Episode 423
Kim Rae-bin opened his mouth with a nervous face.
“Summarizing, when our performance is broadcast live, demand is expected to increase due to the publicity effect, so the company is doing a kind of encore tour to match it. Is it true that you are planning an additional concert?”
“okay.”
“But this is all a planned path and somehow to convince us to continue the tour without backlash…Is it a conspiracy?”
“Similar.”
It’s not even a conspiracy, it’s just a gimmick.
Then, Kim Rae-bin looked vain as if he had realized that his company was a global drug smuggling organization.
I got it anyway.
“Wouldn’t the fans be suspicious too? If we keep not releasing our album like this.”
“Even if fans doubt it, public opinion won’t be formed because the public doesn’t know.”
In fact, I think there is a high probability that even fans who enjoy content lightly will not go there.
Just looking at Testa, not releasing an album is because it makes no sense in terms of the market economy. I just want to be late because I filled the album with my own songs.
“It’s not because we haven’t been together for a long time, and it’s not because the results of our last album were bad.”
“…I see If we were to count, it only took four years.”
In fact, objectively, Testa has just received the grand prize and is in the beginning of its heyday as a first-team idol in name and reality.
Big Sejin smiled bitterly.
“But it can’t be helped because it’s a 5-year contract instead of a 7-year contract~”
Yes.
The problem is that deformed 5-year contract and… .
‘The point is that it’s an agency affiliated with a broadcasting station that can produce endlessly worthy rookie groups through survival programs.’
I made a label to prevent them from stealing the planning staff, but in a situation where they don’t schedule their activities, everyone sighs.
“Still, it’s a bit like a random tour like this.”
“I love that show! But you can’t lose. We boycott the tour now.”
“Isn’t the boycott a bit strange from the point of view of doing it? Still, it’s our meeting.”
“If I say no because I just don’t want to…can’t it… ?”
Protest not to tour.
I touched my chin and predicted a future where it would become a reality.
[Famous male idol group…“They don’t have concerts.” The meeting room goes wild]
-Who is it?
-Slight initial
consonants.
-It’s a rumor, but if it’s true, isn’t it?
“Because he is uncooperative, I think he has low intention to renew the contract, so I think he will try to lower the ransom and hit the media.”
“….”
Bae Se-jin’s expression turned grotesque, probably because of a bad memory.
“I know.”
okay. At the beginning of my debut, I saw examples of former agencies like Ne X and scraped some information. Those bastards are a little unusual, but it’s rare to not do it at all.
Anyway, so we decided to wait for the right time without rejecting the live broadcast concert.
“The album preparations are continuing.”
“okay.”
And as expected, the broadcast changed at some point to distributing part of the set list to guests rather than our Tong concert.
“These kids are really….”
“As expected, Moondae is a pair of tweezers~”
Moreover, using the language of ‘appearance of a junior from an agency on a secondary stage’, it was assigned in a clever style that didn’t call it a concert by an agency like last time.
The title is that the testa performance was correct.
‘It seems like he wants to use the whole topicality of Testa.’
If you’re not annoyed, you’re not human, but it’s ambiguous to deny it.
Since there are all those who have a stake in the concert, such as broadcasting companies and investors, if they are dragged into copyright issues, only our angry image is accumulated for no reason.
‘I have to aim for one shot.’
Before that, I’ll have to lower my body a bit and go out there saying I’m not quite sure of the whole picture of how things are going.
“Let’s practice.”
“of course. Now, everyone, let’s start with the angle of our feet again.”
And while we were refining the concert stage for broadcasting…. I got an unexpected phone call from a company official.
from juniors.
But it wasn’t a spacer.
– Hello, senior!
Mirinae Park Min-ha is the idol who came in second place on Azusa.
The purpose was ‘inquiries related to the auxiliary stage’, but when I answered the phone, he said something else.
-I….
“yes.”
-Senior, I have something to tell you. No, sorry for taking up your time. Can I take your time?… …?! no sleep
“yes.”
But why are you so flustered again?
“I don’t think I’m taking up time, so feel free to get down to business.”
-…! Yes, no different… .
Mirinae hit the point right away.
-if…Is there any way to move other groups in the company to your label?
“…!”
I called it ‘another group’, but in fact, there is only one group that juniors will ask about.
themselves.
“Are you saying this in advance?”
-…Swing. Including us. Since it’s basically the same company, I was wondering if there was a way to change the affiliation even if the ratio and things like that remained the same… .
Yes.
‘But you should ask the label representative, why are you asking me?’
As expected, I was a little nervous because I thought it was too strong to say that I would be appearing as a label at the awards ceremony, but I told a common sense story for now.
“It would have to be a condition when renewing the contract. But isn’t Mirinae’s contract renewed with an opponent who still has more than a year or two left?”
-ah. hmm.
The voice is slightly lowered and hesitant.
‘hmm.’
Is this maybe?
I deliberately asked outright.
“Are there any other problems now?”
-That’s true… .
take a deep breath
-The album… I think it will push a lot.
“….”
– Our staff has been out a lot recently due to personnel reorganization.
yes.
“You didn’t quit, did you go to another team?”
-…yes.
I get it roughly. However, our case is a bit different here.
-There is a group that will debut under this agency this time, right? People who debuted on the < Be My Girls > program.
“ah.”
What this junior said is Tnet’s new survival program that has just ended. That broadcasting station couldn’t give up the taste of idol survival.
It didn’t have the same ripple effect and topic as Azusa, but it managed to do well overseas and thanks to that, it secured a basic fan base.
And according to the internet… .
