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(Namib)

(Characters, locations, incidents, groups, and occupations are fictitious.)

(Child actors were filmed safely with their guardians present and consulting with experts.)

(Yoo Jin Woo)

(The Live Broadcast Cue Sheet for Round 3 of Star Rise)

(The Stage Order of the 8 Live Broadcast Contestants)

(4th, Yoo Jin Woo)

(Yoo Jin Woo)

What! Yoo Jin Woo disappeared?

He was here just a minute ago.

What's wrong with you?

You think show biz is a joke?

Is a live broadcast a joke to you?

Do you know how many people had to wait because of you?

Gosh, seriously! Hey, Assistant Director!

Yoo Jin Woo.

CEO.

Can I trust you, CEO?

(Namib - Episode 1: Release)

(2013 - Kang Su Hyeon)

CEO Kang, they're just entering an audition program.

It's great if they make it, but no problem if they don't.

An audition program is also a stage.

So, I chose them based on the highest monthly assessment scores.

I'm opposed to it.

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Forget this. I'm sorry, but could everyone go outside for a minute?

Stay outside for a bit.

Su Hyeon, I checked their student records, too.

They all come from well-off families, too.

There won't be any issues with their parents.

CEO Kim.

When did we start choosing kids with high scores

rather than kids who will be loved by the audience?

This is our system.

We even consulted to create our evaluation system.

How long will you pick kids based on your intuition?

I opposed it.

Only you opposed it.

You still don't trust me?

They're not it.

Geez.

CEO, it's me.

You know today is the day, right?

- I need to go. - Where?

- The factory. - The factory?

Yeah.

They're not it, okay?

What factory?

Su Hyeon!

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(Practice Room 1 - Park Eun Seong)

(Practice Room 2 - Terry)

(Practice Room 3 - Yoo Jin Woo)

It's past your reserved time.

Okay.

Oh, RAID.

I'll take a picture of them.

Nice.

Again?

It's not healing fast since I keep injuring the foot.

How many times must I tell you?

Taking care of yourself is a skill, too.

Hurry up and schedule a surgery.

If the showcase and your concert are delayed, it will hurt our entire company.

Yes, I know that.

But I just don't have the time.

But you have time to get photos taken at a nightclub?

Many eyes are on you. Be careful.

I can't hold them off any longer.

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it is essential to understand the viewpoint presented in the text.

These writings often introduce specialized concepts or terms.

So, it is crucial to understand the key concepts or terms accurately.

Next.

How to read texts in the field of art.

The writings pertaining to the field of art are...

(The subject matter...)

Your mom visited me again and gave me money.

I'll give it back to you.

What?

My mom?

Hey, what's this?

Why is a student carrying so much cash?

Are you running a business?

Gosh, I'm so jealous.

But why aren't you answering me?

I said, answer me.

Hey, you can't speak if you can't hear?

I don't know. Ask him.

Can't you speak if you can't hear? Shit...

Right, this bastard can't hear me anyway.

(It's okay even if you can't hear)

This isn't that good...

This one's good.

Mega Entertainment sure is good.

Gosh, it's doing this again.

Geez.

(Ten years ago today)

(Ten years ago today)

Yes, yes, Teacher!

Pardon?

Okay.

- Yoo Jin Woo! - What?

Are you taking pics of RAID sunbaes and selling them again?

Hey, decide whether you're getting in or leaving.

I heard they decided on the male trainees to appear in the audition program.

How did it go?

What else? The guys who were meant for it probably got chosen.

They'll choose female trainees tomorrow.

I need to get picked, too.

You should have tried hard, too.

I am living diligently.

To neither stand out nor be disliked.

You know, that's not easy.

I'll post this on my social media. Which one looks good?

They're all the same.

Chris?

Who is he?

That scared me.

(Teachers' Room 1)

School bullying?

Was Jin Woo hurt?

He wasn't hurt, but they took his money.

