I Became a Producer Who Rewrites Idols

22 – Rescue (4)

A scene where producer Jeong Oh-jun forces Berryz members to take a s*xy photo shoot by threatening them,

A scene where they actually went to the studio contracted with Lucky Seven Entertainment to film a s*xy pictorial,

There is even a situation where the company’s property, Idol – Berryz’s s*xy pictorial, was posted on the dark web and misused to make personal money.

We have almost all the evidence.

It would have been better if there had been a record of the financial exchanges between the dark website manager and producer Oh Jung-jun.

I am not an investigative agency like the police, so I couldn’t steal producer Oh Jung-jun’s smartphone.

Even if it is stolen, it is difficult to unlock because it is locked.

“Professor Joe, I’m going to go talk to the manager.”

“Yes.”

I left office 302 and headed to the manager’s office where Manager Ko Kang-tae was.

I knocked on the glass door and heard a voice say, “Come in.”

“Okay, what’s going on today?”

“I want you to look at this first.”

After sitting on the chair across from Manager Ko Kang-tae, I immediately handed him the USB memory.

It contained evidence files that Berryz and I had gathered together.

Director Ko Kang-tae plugged the USB memory into the computer and checked the contents.

“…… That’s right, somehow the production was too late.”

As if he had seen and understood everything, he nodded and spoke weakly.

Now it was time to look at the response of Manager Ko Kang-tae and Lucky Seven Entertainment.

If this incident became known to the public, Lucky Seven Entertainment could have suffered a huge blow.

It is not a small or medium-sized entertainment agency, but a large entertainment agency that is said to be the largest in the industry.

They had no choice but to face criticism for allowing their idols to be illegally filmed by internal staff.

This is not just an illegal filming by an employee, but a private money-making effort by a producer closely related to idols.

Even if it were me, I would criticize the company if I saw news like that.

There was a good chance that the company would try to bury this incident.

Of course I won’t let that happen.

Because all the evidence had already been backed up, there would be no problem even if Manager Ko Kang-tae trampled on the USB memory now.

“So, what are you going to do?”

“Yes? “I came here because I wanted to ask the manager about it.”

Director Go Kang-tae said with a chuckle.

“Haven’t you already decided on the answer anyway? “If I tell you not to let the outside world know because I will fire Oh Jung-jun, will you listen?”

… Well, I guess I’m a bit more assertive now.

Anyway, I was planning to consult with an outside lawyer later and file a criminal complaint.

The reason I went to see Manager Go Kang-tae was to get Producer Oh Jung-jun out of the company as quickly as possible.

“From now on, just think of me as a fan of Mr. Han and listen to me.”

Director Ko Kang-tae grabbed the nameplate with [Planning General Manager Ko Kang-tae] Written on it with his hand and turned it backwards.

I’m not speaking as the head of the planning department, but I’m just speaking as Ko Kang-tae as an individual.

I had no idea what to say.

… To be honest, I had just met Manager Ko Kang-tae, so I didn’t yet know in detail what kind of person he was.

“I like idols. Look at this. “I bought it with my own money.”

I was wondering what Manager Ko Kang-tae was taking out from the drawer.

… It was the Cursed Dolls light stick.

The fact that I bought it with my own money does not mean that I had it for work purposes, but that I purchased it as a fan.

“I’m telling you this specifically just for you. I never told my wife either. “The reason I joined Lucky Seven Entertainment as a producer when I was young was, to put it in modern terms, because I wanted to see Choi Ae right next to her.”

“I see….”

I saw somewhere that there are quite a few cases like that as a reason for entering an entertainment agency.

But now that I am burdened with heavy work, I realize that I have to leave my hobbies as hobbies.

Well, Manager Ko Kang-tae also said that he overcame such a personal crisis to reach this position.

“Be honest. “I feel like I want to run up to Jeong Jeong-jun and give him a few punches.”

In fact, the person who ultimately commanded the producers was, of course, Go Kang-tae, head of the planning department.

In other words, Director Ko Kang-tae could not avoid some part of the responsibility for this incident.

As a result, I helped producer Jeong Jeong-jun become more active within the company.

