Chapter 283 – #44. New Year (1)
The vacation ended without finishing work related to Melissa.
At the end of the year, our appearance at the broadcasting station was busily edited and aired on the year-end program, so reactions to us were heating up on the Internet.
Thanks to that, we were able to hear good things as soon as we returned.
“Because I received recognition abroad, the treatment changed dramatically. All of the programs you appeared on were a hot topic. So, do you have anything prepared to drive this momentum? The conversation with Zumbay has progressed more than I thought.”
“Uh? So, are you collaborating with Zumbay?”
“Huh. I think so. What do you guys think?”
“It’s good for us.”
Having competed against Zumbai, she knows her skill well.
Moreover, she is the most well-established relationship in her program.
There was talk about collaborating, so it was a good proposal.
But we had one promise.
“I will collaborate. But are you doing as promised for our next activity?”
“Huh? Promise?”
An employee of the dedicated team puts on a bewildered expression.
I guess I can’t remember.
Coincidence was sobbing and he said in a stern voice.
“Our unit activities!!”
“Ah! Right.”
“What if I forget!! That is very important.”
Coincidence makes a very hurt expression.
I was so angry that I had tears in my eyes, but the employee who was ignorant after seeing it said in a hurry.
“Oh, I’m going to play a prank on you and then make you cry. Could we have forgotten that! Even if it wasn’t, I was preparing for unit activities.”
“Really? Aren’t you pretending to have prepared it in a hurry?”
“I will make you believe. Wait.”
The staff brought materials and showed them to confirm that they were preparing for real unit activities.
These are the traces of investigations on what concept suits them and who the best unit members are.
When we were taking a break, the staff seemed to have a meeting while researching these things in the company.
“Omg! I didn’t know you were researching this far.”
Wooyeon was moved and her eyes widened.
He did not hide that he was impressed by reading carefully each and every item prepared by the staff.
We also read documents related to unit activities with Woo Yeon-i next to us, and the contents were very diverse, probably because more meetings were held than expected.
“Wow~ I hadn’t thought of something like this, but I think this would be fun too.”
“Yes? We thought about it, and it seemed like it would be really good to make a unit with that concept.”
“I think you can choose a concept from the two, but the important thing is that there must be a song that fits. Are you really going to leave it to Haesol and Jackie? But how about taking the song?”
“Brothers!! I believe in you guys!! I will make it into something good like the song I released last time.”
“There are songs I’ve been collecting to give to me by chance.”
“Okay? Then, would you like to come and pick it up?”
“Yes. Okay.”
“Me! Please hear me!”
The members who work as a unit are Ki Woo-yeon, Nam-gyu Nam, and Kyung-tae hyung.
Our group’s current plan was to target overseas markets through collaboration with Zumbay, and continue to draw attention domestically through unit activities.
“What will the other members who are not active in the unit do? Anyone want to do something?”
“I want to work more towards composing. There are many songs that have been sketched and piled up before being completed. Personally, there are a lot of people who are waiting for my older sisters and hyungs.”
“I don’t have anything in mind… If at all, it would be acting. It was fun while filming the web drama.”
Jeki wanted to do something related to composing rather than being active, and Kang-jun was a little embarrassed, saying he hadn’t thought about it.
“Yeah, Junie has been interested in acting from the beginning, so he should look into acting. Haesol is you?”
“I am… Rest?”
I tried to express my sincere heart slightly carefully.
If the agency gives me a break, I can really use it to the fullest.
I need a lot of time in my personal area to the point where it’s too bad that a day is 24 hours long.
“Oh no, no problem. Haesol’s acting wasn’t bad either. How about acting with Jun?”
“Hyung, you can’t think of resting already!”
“Your acting in the last web drama was good. Let’s act together.”
“…”
Kang Jun is a kid with thoughts on acting, so it might be okay, but I have never thought about acting.
That said, the agency does it for me, so what’s the point of saying I don’t like it?
Aren’t others impatient because they can’t get the opportunity even though they want to?
Still…
“Well, I still have a lot of time, so I’ll think about it some more. It’s not that I hate acting, but I don’t think it’s the best.”
“Hmm, okay. Then, for now, I’ll do only Jun’s acting. If you change your mind or think of something you want to do, do you have to tell me anytime?”
“Yes.”
All the members have things they want to do, but I feel like I’m spending too much time complacently in a situation where I’m the only one who doesn’t want to do anything.
“And you know that the 8th is a day for tailoring clothes, right? It’s an important schedule, so remember it.”
“You mean the party you go to with the director?”
“Huh.”
“Ahh! Why does time go so fast?”
The schedule that Olivia connected us with to make her apology.
She said that a party invitation is worth more than a perfume shoot, and it was the day she matched the clothes she was going to wear to the party.
The agency seems to be planning to prepare us well ahead of the party.
“Don’t worry, we’re going to have a class on party manners.”
“Are there any classes like that?”
“It’s about learning basic social manners. It tells you that you shouldn’t laugh and chatter there.”
“We know that much too!”
“I said it because I thought the class would be too difficult. If you make a mistake in such a place, you will be in trouble. At best, I got a good opportunity, but I don’t know anything, so it’s a waste to hesitate to come.”
