Assistant Manager Kim Hates Idols - Chapter 42
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| Episode 42. Promoting Friendship Among Men (1)
Kang Ki-yeon’s presentation was quite a sight.
Kang Ki-yeon explained in detail why I was a loser and what a strange person I was.
“You can also see my brother’s uncompromising personality in the fact that he had spicy noodles for lunch for an entire month.”
It just seems like you’re giving me shit.
As the person involved, I was absolutely shocked, but the other guys looked like they sympathized. Have you ever seen such an absurd situation?
“I have another question. Did I do something wrong to you, Mr. Kang Ki-yeon?”
“I think the most incomprehensible part is that they are unaware of their own uniqueness.”
“I agree!”
The sight of the five of us, excluding me, huddled together reminded me of the old spark.
You guys, get along behind my back. Just thinking about Sparks makes me sick.
While I was fighting a lonely battle on my own, the five members heated up the scene with a heat that reminded me of a hearing.
“You keep saying you have objections, but if you just keep refuting without any basis, we will also call witnesses from our side.”
“Who will appear as a witness?”
When I asked a question, Lee Cheong-hyeon covered his face with Jeong Seong-bin’s cue card and tried to change his voice in a strange way.
“Everything that has been revealed so far is true… … Mr. Kim I-wol has been brutally destroying the jjolmyeon business in our neighborhood… … .”
“Everything is fine, but don’t cover the face. Make sure the whole face is in the angle.”
Your fans will watch this video to see your faces, so what’s the point of covering them?
But unfortunately, my instructions to future fans were not well received by the guys.
“Did you hear what I just said? I said that I’m a real ice man?!”
“Why are you belittling my desire to show your face on the screen for three more seconds?”
“The fact that you don’t understand that is proof that you are extraordinary.”
With those words, my profile introduction, which I, the person involved, did not understand at all, was concluded.
Even Park Joo-woo avoided my gaze and stared off into space, trying hard to hold back the corners of his mouth from rising. I felt like I had been betrayed by the world.
“Next is… … big… … Yiwol’s turn.”
Likewise, Jeong Seong-bin, whose face turned slightly red from holding back laughter, continued on with difficulty.
The person I’m going to introduce is Choi Je-ho.
He is the only same-age trainee in the team and a roommate in the dorm.
The guy who gave me the hardest time in Spark before I went back to the past.
To be honest, I could write this without even looking at Choi Je-ho’s profile.
How many years have passed since Chief Nam’s every move was monitored?
The only thing I didn’t know was the number of hairs on Choi Je-ho’s head.
But if you talk like that, you’ll end up hearing things like “You’re a loser” or something.
Since I was planning to leave the team after only one activity, it was better for me to not stand out in the team.
‘This is the best way to make my results look as ordinary as possible while still providing specific details.’
So I prepared.
“Here, each of you take one.”
“Huh?”
This… …Kim I-wol-pyo’s ‘Choi Je-ho Activity Record Book’.
The student record book was a representative document that could introduce people while also perfectly matching the school concept.
Here, I personally created everything from the header to the footer so that anyone can see the difference, while referencing the items, so that there is no controversy over document forgery.
It may not be against the law since it’s just for photo props, but it’s best not to do anything that will get you caught.
This is the profile I made. It was written in 15 points, but I thought it wouldn’t look good if everyone just looked at the paper, so I decided to use a beam projector to present this part. Of course, we discussed it all beforehand.
“My name is Choi Je-ho, I am the eldest member of the practice room line. In accordance with the social trend of replacing blind evaluations, I did not attach a photo to the record book.”
“Are you briefing the suspects?”
Choi Je-ho intervened, but he pretended not to hear.
Why are you arguing when I’m explaining it to you in such a kind voice?
Since then, I have been looking at dozens of resumes a day on average at Hanpyeong Industries.
I even used my experience of going through the photos that would be posted on Choi Je-ho’s fan account on a weekly basis. There is no way that there would be any flaws in the document that I created.
Regardless of whether Choi Je-ho made a bewildered expression or not, I stubbornly announced what I had prepared.
“This is a trainee who contributes to improving dorm life, such as by bringing mood lighting to the dorm.”
“A trainee with an impressive proactive attitude?”
“Yes. I would say that we are trying to show an attitude of cooperation for group life.”
In addition, Lee Cheong-hyeon stepped in at the right time. His choice of words was also very lively.
There may be differences between high school entrance exams and college entrance exams, but it seems that he also learned something while preparing for the high school entrance exam.
Lee Cheong-hyeon’s older brother and younger brother also graduated from a science high school, so he must have seen things over their shoulders.
“My hobby is spreading jam on bread with a transparency level of 80%.”
“It’s not a hobby, it’s because of the calories!”
“As a result of his efforts to achieve the top grade in arm strength, he achieved first place in arm wrestling within the team, so we can say that he has a promising future.”
“under…….”
Choi Je-ho shouted, perhaps embarrassed.
If you put this much effort into dealing with the enemy who caused you to work overtime, he’d be grateful.
I smiled kindly at Choi Je-ho, who had no idea how much patience I had shown him, and said, “Thank you for listening.”
Looking at his expression, I guess I’ll have to ask them to edit out Choi Je-ho as much as possible from my scenes.
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The system, as if it had been waiting for me, dumped a large amount of work on me as the song that would become my debut, ”Unreleased” (at this time, the lyrics hadn’t been released yet, so there was no title) was close to completion.
