Chapter 88 – #14. Level Up (8)
I thought it passed, but it seems it wasn’t.
Jelly Nyang’s agency NEXT Entertainment belongs to a large agency like Honey Entertainment.
“Why didn’t you check this?”
“Ha, sorry.”
“I think it will be impossible to postpone the schedule after the promotion has already started.”
Not any other group, Jelly Cat is making a comeback.
The music industry will fluctuate, and the company that planned the comeback chooses to save themselves and postpone the plan.
And we should have too.
“I didn’t know you would do something like this. You got it right.”
“No matter how sarcastically hurt, you’re playing tricks with jellies? Aren’t they renewing the contract?”
“It must have built up trust enough to use that much. Jelly cats are very loyal.”
It was common manners to share schedules with other agencies before making comebacks so that comebacks do not overlap.
Even if we fight because our comeback dates overlap, the only thing we can do is lose our weight.
The pressure from small and medium-sized agencies was no joke for large agencies to fight each other and lose each other, so they joined hands and benefited from sharing schedules.
However, the back of the head was hit hard by Next.
It’s because they lied about Jelly Nyang’s comeback date.
“If it’s a comeback on August 2nd, I think you’ll only see that it’s really aimed at us.”
“And besides, you’re not single, you’re a regular.”
“I mean completely burying them, this.”
“But I don’t understand, can a female idol beg a male idol? Originally, male idols are overwhelmingly popular.”
“It’s a jelly cat. Jelly Nyang is not an ordinary female idol. How many personal fans do they have? It’s on a different level.”
“The problem is not only that. This time, we tried to promote the children’s skills. However, it is a situation where Jelly Kitty is next to me as a comparison target. Will this work?”
“It doesn’t work. Even if you show only good skills, you will be ridiculed by Zell Nyan fans.”
All publicity plans went awry.
However, I couldn’t help but do what I was prepared for.
All activities cost money, and it was clear that withdrawing all arrangements would cost a fortune.
“Let’s plot the best and worst case scenarios.”
“The best scenario would be to start publicizing the show even if it gets criticized a bit, so that the kids’ skills are recognized.”
“Worst case scenario?”
“Wouldn’t it be the worst if I started promoting and being compared to Jelly Nyang, being extremely upset, going out mentally and not being able to properly show my skills, and stopping activities as it is?”
“The Zellian fandom might attack us.”
“Wow~ But their fandom has a lot of women. You’re a woman and you’re cursing our kids? Even by looking at our children’s faces?”
It was a fact acknowledged by everyone that the members of Airplane had nothing to cover with their faces.
“There are a lot of kids with unusual sexual orientation. Men these days are skinny.”
“Anyway, there is one attitude we must take. I’m going to be unconditionally friendly with Zelynyang.”
“You’re trying to push it out of friendship rather than hostility.”
“First of all, let’s put Haesol or Juni in the place where Jelly Cat appears. They’re girls too, so don’t you want to get close?”
We didn’t dare to interfere in the meeting of the staff members, so we just sat blankly and pricked our ears.
He said that something very big had happened and started a meeting with all of us, and this is the situation.
The members didn’t seem to know what was going on, but I had finished figuring out the situation with the jjambab I had worked in society.
Seeing Ki Woo-yeon and her children, who were just dazed like crucian carp, let out a sigh of relief, so I decided to give a supplementary explanation.
“Do you know why employees have meetings?”
“The Zellian seniors are making a comeback.”
“I kind of know. It’s a problem to drag the topic away from the other side, but a bigger problem than that is that there can be a fight. The fact that Next Enter didn’t share the comeback date is the same as saying they’re going to crush us once.”
“… Why us We didn’t do anything.”
You probably have your own background.
And as if he knew what I was thinking, Kyung-tae said.
“As far as I know, I heard that Next is also releasing a rookie group.”
“Huh~ Could it be because of that?”
“Because we debuted and it went so well. After hearing what Kyungtae said, I’m sure. They have a solid reason to press us.”
We sprinkle ashes on our activities through Zelenyan, and in the meantime, we debut a new group.
Maybe Next Enter’s plan is this.
“Wow, that’s really scary.”
“Let’s fight fair and square with agitation and fabrication! Is it like this?”
“Do I just have to suffer like this? Our company is also large, shouldn’t we do something?”
“I’m in a meeting right now for that.”
“What are we supposed to do? I absolutely hate it when I can’t do anything and just suffer.”
“Come on, everyone be quiet!”
The conversation between the kids grew bigger and bigger, and before anyone knew it, all the staff at the meeting were listening to our conversation.
I calmed the excited kids and said.
“What are we supposed to do? Why do you ask something so obvious? Of course, the team members do what they tell them to do. When told to do a stage, do your best to perform the stage, and when told to shoot a variety show, go out there, react as if today is the end, and shoot.”
“…”
“…”
Silence flows through the meeting room.
Everyone seemed to be thinking about what I was saying.
