110 – Public Audition (5)
For a week, I went for a morning jog with secretary Jeong Song-i.
Still, Jjam-eun worked out at a pension in Jeju Island with Yeom Seon-jeong.
… Everything had disappeared.
“Producer, you did a great job today.”
As I also soaked her entire body with sweat, Secretary Jeong Song-i first wiped away my sweat with a towel.
I was thankful and sorry for always acting as if I was the priority.
“Shall we take a shower together today?”
“Ah, yes!”
I couldn’t go to work smelling like sweat, so I went back to my hotel room.
After we went into the shower booth together, I cleaned her body with my bare hands this time.
After showering and finishing breakfast, secretary Jeong Song-i gave me 4 nutritional supplements.
They say these are all ingredients that help improve stamina….
Maybe because I’ve only eaten it for a week, I didn’t feel it that much.
“The producer also feels better because the quantity has increased.”
“Really?”
“But you still have a lot of food, so I wonder if I’ll be able to eat it all at once if it gets bigger.”
Even if Jin-do goes that far, secretary Jeong Song-i always acts on the premise of eating….
Well, it’s good because it’s erotic.
I went to work at the GI Production Japan branch office.
The interpreters who came to the office first, Hikari Ishinami, Moeko Machiyama, and Sayo Yabusaki greeted politely.
I also greeted him and entered the CEO’s office.
“Do you have any outside plans today?”
“Yes. Now we just have to finish it.”
Today is August 9th.
Cursed Dolls members already returned to Korea early last month, and Berryz and Yeom Seon-jeong finished their first Japanese activities yesterday.
Now, secretary Jeong Song-i and I just have to wrap up our Japanese affairs and go to Korea….
The Japanese branch has become larger than originally planned.
The reason we first hired an interpreter and Hikari Ishinami as contract workers was because we planned to move out of the office once our first Japanese activities were over.
So, the final step was to do some paperwork and designate the person with the right to compete and the person with the right to decide.
“Please call Ishinami for a moment.”
“Yes.”
Jeong Song-i’s secretary brought Hikari Ishinami to the fact that she was her representative.
Hikari Ishinami stood in front of me with a slightly nervous expression.
“Mr. Ishinami, do you know how much Korean you can speak now?”
“There are still many shortcomings….”
“Looking at what Ishinami has done so far, I see that you have handled it well.”
“Thank you… !”
We conducted various events such as Cursed Dolls’ autograph session and Berries’ handshake event, as well as broadcasting and event negotiations.
I am now proficient in Korean to the point where it is not a big problem to communicate with me, so Ishinami Hikari would be a good fit.
“Ishinami, don’t you want to become a producer?”
“Me, me?!”
Just as the Korean headquarters entrusted detailed work to producers Cho Hyun-ho and Jeon Geun-young,
The Japanese branch also wanted to entrust some of my work to producers.
Anyway, from now on I have to go back and forth between Korea and Japan to work, and at this rate, it’s too much work….
“Of course, I will raise your salary accordingly. Mr. Ishinami has no experience as a producer, so if you don’t know anything, please contact me right away and ask.”
“I am the producer….”
He looked like he was in a daze, as if he hadn’t thought about it at all.
Well, actually, Ishinami Hikari has had a great change from her perspective.
Due to a bad incident, she retired from being a popular idol, worked as an instructor part-time at a small idol training center, and came to work as a teacher for Berry’s handshake event.
During the ‘NP TV’ incident, he became our full-time employee and is now a producer.
“Okay, I’ll do my best…” !”
Ishinami Hikari said, clenching her fists as if she had made up her mind.
This is probably quite a challenge for her. She smiled and said that she would take good care of herself in the future. After talking to her, she actually let the representative out.
After completing her paperwork, including listing Hikari Ishinami as her producer, I went to the Deneb Chart homepage.
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Weekly album ranking
1. TKY52
5. Cursed Dolls
6. Yeomseonjeong Pavilion
……
8. Berries
……
16. Afternoon sweets
20. Yellow cow
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After officially ending our activities in Japan, our rankings gradually dropped.
Yellow Cow is not a bad start considering that they have now released albums in Korea and Japan simultaneously.
… By the way, TKY52 really has a solid position here in Japan.
“Producer, he said he wants to see the Yellow Cow kids.”
“What?”
Secretary Jeong Song-i turned her head towards me and said.
“What can I say, producer?”
“… “I guess you liked the company dinner we had last time?”
“I think it’s not the company dinner that’s good, but the producer that’s good.”
“That can’t be possible.”
I smiled and waved my hand.
Even if it was successful in the end, I was the one who created a s*xy concept that wasn’t originally in mind.
