Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 3 Episode 132
44. Pass (2)
Sanghyun headed straight to the makeup room.
“Hello~”
“Wow. Almond. “You look much better in person~”
Two makeup staff were waiting.
“I’ll go in quickly!”
They started work right away as time was running out.
Something soft and fluffy moved back and forth across my face, and before I knew it, my hair was all tied up.
This is something I always feel when I come to a photo shoot, but from the perspective of the person being affected(?), everything goes by in a hectic way.
This happens because there is only one person who needs to be filmed, but there are multiple people waiting and preparing for this person.
“sister. “I’ll start doing my hair.”
“Uh uh. “You can do it now.”
Now one of the two makeup artists starts touching the hair.
“Almond~”
That’s not all.
Meanwhile, another person approaches and holds out a tablet.
“Almond. hello. I am the writer in charge. You probably checked the storyboard. Is there something that has changed a bit on set in the meantime? “Do you mind if I hear an explanation?”
It seemed like he was probably one of the planning staff.
There was nothing unusual about the storyboard changing on site almost every time.
Sanghyun nodded and asked to see it.
“Oh! “You must not bow your head.”
The person in charge of the maker business immediately grabbed my face and straightened my nod, and the staff member next to me started explaining in a cheerful voice in my ear.
Sanghyun had to listen to the explanation as if he was being tortured, with both his cheeks held in his mouth.
“This part was moved here…”
In fact, even if you hear it here, it will be corrected when it is pointed out by the director again at the filming site. For now, he just pretends to listen.
“…the changes end here.”
The staff member only said thank you and then quickly disappeared back into the filming studio.
When I look in the mirror, my makeup and hair seem to have adjusted to some extent.
‘I’m starting to get used to it now.’
I remember how awkward I looked the first time I put on makeup.
Compared to that, today feels quite natural.
It’s probably not due to differences in the makeup artists’ skills.
This is because Sanghyun is now quite used to this kind of thing.
“Is there anywhere else you would like to do it? Hair or eyebrows or something. “Please speak comfortably.”
It was a question that was always asked.
Sanghyun always answered this question by saying it was okay.
For some reason, his finger goes up somewhere.
“Ah… just this part…”
He points to the hair parting line and asks if it would be okay to flip the bangs.
“ah. “I’ll take a look.”
It wasn’t that I really didn’t like my hair. It wasn’t like I had celebrity disease.
It was a completely different reason.
Sanghyun glances at the wall clock.
It was because of time.
‘Let’s just wait another 10 minutes.’
There were about 20 minutes left until Joo-hyuk requested.
He quickly sends a message while the hair person goes to get some tools.
[Sanghyeon: It ended much faster than I thought. It lasts for about 10 more minutes.]
* * *
It was a hall near the elevator in a typical office building outside the studio.
Jiing.
Joo-hyuk’s cell phone vibrated in his pocket.
But he didn’t look.
Instead, he was looking at the people standing in front of him. There are two men trying to enter the studio.
Both were wearing casual suits and carrying only a small bag in their hands that could fit a thin laptop or something.
The employee ID cards hanging around their necks say ‘strongest planning’.
Among them, the person whose name is written as ‘Lee Kyung-ho’ asks.
“yes. “I’m Kyung-ho Lee, but… what’s going on?”
He looks at Joo-hyuk and asks.
Because Joo-hyuk was standing at the entrance and I pointed him out and called him out.
“I’m from the legal team. “Please come with me for a moment.”
At the mention of the legal team, Lee Kyung-ho glanced at Joo-hyuk.
Tall, wide shoulders, neat hair, black and dull suit and briefcase, like a funeral home.
Those eyes that somehow give off a cold chill.
Something is ominous.
“I have to go in right away, right? “Please come next time.”
“I’m doing my makeup inside. It still takes more time. “Let’s go together.”
Do you even know what’s going on inside?
Lee Kyung-ho sensed that this was not a normal situation.
“Due to the nature of the work, it is difficult to take time off from filming. “Please come next time.”
He took a slightly stronger tone and walked away, using work as an excuse. I tried to walk past Joo-hyuk.
chin.
It was blocked by Joo Hyuk’s arm.
“I’m sorry for suddenly appearing due to the nature of our work. I can’t help it. Let’s go.”
gulp.
