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At the sound of Jung Hae-won leaving the dormitory, Hwang Sae-byeok, who was dead in the room, woke up.
In the car heading to the company together, the youngest member of the team, Park Seon-jae, thought that Hwang Sae-byeok was getting closer to the leader.
Sitting together in the company’s practice room, Min Ji-ho said.
“Haewon hyung, what do you want to talk about with the boss?”
Then Han Hyo-seok responded.
“New Year’s greetings.”
“I’m not that polite hyung.”
“Nothing came to mind.”
Seeing the two of them talking like that, Seonjae Park muttered.
“I’ll tell you everything when it’s over. Because the only traitor is death.”
At that, Hyo-seok Han and Ji-ho Min spoke alternately.
“It’s a bearded bear.”
“A bear tears a man.”
While we were talking, Hwang Sae-byeok, who was lying on the floor of the practice room with a hangover, received a call.
Then he said two letters, ‘why’ and ‘uh’ and hung up the phone. Park Seon-jae asked.
“Who is it?”
“Jung Hae-won. You are in the studio.”
With that said, he headed to the studio.
Park Seon-jae also followed Hwang Sae-byeok to the studio and found Jung Hae-won holding her face with her hands and holding her breath behind the door.
“… … Will he die early?”
As Park Seon-jae murmured, Hwang Sae-byeok answered in a chic way.
“Originally, those guys live the longest. I will come to your funeral.”
Then he went into the studio and handed over water.
Park Seon-jae looked outside the door for a moment and then went inside. And he said, pushing Jung Hae-won, who was sitting in the middle of the sofa.
“Oh, look away.”
Then Jung Hae-won endured with strength. He has good strength compared to being skinny, but Park Seon-jae also had the strength to befit the nickname of the bear. After giggling and fighting for a while, Jung Hae-won turned and sat on the sofa.
Park Seon-jae understood to some extent that he is an older brother who recovers faster by playing a prank like this rather than worrying about him. As expected, Jung Hae-won’s face, who was about to die, returned to life. It’s still pale, but it’s probably because of alcohol. The other hyungs also looked like half corpses, so what… … .
As the members gathered, Jung Hae-won opened her mouth.
“I have news to tell you. Depending on what you hear, it can be good news or bad news, so interpret it in a positive way.”
Then he took a deep breath and spoke.
“For now, VMC is about to acquire TRV.”
“What!”
As soon as Min Ji-ho heard it, he got up and said Jung Hae-won.
“It doesn’t really matter.”
“How can this not matter?”
“Now, what’s important is that before the vice president sells, he gives Pura a lot of support so that the company can make a lot of money, and he’s just about to apply for stage support to a famous producer.”
“Do it?”
After Ahn Joo-won added Chuimsae appropriately, Jung Hae-won said.
“After a lot of talk, I said that I was going to produce and not even apply for it. Now, let’s interpret it in a positive way.”
“… … yes?”
Min Ji-ho, who was excited, didn’t understand and stopped, so he talked about what Jeong Hae-won had with the vice president.
In summary, it was a story that VMC had no reason to acquire TRV if First Light was too hot, so he persuaded the small fans that he would produce money by producing small amounts of money and keeping fewer fans with goods.
“Of course, if you try to give away too many goods, I’ll try to convince you.”
After the explanation, Jung Hae-won looked at his expression.
Jung Hae-won focused on the fact that he wouldn’t spend a lot of money on music videos and stages, and that the costumes would be the same, but the only thing left in the listeners’ minds was that VMC was trying to take over the company.
In fact, Jung Hae-won didn’t seem to care much about it. Since there was no answer from everyone, Jung Hae-won continued.
“If you go to VMC, you’re going to try to reunite ‘Boys,’ and then I’m missing out, right? Then it can’t be done, so before that, we put the first light on as much as possible, so people will see, huh? They’re first lights, so why are they with the other kids? should make you think To do that, I think I don’t have the money, but I think I’ll have to pay for two well-made minis in half a year. no time to rest will you do it? Is not it? you have to take care of me If there is a hole in the clothes, wear it. And I think there’s nothing like entertainment to get people to know us as much as possible. But when you go out on variety shows, you don’t open your mouth at all, right? Let’s save a lot of Jakan.”
As he was so anxious that he wanted to breathe, Hwang Sae-byeok said to Park Seon-jae.
“Look, did you say he’s going to live a long time?”
“Ugh… … .”
When Park Seon-jae sighed like an adult, Jung Hae-won said as if making an excuse.
“Still, I’m glad I went and came, if it were Hwang Sae-byeok, I think I would have hit one of the squad members.”
Then Shin Ji-woon muttered.
“If Dawn had gone, my insides would have been cooler.”
Ahn Joo-won replied to that.
“Still, idols can’t beat people.”
“It’s okay to be a leader.”
“Then you might have been the first to hit it.”
At that, Shin Ji-woon thought for a moment and said to Hwang Sae-byeok.
“Idols can’t beat people.”
“What do you mean I don’t have the stamina to hit people?”
As Hwang Sae-byeok spoke, and the hangover caused him to lean back on his chair and gossip again, Jung Hae-won said.
“Let’s talk while we’re unpacking. Shall we eat Jjamppong?”
Then, Hwang Sae-byeok immediately opened his eyes.
“Uh, I was thinking about what I wanted to eat right now, but it was Jjamppong Ramen. let’s go eat.”
“You want to go?”
“Oh, it’s close. It’s only a 20-minute walk.”
Then I got all the members up and went to eat ramen.
* * *
The ramen was delicious and spicy, but the haejang was definitely there. Or it’s just that your mouth is numb and you can’t feel anything… … .
