NIS Agent Reincarnated as a Genius Actor

The small theater performances were going smoothly, and public opinion was also flowing in a positive direction.

With some free time on his hands, Yeon-woo also focused on gathering information while having Han Hae-woon act as his proxy to command the agents.

And then, the voices of the agents came through Yeon-woo’s earpiece.

– Wow, they’re totally going to end up dating at this rate. Meeting every day to plot and scheme?

It was Lee Gyu-jin, the agent with the quickest reflexes and highest physical abilities among the three.

He had infiltrated the hotel’s rooftop and was lowering an endoscopic camera to film the interior of the top-floor suite where the LN Media elder was staying.

And on the rooftop of the opposite building, Kim Su-hyeok, who was monitoring the situation through a scope, checked off his list.

– This guy’s the last one.

– You seeing the screen? How’s the angle?

In response to Lee Gyu-jin’s question as he held the endoscopic camera, Park Jung-hyun, who was recording the video next to Kim Su-hyeok, nodded.

– We’ve got clear shots of all the targets’ faces. Looking at these greedy old men is making me feel sick.

– Isn’t that because you ate four hamburgers earlier?

At that, Park Jung-hyun, with his large frame crouched on a small chair, shook his head.

– I usually eat six, but I cut it down to two for my diet.

Listening to the voices coming through the earpiece, Yeon-woo chuckled.

This reminded him of his previous life, when he used to exchange silly jokes and chat with his colleagues during operations.

The agents Kim Su-hyeok, Lee Gyu-jin, and Park Jung-hyun, whom Yeon-woo and Han Hae-woon simply called ‘Kim-Lee-Park’ for convenience, were all excellent operatives who carried out their missions precisely when given orders.

They were collecting evidence to later use against the LN Media elders who were cooperating with Baek Sol, and they had just completed the last target.

After checking the transmitted footage, Yeon-woo gave an order to Han Hae-woon.

“That’s enough. Tell Kim-Lee-Park to withdraw.”

– Yes, understood.

Soon after, Han Hae-woon’s voice was heard over the communication channel.

Bzzt—

– Withdraw.

– Understood. Withdrawing.

– Whew. It’s freezing up here on the rooftop. Withdrawing.

As they began the investigation in earnest, they realized that the start date for the opponents’ operation wasn’t far off.

Yeon-woo compiled all the investigated materials, formulated a rough strategy, and met Han Hae-woon in the parking lot.

“Here’s a general outline of our operation plan.”

“Yes. I’ll take it and familiarize myself with it. By the way, about those LN elders. They were problematic in many ways. It seems their late-life crisis is scary; they’ve even recently started illegal gambling, among other colorful activities.”

How typical.

Yeon-woo nodded at Han Hae-woon’s words, having personally observed some of the operations.

“What about the drugs?”

“I couldn’t confirm directly, but I think there’s a high probability they’re addicted.”

“Did you look into CEO Kim Joo-seong?”

“Yes. He’s completely clean. His life is almost like that of a monk, just going between the company and home. Well, you were the same, Team Leader.”

At Han Hae-woon’s words, Yeon-woo stroked his chin as he thought about Kim Joo-seong.

“I hear the shareholders’ meeting is in two days. It seems they’ve prepared the articles of incorporation to ensure that the dismissal of LN’s CEO must be done at a shareholders’ meeting, not a board meeting, to prevent this kind of situation…”

“But since they’ve recruited all the retired elders, there’s no way to avoid it, right?”

To secure enough shares to turn the tide, the funds Yeon-woo currently had were far from sufficient.

And thinking about it coolly, there was no reason to take such a risk to preserve CEO Kim Joo-seong’s position.

“What measures should we take?”

If there was no way to reverse the dismissal process that had already been set in motion, it would be wise to make the most of this crisis and gain whatever they could.

“First, have Lee Gyu-jin and Park Jung-hyun stick to CEO Kim Joo-seong for 24-hour close surveillance. The objective is VIP protection.”

