At the end of the message, Ji-Ah had attached the link to the company’s website, where a short introduction of her was written, just in case Woo-Jin was doubtful or suspicious of the text message. It seemed like she had mentioned doing a video call so he could match her face to the picture on the website. In any case, if he were to personally make a trip down to their office, he would be able to learn the validity of this text message, so it was not a big deal. What surprised Woo-Jin was the content of the message. It was surprising that DS was interested in him but even harder to believe the part where she said they wanted to discuss moving forward together. He thought that even if DS contacted him, he would have to audition first, and then make a decision before signing the contract. 

That was a reasonable guess on Woo-Jin’s part as an unknown rookie without any achievements yet. He had never imagined receiving a call from them, offering to sign a contract and discussing working together. He even read the message a couple of times to see if there was anything hidden between the lines. After checking Kwon Ji-Ah’s face on the website, Woo-Jin replied to her message, telling her that he was free to do a video call right now. 

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After speaking with Kwon Ji-Ah on Sunday, things moved quickly. Without going through any other parties, Woo-Jin had a private one-on-one interview with DS Entertainment’s CEO Jang Soo-Hwan directly on Monday. 

“You look better in person.” 

That was CEO Jang Soo-Hwan’s first impression...