Dry saliva passes by.
Lee Kyung-ho was not the only one who felt a strange atmosphere. The same goes for his colleagues. He is looking at the two people alternately, like a startled rat.
As if trying to decide which side to take.
“Well… then Mr. Kyungho. Come see me after work. It’s okay in the beginning anyway, right? Haha….”
He almost ran away and entered the studio.
“Oh no. excuse me…!”
Lee Kyung-ho’s anxious cries were already blocked by the studio door.
Tongue.
Kyung-ho Lee now looked at Joo-hyuk again and spoke as if asking for a favor.
“hey. I have to go in too. “Is this also our company’s business?”
“I know it’s not something you two can do anyway.”
“yes?”
“One person is enough, right?”
Planning work actually ends at the desk.
What we do on site is filming. So, it’s the filming team’s job.
The reason the planning team came was simply to monitor whether on-site modifications were too far from the initial plan.
The reason two people come is because it is not easy to persuade many people with just one person, not because there is a shortage of workers.
Joo Hyuk already knew all that during the last filming.
“You just review and confirm on site, right? “Our team is already saying a lot about this system, saying that internal funds are leaking.”
what? Is there a lot of talk about money leaking out?
This is not something the legal team would talk about, but the audit team, right?
Kyung-ho Lee felt goosebumps running down his back for a moment.
“Seeing as my colleague went in right away, it seems like what I heard was true. How many office workers are willing to do the work that two people should do alone? “I can do it alone, so let’s go in.”
Lee Kyung-ho had nothing to say in response to Joo-hyuk’s cynical analysis.
It’s already not enough to focus on barely holding on to the fact that my legs are about to give out.
‘It worked.’
Joo-hyuk chuckled to himself and placed his hand on his shoulder.
“Let’s go together for now.”
Almost forcefully, I turned his body and pushed him out of the studio hallway.
“By the way, what’s going on… No, hey. I’ll go. I am…!”
* * *
Joo-hyuk sits down at a quiet cafe in the building. First, I observed Lee Kyung-ho in silence.
Then, out of habit, he adjusted his glasses, but his hand waved in the air.
‘ah. It’s a lens.’
Because I wore contact lenses today.
You need to be careful of these habits.
If the other person is very observant, they will notice that you usually wear glasses.
‘Luckily I didn’t recognize him. Actually, I couldn’t tell by the face, but I must have been shocked.’
I was wondering if you would remember my face because I had met him on set once before.
There must be hundreds of filming locations this person goes to. Of course I couldn’t remember.
Moreover, on set at the time, Joo Hyuk was a typical manager wearing a hat and a comfortable hoodie.
Now he’s wearing a black suit with his hair up and doesn’t even have glasses, so it’ll be hard to recognize him.
‘There’s no need to find out if you’ve come this far.’
There was also a plan for when his identity was discovered. I think Joo-hyuk might be more comfortable that way if he brought it this far.
widely.
“You came out.”
The clerk brings coffee.
For a cafe, the service is pretty friendly. This is because Joo Hyuk requested it separately.
“under?”
Kyung-ho Lee looks at this and laughs as if he is dumbfounded.
“no. “Are you doing this because you’re afraid I might run away?”
To be honest, Joo-hyuk thought it was too much to be careful about the time to go get coffee. Still, there is no solution.
Because Joo-hyuk has one chance.
“yes. There have actually been times when that happened. And it would be nice if you could bring me something. “It’s comfortable.”
Lee Kyung-ho’s eyes trembled.
‘You’re not even trying to hide that you’re part of the audit team anymore, are you?’
“Don’t be too nervous.”
They are convinced that the other party is from the audit team.
“Don’t be too nervous.”
Joo-hyuk sipped coffee, happily observing his emotions fluctuating.
Seup.
The opponent is now very confused.
When you are embarrassed, your perspective narrows and your awareness of the outside world decreases.
So it’s safe now.
However, once things calm down to a certain extent, things change.
‘You’ll soon get suspicious.’
If you think about it carefully, there were many factors that made it clear that Joo Hyuk was not from the audit team.
First of all, there are usually two or more audit teams. In fact, not only in the audit team, but in almost all cases where the company dispatches more than one person.
