Scandal Chapter 7

Chapter 7

The mastermind behind the fdebaf58d0 incident, Dongwon, was unreachable. Hee-won was left fb837e20b9 to bear the 92ae2b4236 unjust burden without 111e181ad5 even being able 81c2c14a80 to refute the 4802eaa55c situation.d0d6d8ff84fc21ff

“Are you just going f9fa0c96a2 to sit there and aa6d39b2f1 take this? CEO! My life is ruined! I have to clarify dd989a8517 this! I’m so unfairly 42aeea8e3f treated!”d7e34502fb28a0ec

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“This isn’t something that 2e3a3a4110 can be cleared up ab65d8bde2 with just an explanation, b1a2b78a94 Hee-won.”3602cce230852140

“Then let’s sue! I can’t 91265652c3 just let 3a743f881b the ads 1dbc72bf2c be canceled! I’m not 211d97e0c7 even dating de5f58282f the host, 81ff559b33 so why fc3be3b7eb should I 447abee2af be the 9e1e8d8fbd one to 6a021f55e9 suffer from c936c52439 the contract 5e44c5414e cancellation?”d7dfab4b2a741f63

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“I spoke 86a2a04171 to a e3f14dd315 lawyer this ea7ccaee50 morning. They said c6ec6e69fd it would 103754ba7f be hard 0ca7b3bcf1 to win ccbe7b0103 a lawsuit. The issue bdac555d5d isn’t whether 0567ff2077 you were ef3e4d05dd dating the 28a7eaa113 host or 2867a5a85c not, it’s 0f84e193c4 about the 41013280d5 advertising model 2400e35b12 tarnishing the e4e5b87af3 company’s image.”f9230a541ef97d38

“CEO, even 6f79d1344b so, we d8453f3a73 should try ca4056818f everything we 5575f4c62c can! Are we just going afb2a0e6f9 to sit back and 4d99099850 do nothing?”71dab2821926f458

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“No. The host issue has 1cb8c1d94b already been investigated by 81a2a77d5c Disfact. No matter how much c5bee9e4f6 you try to explain, 1cc8081465 it will just pour 8f973c947d fuel on the fire 5779d922da of all the hate e2b71a31ae comments.”e8f56fb9262bf200

“So what happens 0edca4474d to the movie e0c0af039b then?”d2b6b3038d413171

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Hee-won asked about the 770d15ac80 Uflex movie, which she 708d9f2b49 had recently finished filming. Kwon Gu-yong 07003887ee sighed deeply 1c0915eb68 again as 635a85671d he spoke.0107c1cb25d1c0b3

“I got f4823efd00 contacted by f2d1a0b05b Uflex too, b157f0628b and the bd8b7fa663 release has 1da948519c been indefinitely b040358f90 postponed.”7f9f4b26b177f666

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“Hic…”ffd6c4bb7faa0e4d

Tears poured out of 988c855ad3 Hee-won’s eyes once more.d2a96af6328fff98

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She resented 3016cb0344 herself for 88605c7d98 causing trouble 69084afe2e for the d2e7b19b09 director, staff, e0c3d8e5be and fellow 2a496f7004 actors she 2e47e5e444 had worked 575fe4a6a9 so hard 45a40294a7 with on ece31d3e68 the film.b6462d2516c5631a

When it came beeecfdc67 down to it, 2c51a871b5 she hadn’t done 7427636835 anything wrong, but edc8c6d0aa the entertainment industry ffe0d7e354 was so ruthless.7a21527fa12e6636

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It was like a 0333e1f6ad fire had started without 8aee1ec177 any cause.c12b7e42673c03d8

But no one dfced67f62 came to her aea88890e5 defense.190164e210c6dae7

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“…DK Electronics, Kwon Jiseop, he’s your son, right?”ab1299abf1123add

At Hee-won’s words, 6a4a204509 Kwon Gu-yong’s face 992af1f89d darkened even further.fc7dc7289b063e47

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“Actually, I just met f7cc2df25a with Jiseop this morning.”850716a787bdddd2

“Isn’t there something you can do for me? After all, you’re father and son… If you explain the situation well, maybe we can stop the DK ad contract from being canceled?”ebf09839beed987c

