Damn Idol - Chapter 196



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Fucking Idol Episode 196

“Then I guess you can’t appear on music shows on cable channels?”

Although the word cable channel was used, what MBN CP wanted to point out was M Show.

It’s simple logic.

Public broadcasting stations sent out their enthusiastic appeal to Sedalbaekil.

We think your album will do well, so don’t just share the glory with M Show.

It’s a kind of tsundere.

With a cute boycott included.

However, Sedalbaekil’s attitude towards this was, ‘Ah, we’re busy so we probably won’t be able to do a music show.’

Why would Sedalbaekil show this kind of attitude?

I can’t fight the airwaves by the hair, but I don’t want to give up a share of the album’s success either.

That is, Sedalbaegil chose to postpone the relationship.

We are saying that we can’t do music shows right now because we are busy.

It was probably after the success of their second album that Sedalbaekil would come back to the negotiating table.

It’s a common business strategy.

To buy time in a difficult situation until the moment is favorable.

That’s why the highest ranking general manager at SBI Entertainment and Han Si-on, the leader of Sedalbaekil, came together.

So that they can come and add, ‘Don’t misunderstand and listen, we’re really busy.’

But from CP’s perspective, if a situation like this ends, all they hear is that they are incompetent.

So that’s why I asked the question.

Does missing that music show schedule also affect M Show?

Chief Seo Seung-hyun calmly opened his mouth after being asked a question by CP.

“That’s not it. Actually, I have to cut that out as well due to my schedule… … As you know, there were a lot of commercials?”

I can’t help it because of the TV commercials.

Don’t you guys know that too?

Mshow pushed us hard.

“I will make time to appear on M Show, but I think I will only do so once or twice.”

We’ll only appear on M Show to save face, we’re really busy.

Chief Seo Seung-hyun’s nagging must be a lie.

Although he said that, he was probably going to appear after filling up the 4 weeks of domestic activities.

At this point, CP’s eyebrows furrowed.

I understand Chief Seo Seung-hyun’s intentions, and I also understand that it is something that should be said from their perspective.

but…….

Aren’t there really no alternatives?

The most useless thing in business is saying, ‘I have this situation.’

The circumstances don’t matter.

What’s important is a situation where both parties are satisfied.

In the end, CP had no choice but to say what he wanted to say.

“Even though the ratings for public music shows are low… … . But aren’t there fans who still want to watch Sedalbaekil’s music show? Please reconsider.”

A tone of earnest request.

But while the nuance was similar, the content was clearly a threat.

At this point, even Chief Seo Seung-hyun looks embarrassed.

And then he bites his lip and can’t open his mouth.

CP was rather embarrassed by that expression.

‘What the heck? Is this really the end?’

I thought this was where the real negotiations started.

But, surprisingly enough, SBI Entertainment didn’t seem to have any plans for the future.

Although CEO Seo Seung-hyun is not a famous person in the industry, he is not someone who does not know the rules.

Why would someone who knows better than anyone that the conversation won’t end here do that?

It was Han Shi-on who solved CP’s doubts.

At first, he had a calm expression on his face, but as the conversation between Chief Seo Seung-hyun and the CP continued, his face became filled with discontent.

And then he dropped a bombshell.

“No, Chief.”

“That, Zion. What you say is… … .”

“No. I guess I should say something.”

“I told you, that’s not a story worth bringing up here and now?”

“If you want to cut down on your schedule, you can. You just have to sleep less. That’s not the reason why we can’t go on music shows, right?”

A look of absurdity appeared on CP’s face.

‘What the hell is that shit-sprinkling sound?’

This proves that everything Chief Seo Seung-hyun said in detail was a lie.

That too through Han Shion’s mouth.

‘That’s strange. Han Shi-on seemed pretty smart.’

This is what people in the broadcasting industry say after working with Han Si-on.

The broadcasting industry is full of highly educated people.

It is rare for them to evaluate high school graduates or even idols who did not even graduate from high school as smart.

I don’t know if it’s something that has modifiers like polite, diligent, or doing one’s best.

But CP understood the situation through the following words.

“I have to show it to Choi Ma-ho.”

At Han Si-on’s age, there are times when emotions take precedence over reason, and that moment is now.

The fact that Sedalbaekil was pressured by CEO Choi Ma-ho and Ryan Entertainment is also known by the broadcasting station FD.

And everyone knows that Sedalbaegil overcame that.

But overcoming and revenge are different.

Overcoming is enduring, revenge is paying back.

Han Si-on wants revenge on Choi Dae-ho.

But it’s a bit strange.

As far as CP knows, Takescene has no plans to be active.

Because of the story of Sedalbaekil and the 100 Days, they planned their activities mainly around overseas schedules where they wouldn’t have to worry about getting their hair pulled.

Even though I’ve been doing incredibly well in Korea for the past three months, I’ve been constantly compared to others and made fun of.

So I started working in Japan, but there were many opinions that it was like eating mustard while crying.

Rather than saying I was properly prepared, I felt like I was just thrown in head first.

But what are you going to show to Choi Max-ho?

At that moment, Han Si-on glanced at CP and opened his mouth.

“Choi Dae-ho, or rather, CEO Choi Dae-ho, said that no matter how hard you guys work on your music, what value would it have if you did it outside of the company system? It’s all just scraps.”

That’s not wrong.

Before the appearance of Sedalbaekil.

“So I wanted to show you.”

“Are you talking about Mixway?”

They are a 4th year boy group from Ryan Entertainment whose activities overlap with Sedalbaekil.

Although the group itself lacks some weight, its members are very popular.

