It's not about who his sponsor was ... It was because of his manager. His manager was implicated with the top star case in their company as schemed by Myungshin. So even if in the end, the manager was proven innocent, rumors will be circling around and no one wants an untrustworthy manager. So Yoohan is helping his manager. Their solution was to be the top star's manager, like if the top star makes him his new manager, it means he's not really the one who exposed the scandal.
As for the recording, when Jay told Yoohan he'll find something interesting in the background noise, he's actually hinting that the real culprit is the top star's old manager and you'll also hear "exec director Yoon" hinting that he was somehow involved in exposing the scandal.
Hope that makes sense...
okay okay I see!!!! wow thank you for explaining it all
I shouldn't be confused bc I feel like nothing is happening, but at the same time I'm so out of the loop.
what does this current PR storyline have to do with anything? I think I've forgotten what the stakes are - I know there public can't find out who's funding the MC, but is that it?