- Money? - Sir, by chance,

did you know Jin Woo's class helper, Jae Hyeon, was getting paid?

There's no way.

I thought Jae Hyeon was helping him because he was close to Jin Woo.

It appears Jae Hyeon has been getting paid for being his class helper.

There was a fight while other classmates tried to take that money from him.

Where would Jin Woo get the money to pay Jae Hyeon?

According to Jin Woo, his mother did that.

Gosh, seriously...

During a parent-teacher conference, Jin Woo's mother said...

I'm thinking of making Jin Woo a factory CEO.

So, as part of his business management training,

I'll have him personally pay the helper student monthly payments.

- That's okay, right? - No, you can't.

Factory, factory! Seriously...

I'm sorry.

It's okay.

(Factory Sales Contract)

- Yes, I've checked it. - Okay.

We've confirmed the payment that was due today,

and the remaining 1 billion won...

I'll pay in two months.

I'm letting you know just in case,

but you usually can't get a mortgage loan for a factory.

I'm wondering if you'll be able to prepare the remaining 1 billion won.

I'm putting in all the money I earned for 20 years.

I'll get loans for whatever I lack.

Well, this person is... you know the group, RAID?

She's the one who produced that really famous idol group.

Getting loans of that amount should be no problem, right?

Yes, don't worry.

The additional machinery promised by the Factory Manager,

and the employee succession promised by the CEO will still be fulfilled, right?

- Of course. - Okay. I'm just getting worried for no reason.

I've seen many people saving up to buy an apartment,

but this is my first time seeing someone save up to buy a factory.

I'll need to go first.

Okay, sure.

Thank you.

- I'll see you again. - Yes, I'll see you again later.

Goodbye.

Get home safely.

Do you remember?

Five years ago, you suddenly visited me

and told me to wait, saying you'd buy this factory.

Today is that day.

I thought you'd give up after a while,

but you even paid out the intermediate payment. You're amazing.

I should since it's my son's future.

(Pandora Entertainment CEO Kim Dong Jun)

Yeah, CEO Kim.

There's an emergency directors' meeting.

A directors' meeting?

Do you know what the agenda is?

It's a motion for your dismissal!

A motion for dismissal?

What are you talking about?

Let me...

- get surgery. - No.

You need to finish all your concerts and tours first.

I'm in so much pain.

Let me take a break.

Take a break, forever./i>

Our company's main artist, RAID,

requested a contract termination due to CEO Kang Su Hyeon's

authority and verbal abuse.

You believe this?

We recently signed an investment attraction agreement with Smile Investment,

and it includes the following clause.

"In the event of a dispute with affiliated artists,

a penalty fee shall be paid as a liability."

So, you actually believe this?

It's not even a complete video. You can't assume that CEO Kang committed

verbal and authority abuse based on an edited video-

We're barely managing to prevent RAID from releasing it to the media.

(RAID Jaesung)

The customer is not answering the phone. After the beep...

The members are refusing to meet with CEO Kang.

Chairman, this is a dispute that can occur between a company and its artist.

Smile Investment hasn't even raised this as an issue yet!

Smile Investment CEO Oh Bong Gyu is here right now.

Who is that?

Wait, hold on...

The CEO was someone else when we signed.

Gosh, I acquired Smile Investment.

I invested with RAID in mind

and RAID will leave the company? What will you do about this!

Say something.

Either you give me back my investment money twofold, or...

fire CEO Kang Su Hyeon.

Fire?

Me?

It's not complicated.

Is it RAID or Kang Su Hyeon? Make your choice.

Hey, this is ridiculous!

Do you know how CEO Kang made RAID a success?

And CEO Kang has to leave here because of RAID?

Stop it. This was all set up from the start.

All right, we'll start the voting.

The motion is for the dismissal of CEO Kang Su Hyeon for causing damages

through her verbal and authority abuse.

Wow, they all raised their hands so quickly.

Okay. Then, for the new CEO to take CEO Kang's place,

Smile Investment wants to make a recommendation.