If the quintuplets were doing well, they wouldn’t have even paid attention to my suggestion.
“Well, anyway, the producer used to come by often for inspection, but I guess he’s a little disappointed because he can’t see my face often since I debuted.”
“But why didn’t you tell me and Songi?”
All of the quintuplets know my contact information, and they even have a group chat room that includes me.
“I guess that’s because if you say it out loud, it sounds like you’re whining.”
“Is that so?”
“For the quintuplets, the producer is their benefactor, so they can’t complain.”
“A benefactor is a manager.”
I actually disbanded the band that the quintuplets formed on their own.
It’s just a mutually beneficial business relationship.
“Producer, are you intentionally denying it? “Because you don’t want to have more women?”
Jeong Song-i’s body flinched greatly at the secretary’s command.
… Even now, there are a total of 10 people, including the three Cursed Dolls, four Berries, and Afternoon Sweets Jo Min-joo, Yeom Seon-jeong, and Jeong Song-i’s secretaries.
A quintuplet is added here?
Is it possible for one man to handle it? ?
No, I honestly think 10 people were overlooked.
“No, if you think about it carefully, the twins should go to the stage of begging the producer directly.”
“… Why?”
“If the producer seduces me first, won’t you try to monopolize the producer? “I have to make people think, ‘Oh, it doesn’t matter whether I’m a second or a concubine, so as long as the producer loves me,’ so that they can get along well with me.”
“… ….”
Well, not yet, at least not at the stage that secretary Jeong Songi had mentioned, so I decided to just forget about the possibility that the quintuplets might like me.
Instead, Jeong Song conveyed through her secretary that we should have dinner together when we return to Korea.
After lunch, it was 2 PM.
They said they would provide specific details this morning because the preliminaries start next week….
Where it is held, how many preliminaries I have to judge, etc.
“Song.”
“Yes, I will contact KCBC.”
Is the person in charge very busy or just forgot?
Secretary Jeong Song-i picked up the phone and called KCBC.
And soon after, she seemed to have ended the call and hung up the receiver.
“It’s more than anyone could have imagined, so the tally has just been completed. So they said they would send it right away.”
Better than you can imagine… ?
What is beyond imagination?
Probably the number of applicants….
Approximately two minutes later, a document arrived in my email.
When I opened the document, I couldn’t believe my eyes.
[Number of Korean applicants: 5,345]
[Number of Japanese applicants: 3,832]
[Total number of applicants: 9,177]
“… ….”
Of course, if we consider the number of people who will not actually come to the preliminaries, it will decrease.
Do I have to review approximately 9,000 people by myself?
I wonder if this sounds reasonable.
No, I said I would do it, but I never dreamed it would be to this extent.
But to be honest, this is a bit difficult now, so if I say that I will only judge the finals, I think it will look very boring.
“Producer, if you think it will be too difficult, just leave it out. Or, divide the preliminaries into 1st and 2nd rounds, leaving the 1st round to the production crew and only the 2nd round to the producer….”
Jeong Song suggested cautiously, as if he was worried about his secretary.
But I shook my head.
“9,000 People each get about 2 minutes, so that’s 18,000 minutes.”
“Yes.”
“8 Hours a day is approximately 1,920 minutes, so you can do it for 15 days.”
“… That’s true if you only consider the 2-minute performance time. In fact, even if it is 8 hours a day, it is preparation time, so it would be much longer if you take breaks.”
In reality, you’ll probably have to be at the preliminaries for 12 hours, maybe even more.
Although the hardships were obvious, I did not want to miss out on even one talented idol since this was an audition where I was selected.
Even if they are not included in the 100 people who will advance to the finals, we plan to attract them to us if they look promising enough.
“I know it will be hard for Songi, but please help me a lot during the preliminaries.”
“I don’t mind helping you at all. The producer is having a harder time than me…. Honestly, I’m really worried that the producer will die from overwork.”
“I’m not dying, I’m not dying.”
“And then you die. “Producer, do you know how many women will cry when you die?”
… When I said that, I felt like I really needed to take good care of my health.
If something happens to my body, even if it is not death from overwork,
Not only will the secretary Jeong Song-i right next to her suffer from guilt, but she will also be criticized by other women.
“I will sleep properly for at least eight hours. “Do you understand if I sleep in the car or go home and sleep right away?”
“… All right. If you are still in pain or really having a hard time, please let me know right away. “I will do anything.”
“I really promise. Should I put my finger on it and get a stamp?”
Minnie, secretary Jeong Song-i, held out her hand forward with her little finger and her thumb spread out and smiled.