1401-14501401 MC shakes Director So into panicking into telling him the truth about the matter, Berry6's Yoo So-jeong refuses to believe MC and was cut from the group; MC and his allies including prosecutors prepare a sting for Kim
1402 Warned by the app, MC cancels the sting operation and instead confronts Kim personally; despite a warning from Martin Chung's grandma about changing the fates of people and the dangers of politicians, MC determined to go ahead with his backup plan against Kim's business entity
1403 An enraged Kim Cheol-yong had to back off; MC fails to shake Park Dae-yoon the number 3 of Kim's organization; MC realized he had offended powerful politicians; the Everyday App is updated with new abilities and a possible nearby death date for the MC; the story reveals that Kim Dae-gu works with Yang Ji-hoon who in turn had gone against Choi Man-sik's wishes to contact Elder Baek Sa-jun
1404 Choi Man-sik bears a grudge against his biological father Baek Sa-jun (underworld figure and chairman of PS Construction) over how Baek had manipulated him since childhood as a weapon for Baek's feud against Chairman Choi Eun-tae; Man-sik begrudgingly reconciles with Baek to get his own freedom from jail; MC gathers his stars and friends and warn them of an impending battle
1405 Baek calls MC and gives him impossible choices that MC rejects completely; Baek outmanuevers ex-Minister Lee Tae-jong, MC takes precaution as the app warns of danger to Yoo-jin and Yeong-in
1406 Yoo-jin and Yeong-in's eye-catching clothes and accessories while hosting <Trot Star>; MC sees the Kim brothers in attendance; a countermeasure in place when a sudden power blackout happened: the jewelry on the women were actually LEDs
1407 MC and Kang Eun-gi prevented injury to the Hoop Enter stars from a sabotaged light fixture; another phone app update; MC's precautions ensures that the show goes on
1408 The saboteur Choi Hong-taek was arrested; Baek stunned at the failure of the plot and told the Kim brothers to hide from public scrutiny; JNBC Chairman Hyun grateful to MC
1409 MC deals with <Trot Star> contestant Han Yong-jun's troubles with singer Sa Hong-jun
Refresher: Han was Yoo-jin school junior and was rescued by the MC from leeching bullies (ch1196)1410 Han Yong-jun blossoms for his next performance and defeats Sa Hong-jun; over at rival show <Prince of Trot> Park soo-chang seethes at the news; Chairman Hyun unexpectedly explodes at Busan Mayor and presidential candidate Kim Seong-hwang regarding the Kim brothers incident (no relation to himself)
Refresher: Park was one of Han's bullies. Busan Mayor Kim had been mentioned several times but I had not mentioned it; he is Baek Sa-jun's political ally1411 Chairman Hyun with info from MC angrily fends off the mayor; MC treats the cast and crew with the chairman's card (much to his chagrin); MC returns to a warm welcome from his worried friends and allies
1412 An unexpected contact from Chairman So Ra-hee seeking his help to rescue ex-Minister Lee Tae-jong from a secure location, Song reveals to MC that Baek is Choi Man-sik's father
1413 MC agrees and informs Chairman Choi of the plan; ex-Minister Lee laughs as Baek becomes flustered as the location becomes celebrity news due to MC's 'accidental' action that caused a crowd to gather
1414 MC anticipated Baek's escape car and a special team smoothly rescues Lee; MC meets Lee and Song and explains the reason for letting Baek go
1415 Lee agrees to MC's request to stop using the entertainment industry as a political tool and reveals the kingmakers who do so (former Prime Minister Choi Hong-koo and former President Song Jae-wook); a potential issue with the Yellow Dragon Film Festival
1416 MC and CEO Kang Gam-chan use the incident to galvanize and truly unite Hoop Enter as one; MC causes <When the moon rises, the sun sets>'s film promotion to crash the servers and provoked LT Hotel CEO Shin Woo-jin into a wager
