Idols Around the World 541

Chapter 541 – #81. Bombshell Press Conference (1)

“The Tekken referee. Is my brother saying no to me?”
“You bastard! Be sure to practice and win!”

I thought he was going to play Tekken again because he was hot, but Kyung-tae didn’t leave.

“Why don’t you go to the game?”
“Because you are quiet. I’ve had enough.”
“Looking at them, it seems like I haven’t done enough.”

The kids were still having fun playing the game.

“No. If you look closely, Jun-i doesn’t do it because he’s interested. It’s just wasting time.”
“Hmm, I’m sure Junie will join us here after a while.”

And, not breaking our expectations, Joon-yi joined us after a while sitting and resting.
As expected, games are something that Woo-yeon and Eun-gyu are interested in, but the other members do not have much interest.
What is surprising is that Jackie is obsessed with the shooting game and is playing it frantically.

“Brothers!! Why are you doing that?”
“Aren’t you playing games?”
“I’ve had enough.”
“Keep playing. We are playing our own way.”
“Okay!”

I decided to move because I thought it would affect them if I continued to sit here.

“Where shall we go?”
“How is the practice room?”
“Rehearsal room?”
“To step on the staff just once. You couldn’t see it properly earlier, and you just turned on the complaint.”

I had to move quickly because I was filming with a camera.
So I couldn’t look around the practice room properly, and that was a pity.
I have to practice again from tomorrow, but it didn’t seem like a bad thing to experience the practice room in advance.
And fortunately, Kyungtae hyung and Junie accepted my opinion more coolly than I thought.

“Then shall we?”
“Doesn’t that sound bad?”
“The tour around the company was too short.”

Enticed, we rose from our seats.
And I told the kids who were into the game.

“We’ll be going to practice room A, so if all of you do, come there.”
“Rehearsal room? Why is the practice room?”
“I’m going to try using the practice room!”
“What! Where is that?”
“No! It’s a new practice room, so let’s use it together!”
“We want to go too!”

The kids who were preoccupied with the game threw away the game console and ran to us.
At one point, Jackie put down his gun and came to our side.

“You can still play the game.”

It’s a long day off.
In fact, it was a break I gave to the kids to prepare their minds because it was the day of my press conference.

“Sir, Sir! Let’s go together!”
“Ah… Please show off your aegyo to others.”
“Hee hee. So please don’t leave us.”

I found out that I hate male aegyo, and it became like a punishment to act aegyo among the members.
Is it a meme and a rule between us?
In the end, all the kids who were playing games joined in and left Wooyeon’s game room.

“This is the practice room A!”
“The mirror is clean, the floor is clean too!”
“I didn’t get any gas. Isn’t that too slippery?”
“You should try it.”
“Audio!”
“Audio, you said you bought a good one with this new product. So are the speakers.”

Upon entering the practice room, there were kids (Kyung-tae hyung, Nam-kyu Nam) lying down on the sofa, members (Jackie) looking at the audio, and others (Ki Woo-yeon, Kang Jun) warming up with light stretching.
Each of them occupied a corner of the practice room according to their own inclinations.

“This will soon become the most familiar place for us.”

Since the kids are young, if you think about where they have been for the longest time in their lives, it has no choice but to be a practice room.
She lived in the practice room as a trainee since she was young, and the situation was similar even after her debut.
A life where you can’t get out of the practice room.
It was a tight place that would have been impossible if he hadn’t really wanted to.

“It was a similar situation every time, but it will work out this time too, right?”
“Isn’t there no choice but to do well if you listen to the song?”
“The song is an open fraud. However, I always seem to have a bit of anxiety when I release a song. I want to know what to do if the fans hate this album.”
“Because I’ve never had a bad time. Everyone has anxiety.”
“In addition, this time I have my job, so I will be more anxious.”

At my words, the members glared at me.

“That’s not what I meant! Stupid We trembled every time we made a comeback!”
“That’s right! Do you have any delusions?”
“Wake. Are you going to say that everything is because of you?”

My ears were deaf thanks to the members.
If I didn’t speak well once, I’m going to get in trouble.
The members seemed to be too reluctant to comment on the press conference, so I put on the pistol first.

“I was just kidding.”
“Is this really a joke?”
“Uh. It was a joke that wasn’t even 1% sincere.”

It was only after I managed to calm the kids like that that I let go of my anger.

“Let’s practice. Practice! Not a lot, just one time. I’m just tasting the practice room today.”
“Okay.”
“Cole~”

The members made a fuss by telling them to hurry up and practice so that they wouldn’t become depressed.
Kyung-tae and Eun-gyu, who were lying on the sofa, got up from their seats and stood in formation.
In the meantime, Jackie suddenly played the music, as if he had learned how to use the audio.

“The song is ready too.”

Even Jackie joins the formation.
Even though it was a day off, practice started.

♧ ♧ ♧

“I put four sides in among the reporters.”
“Are you on my side?”
“Even if I have received something, I will ask you a favorable question. If the atmosphere gets too heated, the moderator will take care of passing the questions on to the reporters. If you want to reach the limit, send me a signal.”
“Yes.”

Since it will be a solemn press conference, today’s outfit was a black suit.

“Am I okay?”
“Okay. You are well dressed.”