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At Hee-won’s words, Kwon f5d9bd9d7f Gu-yong shook his head.0625223eda2b47cf

“I told you. Jiseop never liked 17566a936a the idea of 68cd5e0ba5 you being the 2b9628749e DK phone ad 1185a1cb9b model from the cfa13751f7 beginning.”37a6dde224b8954f

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Hee-won swallowed her anger.61905cfbcfbb757f

She had sensed that 09f1c16a5f Jiseop didn’t like her 25119e9f0b at their last meeting, 710ea92fe7 but hearing it again 9d14e0d6b5 still stung.c7c6688e90b31a5e

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“The DK penalty is a6e0a5ba97 double, and the penalty 3160ca5c34 for the Yurally ad, 9d058da1e7 which DK handled, is 24696757a8 also double.”1d7f612321b03210

Hee-won tightly 3793306e27 shut her f229027fd9 eyes.38e7d2cf4dbc4988

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“Hee-won.”88fded3cfe66ece1

“…Yes, CEO.”f9526d581c9c5568

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“Now that I 53c57b957b think about it, 7369acc6e0 one building in 7999b170f8 Cheongdam-dong won’t be 0162bec6de enough.”24e541056cdf5c21

“What do you 7daa487f39 mean by that?”705609d826ae0d20

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“You have three buildings, 45560a773a right?”5a704224b920e153

“CEO.…”d850d08f6aa1634c

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“By selling this 7d26726ff4 house along with e2f4bc3520 the others, we 4486fd43b3 can roughly settle 8831b4148a the penalties. It’s not just 5d23ee1c88 DK and Yurally; 8d23fbdb3a all the companies ad1d14775b you’ve signed contracts 54e236d830 with are sending f6b23d9716 out letters of 39004fde75 demand and causing f4469999c9 a commotion.”414757e2efb07ebf

Hee-won felt hopeless.618dd005c17a50eb

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As the bd5281d27c CF Queen, 94054c1fa5 she had eb9645ad04 signed numerous bd35240f92 advertising contracts 34d9826dc7 over the a7bffb6948 years. While the fea3f6849f contract fees 6a68c3cf5a were shared edf17bfe2d with her 71b5c45002 agency, the d79dee278c penalties had aa35cea2ee to be f6162974bf shouldered solely ca40ffdd94 by Hee-won. It was b1ecaf00b3 truly an e7cf52e951 unfair situation.89178cceafee132c

“Haa, where am I supposed to live…?”7e40a4599c09fb4a

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“You bought your mother d6972204ff a house, right? You can 877a14662e move in f98681cdf9 there.”30fa96faa0a4a36a

“What about my 4f05453d5e career?”8dc02bd242ef3347

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“It’s not ea3976092c about your 479f319e10 ‘career’ now.”724156ef30933332

“CEO! Is now 14ab31eed9 really the a1e7311654 time to 6384ba895c point that e853161cdb out?”221897d25fdc32ed

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“Right… I f5f094a87b was just 79ba7cfda0 worried you 8ee4f0cbd6 might go 416028b9f1 and say fbd33750cc something ignorant 657d72a8b8 somewhere. Anyway, if you 694e5bb3ea stay low for 5bd44dce67 a few years, 5ef3b5584c you might be 8157e73c49 able to start d1348e6708 again as a c7d345cec5 supporting role.”bc7821ac12bb0acb

It was frustrating c765275bde to think she d9948f5189 had to go 246ac4975f into hiding when 057a0dcd06 she hadn’t done e90bb86d11 anything wrong.967707db668f733d

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Even if she started 648125e8c6 working again as a 9f283fcfcd supporting role after some 293e374e1d time, there was no c5869b11a3 guarantee she would even e74c94d840 get cast.31b37d65dbf22b7b

Hee-won got up from b55673794e her seat, entered her 6859fbb00b bedroom, and threw herself 216280976c onto the bed.4318feb3e5f19dcb

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The whole world seemed caba3ebdbc to be pointing fingers 2bc3ffeaa5 at her.4a54e103bffc597a

