Assistant Manager Kim Hates Idols - Chapter 70
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| Episode 70. First Day of Work (1)
Entrance ceremony, date of employment, date of joining… … .
There have been many days when I started something new.
Some days I was so busy preparing that I was out of my mind. Some days I checked the alarm several times from the first day, worried that I might be late. And some days I just didn’t feel like doing anything.
But in my life, it was my first ‘debut day’.
Today, which will be a historic day for Spark as well, was busy from the morning.
‘I’m going to go straight to the filming location after going to the shop, so everyone stay alert! Say hello to everyone when you get to the broadcasting station!’
‘Did you hear that? If you don’t greet everyone properly, you’re going to have a lot of fun tonight.’
‘I’m really sick of you… … .’
I only said a word to the manager, but Choi Je-ho responded with a frown.
I don’t think I’m sick of Jihan. Anyway, he’s a funny guy.
Regardless of whether Choi Je-ho was acting all sorts of crazy or not, Lee Cheong-hyeon didn’t care and just radiated positive energy.
“Isn’t the weather really nice today? Should I say it’s a good start?”
I knew it would be a nice day. Even though the sun was setting, it was always nice outside this time of year, even for winter.
In the past, Spark also debuted on a nice late winter day like this.
In terms of date, it is today.
Since my debut year was brought forward because of me, I wanted to at least maintain my debut date, and fortunately, things worked out well.
How long has it been since we got all dressed up at the shop and headed to the broadcasting station?
“Guys, let’s get off now!”
At the manager’s signal to get off, Lee Cheong-hyeon opened the car door.
The profile pictures of new idols are always followed by various suspicions.
This must be a correction, or that your skin tone can’t be like this.
But all such words will become meaningless in front of Lee Cheong-hyeon’s face.
I’m saying that it wasn’t for nothing that I sent Lee Cheong-hyeon out as the first batter.
Indeed, when Lee Cheong-hyeon got out of the car, the surroundings were shaking and could be felt even inside the car.
“Wow, guys! There are so many people!”
“Don’t talk loudly in public places.”
I got out of the car and nagged Lee Cheong-hyeon with my ventriloquism.
Soon, as a line of guys with legs as long as a moving company’s ladder truck came down, everyone’s gaze turned in that direction with a frightening intensity.
I followed them to a position where I could be reasonably hidden from them. I tried my best to avoid being photographed.
Even though it was still early, there were already crowds of people in front of the photo zone.
They are probably fans of the singer appearing on today’s music show.
I looked at the slogans people were holding and tried to guess in my head who today’s performers would be.
At that moment, a familiar name was heard from somewhere.
“Spark is handsome!”
I suddenly turned my gaze and saw a woman waving her hand in my direction.
Spark… …you said that just now?
Has anyone already recognized Spark?
No, I should say hello first.
In an instant, my mind became complicated. I pulled out the fancam files that I had piled up in the past from my mind that had become a mess.
In the countless commute cam videos I looked at to have a smooth commute, idols waved both hands or raised one hand slightly to greet each other in a bright manner.
But is that okay?
On such a harsh winter day, with no fans to chat with and wait for until the entrance time, is it okay to just wave goodbye to the person who came?
For me, who used to bow my head to greet people at Hanpyeong Industrial Complex, greeting with one hand was an act that pricked my conscience.
So I just bowed at a 90-degree angle, hoping he would recognize my deep gratitude.
* * *
We entered the broadcasting station without even having time to raise our heads and say hello, but what was next was a huge waiting time.
I’ve heard that this is something that happens to newbies, but it’s one thing to hear about it and another to actually be left alone for over 3 hours.
But it wasn’t boring, because all six of us were busy working on self-development activities.
‘What are some productive activities I can do in the waiting room?’
‘Yeah. But you don’t have to focus too much. You might get filmed in the middle of it.’
As soon as Jeong Seong-bin answered his question, Lee Cheong-hyeon barged in and asked.
‘Are you planning to film something like a waiting room vlog?’
‘That’s it, and you’re not going to waste hours of waiting time doing nothing, are you? If you’re not going to sleep, at least pack something.’
At my last words, the guys took on a slightly grave expression for some reason.
There was no point in sleeping if I was going to waste my energy doing useless things, so I faithfully brought something, one by one.
Everyone was so serious about taking out their work from their bags that I ended up handing over the camera to the video team and taking pictures of the waiting room.
I approached Jeong Seong-bin and Park Joo-woo with a camcorder and asked them a question.
“First of all, Leader. What did you bring?”
“I have a song I want to sing, so I brought along some writing materials to memorize the lyrics!”
“Are you picking up?”
“I brought a vocabulary book… to study English.”
The two even went so far as to neatly hold out their notebooks and vocabulary lists in front of the camera, following the insert.
What an exemplary figure. This is the perfect idol to introduce to my child who is at the age of focusing on his studies. I think I should make these two do a live broadcast like Study with Me later.
Next, I took a picture of the youngest ones sitting in a corner.
“What did you guys bring?”
“It’s a cube. Lee Cheong-hyeon said he’ll buy me a convenience store if I get it right today.”
