chapter 28
28 – Simultaneous Progress (4)
“Mister, here.” “Here, producer!”
Office 302 on weekends.
Afternoon Sweets member – Jo Min-joo and Cursed Dolls member – Gong Si-ion said to me at the same time,
… He handed out his lunch box.
Wow.
It turns out that this is not a world in an idol game, but a world in a romantic comedy cartoon?
This extravagant situation where two women are trying to feed each other.
I was at a loss as to what to do….
Gong Si-on, I guess that’s true since he brought me lunch almost every day.
Even Jo Min-ju didn’t know it would be like this.
Jo Min-joo even personally saw the scene where Gong Si-on gave me a packed lunch.
But the story of coming forward like this is,
Rather than a real purpose to attack me, I guess it should be seen as a check on the Cursed Dolls.
“It’s boring to eat the same people every day, mister.”
At Jo Min-joo’s words, Gong Si-on instantly distorted her face.
“There’s no husband who says he’s tired of his wife cooking him food every day, right?”
… No, I’m not your husband.
In response to Gong Si-on’s rebuttal, Jo Min-ju said, slightly raising the corners of her mouth.
“In the first place, men like their second partners more than their wives, right?”
Jo Min-joo turns me into a trash husband in an instant.
Anyway, do you hope for a second… ?
As I was quietly listening to the conversation between the two, I felt sick to my stomach.
I couldn’t choose between the two people’s lunch boxes.
But my stomach wasn’t big enough to eat two lunch boxes like the male lead in a real romantic comedy cartoon.
What should I do?
For now, Gong Shi-on gave me the excuse of preparing lunch for me by practicing his hobby.
I told him that there was nothing wrong with an idol having a hobby, so it was difficult to tell him not to feed me.
Jo Min-ju must have come with some legitimate reason.
“I’m really sorry to both of you, but I’m sick after eating breakfast today so I’m going to skip lunch.”
“Really? Producer, is your stomach okay? “Do you want some digestive medicine?”
“It’s okay, I already took the medicine.”
Gong Si-on tried to reach into his bag to see if it contained any fire extinguishing agent.
[Name: Jo Min-joo]
[Current thought: Okay, let’s go like this….]
Uh… ?
For some reason, Jo Min-ju’s reaction wasn’t what I expected.
You intended this?
The current thoughts in her status window only showed her superficial thoughts, so she couldn’t figure out why she intended this.
“I’m planning to have dinner later. Is that okay?”
“Yes! “It’s been a bit hot lately, so put it in the refrigerator or something!”
Still, I couldn’t let them throw away what they had packed for me, so I accepted it.
Jo Min-joo usually eats lunch at school, so even if she keeps bringing me lunch, it will only be on weekends.
“Mister, if there is any food that is not seasoned properly or you don’t like, please tell me.”
“Oh, yes.”
Jo Min-joo declared that he would really prepare lunch for me every weekend….
I can’t not go to work on weekends because of work.
Gong Si-on slightly turned her head and glared at her Jo Min-ju.
When I saw that, I felt a little scared.
If I do this wrong, it could turn into a passionate fight, right?
I needed some device to prevent idols from attacking me in the first place.
“Producer! If you need porridge, please contact me!!”
“Mister, if what I gave you doesn’t taste good or is too much, you can just throw it away.”
Gong Shi-on and Jo Min-ju left office 302.
Following Gong Shi-on’s advice, I put their lunch boxes into the refrigerator in the office.
“Producer, why did you lie? “You came to me without having breakfast and told me you were hungry.”
Manager Jeong Song-i was next to me, questioning what I said earlier.
… To be honest, even now, my belly button ringing, I wanted to forget the packed lunch I received right away.
But no matter what, I didn’t think I could eat both, so I thought I should go home and eat them.
Ah, it occurred to me.
A device that prevents idols from dashing at me.
I just had to date a woman other than an idol.
There was no need to really date, she just had to say she was dating.
“There are times when you’re hungry but your stomach hurts.”
“Well, that’s true….”
“So, manager, do you have a boyfriend?”
After speaking, I realized.
Ah, does this sound like me flirting with manager Jeong Song-i?
“…… No, there isn’t. Why?”
“Nothing else, do you just want to pretend to date me?”
“Yes… ? Pretending to be dating…… ?”
“Yes, pretending to be dating. “We’re not really dating, we’re fake.”
Manager Jeong Song-i pursed her lips.
Oh, I guess that was a bit unreasonable.
He doesn’t really like me as a person of the opposite s*x, but he probably doesn’t want to even pretend to be dating.
“I’m sorry, I said something strange.”
“Yes? Oh, no, that’s not it…….”
“I’ll find someone else or try another method.”
“Oh, no, that’s…. Under… ….”
Manager Jeong Song-i let out a long sigh.
“Okay, I—.”
Tiriring—.
