Chapter 322 – #71_Manager
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One.
“You quit again?”
“This floor is all like that. You know that? You have to sleep in the corner without even getting a good night’s pay. As a broadcast PD or reporter, how easy is it to change your life while talking flatteringly?”
“Haa… That’s right.”
3 a.M.
It was team leader Park, not manager Kim, who had been with her for three months, who came to pick up Harin after roughly washing her face her at the dorm.
Two people have already changed this year alone.
In fact, to Harin, a manager is something like a tool, but how can human relationships be divided like radish with a knife?
Having to endure the stress of not knowing what kind of person a newcomer is, and possibly being a bully, is stress outside of work.
“This person and that person started talking loudly about setting up an agency, but none of them lasted 6 months.”
“Everyone dreams big.”
After two years as a manager, you can get the qualification to set up an agency according to the Popular Culture and Arts Industry Development Act.
You don’t have to be a manager, you just need to complete two years of experience in the pop culture and arts planning industry or complete a training course at a facility designated by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
However, even if you complete the training course, if you do not have practical experience, industry knowledge or personal connections you have gathered while going round and round, it is no different than heading to the ground.
Also, since the easiest way for ordinary people to build a career in the entertainment industry is to be a manager, most aspiring presidents who want to register with agencies chose to become managers.
But the reality is, like it is, a gutter.
If you look not only at Harin’s manager, but also at the manager of other idol groups or singers, there are a lot of people who can’t handle the intense work and run away.
“If you’re going to give up like this, you shouldn’t even call it a dream.”
To be honest, Harin didn’t understand those kinds of people.
It is her case that she made her debut through a survival broadcasting program of K Broadcasting Company, which has been popular for several years.
Shin Harin, who made her solo debut a year after her debut her as an idol after breaking through hundreds of competitions, she knew better than anyone about her hard work her.
Because she couldn’t eat properly and practiced and worked all day, she had to suffer from orthostatic hypotension, anemia and all sorts of minor ailments.
She fainted during practice and was taken to the emergency room 4 times so far.
She also remembers how fiercely she lived.
She convinced herself that it is possible to establish a position in the entertainment industry with all sorts of tricks and behind-the-scenes tricks, not with her agency’s background her, but with her skills her.
She threw herself into trials and tribulations to stand tall for her long-cherished dream of her.
Even now, she runs out every single day, and there is no way she can understand the men who run away because her only manager job her is difficult.
You might think I’m a bit old-fashioned, but what do you think?
Originally, in this world, the person who worked hard gets the reward corresponding to the effort.
At least Shin Harin had no loyalty to consider the situation of a person who fled in frustration and despair.
“So, for the time being, will you take care of me?”
“How can I just take care of you? There are so many kids to take care of.”
“Yes? So what about me?”
“I asked the team leader and immediately asked him to ask for a decent person. Anyway, if you’re going to quit, at least say something and go. I don’t even think of a person who’s going crazy to clean up a selfish bastard.”
“Oh, I hate the thought of being awkward again.”
Manager Park, grunting and turning the steering wheel roughly, ignored Harin’s complaints and opened her mouth.
“I’m going with me to the shop. The new manager will accompany me from the show music rehearsal and pre-recording at 6 o’clock. Open the glove box there, I put my resume in an envelope.”
“The person who worked here? I’d rather not be able to do it than not…”
“No, he’s a soldier who was discharged not too long ago. He trusts the team leader and goes there. Think of it as a patchwork bun. It might not last long and run away anyway.”
“Phew, everything is good, but I hope it’s not for people who come with too many fantasies.”
That’s why I don’t like running away like that…
While feeling that the conversation was slightly out of sync, Harin rummaged through the glove box.
Her resumed her, which was only three pages of A4, was folded in half and tucked away in her crumples.
“Can I leave it like this?”
“Someone sees it. I also faxed it out this morning. Just take a look.”
When team leader Park turns on the lights in the car, he shines them in the light and starts scanning them.
Age 28.
My name is Chan Yu.
There is nothing special except that he dropped out of college while living in a foreign country.
