Behind Every Star (Surviving as a Celebrity Manager / Yeonein Managerro Salanamgi / 연예인 매니저로 살아남기)

BEHIND EVERY STAR

You were super restless in your sleep.

EPISODE 9

I guess I had a bad dream.

-Shall we? -Yes.

Then who else will be on the show with me?

The others on the show…

are a secret.

You'll meet them when you get there.

So you really do things like this. I'm looking forward to it.

Have you watched Earth Arcade ?

Of course, I enjoyed it so much.

It's the hottest program right now.

I never imagined I would get to be a part of season two.

Where's the location?

The location?

That is also

a secret.

You'll find out at the airport anyway.

And what we're going to do there is…

Also a secret.

Actually,

there is one thing you need to do.

What is it?

And that is…

So you go, then go up…

Joo-ryoung, why did he tell you to train for rappelling?

-What will he make you do? -Gosh.

Something like boot camp, probably.

But why do I have to do this with you?

Come on, have you no loyalty? How can I do this alone?

Joo-ryoung, are you really not scared?

Hey, I went bungee jumping very often when I was in the US.

Back then, it was much higher than this…

Joo-ryoung, what's wrong?

Right.

It's nothing.

Jung-don.

You can go first for now.

What?

I'll do it later. Untie me now.

-What's wrong? -Joo-ryoung, what is it?

-I need to make a restroom run. -Restroom.

You went three times already.

-Please make it quick. -Okay.

-I'll be back. -Join me after.

-See you. -Joo-ryoung.

Wait, no.

What?

Prepare for descent!

Good luck.

Descent.

Going down.

Joo-ryoung!

DIRECTOR JANG MYUNG-AEH

Is something going on at work?

No, nothing.

Make sure you go tell him.

If you don't, I'll go over and turn the place upside down.

Okay.

I'll be back.

Goodness.

-Director Ma. -Hey.

My mom is here.

Where?

At my place.

She came yesterday.

I see.

I'm eating lunch with her tomorrow afternoon,

and she asked for you to join if you have time.

I have a previous engagement tomorrow.

I see.

What about the day after?

The day after? Probably a meeting.

If you don't come, she said she'll come to the office.

I'll be there tomorrow. I can push my schedule back.

Okay.

What will happen to Director Jang Myung-aeh now?

Will she really retire like this?

-We'll take the plants to the warehouse. -Yes.

We'll use the elevator, so this way.

-Okay. -Please be careful.

The newbie is tearing the place down.

It's best to stay low and be quiet in times like these.

Gosh.

Has Director Jang contacted you separately?

I took over her line of work.

I needed some files from you, so I sent an email.

Please check those,

and finish it by Monday morning.

Everyone's been working late these days.

We also have tons of work the president asked us to do.

I see.

Then I'll relay your exact words to the president.

No.

I'm just sharing the situation. It's not that I won't do it.

Email me all the files related to Ko Eun-gyul.

Ko Eun-gyul? Why?

Because I need it.

"Because I need it."

Unbelievable.

Look at how she kicked Director Jang out and took her office.

Good grief.

But wait.

Why did she single out Eun-gyul and ask for his file?

The client whom Director Jang was exclusively in charge of.

They're all calling me because they can't reach her.

I have to meet them individually and sort it out,

but I'm really bad at this stuff. Gosh.

Should I do it?

Really?

Aren't you busy?

I'm fine. I'll do it.

Joo-ryoung. You can't get over this in a few days.

You should be honest with Producer Nah and tell him you can't do it.

Jung-don, I really want to do this.

It might be because I wasn't feeling my best that day.

Okay, Joo-ryoung.

I'll talk to the trainers again.

Joo A-hyun won't sign with us.

She even got all the terms she wanted. Why all of a sudden?

She thinks she can't work in Korea.

Man, what do we do? We worked to get her for a long time.

I went back and forth from Paris for over a year to get her…

Darn it.

Hey, maybe she heard Kim Ji-hoon's story.

Apparently, the president of Star Media is spreading rumors

that we took his actor by conning him.

No.

I doubt it.

Damn, that Cho Gi-bong.

Hey, Won-jae.

What?

What's this about cutting the budget for field work?

We're discussing it now. Close the door.

I heard you're going to cut down on their food and travel costs.

We should be providing more for their hard work.

Exactly.

They work hard, so they should get good rest.

I'm totally fine with expenses from their job.

But tagging along on actors' personal matters? That's too much.

It's a part of our job to manage their personal life.

If something happens when they're alone--

We can think about that when that happens.

Agents tag along when actors go for a drink

just to wait in the car all night.

Let's not do that. It's too low.

I get what you're saying,

but if you suddenly cut costs, there will be complaints from the field.

And why wouldn't you discuss these things with us?

If you keep meddling with the field--

Just…

Leave management up to us.

This line of work is different from other fields.

Keep this up and the company won't operate smoothly.

So I should just pump in my money, and sit around and watch?

No, you don't know the business, so just leave it to us.

And if I do,

can you cover the tax penalty losses?

Let's do this.

You'll each bring me a significant achievement within the next week,

then I'll leave the work up to you.

If you don't bring anything,

you will no longer talk back to me.

Are you trying to make a bet--

Let's do that. Sure.

All right.

Also, there are actors who do nothing after signing with us,

so let's slowly cut off those contracts too.

Time is money.

Wait a minute. Hey.

Don't worry. He can't do much anyway.

You must have some sort of plan.

Hey, you got…

Mr. Kim, focus on Kim Joo-ryoung doing well.

You know how everyone is lined up for Nah Yung-suk's shows.

Nurture a good relationship, and get more of our actors in his shows.

You said back then that

you don't know the business, so you'll leave it to us.

Why do you meddle with every little thing?

It's adorable to see you so mad.

Je-suk.

You did all kinds of things to keep the company together.

What was his name again?

Lee Sang-uk?

I can't believe you hit on the tax investigator.

Well,

you've been like that since childhood.

You always did what you wanted no matter what it took.

Ambitious and hate to lose.

Are you going to punch me?

No one would take you if you get fired for that.

You have an awful rep in this field.

Not getting in?

I take off my school uniform…

ACTOR CONTRACT REVOCATION AGREEMENT

You're telling me not to make use of Method's name elsewhere.

I'm sorry.

I heard I'm the last one.

Did everyone else agree to this without any complaints?