The staff wanted us to attend the party, to talk to and build friendships with as many people as possible.
“What do you guys lack and have to stand there? You’re a great singer who won Amazing Star. You have to stand tall and don’t be discouraged.”
“Anyway, isn’t that the face madam?”
The perfume brand giving us an invitation is also calling us to be a face madam.
It wasn’t just us who gave special invitations, but each time we gave invitations to celebrities who promoted our company’s products to attend the party.
“If you attend with that attitude, you will become a face madam, and if you show a proactive attitude, you will become a proper attendee, right?”
I thought building friendships was something only someone like Yeon Joo could do.
The staff was pointing it out.
So that we don’t feel complacent that it’s not our job.
“I thought you guys would just pass the time and come.”
“Because the director is going with you.”
Our current common thought is that the director will do it.
“Let’s be greedy, guys~ And there’s nothing wrong with learning. You shouldn’t be rude there.”
I needed to know about the party venue in order to stay calm and come back.
The party hall could be a place of opportunity, but on the contrary, it was a place that could cause a big problem.
If you look down on someone there, you can create a scratchy, scalding effect that creates an obstacle in the open road.
“And don’t worry, I’ll send you guys one weapon at a time before going to the party.”
“A weapon?”
“What weapon?”
“You’re not saying you’re going to send the gun down, are you?”
“Tsk tsk! Doesn’t your head spin like that? What are you most confident about? No need to ask, isn’t this?”
The staff pointed to our faces with their hands.
“Ah.”
“I did something…”
When I asked what the word “Weapon” Meant, in the end it was Madame Gi Seung-jeon’s face.
“Even if you make a mistake, I’ll decorate it so that when I see your face, my anger will subside.”
“…”
Even though he said it confidently, it wasn’t very comforting.
In the end, it was done by turning around the saying that we didn’t have high expectations, and it seemed that what we had to do was not very far from talking to the face.
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As soon as the vacation ended, we had to get busy with our schedules.
The year-end music awards began in earnest, so I had to attend.
We made a deal with our agency and instead of appearing on other programs in advance, we decided not to do a special stage, so we just had to attend with a light heart.
It’s not that I don’t perform at all.
Fans came to see our faces, but couldn’t we not perform at all?
“I will meet the fans after a long time!”
“I know. It’s been a long time.”
“I really missed you!”
I’ve seen overseas fans often, but it’s been a long time since I performed in front of domestic fans.
We are looking forward to meeting the fans we will meet at the Music Awards.
“Hello.”
“Hello!”
“Wow, this is Airplane senior.”
“Hello, Airplane senior!”
While we were promoting abroad, there were many unknown faces.
“Omg! Oh, hello.”
“Thank you.”
We couldn’t hide our awkwardness in the waiting room situation of a completely different broadcasting station.
It wasn’t like there weren’t new groups that greeted us before.
But at that time, there was no gaze to see such a great person.
“I think I’ve felt it once before, but I think it’s worse now than then.”
“It’s a burden.”
“Haesol! You have to go to rehearsal soon.”
I had to move to rehearsal while the members were in the waiting room as the special MC for today’s music festival.
The original MC wasn’t me.
Just the other day, the Music Awards were supposed to be hosted by two MCs.
But suddenly, at the Music Awards, he changed his words.
It was over after making a deal with the agency and decided to quit the special stage, but they said that it was done without his permission and told me to be an MC.
‘It’s a really dirty floor.’
The agency protested to the broadcasting station, but they showed a passive attitude because they had already received it.
‘I’ll try to convince you, but isn’t it difficult to be an MC? Why don’t we get along well for the sake of the future?’
“Brother, I’m having a hard time.”
“I knew all the guys at the broadcasting station were bullies, but this time my teeth are grinding, grinding.”
“I’m sorry, Haesol.”
“Even though the way I came to be an MC isn’t bad, being an MC in itself isn’t bad. Not everyone can be an MC. You don’t have to be sorry.”
Actually, I’m the right person to be the MC.
I’m not overly nervous, and I have a good memory, so I had no problem memorizing lines quickly.
He said that he would be willing to do it for the agency, which was in trouble because he was the age of a person who could stably see the MC.
If I had said I didn’t want to do it to the end, the agency would never have put me on stage.
If the agency had tried to force me to do it, I might have been sarcastic and stubborn.
However, the manager noona spoke sensibly.
They asked, ‘The situation is like this, what do you think? If you don’t like it, the agency can refuse until the end. Don’t feel pressured and tell me what you want me to do.’
How would you say ‘I don’t want to do it’ to it?
I replied that I would do it coolly.
The agency thanked me for willingly accepting the MC position.
Even though he said he would fight for me to the end, it was natural that it was a situation where I couldn’t help but feel burdened.
The members also felt apologetic after hearing the explanation of the situation.
The two existing MCs of the Music Awards were both my seniors.
Now that it’s a new year, it’s been a full 3 years, and now I’m in my 4th year, and I still have a lot of seniors.
Fortunately, they knew each other, and the conversation was short, but they were people who had known each other.
