Cheat day

Sugar Man (9)

“Wow.”

Baek Woo-jin clicked his tongue.

It seemed he was looking at an article posted by a newspaper stating that we had made inappropriate remarks during the “Once Again” campaign.

“Why do you say unnecessary things?” Cha Ji-chan scolded Baek Woo-jin.

While some of the journalists were indeed at fault, we all understood that there was no need to provoke them in a public setting.

“It’s the truth. Are they Banchan Yong? Always stirring things up,” Baek Woo-jin retorted.

“Why are you getting involved?”

“You haven’t done anything great either. I thought I was listening to Hitler’s speech,” Ju Ji-seung blamed me.

“Since you started it like that, I had no choice. It was just meant to be funny, not to be criticized,” I defended myself.

“I think you all were quite similar,” said Choi Mi-kael.

We all fell silent at that.

“I hope you hold the founding ceremony properly. There will be over 100 employees gathered, including those from subsidiaries,” said Lee Ji-hye.

“Have you checked the list of external attendees?” Muk Eun-ji asked everyone.

“I did. Sang-cheol is going to be there too,” said someone.

“There are a lot of PDs,” another added.

“They must be coming to see us. But really, is Hong Seong-il and Himura Sho really coming? Isn’t that surprising?”

“Yeah. It’s a bit overwhelming. Are they really all coming?”

“They’ve accepted the invitation, so it’s highly likely,” Muk Eun-ji said as she looked around at us.

“Major broadcasting companies, as well as internet platforms like YouTube, Twitch, and Afreeca are expected to attend. Other MCN companies, broadcasters, and the press have also shown interest. You four will be introducing yourselves as entrepreneurs, not YouTubers, in front of them. You need to be extra careful about your words and actions.”

It seemed that Choi Mi-kael, Lee Ji-hye, and Muk Eun-ji all believed that the four of us, including me, Ju Ji-seung, Cha Ji-chan, and Baek Woo-jin, were bound to mess things up.

“How did things escalate to this point?”

“What’s the CEO doing? You need to act reliably,” Cha Ji-chan said while shaking his head, scolding Baek Woo-jin.

“I told you I wasn’t going to do it. Just change it to Ji-seung now,” Baek Woo-jin insisted.

“The procedures are complicated,” Muk Eun-ji replied.

Cha Ji-chan let out a long sigh.

Since the company’s structure was already established, changing the CEO would involve a lot of considerations.

“It’s not the CEO’s position that’s the issue; it’s the team members. There are still many positions available, right?”

Ju Ji-seung asked the team leaders, and Lee Ji-hye projected the organizational chart of Sugar Man Entertainment onto the front screen.

Cha Ji-chan, who had experience managing several large projects, was assigned as the CEO, even though he had strongly refused.

Since he was already responsible for 40 employees at Jim Goon, we all agreed that Cha Ji-chan was the right person for the job.

Ju Ji-seung and I were executive directors, but we weren’t taking on major roles since we were preparing for a late-night side dish project, and Baek Woo-jin was in a similar situation as he was getting ready for an IP business.

Muk Eun-ji took charge of the business team, which handled external affairs, personnel, and management for Sugar Man Entertainment.

Everyone in the Sadang Family judged that no one else was suitable for the role besides Muk Eun-ji, so without much discussion, she became the team leader.

Upon taking the position, she scouted a person named Park Hyung-wook, who had worked at Hongdangmu Entertainment, and brought along a deputy named Seo Kyung-il from Tomato Corporation, where she had frequent work exchanges, solidifying her team.

“We’ve secured a minimum workforce for the business team. Currently, the most urgent matter is Planning Team 1,” Muk Eun-ji explained the situation.

Planning Team 1, which needed to launch the blood sugar management survival variety show “Sugar Man” in July, required personnel expansion more urgently than Planning Team 2, which was scheduled for production this winter.

“We need one more writer. The more editors, the better,” Choi Mi-kael pointed out the situation in Planning Team 1.

The primary businesses of Sugar Man Entertainment, Planning Teams 1 and 2, were led by Choi Mi-kael and Ahn Sang-kyu, respectively.

Choi Mi-kael was recognized for his ability to expand the Ban Ya Sik Gyeong channel beyond simple cooking recipes into the entertainment realm.

Ahn Sang-kyu had a track record of steadily growing the shorts channel that Jim Goon was focusing on, earning unanimous agreement for the team leader position.

Currently, planners, writers, and editors working on each channel found it difficult to increase their workload, making it necessary to bring in the most new staff, yet they were still facing challenges.

“If it weren’t for Eun-joo, we wouldn’t have been able to proceed immediately,” Choi Mi-kael mentioned Kim Eun-joo.