Chapter 217 – The Game… Uh… Yes, That’s It… I’m Sorry…
Minji’s entertainment project, which Ga-hye Yoo previously talked about, progressed really quickly.
Shortly after she told her to clear her schedule, she set up a lunch date with the entertainment producer, and after a casual conversation, the filming of Minji and Sooae from Honey Girls was decided.
It seems that the work has progressed because the work has been scheduled in advance or the company has pushed it, but it is progressing too quickly, so I am suspicious.
‘Why are you in a hurry to shoot Minji and Honey Girls?’
Honey Girls has been on break for at least a month.
If you put a girl like that on the same stage as Minji, you will be compared and the Honey Girls will be buried right away, so why are you doing that?
‘Doesn’t it mean anything if I think about it?’
Maybe it’s just my overreaction.
After knowing that they received the hypnosis application from them, every one of their actions seems to have something to do with it and is suspicious.
It’s natural, but no matter what, the CEO and Yu Ga-hye would welcome that The Queens do well.
There is no need to suspect that there is malice.
‘I can’t refuse to do what I’m told anyway. I just have to work hard.’
All I’m going to do is train Minji diligently for the rest of the time.
Even if it was a variety show, it was a variety show that tested idol singing skills, where you had to go out in front and have fun and sing well.
‘Still, I’m so glad. Just when Cheon Bom was looking after this happened.’
Thanks to Cheonbom, who kindly eats her heart and takes care of Minji diligently, her worries are a little less.
I thought we had a really bad relationship with each other, but I guess I quickly became attached to them.
‘We’re good. Seeing how both of them shriek and lose their temper when I say one word… I guess they’re at the stage of being shy.’
I’m so glad you two seem to be getting along, ummm.
“Great job.”
Close to lunchtime.
I handed Bom Cheon something to drink as he came out of the vocal practice room.
“Ah… Thank you.”
“Minji also worked hard.”
Of course, she didn’t forget to give Minji, who came with her, something to drink.
“How about lessons? How’s it going?”
“Yes… Try hard… I’m doing fine…”
Minji nodded at my question and smiled slightly.
It’s nice to see him smiling and showing enthusiasm after he cheered me up the other day.
“Okay, good job. Soye’s acting lesson is ending soon, so let’s have a meal together with Soye. I’ll leave at 1 o’clock.”
“Brother is… Don’t eat together… ?”
“I have some work. I’ll be there soon.”
At my answer, Minji secretly glared at Cheonbom.
When a child with a single smile sees Cheonbom, her eyes get chilly.
Umm, it seems that Minji still thinks Cheonbom is a little uncomfortable.
In the sense of asking not to do that, Minji lightly tapped her on the shoulder.
“Don’t do that~ Come on, go eat.”
“… Yes.”
Minji hesitated reluctantly, and she soon disappeared down the other side of her hallway.
I even watched her get on her elevator and then looked towards Cheonbom.
“How is it? How is it going?”
“Ah, that… Ha.”
Cheonbom folded her arms at my words and let out a sigh.
“No. We still have a long way to go.”
“Is it very serious?”
“Originally, Park Min-ji’s skills weren’t very good.”
“It’s okay as long as it gets better than before.”
“Okay no. Park Min-ji said that the ‘Mask Idol’ program, the people who appear on it, all have pretty high vocal skills.”
“If you want more now, it would be overkill. Minji just needs to grow on her own. Compared to the lack of enthusiasm, my skills were deteriorating.”
“But… Because his own growth rate is very slow.”
Is it that slow?
Maybe you’re not concentrating?
“Is it possible that Minji isn’t concentrating well when she’s taking lessons?”
“No, it’s not like that. Enthusiasm is pretty good. I tend to work hard at what I am asked to do. Just that… It’s not that it burns too much…”
“You mean you’re trying recklessly?”
“Right. If you have Park Min-ji’s skills, you have to work hard to improve them.”
Aye, if that’s the case.
He said in a tone that he was worried about Cheonbom, but I replied in a tone that said to be relieved.
“Are you okay. Still, it’s better than what you showed before, isn’t it?”
“That’s right.”
“It’s evolving, so it will just take some time.”
“That’s a very laid-back statement for someone in the entertainment industry.”
“It’s not relaxing, it’s believing. Minji will get better soon.”
Cheonbom looked at me silently for a while and then smiled.
“Because he is a peculiar person after all.”
“Am I that special?”
“It’s ridiculously unique.”
Cheonbom answered firmly.
Um, nothing special about it.
There are a lot of people who just work hard at what they do and love, and he’s such a very ordinary young man.
“Are you thinking nonsense just now?”
“Huh? No, there was none of that. Rather, let’s go eat too.”
“Where are you going to eat? I’m good around here…”
“Are you going to eat next to Soye and Minji?”
“… Uh, with the two of you… Also…”
“Why are you like that?”
