113 – Showers (5)
Oh Kyu-min, who has been working as an idol manager for 3 years this year, tried to quit his job as a manager just 2 years ago.
Basically, the job of a celebrity manager is a very difficult job.
It’s not that I can’t sleep on busy days when I have to do things like recording or events one after another, just think of it as not sleeping.
Of course celebrities work just as hard. So when I get in the car, I’ll probably sleep exhausted, but my manager doesn’t do anything like that. Why? He simply has to drive.
Because of this, body aches and colds are things that you just have to endure on your own. The moment the manager takes a break, the valuable manpower to replace the job disappears in an instant.
Actually, if work is difficult, it’s a part where you can just complain and move on, and the biggest problem with any job is the person right next to you.
There may be individual differences, but if you are a good average person, you can overcome difficult tasks with the mindset of admiring each other.
The problem is the opposite.
There are a lot of people with dirty personalities among celebrities.
Of course, I understand why there are so many people like that.
I can’t sleep properly, I’m very sensitive to popularity, I can’t go anywhere properly, I always have to be conscious of the public’s gaze, etc.
Even an ordinary person is bound to become nervous if he continues to be exposed to such a situation.
That doesn’t mean that I usually openly curse and throw things. It just means that I am very sensitive to stress and it is not a joke the moment I open the lid when it is full.
But when they are in front of the camera or on stage, they smile brightly, make noise, dance and sing with excitement.
When you see it right in front of you, the sense of disparity is really…….
Oh Gyu-min also wanted to quit his job as a manager due to the difficulty of the job itself and the sense of separation.
So I asked Baek Joon-young, the CEO of JYB, for advice on this matter.
─Kyumin-ah, let’s add just one more year. I’ll make you Hongryeon’s manager.
Baek Joon-young had no choice but to hold on to Oh Kyu-min in front of him.
It was because he was a trustworthy and experienced manager who had completed his managerial duties for a year without any problems or accidents, and simply because he did a good job.
From Oh Gyu-min’s point of view, the idea of giving Hong-ryun a manager seat was quite tempting.
At that time, Hongryun was a completely new girl group that had not even debuted yet.
Of course, the name became well known through the audition competition program and the drama ‘Fly High’, but there were still quite a few advantages of being a manager of a new idol group.
First of all, there are very few kids who are so keen on their nerves because they haven’t been in the entertainment industry for a long time.
Rather, since he is still the youngest in all areas, he is polite both outside and inside.
And the fact that there is a large age difference comes as an advantage from the manager’s point of view.
At this time, Hongryeon’s youngest child, Lee Da-hye, was only 15 years old.
At that time, there was a 14-year age difference between Oh Kyu-min, who was 29 years old at the time.
From Hongryeon’s point of view, even considering his average age, Oh Gyu-min was a person with a lot of experience in social life.
That’s why it’s so much easier to manage and reduce stress even when you go out.
What…… If you have a completely different black heart, it will be a negative part.
Anyway, Oh Kyu-min had no such dark feelings, and the merits of being the manager of a new girl group and the sincerity of Baek Joon-young, who first suggested a position given only to experienced managers who are trusted by the company, made Oh Kyu-min worry. Enough to make
And crucially…….
─I’ll give you an additional salary increase. Maybe 25% is enough…….
This was the final blow.
At that time, JYB’s stock price was rising due to the ‘Fly High’ of the 927 artist, so it was a proposal that could be made readily.
Thanks to that, Kyu-Min Oh accepted Baek Jun-Young’s proposal without even thinking about it any further, and has been with Hong-Ryeon since her debut until now.
Originally, as suggested by Baek Joon-young, I was thinking of just doing it for one year, and if it was too difficult, I would take over and leave this game.
But at this point, two years later, Oh Gyu-min’s mindset has changed a lot from before, just because he is still in charge of Hong-ryeon’s manager.
Work becomes more fun when people are good.
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It was a word I could sympathize with as Hongryeon’s manager.
Baek Joon-young ambitiously gathered them, and since they were the members she taught herself, all 5 of them were already great idols since her debut.
In other words, there is no big difference between what you see inside and outside.
Kyumin Oh really liked this.
On top of that, they are still young and new, so everyone is kind.
Of course, I keep talking about the advantages, but it’s not that there are no disadvantages at all.
When Kyu-min Oh moves together for activities, he is the only senior and male.
That’s why there is a strong tendency to be pointed out as the target of teasing when you talk.
Kyu-Min Oh always complains of resentment whenever that happens, but it looks quite funny. Oh Kyu-min has already been liberated from this part.
And the tension is so high that I wonder if it would be like this if I was a homeroom teacher at a girls’ high school.