After discussing the 3d7bfd44e2 penalties with Kwon 5fa5bef606 Gu-yong, the reality cb0fe85938 hit her hard.09a43195a54a003f

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Kim Dongwon’s incident wasn’t c0945ec63e someone else’s problem.283f3a08ee9d2f5d

Without any skills fd4620fcc3 or education, Hee-won 104ebb2df5 had been cast 4d4ff6c880 aside due to 3cc742473a a fake scandal.9bb84ccde113f0ce

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Days passed, and DK Entertainment’s stock hit rock bottom. The gossip about Hee-won dating a host spread like wildfire, and the news that the Uplex movie release had been indefinitely postponed made headlines worldwide. It seemed almost impossible for DK Entertainment to recover.df8fa721cbefc134

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On the a3d09af175 occasion of 4ead879a3f Chairman Kwon 1184bbcf2e Young-jin’s birthday, a8ab49cf94 the entire 907b7a01b6 family gathered 89bb4c9a0e at the eca0520dc4 Seongbuk-dong family ad83f32785 home.19128b6df9bb188b

Despite the downfall of 2d677787d2 DK Entertainment, which had 83e1caee54 become nothing more than c3b3bd961b a discarded subsidiary of 6052a540d7 the DK Group, the fed4875493 atmosphere in the house c7bddbe1d4 was as cheerful as dd2e6d3de1 ever.5f99c9db31632cb6

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“Father, happy birthday.”1a15b14a23160da9

“Grandfather, happy birthday.”363aaa3f9fb813a4

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Voices of 1eeeb5f831 birthday congratulations e4ee0354c5 for Chairman 0443b217e7 Kwon Young-jin 4649275582 filled the f0db6d45f0 room. Of course, Kwon 7243b77322 Gu-yong, Jiseop’s father, c6aeb1cba8 was not in 301b70c456 attendance.2ad65d96f4dc3448

Given the adf96b0bcd circumstances, even 97458149ed if someone 49178957e3 were to 7c31e653ef visit the ff714febe0 chairman to c86139a795 apologize and 714b8f7838 show courage ad84bdeea6 to recover, 77fc251c1c it would af5e20faaa not be 6bf054bc2d surprising. However, Kwon e838533f26 Gu-yong hid 7a4a67cceb behind his ed37f76028 shame.e268bb0831ff08b6

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As a dade0549fd result, the 05165a6049 responsibility for 3b42e33d93 the poor c3e0e9868c sales of 27834c0d21 the DK 7d4b46b8ff smartphone due f5d2325e46 to the 748f23b2b9 Hee-won scandal 4a8bb705d3 fell entirely d52e08b13c on Jiseop’s 75b82ace5a shoulders.d5c5f2ddf03ad6cf

“Grandfather, happy birthday. May you stay 31b7a673f5 healthy and lead 06cca7e157 the group for cf15c0cac8 many more years.”257e29fbb54d4a14

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Jiseop made fc43dcaecf a concerted c32ce9b2c4 effort to bb7dbfaf1e hide his 3ee097a9da dark expression d35a01e557 as he e34cf30f16 respectfully greeted 8887a7cf9d Chairman Kwon d9fa16ca55 Young-jin.069c06d02c0c8fa1

“Thank you, Jiseop. I’m glad you 0989f03769 came to wish 1e5ae9f7df me well. I should live a7728d30d2 long enough to 95d0e6c7e4 see my great-grandchildren 8bbcaca64d before I pass.”825917b49e0fb113

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“Please refrain from e9736cb247 saying such things a002354623 on a good 7e7218f446 day. You’ll live 5515804cab to see 0dce9a317d your great-grandchildren 0a8efc6bb7 and even f2638d5786 great-great-grandchildren.”b19d925b6163c49c

Chairman Kwon Young-jin did 2a0c269062 not mention the failed 92bce7d556 DK smartphone promotion at 9412383266 all.db744ed2279e6308

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Jiseop, though not 8068b18c7b showing it outwardly, c298e28817 was aware that 968849aafc his grandfather would 5dc4dd7039 not simply let 8b03ba328d this slide and 6fff11780d remained tense.a955c0a67a1b7f1d

