you have plenty of runway shows lined up, could you just give this one to me? I can report to you about President Jung and Shinhye-ssi whenever you want."
"No need." Jooeun replied calmly. "Right now, I am already used to Yonghwa's actions, even if he is to find a substitute for me and get you to steal my resources."
Jennie became silent. She looked a little disappointed.
"You are still young, I don't want to get you involved in the adult's battle. Of course, if you manage to secure the show yourself, then it would mean you are capable and I will not stop you."
All her shows and magazine cover jobs are currently being selected by Jeonghwan, whereas the companies that went via the agency weren't aware of the situation and just wanted to seek benefits, how good could they be?
"Thank you, Miss Cha!" Jennie's eyes suddenly lit up.
Jooeun smiled in disapproval. The fact that she is so young and already knew how to negotiate with others to benefit herself proved she isn't a very innocent person. Jooeun decided not to do anything and just sit back and watch what troubles this 16-year-old would cause.
After Jennie left, Shinhye stormed into Jooeun's room and glared at her in hatred. "I can't believe you would actually support a newcomer."
"Shinhye, you should be careful. Jennie-ssi seems to be younger and more beautiful than you. The fact that Yonghwa could get rid of me to be with you, means he could also get rid of you for her."
Shinhye glared at Jooeun's back and sneered. "Jooeun, you must have had support to get to where you are today too, right? I've suspected it for a long time. All along, everything has been going your way; don't tell me it's because you are capable. The CEO of YG has already revealed he's been trying to poach you multiple times. You don't appear to be very clean. Stop acting all pure and innocent in front of other people."
"You've claimed that I've bribed the judges, what about you? What has the CEO of YG promised you? Is his bed soft?"
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Trial Marriage Husband (Pangyo Couple version)
RomanceHello hello everyone! Soooo, if you have read the original version by Passion Honey, you probably know the plot, the whole story of TMH. It's just that I change the characters' names and such. One more thing, this is just to satisfy my liking towar...