Chapter 300 – Why Don’t You Listen to Me, You?
When I entered the CEO’s office, very nervous, what greeted me was the CEO’s back.
She was standing at the window with her back to me.
She nervously looked around to see if she was planning something.
There is nothing in hand, just a laptop and a speaker on the desk, and Hello Gitty dolls decorated in the distance…
“Come on. Manager Lee.”
Unlike usual, the CEO welcomes me with a calm voice that has completely calmed down the tension.
“… “Yes, why did you call me?”
“Sit down first. “Is there a chair there?”
The CEO finally turned his back to me and pointed to the sofa with his hand.
I continued to sit on the sofa nervous.
Fortunately, nothing happened.
“Why are you so nervous?”
“Oh, no.”
“Do you like sweets?”
“Yes, I like it normally.”
“Good. “It was a bit difficult to treat because there was a lot of it.”
Saying that, the CEO brought something and sat in front of me.
“Eat snacks, it’s Tokyo banana bread. I bought it the last time you took Secretary Yu to Japan. Oh, I forgot to drink. “Drink the water here.”
Since he couldn’t easily reach for food and water, the CEO opened a water bottle first.
“Why are you so hesitant? “Are you afraid something might have caught it?”
“Yes? No, no, why did I think that…”
“Don’t worry. “Because I didn’t do that.”
The representative smiled slyly, took the water bottle in front of me, put it to his mouth, and pushed the water bottle in front of him towards me.
I was even more nervous because it was an action that clearly showed that there was nothing wrong.
“Now, please be careful and do something. “I’ve been drinking well so far.”
“Yes? I couldn’t hear you because you spoke so softly, but what are you saying…”
“No. “If you don’t want to drink it, you don’t have to.”
This time she smiled bitterly and leaned her back on the sofa.
The CEO looked at me for a while and then suddenly asked a question.
“What does an idol need most to succeed?”
What are you talking about all of a sudden?
Even though I thought it was strange, I opened my mouth for now.
I’m really nervous right now, but as usual, you might have called me for no particular reason, so I should act like I normally do.
“Well… “It’s motivation and effort, isn’t it?”
“Will? Are you talking about will?”
“Yes. How much do you dream of becoming an idol, and do you have the will to do well? .”
“That’s surprising. “I didn’t know Manager Lee would have such foolish thoughts.”
At her representative’s sudden harsh words, I closed my mouth and looked at her.
“Why are you glaring so fiercely?”
“Oh, no. No. I’m just a little surprised…”
“Do you feel unfair because you were called stupid?”
“That’s not it…”
“By denying what you said about will being important?”
That’s the way it is.
I silently nodded her head.
“My… “I didn’t know I would have to explain this to Manager Lee.”
The CEO stood up while shaking his head and walked towards the Hello Kitty doll on display in one corner of the representative office.
“Manager Lee, do you know why I like this Hello Kitty doll?”
“Uh… “So you like cats?”
“No, I hate cats.”
The CEO picked up a Hello Gitty doll and stroked it.
“To be precise, I hate live cats. She doesn’t listen to her master’s orders and behaves as she pleases, frequently gets into accidents and acts as if she’s not doing anything wrong, and gets angry when scolded… “It’s such a troublesome animal, isn’t it?”
“That…”
“But compared to that, look at these dolls. They’re cuter than real cats and don’t require any special care. No matter what I do, you follow me and usually don’t cause any accidents, right? “It’s perfect, unlike a live cat.”
Does that mean that a doll is better than a real cat?
“That’s not alive…” .”
I was so dumbfounded that I muttered without realizing it, and the CEO put down the doll and turned his attention back to me.
“What do you think? Live cats and Hello Gitty are the same in that they are people-watching attractions. Besides, you know how comfortable it is to calmly listen to orders.”
“Yes?”
“I’m talking about a hypnosis app, a hypnosis app. No, Manager Lee, you’ve been dealing with Queens more comfortably so far, right? “Then shouldn’t you agree with what I’m saying?”
“No, I didn’t do that.”
The CEO froze at my words.
She looked at me with her eyebrows furrowed, and only after about a minute did she open her mouth again.
“No no no, what kind of bullshit is that? It can’t be like that, right? Do you feel like turning away now? “Do you feel any remorse?”
“No really…”
“Stop talking bullshit. Do you think I would believe a lie like that? Ugh, now he’s saying he’s different, I’m clean…”
The CEO pointed his finger at me.
“If I hadn’t used the hypnosis app in the first place, how could I have bitten, sucked, and fucked with three of them?”
“That…”
“Don’t lie. Because I already know everything. “There was a sneak peek of you and the kids on CCTV, and I worked hard to erase it and make sure no one else saw it!”
When you were on fire in the beginning, you made a lot of mistakes.