In a way, it was natural for Manager Go Kang-tae to be angry.

Tuk.

The late Director Kang Tae returned his name plate.

What I meant was that from now on, I will speak again as the head of the planning department.

“I leave this matter entirely up to you.”

“… Yes?”

I was a little embarrassed.

No, it was a good instruction for me, but

You’re leaving important cases that could damage the company to me, who is still just a producer?

What on earth is your intention?

Now that I am in charge, if I inform the outside world and cause damage to the company,

Are you planning to hold me responsible for that?

“Oh, don’t misunderstand. Since I will do all the document approval, I will be the person in charge of the documents. “I’m just saying that if you upload a document, I’ll stamp it all, so do whatever you want.”

“Can I ask you honestly?”

Manager Kang Tae nodded his head.

“That would be fine for me, but I don’t know what the manager’s intentions are.”

“I expect something from you. How will we overcome the current crisis situation? And it can’t just end with saving Berries, right?”

“Of course, once I get Berries, I plan to produce them properly.”

“Okay. The key is this. “Whether we go further, ultimately it will be profitable for the company.”

I knew what you were thinking.

If Berry’s project is terminated like this and the incident with producer Oh Jung-jun becomes known, Lucky Seven Entertainment will only suffer losses.

This is what Manager Ko Kang-tae said to me.

If the Producer Oh-Jun Jeong incident becomes known and Berryz becomes a hit at the same time and makes enough profit to make up for the damage caused by the aftermath of the incident, there will be no problem.

“I understand. “Then, can you open a disciplinary committee against producer Oh Jung-jun in the near future?”

“I’ll tell the managing director and have him open it right away. “I will definitely cut that guy down, so don’t worry about that.”

I bowed to Manager Ko Kang-tae and then left the manager’s office.

Then, I took out my smartphone from my pocket and entered Berry’s group chat room.

[Me: Noonjun is being referred to the disciplinary committee today!]

[Jin Hae-sol: So, is Noh Jung-jun being fired??]

[Me: He will be fired because the manager said he would definitely be fired.]

[Yang Hae-in: Finally!!]

After that, Jin Hae-sol and Yang Hae-in shared their feelings of joy as if they were plastering the group chat room.

The Berries members may be satisfied as they have been liberated from producer Jeong Jeong-jun with this.

I will bring him to court.

I couldn’t wait to see him move to another entertainment agency using his Lucky Seven Entertainment career.

When I returned to office 302, I called the outside lawyer hired through producer Cho Hyun-ho.

***

I will soon be saying goodbye to producer Oh Jung-jun.

Berrys member Go Na-kyung grinned at the group chat message containing that fact.

Everyone has times of obscurity, so I thought that if I persevere and persevere, I will see the light one day.

I’ve been living like that until now, but all I had left was a small amount of money that made me embarrassed to tell people around me that I was working as an idol.

Every time an amount less than half of the minimum wage compared to the hours worked is recorded in the bank account,

I shed tears on my pillow.

Today, the dorm was quiet as if there was no call from producer Jeong Jeong-jun.

Judging from the message sent by Producer Im Boo-gil, it is said that he will be referred to the disciplinary committee, so he is struggling to explain.

In that case, I filed a complaint.

It was a retribution for using Berries like a toy while holding someone else’s passion by the collar.

Tiriring—.

Go Na-kyung’s smartphone rang loudly.

Go Na-kyung saw the words [Producer] Displayed on the screen and her eyes widened.

He was producer Jeong Oh-jun.

What’s going on?

I took three deep breaths to calm my heart from pumping like crazy.

“Yes, producer.”

-Oh, Na-kyung. Do you want to come out for a moment? It’s in front of the accommodation building.

“Why, why… ?”

Go Na-kyung’s voice trembled.

-Isn’t there a pictorial taken yesterday? I’m going to give you money for selling it.

“It wasn’t that money in the cabinet…” ?”

-It doesn’t sell right away after filming. That’s an advance fee. It’s because you guys are popular. All of the pictures taken yesterday have already been sold today.

