Knock knock.

When Yeong-su Cha knocked on the door and came in, Jeong-eun asked as if annoyed,

"What now?"

"Um… I think you need to see this…"

"What on earth is it? What's got you looking so miserable this time?"

Sensing from Cha's manner that something unpleasant had unfolded, Jeong-eun hurled the pen she'd been holding onto the desk and raised her voice.

"Why on earth does something blow up practically every single day? Hoo… out with it. What is it?"

Cha exchanged a glance with the secretary and came toward Jeong-eun.

"Getting angry won't solve the problem, so first let's calm the anger and look for a solution quietly. Hm?"

Jeong-eun looked up at Cha coming toward her and scrunched up her face.

"You don't even know what the problem is — what solution!"

Just then, at Cha's gesture, Jeong-eun's secretary turned on the TV set off to one side of the office.

—According to an internal source at Ilhyeon Securities, testimony is emerging one after another that President Jeong-eun Lee, the president of Ilhyeon Securities, had a hand in the composition of the Buy Korea fund's holdings. It's said that President Jeong-eun Lee unilaterally made decisions to include stocks she wanted in the Buy Korea fund or to remove stocks not to her liking, and that this drove the fund's returns down. The relevant authorities said they will collect such testimony and verify before long whether it is true.

"…Who is it."

Jeong-eun's two hands trembled as she looked at the screen and shouted,

"Who is it that's going around spouting that kind of absurd nonsense!"

"Who said it isn't what matters right now. Now that it's already out in the press…"

"It matters to me who did it!"

Jeong-eun bellowed and said to Cha and the secretary,

"Bring the person who said that in front of me right now. And pull all the ads from that broadcaster and don't give them any going forward."

"…We don't run ads with that broadcaster."

"Then just don't give them Ilhyeon advertising! Why can't you understand what I'm saying!"

"I know.…