Chapter 31

“So, you are determined . ”

“…In fact… Yes . ”

There was no hesitation in Min JinSeo’s answer .

Acting .

As she had decided, there was no tremble in her eyes .

KangYoon, who understood her will, calmly spoke .

“To say it coldly, this maybe an opportunity for you . There isn’t a precedent where our company had succeeded with an actor or an actress but, we have plenty of know-hows regarding singers . Perhaps it might be better to debut as a singer rather than an unsure actress . ”

“…I know that . ”

Min JinSeo was trembling slightly .

She knew well of KangYoon’s intentions while speaking those words . ‘How about debuting as a singer first then shifting to acting?’ – was what he meant .

However, Min JInSeo was firm with her decision .

“… I don’t have any talent in singing . It’s not interesting either . It’s very difficult for a an actor or an actress to escape the bias of the people if he or she had shifted after being a singer, no matter what they do . I want to walk the path of an actress properly from the beginning . The more I practice, the more I find fun in acting . I don’t want to go back just because it’s difficult . ”

Min JinSeo continued while putting power into her voice .

“After talking with you, I set on my path . I will become an actress . I practiced harder from that time onwards . I want to debut as an actress and grow as an actress . ”

Perhaps it was a high-class worry .

However, KangYoon knew that her worries were serious .

Getting your dreams snapped because of being pushed around by others was a tragic thing .

‘What should I do?’

KangYoon fell into thought .

The Min JinSeo he knew had high chances of becoming successful .

She was a top-tier actress in KangYoon’s ‘past’ .

‘If Min JinSeo left the company, then she might be able to spread out her dreams . The ‘past’ Min JinSeo was running on a path of success, and even after that she als… No, wait . ”

KangYoon thought about Diros Entertainment where Min JinSeo went to in his ‘past’ .

‘There were a few strange rumors surrounding Diros Entertainment . Starting with rumors that she had a slave contract with them and the rumor that she had to do ‘service’… there were a lot of rumors . The truth of the situation wasn’t revealed but it continued . In the end, it didn’t even make it to the media, but the noise kept continuing even as Min JinSeo’s success continued . ’

If Min JinSeo went to Diros Entertainment for acting, will she have been happy?

KangYoon’s conclusion arrived here .

The fact that there was noise meant that there was a reason for it .

Diros Entertainment was a small company . Such a small entertainment company had achieved success with an actress in a short period of time .

Will it really have gone through the normal process?

‘I’m not sure, but they should have used a lot of bad methods . ’

KangYoon organized his thoughts .

Will Min JinSeo really be happy if she went to Diros Entertainment?

Will she have a good environment to spread out her wings?

The conclusion was no .

For a better result, KangYoon began talking .

“Did some other entertainment company contact you?”

“……”

Min JinSeo twitched as if she was poked where it hurt . She was bad at concealing things . KangYoon knew that he was right and he grabbed his head .

“As expected . ”

“It… was from a small… place . ”

Min JinSeo shut her mouth after speaking vaguely .

However, when she met her eyes with KangYoon’s again, she started speaking carefully while looking down towards the ground .

“…Unlike the current company, they said that they will let me focus solely on acting . They also said that they will help me debut soon too…”

To MIn JinSeo, it was a very seductive condition .

An acting class on top of debut… There was nothing to compare with MG .

“By chance, is that company called, Diros Entertainment?”

“…Yes . ”

At KangYoon’s pinpoint attack, Min JinSeo was really surprised .

It was to the point that she even thought that KangYoon knew everything .

This was something she had never talked about to any of the members in this company .

Min JinSeo became frightened as she didn’t know how KangYoon would react .

However, unlike her thoughts, KangYoon’s reaction was soft .

“What are you planning to do from now on?”

“I… don’t know yet . ”

“If, you can continue acting here, will you remain here?”

“Sorry?”

Min JinSeo wondered what kind of thing KangYoon was talking about . Question colored her face .

“I think that you will definitely succeed if you become an actress . To be honest, I’m thinking that I shouldn’t let you go . ”

“…Why?”

“I shouldn’t let go of an actress who will achieve success for sure, right?”

It was the same as last time . KangYoon kept speaking good words to Min JinSeo .

She didn’t hate those words, but it was difficult to believe in them . In Min JInSeo’s eyes, there was doubt .

“You also said last time that I will definitely succeed . I really thank you . You made me able to walk my path . However, we didn’t even meet each other that many times . To you, I may just be one trainee out of countless of them… can you really say that easily that I will succeed? Aren’t you just saying that because you don’t want to let go of a trainee?”

