127 – Audition Preliminary (16)
September 23rd came.
Now it was completely fall and cool.
… However, the yellow ginkgo fruit that fell on the street filled my nose with a foul smell.
“Let’s go now.”
“Yes.”
Today is the day of the repechage match in Japan, which was postponed a week ago.
Jeong Song got into the car driven by his secretary and headed to Budokan.
When we entered Budokan, the staff had already finished preparing for filming.
After getting her makeup done, she immediately sat down on a chair in front of the stage and heard a voice saying that recording was about to start.
Aspiring idols stood side by side on the stage.
In Korea there were ten people, but this time there were eleven.
Because I added Tomoe.
I looked at Tomoe on the far right.
[Name: Marui Tomoe]
[Fatigue: 57]
[Vocal (S): 74 → 77 / Dance (S): 81 → 82 / Talking (B): 54 / Visual (S): 73 → 75]
[Current thought: If I come this far and drop it, I should write down my name in my will and die.]
… No, my fatigue has gone down a lot, but why am I thinking that way?
It’s my fault for peeking into other people’s thoughts, but I’m so scared that I can’t evaluate it properly.
Anyway, my abilities have increased quite a bit in a week.
Once the original ability score is over 70, the increase in the amount of increase is small even with training, so this level was quite large.
I once again felt that the real Tomoe was a genius among geniuses.
The interpreter explained the rules for the repechage match to the eleven aspiring idols.
Just like in Korea, it was a tray karaoke room without a tray.
I raised my hand in the yellow instructions I received from the staff.
MR played and pointed to Tomoe, who was immediately on the far right.
“Shizuku ga ochiru koteeno zaguchi~♪”
Sings well and dances well.
It was like that before.
But it has its own personality.
Basically, Ishinami Hikari’s style during her active years.
It is a clear high tone.
It is also the most preferred female vocal tone in commercial music.
However, the downside is that the vocal range is narrow.
Ishinami Hikari’s vocals are particularly weak in the low tones.
Tomoe focused on strengthening this.
As she has won prizes in vocal competitions, she moves down from high notes to low notes like water.
As for the dance, Hikari Ishinami has evolved much from her style.
As Tomoe pointed out earlier, her technique is not bad, but it is difficult to say that she is good at expressing emotions.
Although the timing was a little off from the original song’s choreography, it gave Tomoe more strength in her performance.
I turned my instruction hand to the other side to check the singing and dancing of other aspiring idols.
They were aspiring trainees who were brought in as trainees after the preliminaries, so their skills were not bad, but
It wasn’t as good as Tomoe.
“Thank you for your hard work.”
I completed all three assignment songs.
Perhaps it was because of nervousness, there was also an aspirant who sweated profusely on stage.
Now all that’s left is to choose two people from these eleven who will advance to the finals.
Of course, everything was already decided long ago.
I passed on the profiles of the two people to the staff.
A minute later, several spotlights were moving around on the stage.
In a way, it is a classic production,
There is a reason why classics are classics.
Bam!
With a sound effect, the spotlight illuminated only the two successful candidates.
Tomoe was included among those two.
“Congratulations.”
“”Arigato gozaimasu!””
The two people bowed to me.
Tomoe didn’t even say a simple hello during the preliminaries.
[Name: Marui Tomoe]
[Current thought: This is a sense of accomplishment… !]
If you achieve too much at once with too little effort, your sense of accomplishment will diminish accordingly.
I sincerely hope that we will compete well in the upcoming finals.
***
My body is exhausted.
But my steps are light.
The smile couldn’t stop from Tomoe’s mouth.
Producer Lim Bu-gil offered to drive her to her accommodation, but she refused.
Like other aspirants, she wanted to return to normal public transportation.
Now Tomoe is no longer the daughter of the Marui conglomerate, she is just an ordinary woman.
It occurred to her that perhaps she was closer to an orphan in that she did not have a home with her parents.
After leaving Budokan, I walked towards the nearby subway station.
Because it was Saturday evening, she was crowded with people.
In the past, I would have just felt uncomfortable, but thinking that one of these people would become my fan didn’t feel so bad.
I was going down the stairs at the exit of the subway station.
“Miss Tomoe!”
A familiar voice was heard from behind.
When I turned around, the chief secretary was standing there.
A person who can be considered her father’s longtime best friend and closest confidant.
He was not a secretary, but rather a partner of his father, so he was someone who should never be ignored.
“… “It’s been a while, manager.”
“Have you been okay so far?”
The reason why the secretary came to visit Tomoe.
She probably came to settle the situation because she had filed a large-scale false lawsuit against Producer Imbu Gil.
The cattle have not been withdrawn yet.
