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“manager.”
“uh?”
Team leader Park Joong-won reflexively responded to the voices of the team members who spoke to him rather than working.
The team members then speak quickly.
“Is it today? The day I go to Sunghyun’s music room.”
“yes. It’ll be over before dinner, so I’ll have to give you a call after it’s over.”
Park Joong-won said while nodding his head.
He wanted to go too, but he had a lot of work to do.
Team leader Woo Kyung-soo is also going, and he refrained from judging that it would be poisonous to go to him in the yard where only 4 or 5 managers of Pan Entertainment were already there.
Still, why don’t you make a phone call?
“Are you going to do well?”
“Oh, I’ll be fine if nothing big happens.”
“I think it’s because I only see him as a manager, I heard that he’s going to a music studio as a singer, so I want to do well.”
A colleague, who once worked with Jo Sung-hyun, spoke in a slightly worried voice.
Park Joong-won tilted his head.
It was certainly unfamiliar and unfamiliar for Jo Sung-hyun to go to a music room as an artist… .
I wasn’t worried about that though.
There was a natural belief that if it was just Jo Sung-hyun, he would do well.
“I know the PD over there, but there’s something wrong with me. And hey, you know that Seonghyun has some perfectionist tendencies, right?”
“I know.”
“Did you know how to prepare well?”
“but. Is that right?”
At Park Joong-won’s words, the team member asked with a persuasive face.
In response to that reaction, Park Joong-won continued to speak indifferently.
“Of course. No need to worry unless something really weird happens all of a sudden.”
“I was a manager and then debuted as a singer, wouldn’t the existing artists call it territorial?”
“Trouble? Well, it could be, but… .”
It was something I hadn’t thought about, but it certainly seemed like it could be territorial.
It’s not a normal debut situation, and my previous career isn’t that common.
Since it was the entertainment industry where there was often a fight over differences between agencies, there could be enough artists who were territorial against the singer who used to be the manager.
However, despite this, I am still not worried about Cho Sung-hyun.
“But Seonghyun also has a bit of a personality. If there’s a problem, it’s the other person who should be worried, not Seonghyun, right?”
Park Joong-won said while scratching his cheek.
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To be honest, it didn’t feel very pleasant.
Because he was talking as if it was wrong for Jo Sung-hyun to bring Chae-yoon.
That doesn’t feel good.
However, Jo Sung-hyun did not have any intention of reacting strongly in that regard.
First of all, I got used to Jo Sung-hyun’s eyes, but as soon as I saw it, I couldn’t remember who it was, so it’s probably a group that debuted similarly to Yumi, but it’s definitely not settled yet.
It’s a situation that can be a little frustrating.
I’m still trying to work hard.
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Maybe it’s because I’m too tired to come out this morning to wait and practice.
Of course, no matter what the circumstances, it was right to be careful about talking about other people carelessly… .
‘I could make a mistake.’
They are now in their late teens or early twenties.
To Jo Sung-hyun, they just look young.
I didn’t say anything outright, I was just muttering to myself, so I could just skip this.
Anyway, these aren’t important.
The biggest problem was that Chaeyoon heard it.
“… … .”
If Jo Sung-hyun had been alone, I can confidently say that he would not have reacted at all.
I really didn’t pay much attention to it.
But if I was with Chae-yoon and Jo Sung-hyun heard it, it means that Chae-yoon heard it too.
Jo Sung-hyun had no choice but to frown slightly.
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Maybe Chaeyoon got a little scared when she heard these words, or maybe she thought it was her fault.
Seong-hyeon Jo looked back at Chae-yoon, putting her hand on the doorknob of the waiting room.
Unsurprisingly, Chae-yoon’s face was stiff.
An adult who was a lot taller than him, even several people, came rushing in, talking to him, and then backed away, talking as if it was the child’s fault.
Cho Seong-hyeon could not care at all, but Chae-yoon could accept that it was her fault.
It’s not their child’s fault, but there is no parent who doesn’t mind hearing people talk about it as if it’s wrong.
Jo Sung-hyun turned his head without realizing it and looked back at the boy group who was about to leave.
The moment when he was thinking about what to say to them.
“brother. I really see you here.”
A familiar voice was heard.
Jo Seong-hyeon moved his gaze and looked to the side where the voice was heard.
Choi Woo-jin, who has been working on the album since Seo Ye-na’s album work, was approaching.
It was also the day of the sound recording of the boy group Heimdall under Pan Entertainment, who made their debut this time, so Woojin Choi, a member of Heimdall, also came to the recording site.
Seeing that he came alone without a manager, his manager seemed to be with the other members.
“Uh, are you here now?”
“Ah, we arrived a few hours ago and were waiting. The manager hyung said it seemed like he was there, so I came right away.”
“okay?”
Jo Seong-hyeon glanced at Jang Hyun-ah, and Jang Hyun-ah was looking at him.
“I contacted him. Please take good care of children’s snacks.”
“Snacks are important. If I had waited for hours, I would have been hungry.”