Just as Manager Jeong Song-i was about to say something, my smartphone rang.
It was from producer Jo Hyun-ho.
“I’m sorry.”
“It’s okay…” .”
When I got the call, they said they had finished mixing Cursed Dolls’ new song and asked me to listen to it and review it.
I said, “Okay,” She answered, then took the jacket off her hanger and put it on.
“Manager, I’m going to go to the recording studio for a moment. “Please just forget what I said earlier.”
She left office 302, leaving Manager Jeong Song behind.
*
The July sunlight was so burning that I thought it would melt even the sunscreen I had applied to my face.
Seoul is hot, but Jeju Island felt hotter, perhaps because it is in the south.
… That’s right, I was in Jeju Island now.
Because of filming the music video for Berryz’s new song.
The person who was originally supposed to come to Jeju Island was, of course, Berryz’s temporary producer Jeon Geun-young.
But then I received a call that I had contracted norovirus while eating raw oysters.
I couldn’t just send Berries, so I had no choice but to go.
“Producer, can we proceed like this?”
The field staff showed me what they had filmed on a small monitor.
… To be honest, I don’t know much about video jargon, so I don’t know what to say.
“That…. Should I say that the character dies because the sea is so clearly visible behind here? “So that a little bit of light reflects off the sea?”
“Oh yes, I understand.”
The field staff turns their head toward the large camera,
“You are welcome! “Give me a pinboke and make me Kirakira!”
… I shouted a word whose meaning I couldn’t understand.
Green screen filming was completed in the Seoul studio, and only location filming remained in Jeju Island.
In other words, filming for the new song music video was finished today.
I was told that after that, I only had to go through an editing stage called post-production.
In this place, the limitations of not knowing practical skills and having only encountered it through the [Idol Producing] Game seemed to be revealed….
“Ah, it’s over!”
Yang Hae-in stretched and said.
This new song’s music video took quite some time because there was a lot of filming on location in Jeju Island.
The intense sunlight that seemed to burn my skin soon faded away.
“Producer, how were we… ?”
Jin Hae-sol gently pulled on my jacket sleeve and asked carefully.
“Are you doing well? “It was pretty.”
“I really… ? What a relief… ….”
It was cute to see Jin Hae-sol’s blushing, shy face.
All four Berryz members were probably tired, so I planned to take them to the pension we had booked and then go to the hotel and sleep.
I like staying on vacation alone, hmm.
… Originally, producer Jeon Geun-young was also planning to stay at the pension, so she did not make a hotel reservation.
I hoped there would be a spare room.
I went to the pension and wrote a pledge with the owner.
It was stated that people staying at this private pension – Berries would not be revealed to the outside world.
Because of the Jeong Oh-jun incident, interest in Berries has not decreased yet, so it was just a case in point.
… Of course, that interest was also a big reason why I maintained it through media play.
“Well then, everyone, have fun. I will pick you up here by eight o’clock tomorrow evening. If anything happens, please be sure to contact me.”
“Where are you going, producer…?” ?”
Gona-kyung looked up at me with anxious eyes.
“I want to stay at the hotel.”
“Why, why… ?”
“I’m asking you to have fun among yourselves.”
“I think it would be more fun if there was a producer too… ….”
“Still, isn’t it a bit weird to be a man alone in a place where there are only you guys…? .”
I was about to go to the parking lot, but Yang Hae-in held my arm tightly.
“Producer! Because it is peak season, there are no hotel rooms right now!! Just stay with us!”
“If you don’t have a room, you can just sleep in the car for a day.”
“No!! “We can’t sleep because we’re so anxious!!”
Yang Hae-in pushes hard.
I didn’t think I would ever let go of my arm.
I thought Jin Hae Sol was unpacking the suitcase.
I took out a bunch of food ingredients from inside.
“I thought about what the producer would eat, so I bought a lot…. “Let’s go and eat dinner, producer.”
“Um… , Then just dinner.”
It wouldn’t be a good idea to just refuse favors too much.
… And for the first time in a long time, I wanted to eat barbecue meat.
I really should just eat the barbecue for dinner and then go to the hotel.
The landlady placed charcoal in the barbecue brazier in the garden of the pension.
In hot weather, I started to sweat a little because I was near a hot charcoal fire.
It was a nice sunny day to shoot a music video, but the temperature wasn’t so good for a barbecue.
Chiik—.
I became a chef and put the meat Jin Hae-sol brought on the grill.
Of course, meat tastes best when grilled over charcoal.
My mouth watered when I saw the meat being cooked to a golden brown color.
It’s not as bad as the Berryz members, but I was especially hungry for meat today because I wasted my stamina under the scorching sun.
“Producer… ! We’ll help you too… !!”
“Ah, because you worked hard today—.”
I was about to say that I would bake everything, but I was speechless.
Jin Hae-sol, Yang Hae-in, and Go Na-kyung said they would come after changing their clothes, so I told them to do so.
