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Summary:

It's the age-old trope. Suit versus creative, left brain versus right brain, logic versus emotion. Ambitious ad man versus passionate creative director. What can go wrong?

Welcome to SM Enterprises Ltd, award-winning ad agency and home to more than a few egos and divas. Don't believe what you see on Mad Men. It gets crazier than that.

Notes:

Full disclosure:
- This gives you a hopefully-but-not-quite realistic look at the ad industry, which has been over-glamourised in the media.
- This author is borrowing extremely heavily from her 5 years in the industry, but her actual working life was much less exciting. It featured less pretty people, for one.
- This author has just started a sabbatical from her Real People Adult Career (TM) so will be around for a few months.
- This is for Mouldsee because who else would it be for? #teamraptors

Chapter 1: Per Our Conversation

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@UKYH___

74 posts | 31,456 followers | 67 following 

🐺📸🎧🎳📱

#ICYMI Gwangju Creates: A Visual Telling @ Leeum Museum 2

#CARE: +82-2-313-8886 #mustlovedogs

Cannes Lion Creative Speaker and Mentor 2019

 

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@changmin88 

2,912 posts | 275 followers | 206 following 

Max

Spinning lies for a living 

 

This account is private. 

Follow this account to see their photos and videos. 

 

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From: Yunho, Jung < [email protected] >

To: SM ENT., ALL

Re: Happy To Be Back! 

 

Hi everyone,

 

UKNOW it feels so good to be back! 

Thanks to the visualiser department for the cakes and goodies… all strawberry flavoured too. I'm honoured guys! 

I'm pretty sure Studio is responsible for the silly string and the hugeeeee flower field in my office, but no one is owning up… 👀🤔 I'll be watching. Feeling the love! 

Soo-Man seongsaeng-nim, Youngmin hyung, Soyoung noona, thanks for taking a chance on me. 

To everyone else: Can't wait to jam together again! 

 

Love,

Yun.

 

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From: Max, Shim < [email protected] >

To: Kyu, Cho < [email protected] >

Re: Fw:Re: Happy To Be Back!

 

Q,

Who the fuck is this pretentious dickwad? 

 

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From: Kyu, Cho < [email protected] >

To: Max, Shim < [email protected] >

Re: Fw:Re: Happy To Be Back!

 

You mean UdontKnow? Was he before your time? 

 

Q

 

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From: Max, Shim < [email protected] >

To: Kyu, Cho < [email protected] >

Re: Fw:Re: Happy To Be Back!

 

I sense an insider joke but I don't have the time nor inclination to dig it out of you. 

No, I've never seen this person before in my life. I would remember him just from the sheer amount of slime oozing from that email alone. 

 

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From: Kyu, Cho < [email protected] >

To: Max, Shim < [email protected] >

Re: Fw:Re: Happy To Be Back

 

Sorry bro

Sometimes we are so joined at the hip I forget you had a life (sad though it was) before me. 

Careful about the contempt. That's the crown prince of SM you're talking about… your head isn't so beloved by BoA that it won't roll.

 

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From: Max, Shim < [email protected] >

To: Kyu, Cho < [email protected] >

Re: Fw:Re: Happy To Be Back!

 

By sad, you mean before I came along and spurred you into actual productivity and new heights of coding.  

I've been here 2 years and I haven't even heard of him. What kind of 'crown prince' is that. 

He's a creative? 

 

And you leave my boss out of this. 

 

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From: Kyu, Cho < [email protected] >

To: Max, Shim < [email protected] >

Re: Fw:Re: Happy To Be Back

 

Yes a creative. Award-winning CD. I heard he's invited to be a Young Lions mentor at Cannes this year.

Its kinda like the prodigal son returns… I think people just didnt bring him up much this couple of years because The SM was heartbroken over him leaving to start his own agency. But now hes back!

And hard to leave ur boss out of it when that's one of her best friends? 

 

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From: Max, Shim < [email protected] >

To: Kyu, Cho < [email protected] >

Re: Fw:Re: Happy To Be Back!