This is especially true for the audit team. Even audit teams monitor each other.
Kyung-ho Lee has a lot of experience in corporate life, so he will be able to quickly sense this sense of incongruity.
‘But right now, all I can think about is what excuse I’m going to make.’
It’s just that right now all his brain power is focused on solving other problems.
Once that’s resolved, you’ll start to see what’s going on around you.
Before that, we need to ask more questions.
“Mr. Lee Kyung-ho. “I think you know why I came?”
“….”
Lee Kyung-ho didn’t know what to say and stayed silent, perhaps because he didn’t know he was going to say something like this.
“I’d like to skip the explanation. But since this is a procedure, I will tell you.”
Joo Hyuk placed a document.
It is a business certificate.
“He’s a businessman. Popular culture and arts planning business? It’s an interesting two-job. In addition, did you develop it into a corporation?”
Okay.
Documents for the corporation even appeared.
“why. Did you think it would be considered separate once it became a corporation? However, there is ample evidence that this corporation developed from Lee Kyung-ho’s personal business. Also represent. “Please explain.”
Lee Kyung-ho would have expected this as well.
Let’s see what it says.
“I made this while trying to run a business in the past. I folded it without making any profit and now I’m in debt. Is this a two-job? “There has to be some kind of profit to do it.”
“ah. That’s right. Then let’s say it’s not a two-job job.”
“?”
Lee Kyung-ho looked dumbfounded.
“Then what’s the problem?”
“You worked at another company and joined our company as an experienced employee. Is that correct?”
“…yes.”
“The job change period was shorter than I thought.”
“It was a long time for me… If you have that level of experience, it doesn’t normally take that long.”
“For some people, even five minutes is a long time. That’s not what we’re talking about, right? Mr. Lee Kyung-ho.”
“….”
“You tried to start a business while you were changing jobs and decided to fail, right? The time it takes to make such a big decision is rather short. “It’s only three months.”
This actually had nothing to do with Jia.
If this was truly the strongest plan, what would you think? It is a suspicion that starts from the assumption that
If there was a real audit, what would you have suspected?
What is the biggest damage to the company?
From here, suspicion develops.
“Maybe my judgment was a little quick. Does that matter?”
“Chief Lee. “He was also a manager at his previous company.”
“Yes….”
“If you are a manager, it is a fairly high rank that even the union classifies as management. How long did it take Manager Lee to become manager?”
“Why is that important? “I don’t remember either.”
“ah. Fortunately, I remember.”
Joo-hyuk smiled brightly and spoke as if he were taking medicine. It actually worked quite well. Lee Kyung-ho’s expression was very worth seeing from this point on.
“It’s been 5 years since I joined the company. He was a manager in his 5th year. “It’s a rapid promotion, isn’t it?”
“It’s not a big company like this, so only job titles and business cards change quickly.”
“You have to have an average of 8 years of experience at that company to become a manager, right? “I heard that not only did the name change, but the salary actually increased steeply.”
I heard it from Jia, who was right next to me at the company, so the details of the information were extraordinary.
Lee Kyung-ho had no choice but to doubt that Joo-hyuk came out of gratitude.
“no! But what does this have to do with anything? ──”
─Thump.
Joo-hyuk hit the table with his papers to cut off his words.
“Why did you leave that company?”
“…!”
Kyung-ho Lee stopped talking as if he was surprised.
“Why did you leave the company that recognized you so much and gave you a high salary? “You negotiated your salary until the last minute.”
gulp.
Kyungho Lee swallowed dry saliva.
The flow of this is somehow strange.
“After leaving there, he even established a corporation. Then suddenly you joined Choegang Planning. Do you know what pattern this is?”
“…What kind of pattern is it?”
Joo-hyuk knows that Lee Kyung-ho did not create the business with such malicious intent.
Therefore, from Lee Kyung-ho’s perspective, this suspicion would be absurd. Because you couldn’t have imagined it.
‘But it’s something a company would be suspicious of.’
This is something any company would think about.
Kyung-ho Lee didn’t even have a proper excuse for this. He would have never thought about it this way.
Your head will hurt a bit.
“You’re an industrial spy.”
Lee Kyung-ho jumped out of his chair as if he had been struck by lightning.
“yes!?”