“Team Leader, you think they might try to harm CEO Kim Joo-seong?”

Yeon-woo nodded gravely at Han Hae-woon’s words.

“If things go wrong, that’s a possibility. Unlike other times, there’s a lot at stake here. Now that we know their objective, it’s best to have Kim Su-hyeok only monitor ‘Golden’s’ movements.”

“Understood.”

When Yeon-woo signed the contract with LN Entertainment, the market capitalization of the parent company LN Media was around 200 billion won, but after Yeon-woo joined and achieved successive successes, it had grown to 400 billion won in just a few years.

Moreover, LN Media was on the verge of an earnings surprise.

When the performance of “White Blood” is reflected, it will lead to a bigger stock price increase than the market expected.

This is also why Baek Sol, intending to acquire the shares held by CEO Kim Joo-seong, is rushing to handle the matter.

Their plan is likely to take over by any means necessary before the stock price rises sufficiently.

“As I said, this is just a general strategy, and we need to make a more detailed plan. We need to use all the means at our disposal to inflict significant damage in this opportunity.”

“Understood.”

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Shortly after giving instructions to Han Hae-woon, the shareholders’ meeting was held as scheduled.

CEO Kim Joo-seong came up in the elevator from the parking lot of the LN building.

Team Leader Jung Hyuk, with a dumbfounded expression at the sudden dismissal of the CEO, stuck close to CEO Kim Joo-seong as he got off the elevator.

“No, Sir. What’s going on all of a sudden? Dismissal? What possible reason could there be for you to be dismissed?”

At Team Leader Jung Hyuk’s words, CEO Kim Joo-seong smirked.

“The reason is probably that I’m an obstacle to their interests.”

“Who on earth are ‘they’? There shouldn’t be anyone among the directors who would have a change of heart…”

It wasn’t unreasonable for Team Leader Jung Hyuk to think this way, as most of the retired directors hadn’t attended board meetings for years and had entrusted everything to CEO Kim Joo-seong.

“After hearing about the dismissal resolution, I did some investigation on my own, and there were traces of stock purchases split among various investment companies.”

“Even so, don’t you hold the majority, Sir?”

“Well…”

Thinking that those guys must have a clear reason for opening their mouths, CEO Kim Joo-seong moved to enter the main conference room where the shareholders’ meeting was being held.

At that moment, someone called out to CEO Kim Joo-seong from the side.

“Sir.”

As Kim Joo-seong turned to the side, Yeon-woo approached.

“Ah, Yeon-woo. I’ve been receiving reports that you’ve been doing theater these days.”

Yeon-woo nodded at this.

“It seems there’s a play unfolding in here as well.”

“Hmm. Has the news reached you too, Yeon-woo?”

Realizing what Yeon-woo meant, CEO Kim Joo-seong looked at the conference room door.

Yeon-woo looked back and forth between CEO Kim Joo-seong and Team Leader Jung Hyuk beside him before speaking again.

“Whatever results unfold inside, please remember that I’m on your side and Team Leader’s side, not the company LN’s.”

“……”

After a moment of silence, CEO Kim Joo-seong quietly nodded.

“Thank you. I’ll definitely remember that.”

Nodding his head, CEO Kim Joo-seong opened the door to the conference room and entered.

As he looked around, his eyebrows twitched.

“…Well, well. What brings all these heavy-bottomed folks here today?”

All the directors who hadn’t shown up for a while were present at the meeting.

And the CEO dismissal motion was passed swiftly.

Without the slightest change in his expression, CEO Kim Joo-seong stood up and walked out of the meeting room with calm steps.

He had no intention of having an ace up his sleeve or filing for cancellation of the CEO dismissal resolution.

“Sir…”

As Team Leader Jung Hyuk called out from beside him, Kim Joo-seong looked at his face and smiled faintly.

“I’m not the CEO anymore. Is this what burnout feels like? The passion that’s been boiling for decades suddenly cools off.”

