Descent of The Demon Master [EN]: Chapter 1328

“……What happened?”

Choi Yeon-ha looked at Han Eun-sol with slightly unfocused eyes.

“Eun-sol.”

“Yes?”

“What did you eat to grow up with such good luck?”

“What are you talking about all of a sudden, sis?”

“I’m just jealous, so jealous.”

Han Eun-sol tilted her head.

‘What’s with this atmosphere?’

The people who went to eat and came back look very strange.

Choi Yeon-ha looked half-dazed, and Lee Hyun-soo was sweating profusely, looking as if he had just returned from a battlefield.

The only one who looked normal was Kang Jin-ho, but that guy is always like that anyway.

“What’s that?”

“They said it’s a gift?”

“A gift? Who did you meet?”

Choi Yeon-ha sighed and looked at Han Eun-sol.

‘I should have dragged her along, even if I had to force her.’

While others were suffering, she was comfortably lying in the hotel room, and the thought of it made her angry.

“Who did we meet?”

“Yes.”

“I don’t really know either.”

“Yes?”

Han Eun-sol looked at Choi Yeon-ha, dumbfounded. But Choi Yeon-ha couldn’t find another answer. Because she really didn’t know.

“Anyway, um….”

Choi Yeon-ha sighed deeply and then spoke.

“It seems like that appearance issue will be resolved.”

“Yes?”

“I don’t know how to explain it, but it seems like it will be resolved. They said they would make it possible to sign all the contracts we want?”

Han Eun-sol smiled brightly.

“Sis, are you on drugs?”

“You little brat!”

“You’re saying something that doesn’t make sense!”

“That’s right. It doesn’t make sense.”

Choi Yeon-ha readily admitted it and sat on the sofa, which surprised Han Eun-sol, who looked at Choi Yeon-ha.

‘Really?’

She knew Choi Yeon-ha. This was definitely not a joke.

But she couldn’t believe it either.

In the first place, the Korean Wave ban was a national policy. It wasn’t a policy that a few people could oppose. It was difficult to oppose a policy led by the state even in Korea, so how much more difficult would it be in China?

Moreover, judging from what those damn CNTV [China National Television] guys were saying, a high-ranking official was specifically targeting Choi Yeon-ha. So how could they possibly overturn that?

Han Eun-sol wasn’t lying down for no reason.

“……Sis, please explain in detail.”

“I don’t know the situation in detail, so I can’t explain it.”

“No, what is this….”

At that moment, Lee Hyun-soo, who had slumped onto the sofa, opened his mouth.

“It’s exactly as she said.”

“Yes?”

“They wouldn’t break their own word. Their pride is bigger than the continent.”

Lee Hyun-soo smiled bitterly.

He didn’t trust what came out of Chai Ke-chang’s mouth. That guy was capable of reversing his words without a second thought. But these words came from the Hong King, not Chai Ke-chang.

Lee Hyun-soo was always suspicious, but he couldn’t imagine the Hong King’s words being reversed. The Hong King was an enemy, but he was someone he couldn’t help but trust.

“No, don’t just keep it to yourselves, explain it!”

“Aish!”

Choi Yeon-ha started explaining, annoyed.

“……Who is that person?”

“I don’t know. Ask him.”

Han Eun-sol’s gaze shifted slightly towards Kang Jin-ho. But soon, she realized that it was impossible to get a proper answer from Kang Jin-ho, and her gaze fixed on Lee Hyun-soo.

“That is….”

Lee Hyun-soo seemed about to say something, then sighed deeply.

“It’s hard to explain. Just think of him as a hidden power broker.”

“A hidden power broker?”

“Yeah.”

Han Eun-sol looked like she didn’t understand at all.

Is that even possible in this day and age?

Well, it’s China. After experiencing the past few days, nothing that happens in China is surprising.

“So, does that mean it’s all really going to happen?”

“I guess so?”

“……Wow, what is going on? I dreamed of a pig yesterday.”

“Didn’t a dog appear?”

“Come to think of it, I think it did.”

She was joking around, but this was a really big deal. They had come to China with great enthusiasm, but realistically, the number of contracts they had a high chance of securing was no more than two.

But they could sign all of the nearly ten contracts?

‘No, no.’

The schedules wouldn’t match. And Choi Yeon-ha’s body wouldn’t be able to handle it.

So, the maximum number of contracts they could handle simultaneously was about five.

‘Among them, I need to choose the best and most profitable contracts, and the ones that can improve our image in the long term.’

She didn’t know how the situation was unfolding, but Han Eun-sol didn’t need to think about such things. Those were things that the higher-ups (?) here should worry about. Han Eun-sol just needed to take care of her own work.

“Let’s film all the CFs [Commercial Films] first.”

“The problem is the dramas and movies, but honestly, I think the drama is better.”

“Eun-sol, calm down.”

“No, I’m serious. Sis, we need to finalize this quickly. Who knows when they’ll contact us!”

“Ugh.”

Choi Yeon-ha held her head and lay down on the sofa.

‘I’m so out of it.’

It felt like she had a dream.

From the time she entered the restaurant with Chai Ke-chang’s guidance until she returned to the hotel, she felt a sense of alienation, as if she had been to another world.

‘So this is the world Kang Jin-ho lives in.’

A different world from the one she lived in.

They shared the same time and space, but it was a world that was subtly out of sync. It felt like she had briefly stepped into that world.