As Min JinSeo was desperate, her reactions were extreme as well .

He could have said that she was rude, but KangYoon received her desperation head on .

“Should I show you an evidence?”

“……”

“You just said that you were one of countless trainees, right?”

“……”

“I will show you that you aren’t . As proof, I will solve your anxiety within this week . Instead, please delay your decisions for transferring to another company . ”

“Sorry?”

Min JinSeo couldn’t understand what KangYoon was saying .

Solve her anxiety? She didn’t know what that meant .

KangYoon seemed to have read that as he repeated his words clearly .

“I will make you able to focus solely on acting in the future . ”

KangYoon’s figure in the sunlight was very bright .

She was thankful with just those words . Who, in this company, ever put effort for her like this? Min JinSeo was very thankful just with that .

However, she suppressed her emotions and replied .

“…I understand . ”

She tried her best to shake her head and erased her strange fantasy .

KangYoon, who made a promise with Min JinSeo, went back to his office after saying that resting time was over .

While looking at KangYoon’s wide back while he was going down the stairs, Min JinSeo quietly muttered .

“This week… Yes, if it’s just one week…”

Min JinSeo sighed while placing her arms on the hand bar .

***

The day of SeasonS’s performance .

KangYoon finished his breakfast before going to work, and was changing his clothes .

“Oppa, you got a call . ”

KangYoon was changing when HeeYoon came with his phone which was lying in the living room somewhere . KangYoon put down the tie he was going to wear and accepted the call .

“I received the call . Chief Han, Yes . . what? Son’s traffic accident?”

KangYoon’s voice became a pitch higher . The employee who was suppose to go couldn’t go now due to his son’s traffic accident .

“…I understand . I will go myself . Please look after the child . Yes . ”

When seriousness filled KangYoon’s face after he ended the call, Hee Yoon, who was tying KangYoon’s tie for him, asked .

“Oppa, what is it? Was there an accident?”

“The employee who’s suppose to go to Daejeon can’t go . His son got caught up in a traffic accident . ”

“Really? Then what will happen?”

“I think I need to go . And here, I planned to come back early and go with you to the hospital…”

KangYoon became sorry and he avoided HeeYoon’s gaze . It was the day of the performance, but as he judged that there was nothing he should worry about . However, now, his schedule was all screwed up .

However, HeeYoon warmly smiled as if trying to console KangYoon .

“It’s alright . I heard you saying that they want you there anyway . It’s good . ”

“If this continues, then I’ll have to keep doing that . I can’t differentiate whether I’m doing work as a planner or a consultant…”

“So what? If you have the skills, then you do both . Here you go, that’s done . ”

HeeYoon splendidly tied KangYoon’s neck tie . The purple necktie went well with the white shirt .

“My oppa’s so cool . ”

“Of course, your oppa’s the coolest . Then I’ll go . Don’t forget to go to the hospital . ”

“I know . ”

After receiving HeeYoon’s bidding, KangYoon headed towards the company . As he head to take over chief Han’s work and go to Daejeon, he had to hurry . Of course, everything was something that he had instructed so it didn’t take long .

KangYoon went to Seoul Station after preparing fast at the office . As he took the KTX(T/N: Korean Express Train, i . e . Bullet Train), it didn’t take long for him to arrive at Daejeon .

‘It’s here . ’

When KangYoon had arrived, the technical rehearsal was already underway . KangYoon immediately handed the lightings memory to the lightings director and conversed with him for a bit . The lightings director marveled at the fact that KangYoon had brought something like a lightings memory in a small event like this while saying that it was unheard of . When he said that he would try his best even though he had come here with an easy mind, KangYoon said please and held out a packet of cigarettes . It was, in a sense, a bribe .

KangYoon looked for the SeasonS members who were in the middle of practice after having borrowed a spare area .

“Huh? Hello . ”

When KangYoon arrived even when he said he wouldn’t, everyone greeted him delightedly . Their morale rose sharply as if they just gained unexpected support . KangYoon gave out bottles of water he had bought and the girls gathered like bees to honey . As they had already practiced a lot after arriving, they had all emptied the bottle by half at once .

“To think that the Team Leader would come himself, I’m surprised . ”

When President Yoon MoonSoo spoke with both delight and a tinge of chilliness, KangYoon could only shrug his shoulders . There was no need to talk about the circumstances on his side .

“Oppa, we really practiced hard . ”

Song HaNeul, who drank more than half of the bottle at once, boasted . No, it wasn’t just her .