 

Q -

 

Do you think you can spell properly since it is still working hours?  

I'm confused. So this slime ball is so beloved by people that they were, what, stricken speechless by his prior resignation?

BoA knows him?? She hasn't mentioned him to me. 

 

Copy or art?

 

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From: Kyu, Cho < [email protected] >

To: Max, Shim < [email protected] >

Re: Fw:Re: Happy To Be Back

 

Live dangerously bro its Friday 

She more than knows him

There was a rumour round the water cooler that they were dating but they kind of came out at an office party in '16  and said no…. Ur boss dipped him and kissed the hell out of him then announced to everyone it was her kissing her brother 

But they have a bonnie and clyde thing going on  

….didnt you say she has been pissed as fuck with Jaejoong for the longest time? I think ur lookin at Jaejoongs replacement bro

 

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From: Max, Shim < [email protected] >

To: Kyu, Cho < [email protected] >

Re: Fw:Re: Happy To Be Back!

 

Q - 

 

At least turn on spell check. Your emails are hurting my eyes. 

Also- That creature is an art CD. You mean Jung Yunho is art? With that flamboyant email, I thought he's a copywriter for sure.

Wait - she's summoning me. Talk later. 

 

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From: Kyu, Cho < [email protected] >

To: Max, Shim < [email protected] >

Re: Fw:Re: Happy To Be Back

 

????????? U CANT LEAVE ME HANGIN LIKE THAT SO WAT DOES SHE NEED U FOR IS IT UKNOW

 

LUNCH LATER I NEED TO KNOW DEETS

 


 

From: Yunho, Jung < [email protected] >

To: BoA, Kwon < [email protected] > ; Heechul, Kim < [email protected] >

Re: Lunch? <3

 

My favourite peoples!! 🙆🏻

 

Lunch? On me! Bring me to whatever new and exciting food places this place has to offer! I'm sure there's plenty of new places! 

 

Big hugs,

Yun.

 

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From: Heechul, Kim < [email protected] >

To: Yunho, Jung < [email protected] > ; BoA, Kwon < [email protected]

Re: Re: Lunch? <3

 

Yundol ah,

 

You say it as though we didn't just meet for dinner at that fusion place you wanted to go last Friday…

If BoA or I pay, we can expense it under "Staff Welfare" and you can have all the meat you like. 

Probably BoA. Her expense account is definitely higher.

 

H.

 

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From: Yunho, Jung < [email protected] >

To: Heechul, Kim < [email protected] >  ; BoA, Kwon < [email protected]

Re: Re: Lunch? <3

 

Aw, hyung! That's different. Now we're colleagues again! 👨🎨👨💻👸

LOL sure! Expense away, as long as it isn't much trouble. I really can and want to buy you lunch! Meat seems too heavy though…. 🤔

I saw on IG today that there is a Korean-French grain bowl place everyone is raving about?

 

Let me know!

Yun.

 

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From: Heechul, Kim < [email protected] >

To: Yunho, Jung < [email protected] > ; BoA, Kwon < [email protected]

Re: Re: Lunch? <3

 

>> Now we're colleagues again!

Wasn't that the whole point of last Friday night? To celebrate your impending return, ye O mighty Creative Director, owner of Cannes Lions?

 

>> Korean-French grain bowl place

It's too early in the week, Yundol. Take pity on your poor old hyung. No hipster rabbit food, please.

 

H.

 

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From: Yunho, Jung < [email protected] >

To: Heechul, Kim < [email protected] >  ; BoA, Kwon < [email protected]

Re: Re: Lunch? <3

 

Awwww hyung. But this is my first proper meal with you as a colleague in years!! ❤❤❤ 

Okay fine, I forgot you have strong feelings about fusion food. What are you craving, then? 

BoA my love, light of my life, my goddess~ what about you? 😘

 

Love,

Yun.