I thought I would change my clothes to something like simple sweats,
All three came wearing bikinis.
“No, everyone….”
“This is strange… ? Since it’s hot today, I’m going to eat like this… ….”
“And there’s a pool, producer!”
“Let’s go in together after dinner, producer… !”
I deliberately chose an expensive pension with a pool so I could play in the water.
I didn’t know it would come out like this.
[Name: Jinhaesol]
[Current Thoughts: I hope you like it….]
[Name: Yang Hae-in]
[Current thought: If only her breasts were a little bigger!!]
[Name: Go Na-kyung]
[Current Thoughts: As expected, he is different from Jeon Jeong-jun…. I don’t feel like I hate anything that the producer sees….]
She was clearly conscious of me and had deliberately changed into a bikini.
“Producer, aren’t you hot in your suit?” ? “We will be grilling, so please come dressed casually.”
Definitely, as Jinhaesol said, I am in a suit in front of a hot charcoal fire on a summer day,
… I was sweating like crazy.
Lucky Seven Entertainment’s producer said that he had to wear a suit even in the middle of summer, so he always wore a suit when working, whether inside or outside.
“Okay.”
I handed the scissors and tongs to Jin Hae-sol and entered the pension.
And the moment I turned the doorknob of the room,
“”Uh… ?””
There was Joo Yeon changing his clothes.
Among the many rooms in the pension, why did I open the door where Joo Do-yeon was? .
“I’m sorry. “It’s a mistake.”
Boom!
Inadvertently, my hand took strength and I closed it hard.
I was about to take my steps to go to another room.
“Now, wait a minute!”
I heard a sound in the room that stopped me.
“Why?”
… You’re not saying you’re going to sue me.
Because Joo Do-yeon still didn’t seem to view me favorably.
The status window only appeared when she saw the other person with her own eyes, so it was impossible to know what she was thinking.
“…… Sorry.”
It was a serious voice.
It seemed like he was talking about abandoning me.
“Doyeon has something to apologize to me for.”
I deliberately pretended not to know.
If Joo Do-yeon really feels sorry for me, all she has to do is follow my words from now on.
So please don’t shout about escaping or changing producers….
“I felt a lot after seeing the producer preparing a new song this time…. I was wrong……. My eyes are crooked…….”
“Doyeon is not wrong. “Before February, I was definitely incompetent.”
… To be honest, I was now worried about how much more strange things my past self would have done.
I looked up the child the executive director mentioned from three years ago, and I really had nothing to say.
It wasn’t surprising that the managing director had bad feelings toward me.
Squeak—.
The visit with Joo Do-yeon suddenly opened.
An arm came out from inside, grabbed my arm, and pulled it.
I was unable to respond to the sudden force and was dragged into the room.
I looked around to see where Joo Do-yeon, who had pulled me into the room, was.
I couldn’t see clearly because the lights were off.
At that time, moonlight seeped through the windows.
“Do, Mr. Doyeon… ?”
I couldn’t help but be embarrassed.
Joo Do-yeon was lying on the bed.
With only a bikini on.
“Do you want to have a one night stand…? ?”
“… Yes? One night stand?”
“Producer, you hate me… ? It’s natural to hate it…. Still, it’s shameless, but now I want to be produced by a producer. So, feel free to take revenge on my body… !!”
Calm down, calm down.
I am the one who attacked Gong Si-ion and passed him over.
Until the East Sea and Baekdu Mountain dry and wear out….
“Producer, I am safe today… !!”
No, f*ck.
Here, don’t say anything you want to hear more than I love you!
Joo Do-yeon slowly opened her legs.
Wow, if I wasn’t a producer, I would have said yes and jumped into bed.
But if I cross the line here, my career as a producer could end.
I still wanted to pursue a career as a producer.
I approached Joo Do-yeon and said,
She grabbed her legs and made them close.
“Ah, you like this posture…” .”
“No!”
Luckily, I had prepared an excuse to refuse in advance.
I took my smartphone out of my pocket and showed the wallpaper.
There was a photo there of me and a woman face-to-face, looking like a sweet couple.
“Uh… ? Producer, you have a girlfriend… ?”
“Yes. “About two years ago.”
Joo Do-yeon opened her eyes wide.
“Well, since the producer is so handsome, I think it would be even weirder if he wasn’t there.”
Sorry, not true.
In the couple photo circulating on social media, only the man’s face was composited with my face.
I received it through a request from a professional freelancer, so it wasn’t obvious at first glance.
“Oh, that…” . Hmm… …. Sorry.”
“No, Mr. Doyeon’s…” . What should I say, sincerity? “That was well conveyed.”
“If you have any regrets with your girlfriend, I will make it up to you, anytime.”
I didn’t bother to answer the last sentence.
Now, let’s show this background photo to other idols as well.
I was planning to lower my affection level.