Choi Yeon-ha looked at Kang Jin-ho with a slightly sulky expression.

‘Anyway.’

It wasn’t like Kang Jin-ho had done anything wrong. But every time she felt that there was a part of Kang Jin-ho that she could never understand, she felt a subtle sense of disappointment.

“Let’s just wait and see. It might just be empty words….”

That’s when it happened.

Bzzzzzz!

Han Eun-sol’s phone started ringing. Han Eun-sol quickly picked up the phone and checked the caller ID.

“Uh… uh?”

Han Eun-sol exclaimed and answered the phone.

“Yes, this is Han Eun-sol.”

She answered hesitantly in Chinese, and a hurried voice came from the other end.

“Ah, wait, wait a minute. If you speak so fast, it’s hard for me to understand. Please slow down a little… Ah! Ah, yes! That’s right. Yes.”

Han Eun-sol’s face flushed red.

“Yes, yes. Ah… so suddenly…. Would two days later be okay? To be there tomorrow morning… Yes? You’re coming here? Ah, then it’s possible. Yes.”

Han Eun-sol held the phone between her ear and shoulder and made a camera shape with both hands. It meant that she had received a call from the CF company.

“Yes. Then I’ll see you at 10 o’clock. Yes. Ah, of course. Yes… Ah, just a moment. I have another call coming in… I’ll call you back soon. Just a moment….”

Han Eun-sol quickly pressed the call button.

“Yes. This is Han Eun-sol, the manager of MK Entertainment. Yes. Ah… didn’t we decide not to proceed with the contract? Yes? The situation has changed? Ah….”

Han Eun-sol’s lips curled up more and more.

“Well, I think it’s better to discuss it slowly….”

Lee Hyun-soo glanced away, watching Han Eun-sol on the phone. Lee Hyun-soo, who made eye contact with Kang Jin-ho, smiled bitterly.

“I didn’t know Chai Ke-chang was so impatient.”

“It’s not that Chai Ke-chang is impatient.”

“Yes?”

“The order from the Hong King must have been passed down to the lower ranks.”

Lee Hyun-soo slowly nodded.

Indeed.

How often would the Hong King issue such an order?

Perhaps those who were in charge of this entire situation had never received a direct order from the Hong King in their entire lives.

Those who received the Hong King’s order must have been shocked and lost their minds.

They must have contacted the companies with that feeling. With the force of threatening to cut off their heads if they didn’t resolve it immediately.

That’s why the phone was ringing off the hook in the middle of the night.

“Ah, well… but it’s not really good for us to redo a contract that was already canceled… Yes? Double? Ah… Ah, of course, money is good. Money is good, but… even if it’s double, there’s that thing. Our actor is a bit sensitive, so once he’s upset… Yes? Triple?”

Lee Hyun-soo looked at Han Eun-sol with a slightly disgusted look.

‘That bastard is going to be big.’

In the meantime, she was sitting on the chair, legs crossed, leaning back, and talking on the phone. If she had a cigarette in her hand, the picture would be perfect.

“Geez.”

He chuckled.

He could fully understand her feelings. She had been working hard for days and had been treated badly, but the situation had suddenly reversed, so what could he say about her feelings?

She must feel like she’s flying in the sky.

“Yes. Then I’ll call you back tomorrow. No, no. I’m not saying we’ll meet tomorrow, I’m saying I’ll call you tomorrow. I have other meetings scheduled for tomorrow, so I don’t have time. Yes, yes.”

You don’t have any meetings, you brat.

That kid only learned the bad things!

“Yes? Other companies? Haha, it’s a bit difficult for me to tell you that. Anyway, our actor doesn’t have multiple bodies, so we can’t do all the contracts that come in. I’m only telling you this, but we need to look at the conditions and choose appropriately. Ah, of course, we have to give preferential treatment to the team leader.”

Before she could even hang up, a new call came in. Han Eun-sol’s back was bent to the point of breaking after receiving several calls in a row.

“Yes. Then I’ll hang up.”

Click.

Han Eun-sol, who hung up the phone, turned on her notepad and quickly organized her schedule. When she finished organizing, she threw her phone on the table.

Thump!

Then she got up from her seat and looked at Lee Hyun-soo with teary eyes.

Lee Hyun-soo chuckled.

“It’s okay. It’s nothing.”

She must feel like she’s flying, but it was not his style to say cheesy things like ‘thank you’ between men.

But Han Eun-sol seemed like she couldn’t just let this go, and she quickly approached Lee Hyun-soo.

“You can just buy me a meal next time. I said we should help each other…”

“Just a moment.”

“……Huh?”

Han Eun-sol pushed Lee Hyun-soo aside as if he was in the way.

Then, she quickly ran to Kang Jin-ho and bowed deeply.

“Chairman, I will serve you for the rest of my life!”

“Huh?”

“With this, our entertainment company can aim for a rapid increase in sales. I will never disappoint you. Thank you, Chairman!”

“Uh… uh, okay.”

“Hehe, but….”

“Huh?”

Han Eun-sol rubbed her hands together with a business smile.

“But, about this contract….”

“Huh?”

“Could we replace the minor contracts that sis can’t do with our agency’s actors?”

“If we just get this! Just this, we can really spread our wings! As you know, our actors are amazing! So, could you just make one phone call?”

Lee Hyun-soo shook his head. That bastard.

He’s really going to be big. Really.