How long have you been preparing for today?
The clothes, the dialogue, and so on.
Maybe it was because I had practiced over and over in my head, but when the day came, I wasn’t too nervous.

“Tension? Would you like to go in with a Cheongsim pill?”
“I am not very nervous. I guess it’s because it’s the moment I’ve been waiting for a long time.”

Yeon Yeon-nim was always worried about me, but I didn’t care enough to put her worries to shame.
Rather, I wanted to start the press conference quickly, so I was checking my watch frequently.
Yeon-ju noona misunderstood that it was because she was nervous about my appearance, so she held my hand tightly.

“Don’t cheer.”
“Thank you. You don’t know how reassuring my sister is by my side.”

When she said she would sit with me at the press conference as the representative of Honey Enter, I objected.
It was because I thought that there was no need for my sister to endure the barrage of questions from reporters by her side.
However, my sister said that she wanted to understand my desire to protect me.

“It is natural to protect my man. I think I’m holding back from wanting to go out alone.”
“I’m the party, but I can’t not show my face.”

T-ring- T-ring- T-ring- T-ring-

The cell phone rings noisily.
I picked up my cell phone, which was ringing like it was on fire, and said to Yeon Joo.

“There are so many people who support me like this, so I feel reassured.”

The reason my phone kept ringing was messages of support from people who knew what I was about to explode today.
I ate a full meal and ate enough cheering to fill my stomach, so now all that was left was to digest it properly.

“How are things outside?”
“A lot of reporters came, but they were frustrated because they had no idea what the press conference was for. Some people doubt that we are holding useless press conferences to promote our comeback.”
“Still, everyone managed to attend. I thought you might not be able to attend because you didn’t explain why.”
“It’s Airplane’s first press conference, and how many reporters won’t come? Those who do not come are not qualified to be reporters.”

There was some truth in Yeon Joo’s sister’s words.
Especially on a day like today, why don’t you come with excuses?
Maybe I’ll hit the ground and regret it later?
While posting an article by scratching other people’s articles in a hurry.

“How many viewers do you have?”

My press conference today was scheduled to be broadcast live on UTV.

“Most of them are your fans rather than regular people.”
“Ha, these are the people I feel most sorry for and worried about.”

It seems like the storm ahead is already making my skin sore.

“Don’t worry. In the end it will be what you wished for. Just as we planned.”
“Sure. That’s how it should be.”

Now is the time.
I checked my tie again to make sure it wasn’t twisted and moved outside.

Malevolent malevolent-

Standing in front of the press conference room, I heard a muffled voice inside.
I don’t know what the reporters inside are guessing.
However, no matter what they imagined, it was clear that more bombs would be dropped.
The moderator raised the mic just in time.
The reporters’ voices died down in an instant.
The press conference has begun.

“We will invite Airplane Jin Hae-sol and Honey Entertainment CEO Jo Yeon-joo.”

♧ ♧ ♧

Airplane Jin Hae-sol’s press conference that was delivered among reporters out of the blue.

“What happened to him? Do you know anything about it?”
“No. I’ll try to ask.”

Since there was no way they would hold a press conference without incident, the reporters began collecting rumors by mobilizing all their personal connections.

“It’s not that there aren’t any rumors at all, but it’s just rumors floating around.”
“There were no reporters who asked jackpot.”
“What the hell is that?”

No matter how much the reporters search, there is nothing to catch them.
If there is, it’s just rumors that have been around since debut.

He said that Jin Hae-sol had several women hidden.
He said he had more than ten children.
I heard that there is no one who does not fall asleep with a woman because he is very good at night.
He was gay
He said he grew up.
It’s a love triangle, but they even went to sword fighting.

“It’s all rumors from long ago.”
“What? Aren’t you just trying to make an issue for a comeback?”
“Is that it? Then, should I prepare a comeback article in advance?”
“Or is it because of label independence? This time, Honey Enter’s stock price went down all the way.”
“Ah, it could be. But then Jin Hae-sol cannot be explained.”
“Is that so?”

The reporters were uncomfortable with the press conference, which became a mess, but no one said they would not attend.
Isn’t that what an airplane is?
I should have just thanked you for inviting me to attend.
Whatever it is, it’s going to be a story.
The press conference I attended.
The number of reporters who came to the press conference was higher than expected.

“What? This scale. I’m serious? There are foreign reporters over there, too.”
“Anyway, it seems like there is something right…”
“Do you think they know anything?”

Reporters who haven’t prepared properly regret it.
The well-prepared reporters were determined and paid attention to the camera settings.
And the press conference finally started.
Haesol Jin and the CEO of Honey Enter took a stand together.
A stir arose among the reporters who saw Jin Hae-sol in a black suit.

‘The real thing is really great.’
‘Are you the same person? I live alone in another world.’
‘It tastes good!’

Even though she only entered, reporters were busy taking pictures.
This was because photos of Jin Hae-sol basically get views just by uploading them.

‘He’s so handsome.’
‘She’s a piece of cake, but I don’t know who she’ll marry, but she’s very envious of her. I envy you.’

When the reporters didn’t think about reducing the shutter sound, the moderator had no choice but to pick up the microphone and dissuade the reporters.
After the shutter sound subsided, the press conference could finally begin in earnest.