1417 With MC's help, LT Enter CEO Shin Jong-ki benefitted from the wager and strengthens his positon for the LT succession fight; the server crash is solved benefitting Hoop Enter and LT
1418 CEO Shin takes a page from MC's playbook and re-hires the IT specialists that solved the issue; the director cuts of Hoop Enter's movies suppresses <When the moon rises, the sun sets>
1419 MC's prosecutor allies informs him of political interference in Choi Man-sik's case; MC leaks a scandal to interrupt the court proceedings
1420 The case adjourned as the judge gets embroiled in a domestic dispute; Choi Man-sik's outburst lands him in even more trouble; Baek Sa-jun arrested when MC turned his own son Baek Gook-hwan into a whistleblower
1421 Baek Sa-jun utterly defeated and forced accept MC's terms for his own survival; biased debate within the Yellow Dragon judging committee silenced by MC's preemptive promotional tactic and Minister Han's visit
1422 The prize of an all-paid trip to Cannes Film Festival causes Hoop Enter's livestream to explode; a touching moment to show Chae Seok-hyeon's marked improvement
Refresher: Chae Seok-hyun is actress Chae Mi-hyeon's autistic brother (ch715)1423 MC heads to KBC before the film festival to deal with the biased festival sponsor Sports Lighting and secures a favourable agreement that also benefitted the participants; taking care of veteran Kim Yeon-su's health and gains the event host's favour
1424 The festival begins, Hoop Enter's talents and movies dominate the predictions; Kim Dong-soo confidently brags at MC over a massive investment from China and his actress Hwang Ji-ae of <When the Moon Sets, the Sun Sets>
1425 Yoo-jin's clothes and appearance overshadows Hwang on the red carpet; MC helped by Reporter Jang Moon-ki prevent external pressures on the judging; Miso wins Best New Actress award for <Missing - The Lost>
1426 Miso's touching acceptance speech and dedicates the prize to the victims of the incident; unprecented triple winners of Best New Actor for Go Jae-soo, Park Sangyu and Choi Deok-bae; the committee appears to explain; more awards and joint-winners for Hoop Enter
1427 Even MC surprised by the crazy ratings for the festival and found out it was by Reporter Jang's stoking; Lee Tae-poong wins Best Actor; Yeong-in and Yoo-jin share Best Actress; Yoo-jin's moving tribute to her parents; the festival concludes joyfully
1428 1000 winners for the Cannes trip prize; the Jinsung siblings grateful for the publicity for their hotel and given a tip to prepare for an explosion of Korean-wave in the west; Hoop Enter's post-festival reception party wraps up successfully
1429 MC slyly causes his allies to fight over sponsorship and advertising rates; Hwang's faux pax handling of Chae Seok-hyun to promote her tv series causes Yoo-jin to 'accidentally' step on her clothes; her manager Ok Seul-gi flustered when MC easily settles the issue with the prestigious designer
1430 MC calms Yoo-jin and Chae Mi-hyeon down and blasts Hwang's faux pax towards autism causing Ok to scramble to recover her image; top actors from other agencies rush to Hoop Enter
1431 The top stars want to sign with MC; the story explains how Ace Enter managed to rise from the ashes from Chinese investment; MC had no intention of signing the stars and causes them to leave over strict rules and tough conditions; dealing with angry association leaders that thought Hoop was stealing the stars
1432 The association chairmen fled from MC's threat; MC rejects Sports Lighting's demand delivered by Reporter Choi Il-tae to put a director in Hoop Enter; MC makes good his threat and invests Saudi money in the Korean entertainment industry
1433 Flood of partnership offers for Hoop Enter; Prince Khalid increases his investment to fend off other foreign interests; Hollywood's Patrick Jang and his influential investor wife Sophia Lee arrive at Hoop Enter
