I Became a Producer Who Rewrites Idols

33 – Suspicious Article (1)

-Yes, as the boss said, the report on Sweets was published this afternoon.

“Uh-huh, be careful what you say. “It’s not what I said, it was our reporter Kim who received the tip, right?”

-Oh, I did. Sorry.

“Anyway, I really like Reporter Kim’s article, so please buy a meal with your family.”

-Thank you.

An office building in Gangnam.

The middle-aged man put down the phone.

Then he called his secretary and handed her a box of nutritional tonics.

“Please deliver the message well.”

“Yes, CEO.”

The secretary holding a box of tonics opened the door to the CEO’s office and went out.

Lucky Seven Entertainment’s recent rise has been truly unprecedented.

The second-largest entertainment agency in 1000 years—Jeil Entertainment felt a sense of crisis.

In order to somehow win first place, he scouted the producer of Lucky Seven Entertainment, even paying him a high salary.

Performance improved day by day, but

Suddenly, congestion began to arrive.

I thought it was a coincidence until the Cursed Dolls.

However, with Berry’s and Afternoon Sweets hitting home runs in a row,

I came to think that this was by no means a coincidence.

‘Producer Lim Boo-gil… ….’

From Lucky Seven Entertainment’s internal information purchased from producer Jeong Oh-jun,

Producer Lim Boo-gil was clearly already classified as a low performer.

Berrys was also the first girl group planned by producer Im Boo-gil, but it recorded such disastrous results that it was hard to believe that it was an idol group produced by Lucky Seven Entertainment.

Not only Berryz, but the projects he did in the past never worked out well.

Producer Im Boo-gil, who was like that, suddenly hit 3 consecutive big hits in his 5th year.

All of the new idols released by Jeil Entertainment were surpassed by his idol.

The reality is that all of the top spots on music charts are occupied by songs released by his idols.

The CEO of Jeil Entertainment had to be defeated.

‘Afternoon sweets are worth a try….’

It was a good time to disparage them as they had just debuted.

If you are viewed unfavorably by the public when you debut, it takes a lot of effort to change that.

From the perspective of a large company like Lucky Seven Entertainment, it would be better to just terminate the project itself rather than pouring effort into it.

Because of Berries’ special position as a victim of a s*xual crime, it was difficult to work with him carelessly.

The Cursed Dolls have not yet discovered a material to attack.

Squeak—.

The secretary came back into the CEO’s office.

“I have delivered it to you, Mr.”

“Okay. “One more thing please.”

“Yes, please tell me.”

“There is a person in Lucky Seven called Producer Lim Boo-gil. “Bring him here.”

“How to make rice cake…” ?”

“Unconditionally, double your salary now.”

“I understand.”

In the end, office workers work hard to achieve high results.

It’s all about money.

Jeil Entertainment was only slightly behind Lucky Seven Entertainment, but its history was not short and it consistently recorded a certain amount of profit.

In other words, there was no one who would refuse to move to another company without worrying about going bankrupt, even if the salary was double.

‘You’re only 5 years young, so why?’

When people are motivated by greed,

It was supposed to be an easy transition.

***

“Oh, man, I’ve never hit another kid or anyone else in my life.”

Afternoon Sweets member—Jo Min-do also came across an article on the Internet about allegations of school violence.

She came to office number 302 to give me a quick explanation.

Perhaps I am anxious that my life will fall apart,

… She came wearing matching shoes.

“I know. Believe.”

“It’s true… !! Please believe me, mister….”

“It’s not a lie, I really trust you, Minjoo. So stop crying.”

Afternoon Sweets member—Goo Ga-eun also came.

He patted and comforted fellow member Jo Min-ju and said.

“I saw that the truth was bound to be revealed, Minjoo… !”

“… “Where did you see it?”

“Cartoon… !!”

“… ….”

Jo Min-ju stopped crying because he was dumbfounded by Gu Ga-eun’s words.

I thought that when a person is sad and hears something that would actually make them sad, tears come to their eyes.

In that sense, Gu Ga-eun may be better at making people stop crying than I am.

“But… “What I don’t understand is, it says that I used my dad’s chance, right?”

Goo Ga-eun showed her article to me and Jo Min-joo and asked.

“What exactly does it mean to use Dad’s chance?” ?”

… I guess I have to explain it from there.

Jo Min-joo taught me what a father’s chance is for me.

Then Gu Ga-eun was startled.

