Assistant Manager Kim Hates Idols - Chapter 22



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| Episode 22. Concept Planning (1)

I thought about the concepts Spark has been working on over the past seven years.

From his debut album, where he sang ballads with the feel of a winter boy in a field where the grass had died down due to frost.

Perhaps because she wanted to create a reversal, she even sang a love song wearing a jumpsuit in an abandoned factory.

Among them, there were some concepts that suited Spark quite well. They just had a heavy emphasis on seasonality and fashion sense.

‘At the point when the cyber warrior concept came out, you could say that UA planning ability was dead.’

I tried to push the five gray cyber warriors I didn’t even want to think about out of my mind.

So what concept should we give Spark?

‘I have to save my face and physique somehow… … .’

First, when we asked Lee Chung-hyun, who will have the largest share in creating the song, if he had a concept he wanted, Lee Chung-hyun answered like this.

“I hope it suits the feeling of being full of excitement. It’s exciting!”

“You weren’t just saying that because it fits the song you’re writing right now?”

The song that Lee Cheong-hyeon hummed while thinking about this song was a song that was included in the debut album.

As much as I knew how the song would turn out, I could definitely tell what Lee Cheong-hyeon was talking about.

“My life goal is ‘You only live once, so live it to the fullest!’”

It wasn’t very helpful, but I took note of the words of the precious composer.

“Ah! How about a futuristic concept? It’s cool. It’s like a movie!”

“Don’t even mention those horrible words.”

Unless you want to be a cyber warrior born from LED.

“Do you need anything else?”

“Warm praise for a younger sibling struggling to develop himself?”

“It’s great to see you working hard to grow, Cheong-hyeon. Are you satisfied? Then let’s get back to what we’re doing now.”

As I was bringing Lee Cheong-hyeon back to the laptop, Park Joo-woo popped his head out from outside the room.

I gestured for Park Joo-woo, who appeared with his head sticking out, to come in.

“We were just talking about concepts. Joo-woo, is there a concept you want to try?”

“If it’s an idol-like concept… … it feels a bit strong.”

It was a taste that was the complete opposite of the still gentle atmosphere.

“Does that mean you want the lyrics or message of the song to be strong? Or do you want the styling or the choreography to look strong?”

“… … Hmm.”

Park Joo-woo was worried, as if he hadn’t thought about it that far.

“If you think about Joo-woo hyung’s taste, wouldn’t he prefer songs that are on the difficult side? With powerful high notes and such?”

“Anyway, since this group is comprised of Park Joo-woo and Jeong Seong-bin, they can’t avoid high notes.”

“… … If I had to choose, I would say I like something with a strong message.”

It was a rather philosophical taste.

The last time I thought about philosophy was when I asked Hanpyeong Industries to please decide on a management philosophy to be included on their website.

After that, I asked the rest of the members, including Jeong Seong-bin, and was able to roughly figure out what concept each of them wanted to try.

Choi Je-ho: The choreography is intense.

Jeong Seong-bin: I like anything as long as I get along well with the members.

Park Joo-woo: It has a strong message.

Lee Cheong-hyeon: Something that explodes with excitement.

Kang Ki-yeon: Something that can utilize a unique formation, attract attention, and show the group’s color well.

They’re like the kind of people who would go to a Chinese restaurant and each order five different dishes. If they can’t get along like this, how did they work together for seven years?

I tried to shake off the headache that was creeping up on me and organize the concept I had to come up with in my head again.

1. It must be possible to utilize the members’ strengths, such as physical and visual qualities.

2. It must match the song that Lee Cheong-hyeon will compose.

3. It must also meet the tastes of demanding members.

4. It must be sellable in the market.

My eyes went dark. The only album concepts I knew of from idols were the ones Spark had been doing for the past 7 years.

There was only one solution in this situation.

It’s like being immersed in a sea of ​​information, like when you first got hired and searched the Internet for HR forms.

I squeezed ‘reference research’ into my meticulous work schedule.

The day was so hectic that I felt like I was going to explode. I wanted to ask the system for overtime pay.

* * *

I once went around collecting sunflares to prepare a birthday present for Choi Je-ho.

That was probably when… …I think I was going to collect comments of support and make a book to give as a gift.

Among the articles I saw while going around various communities, there was one that appeared as if it was copied and pasted whenever Spark made a comeback.

≫ It seems like there is no company that doesn’t use children’s faces as much as UA

Why bother dressing up kids in matching clothes with matching colors?