Because individual activities are so successful in a group, individual activities take precedence over team activities.

So there was a considerable amount of buzz about Mixway returning as a full group after a long time.

Perhaps, if I hadn’t been eaten by Sedalbaekil, I would have hit the jackpot even more.

Because two of the members of Mixway were the male leads in dramas that had viewership ratings of over 8%.

“Yes, Mix Way.”

“If you want to show it, why don’t you compete on a music show and win first place?”

“No. I want to try out the company system.”

Han Shi-on said with shining eyes.

“If no Ryan Entertainment singer appears during our active period, we will appear on a music show.”

“Oh, right. Mr. Han Shi-on, do you know how ridiculous and unreasonable that request is?”

“I know.”

“sure?”

“I’m saying this knowingly. Let CEO Choi Ma-ho hear about it. You’re not just going to talk about this here, are you?”

That’s nonsense.

No matter how well Sedalbaekil does, there is no way to boycott Ryan Entertainment for that reason.

However, it doesn’t make sense for Ryan Entertainment to move the schedule.

That would be a blow to the company’s pride.

This is something that should come out of the mouth of someone who knows even a little bit about the industry… … .

‘wait for a sec.’

CP paused.

CP looked at Chief Seo Seung-hyun, who had an embarrassed expression, and Han Si-on, who had a cold expression.

It doesn’t really show that either of them are good at facial expression acting.

But that’s acting.

“Let’s find common ground. Let’s be honest.”

“I am being honest.”

“Are you honestly saying that you will appear if we boycott Ryan Entertainment? Then will you do it on M Show?”

“Yes, I will do it.”

“You said you would do it?”

“Yes. Because I decided to do it.”

“… … It’s not like it’s a lie that’ll be discovered right away, right?”

“No. You should find out.”

CP sighed.

We have already confirmed each other’s defeat.

Sedalbaekil is lying, and the broadcasting station knows it’s lying.

But this can’t be helped.

“Let’s try to reach an agreement again.”

I have no choice but to end the meeting.

As Chief Seo Seung-hyun and Han Si-on said their goodbyes and left the meeting room, the main PD of the music show came running.

From the perspective of the music show PD, it is necessary to know how the agreement with Sedalbaekil was reached.

Because we are receiving a ton of inquiries from the Sedalbaekil fandom.

About why the music show schedule was fixed and why Sedalbaekil’s name wasn’t in the advance notice.

“What happened, senior?”

“You’re so smart… … .”

“yes?”

CP opened his mouth with a sigh.

“So, when you’re active, please don’t let singers from Ryan Entertainment appear on your show?”

“uh.”

“Are you crazy? How can you say such arrogant and ridiculous things with such confidence?”

“Don’t they know? Are they saying that without knowing?”

“So you’re saying that you knew what you were saying?”

“uh.”

“why?”

“It changes the main agenda of the situation.”

Until this meeting, the main agenda item in the tug-of-war between Sedalbaekil and the broadcasting station was the regular 2nd album.

It’s obvious that it will succeed, but there’s too much of Mshow’s stake in it.

Wouldn’t it be possible for the public broadcasting stations to promote the success of M Show?

So the public broadcasters were proposing to give them an excuse to write their names next to yours.

By refusing to appear on music shows.

But Sedalbaekil replaced this with ‘revenge’.

We can’t live under the same sky as Ryan Entertainment, so if you boycott Ryan Entertainment, we will refuse to appear on music shows.

“uh…….”

“Don’t you know? The person who refused to appear on that music show has changed.”

“ah!”

If before that, public broadcasting stations were refusing to allow Sedalbaekil to appear on music shows, from now on, Sedalbaekil will be refusing to appear on music shows on public broadcasting stations.

“But does that matter?”

“Let’s say that Sedalbaekil sold 2 million copies of their second album. But they didn’t appear on any of the public music shows. People kept asking like crazy. Then I guess I’ll have to report it to the management.”

“I have to.”

“Then what are you going to report?”

If things were as they were, it would have been reported that M Show had too much of a stake in the album.

However, Sedalbaekil took on a new positioning.

I can’t go under the same sky as Ryan Enter.

“But you’re lying, aren’t you?”

“Do you have any evidence?”

“Well, the situation is… … .”

“Oh, then you should go to the executives and do that? This is it. There is no evidence. It seems like Sedalbaekil is holding on to Ryan Entertainment to turn the situation to his advantage. Like this?”

“uh…….”

“And don’t you think this could be real? What will Ryan Entertainment do when they hear this news?”

“I’m sure they’ll try to get Mixway to appear on a music show even if it means dying.”

“Then what about three months and one hundred days?”

“I would rather not appear on TV than die.”

“Yes. If the situation continues, the lie becomes the truth.”

“… … !”

“Sedalbaekil will stick to that stance until the end, and will never admit that they are lying. Maybe… … .”

CP blurted out a story that had been on his mind.

“It may even be a plan to really get revenge on Ryan Entertainment.”

The PD still didn’t seem to 100% understand the situation, but the CP was a bit confused.

The beginning of the three-month-long boycott did not come from CP’s mouth.

It came from above.

Because there was a subtle talk about whether it would be okay to push out an album with a lot of M Show shares for free.

But if things turn out this way, the responsibility falls on CP.

Are things like this happening because the broadcasting station couldn’t resolve the conflict between the production company and the broadcasting station?

My mind suddenly opened.

What if, in this situation, the directors of appeared on SBN’s mainstream music show, Sedalbaekil?

The situation at MBN and KBN becomes more difficult.

‘This might be… … .’

I really think we should line up Sedalbaekil and Ryan Enter.