“Why is this lie coming out in the news…? ? The article doesn’t just say everything that’s true… ?”

“Ga-eun, you’ve been looking for strange things on the Internet, but haven’t you ever heard the word trash?”

Gu Ga-eun shook her head.

Jo Min-joo bowed her head in response to Goo Ga-eun’s response.

She felt like she was about to die of frustration.

I looked at the two people’s faces one by one and spoke.

“Well, it’s possible that the reporter simply misunderstood and published the article. “Reporters are also human, so they can make mistakes.”

“Oh, I see… !”

“But this doesn’t mean it’s a big deal. “Most people don’t like school violence, and they don’t like Dad Chance either.”

“Isn’t it bad if that article continues to spread to people…? ?”

“Of course. Even though it’s not true, people accept it as fact. Then, not only will you not gain new fans, but all your existing fans may leave.”

“This is a big deal… !!”

Goo Ga-eun fidgets a beat late.

Actually, I already knew about this incident from beginning to end.

Because of the malicious article reporting about Sweets this afternoon,

Because it was an event story that exploded after Afternoon Sweets debuted.

The culprit is Jeil Entertainment.

Jeil Enter for short.

Jeil Entertainment is always a bit behind Lucky Seven Entertainment in the [Idol Producing] Game.

The setting was that it was a second-rate entertainment agency for many years.

The problem is that the parent company that newly acquired Jeil Entertainment a few years ago,

It was said to put pressure on Jeil Entertainment’s CEO to perform well.

That’s why the CEO is struggling to bring Lucky Seven Entertainment down to second place by any means necessary.

… It came from the [Idol Producing] Game.

“For now, I will stop vlogging for a while. “If I post it now, there are a lot of people asking what happened.”

“… “Yes, uncle.” “Yes… !”

“Manager Ha.”

“Ah, yes!”

I called Manager Ha Sang-ah, who was assigned to be the afternoon sweets manager.

“If you receive a media inquiry from Manager Ha, please tell him that you have nothing to answer as we are currently assessing the exact situation.”

“I understand!”

If a counter-report is published too quickly, the agency may say that the agency is unconditionally shielding the agency’s idol without even conducting a proper investigation.

I had to take some time.

And it was like this in the [Idol Producing] Game event story.

In order to have as few variables as possible, I had to imitate the actions of the producer in the event story.

“… But, mister.”

Jo Min-ju said while showing me the smartphone screen with the article on it.

“If you look here, what are these people who testified?”

“Probably the people who had a bad opinion of Minjoo lied.”

“…… “What do these people benefit from doing this?”

“It’s refreshing because you’re picking on someone you normally don’t like.”

Jo Min-joo’s article on suspicion of school violence presented two main arguments.

The first is the story of Jo Min-ju’s classmates and teachers at the high school he attends.

Actually, the reporter intentionally cut out the backstory.

Originally, what his classmates and teachers said was, ‘He used to be a bit of a delinquent, but recently he’s been really conscientious.’

I edited this and sent it out to say, ‘I have a poor school life.’

The second was the victim’s claim that she had been subjected to verbal abuse.

They were all anonymously treated as A, B, C, D, etc.

These four were actually female students who bullied Gu Ga-eun and eventually forced her to transfer to another school.

The fact that this school was transferred was explained as if the victim went there to avoid Jo Min-joo.

The reporter guessed freely.

“Well then…” !! Producer, who lied about the suspicions about my father’s chances? ?”

Gu Ga-eun said, raising her hand as if asking a question to the teacher.

“That’s… , He’s probably a trainee here.”

“I’m a trainee… ?”

“It’s because they are people who have risked their lives on becoming idols. That’s why I feel sorry for Ga-eun, who was scouted by me and made her debut without spending that much time.”

“I think I know, but I’m not sure… ….”

As for the suspicion of Goo Ga-eun’s father’s chance, the article provided two reasons.

The first is that Gu Ga-eun’s father is a successful entrepreneur.

In other words, it was because of the attribute that Gu Ga-eun had a golden spoon.

She wasn’t even a trainee in the first place, but she suddenly debuted as an idol for a large entertainment agency. Just by saying that,

It doesn’t look good enough to the general public.

The second was the dissatisfaction of trainees within Lucky Seven Entertainment.

The fact that a girl who didn’t even know her name suddenly came in and made her debut was…

She said that she had done injustice to trainees who had not even been selected for the producer’s project yet.