Thanks to that, I was able to gather a lot of experience points and forcefully raise my dance proficiency this time too.
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Performance Evaluation (100)
– Vocal proficiency: 6/20
– Dance proficiency: 6/20
– Self PR: 12/20
– Attendance management: 18/20
– Adaptability within the organization: 10/20
Cumulative experience: 0
Cumulative fatigue: 20% (employment support service applied)
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However, this time, vocal proficiency did not automatically increase.
Certainly, I didn’t get the feeling that I could sing smoothly just by practicing like before.
‘If you don’t have enough points to level up… … just collect them.’
I opened the scheduler and checked the piled up tasks again.
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[SYSTEM] ‘New task’ has been assigned.
▷ Final payment for debut song
▷ Reward: Experience (5)
[SYSTEM] ‘New task’ has been assigned.
▷ Perfect mastery of debut song choreography
▷ Reward: Experience (5)
[SYSTEM] ‘New task’ has been assigned.
▷ 3 tips for improving stage quality (0/3)
▷ Reward: Experience (1)
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Looking at the dense list, I felt reassured that the supplies had been stocked before the new employees arrived.
I don’t know why on earth I have to make the final decision, but I’ve long since given up on the idea, considering it a difficult path to becoming a producing member.
“Let’s practice again now!”
As I was pretending to drink water and looking through my schedule, Jeong Seong-bin announced the end of break time with perfect timing.
At Jeong Seong-bin’s signal, Lee Cheong-hyeon and Park Joo-woo, who were lying on the floor, stood up weakly.
‘The intensity of the practice is gradually increasing.’
I never thought my basic physical strength was low, but recently I’ve definitely felt tired.
What if I could put chicken breast on my dinner salad? I’m doubling my PT.
If it weren’t for the job support services or something, I would have been pretty devastated.
So, it goes without saying that these guys are doing this with their bare bodies.
The good news is that no one shows that they are having a hard time while practicing. Overall, it was a good thing.
But not complaining didn’t necessarily mean I was doing my best.
I finally opened my mouth with difficulty 20 minutes after practice resumed.
“Hey, can you stop the song for a second?”
When Park Joo-woo, who was closest to the air conditioner, turned off the song at my request, only the sound of breathing could be heard in the practice room.
“You all probably know our concept because you heard about it through Cheonghyun and the company. Do you remember what it was?”
“My classmates are innocent, but playful and full of trouble… ….”
“Really? Then now, would you like to look in the mirror?”
Then, the five people’s gazes turned to the large mirror that took up most of one wall of the practice room.
The face reflected in the mirror was miserable.
It wasn’t the facial features that were the problem. It was the expression.
“It’s no wonder I look like a mess. I’ve been dancing for hours.”
“… … .”
“But that’s not the expression on our faces. None of us have a single smile on our faces. We can’t make a bad expression just because it’s hard to debut and work.”
Since the lyrics hadn’t been released yet, we had decided on a few songs from other idols and were taking turns practicing them.
However, most of the brows were furrowed to the point that the selection of clear songs was meaningless.
Jeong Seong-bin and I smiled brightly and danced, but it didn’t seem necessary to take sides.
“And crucially, we don’t appear at all like ‘classmates who spend their days together’.”
A heavy atmosphere never improves work efficiency.
Manager Nam was worried that his employees would not be able to work properly when he was away, but he realized that in reality, everyone was working in peak condition.
Spark’s practice atmosphere was not much different from Hanpyeong Industry when Director Nam was there.
It means that everyone was extremely tense, except for the old bastard who had no answer.
It is of course important to practice as if it were the real thing.
But trying to breathe properly and not make mistakes was a different matter.
Even I, the only one who is quick-witted in the team, have enough of those worries.
“I’m not saying that you should giggle while practicing. But I want you to think more seriously about our concept and practice while paying attention to whether it looks good.”
“yes…….”
“I’m sorry for saying this when I’m much worse than you. Instead, I’ll speak up more.”
“No! Starting today, I will also start the member cheering challenge 100 times a day!”
“A hundred times is a bit too much.”
“Then should we compliment each other once every time we play a song?”
“No, that’s too much.”
Thanks to the active interaction between Lee Cheong-hyeon and Choi Je-ho, my comments were accepted without being treated as, ‘What are you talking about, you’re the worst.’ The rest of the guys didn’t seem offended either.
That’s good, I guess. Having an atmosphere of mutual support is more important than you think.
It wasn’t a bad sight to see them start to smile even though they were drenched in sweat.
A notification also appeared above the smiling faces of those guys that ‘Advice for improving stage quality’ had been met once.
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Spark’s advantage was its ability to learn quickly.
For some reason, their speaking skills in front of the camera never improved, but they were all outstanding in their understanding of the skills needed to build technical skills.
Maybe that’s why the six of us were able to dance with mischievous expressions even during the last practice at 9:57 PM, when we were so tired that we almost fainted.
‘I don’t know if this is growth or awakening, but… … .’
It seems like everyone’s eyes have turned a bit.
I decided to leave them alone because it would be a hundred times better for them to hear the sound of poisonous poisonous acid than to hear the sound of frozen eyes.
‘So, is it time to solve this now?’
At around 3 a.m., I was alone in my dark room, staring at the twinkling system.
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[SYSTEM] ‘New task’ has been assigned.
▷ Music video filming location scouting
▷ Reward: Experience (varies depending on the condition of the shooting location)
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So, if you want to do something like this, make it a company employee instead of an idol.