Chapter 458 – #67. Trouble Counseling (2)
“Is there any need to reveal that? Hiding it like now doesn’t mean it’s a big deal. And you have the ability to hide enough.”
After telling all of my circumstances, Yeon Yeon-nim’s first word was to dissuade me.
There is no need to create controversy by revealing the fact first, even though there is sufficient ability to remain undetected.
In fact, I knew that this could become a boil from scratching for nothing.
“Taeyang has grown up quite a bit now. I don’t think you can hide it forever. I want to inform them before renewing the contract and go.”
If my personal problems don’t go well this time, I should consider withdrawing from the group.
“Other members may not like it. What if you don’t want them to reveal?”
“I chose it because I didn’t want to harm the group. If I explain well, I think the members will understand. And you can’t hide Taeyang’s existence forever. Listening to Jeong-hwa’s words, now Taeyang recognizes my face on TV.”
“… A child who has not yet entered elementary school. Rather than speaking right now, why don’t you put it off? No matter how many times I think about it, the timing is too bad.”
“If you postpone it for a while and then renew the contract, you will continue to postpone it to avoid harming the group. I wouldn’t even dare to talk about it during the contract renewal period.”
“At least not now. It is correct to reveal it after you guys focus more on individual activities. Moreover, if you say it now, you will be at a disadvantage when renewing the contract.”
Sister Yeonjoo’s persuasion continued.
I have been strong in group activities for too long now, so if my image is damaged, it will inevitably affect the members.
I agreed because what she said wasn’t a lie.
“It doesn’t matter if I get penalized for renewing my contract. The important thing for me is to reveal my secret so that the members don’t get hurt. That’s why I said that I would reveal it when my current activities are over and I do individual activities.”
In fact, as long as they are grouped together, the images of the members will inevitably influence each other.
All I wanted was for my secret to be revealed to the world so as not to harm the members as much as possible.
No matter how much I thought about it, it was best to tell my secret in a situation where the contract was about to be renewed.
When I signed the contract, degrading my image was degrading my value, so Yeon Yeon-nim expressed concern, but rather, that’s why I tried to clarify it at this time.
‘If I hide this and renew the contract, it’s like giving people an excuse to curse at me, isn’t it?’
I hate to say this to myself, but as a celebrity, hiding relationships with multiple women is tantamount to hiding a major weakness.
Even if my value was slightly damaged by revealing my family, they were precious enough to be willing to endure.
After revealing my thoughts to Yeon Joo-nim, I keep my mouth shut.
Sister Yeonjoo, who had been deep in thought as she touched her forehead with her hand as if embarrassed, opened her mouth again as if she had finished tidying her up.
“Looks like you’ve already made up your mind to reveal it.”
“Yes, what I wanted to ask Yeon Joo-nim was about how to reveal it.”
“If your determination is so firm, you should rather find a way to minimize the aftereffects…”
“Wouldn’t that be easy?”
“Maybe it will be better for your mental health to not look at the Internet for a while if it is revealed.”
Yeon-joo was also someone who knew that I was stubborn, so she didn’t seem to try to convince me anymore.
However, it was never easy to reveal my secret to the public, so my thoughts seemed complicated.
I didn’t ask her for her advice for nothing.
It would have been easy if I wanted to retire cleanly from the entertainment industry, but now I have no desire to leave the stage.
“For one thing, it is fortunate that this is not the first time that four groups have revealed their relationship with a woman. The fact that you have a member who is in a relationship is rather an advantage for you. Moreover, the public is already accustomed to saying that male idols will retire when they say they are getting married.”
It is very common here for a male idol to retire from the entertainment industry because he is marrying the daughter of a conglomerate.
From the fans’ point of view, it was a shocking event because my stone, which I worked hard for, disappeared overnight, but the public thought that male idols became idols.
In that respect, revealing my secret could not have been a big shock to the public.
“Most would think you would be retiring if you revealed the secret. Usually, after revealing a relationship with a woman, there were many cases of retirement.”
If you ask if you don’t have to retire even if you reveal your relationship, you’re right.
It was because of the breath of a woman that male idols dare to retire after revealing their relationship.
In a world where polygamy is already legal, how many women would want to let their men loose in the female-crowded entertainment industry?
“I have no intention of retiring.”
“Of course it should. But let’s not reveal it right away. It seems to me that if you reveal your secret, the fans will be terrified that you will retire. The focus will be on retirement rather than what you did with the woman.”
“Wouldn’t it be less confusing if I said right away that I have no intention of retiring?”
Why bother the fans by delaying the answer?
When I questioned her, she shook her head as if she wasn’t Yeon Joo and explained.
“No, when I stop worrying about retirement, I will persistently pursue your relationship with your girlfriend. I’d rather be on the fence about whether or not you’re going to retire. If you focus on that part, you might be able to ignore the female relationship.”
“!!”
Will my retirement cover my relationships with women?
This was something I never thought of.
“Fans will not want to lose you completely. If you announce that you are not retiring at the height of your insecurities, your family problems will not be a big deal to your fans. I’m in a position where I have to thank you for not retiring.”