Kang Ki-yeon showed off a small cube.
It seems that Lee Cheong-hyeon is thinking hard because he is worried that his friend might be nervous before his debut stage. Just in case, he doesn’t have to take out the bubble wrap he picked up from the UA warehouse.
Lee Cheong-hyeon was diligently drawing musical notes on the staff.
I asked, careful not to capture the staff on camera.
“What song is this?”
“Oh, it’s okay if you take a picture! I’m just thinking about the direction of the arrangement for our debut song.”
“Do they still draw sheet music by hand like this these days?”
“You can do it automatically, but I think it’s easier this way because I learned how to write by hand first. Would you like to see it?”
Then, Lee Cheong-hyeon suddenly handed me a musical staff.
The notes were neatly arranged, drawn as if they had been drawn with a ruler. It was really cool.
“Are you taking a picture of the members? Are we the last ones?”
“No. I haven’t taken a picture of Choi Je-ho yet.”
I picked up the camera and took a picture of Choi Je-ho doing fire push-ups in the opposite corner of the waiting room.
I approached Choi Je-ho and asked.
“How many?”
“I’m exactly 50 now.”
“Don’t sweat. What if you use up all your strength to dance?”
“At this level, that won’t happen.”
Choi Je-ho stood up with a calm expression, as if he wasn’t bragging. Then he extended his hand towards me.
“what?”
“Give me the camera. You need to be in the picture too.”
It was an unexpected remark.
I was just thinking about taking pictures of the guys, I didn’t think anyone was going to take pictures of me.
Choi Je-ho took the camera and asked me, leaving me dumbfounded.
“What did you bring?”
What did you bring?
I told you I had no intention of doing anything here?
It’s obvious that I won’t have enough time to take turns taking pictures of these five guys, so why would I do something useless?
It’s not that there was no one in charge of filming. It was thanks to the support of the video team.
However, I couldn’t just trust the video team. The behind-the-scenes camera of an idol and the camera of a ballad singer are a little different.
Even though it is a group and an individual, the flow and atmosphere are slightly different… … .
The problem was that this difference was so minimal that professional photographers might feel like it was just a matter of personal preference.
So who would feel this difference and why should I call myself a cameraman?
≫ Please take a picture of the kids’ faces please
I’m curious about the waiting room.
It’s weird and don’t focus on ithhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!
≫ No, please… … Increase the number of cameras… … When we’re talking, only one child appears on the screen… … .
└ My child only appeared in subtitles haha I thought the soul was sent haha
≫ I like how the screen capture is good
The problem is that the kids aren’t on screen lol
The correct answer was the fans who loved Spark so much.
UA, who realized the situation late, promised to definitely increase manpower next time, but until the next activity returns, Spark’s fans had to find their favorites through their voices.
I also volunteered to be a cameraman to prevent such unfortunate events.
But I wasn’t panicked. I brought some small hobby supplies just in case.
I confidently took my supplies out of my bag.
“I brought a coloring book.”
“… … What did you bring?”
I shook the coloring book to show it to Choi Je-ho, who was trying to look at it with his naked eyes by turning his head away from the camcorder.
“Coloring book. I brought colored pencils too.”
“Did you buy that?”
“No, I was at the dorm?”
“Why is that in the dorm?”
“Manager, deal. The manager said he wouldn’t do it so he gave it to me.”
“Why did that guy buy a coloring book?”
He said he bought it for you to practice your mind and discipline.
But the day the manager bought the coloring book, you poured cold water on the dorm.
I brought him here because I heard he never saw the light of day. Use him well.
“Brother, do you like drawing?”
Now, Jeong Seong-bin popped out from somewhere and asked.
This is difficult.
This means that if former members and current members appear on the same screen, fans will have a hard time mosaic-processing them.
I bowed my head deeply for the sake of future Jeong Seong-bin fans and pretended to choose colored pencils.
“That’s not it. It would be a waste not to use what you have.”
The waste of resources is enough to blow air conditioning to people like Vice President Nam. Since one side is spending so much, the country should also save.
Whether I was looking down and choosing between 12 colored pencils or not, Jeong Seong-bin and Choi Je-ho would not stop talking over my head.
“That’s right. Saving money is important… … .”
“Isn’t it a bit wasteful for us?”
Okay. If you’re done, go ahead.
Everyone had finished their self-development activities, and Kang Ki-yeon was still unable to solve the cube when the manager called us.
It was a time of so-called ‘greeting’, where we went around the waiting rooms of singers appearing on music shows, introduced the group, and gave them albums.
I heard that this practice is also disappearing, but it is still up to the broadcasting companies.
But there wasn’t really anything to worry about. I had adjusted the postures of all five of them… no, I had corrected them so that they would look polite wherever they were seen.
In a world where several new idol groups are created every month, it was highly unlikely that there would be a senior singer who would pay special attention to us.
Because they had been around for a long time, singers who were close with singers affiliated with UA would take care of them, saying, “Oh, they’re ○○ noona’s kids.”
It was a very smooth first greeting, except that everyone flinched when they saw Lee Cheong-hyeon’s face.
Until I entered the waiting room of Parte, which was finally airing its last episode today.