chapter 148
148 – Audition Main Stage 1 (1)
Afternoon Sweets member—Goo Ga-eun appeared in this musical, of course, to expand the scope, but
It also meant trying to get along well with others.
In other words, making friends.
Of course, in reality, there are not many cases where people who meet through work become really close friends.
Anyway, I met fellow member Jo Min-ju at first through work.
We also discussed legal response procedures with a lawyer in case musical staff or actors ostracize or harass Gu Ga-eun.
But on the night of the audition, I received a message that seemed to ease my worries.
[Ga-eun: It’s my first time eating chicken feet and it’s super delicious!!]
[Gaeun: (photo)]
Goo Ga-eun took a selfie with her new musical actress — Lim Eun-jin, making her hands into a V shape with her chicken feet in the background.
… The lady in the store in her corner was also photographed smiling so brightly that even her gums were visible.
Suddenly, I saw a soju bottle in the photo.
She asked just in case.
[Me: You didn’t drink, right?]
[Gaeun: No! That’s my sister’s!]
[Me: Okay, go back before it’s too late~]
[Gaeun: Yes!!]
Jung Song spoke to her secretary, and she instructed her manager to give her bonus, as she followed Goo Ga-eun around late at night.
Jung Song-i’s secretary came in next to her bed, and she took a peek at the chat messages between me and Gu Ga-eun.
And she said to me with a small smile.
“The producer looks like Ga-eun’s mom and dad.”
“… “Can’t you at least call her your uncle?”
Speaking like that made me feel very old.
Secretary Jeong Song-i smiled with her eyes and took out her notebook.
It seemed like he was checking my schedule for tomorrow.
When I saw him working really hard as a secretary, I felt both grateful and sorry.
“I’m Idol filming starts again starting tomorrow.”
“Oh, now it’s the finals.”
Approximately a month has passed since the preliminary round, including the repechage round, ended.
Our production team had meeting after meeting over the program content over the course of a month.
Setsuna and Tomoe went to the training room every day and focused on practice.
I was also nervous.
There will be a separate professional MC, but anyway, I have to judge it alone and lead the main content of the program.
… While closely checking as many as 100 people.
“Then you should go to bed early today.”
“To do that.”
Secretary Jeong Song-i turned off the mood light on the bedside table.
After dealing with the Cursed Dolls members all morning yesterday, I felt quite drowsy.
Secretary Jeong Song-i chuckled as she stopped yawning.
“I guess you can just deal with me for the time being.”
“… Are you going to do it while I sleep?”
“I’ve been working out hard lately. Producer, all you have to do is lie down quietly.”
Secretary Jeong Song-i looks at you with profound eyes.
Since she lives with him, she cannot physically run away,
… It seemed like she couldn’t escape in any other way.
***
GI Production Japan branch does not have its own training room.
That’s why both Tomoe and Setsuna trained in an outside practice room.
The outside practice room was an idol training center, the former workplace of producer Hikari Ishinami.
“Well done to you both.”
Hearing the dance trainer’s words, Tomoe and Setsuna wiped their sweat with a towel and drank water.
The two continued to attend the training center together after the preliminaries, but said, “Hello.” “Thank you for your effort.” Other than that, there was no conversation going back and forth.
Setsuna felt like he was going to die because he was worried about Tomoe.
Because I am in the same space as the daughter of the Marui family, the largest conglomerate in Japan.
I thought that if I got caught by mistake, the family would be ruined and Setsuna herself would be washed up in Tokyo Bay as a victim.
‘Is it true that Producer Lim threatened to overturn his elimination from the preliminaries? .’
The news that Tomoe filed a lawsuit against producer Lim Boo-gil had a huge impact even among aspiring idols.
Socially, rumors of discord within the family were a bigger topic, but among aspirants,
There were suspicions that she had pressured Producer Gil, who was pregnant, to force her class to advance to the finals.
In fact, when producer Lim Boo-gil passed Tomoe in the Japanese repechage match,
Tomoe withdrew her cow.
It is said that the two reached an agreement in some way, but wasn’t her advancement to the finals a condition for withdrawing the lawsuit? .
‘But your skills are really great.’
The fact that Tomoe has swept all kinds of art competitions in the past was also presented on the Internet.
Even though Setsuna was watching her by her side for about a month, her skills were not a lie.
… At least he did better than Setsuna himself.
She is the daughter of a chaebol family and is also gifted with talent.
She was so compared to herself, a country girl, that she almost felt jealous.
Still, she practiced, believing in the warm words that producer Gil Lim gave her.
She is also kind to producer Hikari Ishinami.
“Now that the finals start tomorrow, would you like to have one last dinner?”
Party—.
Producer Hikari Ishinami clapped his hands once and made a suggestion.
Now that I think about it, when Tomoe has time, she is quick and she goes back first, so there was no chance for her to do so.
What should I do? Setsuna watched Tomoe’s eyes carefully.
If Tomoe shouts that she doesn’t want to do it but that she wants to do it alone without noticing, her mood will get cold.
Instead of saying, ‘Would you like to have a company dinner?’, Setsuna thought, it would be nice if she said something like, ‘Let’s have a company dinner!’
“What are you going to eat?”
But surprisingly, Tomoe asked producer Hikari Ishinami if she wanted to attend the company dinner.
Producer Hikari Ishinami smiled brightly,
“How about samgyetang?”