[Survival program in which the final debut group is the best hope ever]
I read that the number of people interested in the debut group increased significantly as soon as the list was announced.
A rookie group with a clean fan base without the last image of < Azusa >? Maybe they’re excited and they’re attaching manpower.
And where did you get that manpower from?
I ripped off people who worked in the same field.
-The people we worked with went that way… The album production was in progress, but it stopped.
So, this is not a question of the renewal period at all.
When an attractive new business item appears, it is a situation where all the existing planning personnel are ripped off and attached to it.
There is no separation of labels here, so even if you take it all the time, it is difficult for a singer to defend it. It is a company employee from the beginning.
then.
‘Perhaps this side also talked about additional tours.’
Among the guests included in our concert, there must have been Mirinae.
Here, while talking about the effect of publicity, we will set up a tour and save time and money until we hire new planning staff. Because it is a group with a good overseas fan base.
Even if you catch it in advance, you will not be notified in advance.
There aren’t that many idols who welcome the fact that they’ll only be on tour all year round.
Anyway, Mirinae 2nd place continued talking quite calmly.
-If it’s an independent label, there are separate staff, so I thought it might be a little different from us… I was trying to ask what it was like.
It was an honest answer without a slight laugh. Apparently, he took the situation quite seriously.
‘I think he guessed that we were in a similar situation.’
Even so, no matter how similar the situation is, I would be reluctant to talk about this to seniors in other groups.
‘I admit the guts.’
Still, there is no way for you to change your affiliation now. Even if I know, I won’t tell you.
“Even if it is independent, there is nothing special because it is affiliated in the end. And moving now… Actually, I am not an employee with such authority, so I don’t know.”
-…Ah yes! sorry. I told you so suddenly!
But before that, I came up with a pretty good idea.
After hearing this case, one thing became clear.
‘After all, the company has its eyes on a new project that looks promising.’
“….”
Hmm worth thinking about.
Shall we cook some ground rice first?
-I should have organized my thoughts and contacted you, but I made a mistake in my first greeting and showed a bad side. I will be more careful in the future!
“it’s okay.”
Anyone who sees it will know that I am their boss. I held my breath and started to lay the ground rice.
“And the album.”
-…yes.
“Coming to think of it, I don’t think there’s a way to make ends meet without transferring to a label.”
-…!
“Are you willing to cooperate? I can’t say it’s not dangerous at all.”
There is a brief silence on the other side of the phone, followed by a question.
– What kind of risk is it?
In fact, I mean, I’ll do it anyway.
I smiled and opened my mouth.
“The risk of losing the agency.”
“…?!”
* * *
“Then Testa has been sorted out?”
“yes. We will proceed as it is without any special matters.”
T1 Stars’ largest meeting room.
Working-level staff attended the general meeting on Monday morning and talked busily.
To be precise, the time when the directors nod their heads every time they say a word, give a plausible answer, and expect time to pass quickly.
“As much as possible, we should go towards securing time zones rather than running time. is not it?”
“Yes yes it is….”
This week’s topic is the story of planning the concert version 2 of the agency wearing the mask of this testa concert to be broadcast over the airwaves.
And there was talk about hiring for a while, but it disappeared…anyway.
A public relations staff member who seemed to be going crazy with boredom even though his eyes were wide open after many years of experience suddenly thought.
‘Come to think of it, why do you do this with airwaves and not Tnet?’
As soon as the word came out, this kind of broadcasting rights were ripped off from there.
The employee became more puzzled because he couldn’t come up with a particularly suitable answer, but he soon deleted it.
what do you know It was enough for him to receive his salary.
“Thank you for your hard work~”
“Everyone, let’s pay more attention this week, please.”
It’s only when you quietly come out of the meeting room, listening to what you hear every time, that you walk down the hallway with people of similar ranks and whisper.
“Then the spacer is on the line now, right?”
“Maybe that’s the case?”
Gossip about promotions and tensions between departments and teams.
“There’s been a lot of talk about how the label is supported by T1, so I honestly think that I don’t know what will happen….”
“Ah, but the Orbit people’s faces are fine.”
“that’s right! Isn’t it obvious from the fact that the workplace is there or not? Usually, it is normal to say that I will die
unconditionally.” Every time I met people from Testa’s label, ‘Orbit’, the staff’s mouths became busy as I remembered seeing them with nice faces and relaxed.
‘The planning is fun’, ‘High autonomy’, ‘The artist’s personality is good’, etc.
There is such a typical good job story, but there is also a malicious worry that my career will sink as it becomes an isolated island.
Maybe it’s because it’s complicated to go back to work now.
‘You don’t know who will rise and what will fail.’
Isn’t it the same to push a new group instead of the testa that is starting to get the best?
Ah, enter business!
Even when we sit down, we continue to exchange such stories through messengers.
-That Shiki has a nice face too– -Let’s
start evil haha
This is what the head of the management office said as he passed by.
That guy, who has always been in a position with the number of cases related to the Testa team, still has a slim face.
The staff thought indifferently.
Maybe Testa is like that too?
‘Yes, I made a lot of money… Tour settlement money is no joke.’
I didn’t know if it would be better if we made a comeback a little less often. They say that if you go on tour, you can go out to play on weekdays when there are no performances.
‘No matter what, it’s certain that he’s a better seller than me.’
So let’s work as much as we get paid. Only as much as we get paid!
The staff checked and refined Spacer’s materials for press distribution once again.
Little did he know that around that time, a director suddenly received an urgent verbal report and was excitedly recruiting for an emergency meeting.
And no matter how all those uncertain elements flowed, the ‘Testa Concert’ project was successfully realized and the broadcast date was steadily approaching.