I wondered if I was doing too bad things to the fans, but Yeon Yeon-nim scolded me with a stern look.
“Your job is what you have to do. If you’re going to reveal your secrets to the public with such a weak heart, you’d better quit now.”
“Ugh, sorry.”
I didn’t say it, but Yeon Joo knows what she’s thinking right away.
“But will my fans really take my retirement more seriously than my relationship with a woman?”
“We need to make public opinion think seriously.”
“You make public opinion?”
“Okay.”
“Are you talking about paying money to work on comments?”
“You don’t need to know the details. The more you don’t know, the better. Also, why don’t you ask Mr. Joo-ah and Mr. Min-young for their understanding and run some schedules together?”
“Why is my schedule with my sisters all of a sudden?”
“Because fans need to be prepared to accept your secret. It is to make you prepare your mind by frequently exposing yourself with them.”
When we show a good match on TV, comments such as “I wish we could date each other” Or “We look good together” Often come up, but Yeon Joo seemed to see that it was necessary to make that part in advance.
“Would it be a little less shocking if I gave it an acceptable amount of time?”
“Anyway, it will be much less than falling like lightning from a dry sky. At the same time, it would be better if we spread some rumors.”
“A rumor?”
Of course, it was said that Joo-a noona, Min-yeong noona, and I would create a rumor that I was dating.
“Yeah, I’m going to create a rumor that you’re dating two people at the same time. But don’t give evidence too openly. Once a rumor starts to spread, no one knows how it will change, so you shouldn’t give excuses. I can’t confirm the exact facts, but there are rumors. There is no way smoke will come out of the chimney that has not been blown, but there is no fire to be found. Let’s use rumors like that to slowly raise the shock threshold.”
“It sounds like the fans will go crazy when they hear it.”
“I can’t help it. Because you have so many secrets to reveal.”
You should tell them that you are dating more than one woman, that you are in a common-law relationship with them, and that you even gave birth to a child.
It is said that it is an action for the fans to lessen the shock even a little by saying in advance that he is a guy who pays for his face.
“If you continue to tell small lies in a situation where a big lie needs to be exposed, it will damage your image, so you should do nothing about rumors.”
“And what?”
“Then it would be nice if you could open a picture of you with Min-young and Joo-ah. It would be perfect if it was less than a lover and more than a friend, and a picture of the three of them getting along well.”
“More than friends, less than lovers…”
“I won’t deny or affirm the relationship between the three. They just say that it is difficult to confirm because it is the artist’s personal life.”
“Then isn’t it almost a fait accompli?”
He didn’t just say that he was dating, but that’s as good as just answering.
“Yes, I didn’t answer clearly, but I’m going to close my eyes and groan. Then, even if we don’t move diligently, rumors will be created and spread.”
This is a fairly predictable scenario.
Even if we don’t do anything, the reporters will bite down and say they got the scoop.
But from now on, it was important.
Isn’t the most worrisome part to reveal to the world the existence of Taeyang, who was born between my sister Joo and me?
“As rumors spread, naturally there will be a story about Taeyang.”
The fact that Joo-a noona has a son is not hidden.
My sister’s agency was trying hard not to bring it up as a topic, but if you try to find it, you can easily find out about Taeyang’s existence.
Since he is a boy, he could become a target of crime, so he never posted pictures of Taeyang on social media, but as the agency wanted, the public did not know that Joo-ah had a son.
But when I was entangled with her scandal, reporters who knew my sister well couldn’t help but pinch it.
“If you look at Taeyang, you won’t be able to tell whose child he is.”
“Taeyang resembles me and my sister a lot.”
My older sister says that Taeyang looks just like me, but to me, she looks just half and half like my sister and me.
It’s not about resembling the angular corners, but only the prominent corners.
“I was thinking of revealing that Taeyang is my son, but that didn’t mean that I would reveal the child’s identity to the media.”
It is the sun whose future life will be tiring because it resembles us so much.
I already wanted to avoid going to the media because of my mom and dad.
“I won’t stand still when a bitch comes out who publishes an article about a child who is less than 10 years old. It’s just that there are not only things that act with common sense, so we need to be careful.”
“Then I’ll have to write a hand for Taeyang.”
At least I have to write an item so that Taeyang’s face won’t be in the media.
No matter how many photos were taken, there was an item that made Taeyang’s specific face impossible to capture on camera.
“Okay? Then things will be a little easier.”
He said that if Taeyang’s personal image was protected, it would take more time, and then the situation would turn to my advantage.
“Won’t the fans feel betrayed after hearing my secret?”
“Just for something like that?”
This is the difference between the world I lived in and this world.
The point is that male idols will understand even if they make some mistakes.
I understand women and scandals because I am also a man.
Of course, it can’t be helped that the stomach is bitter.
Starting with the relationship between Joo-ah and Min-yeong, and gradually revealing relationships with other women, fans have no choice but to believe that.
“Fans will be grateful just for not retiring. After that, if the relationship with your women is revealed, you will do it. Perhaps it would be better to reveal the secret at the time you said. If the rumor that he might retire without renewing his contract starts going around, it will feel like a fire has gone off his feet.”