I even wrote down anonymous interviews with these trainees.

The article was completed with nuances as if Goo Ga-eun’s father had made an illegal request to Lucky Seven Entertainment to have his daughter become his idol.

The evidence presented in Gu Ga-eun’s article was not fabricated at all.

Actually, there is dissatisfaction among trainees.

She simply combined the two and made up facts that did not exist.

“Producer, my dad wants to call you… !”

… Gu Ga-eun’s father probably also saw her article.

My father will also be anxious as to how to deal with this.

Gu Ga-eun’s father is a fool who really loves his daughter.

There were times when suspicions arose about my father’s chances because he was a fool.

“It would be bad if my phone call was discovered, so please just pass it on to your father.”

“Yes, what… ?”

“Don’t respond in any way.”

“Yes… !”

Manager Ha Sang-ah tilted his head.

“Since this is false information, wouldn’t it be better to take legal action?”

“Because a ruling does not come overnight. “If a reporter pushes the issue into a truth-fighting mode, even if he or she may win in court, the project may end up having a very bad outcome.”

“Oh, I guess so!”

… This may be because Manager Ha Sang-ah is a new manager who has just joined the company.

He asked many questions and was full of passion.

Being pretty is a bonus.

Does Lucky Seven Entertainment select its managers based on their looks?

In fact, even if the real ruling comes out overnight, the public’s gaze will still be cold.

There will be suspicions that you may have bribed the judge.

“Neither of you have any broadcast schedules canceled yet, so we’ll continue like this. However, please be more careful with what you say than usual.”

“Yes….” “Yes… !”

Manager Ha Sang-ah took Jo Min-joo and Koo Ga-eun out of office 302.

Up to now, I and the Afternoon Sweets members have talked as shown in the [Idol Producing] Event story.

Gu Ga-eun will follow my words and remain silent, but

Probably Jo Min-joo will move to somehow improve the situation.

Because Jo Min-joo wants to maintain her current idol life.

I got up from my seat and stretched.

Actually, this event occurred some time after Afternoon Sweets debuted.

It came much earlier than I thought.

Perhaps, unlike the situation in the [Idol Producing] Game, I have now hit the jackpot with three idol groups in a row.

It seemed like the CEO of Jeil Entertainment had become impatient.

Now, you will soon receive a phone call….

Ring ring—.

Oh, it’s here.

… I thought it was a fax sound.

It was even spam.

Lucky Seven Enter handles everything else with groupware, but I don’t know why they use analog fax, which is a waste of paper, instead of just digital fax….

[Idol Producing] In the event story, I got a call right after talking with Sweets in the afternoon.

Has it changed as time goes by?

I waited for 2 hours while doing other things, but there was no phone call.

Tiriring—.

The phone rang on my smartphone.

It was an unknown number.

… No, in the game, it comes to the office phone and then to my personal smartphone.

So you’re saying you know my personal phone number?

It’s scary.

Should I change my phone number? .

“Hello.”

-Hello, are you Producer Lim Boo-gil of Lucky Seven Entertainment?

It was the voice of a man who sounded like he was in his 40s.

“Yes, that’s right. “What’s going on?”

-Ah, we are Jeil Entertainment. Our CEO said he really wanted to meet producer Lim Boo-gil.

“Sorry, I’m a little busy right now….”

-The CEO said he would like to invite the producer to our company.

“Yes? Me?”

-Yes, that’s right. You will need to discuss specific details with the CEO, but the CEO suggested at least double your current salary.

Double your current salary!

If I were a normal producer, I would think it was great and run out right away with half a car.

Jeil Entertainment is only slightly inferior to Lucky Seven Entertainment, and it belongs to a large entertainment agency.

But I had no intention of leaving Lucky Seven Entertainment.

I was not an affectionate person to the point where I immediately threw away Cursed Dolls, Berries, and Afternoon Sweets.

To be honest, as an office worker, I was a bit tempted by the amount offered….

The current salary is also a large amount compared to the previous one, so there was no need to leave even though things were going well.

Actually, more than anything, I only know about the idols from Lucky Seven Entertainment who appeared on [Idol Producing].

The rest of the idols belonging to entertainment agencies don’t even know how to produce….

“I understand. Can I go to Jeil Entertainment’s headquarters? Yes, yes, 3 p.M. All right.”

I made an appointment and hung up the phone.

And went straight to the manager’s office.