Come in.

Hyeon... Hyeon Cheol?

He used to work at this company.

This is CEO Jang Hyeon Cheol.

He has managed popular influencers and streamers lately.

He also raised great profits by investing in movies and dramas.

Come here and speak.

It's nice to meet you. I'm Jang Hyeon Cheol.

How did Pandora Entertainment come to this?

You can't manage your artists well,

and the CEO can't control her tongue.

You have no system, you are sloppy, and deficient.

From now on, if anyone is an obstacle to our organization,

whether they are trainees or preexisting staff,

they will be let go.

Did you get hit?

Let me see.

No.

Did your mom really pay Jae Hyeon?

Supposedly.

Since when?

You didn't know, either?

Of course not.

Do you think I would have just let her?

Gosh, seriously.

If your mom tells you to do something weird, say no.

Don't go along with everything she says.

I didn't know, either!

You know she's paying Jae Hyeon because of that.

That damn factory.

How could she tell her child to pay his friend for business management training?

(Jin Woo's Mom)

It's me. Why did you give money to the class helper-

(Jin Woo's Mom)

It's me! Why did you pay him and cause this to happen-

You won't pick up my calls, huh?

Okay.

I've had enough of this.

Manager, I took a few photos,

but it wasn't for any particular purpose.

- Yoo Jin, I'm sorry. - Pardon?

The company decided to release long-term trainees.

Starting today, your contract with Pandora is terminated.

These are the settlement details.

Settlement?

What is there for me to settle?

The money your parents borrowed from the company in the past 10 years.

Altogether, the amount you owe the company is 200 million won.

Two hundred million won?

(Internal loan settlement statement)

Last time your mom came here to borrow money, she said

she's using all the money on you.

But no matter how hard we tried, we couldn't get in touch with her.

The new CEO's regulation is to collect all such debt.

What can I do?

If you look at the documents, you can either pay a lump sum,

or make monthly payments of 3.33 million won over five years,

or make monthly payments of 1.66 million won over 10 years.

Got it?

Also, the interest is separate from that.

I'm a high school student. How am I supposed to repay all this?

I wouldn't know about that.

- Also, vacate your dorm room. - The dorm room?

Yes, right now.

What is this?

Oh, you're here?

What's with the state of this office?

And who are these guys?

Whoa, whoa.

Let's go inside. I'll explain.

Let's go inside. Come in, come in.

Why are you looking me up and down?

Come in, come in.

Don't mind him. Okay?

Take a break, forever.

Authority and verbal abuse?

That's their unilateral claim and without any basis.

Why did you do it?

- What? - Why did you do it?

I can fix it, and I will fix it.

Why did you talk like that and provide them with a pretext?

- I said I would fix it. - Fixing it isn't the issue!

Why did you talk like that in the first place!

Mom, did you give Jae Hyeon money?

Yeah.

- How did you know? - What do you think?

Do you know what happened to him at school today?

What? What happened?

He got beat up in school!

I didn't get beat up!

- You! - You got beat up?

Who? What bastard did that?

I asked why you gave Jae Hyeon money.

Whether you got beat up or not is more important!

- Mom! - People feel responsible when they get paid.

It would've been better if you paid him, but the school said no, so I did it.

I talked about the business management mindset many times. You still don't get it?

Because of that damn business management mindset, he got mugged and beat up!

I didn't get hit!

Did you get hit or not?

He got hit! He got hit because of you!

Are both the controversy and Jin Woo's incident all my fault?

Aren't they? Can you really say they're not?

Can't you guys fight at home?

I'll fix it. I'm telling you, I'll fix it.

Well, you can probably fix the school situation,

but the company issue is difficult to fix.

- Why? - The new CEO of Smile Investment chose

is Hyeon Cheol.

Jang Hyeon Cheol...

That Hyeon Cheol?

Yeah. Jang Hyeon Cheol, who used to be the Head of the Management Team.