“No, nothing… It is.”
I patted Cheon Bom, who was strangely losing strength, and headed to the practice room.
***
The next afternoon, the Yeouido Broadcasting Station’s recording studio.
Arriving at the recording site of ‘Mask Idol’, Minji and I headed to the waiting room.
“Hello PD, please take good care of me.”
“Hi… Do… !”
“Oh, Mr. Queens! Good luck today!”
When I said hello on the way, Minji followed suit, and the people involved in the broadcast and other performers accepted the greeting well.
Now that I have the value of my name, it’s great that I don’t have to say hello or be treated like a junior.
Besides, the best thing is that Minji greets well.
She used to be a kid who couldn’t even say hello well, and until recently, she was a kid who skipped her greetings behind her older sisters.
Considering how she quietly went into the planning meeting and kept her mouth shut, it seems that she made great progress in just a few days.
“Ah… Common waiting room… Is that it?”
When she arrived at the door of the waiting room, Minji muttered in a voice of pity when she saw the sign written 〈 Public waiting room C〉.
Because of Minji’s personality, she probably doesn’t want to wait with people she’s not close to.
“Uh, yes. If we had come as a group, we could have been given a dedicated waiting room, but since we were alone, we sent them this way. It won’t be a crowded room, though.”
“Sorry… Yes…”
“Sorry? Why? Oh, because you can’t play?”
The small bag that Minji is holding probably contains a game console.
I’m a timid kid, so I can’t even play games properly when others are watching, so it seems like it’s a pity that I can’t play while resting.
“Game… Uh… Yes, that’s it… I’m sorry…”
Minji, who was expressing her regret, gave her a pat on the shoulder and then went into the waiting room.
There were two people already in the waiting room, both with familiar faces.
“Ah, manager Park and Mr. Soo-ae.”
Honey Girls manager Park Do-an and member Soo-ae.
We’re also on the early side, but these two came really fast.
“Hello. Are you here early?”
“… Oh, hello. Manager Lee Se-jin.”
Park Do-an greeted me with a smile.
And that’s it.
The waiting room soon became quiet.
‘It’s uncomfortable.’
It’s really awkward to be a co-worker who’s only ever seen his face.
Come to think of it, it would have been nice if we could have talked about it once or twice before coming to Nogoha today, but there was no opportunity for that.
‘Because Manager Park is strangely busy.’
Manager Park, who suddenly came back after taking a leave of absence, was so busy that he couldn’t afford to have a chance to talk.
Even if he tries to make an appointment, he cuts it off saying he’s busy, and he actually has a full schedule…
Honey Girls aren’t doing so well right now, so there’s no way they don’t have time, but it’s really strange.
I knew roughly what was behind it, so it only looked suspicious.
“I’m thinking of buying me something to drink, but would Manager Park come with me?”
Then, the answer is to talk about it while bumping into each other.
At my words, Manager Park stood up with a friendly smile.
“Sure.”
“Okay, then let’s go…” Minji, do you have something you want to drink?”
“Just… Anything… ?”
“Okay, let’s drink some water.”
After saying that, I looked at manager Park and Soo-ae, but the two did not talk at all.
Uh, go get something to drink and don’t even ask your manager if he’ll buy you something?
“That, Mr. Soo-ae…”
“It’s okay. I am hydrating enough. Moisture above this is not good.”
“Oh yeah? All right.”
Management seems to be very tight.
Tumbling, stumbling…
When I walked with Manager Park, he didn’t say anything.
“That, Manager Park?”
“Yes.”
“Today, I would like to ask you well.”
“Haha, this one.”
As expected, Manager Park answers with a friendly smile.
And here again the conversation is cut off.
It’s very awkward and strange.
What kind of machine
“That… Isn’t the weather nice today?”
I broke the awkward atmosphere and started talking again with the aim of caving for information.
“Yes, the weather is good for a walk.”
“That’s right. Do you like to take walks?”
“No.”
Manager Park cuts off the conversation with a short answer as if he has no intention of having a conversation, and then becomes quiet.
What is this guy
I looked at him with curious eyes, but he didn’t look at me, he just looked straight ahead.
“Why is that?”
He looked in my direction and asked if he noticed my gaze.
My eyes were wide open at the subject of dark circles, so people looked scary for nothing.
“… No.”
I closed my mouth for the last time.
Stop asking why you took a leave of absence and what you plan to do in the meantime.
‘It’s like a machine and awkward.’
Soye was like that.
It looked like that when I was using a hypnosis app.
This person may be in such a state now.
… Then who hypnotized him?
‘If I say nonsense now, it might end up in Yoo Ga-hye’s or Lee’s ears.’
Unlike Cool Nine’s manager, I have to be careful with what I say to manager Park.
Manager Park, whether he knew what I was thinking or not, just looked ahead again and walked straight ahead.