└ >If you really have to do it sincerely, < Kilpo
└ Idol who looks best in real casual clothes #1
Below that, a picture of Spark wearing a Tetris look was plastered on the wall, as if he only needed to wear the top and bottom.
≫ It is also a talent to dress up all the stages like this
One of the members must have poured aaara on the president's face
└ When I saw the tail, it seemed like five people poured it at the same time.
└ If the shirt the CEO was wearing cost 800,000 won, it would be understandable
Something caught my eye amidst the alternation of scathing criticism and flashy photos that drained people's spirits.
'what's this……?!'
That was my picture.
He was wearing a black t-shirt, a fluorescent yellow vinyl vest, and white cotton shorts.
The post with the shocking photo attached also had a one-line comment attached.
≫ Kim Yi-wol's outfit is really cool
It's almost like a post-it note that fell on the keyboard.
The outstanding expressiveness made me break out in a cold sweat.
Even the post with 3 views had comments.
≫ Those pupils that are all dilated are so pitiful XX
“Ugh… … !”
My eyes opened the moment my stuffed, dead, blurry pupils met his.
It was a terrible dream.
'No matter what happens, I avoid the Post-it concept.'
I steeled my resolve. Every day was already hell, but I had a feeling that today would be another tough day.
As I went out to the living room, the first person I met was Lee Cheong-hyeon, who greeted me.
“Did you have a nightmare, bro? You were groaning in your sleep.”
“I can’t tell you how lucky I am that this is reality right now.”
“I guess you had a really bad dream.”
As I was about to head to the kitchen, feeling sorry for Lee Cheong-hyeon, I saw someone standing in front of the induction stove holding a spatula.
It was Jeong Seong-bin who had finished preparing for school.
"What are you doing?"
“Oh, bro! Good night.”
Then Jeong Seong-bin pointed to the table.
“I baked some bread today. You can have some too, hyung.”
Bread was neatly arranged on the table.
Somehow I thought there was a delicious smell starting in the morning.
If only I had opened my eyes quickly, I would have just laid down and rolled around. It was truly an earnestness that seemed to have breathed life into a moral textbook.
“Thank you. I’ll enjoy it.”
“What is it?”
Then Jeong Seong-bin also sat down and started eating bread.
After 7 years of this kind of group life, he becomes the 'leading male idol leader full of venom'.
I didn't even want to imagine how my future life as an idol would go.
* * *
There is a saying that learning never ends.
For the past 29 years, I believed that saying did not apply to me.
It's because I didn't really like studying myself. I studied physics a lot when I was a student, so I wondered if I would want to study when I grew up.
Until high school, the only reason I studied was to get away from home, and during college, I wanted to get a scholarship, graduate quickly, and get a job.
To be honest, I never studied because I liked it.
Moreover, since Hanpyeong Industries did not have a single handover document, I was digging in the bare ground with a shovel.
I really wanted to stop being forced to learn something new by someone else. I probably would have done that if I hadn't made myself do something stupid.
But the old saying was not wrong.
I admitted it to myself while massaging my eyes that were about to fall out while organizing the monthly TOP 10 of the music sites for the past five years.
As we live, there will come a day when office workers will have to study the idol market, which means that there is really no end to studying.
'How can something like this come up just as I'm finishing up my monthly review?'
It seemed like the sad memories that had been building up little by little at Hanpyeong Industries were coming back to me again.
As a result of sleeping 3 hours a day, practicing during the day, and looking at my laptop at night.
“Brother. It seems like the dark circles have evolved.”
My face got to the point where I heard such words from Lee Cheong-hyeon. I also felt like my dry eyes were getting worse.
Even Choi Je-ho asked me a question because my complexion was pale.
“If you sleep that much, won’t you get sleepy?”
“I’m sleepy.”
But if you don't save sleep now, you're sure to embarrass yourself with the Post-it look in the future.
Just thinking about it made me lose sleep.
“But what do you do at night, hyung? Didn’t you say you chose the Wolpyeong song?”
“Preparing for the future?”
“This guy really speaks in a unique way.”
Then Lee Cheong-hyeon laughed.
But I couldn't tell them to 'be grateful that I saved you from being a kimbap wrapped in aluminum foil,' so I kept my mouth shut.
“… … But hyung, it seems like you really aren’t nervous.”
“Yeah. Hyung, you did a good job with your first evaluation.”
Park Joo-woo and Jeong Seong-bin, who were stretching together, also joined in.
Since the attention being paid to me was a minor thing, I quickly changed the subject.
“Thank you for the compliment, but shouldn’t we start practicing soon?”
Fortunately, Jeong Seong-bin, who is FM when it comes to practice, immediately entered practice mode.
This trivial conversation seemed to be coming to an end…
"brother."
"uh?"
One late night, when I was left alone in the practice room, Kang Ki-yeon approached me and we started having a trivial conversation.
“Can you give me a moment?”
I'm sorry, Kiyeon.
I'm starting to get scared whenever you open your mouth.