Because of this, even in the middle of a busy schedule, when I go by car, I can’t stop singing or laughing. It wasn’t once or twice that Oh Gyu-min smiled bitterly and wished he had slept better.
Anyway, compared to the advantages, it wasn’t a big disadvantage.
Oh Kyu-min also knows that compared to the past, he is in charge of a manager of very good children, so he is always working with a joyful heart.
However, Kyu-min Oh also had a big concern recently.
— … Dahye has a favorite child?
─What is it? Didn’t we tell you?
While Lee Da-hye went to the bathroom for a while, the shocking news she heard from the other members.
She is the youngest, the one who seems to be the least likely to have an accident and the least likely to break her heart.
Even if you look at the photos, posts, and opinions that have been going around the community recently, it seemed that sooner or later it would become a fait accompli.
Because of this, as her manager, Kyu-Min Oh was worried about whether he should cheer her hard or nag her, and he had just finished worrying about it today.
So, on the way to bring Da-Hye Lee from her school to her headquarters, I was thinking of nagging her.
However, the car suddenly had a puncture, and the plan was a little messed up.
At Baek Joon-young’s request, Oh Kyu-min left the JYB headquarters building and hurriedly moved on. And since it started to rain not long after leaving the head office, Oh Kyu-min’s heart became even more urgent.
In the meantime, I began to see the shape of a schoolgirl wearing a familiar school uniform with striking blonde hair from afar.
Befitting the most popular idol at the moment, even from a distance, you could recognize Lee Da-hye at a glance.
Her problem is that she is talking to a suspicious man in a black hoodie.
At that moment, Kyu-min Oh, who had been involved in the entertainment industry, spoke strongly.
Lee Da-hye is now in a very dangerous situation.
And the moment he witnessed a man in a black hoodie wielding a dangerous-looking weapon at Lee Da-hye, Oh Kyu-min’s feet were moving before he knew it.
He was well aware that he was already doing more than just a manager, but he couldn’t help it.
How could she just stand by when the child she’d been with for two years like her little sister was about to face a major disaster right in front of her eyes?
“Dahye! Run!”
“What is this bastard!”
The first thing Kyu-min Oh aimed for while headbutting the man in the hoodie was for the man to somehow hold on to the hand holding his knife with both hands and hold on.
This was to give Lee Da-hye time to escape as much as possible.
The man in the hoodie didn’t anticipate the sudden shock, so he ended up rolling on the floor with Kyu-min Oh.
“Kyu, Kyu-min oppa!”
At the sudden appearance of Kyu-Min Oh, Lee Da-Hye looked at him with startled eyes.
But she couldn’t afford to have a touching reunion.
“Get away quickly! Hurry!”
Hearing Kyu-Min Oh’s cry for a favor, Lee Da-Hye bit her lip and nodded her head.
In the end, Lee Da-hye began to distance herself from her scene, barely leading her aching ankle.
“Stop!!! Where are you going to leave me!!!”
At the same time, the man in the hoodie screamed as he glared at him until his eyes popped out, and the resistance towards Kyu-min Oh gradually began to intensify.
There is a saying that even professional mixed martial arts fighters who have specialized in fighting people are no match for those who wield weapons.
In that sense, Kyu-Min Oh endured for quite a while, but it was unreasonable to hold out until the police or other helpers came.
“Keuk… ….”
In the end, he was stabbed in the outer thigh, and in an instant, the resistance was broken, and the man in the hoodie ran madly in the direction where Da-hye Lee had fled.
At a glance, there was something wrong with Lee Da-hye’s gait.
In other words, the man in the hoodie running like crazy like that and Lee Da-hye will meet again soon.
So Kyu-Min Oh hurriedly got up from his seat and tried to chase after them, but he couldn’t because of the intense pain he felt in his thigh.
…… The situation was hopeless for anyone to see.
In this situation where not a single siren is heard, it is questionable whether the police will arrive before Lee Da-hye and the man in the hoodie meet.
That said, there is no one to ask for help right now……
“I called an ambulance. Just tell me which direction Lee Da-hye went.”
I thought there would be no one, but in this heavy rain, there was a person who approached me before I knew it.
A male student wearing the same Hanbit Art High School uniform as Lee Da-hye.
Oh Kyu-min knew who the boy was all too well, and at the same time he couldn’t help but be a little surprised.
‘Someone is going to kill me by hitting me… ….’
Atmosphere.
The expression seemed calm, but the atmosphere the male student was exuding was unusual.
Originally, there is a saying that when you get too angry, you become calmer.
And the male student in front of me was in just such a state.