“You’re not trying to say that Shin So-ye, Im Ha-eun, and Park Min-ji all seduced each other properly and had sex, right? In that short period of time, you dated three women, three boys who were at least as good as their shells, and had sex with them while maintaining octopus feet?”
“Uh…”
“If there was even the slightest hint of that, the group would immediately fall apart and cause an uproar, right? In the process, I didn’t use any hypnosis, so I shouldn’t say anything absurd. Is not it?”
No matter what I say, I will never believe this.
“Besides, there’s no way you can control such troublemakers without hypnosis…”
“Problem child… Yo. This? “The Queens?”
“Huh.”
“What do you mean?”
There was a bit of emotion in the question, but the CEO spoke cheerfully as if he didn’t notice it.
“A long-lived student who was a sexual asshole, a bully with a dirty personality, and a hikikomori with big breasts. “What do you call that a problem child?”
“… “Are you speaking a little harshly?”
“I said the right thing, so what? “Do you think you’ve developed an attachment by biting and sucking?”
“They are the best in this company right now, and as far as I know, they are more serious and hardworking than anyone else about being an idol. I’ve never caused any problems, but if you evaluate me that way…”
“That’s because you controlled them with a hypnosis app, and they weren’t good at it. Manager Lee, come to your senses. “Their essence is the problem.”
I was speechless due to the CEO’s nonsense.
“The Queens, Cool Nine, and Honey Girls… They’re idiots who can’t get good grades and don’t have any skills, but they don’t listen. So, it was used as a test subject for a hypnosis app… “
“CEO, are you also calling the kids you were pushing idiots?”
“Huh.”
“… “Are you crazy?”
I couldn’t hold it in anymore and harsh words came out.
But the CEO took both my words and my gaze and smiled.
“I was just telling the truth. Why are you so angry? I cherish the doll so much just because I developed some attachment to it… Ah, Manager Lee was the first kid they raised this time, right? Well, that’s enough to make you feel attached. “Some say it’s an attachment doll.”
“Stop talking nonsense. “They are neither problem children nor dolls.”
“No, if they hadn’t become dolls, they would have remained problem children. “I only succeeded thanks to the hypnosis app.”
“No, that’s wrong. “The Queens did well even without the hypnosis app.”
“Another nonsense…”
At this point, I couldn’t stand it any longer.
“I told you clearly… “Why don’t you listen to me, you?”
“To?”
When I fired, Isara froze in embarrassment.
Okay, now that you’ve stopped your bullshit, you’ll hear me out.
“…Whew, I kept saying that. He said he didn’t use a hypnosis app for The Queens. They have achieved the results they have achieved without any of that. “Regardless of things like hypnosis apps, they achieved their current success through their own will and effort.”
Perhaps because he was surprised, the representative quietly listened to me.
But his face looked like he didn’t believe what I was saying.
“No, the hypnosis app you gave me in the first place had vague performance, so there’s no way you could completely dominate the kids with it, right? “The person’s mind remains intact…”
“Oh, yeah, that, that… That’s because your version is lower. It was a test version. Or maybe I just lacked a bit of medicine.”
“…Sweet?”
What are you talking about all of a sudden?
As I was speechless, the CEO seemed to have come to his senses again and grinned.
“Have you ever thought that it makes no sense to be hypnotized just by showing the screen?”
“That…”
“It takes a lot of other things to put a person into a hypnotic state. One of the most important ones is drugs. “Consistent medication use and stimulation through the screen are the basic principles of our hypnosis app.”
“Drugs, I’ve never taken anything like that…?”
“You turned on the humidifier hard.”
“…No way.”
“Yeah, that’s it. I put it in a humidifier and kept spraying it around the office. Or give it to me in a water bottle.”
The CEO’s words reminded me of the medicine in the humidifier.
I thought it was just for the children’s health, but that’s what it was for.
“Wait a minute, the fact that Yoo Ga-hye worked hard to provide me with water bottles while on business trips…”
“That’s right. When she goes on business trips, she doesn’t have a humidifier, so she has to ingest it herself. “Have you ever wondered why hypnosis apps only work for people at work?”
Yes, there was…
“There is no harm to the human body, so don’t worry. Rather, it would be good if it was good for your body.”
“What does that mean?”
“Manager Lee, didn’t you feel a lot better shortly after joining our company?”
“That’s because I worked out hard…”
“Does it make sense to get better quickly just by exercising a little? Thanks to the drugs, drugs. I heard there are some steroid ingredients mixed in as well? Thanks to this, it is said that the side effect is to improve the body. Additionally, my energy also improves.”
Could it be that it was the drugs that made me strangely energetic?
“That’s why I’m so…”
“Keu, that’s right. So, I was able to have fun with the three girls. “My stamina has improved by 20-30%.”