When I roughly read the self-introduction, the vocabulary used and the response to magic spells fit perfectly, so I thought I wasn’t really stupid.
Well, if you’re a person who went to college after studying abroad, you’re going to have a good head.
“How is it, is it good?”
“Are you coming?”
“Why do they say rice cakes that look good are good to eat?
Harin then turned his eyes to the photocopy of the ID photo in the upper left corner of his resume her.
Short hair that seems to have grown a bit since he just got discharged.
His masculine impression of him is handsome enough to understand why team leader Park bothered to mention his face his.
Even beyond the black-and-white photos, the distinct facial features were conveyed.
“What does it matter?
“Why didn’t Kim Jin-hyeok like him?”
“He’s quiet and quick-witted, but he kept peeking at my breasts, which made me a little bit annoyed. When I leave my clothes in the car, they seem to change their position.”
“Why didn’t you tell me that?”
“What do you say about this?”
“You shouldn’t have said anything harsh.”
“What do you do to someone who works hard for something you’re not sure about?”
“Working hard is a piece of cake, and just looking at what you’ve done in the middle, you can see that there is not the slightest sense of responsibility.”
Among the managers, there were many cases of stealing money from the agency and running away or stealing the singer’s belongings.
It was because it was an extreme 3D industry, so there were a lot of bullies who didn’t know where it was.
In that sense, former manager Kim Jin-hyeok can be said to be a nobleman, even if he is somewhat unpleasant.
“Anyway, then try to overpower it early this time. You can’t say anything bad when you get too close.”
“Ha~ I have to. I’m going to sleep. Wake me up when I arrive.”
“Yes, yes, I don’t know. It’s our JD princess, Harin Yang. Fasten your seat belt and close your eyes.”
This time, don’t run away for a year.
With a small wish, Harin closed her eyes tightly and made up for the lack of sleep.
2.
A hair salon in Cheongdam-dong.
For Harin, who accepts pretty much anything positively, this was the most difficult time for her.
If you sit like a statue without falling asleep for an hour and a half or two hours a day, wearing flower makeup and setting your hair every day, I wonder if this is how you become a master of meditation.
Besides, she can’t move as much as she wants after setting her hair.
At least, I heard people scolding me that even if I leaned my head against the car, I would get pressure marks.
Harin only told her to keep her mouth shut while she watched Team Leader Park get angry in the mirror.
A new manager who decided to join us from today.
It was exquisitely covered by the coordinators, so I can’t see the details, but it seems that I arrived later than the time announced.
He bowed his head and apologized in front of team leader Park who clicked his tongue with a displeased expression and tone.
This is how important the appointment of time is.
If you are tardy from the first day, you will leave.
Harin gave her brief condolences to the manager, whom she hadn’t even said hello to yet, and then closed her eyes again.
As soon as she got up from her seat after the rough setting was finished, she could see the faces of team leader Park and the new manager who were looking forward to her with her arms crossed as if disapproving.
What is this guy, why is he so tall?
That was Harin’s first impression of the new manager.
180 is tall enough.
However, when I worked here, there were many tall and slim men.
It’s because there are male idols who are prettier than the average female even if you go around the waiting room a few times right before the recording.
But the sense of volume is different.
A well-dressed suit and a full body that could be seen through the suit, and a shoulder that could fit four faces, looked like some kind of swimmer.
“Hello, I’m Yu-chan, and I’m new to work today. It’s my first time, so I’m lacking, but I’ll do my best.”
She is a newcomer who bows her head without hesitation to a girl six years younger than her.
Even so, there is no sign of being servile or intimidated.
It was polite yet confident.
The face… Well, that’s not bad.
Harin’s evaluation was not bad, but considering that Harin’s evaluation was extremely picky, he had an outstanding appearance among ordinary people.
If she’s good at acting, she’s not a manager, but a talented person who should fall for an actress right away.
I think the representative will like it very much.
Perhaps because he was sleepy, Harin shook his head to shake off these thoughts and offered to shake his hand.
It wasn’t something special for this person, but it was a polite courtesy to be shameful because he would be treated like a slave for a long time to come.
