* 𝙊𝙇𝘿 / 𝙲𝚄𝚁𝚂𝙴𝚂.

[ljiae]

— 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦, a dependent writing blog for @dynastic unfortunately written by RAE.

#이지애 / lee jiae, board member of the bulletin corporation intro, visual, inspiration

[inhyelee]

She looks both ways before confirming the other is speaking to her. In the years In-hye had been absent, it seemed as though these parties had gotten less and less selective with their their staffing. "Shouldn't you be," small gesture towards the waiters in black, "distributing champagne? Instead of attempting to fraternize with the guests."

[nevaehhalston]

" oh ? " brows hiked, a chuckle bubbles from her lips. wasn't this the daughter of the deceased ? the newly appointed ceo ? yikes. looks like this one wasn't media-trained. " you should've told me you were thirsty ! " she pivots in her seat to swipe a flute off a passing tray. " manners maketh man, " her glass is raised in toast and brought to her lips as she makes her leave. " my ten-minute break is over but best of luck tonight, really. please do snap your fingers if you need a pen, or a speech writer or... " a shrug, " a chauffeur ? " oh, suvi will enjoy this.

[ljiae]

a small look of abject horror passed fleetingly through jiae's features before she strode forwards to step between the two women. " and why would ms. halston be doing that, inhye? " she smiled tightly at her sister before throwing a much softer one at the younger woman. " i do think that my sister still need to spend a bit more of her lifetime in this industry — but i see halston cinemas had a very fruitful year ! " not like inhye would've noticed anything about that. " inhye this is neveah halston, of course, and neveah i'm sure not many have met my sister, this is lee inhye. " @inhyelee

[ljiae]

" so i see suvi is nominated. " she appeared to be nonchalant, fingers fiddling with the stem of her champagne flute. " have you gone over to congratulate her? " ( @leeminkyu )

[ljiae]

jiae's lowered voice mumbled in swift korean, in hopes that none around them will be able to understand. " do you think she's here? she has to be. " but when has lee inhye ever done anything she's supposed to? " i'm only thankful that she wont be delivering the speech for dad. " ( @kangjihyuk )

[ljiae]

— 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯.

it seems that 𝙻𝙴𝙴 𝙹𝙸𝙰𝙴 has entered the scene ! she looks exactly like 𝙺𝙸𝙼 𝙹𝙸𝚆𝙾𝙽 . this 𝟹𝟻 𝚈𝙴𝙰𝚁 𝙾𝙻𝙳 is the board member of 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙱𝚄𝙻𝙻𝙴𝚃𝙸𝙽 𝙲𝙾𝚁𝙿𝙾𝚁𝙰𝚃𝙸𝙾𝙽 . it’s a small wonder since she is 𝚁𝙴𝙻𝙴𝙽𝚃𝙻𝙴𝚂𝚂 & 𝙰𝙳𝚁𝙾𝙸𝚃 and 𝙳𝙸𝚂𝚃𝚁𝚄𝚂𝚃𝙸𝙽𝙶 & 𝙱𝚁𝚄𝚂𝚀𝚄𝙴. she has been involved with the company for 𝙴𝙻𝙴𝚅𝙴𝙽 years.

BASIC INFORMATION

name: lee jiae age: 35 sexual orientation: straight hometown: london, england gender + pronouns: cis-woman + she / her

FAMILY

father: simon lee ( deceased ), former ceo of bulletin corp. mother: park mikyung older sister: lee inhye, ceo of bulletin corp. younger brother: lee minkyu, board member of bulletin corp. ex-husband: tba ( wc on the main ! ) children: sophie lee-tba (7), evan lee-tba (5)

MIND

secondary school: st. paul's girls school undergraduate: university of cambridge, economics masters: king's college london, m.sc in management & organisational analysis doctorate: king's college london, dphil in management languages: korean, english, mandarin, japanese, spanish

CAREER

lee jiae has always been thoroughly adept in keeping her head down, and working. truly working. she had been proud to continue in the family business, to represent her father and their family in all the ways that matter —  not necessarily found in the society pages and arm-in-arm with a gaggle of famous friends, but a quiet force behind the scenes. sleepless nights discussing opportunities of expansion and potential deals to be made, she knows that numbers do not lie the way people do, and the only thing she truly trusts is the way black ink looks upon paper. one could always expect her emails to come from all hours of the night. the public could take her last name as it is; as the very reason for her position in the company and her rank amongst others, but those in the know understood that it is her relentless intelligence that makes her invaluable. jiae had always been comfortable in the thankless toil of neverending hard work. that is, until the matter of succession came to the forefront of her father's attention. jiae had never wanted acknowledgment for much — for it is always the numbers ( found in the company's stock value, in her own bank account, etc. ) that brought her pride and happiness. for the first time, jiae allowed herself to hope, to want something for once. surely, all her tireless hard work throughout the years should count for something ! but no. her older sister now wore the crown upon her brow, and the remnants of her own personal life ( something she always thought was a necessary sacrifice ) lay by the wayside. a broken marriage and a quiet house, a long career without anything to show for it —  jiae must find it within herself to continue in her usual quiet toil under the command of her sister, instead of her father. or perhaps this time, she will finally allow herself to scream.

OTHER HCS

a very traditional middle child, tries her best to do what she's supposed to and to excel as much as she could. constantly trying to impress her dad.

married in her late twenties, both with high strung careers in media, two kids followed ( one boy, one girl ). however, things finally came ahead after many nights of taking their stresses out on each other, a quick and efficient divorce followed. it all happened just a month before her dad's untimely death.

joint custody with her husband, although the kids mostly stay with her, if only for their stability. they still live in their family home overlooking hyde park.

she tries very hard to please her parents, to the detriment of her own personal life and relationships. her relationship with her siblings are extremely complicated, despite how much she loves them, the feeling of inferiority still remains.

always a strong drinker, but she has been relying on it lately to cope.

and other things idk for now but we'll figure it out !

[ljiae]

— 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦.

[dramashii]

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