Chapter 339 – #51. Heartwarming Story (5)
“I heard you said you were going to shoot a reality show?”
The full-fledged conversation started when all the members gathered.
“What, when did you come?”
“Brother Jackie!”
Except for Jackie, all the members gathered after a long time, and to my surprise, like a ghost, Jackie took his place.
To us who were surprised, Jackie waved his hand chicly and said.
“I came this morning. He called because he thought he had to come. I was also thinking that I should go in once in a while.”
“I thought I had emigrated. I haven’t had any contact.”
“I was busy concentrating on composing, so I didn’t have the energy to contact you.”
Seeing that Jackie’s face was particularly haggard, it didn’t seem like a lie at all to say that he was distracted by composing.
‘Are you really just composing music? You’ve lost too much weight to be someone who’s in a relationship.’
If it’s really like that, I’ll applaud you for being great.
If you compose together, don’t you think it’s because your mind and body naturally come into contact with each other?
Later, when it was just the two of us, we decided to stealthily stab it, and we decided to have a meet-up with the kids we hadn’t seen in a while.
“By the way, everyone’s faces got better than during group activities, right?”
Except for Jackie.
“Ah, what do you like about working? How lonely it is to go alone.”
“Do not lie. You are working as a unit. Why are you lonely?”
“Without you, there is no one to tease.”
“Wow, you… !”
When Nam-gyu said he was lonely, Kang-jun refuted and was teased by Eun-gyu.
The guys who used to fight whenever they met, fought fiercely even after meeting each other for the first time in a long time.
If Kyung-tae hyung and Woo-yeon, the youngest, are caught in the middle, there are many cases where the middle position suffers a loss, but I think Eun-gyu was in that situation.
“Still, it’s nice to see everyone together after a long time.”
“Jackie almost forgot his face. I know it’s covered with honey, but it’s a bit disappointing!”
“Hmmmm, I couldn’t help it for our album.”
“I’ll admit it because it looks like you have half your face.”
“That’s right, Jackie hyung has lost a lot of weight.”
Jeki’s closed-door training for composition was quickly recognized by the members and decided to move on.
“How are your unit activities? I heard it went well. Everyone said that the acting side was well received.”
Jeki, who didn’t know the details of the unit’s activities because he was overseas, asked about the members’ current status.
“We are so cool! They called me from all over the country and traveled all over the country.”
“That’s also the case, but I got a lot of personal fans because I was doing unit activities.”
“The agency’s warehouse almost exploded with these gifts.”
I agreed with Wooyeon’s words with a raised nose.
“Whoops! Whoops!”
Not all fans who like us do the same activities.
There were fans who liked the entire group, fans who liked a few or one member, and sasaeng fans who were obsessed beyond liking. There were various types of fans.
Among them, I was the one with the most individual fans.
‘Idols have great looks, after all.’
Visuals are the most important part of the stats that idols should have.
As a result, there were times when the visuals appealed to the fans more than the skills.
It would be nice if everyone could enjoy popularity, but the reality is that there are bound to be differences in popularity between members.
“No matter how many fans he has, Haesol can’t follow hyung.”
“Junnie also did well in the drama. Junie did a lot better than me this time.”
The drama in which Joon Yi appeared was praised as a luxury drama among maniacs, even though it did not have high ratings like mine.
What is especially encouraging is that Joon-yi is receiving great praise for his acting skills.
As for how well his acting was, viewers even commented that Jun’s acting ability saved the drama.
In other words, I raise the value of my name through viewer ratings, and Junie raises the value of his name through his acting skills.
After spending some time grooming each other like that.
Got into the subject again.
“So why did the topic of reality come out all of a sudden? I heard that Haesol hyung suggested it.”
I explained to Jackie, who was unaware of the situation, what was happening to me.
“I understand, but aren’t you overcomplicated? Do I have to be so careful? Even those with worse personalities than my older brother are not revealed and are doing well.”
Jeki said that I was worrying too much and that I was doing nothing, but luckily the other members sided with me.
“I don’t see anything wrong with being cautious.”
“I also think Haesol has a good idea. You’ve seen a lot of celebrities go to hell over trivial things. Whether that’s true or not doesn’t matter.”
Even if it turns out later that it wasn’t, it can’t be rectified because the image has already been damaged.
So this part is not enough even if you prepare and do it again.
“It wasn’t just my work that made me decide on reality. You know that our fans are missing our group activities now that we have individual activities, right?”
“Are you trying to comfort yourself with reality?”
“Huh.”
“Shouldn’t Jackie rather agree? I heard that Zeki hyung’s fans really want to see him.”
“Anyway, you guys are going to start preparing for the album as soon as your activities are over. I’m preparing the album a little bit in advance.”
“The fans don’t know that. Everyone is doing individual activities, but hyung is quiet, so he must be worried?”
Fans especially miss group activities because of Jackie, who is not active externally as Wooyeoni said.
Even though the agency informed him that he was concentrating on composing, the dissatisfaction did not go away.
It was because the other members were doing unusual activities with individual activities.
Who doesn’t know the heart that wants the best for their favorite?
“As you said, the album will be ready in a few weeks, but aren’t you sorry for telling the fans to wait until then?”
