The Crazy Mercenary Commander Goes to Work in the Entertainment Industry

Translator: Dreamscribe

Saturday morning, the 14th, one day after the attack on Moon Ji-a. From the crack of dawn, the whole entertainment industry had a restless buzz to it. The various agencies, of course.

"You heard Moon Ji-a almost got into some serious trouble yesterday, right?"

"Moon Ji-a? Why??"

"It's been chaos since last night and you don't know? Some crazy bastard swung a knife around and Moon Ji-a nearly got done in."

"A, a knife?! Ha, she barely stepped into the Free Agency market before nearly meeting her end!!"

"Maybe it warded off worse luck. Speaking of the Free Agency market, though, doesn't seem like Moon Ji-a's going to renew with AC Enter. Wonder where she'll go??"

"She'll go straight for one of the giants, obviously. Goes without saying."

Various production companies, broadcasters, and so on.

"PD-nim! Did you see the Moon Ji-a footage??"

"Of course I saw it. She really came close to disaster."

"Totally! The crazy bastard who swung the knife, they say he's Moon Ji-a's sasaeng fan!"

"A sasaeng? Tsk tsk, his life's over."

Naturally, it was all because of the attack on top actress Moon Ji-a that had unfolded the day before. The funny thing was that as much as Moon Ji-a herself was the talk, the story of the masked Kang Jae-ha was spreading just as fast.

"But who's that guy?? Showed up at the perfect moment and saved Moon Ji-a just like that? They say he's her manager?"

"Who knows? Could be her manager. No info on him right now, but either way, if it weren't for that guy, Moon Ji-a's acting career would've been finished."

"Her acting career, is that the issue? A little slip and she'd have really been a goner. He saved her from that. Anyway, wow, it's like a movie, a real movie. Looking closer, maybe he isn't a manager. He's a little too good-looking for a manager, isn't he?"

"Right?? Some newcomer actor who attended the event? The way he threw that sasaeng bastard over his shoulder, that's not a beginner's move."

It was the attack on none other than that Moon Ji-a. The whole industry being in an uproar was only natural, and right now every news outlet was covering the Moon Ji-a incident too.

《[Star Issue] Top Actress Moon Ji-a Attacked by Assailant at Event Venue》

《[Breaking] Moon Ji-a Attacked by Sasaeng Fan》

《The Moment Top Actress Moon Ji-a Is Attacked/ Photo》

《Moon Ji-a Assaulted by Sasaeng Fan on Event Venue's Makeshift Red Carpet, Scene Photos Reveal... Terrifying》

Moon Ji-a-related news was being updated by the second, with fresh articles scattered everywhere. It was no wonder. Moon Ji-a's assault was an enormous subject in itself, and yesterday's scene had held hundreds upon hundreds of reporters and onlookers.

Photos and videos were overflowing.

Perhaps thanks to that, the sight of the masked Kang Jae-ha likewise rode the wave into a hot topic.

《Who Is the Man Who Saved the Attacked Moon Ji-a?/ Photo》

《Unidentified Man Easily Subdues Sasaeng Fan Who Tried to Attack Moon Ji-a/ Photo》

《Watching the Footage of the Moon Ji-a Attack... Just Like a Scene From a Movie!》

《Who Is the Unidentified Man Who Subdued the Sasaeng Fan, a Manager? A Bodyguard?》

This situation held from morning into the afternoon. No, as time passed it blazed hotter and hotter. It wasn't just the articles. On every SNS platform and community board, the photos and videos had already spread far and wide. That meant countless members of the public had seen either the footage of Moon Ji-a's assault or the footage of Kang Jae-ha in action.

-Fuck, how is this real life and not a movie????

-Wow........even I feel my heart racing

-Seriously Moon Ji-a almost got screwed;;;

-If I were Moon Ji-a I'd get PTSD for sure

-Fuck, a sasaeng every damn year, bastard deserves to die

Public opinion churned. It was the same no matter where one looked. There was talk of Moon Ji-a, but mentions of Kang Jae-ha were steadily increasing. It was the same over on YuTube. Long-form or short-form, the videos were being uploaded fast, and their view counts had long since crossed from hundreds of thousands into millions.

-!LEGEND! The Ridiculously Cool Hero Who Stopped the Attack on Top Actress Moon Ji-a!!｜Big Big Issue TV

-3,344,991 views

This atmosphere held all day. Then YuTubers and internet broadcasters started mentioning the incident too.

"Ah, is this the video? Whoa! But seriously, what is this, a movie??"

