Assistant Manager Kim Hates Idols - Chapter 122
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| Episode 122. Rumors (1)
The stage began with a flowing piano melody.
Lee Cheong-hyeon moved his hands as if he was playing the piano in the air.
As the piano sound was absorbed into the original song’s accompaniment, the movements naturally led to choreography.
『Wind blowing field
Warm sky
I’m standing there
Waiting for the stars to rise
Lee Cheong-hyun did not rap a single word on this stage. Instead, he participated as a vocalist.
He was a guy who was good at singing, but he knew it could be risky because he had been practicing rapping for a long time, but he didn’t give up.
Lee Cheong-hyeon told me that I didn’t need to give up my strengths for the sake of perfection.
‘I don’t want to be afraid of challenges.’
The faint smile from that time still remained on his face.
If the voice wasn’t smooth, I wouldn’t have allowed it. I’ll let it slide just this once.
“You don’t know
How much time
Is it flowing along the Milky Way?
Park Joo-woo also did a great job with his part, with a gesture of slightly raising his glasses.
“Why is the night sky
It’s so bright that it’s blinding
The darkness is like this
Shine beautifully』
I put my arm around that guy’s shoulder.
With his other hand he made a telescope, held it up to his eye and looked into the sky.
“So I
I have no choice but to jump in
With deep heart』
Jeong Seong-bin stared into the dark auditorium with shining eyes.
The glitter on the shiny ball contrasted with the low-saturation clothes that gave off an old-fashioned feel, creating an even more mysterious atmosphere.
While performing the original song, the six of them put their heads together and pondered over the details, and sometimes looked up at the sky together.
And when verse 2 was finished.
A portion of the third movement of Piano Concerto No. 5, a piece personally selected by Lee Cheong-hyeon, flowed out.
The owner of this part was also Lee Cheong-hyeon.
Lee Cheong-hyeon lifted the plastic light bulb he had prepared in advance while stepping back to the edge of the stage.
The light bulb that opened with just a slight touch went off at Lee Cheong-hyeon’s fingertips with a switch sound.
The golden paper dust that had filled the lightbulb scattered over Lee Cheong-hyeon’s face… … .
The stage’s screen and floor were covered with celestial bodies.
A colorful Milky Way flowed between the white shining stars.
It was the moment when the star I had been searching for finally appeared before my eyes.
The media art that had been budgeted for three stages shone. I watched it several times during the simulation, confirmation, and rehearsal, but it was still spectacular.
Lee Cheong-hyeon smiled brightly among the falling paper stars.
That expression was the one that made me decide that I had to put Lee Cheong-hyeon at the center.
This is the smile that Lee Cheong-hyeon had when he finished this arrangement.
If that isn’t joy, if that isn’t rapture, then what is?
I don’t know what he realized, but at least among Sparks right now, Lee Cheong-Hyeon is the closest thing to being a ‘passionate scientist who discovered an unidentified planet’.
I just hope that this joy is conveyed to the audience.
After that, the orchestral accompaniment, which was not a part that was connected to each other, continued exquisitely.
It was the timing for a group dance that was almost like a dance to begin, led by Choi Je-ho and Kang Ki-yeon.
‘I’m a bit cautious because I don’t know much about classical music.’
‘hmm?’
‘This song has a rather unique feel.’
When I first heard the song Lee Cheong-hyeon chose, I said that.
And when Lee Cheong-hyeon asked the reason, he seemed to have said this with limited expressiveness.
‘It feels like there’s a reciprocal relationship between the two instruments, rather than one instrument being the dominant one. Especially the third movement.’
‘yes?’
What I wanted was glamour and elegance.
But Lee Cheong-hyeon seemed to want to say something more there.
‘That’s why I like this song.’
Lee Cheong-hyeon caressed the corner of the screen where the video was shown as if he was treating something truly precious.
‘Because it feels like we’re all making a song together.’
I wonder if Lee Cheong-hyeon, who is now performing on stage with us, is feeling the sense of unity that he had in the past.
But I hope he doesn’t regret it.
I really wanted to have fun making music.
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There was no change.
In the second round, Spark took first place, with Parte following close behind in second place.
The atmosphere inside UA is… … .
What can I say? It was a festival.
The production team, who had been grinding like a millstone, heard the news and told us in return that we had had a hard time.
Overall, the quality of the stages has improved, so this year’s voting was more intense than the previous competitions. The gap in votes between the rankings wasn’t that big.
UA seemed proud that Spark took first place even in such an environment.
This will probably be the last #1 that Spark can get in the A-Wang Hall, as the 4th round has a special format and the final round will reflect online voting.
Spark didn’t have much of a chance on either stage, especially in the final round, where online voting was the first and last thing to come in.
So I guess it’s okay to let them enjoy themselves this time. I happily watched the Spark guys being praised without reserve by the staff.
A system appeared between those guys and me.
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[SYSTEM] Work instructions from ‘Manager’ have arrived.
Manager Kim, standing out in society isn’t the answer.
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The system’s speech was much shorter than usual.
But it was strange. One sentence of only a few letters was strangely unsettling.
The uneasy premonition was not wrong.