“…20-30%? “Isn’t it 200-300%?”
“What? 2~3 times? “No, it doesn’t make common sense to say that your energy will be more than doubled just because you took medication.”
“…”
“So think positively. Thanks to the hypnosis app, your children have become successful and your body and energy have improved. That’s why you had so much fun…”
“No, no. That’s bullshit. How can you think positively? “He was controlling people through hypnosis.”
“What’s wrong with that?”
The representative countered with a confident expression.
“I’m trying to make it successful by using a hypnosis app. Is there anything bad about it? “In the first place, we prevent them from just being idiots and from ruining their jobs by causing accidents and raising them properly, so why is that a bad thing?”
As she spoke, her voice seemed to be rising, her voice rising higher and higher.
However, as I listened to her words, my emotions were rising due to her shameless attitude.
“Just think what happened to the kids because the CEO just released a hypnosis app! Managers…”
“I had sex with the kids! What’s wrong with that? “They’re just struggling to survive anyway, so wouldn’t it be nice if you give them some money and they succeed?”
“…What are you talking about?”
“Considering the trouble those bitches caused me, that’s a small price to pay. As for the Honey Girls, they caused a lot of damage to this group by causing trouble and getting into trouble…”
The CEO was so overcome with emotion that he jumped up from his seat.
“All idols have been like that since ancient times. Make sure you do what you are told not to do, and even if you ask them not to cause an accident, you will definitely cause an accident! The funny thing is, when I locked him in the dorm, he started talking nonsense on social media and committed suicide!? “Is this something you would call unreasonable in today’s language?”
Bang!
The representative slams his palm down on the table.
“Anyway, if you leave them alone, they will be kids who seduce men, have sex, and have fun. I just made sure to keep those kids under control and have fun in moderation, so there’s no need to think of that as a bad thing!”
“Don’t talk nonsense! “You play with children’s minds and rationalize yourself in an ugly way!”
“Playing with my mind? No, it will lead you to success! Perfectly! There are more than one kid who would have succeeded if they had just followed my instructions, but they all ended up not listening to me! But I used a hypnosis app, and look, I was successful, right?”
“You succeeded, but you failed, right?”
“… Ah?”
A representative who makes a stupid voice.
“Look at Honey Girls, which the CEO completely controlled through hypnosis. We keep losing to our kids. “I even lost to Saetbyeol.”
“That, that…” !”
The CEO’s face crumpled.
Her face was shaking, with her eyebrows and eyes furrowed and her teeth exposed, as if she was angry or in severe pain, and it was enough to ruin her beautiful face.
“… “It’s because of talent.”
“What? “Talent?”
“Honey Girls lost to Saetbyul because their talent was trash. There are some things about The Queens that have some pretty good talent. I somehow raised the kids who were trash to begin with, but it was hard to overcome the talent barrier…”
“Are you stupid?”
The representative is shocked by my swearing and stops.
“You just said that The Queens was a mess, and now you’re saying they’re talented again? Aren’t you contradicting yourself?”
“Ah… Well, that’s…”
“Isn’t the CEO admitting that he is not good at even basic things? “But what does it have to do with their talent?”
“Basic… “An enemy?”
“Isn’t it the basics of a manager to persuade children well and make them follow what you say? Understanding what the kids want and how they can work hard and providing it to them. “That is one of the virtues a manager must possess.”
There were times when Soye, Haeun, and Minji almost got into an accident.
But every time that happened, we desperately worked for the kids, and as a result, the kids achieved results that exceeded expectations.
“But if you can’t do that basic thing and prepare something as absurd as a hypnosis app, it’s not that the kids aren’t talented, but that the CEO is not talented as a manager.”
“Don’t be damned! Am I not talented? You have no skills!? Damn it! What have I achieved with this company so far? What does a kid like you know…”
“Yes, I am a kid. And the CEO is an old man who can’t even beat a kid like that.”
“No, no! No!! Just unlucky! “I’m not bad, it’s always the kids who are bad!”
The CEO’s whole body was shaking and he held out his hand towards me.
“Okay, the explanation is over now! I tried to say something nice, but you ended up just talking nonsense! I can’t listen to this anymore! You are no longer in charge of The Queens from now on! From now on, I will be in charge of them!”
“Fuck that bullshit! You’re going to take my kids away from me? Before that, I started this company with my kids…”
The moment I couldn’t stand it anymore and started speaking informally, Isara shouted more sharply than ever.
“Shut up!”
At the same time, Isara puts her hand into his bosom as if trying to take something out.
‘Oops, are you late?’
Jump up!
The moment I panicked and was about to move, I heard the door open behind me and Isara stopped moving.
“Ah… “What are you doing now?”
And Isara, who had been angry just a moment ago, greeted the person who came in with a wry smile.