She suggested a menu that I had never thought of.
She knew Setsuna, who had lived in Korea.
Samgyetang is a food for the common people and is said to be a health food in the middle of summer.
No matter how much she thought about it, she didn’t think the daughter of a chaebol family would eat the food of the common people.
“Is it delicious?”
However, contrary to Setsuna’s concerns, Tomoe gave her an inviting look.
Producer Hikari Ishinami answered with a grin.
“It’s hearty because it’s meat, and it’s easy to digest because it’s a well-cooked dish. “They say it’s good for your skin too.”
“… Skin is also important for idols, right?”
“Of course, fair skin is a symbol of beauty throughout the world and throughout the world.”
In Setsuna’s opinion, Tomoe’s skin was already white enough, but she thought that if she became even whiter, she would look like a corpse.
She said that she would also attend the vocal trainer and dance trainer, so now Setsuna was the only one left.
“Well, I’m going too!”
“I understand. “Then, I’ll be there as soon as you two get out of the shower.”
“”Yes.””
Producer Hikari Ishinami, vocal trainer, and dance trainer left the practice room.
This practice room had a shower room.
There was only room for one person, so Tomoe and Setsuna took turns going in.
Today again, Tomoe took off her clothes first and opened the door to her shower room.
Setsuna always turned her head to the side because it was rude to look at the body of people next to her who were not close to her.
Still, she glanced occasionally out of curiosity.
‘Well, my breasts are bigger though.’
She felt some relief, but except for her breasts, her body was in perfect shape.
The body type most preferred by women.
The clothes looked good and looked beautiful when I took pictures.
It usually takes Tomoe 10 minutes to finish showering.
Setsuna sat down in her chair, lifted her knees up and hugged her with her arms.
She knew she shouldn’t compare herself to others, but since she was always around, it was natural for her to do so.
‘… ‘Did I say I was participating in the audition for no reason?’
I want to test myself.
In other words, this meant that he had to see himself through other aspiring idols.
Would it have been better to just practice in Korea as producer Lim Boo-gil originally planned?
In fact, her confidence went down after training with Tomoe for a month.
Setsuna seriously thought about whether she would withdraw from the Audition even now.
But doing so would be a nuisance to the entire program production team.
She shouldn’t have said she wanted to do it in the first place, she regretted.
“Mr. Nagano.”
“Ah, yes!”
I was surprised to suddenly hear a voice inside the shower room.
When she got up from her seat, her posture made her stand on her makeshift chair.
The simple chair, which was not well balanced by her, soon fell forward.
Setsuna’s body also fell to the floor.
“aaah!”
“Me, Mr. Nagano? What’s going on… ?”
“Oh, no, it’s okay!”
Fortunately, Setsuna was not injured and quickly ran to the shower room door. She
And what did she call her, she asked Tomoe inside the shower room.
“I’m out of conditioner, so could you ask the producer to get me one?”
Oh, I guess it was because the conditioner wasn’t enough.
I can’t leave her naked in the shower.
As he was about to leave the practice room, Setsuna remembered one thing.
“I received a sample of conditioner from her store. Would you like to try that?”
“… ….”
Tomoe did not answer.
Doesn’t the daughter of a chaebol family use the conditioner that is given out for free at her store?
Did I just make a huge mistake?
Setsuna’s fingertips began to tremble.
“What is a sample… ?”
“Yes?”
Surely you don’t know about free samples of cosmetics?
Setsuna was dumbfounded.
If you think about it, there was no way the daughter of a chaebol family would use free samples.
So even if she didn’t know, it wasn’t strange to her.
Setsuna explained her sample in detail to Tomoe.
Then Tomoe spoke, trying to stutter her words, which was unusual for her.
“Yeah, I see. “I think you can give me that, yes.”
Was she embarrassed because she was embarrassed by something she didn’t know?
Thinking about it that way, Setsuna thought that Tomoe, the daughter of a wealthy family, looked kind of cute.
Setsuna took out her bag and picked up a sample of conditioner.
She then carefully opened the shower door, turned her head to the side and stretched out her arms.
Tomoe quickly took the rinse sample from Setsuna’s hand.
Today I came in contact with Tomoe’s skin for the first time.
The skin of the daughter of a chaebol family was very smooth.
Maybe it was because she was taking a shower and she was wet, but she felt soft.
On a scale from one to ten, I was jealous of her, except for the size of her breasts.
“Mr. Nagano.”
“Yes, yes!”
Setsuna flinched once again at Tomoe’s call.
Is there anything else you need?
It was difficult because my heart was beating so fast.
“Nagano, you were also chosen by Producer Lim, right?”
“Rather than saying I was selected, I asked if I would personally produce me.”
“Directly?”
Setsuna talked about her first visit to the GI Productions Japan branch office.
When I think about it now, it was really brave.
They say you are brave if you are ignorant, but I became a little embarrassed.
“You are more courageous than you look.”
Setsuna just smiled sheepishly.
Tomoe muttered softly.
She said, “I don’t think I can do it because I’m scared. What if you turn Producer Lim into an enemy? ….”
“… ?”
Wasn’t Tomoe the person who filed a lawsuit against producer Im Bu-gil?
Setsuna didn’t understand why she said she never had enemies.
Setsuna’s doubts deepened as to whether there was some kind of secret in the matter.