1434 Patrick's daughter Jang Je-ni is very eye-catching but MC knew the truth (past life: sneered at the Korean industry after returning to the US); as expected Je-ni showed her unruly self the moment Hoop Enter declined to sign her up and became indignant when MC said Yoo-jin was more beautiful; Sophia threatens a hostile takeover of Hoop Enter
1435 MC counters with information of a drug scandal in a movie Sophia had invested in causing her to back down; later MC takes advantage of the press conference to keep Jang Je-ni in line by painting her as someone who loves Korea
1436 Sophia Lee belatedly realized MC's trap for Je-ni, patriarch Isaac Lee tasks them to ensnare MC by marriage; Jang Je-ni strikes by taking KNB Bank's advertisement from Yoo-jin; the bank management underestimated MC's relationship with Prince Khalid
1437 MC realized it was a setup as Jang Je-ni arrives with Ok Seul-gi to beg for her 'mistake'; unfortunately for her MC's quick call to the prince earlier had ruined the plot and KNB Bank paid the price
1438 KNB Bank's shares suffered causing harm to Je-ni's own marketability; Ok Seul-gi gets tough with Je-ni and manages to convince her to work together; MBS's <Tale of Queen Dr Inhyeon> releases a featurette earlier than expected
1439 Jang Je-ni revealed for the lead role of Jang Hee-bin and alleged to be a direct descendant, <Tale of Queen Dr Inhyeon>'s star-studded production garners a lot of attention (I'll shorten the title to Queen Dr>
1440 MC uses a burner account to spoil parts of the first episode of <Queen Dr> and aired <Our Wish is Unification> own teaser right after (shortened the title to Unification later)
1441 MC teases the cameo and visit of a star together with Richard Cavendish as well as misleading <Unification> leaker AD Lee; the truth was beyond Ok Seul-gi's expectation when Richard Cavendish appear together with Daniel Clarke (Daniel Craig analogue), Crown Princess Kate and Princess Fatima
1442 Ok Seul-gi flabbergasted at the friendship between the royals with MC; in a private meeting, MC's warning about Kate's cancer offends her private secretary Nora
1443 Nora's gaffes finally got her in trouble; Kate confirms her cancer to MC; fierce broadcast competition between <Queen Dr> and <Unification>
1444 N.FLIX's <Queen Dr> is leading at the start due to <Prince of Trot> Park Soo-chang's appearance; MC remains confident and as expected <Unification>'s platform TVM gains massive new subscribers
1445 <Unification>'s first episode lost in viewership numbers but won in critical ratings; Sasuke calls to say that MC is the reason for unexpected huge reception of the drama in Japan
1446 The Japanese are jealous that Princess Kate had visited Korea first; TVM CEO Oh Hyun-ah incites the management over CK Chairman Son Myeong-woo's favourtism of the MC; CEO Oh privately contacts MC about the ruse to root out the disgruntled management (ex-CEO Son Hyeong-tae's people)
Refresher: Son Hyeong-tae was an antagonist and was ousted from CK Enter1447 MC returns home to news of him and CEO Kang being awarded title of UK's Knight Commander (KBE); MC calls Princess Kate to accept; both Yoo-jin and Miso warn MC about their suspicions of CEO Oh; the Japanese embassy and Vice Foreign Minister Park visits Hoop Enter to congratulate MC
1448 MC punishes Ambassador Mori's overbearing attitude by exposing his embarrassing tea-making plot
1449 Mori forced to apologize reluctantly and retreat when MC calls Princess Kate; MC more forgiving towards sincere subordinate Shimazu; Mori and Vice Foreign Minister Park suffers from the incident's fallout
1450 Mori ingratiates himself to Minister Hayashi to survive and scolds Tetsuya Ito for the incident; MC correctly predicted that Mori would not be affected; the news dominated by <Queen Dr>; cutting a deal with N.FLIX VP Asia Joo Mi-young
Refresher: Tetsuya is battling Sasuke to be the successor of AMOSE, Hoop Enter's Japanese affliate