Regardless of who it is, I refuse to back down like this.

I need more money to buy Jin Woo a factory. I refuse to leave.

Is the factory all you think about?

I played a role in making this company, too!

I'll return to the company!

You better hold on and fix this.

I'll return to this company!

I'll hold on and fix this, no matter what.

I paid the intermediate payment today.

I only have 1 billion won left.

What?

My head...

Pay 200 million right away? It's ridiculous.

I know! Where are you right now?

I'm at the dorms.

Hang up for a minute.

He can stay here during the week, and he's free to go home on weekends.

Hello.

Wait, this is my room.

Outsiders are forbidden from entering

and the upcoming training schedule is divided into mornings and afternoons-

Hey, hey, hey! What are you doing?

What's wrong with you!

I'm not leaving! I can't leave!

Hurry up and come out! Come out now!

I have no place to go! How can I leave?

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

(Pandora)

CEO Kang, what kind of factory is it?

The factory you're buying Jin Woo.

- A sock factory. - What?

Why socks?

Everyone wears socks.

There's a constant demand,

but the manufacturing process is simple with only a few variables.

My son can manage it without any problems.

Oh, of course.

Jun Seok.

What's with him?

Hey, Jun Seok!

Put your hearing aids on.

Was it those guys? You said there were kids picking on you.

Why? Are you going to my school again?

I'll take care of it.

Okay, you take care of it.

But I need to come up with measures as well.

Will you keep fighting with Dad?

I'll take care of that.

What about the company?

I'll take care of the company issue as well.

End of conversation.

Manager, Manager!

Wait, wait!

I didn't understand my situation earlier,

but this doesn't make any sense!

If you tell me to cough up 200 million now,

how could I possibly make that kind of money?

Either find a company that would sign you for that much

or go on an audition program.

Hey, Manager!

Hey!

Could you be quiet, thug?

CEO, you should speak nicely.

How could you call me a thug? That's upsetting.

Then, what am I supposed to call you?

Don't you recognize me?

I don't. Should I recognize you?

No. There's no need for that.

You've got a guest.

(Kang Su Hyeon)

How have you been?

It's been a while.

How have you been?

You shouldn't refer to me as 'you' anymore.

I'm not this company's team leader anymore.

I was busy with all sorts of preparations.

I guess.

It seems like you've prepared a lot.

An investment company with a different owner,

strange behaviors from the members as if planned,

the emergency board meeting, and even a new CEO.

And that secretly filmed video as well.

No.

The artist and staff were fed up with maverick CEO Kang Su Hyeon,

and CEO Oh Bong Gyu and I are trying to normalize the company.

That's how you should interpret it.

When did you start this?

And who's the leader?

Is it you? Or is it Smile Investment?

I didn't plan on taking questions from you.

Well?

Probably ever since you ruined my life?

I get that you're upset with me over what happened in the past.

Still, don't think I'll readily leave the company over this pieced-together video.

If you won't readily leave, what will you do?

You know there's no severance since you're getting kicked out for authority abuse, right?

I suppose my employees can help you move your stuff out-

Actually, that can't happen, either.

Vacate this office. Quickly.

(Pandora Entertainment CEO Kang Su Hyeon)

(How to overcome crisis! I I really want you to know this. I Read the examples carefully.)

She should focus on her stuff.

Stop crying.

You should go now.

Hello.

I came to get some files...

Yoo Jin Woo, I'll go find out what's going on.

It's brutal here.

These were CEO Jang Hyeon Cheol's orders.

I notified the bottom ten trainees who were being released.

- What about CEO Kang? - She's still there.

This company wouldn't be here without CEO Kang.

This company started with 200 million won from Jun Seok's parents.

We should at least let her leave with that money!

(List of released trainees)

Yoo Jin Woo?

Why does he owe 200 million won?

Oh, Yoo Jin Woo?

His parents borrowed that money.

How will you collect 200 million won from a kid?

We need to collect it somehow.

Two hundred million won?