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[SYSTEM] ‘A’ is notified of ‘violation of internal rules’.
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▷ If any actions that are excessively different from existing history are discovered, it will be considered that ‘乙’ has violated its duty of fairness.
▷ Depending on the extent to which ‘乙’s’ actions changed history, sanctions can be imposed by taking advantage of the environment in which ‘乙’ is located.
[SYSTEM] Sanctions for ‘violating internal rules’ will be notified to ‘乙’.
▷ Content: Processing reputation score reports
▷ Reason: Appearance and activity in ‘Idol Dynasty Chronicles’
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That night, my name started getting plastered all over the communities.
Along with the dishonorable words of team discipline and bullying within the company.
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It seems that each person has a reputation score. Like a star rating for a job planet. That’s probably why there used to be a message saying that if you have a high attendance score, you’ll get a good evaluation.
And the system seemed to be able to feed reviews to the reputation humans had received, like a corporation, and hide the reviews.
So far I have never done anything to be nitpicked about, so my reputation probably isn’t bad either.
However, after that ‘reputation score report process’, only negative posts related to me started to appear, just like a company’s review window where good reviews disappeared.
≫ Am I the only one who feels that Kim Iwol is holding military discipline?
1. Even while interviewing children, he looks at Yiwol and straightens his posture (keeps checking the mood)
2. The composer said that he checks the progress every time he performs live.
3. When the royal family gave out scores for their PR stage, they spoke alone.
└ Number 1 is lol It wasn’t even Yiwol who noticed it, the kids just saw it and fixed it, so why is it Yiwol’s hair?
└ Then how are you going to explain number 3? LOL
└ Ignorance Shield Special: Run away when you get hit
≫ But he was strong even before the controversy over ignoring his seniors arose
Is it because he’s the oldest and a producing member?
The real leader is Jeong Seong-bin, but he uses his speaking power to drive the team atmosphere.
└ Seriously, you wouldn’t know unless you tried it, but it’s like X
└ He also keeps Jeho in check, who is in the same eldest line. He has been treating Jeho like a dog on purpose, and he has not been very good since a long time ago.
≫ The members always say that I am the one who nags the most.
Honestly, I don’t have the skills to nag anyone, do I? ㅠㅠ
Yiwol-ah, look at your fancam views… …
└ What the kids were sending was a rescue request
└ Is there that much of a difference in the number of direct cam views?
└ It’s similar, but Kim Pep is always in the lower ranks
└ If you’re not a dance member or center, don’t you get a lot of views on your fancams?
└ No, it doesn’t matter
└ I’m watching the fancam to see the dance, but why doesn’t it matter?ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Are you crazy?
The response was dire. There were quite a few correct comments, so I was somewhat convinced.
So I tried to get out of here quickly, but the system wasn’t really helping me…
But it was okay until I started getting reactions like this. I was prepared that I wouldn’t hear anything good about myself ever since I became an idol.
But this was just the beginning.
Things got worse rapidly from that night.
While I was planning the members to appear in the third competition, which was a position battle, as instructed by the royal family, the phone at my dorm rang for a rare reason.
The person who called at 4 a.m. was my manager.
─ Lee Wol-ah, have you been looking at the Internet? Public opinion is not good right now… … I think I should check it out.
I hung up the phone, saying I would check and get back to you.
SNS was literally a sea of fire.
≫ In UA, the G.O.O. personality is already famous
There was a lot of talk about him ignoring his employees and doing whatever he wanted, and it seems like it’s finally come to light this time.
I heard the CEO is pushing it a lot
└ There were rumors that he had a lot of friction with the PD.
└ If you look at the fact that he debuted after only 1 year of training, it’s clear that he’s being pushed
≫ You idiots are asking why they gave individual entertainment to that member instead of the center leader.
It’s true that you’re getting special treatment, and it’s true that your favorite member is being pushed around and other members are being left out;; Please look at reality
└ Every time I check something like this, I feel so bad for the other kids that I cry… … They have prepared much longer and are more skilled than those members, but it’s so frustrating that they’re being discriminated against because of politics.
└ What I mean isㅠㅠ My kid said that the members are so good, so I can’t say anything, but I wish he would take care of his share while working… … ㅠㅠㅠ
From inside stories of the agency that are close to the truth to actual filmed solo entertainment shows, the credibility of the hypothesis has greatly increased as it is fleshed out with facts.
It’s not like I go out to a bar alone to raise my PR score.
No, then Choi Je-ho should have been there, XX… … .
I read a few more posts, racking my brain.
The controversy over the impeachment is a big problem, but I don’t think the manager would have called me at dawn for something like this.
After a few more minutes of digging, I came across an issue I hadn’t even thought about.
≫ Fans are sucking up to Kim Yi-wol, calling him a model student.
The funny part is that I acted like a real delinquent during my school life.
There was a lot of talk about how it was a special treatment to be exempted from group activities such as school trips and to be given a study room only for those with good grades, even though they were not ranked well.
I lived well at home, and the teachers took great care of me.
I know I’m great and I don’t have any sense of shame, so I don’t talk to my classmates.
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It was a controversy over preferential treatment that had never been received before.