124 – Audition Preliminary (13)
[Im Boo-gil “There was pressure to eliminate Tomoe”… Is the Marui family bullying me?]
[Japanese Marui family’s eldest son, Kotaro, says the rumors of discord are false… “Producer Lim’s pressure is a misunderstanding”]
[Succession history of Marui Group, Japan’s largest company]
Articles poured in from both Korea and Japan.
I am not asking a chaebol family to let their own daughter pass the audition.
It was more irritating because they told me to drop it.
… It’s routine for chaebol families to parachute their children.
We looked at what public opinion was like in the comments.
[Ijime’s Country Class is not going anywhere]
[└ Korean conglomerates do the same]
[└ Why are we suddenly in Korea? Gukkka bastard ㅉ]
[Honestly, I’m a bit disappointed with Im Bu-gil as well. It’s an audition in the name of a magazine, but fairness has already been ruined.]
[└ No; Can you withstand pressure from a conglomerate? [How can I?]
[└ If Lim Boo-gil has a conscience, it would be right to give up this audition before it gets on the airwaves.]
[└ Is this an audition that pregnant women do alone? It was planned by KCBC and NP TV together, so how can they fold the pregnancy path as they please..]
[Idol from a wealthy family? I can just imagine making a rice ball under the arm and overbearingly saying, ‘Eat it up, you little pig.’
[└ Nim;;]
Because it was such a provocative issue, all kinds of people left comments.
There are a lot of aggressive comments just for fun, and there are also people who bring up political issues because they think this is the time.
Anyway, I was glad that no one had a bad opinion of Tomoe.
If my image is tarnished, it’s something I can live with.
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“Honestly, I don’t like this operation.”
Secretary Jeong Song-i pursed her lips and worked on paperwork on her laptop.
“Why?”
“Why? “Other people view the producer negatively.”
“It’s okay. “If my image doesn’t get better, women won’t like me anymore, so isn’t that good for Songi?”
Secretary Jeong Song-i turned her head towards me and glared at me.
She looked like she was saying such an outrageous thing.
“You don’t know how women feel, but you don’t know too much.”
“… Okay?”
“What should a man say to a woman? It’s like a spec. “If you have good specs, you want to show them off, right?”
“Songi isn’t really the type to talk around the neighborhood.”
“That’s true, but still, the better her man is evaluated by others, the more proud she feels. “Especially the more she monopolizes the man that all the other women covet.”
Rather than saying that only I know the true value of that man, even if other women don’t know,
She felt great pleasure in monopolizing a man who was like a gem that everyone knew.
I understand.
“… But if you think about it that way, Songi doesn’t have much pride because she can’t monopolize me?”
“No. Oh, of course, it varies from woman to woman, but to put it simply, I would rather be the 37th wife of a handsome, capable, and wealthy prince than to monopolize an incompetent, poor, and not handsome man.”
Jokingly, “So I’m a prince?” She asked.
I thought I would be scolded for being too harsh,
“Isn’t that the case in the eyes of other idols and me?”
She answered seriously.
“The current harem is maintained because the producer is a prince. “Honestly, I didn’t feel very happy about her purposely spreading rumors about her promiscuous relationships with women.”
“I’m sorry….”
“Well, in this case, I had no choice because of Tomoe, but I hope they don’t use this method if possible.”
“Okay.”
Jeong Song was scolded by her secretary for the first time in a long time.
… No, thinking about it these days, it felt like I was constantly being persuaded by her.
Am I being gaslighted?
Secretary Jeong Song-i must have misread my expression, and she stood up and said,
“I’m sorry, I was too harsh. Please forgive me.”
He gave me a small kiss on my lips.
“No, no. I never thought about you. “Rather, thank you for letting me know.”
“As an apology, I will make the producer feel better with my tongue… ♡”
No, my words of thanks were lightly ignored.
It was just because I felt hot.
At the moment when the tongue sticking out of secretary Jeong Song-i’s mouth was getting closer,
Ding—.
A chat notification sound rang.
“Oh really, who is it!”
Secretary Jeong Song-i opened her eyes and took out her smart phone from her bag.
Like other people, she was the type to lose her temper when interrupted.
It is said that she is easily influenced by the atmosphere.
She looked at the computer monitor again, wondering if it was just a family member or friend.
It seemed like there wouldn’t be much movement for the time being due to her Tomoe issue.
Her older brother, Kotaro, will also stay quiet for now, at least.
“Producer, Mr. Nagano is mentally unstable again.”
“… Why?!”
Setsuna passed the audition preliminary round, what on earth is happening this time?
She was so unpredictable that her heart sank every time.
The good news is that I am now in Japan?