“… So let’s appease that with reality?”
Jekie also feels sorry for the fans.
“Huh. If we upload our images on the UTV channel and let them know about our current situation, it will be comforting to the fans who want our group activities.”
As we appeared on Amazing Star, we gained a lot of overseas fans, and the number of subscribers to UTV increased dramatically.
In other words, the fans I have in mind include not only domestic fans but also overseas fans.
Perhaps if you post your own content on UTV, many fans will enjoy watching it.
“Not bad, but… Is it time to film it?”
“I’m busy, but there’s no way to make a grandiose reality show. I don’t plan to spend a lot of time on it. Personally, there’s a concept I want to do, and we’re traveling by ourselves. I don’t mean to do this unconditionally, but if you have something you want to do, you can tell me. Nothing has been decided about reality yet.”
“Isn’t that kind of stuff originally made by the UTV team?”
“Doesn’t the trip sound bad?”
“I like to travel too!”
“Travel… It might not be bad.”
If you are in your 20s, regardless of your gender, it is impossible not to be interested in traveling.
“Where are you planning to go?”
“A place like a resort. To the villa.”
“Omg! A villa?!”
“Wow! Can you swim too?”
“Of course, if we decide to go, we will definitely go to the place by the sea.”
For reference, the villa is one of Melissa’s.
Because it is a private villa, you will be able to relax without worrying about other people’s eyes.
“The theme of travel is healing, right? Usually, it’s not like walking all day with healing, but when you get to the villa, you’ll be there the whole trip. I have no intention of visiting famous places.”
“You’re going to fill up your reality by playing at the villa?”
“Will there be enough footage to be uploaded to UTV?”
“It’s something you show your fans. It’s not like I’m filming a TV show, so don’t think it’s difficult. What I planned is a gift we give ourselves. Someone who thinks we took a proper break from before our debut to after our debut.”
“…”
“…”
Of course, no one raised their hand.
The agency gave me a break from time to time, but it was a break that I couldn’t properly go outside.
It’s already too famous, so I can’t go outside recklessly.
In the end, I had no choice but to spend a boring vacation at home, eating, sleeping, eating and sleeping.
It can’t be properly called ‘healing’.
“You want to tell me to go do it right now because my brother said that.”
“I wanted to throw everything away and leave.”
“We ran really hard. You deserve a break!”
“How did you come up with such an extraordinary idea?”
“It sounds like a great idea.”
The eyes of the members are sparkling, probably because the villa had a strong impact on the sea.
It was a look that did not want to miss the break that claimed reality.
Since we got the cooperation of the members, now the person to persuade was the person at the company.
There was no reason to waste time, so as soon as the members’ opinions gathered, they went to the company.
“Are you going to plan on your own? Aren’t you going to help us?”
When I first said my thoughts, my immature son looked at me with eyes that said he was acting out of nonsense.
However, as I explained the situation, he began to listen to me more and more seriously.
“It may be sloppy because it is out of the reach of experts, but that alone will be a good memory for the fans and us. For those who have just become our fans, it will be an opportunity to get to know us deeply through reality.”
And that’s not all.
It will be a time to recharge for the members who have never rested properly.
The dedicated team, who began to listen to me seriously, gradually began to relax their serious expressions, as if their thoughts had gradually changed to positive ones.
However, they expressed disapproval until the end when we said that we would do everything.
It’s because there were too many areas to be problematic for us to do everything.
“Wouldn’t it be a bit like taking our hands off of it? How are you guys going to prepare it all? Will it be time for that?”
“When production costs start to go in, you’re going to try to get the money out somehow. And I think it’s meaningful only when it’s in our hands from start to finish. It’s not entertainment, so there’s nothing to prepare. We just need a camera and a place to shoot.”
My words had a justification, but the team in charge was also formidable.
“You guys are appearing, so why don’t you think about it before investing! Creating a program isn’t that simple. Do you guys know how many people have to move for one move? Shooting is the same, do you think you can get a good picture simply by taking a camera? You have to decide on a shooting location, do a preliminary field trip, and rent a drone to pick up the scenery. Your safety is also important, so you have to pay attention to that too…”
Once the mouth of the dedicated team starts to explode, problems that have not been thought of come out in a row.
We made it known that ordinary men in their 20s are people who cannot move as if they are going on a trip.
The nagging continued for a while, and as the unexpected points were pointed out, I had no choice but to slow down.
“There are things we don’t like because it’s a burden. It’s not that we’re just filming something really great, it’s that we’re filming for the fans and us. There are things we want to take a break from filming a reality show as an excuse.”
“Huh, maybe we don’t know that much. Leave it to us. Whatever you want to do, I will let you do what you want without meddling.”
Fighting with the dedicated team was more difficult than persuading the members.
In the end, it was concluded that adjustment was necessary to step back from each other.
“But how do you change the image with reality?”
The members were also curious about that, but I didn’t tell them specifically.
“You will know that when you see it.”
The true purpose of the reality show is not to show the appearance of the star airplane, but to show the airplane who is in her 20s.
So, if reality goes according to my plan, the exaggerated image like now will naturally fade.