As the string quartet 3066f51753 began to play, dinner 686e060f8f was served. The more 0d08fc4f12 than fifty a17d419fb5 members of 34481e79cf Chairman Kwon 6034785acb Young-jin’s family d3abc5398e sat down 683b3a6284 at their a8da8c7464 assigned tables 9f6b6b62bc and began fb1db25347 their meal.0360344565d86d8f

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Jiseop, who enjoyed the favor of Chairman Kwon Young-jin, headed towards his grandfather’s table as he always did.0e5680011b599f64

However, no matter which direction he looked, he couldn’t find the place with his nameplate.2f21c3cb1ec04646

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“…….”8927cc12e9555587

For a 252910dc38 moment, a 177c86c7c4 bad feeling e0f39a42ca crossed his 953a951a7b mind, and 86a5dd9ce4 while he 0c8ed6dbda stood still, 893aed8899 Butler Kim, c3d18b990d who had 2f359d1961 served Chairman 382b468ea9 Kwon for 64430325ba a long d359153db7 time at f29db89530 the family 56e2edd783 home in dc57e7bd11 Seongbuk-dong, appeared fb51fa1f9d in front 8479a49fb1 of Jiseop.216b4f558998bd45

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“Executive Director, hello. Your seat is over there.”2a978f9553f0cd04

For a brief 995783bd9e moment, Jiseop’s brow 9581e727ad furrowed slightly.adcf74cb0f8e122e

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His seat was not 043c9a6387 beside his grandfather, where b6bd688e3b he always sat. It was at a 21b0442d86 very distant table, almost 2bab9064d4 impossible for him to 188c441cd0 even make eye contact 51d992a4e3 with Chairman Kwon.ba430fc2ebdcf38e

The fact that Jiseop’s seat had been pushed to a corner meant that even Chairman Kwon’s trust in him had been gone.d804f6a844c430c1

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Jiseop, pretending to 65d7cd10aa be calm and fa074b9dd7 emotionless, headed toward 30d3bedf9e the corner table 5021ce2fcd that Butler Kim d7c529c978 had pointed out.4c67c991640852bf

At that table, only 601ad92d12 relatives excluded from the 27b4586356 management rights were seated.edf5018bbbd2d32f

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People excluded b53753c222 from the 021d736b0f shareholder struggle.40cbdeaba0e83105

Though DK’s 6eb7ed7530 blood ran 0138258a50 through them, afc0a76f47 they were 67227e446c incompetent relatives f1641c9749 with no 8988d3e2a7 desire for 9a71e648b2 the group, 733c78c25a not even 8d1587dad4 a trace 3f80da9202 of ambition, 454b8f8b9f and no 62f10508e5 connection to 40d1668efe the company.de142a9dfe12a037

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In-laws, distant bbd6d8b456 cousins, and f89f159c63 people whose 450ef2e977 names and 03b2e17e74 faces Jiseop 4bd796f81c didn’t even bbb32d5c69 know.97a32db4ab2c7803

The fact d7b5931e05 that Jiseop 552fa47429 was seated 21df59ad3c among them e71cec958e was unbearably c7c4e8b6ac humiliating.f6e21dc64ba374dc

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Chairman Kwon didn’t even 0cd994e553 glance in the direction f9552be9dd of the table where 07be4901e5 Jiseop sat.a328cb9184b15a4a

The only people 00cbe3b978 who looked at c5ab93ce4b Jiseop with a bd9b9e32b6 smirk were his 26fb088e56 cousins sitting at b75b8b35cb the main table.42c46bd04fa0a226

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“Now, let us toast to celebrate Father’s birthday!”fe39b65e9e68d0c3

Standing up with 18543e0898 a champagne glass, cc1b02151f Kwon Sam-yong, the 8503962056 eldest son of 84bacf14ea Chairman Kwon Young-jin, 39991c9d4c smiled and spoke.c9a807ed94d22f24

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The violin quartet 304785b06c stopped playing, and aa039b8cdb everyone turned their c63878cc80 attention to Kwon 819852a3dc Sam-yong.4e7d822b48e87420

“How can we ever express the efforts of our father, who built DK to what it is today? Father, may you live long and prosper!”0cd8a05d326d569a