They added fuel to the topic. The next day, Sunday, the current wasn't much different. And so, over the Saturday and Sunday weekend, the Moon Ji-a attack blew up several times larger.

Once it got to this point.

"PD-nim, should we take a shot at casting the man who saved Moon Ji-a? Feels like the interest is going to stick around for a while."

Places that lived off public attention, variety shows, YuTube, and the like, began taking interest in Kang Jae-ha.

By any measure, Kang Jae-ha had rocketed to instant stardom.

"A casting offer? Sure, sounds good. But have we figured out who the guy even is??"

"No. I've checked every which way and nothing turns up. The one sure thing is the Moon Ji-a side, and they're completely unreachable."

"Some say manager, some say bodyguard."

"I've also seen it said he's a newcomer actor, or just some ordinary passerby."

"Hmm, who the hell is that guy???"

But there was too little information on Jae-ha. Far too little.

Night of the 17th, the 'MEG' conference room.

Kang Jae-ha was visible at the head of the U-shaped table. Sitting there impassively with his legs crossed. His subordinates arrayed around him, however, were anything but impassive. Every one of the gathered subordinates was in quite an agitated state.

"Commander!!! What on earth is this all about!"

Ha Yeon-ji, screaming. Choi Ri-na was at a similar decibel level.

"Commander-nim! Are you all right??!"

Kamijo Yuu, still in Korea, was the same. Go Chun-seok and Ryu Hyuk, evidently worried about Kang Jae-ha, hovered around their Commander. The rest of the subordinates waited for the Commander to explain the whole story.

Their Commander had all of a sudden dealt with the sasaeng of actress Moon Ji-a, so of course they were curious. Except, of course, for Lee Chan-hoo.

"Commander! Was that sasaeng son of a bitch maybe a Mercenary Corps subordinate??"

"No."

To his subordinates, whose curiosity was exploding, Kang Jae-ha's answer was concise.

"It just turned out that way, that's all. And you think I'd get hurt taking down some sasaeng bastard? Everybody sit down, you're giving me a headache."

Ha Yeon-ji let out a sigh of relief, slowly letting her agitation settle as she sat back down in her chair, and the subordinates hovering around Kang Jae-ha did the same. Then Ha Yeon-ji spoke again.

"You've seen it too, Commander, but right now the press and public opinion are all in an uproar over the Moon Ji-a incident. Part of it's because Moon Ji-a is such a top-tier name, but the incident itself was just that shocking."

Kang Jae-ha, switching the direction of his crossed legs, answered as if it were nothing.

"From here on we just leave it be. We take what there is to take. Well, the people who know General Manager Kim Ha-jae are going to be a little surprised."

Yoon Da-yeon, Oh Jong-man, Netflix Korea, and so on, for example. In fact, the people who knew General Manager Kim Ha-jae were making a huge fuss right now upon getting the news.

"This frenzied mood is chaos for now, but give it a month or two and it'll die down."

Ha Yeon-ji, who knew this all too well as a reporter, slowly nodded.

"That's right. Anyway, right now the press and the broadcasters are all frantic looking for you, Commander. Trying to land a single interview, a single casting offer."

Kang Jae-ha grinned and went on.

"Naturally I won't be doing any of that, but it'd be good to squeeze out whatever can be used."

With a smile that hinted at some plan, Jae-ha pointed at Ha Yeon-ji with his index finger.

"Gradually, 'MEG' is going to surge right up to the surface, in the press and in public opinion both. And that's when you, Ha Yeon-ji, are going to get busy."

"Yes, yes, I'm listening."

Kang Jae-ha laid out for Ha Yeon-ji how they'd move from here on.

"You just throw out the Exclusives and Scoops I feed you, one after another. And that'll boost your own standing too. Counting this incident, you've dropped quite a few Scoops and Exclusives now, haven't you?"

In fact, Ha Yeon-ji had thrown out many Scoops under Kang Jae-ha's playmaking. It started with top actor Woo Jeong-cheol, who set off the drug scandal. From then on Ha Yeon-ji had been scattering major Scoops, and her name was already fairly famous in the press industry.

Enough that talk of a promotion to Deputy Editor-in-Chief was circulating at 'Prime Patch'.

Ha Yeon-ji's formidable standing as a reporter was also exactly the picture Kang Jae-ha wanted, and he continued to Ha Yeon-ji, whose eyes had widened slightly.

"Now that you've bulked up as a reporter, start scouting out a news outlet worth buying. You know the acquisition terms without me spelling them out, right?"

It meant that, following the security firm that served as the anchor of their forces, they were going to acquire a news outlet to handle 'MEG's marketing as well.