Two hundred million won?

(Stock transfer agreement)

CEO Kim said you should decide whether you'll accept this or not.

I should decide?

(Party A will transfer the rights to Trainee Yoo Jin Woo and his debt of 200 million won...)

Hello! I'm Pandora Entertainment trainee Yoo Jin Woo.

I'm looking for a company that will partner with me in a great challenge.

For just the low price of 200 million won...

Okay, it's not that low, but for a slightly high amount-

Yoo Jin!

I heard your contract was sold.

- What? - CEO Kang Su Hyeon got kicked out today,

and CEO Kim will propose that she take you with her.

- And? - Hurry up and go.

If she takes you with her, she'll also take your 200 million won debt with her!

(CEO Kang Su Hyeon)

What is this?

Su Hyeon, he's at least worth 200 million won.

Are you telling me to go debt collecting?

N-No, that's not it.

Isn't it good if you can collect his debt?

Are you telling me to take this and get lost? You, too?

No, I offered it to you hoping it could be a severance pay.

How could you say that?

How dare you offer someone like him in exchange for my life?

Are you kidding me?

Your words are so hurtful.

They're telling you to pay back 200 million won?

Yeah.

If I pay over five years, it's 3.33 million won monthly.

If I pay over 10 years, it's 1.66 million won monthly.

And the interest is separate from that.

They should ask for it from people who borrowed it. They're crazy.

Hello.

- Jin Woo, are you scared? - What?

Are you scared that you were kicked out and told to pay back?

What's there to be scared about?

It can't be as bad as back then.

Your parents disappeared after abandoning you to the company 10 years ago

and you cried because you didn't know how to get from the dorms to the company.

You made it through.

And you're no longer a kid.

I'm in a different place as well.

You can work here.

Here?

Yeah. I'll pay you a salary as well.

How much? I'll have to save up for quite a while for 200 million won.

Jin Woo, you don't pay back such a debt by saving up your salary.

Large sums of money are made in one go.

In one go?

Yeah, in one go.

I'll stop this business soon and open a store.

A proper business instead of a nightclub like this.

I'll take you with me then,

so work here until then,

and prepare while seeing how this business runs.

By store,

do you mean like a restaurant?

Yeah, it's like a restaurant.

But it's expensive and high-class.

In any case, when I open the business, I'll give you a position,

so don't worry about money.

That 200 million won? I'll take care of it.

You got that?

Jin Woo, look at me.

The agency? Money?

All that is nothing.

What's really important is that you don't trust anyone.

Don't trust anyone at all.

Those people who approach you saying they'll treat you well,

don't ever trust them.

Okay.

You'll trust me only,

and I'll trust you only.

Understand?

I understand.

Gosh, why isn't this falling off?

Chris, help me.

Hurry.

Help me properly! Pull at it!

Gosh, finally. Thank you.

Please throw that away for me.

Gosh, CEO Jang has great ideas.

His idea was great.

Well, it's a standard procedure in the industry these days.

- Congratulations. - You're the one who should be congratulated.

You became the CEO of the company, where you were a team leader.

And you took over Kang Su Hyeon's company, CEO.

(Factory Sales Contract)

(The remaining balance of 1 billion won will be paid by October 29th, 2024.)

These are the files on Yoo Jin Woo.

So you can at least look over them.

His name is Jin Woo, too?

Yes.

Oh, right. Your son's name is also Jin Woo, CEO.

Yeah, it's Jin Woo.

By the way, CEO,

can I ask you something?

- What is it? - Why do you have a staring contest with people?

Staring contest?

Yes.

Here you go.

Get up and go to the tree.

Turn to your right.

Do so more naturally.

Smile.

What's your name?

- Jin Woo. - What are you good at?

- Singing. - He's also good at dancing.

He's also good at playing piano.

He's good at everything.

Then, shall we see it?

♫ Can you believe it? ♫

♫ In my dreams ♫

♫ You were a princess under a spell ♫

♫ Whenever... ♫

He entered our company with perfect scores on everything?