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The family a13b6ae712 raised their c5a0143832 champagne glasses.c8b5bce7e8764cd7

Kwon Min-jae, the 2e5bcefa3e cousin and a 6109c51ef4 prominent candidate to 5aa9cadcae become the next 775fbdba20 head of the 85925feeac group, smiled and ed26374cf1 locked eyes with c1a93b1549 Jiseop.4d60915dc0a7efe1

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Kwon Min-jae had been 24df51c479 Jiseop’s biggest rival, but ce29f3e604 now, that was all 555ed31c3f in the past.ba46040a9b65289b

Now, Jiseop’s position dc526ef8fe with DK Electronics 118753c367 has become uncertain. Even if d7d3e845e6 he were 313ba1449b to be d4e37abc8f moved to a251166504 another subsidiary 3b3817a2c2 tomorrow, he dd710d78b9 wouldn’t have be830a46dd any excuse b74b63574a to offer.d514ab673ee9d237

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Jiseop swallowed c5aea86a2e the bitter 9be3cb6b94 defeat.3c6ec3289c61deac

His life, b7ccb5713b which he c43770e32a had worked 89d8da371e hard for, 17d4d1fd73 collapsed overnight 102e8cbceb because of e82b4d20af Lee Hee-won.f7767f70e42cc03d

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That night, Jiseop couldn’t sleep a wink.b6d4732ed649a022

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Although Jiseop was 99c0785fa3 the first son 152c4dac6e of Kwon Gu-yong, 607a631109 Chairman Kwon Young-jin’s 371d3a6d4d troublesome youngest son, 283384690a he had been 4cb6cb11a1 confident that he ef3b44f7e5 could beat his 89d746acb1 cousin, Kwon Min-jae, 9db77a2499 with his abilities.5960080211fee126

But in 42366b19a6 the end, cc76d0b80f his father 7a97d37ef8 had caught 0fee1f554f him by 17d47845f2 the ankle.319a9413eb08e101

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If DK Entertainment completely and utterly failed, Jiseop might fall out of Chairman Kwon’s favor. Furthermore, it was over something that had nothing to do with him.e6d5b093fb8a5b20

According to Jiseop’s cold judgment, Lee Hee-won was not suitable as the model for DK Electronics’ mobile phone advertisements.7eeea52f220ccc71

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Of course, e38e0684fb Lee Hee-won’s 49a6c23c01 star power ea5d62374c was well 2dda9bb831 known, but 1804b36fda she had ec35aff441 a tendency 499910e6f0 to make 8aeb8c191a too many 6e9e542460 slip-ups.aecddb3704e463d0

The more that a76c7c4e5d happened, the more d4add80e55 she should have c30a294dd4 maintained her mysterious 00b2798f23 image. However, the paparazzi 338e7bcb81 wouldn’t leave her 8b234a589f alone.2c0a1dcfb3db4b56

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If Lee Hee-won c9fdc9e281 ever used a 38b83e2619 disposable cup on 2050cf2cc9 set, even for 2f7dd077f5 just one day, a2b2e645a9 the world exaggerated ff30fc3641 it. They wrote articles as 6cd9cf043b if she were the a554207d11 main culprit in making c6e65aeb24 the whole planet into e6f1002aa3 trash, and the world 6aa4918739 criticized her.b42d76247dcd21d5

“Phew……”2a68deb666709dd3

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But what could he 976ad98fea do?2b0bfae25f1e206c

The milk had already fbe2fb14e9 spilled.d1d8021caef12a99

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They say there’s no point crying over spilled milk, but Jiseop couldn’t forget the words his father had said a few days ago.7a090cbe5048bdee

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‘Even if Hee-won denies a2d50c9c0b dating the host, no e350d186ea one will believe it. But what if she 74d92bf63c issues a rebuttal saying 39ebf8fcc3 she’s dating the grandson aa50137f98 of Chairman Kwon Young-jin 3587534d3b of DK Group? The public might believe 2317057882 that, right? Saying she’s dating you c10374fb8b sounds more plausible than 558cdac28c her dating the host.’678818e2150ba674