Daejin left the office, the location for the shoot. He scrolled through his contact list as he walked down the stairs. This would make it half a year since the last time he called this person.

“Hyung-nim. How have you been? It’s me, Song Daejin.”

-We live in an era where the name of the caller shows up on the phone screen, so you don’t have to introduce yourself. What’s up? You’re calling rather early for someone who barely calls once a year.

“I was curious about one thing, so I decided to ask.” Daejin looked up and said, “Han Maru, you know him, right?”

-I do.

“Did he really go under your wing?”

-It’s a little small to put it like that, but yes, let’s say he’s under my wing.

“You really took an unverified twenty-something-year-old kid?”

-It’s a little funny now that have I gotten a few calls like this. Think about it. Who did I take when I decided to grow JA: Geunsoo, Ganghwan, Suyeon, they were all nameless. But people have forgotten their nameless days and only think about their current, completed figures. I was someone who took on quite a challenge.

“Right, I forgot about that. I forgot that they started under you.”

Right now, JA had the image of a super agency because it possessed many actors who were A, no, S-tier actors, but it started off quite small....