“You’re talking a bit of gibberish, but I guess you said you don’t trust the producer because Nagano’s father is a conservative person.”
Ah, it was still a somewhat understandable reason.
The first step to becoming an idol or entering the arts and physical fields is persuading your parents.
If you think calmly about whether your child can really become a famous idol, you will probably judge that it is realistically difficult.
Maybe they too chased their dreams when they were young, but were frustrated when they faced reality.
“Are you saying you want me to go and persuade you myself?”
“Yes, I added it so as not to cause inconvenience to the producer.”
“… “I think he needs to be a little more shameless.”
Of course, it will not be that easy to meet and persuade the parents of aspiring idols.
No matter how much I say that Setsuna will succeed, from her parents’ point of view, it’s just sugarcoating.
However, if the idol in charge is in trouble, it is her duty to do what she can.
Setsuna also wished that she would rely on me more.
“You don’t have any outside plans today, right?”
“Yes. “Are you going today?”
“That’s right. “Ask Setsuna when and where she can go.”
“Yes.”
***
Producer Hikari Ishinami took her Tomoe in front of her single-family home.
This was Tomoe’s temporary lodging for the time being.
It was also the place where Cursed Dolls stayed when they were active in Japan.
Ishinami Hikari smiled and said lightly.
“It may not be a very big house for Mr. Kojo, but all the basic furniture and electrical appliances are provided.”
“I’m going to be alone, but it’s better than being unnecessarily spacious.”
“How is the size compared to the original house?”
“It’s a house just the size of my room.”
This is a house where the three Cursed Dolls members got along well.
I thought she was special because she was probably from a wealthy family.
“A helper comes to do simple housework like cleaning, but you can’t do any of the housework, right?”
“… “Do I look ugly because I’m the daughter of a wealthy family?”
“Oh, are you really good at taking a priest’s class?”
“No, I can’t do anything. “You guessed correctly.”
Tomoe answered with a grin.
This was the moment when she finally realized once again that she, too, was a flower in a greenhouse.
I received the key from Hikari Ishinami and entered the dorm.
This is a typical working-class home that you see in movies and dramas.
There were things like sofas, beds, TVs, refrigerators, etc. That were inconvenient without them.
They were all just entry-level models.
Still, I ended up homeless and ended up here.
Of course, this was not the final destination.
Rather, it was just a starting point.
If you don’t succeed as an idol, Producer Lim Boo-gil will kick you out.
“Are you hungry? Would you like to have sushi delivered?”
“No, it’s okay.”
“Oh, you really like delivery sushi?”
“That’s not it, I’m going to focus now. “You said to choose your favorite.”
“Why don’t you do it after eating?”
“When I’m concentrating, I don’t eat things that make me feel full. “The brain needs sugar, so it would be better to have candy.”
Hikari Ishinami ran to the nearby convenience store and bought her a bag of candy.
Tomoe was secretly surprised by her ability to act so quickly.
“Is there anything else you need?”
“No.”
“Then I’ll just leave.”
“Yes.”
Tomoe bowed and saw Hikari Ishinami off.
I closed the front door and immediately sat down at the kitchen table and turned on my laptop.
Even if I had to decide on a favorite, I couldn’t quite figure out what to do.
She didn’t usually watch many idols….
If she had known this would happen, she would have at least watched some music broadcasts, Tomoe said, a ridiculous regret.
‘You can just listen to it all.’
Not all idol songs are available on the Internet, but there are almost all of the famous ones, at least to give you a taste of them.
You can choose the idol you like among them.
First, I looked for Japanese idols.
I didn’t know what to listen to first, so I just listened to songs from the Showa era in chronological order.
It was definitely old, so there were a lot of songs and styles that seem a bit old-fashioned now.
But as I continued listening, I found a song that suited my taste.
‘… ‘You definitely have a different vibe from Korean idols.’
After becoming an idol in the Heisei era, there were far more groups than solo artists.
TKY52, which Tomoe also knows, started from this time.
While watching TKY52, a familiar name came up.
[Ishinami Hikari]
I heard about you, but you were really a member of TKY52.
-A paper airplane carrying love flies in the wind~♪
Five years ago, Ishinami Hikari’s first and last song as a TKY52 center.
To be honest, it was difficult to say that her skills were good even with empty words.
In terms of dancing, applicant number 1, who was in front of Tomoe during the last Preliminaries, was better.
But what is this atmosphere that is conveyed regardless of ability?
It was a type that even the current Ishinami Hikari could not feel at all.
‘Will… ….’
At some point, Tomoe got up from her chair to retrieve what she had lost.
And,
“A paper airplane carrying love flies in the wind~♪”
Imitated the idol Hikari Ishinami in the video.