Anyway, Hwang Sae-byeok seems to know all the restaurants near Gwanghwamun where his company is located. Awesome.
When we had a meeting while eating ramen, the members were so shocked that ‘VMC is trying to take over’ that they almost never heard the words that we won’t get a lot of investment now. You will know when you prepare for a comeback. How crazy we were spending money on our activities.
And the next day, today, is a rest day, so I headed to Pomdafee, Big Blue’s agency, to handle personal activities on vacation. While moving, I checked the status window.
[Currently, there are 2 roulettes that can be used at the same time]
[Select a roulette to register (Choose 2)]
[(Daily) Silver Roulette]
[Red Roulette of (Hit Song Maker)]
[(Super Idol)’s Purple Roulette]
Yesterday, my weak mentality was shaking so much that I couldn’t see properly.
First of all, I needed the composition roulette a lot, so I picked it right away, but I decided to think about the rest a bit more. I need roulette to restore my stamina and spirit, but I can’t take out the super idol roulette either.
[Choose the red roulette of (hit song maker)]
[Presentation Skill B
top liner B
L-class hit song production rate 0%
0.1% chance of making S-class hits
5% chance of making a hit song
20% chance of making a B-class hit song
60% chance of producing a C-class hit song]
[Calculate the hit probability of ‘Let’s Meet This Year (tentative)’]
[Checking… … .]
[Checking… … .]
[‘Let’s meet this year (working title)’
(Big Blue)
20% S-class hit chance
Class A hit chance 50%
B-class hit chance 100%
(First Light)
Grade A hit chance 8%
B-class hit chance 50%
Class C hit chance 80%]
Heh heh heh… … .
So, it seems that there is a big difference between when Big Blue sang the same song and when we sang it. If Big Blue, who is already well-known, sings it, it will be a B-class hit even if it struggles because it wants to fail.
Conversely, no matter how well we do, we’re a Class A hit.
By the way, what is an A-class hit?
“How many hits do you turn on?”
“yes?”
Manager Kang Young-ho, who was driving, turned around and I responded.
“I’m not drunk yet, so I think I’ll talk to myself a lot.”
“ah. Yes. I’ll pretend I didn’t hear.”
No matter how much I hit him, manager Kang Young-ho, who still had a sense of distance because he never said anything, gave a refreshing answer and concentrated on driving again.
Either way, it was worth the effort.
[There is no hit record for ‘Turn on the Light’]
I laughed out of shock and absurdity, but I got over it.
“Did you just wait for the morning?”
[‘I Waited for the Morning’ was a C-class hit]
It is true that ‘I Waited for the Morning’ held a little longer in the top 100 on the real-time chart than ‘Turn on the Light’, but it was not enough to judge that the hit level was different. Rather, I think it was ‘Turn on the lights’ that made the ‘First Light’ a little more shocking to the fans.
The other thing is that ‘Turn on the Light’ was a digital single, so there was no album. Conversely, ‘I Waited for the Morning’ has now sold about 100,000 copies. If album sales affect a hit, it seems that even if I make a B-class hit, even if I make it myself, it seems that for a team that has a record of over 1 million copies in the Initial Chodong like Big Blue.
A song for the team with 1 million in the first week? I?
My heart trembled a little thinking about it, but after thinking a bit more, I realized that there is a difference between the probability of my production and the probability of a hit when the first light sang.
That’s right.
… … Did you already pick some good songs? Hi-Hi.
If Big Blue’s Lee Jun-hee rejects a song, our team has to take it.
Thinking like that, X Dafi… … No, we have arrived in Pom d’Api. Perhaps because it was closer to actor management than idols, the feeling was different from the idol agencies I went to from the beginning.
The identity of this agency is felt from the fact that movie and drama posters are attached instead of albums. Besides, the atmosphere was like an interior company showroom.
Lee Jun-hee was filming a drama produced on an OTT platform, so two A&R employees came to meet him. I said as I walked along the A&Rs.
“The atmosphere in the company is really different. We have a pink track light on the hallway wall. Like a land of dreams and fantasies.”
At my words, the A&R staff laughed happily.
He resolved the awkwardness with such a trivial talk and entered the empty conference room. The conference room looked like something out of an interior magazine.
There, I listened to music after talking with the A&R staff about the song description, arrangement direction, and future promotions. After the music was over, the A&R staff thought for a moment, then left the meeting room for a while and talked to each other. and told me
“Is it okay if I discuss it with the A&R team a little more?”
“Ah yes. sure.”
“I’m sorry.”
The meeting ended too soon than expected, and it was a bit uncomfortable that the A&R staff ended the meeting with an apology.
… … Did you deliberately reject this?
I went back to the house in a state of uneasiness, thinking.
Almost all of the members who had been on vacation had returned to the dormitory. Min Ji-ho asked curiously.
“Why are you coming so quickly?”
“… … Do you think it’s black?”
“Huh? Isn’t it almost over?”
“I thought so too… … Oh, the song is good.”
“Hyung likes everything he wrote.”
“yes. Because it’s my taste.”
Then Ahn Joo-won said.
“How are you? If it is, we can call you.”
“Is not it?”
It’s good to have a place to believe. Hi-Hi.
I promised the members to listen to the song after the meeting, so I played the demo in the living room where everyone was gathered.
As the members listened carefully, their expressions turned bright and then dark.
“… … I wish it was really black. We do it.”
“I know yeah!”
“But there’s no way this could have been black… … .”
At the murmuring of the members, my confidence came back.
At that time, Shin Ji-woon, who was listening to the song with a strange expression from beginning to end, said:
“… … Did you hear this when I went to my previous agency?”
huh? What is this?
… … Soldering from the beginning?