“Please take care of me. I’m Shin Harin.”
He shook his hand slightly, not excessively, and he did not have the immaturity that new managers usually show.
Looking at his confident facial expression and gestures of his, he does not look like a new manager, but like a director of a well-established company.
“Mr. Yuchan, come this way.
Team leader Park drags Yu-chan along.
I was a person with a loud voice, so I could hear everything around me.
“Originally, on the first day, we had to go around together and talk about this and that, but the full-time manager ran away at night, so nothing was ready.”
Until Harin’s rapid rise, her agency Her, JD, was a small agency with no successful stars.
She said that with the money she was just starting to earn, she was slowly getting her assortment of her, but she still lacked the infrastructure to flexibly deal with these unexpected situations.
“This is the schedule I typed all night yesterday and what Yuchan has to do. Shin Ha-rin doesn’t eat anything and just eats the menu here. It’s also Yoo-chan’s role to prepare lunch boxes according to the diet.”
Look at that.
Packing lunches must also be done by the manager himself.
In fact, the horse is the manager, and it is no different from a servant who drives and sometimes provides security.
“There are multivitamins and nutritional supplements in the car. This is a piece of paper with the type of medicine to be taken and the number of times it is to be taken. This is a week’s schedule, and tomorrow I will somehow accompany you, so just for today, ask Harin about this and that and match them up.”
Team leader Park, who poured out words like a shotgun, said hello to Harin and left.
He says that they discuss the issue of casting for dramas or upcoming overseas schedules.
Harin got into the parked van, leaving team leader Park who had left alone in a taxi, and told Yoo-chan what she wanted to say.
“Can I speak comfortably?”
“Sure.”
Her manager her, whom Harin had been working with, was naturally older than her.
One of the essential conditions for a manager is a military pen, so it’s natural.
However, because of her age, she was hesitant and considerate, but there were many cases where she could not speak clearly in an ambiguous situation.
I don’t like that kind of thing, and I don’t want to do troublesome things twice, so I’m going to discipline myself from now on.
Why don’t some companies say they’re accepting meetings in English these days?
In English, unlike Korean, there is no clear distinction between honorific and informal speech, so it is used for smooth and horizontal communication.
Well, actually, about half of it is more like an excuse.
I do it because it’s more convenient.
“Instead, Mr. Yoo-chan, talk comfortably. If you want to go out together anyway, you have to be close, and it’s awkward if you just say honorifics.”
“No, I’m comfortable with this, so Harin-san, leave it alone.”
Let’s talk in the first place! Even though it may sound quite rude to say, he accepted the word calmly without raising an eyebrow.
Could this person come from working at a host bar? It was a natural response.
Certainly, the previous managers were often overreacting to Harin’s behavior of her, which had a hotter side than others, but there was no such sign at all.
“Oh, and oppa, wear comfortable clothes. I know you wore a suit for your first day of work, but if you wear shoes and do this, your feet get blistered.”
“Really?
“If you save it well and quit as a manager, you can wear it when you are looking for a job.”
It’s not for nothing that managers dress laxly.
Even if you wear a stage costume, you will be disturbed to death when you sleep, but what about a suit?
“Well, where does that have to go?”
“There’s M Station on the side of Ilsan Lake Park. Didn’t Team Leader Park give you the documents?”
“I gave it once and left. This is because there are too many won.”
Yoo-chan smiled bitterly when he saw the legacy of team leader Park, which was as thick as a phone book.
Looking at it like that, it seems a little bit silly…
Although he felt a little overwhelmed at the first impression, Harin felt satisfied as the relationship was established one by one.
He is Harin, who has been on TV since he was 17 years old and has been rolling around.
Even if there is a slight difference in age, she thought that with her charisma and extensive knowledge of her, she would be able to roll her manager like a limb.
Her respect her comes from seeing her abilities her, not something that comes naturally as she gets older.
“Oh, don’t you know that? Look at this.”
Harin, who tilted her upper body and took pictures of her navigation her, did not notice.
That Yoo-chan’s eyes, hidden in the darkness, were shining like a leopard preying on her prey her.