But what about now?

He's being released.

(Yoo Jin Woo's annual average assessment scores)

What do you think?

Where is he right now?

He's moved out of the dorms.

I can ask a trainee who's close to him.

- Please look into it for me. - When?

Right now.

There's an entryway to the VIP zone.

Just stand in front of it and stop people from entering.

- It's an easy job. - Hey!

Are you kidding me?

Why are you standing in the middle and blocking the hallway?

Get out of my way.

Hey, move, move.

Let's discuss Jin Woo's incident first.

He needs to go to school tomorrow.

What should we do about the kids who bullied him?

I found a solution.

I'll hire a bodyguard for him. A thug.

What!

A thug?

So, no one will dare mess with our son.

Do you really think that's a good idea?

It's a surefire solution. I already commissioned a detective agency.

Starting tomorrow, he'll go to school with a bodyguard.

Son.

She thinks only her words and thoughts are right and doesn't tell me anything.

Starting with paying the class helper, and now she's hired a thug for our son.

What, a detective agency?

Seriously, it's ridiculous.

Your mom is like a desert. A desert!

When I'm with her, I feel suffocated.

Let's go.

Where should I take you?

Well...

It'll only take a moment. Please?

Is there someone named Yoo Jin Woo here?

Can I go in and check? Please?

Please, let me check just once!

Yoo Jin Woo?

You're Yoo Jin Woo, right?

The CEO is looking for you.

CEO Kang Su Hyeon!

Really?

(Factory Sales Contract)

(Pandora Entertainment Audition Assessment Chart - Yoo Jin Woo)

(Motion for Dismissal)

- Yeah? - CEO, I found Yoo Jin Woo.

You know Jeong Hwa's restaurant? Send him there.

You're not closed yet, right?

- We're cleaning up. - I'll be on the second floor.

(Pandora Entertainment Audition Assessment Chart - Yoo Jin Woo)

Yoo Jin Woo?

Yes.

Lift your head up straight.

Square up your shoulders.

Look at me straight.

Do you like what you see?

I don't.

Why not?

You're too expensive.

(Stock Transfer Agreement)

I can make your investment worthwhile.

- How? - I'll make sure you don't regret it.

So, how exactly will you do that?

What kind of trainee do you like?

Take a guess.

I'll work hard.

Does working hard guarantee success?

- I'll do well. - That's for others to decide.

I also have a persevering spirit.

The results will show if that's true.

I used to go on TV shows doing music when I was little.

If you have me sing and dance, I can perform better than anyone else.

I see.

I'm confident.

I can do anything.

Really? Okay.

Then...

(The world's most luxurious audition program like never seen before, Star Rise!)

I guess you can win, right?

I need a trainee like that.

If you don't want it, hurry up and tell me.

I have to find someone like that.

CEO,

can you give me your business card?

Now, shall we discuss the conditions?

Shim Jin Woo...

your son...

is being bullied in school, right?

CEO, buy me.

I'll protect your son.

Do I seem more appealing to you now?

♫ Even still, smile again ♫

♫ Once more, stand up again ♫

♫ Hunched-up shoulders don't suit you ♫

(Namib)

Yoo Jin Woo, do you even want to become a singer?

- Yes. - Don't trust her too much.

She's a terrible person who uses people and then casts them away.

I need to make 1 billion won by the end of this year.

It's my son's future and a promise I must keep.

So, you'll sell someone else's son to buy our son's future?

Please come to your senses!

I said I'll fix everything!

If he's 19, isn't his ceiling pretty clear already?

Something about him is unique.

The problem is his mom.

I'm screwed. She's meeting my mom.

Only if you weren't born, I wouldn't be living like this.

I'll become successful and make money!!

Can someone like me be successful, too?

Yoo Jin Woo, I'll make you like that.

♫ Pretending to be proud ♫

♫ Loneliness that I've ignored ♫