113. Family
After receiving a call from my manager asking me to come to the company and sign a contract in person, I ended up in front of the YM headquarters building, which even Doah had never been to.
The office building is located in the most urban area of the city.
Unlike college districts where hoodies and sweatshirts are rampant, many people were walking up and down the streets in formal or sophisticated attire.
“Huh.”
I took a deep breath, took out my cell phone, and called the manager.
[Hello?]
[Ah. Yes. Mr. Taemin. Have you arrived?]
[Yes. It’s right here in front of the office building.]
As expected, since it was a place where many celebrities and trainees commuted, security seemed to be very strict.
Just as I was making eye contact with the manager in front of me and feeling uncomfortable, a neatly dressed man waved his hand in my direction.
“Taemin?”
“Ah. Yes. Hello.”
“Please come this way.”
As expected, it was impossible to even enter the building without a security card.
After going inside and getting on the elevator, I was struck by the thought that this was really the entertainment industry.
The translucent elevator was installed so that the entire inside of the office building was visible. If it’s a person, it’s a person.
Scenarios you only see in dramas passed by my eyes.
Everything gave off the feeling of a spire built with money.
“This way!”
The manager seemed older than me.
He was smaller than me, but he had a kind face and led me inside in a very cheerful tone.
“Welcome.”
The first familiar face I encountered in an unfamiliar space.
I recognized him and bowed my head.
“Hello.”
It was the casting team leader who came to our neighborhood the other day.
“Thank you for your hard work on the long journey.”
“No. It’s okay.”
After entering the seminar room, we began to talk about the contract in earnest, and I mainly listened to their explanations rather than talking.
“This is roughly the plan for activities for about three months.”
Perhaps because it is a large company, the PPT with its logo at the bottom was made with so much care that I wondered if it was really made just for me.
“So… Uh… Are you saying that we should only show our faces in the web drama for now?”
An explanation I’ve heard briefly before.
“Yes, yes. There’s nothing to do. The director will probably go to the scene and tell you, but it will only be one or two lines at most! There may not be one.”
When the manager repeated what he said, I nodded with a shocked expression.
“And after that, it’s like an interview after seeing the reaction.”
“Yes. It looks like it will be posted on a video portal run by us or offered to a famous YouTube channel. “If the reaction is good.”
It was visible that the people at the company were trying to accommodate me as much as possible, as if they were fully aware of my hesitation about engaging in such activities.
In fact, none of the content they brought required ‘ability’ from me.
Just my face.
Because I felt like that was all I needed.
I wasn’t that happy about the fact that my face was being sold…
…Even I couldn’t quite figure out what was making me so impatient.
As I was just staring at the contract without giving any answer, the team leader emphasized once again what I wanted to ask the most last time.
“I hope you know that the benefits for Mr. Luca are one of the things we added with great difficulty.”
There were clearly additional benefits that Luca could gain by signing this contract.
Especially these provisions.
[Guaranteed original songs included in exclusive concerts.]
[Avatar creators prepared for exclusive concerts can be nominated.]
Honestly, I don’t know what’s so great about Avatar, but the promise of original songs felt like very sweet candy to me.
It was for Doa and it was also for me.
An original song is coming out just for DoA, not for Closer.
That too will be revealed at a solo concert!
“All… Don’t the other Closer members have any original songs?”
But I also wondered if there was only Doa and no others.
“The company hopes to have all of them, but I can’t say 100% because we have to coordinate schedules with our composers.”
In short, it is no different from a gacha game.
“Mr. Taemin. “If Taemin says he is a fan of Luca, this is a truly unconventional condition.”
“I don’t know much, but maybe I’m in a relationship with someone named Miss Luca…”
When the manager looked at me as if he was curious, I gave a vague answer.
“Ah. I’m a junior in college. And I personally really like the character Luca…”
“Oh. So Taemin knew about Luca before he joined us.”
There were too many stories accumulated for us to just say that we were just acquaintances, but there was no reason to reveal them here.
“This seems to be the optimal condition we can offer for now.”
The team leader, who had a meaningful expression on his face, remained silent.
Although they said they would receive compensation for their activities, the company’s position was not to have high expectations.
In the first place, I was not a well-known person but also a rookie, and the costs incurred to proceed with the project were fully borne by the company.
Is it safe to say that it is just time invested for each other’s benefit?
“I think you can just try it for three months, see the reaction after that, and decide whether you want to go with us or cancel your contract.”
The team leader handed me a pen and I
“…Please take care of me.”
That’s how I became a member of YM.
* * *
“Wow! “So you’re part of the company now too?”
I burst into laughter at Doa’s words.
“No. What is a family? “You bastard.”
“If we belong to the same company, we are family!”
It’s difficult to order a family member without ever having been to the headquarters.
Although she was funny, it still felt good to see Do-ah happy.
“If my brother’s web drama comes out, I should go first and leave a comment.”
Doa sat down on her bed and unlocked her cell phone.
“What are you running for?”
“Just for X minutes and X seconds, the guy is so handsome. Like this?”
“Arrow. And then people come rushing in and confess to me.”
When I held out my hand as if I was disgusted, Doa shook her head.
“But now, isn’t it a confession rather than a fan feeling?”
“Isn’t misguided fan sentiment the most terrifying thing?”
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For example, the feelings I have for you.
My heart, which started out as a small cheer, has now swelled beyond control.
“But anyway, if you do this properly, wouldn’t something like that be inevitable…?”
I haven’t thought about doing it properly yet.
Just 3 months.
I just planned to finish what I was told to do without feeling pressured.
If I had thought that the activities presented in the first place were strenuous, I would not have attempted the challenge.
“A. Well, it looks like it will come out sporadically in just 3 months. “What could happen?”
“Oppa. “Don’t you know that these days, when people start digging for something, they get really crazy?”
“When it comes to virtue, I think I know a lot better than you, right?”
“Then you probably know how trivial the occasion was.”
It was true.
How many people in the world are lucky enough to be virtuous?
Everyone thought it was a virtue to just stumble upon something you liked and fall in love with it.
“Hey. But since you have nothing to do, are you sure you will criticize me? People.”
I put my hand on Doa’s head and stroked it as if to tell her not to worry, and Doa leaned her face into my arms as if she was embarrassed.
“…Why are you making me into someone who has nothing to do? “I’m really busy.”
The voice was hushed, but the pronunciation was clear.
After all, it is Luca land.
It wasn’t like that at the beginning of her relationship, but Doa’s flirtation was rising to a level that was quite similar to Luca’s drips.
If the concept of the broadcast was to have fun and do situational dramas, now…
As she placed her hand on Doa’s cheek, her body temperature, which could not lie, revealed her condition.
“Are you cheating on me?”
I asked a question because I wanted to hear it again in person.
“…You also like Luca.”
“That’s Luca.”
“No. “I’m Luca, so what’s the difference between you and my brother criticizing me?”
He was truly a self-indulgent person.
Sometimes you say look at Doa instead of Luca.
Now it seems like we’ve reached the point where you can just attach it when necessary and take it off if not.
“Then let’s make you the number one fan.”
An achievement I have never been able to achieve.
Luca’s number one fan.
In fact, when she first saw Luca, she was shocked, but she was not completely human.
At that time, the number of viewers was double digits.
Considering that it is now in 10,000 units, how many times is this?
“Aren’t there any benefits to being the number one fan?”
Doa, sitting on her lap, lifted her head up.
It was clear that the pure white neckline was seducing me.
“Ah. “Isn’t this something that families shouldn’t do?”
The kiss continued so deeply that the word ‘family’ became meaningless.