“Yeah, that’s right…” ? But why do you want to give it to me… ? There are Haesol and Doyeon….”

-Oh, that’s… ….

Producer Jeong Oh-jun paused for a moment.

-Is there anyone else next to you?

“Yes….”

-Actually, Na-kyung is the most popular. So she got some tips.

“A tip… ?”

-Okay, tip. As I was collecting tips, the difference in the amount was so great.

“How much…” ?”

-Just twice the difference. I don’t know if there’s a slight difference, but Na-kyung earned more than twice as much, and I came here to give it to the others without the others knowing, in case your relationship breaks up.

In her mind, Na-kyung Go remembered the bundle of cash that Hae-in Yang had brought with her.

Twice that.

Joo Do-yeon and Yang Hae-in fight often, and Jin Hae-sol, who rather than stopping them as a leader, stays still as if he were looking at someone else’s house.

I earned twice as much.

Money is not everything for idols,

Even idols can’t live without money.

Anyway, it is realistically impossible to retrieve s*xy photos that have already been sold.

There was nothing wrong with taking some money.

“Okay, I’ll go down now…” .”

Go Na-kyung hung up the phone and roughly put on her outerwear. She thought about taking a camouflage camera as well, but it didn’t do any good since there was still footage of her going to get money without the other members knowing.

“I’m here.”

When I went down to the first floor of the dorm, producer Jeon Jeong-jun was standing there, just like when he usually sang Berries.

Go Na-kyung approached producer Oh Jung-jun at a brisk pace.

“Oh, give me the money quickly…” ….”

“It’s not good because there are CCTVs and security guards here. I’m in my car, so follow me. “It’s not that far to the parking lot.”

“…… All right.”

Producer Jeong Oh-jun and Go Na-kyung headed to the underground parking lot of the Lucky Seven Entertainment headquarters building.

Go Na-kyung walked away with her head down, afraid that someone else might see her with producer Oh Jung-jun.

Beep—.

Producer Jeong Jeong-jun took out his car keys and pressed the button.

When I opened the trunk, there was a bundle of cash inside.

How much is this?

The late Na-kyung’s eyes fell on the bundle of cash in her trunk.

I didn’t notice that producer Jeong Oh-jun was holding an electric shock gun in his arms.

“Ugh—!!”

Excruciating pain struck her right arm, and soon she was unable to move her whole body.

Producer Jeong Oh-jun applied an electric shock to Go Na-kyung’s right arm for over 10 seconds.

Even after removing the stun gun from her, Na-kyung Go’s body did not listen to her.

Meanwhile, producer Oh Jung-jun put on her insulating gloves on both of her hands, pushed her and put her in her trunk.

Then she wrapped her legs and arms with duct tape.

“He’s quite strong for self-defense.”

Producer Jeong Oh-joon lastly applied tape to Go Na-kyung’s mouth.

Thud—.

Producer Oh Jung-jun, who forcefully lowered and closed the trunk, went to the driver’s seat.

Then he turned the key in and started the car.

“Let’s see this through to the end anyway.”

***

Tiring—.

A notification sound sounded on the smartphone.

The screen showed that Producer Jeong Oh-jun’s vehicle had started to move.

Yesterday, while producer Oh Jung-jun took Berries members out for filming,

I installed a location tracker on the underside of his car.

It was attached with a magnet, so there was no difficulty in installing it.

Just in case, it was also posted on the company vehicle he uses.

[Me: Who is out now?]

I first sent a text message to Berry’s group chat room.

Producer Jeong Oh-joon hoped that he would just take his own car to run personal errands.

[Yang Hae-in: I think Na-kyung has left.]

[Jin Hae-sol: Na-kyung is the only one in the dorm.]

f*ck you.

Oh no, this bastard is going as far as he can go.

“Professor Joe!! “Come with me right now!!”

“Yes? Uh, where… ?”

I quickly shouted to producer Jo Hyun-ho.

“Go catch that bastard Jeong Oh-jun!! “Save Na-kyung!!”

“Oh yes, I understand!”

“Please report it to the police on your way out!”

“Yes!”

I grabbed my company car keys and ran out of office number 302.