“We practiced until late last night . We’re confident now . ”

Kang HyeSeon also joined in . Everyone seemed to agree as they nodded when KangYoon nodded his head in understanding .

“I look forward to the rehearsal . ”

“Yes!!”

After the technical rehearsal is done, it will go onto the pre-rehearsal .

When the SeasonS members were on the stage to dance a little and to confirm their line of sight, Jang HanNa expressed her complaint towards the monitor speaker which protruded out in the middle of the stage .

“This is a bit of a bother . ”

“But without this, you won’t be able to listen to the song . ”

The sound effects engineer replied worriedly . SeasonS didn’t have individual ear-microphones . In the end, if there was no monitor speaker, then they had to listen to the song with the main speaker . It wasn’t easy to listen to the song on the stage through the main speaker . It was because the song will be too small . At that moment, KangYoon who was at the front of the stage, stepped in .

“We’re going with an AR(Music Recording + Voice) So let’s do without the monitor speaker . ”

“But if we don’t listen to the song, then we might miss a beat . ”

Moon JiHye asked worriedly . If one missed a beat, then the entire dance would crumble . It was a small stage, but today’s stage was very important to them . So, a tiny mistake would put them in a difficult position .

“The stage is small here . So, even without the monitor speaker, you would be able to listen to the song . Even if people gather, it’s an outdoor stage and looking at the position of the main speakers, you can listen to the songs from them too . The main speaker is not at the front but up above . ”

If the main speaker was at the front, then the sound will only spread out towards the audience so for the singers on the stage, monitor speakers were a must . However, if the main speaker was above or at the sides, then the sounds will flow into the stage as well . It didn’t happen a lot in big concerts, but in small concerts, it happened frequently .

KangYoon requested the sound effects engineer to remove the monitor speaker, and they rehearsed again . Then, although it was smaller than before, they could hear the song well .

“Is it alright?”

At the sound effects director’s words, the SeasonS members made a circle with their fingers . An OK sign .

They all did a thumbs up towards KangYoon while coming down from the stage . As they had little experience regarding stages, KangYoon’s help in this regard was very good .

“He’s a hundred times better than our President . ”

At Song HaNeul’s direct words, Kang HyeSeon agreed . Jang HanNa didn’t say anything but she did agree while nodding . And…

“Should we just make him our President?”

Moon HyeSeon refreshingly struck the finisher . Only KangYoon, who didn’t know what kind of conversation went on between those words, held onto the rope of nervousness while looking at other singers’ stages .

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Yen Department Store Opening Celebratory Concert .

As it was a department store opening event, there were a lot of people . There were a lot of singers as well, both famous ones and not famous ones . So when famous singers went on stage, people gathered but when non famous singers went on stage, there was an extremly small amount of reaction from the people .

KangYoon marveled at such an extreme difference in reaction . In an ‘event’ the people’s reactions were mostly cold .

“Thank you . ”

Clap clap clap .

When a non famous male singer finished his stage, people lightly clapped . After his stage was over, the MC went forward . He was a comedian who often showed up in TV shows .

“It’s a new singer this time as well . ”

At those words, the people’s reactions weren’t that good . KangYoon shivered at the people who were trying to stand up while saying it wasn’t interesting . It didn’t even start but their turn in the order of sequence wasn’t good . It was because the order of arrival of the singers were all twisted .

“I introduce to you . A new group, SeasonS!”

The people greeted them with an applause . However, it was just an applause in form .

‘Unni, I’m scared . ’

Kang HyeSeon seemed to be scared of the sunken gazes of the people as she kept trying to look towards Jang HanNa . However, at that moment, she met her eyes with KangYoon’s who was in the middle of the audience, next to the sound effects engineer . KangYoon was signaling her .

‘It’s alright . Be calm . ’

Kang HyeSeon, who received KangYoon’s signal, shivered for a brief moment before calming herself down . Now was the time to open the lid . She knew that if she was nervous now, then it might not do any good for her . It was rude to everyone including KangYoon, who prepared a lot . Time passed and the people talked to each other, but KangYoon was relaxing them by signaling it was okay . The girls all took deep breaths and calmed down .

After he saw that they all calmed down, KangYoon signaled the engineers . The start signal .

“Huh? What’s that?”

All lights went off, and the green lasers started beautifully decorating the stage . With a surprise from the audience, the mood reversed instantly . The people who didn’t have much of a reaction until now, started turning their gazes towards SeasonS, who they thought was just side mobs, after they reacted to the big stimulation .