No, it was actually carried out from beginning to end by a lawyer who was requested by Producer Lim Boo-gil.
“What… , Her life is on the line, so we should assume she’s okay.”
“… Is that so? “I had no idea something like this would happen while I was on vacation for a few days.”
The chief secretary purses his lips and lowers his head.
Her Tomoe is the one who cared for her more than her older brother, Kotaro, since she was young.
Although she was grateful for that fact, she was also tired of the advice and pressure she received to participate in the group’s management.
“If I have nothing more to say, I’ll just leave.”
“Now, please wait a moment. Would you please give us a little time? “I have something important to tell you.”
“It’s not something to talk about on the street, is it? “Let’s go to my house and do it.”
“I understand…. But are you really planning on going by train?”
Tomoe nodded her head and went down the stairs.
The chief secretary followed her.
I took out my smartphone and checked which direction I should take the car to get to the station near my house.
I tried to cross the turnstile with confidence, but
Beep—.
A loud sound rang out.
“Well, what is it?”
Tomoe is embarrassed when she tries to ride the subway for the first time in her life.
The chief secretary approached me with a smile.
“Miss, you need to buy a ticket.”
“Oh, that’s right…” .”
With her face bright red, Tomoe went to the unmanned ticket machine.
I calculated the fare and put the allowance I received from producer Hikari Ishinami into the machine.
Change and tickets came out together.
I tried my best to pretend to be calm, paid my ticket at the ticket gate as if I had never been blocked, and got on the train.
The chief secretary just took a transportation card and came.
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… Tomoe wondered if she should have just bought a transportation card.
“How do you feel? “It was my first subway ride.”
“Just so-so.”
Honestly, it was a bit surprising, but I didn’t want to tell Chief of Staff Koo Tae-yeo.
She still seems to see herself as a flower in a greenhouse.
She wasn’t wrong, but she wasn’t pleasant.
When we arrived at the accommodation, the chief secretary opened his eyes wide.
“You really live a proper life in a place like this…” ?”
“What are you looking at me for?”
Although she had an aunt come to help her with housework, she worked hard to vacuum and cook her own meals.
It was a household chore that she struggled with at first, but she diligently searched and studied on the Internet how to do it.
Since she was a guest at the house, she gave her Tomoe coffee to her secretary.
Once again, the chief secretary opened his eyes and looked surprised.
It was as if he was watching a puppy perform an outstanding trick.
“What is your business?”
The subject of this lawsuit is Tomoe.
Producer Lim Boo-gil could not openly slander the Marui conglomerate, so she, the eldest daughter of the Marui family, took the lead.
In other words, she had no choice but to take charge of the negotiations with Maruiga at this point.
Will it come out as Producer Lim Boo-gil expected?
Because she had an older brother, Kotaro, who kicked her out of the family through the absurd means of auditioning for idols, Tomoe could not easily believe Producer Lim Bu-gil’s predictions.
But that doesn’t mean she has a sharp solution, so she quietly follows it.
“Please come back home. “This is not your house.”
It really went as Producer Lim Boo-gil expected.
In order to resolve the situation as quickly as possible when the woman from a wealthy family is suing him for absurd reasons, I have no choice but to invite Tomoe back into the house.
No matter how Marui is the conglomerate, Tomoe, the plaintiff, cannot ignore her will and proceed with her lawsuit.
Even if I tried to withdraw her lawsuit, she had to withdraw it.
If they want, the Marui conglomerate can completely rob producer Lim Boo-gil, but
It must be carried out under water.
Since it was already revealed to the surface by Tomoe, considering the cost of various media operations, it made the most sense to just reach an agreement with him.
“I don’t like it.”
“Yes… ? Can you tell me why… ?”
“My brother is at home. “It is better to remain independent than to be kicked out again.”
Tomoe carried out Producer Im Bu-gil’s next operation.
Brother—Don’t return home until Kotaro’s status is shaken even a little.
In other words, they continued to spread rumors of discord within the Marui conglomerate to the media.
“I will do my best to prevent that from happening.”
“How?”
“I have already given a message to the Chairman, and he declared that he will reexamine the successor.”
“… !”
Things went better than expected.
Tomoe guessed that he may have provoked his father’s anger by rebelling against his father’s decision to invite him into the family.
“Then I will go back.”
“I understand. So would you like to go right now? Or tomorrow?”
“Let’s go tomorrow. “With CEO Lim Boo-gil.”
“… Yes?”
“We have to agree, right?”
Up to this point, I had already kissed producer Im Boo-gil.
From now on, I haven’t decided yet.
Maybe that’s why Tomoe’s heart pounded a little.
What kind of influence will he have on the Marui family?
I’m looking forward to it.