 

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From: Heechul, Kim < [email protected] >

To: Yunho, Jung < [email protected] > ; BoA, Kwon < [email protected]

Re: Re: Lunch? <3

 

She's a goddess? What am I then? Chopped liver?

 

I don't have "strong feelings about fusion food". I have strong feelings about your food choices because they have too many colours and rarely look edible. I know you just want to go to these places because you can take your #artyfarty pictures for "the Instagram".

There's a pretty good Vietnamese place down the road. Opened a year ago. Or… the old deli got replaced by a ramen shop that's decent, too. 

But let's wait to see what Her Holiness wants to eat.

 

H.

 

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From: Yunho, Jung < [email protected] >

To: Heechul, Kim < [email protected] >  ; BoA, Kwon < [email protected]

Re: Re: Lunch? <3

 

LMAO stop dissing IG, hyung. If you'll just try it… 🤳📳Exploding Head on Google 💥Smiling Face With Hearts on Samsung  

BoA? You busy? You still have time for lunch, right?

 

I'm getting kind of hungry,

Yun.

 

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From: Heechul, Kim < [email protected] >

To: Yunho, Jung < [email protected] > ; BoA, Kwon < [email protected]

Re: Re: Lunch? <3

 

That series of emoticons look painful. 

I'll stay with Twitter, thank you very much. It's a magnet for jaded and witty handsome men. Like me.

I think the light of your life is still huddled with her little pet. I saw them when I went by the water cooler to look at the hot new Head of Content. Very intense. Probably plotting some client's demise.

 

H. 

 

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From: Yunho, Jung < [email protected] >

To: Heechul, Kim < [email protected] >  ; BoA, Kwon < [email protected]

Re: Re: Lunch? <3

 

Who's very intense? 🤔

BoA? Or this Head of Content? This is a new hire too? 

And what pet? 😲 BoA, you have a protégé? How is she?

 

Need food!!

Yun.

 

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From: Heechul, Kim < [email protected] >

To: Yunho, Jung < [email protected] > ; BoA, Kwon < [email protected]

Re: Re: Lunch? <3

 

  • The pet is a he
  • Btw your goddess has amassed quite the team of minions and she'll probably have to start introducing you soon. Like after lunch soon. There's an army of them. 
  • Except for the pet whom I thought you already know but clearly not
  • Oh ho @boa.kwon so you haven't introduce Yundol to The Shim? This I have to see
  • Intense was referring to B&S's conversation 
  • But I suppose you can call the HoC intense too. In a physical way… he's got an 8 pack
  • Your love has been ignoring us so let's go for food in 5 loverboy

 

H.

 

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From: Yunho, Jung < [email protected] >

To: Heechul, Kim < [email protected] >  ; BoA, Kwon < [email protected]

Re: Re: Lunch? <3

 

Hyung, I know you're hungry too, but that reply 🙄🤣

So Shim is a he and he is BoA's… Lead minion? 

What does having an 8 pack got to do with anything? I thought you were talking about his working style!

 

...Sigh KWON BOA!! YOU HAVE 3 MORE MINUTES. 😤😤😤 OR WE'RE LEAVING WITHOUT YOU.

 

🥘🍲🥗🍱🍛🍝

Yun.

 

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From: BoA, Kwon < [email protected]

To: Yunho, Jung < [email protected] > ; Heechul, Kim < [email protected] >

Re: Re: Lunch? <3

 

Heechul, I dare you to call Changmin my pet to his face.

Do it. Get me video proof and I'll speak to the FC to get you the freelancer budget you want for the next quarter. 

I've reservations for three at Mingles. Let's go.

 

BoA

 

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From: Heechul, Kim < [email protected] >

To: Yunho, Jung < [email protected] > ; BoA, Kwon < [email protected]

Re: Re: Lunch? <3

 

@yunho.jung oh this Choi Siwon doesn't seem to have much of a brain. He does have an 8-pack and an inclination to walk around the office topless past 6pm though. 

@boa.kwon you are so on. 

Although, maybe "Max the Lead Minion" trumps "BoA's pet". 

 

H.