In response to Jang Hyun-ah’s words, Jo Seong-hyun turned his head in that way.
Woojin Choi is smiling brightly.
It’s definitely nice to see you like this here, but it’s really sad to see you looking tired even when you’re smiling.
“Aren’t you crazy these days?”
“Uh-huh, this is no joke. I think this is the first time in my life that I have been so crazy. It feels good though.”
“I made my debut, but I can’t help but feel good.”
While they were having a conversation like that, those who had been watching them for a while spoke to each other.
She is a member of the boy group who just asked them where Seo Ye-na is.
The person who spoke as if it was wrong for Chaeyoon to come to the recording studio.
“what. Does Woojin know you?”
Jo Seong-hyeon didn’t like his blunt, talkative attitude.
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Maybe it’s just because of what he did before.
“Ah, your old man. This is that… .”
“Are you an employee of your company?”
Choi Woo-jin is about to introduce Jo Sung-hyun, but he cut off his words and the other person spoke first.
Choi Woo-jin, who usually behaves in a good manner, was a little embarrassed when an industry senior behaved like this, and he struggled with his words.
“uh… I used to be a manager, but now I’m leaving… .”
“What does a retired person bring a child with?”
As Woojin Choi spoke, the other person nodded once and muttered a little.
It was a small voice, but it was loud enough to be heard clearly by Choi Woo-jin and Jo Sung-hyun, who were nearby.
Jo Seong-hyeon made a sound without realizing it.
At this point, even if you don’t want to respond, you can’t do it.
I do understand it to some extent.
It must have been a very inexperienced, stressful situation… There’s room for excuses in many ways.
But in the end, that’s literally an excuse.
I know that the person in front of Jo Seong-hyeon doesn’t like ‘bringing a child to the recording studio’, but it was not right to expose it openly and disparage it.
Of course, Cho Seong-hyeon couldn’t be right or wrong, but at least it wasn’t because he accepted it.
Jo Sung-hyun reached out and grabbed Chae-yoon’s hand.
The child’s hand was trembling slightly.
Chae-yoon didn’t fully understand the situation, but she was looking around.
“there.”
In the end, Jo Sung-hyun did not stand still.
I know it’s not very wise to get angry or react like this to someone who is outspokenly dismissive.
At least as a father, it was difficult for Jo Seong-hyeon to stand still when he saw someone acting like this in the presence of Chae-yoon.
“… yes.”
An unknown idol answers with a shaky expression.
Jo Sung-hyun glanced at the other idol members behind him.
The person who appears to be the leader is looking at Jo Sung-hyun and the unknown member right in front of him with an embarrassed face.
The other members didn’t seem to care much, and they seemed to be a little annoyed.
“I’m Seong-Hyun Jo.”
“… This is Ha Young-tae.”
With a strange expression on her face, Ha Young-tae answers.
Jo Sung-hyeon smiled lightly and looked at Ha Young-tae.
“You’re telling me that you’ve come to a place we couldn’t even come from, so I was wondering if there was any problem.”
“… Sorry if I heard it. I was talking to myself.”
Ha Young-tae answered Jo Sung-hyun’s words, straightening a slightly twisted posture.
I don’t know who Jo Seong-hyeon is, but I feel like I’m a little bit distracted by the atmosphere he exudes.
He must have realized that he had made a mistake.
“Senior Young-tae.”
Jo Seong-hyeon deliberately used the expression “sunbaenim”.
He hasn’t officially debuted yet.
But today, I was one of the performers who got to appear on a music show anyway.
He was also in a position to call Ha Young-tae a senior.
In a way, it’s really convenient.
If you want to call me senior, you can call me that. If you don’t want to be called that, just don’t call me.
Because Jo Sung-hyun was an artist and a producer at the same time.
Ha Young-tae turned into a bewildered and confused face.
Jo Seong-hyun’s attitude is very imposing, but calling himself a senior doesn’t make sense of the situation itself.
Given his age and the situation, I thought that Jo Sung-hyun was simply an employee of Pan Entertainment.
When I heard that I had resigned, I thought that the person I was working for had stopped by for a moment.
When a person who I thought was just a retired Pan Entertainment employee suddenly called himself senior, I couldn’t help but be embarrassed.
“… yes?”
In the end, Ha Young-tae blinked and asked.
Jo Sung-hyun spoke in a soft voice.
“How old are you?”
“I am 19 years old.”
“Ah, I’m in high school and I’m at the age of preparing for the entrance exam, so I don’t know if it’s okay to stay here like this.”
“… … ?”
“I don’t know if I’ll drop out of college later because I didn’t study, and I’ll resent the music industry.”
“What… .”
Ha Young-tae looked at Jo Sung-hyun as if there was no absurdity and opened his mouth.
Jo Seong-hyeon, with a casual face, smiled once and continued.
“If I had talked to myself like this, you would have felt a little bad too, right?”
Jo Sung-hyun spoke in a calm voice.
Ha Yeong-tae couldn’t even get angry at the sight, and just ignored it.