While the digital world burned in a fever of pointless arguments and fan wars, the atmosphere in the private lounge of the Baek family's corporate headquarters was one of opulent, suffocating luxury. The room was a cathedral of excess—gold-leafed moldings, deep mahogany panels, and a view of Seoul that made the city look like a miniature model for their amusement. Here, the chaos of the internet was not a source of stress, but a form of entertainment.
Baek Ji-hwan sat in a high-backed leather chair, a glass of vintage cognac in his hand, watching the scrolling feeds of a large monitor that displayed the real-time data of the social media storm. Beside him, Baek Min-seok leaned against a marble table, his face lit by the cold glow of his tablet. Around them stood the Baek family's inner circle of directors—men who had spent their lives navigating the currents of power and were now reveling in the calculated destruction of LUNE's public image.