When he opened the door to the meeting room and saw the other directors avoiding his gaze, he felt that all his efforts until now had been in vain.

Feeling a throbbing headache coming on, Kim Joo-seong looked at Team Leader Jung and patted his shoulder.

“Ah, I’d like to rest a bit today. Team Leader Jung. I’ll go down first.”

“…Yes, Sir.”

Smiling at Team Leader Jung, Kim Joo-seong took the elevator down to the parking lot.

Upon arriving at the parking lot, James Choi, who had been waiting, approached Kim Joo-seong.

“Mr. Kim Joo-seong.”

Kim Joo-seong stared blankly at James Choi, who called him by name rather than his title of CEO.

This was the person who had been newly appointed as CEO after he was dismissed from the position.

“So you’re the new CEO of LN?”

“We’d like to acquire the shares you hold as a priority for our company. We’ll offer you a price higher than the current market value.”

“Do I have any reason to do that? As a shareholder now, knowing that there’s an earnings surprise coming soon, wouldn’t it be better to wait?”

Hearing Kim Joo-seong’s words, James Choi smirked.

“I think it would be best for everyone if we could make this deal with smiles on our faces.”

“Are you resorting to threats now in South Korea, a country ruled by law? Give it your best shot.”

With those final words, Kim Joo-seong ignored James Choi and approached his car, where the waiting driver opened the door.

Kim Joo-seong got into the car and left the LN building.

After Kim Joo-seong left, James Choi made a phone call from the parking lot.

“Yes. He refused the deal.”

– Is that so? Can’t be helped. He’s choosing the hard way.

“Are you thinking of killing him?”

– Since when did you start caring about such things?

Hearing the low voice on the other end of the phone, James Choi bowed to the air.

“I’m sorry!”

– Who said anything about killing? We’re just going to scare him a little. Well, if he persists till the end, who knows.

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The change was detected immediately.

Kim Su-hyeok, who was observing the movements of ‘Gold’, relayed the information to Han Hae-woon, and naturally, it reached Yeon-woo’s ears.

– They’re on the move.

“They’re moving right after dismissing the CEO. Seems they’re quite desperate. Tell Lee Gyu-jin and Park Jung-hyun to get ready. And tell Kim Su-hyeok to track Gold’s route and join them.”

– Understood.

After talking with CEO Kim Joo-seong, Yeon-woo immediately returned home and was now watching the scene through the eyes of four agents moving separately via monitors connected to the operation command room.

There are two methods to protect a VIP.

The method of finding and eliminating risk factors in advance.

And the method of waiting and resolving the situation when danger strikes.

‘The goal of Gold, or rather Baek Sol, is ultimately to purchase shares from Kim Joo-seong. They probably won’t use violent methods from the start. Since he’s a civilian, they’ll likely try to intimidate him first.’

In this case, they couldn’t make the first move.

For the next operation, they needed to step in and resolve the situation when those guys tried to harm Kim Joo-seong.

Whether Kim Joo-seong sold his shares to Baek Sol or not, plans were prepared for all scenarios.

If CEO Kim Joo-seong sold his shares to Baek Sol, things would become easier, but in return, the benefits Yeon-woo would gain or the damage inflicted on Baek Sol would be relatively small.

However, if he refused to sell his shares despite being threatened, it would be a more difficult path, but the rewards and damage would both be greater.

‘If we want to take the easy route, it’d be better if our CEO Kim was a bit less tough, but it doesn’t matter if he isn’t.’

Events were unfolding as quickly as lightning striking.

There had been signs of them gradually attacking or probing LN before, but they hadn’t expected them to move so rapidly and replace the CEO position until they investigated.

‘But most operations are like this anyway.’

Hadn’t they been steadily preparing for this by selecting agents and procuring equipment long in advance?

Kim Joo-seong heading home after the shareholders’ meeting.

And ‘Gold’ and his hired disposable contractors following behind him.

Finally, behind them were Yeon-woo and the agents, orchestrating the entire operation.