In 166 AG, Wonyong had an important business meeting with Hiroshi Sato, though he eventually decided not to go through with it, much to the annoyance of the Sato family. Eight years later, in the aftermath of Kuvira's failed invasion of the United Republic of Nations, Wonyong, as the owner of the land surrounding the spirit portal in downtown Republic City, visited the spirit portal with a work crew to measure up the area, as he intended to turn it into an amusement park. Discovering several airbenders who had been meditating there, he ordered them to vacate the area under threat of calling the police. Jinora, speaking for their group, refused to leave, and an angered Wonyong yelled at her that they were trespassing. When Avatar Korra and Asami emerged from the spirit portal, Wonyong intro