"Naturally, you, Ha Yeon-ji, take the helm of the outlet. Report to me the moment you've got a list of outlets worth buying."

Ha Yeon-ji, who had been gaping, nodded hurriedly.

"Yes! Commander!! I'll get started right away!"

Her combat power spiked in an instant. The idea of breaking away from 'Prime Patch' and becoming the head of her own independent outlet had lit a fire under Ha Yeon-ji. Of course it was all within the palm of Kang Jae-ha's hand, but Ha Yeon-ji wasn't one to concern herself with that.

Next, Kang Jae-ha turned his head to Lee Chan-hoo, who had been listening in silence.

"Lee Chan-hoo."

"Yes, Commander."

Kang Jae-ha spoke, picturing Moon Ji-a's face.

"Moon Ji-a's going to transfer to MEG Enter soon."

"Ah, Moon Ji-a transferring...... Huh? What??! M, Moon Ji-a to MEG Enter?!"

Lee Chan-hoo's eyes went suddenly wide. And he wasn't the only one. Ha Yeon-ji, who'd been rapidly jotting something in her diary, Cha Chung-hyeon, and everyone else present, every one of the subordinates in the room was startled.

Kang Jae-ha, by contrast, was calm.

"Yeah. MEG Enter is going to land Moon Ji-a. It's not finalized yet, but you can pretty much treat it as done."

"...... Don't tell me you got that out of her when you were talking with Moon Ji-a?"

"That's right. She told me to name what I wanted, so I told her to come to MEG."

Lee Chan-hoo, blanking out for a moment, clicked his tongue inwardly.

'Damn, this really gives me the chills. How many things is that man walking away with from this one incident??'

Subduing a sasaeng fan would've been no problem for the Commander, but that Kang Jae-ha had extracted everything there was to extract in the middle of all that chaos left Lee Chan-hoo appalled.

'Was the whole thing designed from the start? Or did he put it together on his way to Moon Ji-a? Either way, whether it's brute force or brains, the man's a monster, an absolute monster.'

Soon Kang Jae-ha gave a plain instruction.

"Give CEO Park Ja-hee a heads-up too, tell her to have everything ready to take Moon Ji-a in."

The next day, the waiting room of a certain music show.

In a fairly spacious waiting room, women in stage outfits with plenty of exposure were bouncing all over the place. And it wasn't just them; nearly everyone in the waiting room was setting off celebratory fanfare.

Among them was Ra Yoon, whose looks and figure could pass for a doll's.

It was only natural, because the girl group bouncing around right now was none other than 'Seriel'.

The reason Ra Yoon and the 'Seriel' members and staff were popping off celebrations like mad was simple.

"We're seeing it again, again!"

"Seeing it again??!"

"No matter how many times, it tastes just as sweet!"

"True! Even seeing it every year, number one tastes sweet!!"

The moment 'Seriel' made their comeback.

[1(new!)] Nyxtra/ Seriel

[2(↓1)] CCCCCC!/ Purplime

[3(↓1)] Is It Love (Acoustic ver.)/ Dark Melo

[4(↑1)] 0+0=/ 11cm

[5(↓1)] A Yesterday Sadder Than Today/ Rose Garden

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They had swept the number one spot on every domestic music chart. Of course, holding onto it mattered too, and it would take a bit more watching, but at any rate, seizing the top of multiple music charts within days of a comeback was a truly staggering result.

At this same moment, Kang Jae-ha, over in Leon's Team 4, also confirmed that 'Seriel' was sweeping the top of the music charts.

He smiled at once.

Naturally.

'The smell of money is wafting all over the place.'

Because thanks to 'Seriel', money was set to pour in on Choi Ri-na, or rather on Kang Jae-ha. And beyond that, on 'MEG' too. The explosive rise in composer 'Rina's recognition was a bonus.

Just then.

-♬♪

Kang Jae-ha's phone, set beside his laptop, spat out a ringtone. Checking the caller, Jae-ha's smile deepened. Because the one calling was top actress Moon Ji-a.

The moment Kang Jae-ha put the phone to his ear, Moon Ji-a's somewhat composed voice came through from the other end.

"General Manager Kim Ha-jae-nim, I'll be coming over to MEG Enter, so set up a meeting for today. If possible, I'd like to see the contract as well."

Amid the whole country's clamor over the Moon Ji-a attack, another Scoop about her broke two days later.

《[Exclusive] 'Sasaeng Fan Attack' Top Actress Moon Ji-a Leaves AC Enter, Nests Anew at 'MEG Enter'》

'MEG Enter' had climbed onto a raging wave.

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