And after a while, the manager broke the silence.
“Haesol said the right thing. That’s what you guys do. No matter how hard we try, it’s useless if you don’t do your job. If you guys work hard like Haesol said, the rest of the team members will do it for you. We will properly show why we have an agency and why we are a large agency.”
I also think the same as the manager.
The manager looked at us and the staff who were nodding their heads and then continued.
“If we play with the press to get an image of a talented person, the other side will compare it with Jell-nyang. And then I’ll cut down on your skills. Because comparison is relative. But what if you guys did a good job on stage?”
“It will give you grounds for refuting the comparison.”
The manager nodded as if he was satisfied with my answer.
“That’s right. And this isn’t all that bad. Why is there such a thing as noise marketing? This is also an opportunity to show off your skills to people.”
Compared to promoting our skills by working hard, even though we may be criticized, appealing our skills while being compared to Jelly Nyang will have a much more impact.
“To become a talented idol group ‘Air Plane’ that is comparable to Zellynyan in terms of skill.”
“I-I don’t think we’re capable enough.”
“You are working hard. It’s so good right after debut that it’s possible to relax a little, but even now, except for sleeping, they say they live in the practice room. Thanks to that, my skills have improved a lot.”
“That’s because Haesol hyung is so talented, so I’m nervous…”
“No matter what the reason, it’s true that you guys prepared for the next promotion with sincerity. You don’t have to be humble. Because you’re doing something worthy of praise.”
To be honest, they are 6 hot-blooded men.
More than one of these people think they can get on a crooked line.
But not one of them expressed dissatisfaction with spending most of the day practicing.
This is really great.
This world is a very comfortable world for men to live in.
In a world where women would roll in at the slightest stretch of their hands, the hot-blooded guys blocked all external stimuli and were sweating only for their dreams.
‘The crap.’
Suddenly, an extraordinary feeling came up and I stroked the heads of the kids around me.
I never thought the day would come when I would stroke a boy’s hair.
After living together for a long time, the members feel like nieces and nephews, so I don’t think it’s gross when they do things like this.
“You will be fine.”
“Yes!! I will work hard. So let’s fight for our team too!!”
The members who had become sullen in the unusual atmosphere gradually regained their strength, and the atmosphere of the conference hall became much brighter than before as if the team members who were full of worries received strength.
It seemed pretty cute when the members clenched their fists saying they would work hard.
“The kids are fighting like that, but we can’t be stupid. Aren’t they all?”
“Yes!!!”
“I have to do something!!”
Nostrils flared, the staff heated up to the fullest.
‘Is it full of motivation?’
I don’t know what my future activities will be like, but it was a certain fact that I had to work harder.
♧ ♧ ♧
Jelly Cat has made a comeback.
August 2nd, just a week ahead of us.
Me and the members nervously checked out Zelenyan’s new song, and couldn’t help but sigh.
“The song is really good.”
“I feel angry, but I can’t help but admit it.”
“The music video came out really well.”
“We are not easy!! Don’t be scared!!”
“Anyway, you’re shaking right now. Stupid.”
“No!!”
“Is that right?”
Nam-gyu and Kang-joon bicker, and Ki Woo-yeon laughs, saying she likes the song.
Kang Kyung-tae was digging the ground in depression, saying that he would be completely buried at this rate, and Jekie is playing the song over and over again, as if trying to break it down.
With their own unique reactions, they are preparing to face Jelly Nyan and the absurd final boss.
‘Still, it was too much to put the final boss on us who should have been in the Chosun Zone.’
The good thing is that it doesn’t seem like you’re going to stay still in the company.
It is said that the upper line did not treat this as a simple matter, and said that it was a fight between Next Enter and Honey Enter and actively pushed forward.
Active push is money soon!
‘If you have money, you can do anything!! Did you say My fighting power has been completely blown away.’
Anyway that’s it
Sure enough, the charts changed shortly after, and Zell Nyang’s album songs were plastered in the top 10.
The 1st to 4th places were all songs by Zelnyan, and the 7th and 8th places also had Zelinyan songs.
“And… I envy you.”
“Reclaiming first place at once… Maybe we misunderstood this from the beginning? I don’t think you dare to rub against me.”
Even if we make a comeback, it is not clear whether we will be able to enter the top 10 or the top 100.
The reaction to the debut song was really good, but I thought that I might have been too conceited.
“I guess this is fact assault.”
And this time I couldn’t help but agree with them.
Jelly Nyang’s momentum was not that unusual.
‘Maybe her debut was incredibly comfortable.’
Confined to the flower garden of the company, raised as a high-yielding flower, it is only now that it has met wild soil.
They had to adapt to the harsh sunlight, damp wind, and rough soil to survive on this floor for a long time.
The company no longer saw us as rookie idols who needed to be protected.
To make them survive in the wild for a long time, you have to teach them how to hunt, not hunt them and feed them in their mouths.
It was a time when we also had to face reality to survive on this floor.
