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—Oh, what kind of person is the new CEO?

—I think he is a good person.

I overheard a conversation between Keun SeJin and our manager.

“It will be better not to expect too much from the new CEO.”

After all, he may have a similar mindset to the agency's previous Director General because TeSTAR performed well under him, so it's likely that someone similar was chosen to take over. its place.

The prediction I made came true, but in a good way.

—... Will everything be approved?

—Yes, that's what he said! He said that he will take care of supporting and taking care of them because he doesn't have much time left before his retirement.

What I heard from the other agency workers was that the director had no intention of meddling and pushing whatever he likes in music projects, rather, he would let the specialized staff calmly continue doing his work.

"...Come to think of it, until now he hasn't called us."

CEOs would usually ask for a meeting with their groups to talk to them directly, but we haven't met yet and he hasn't said anything to us personally.

I don't think he's going to be in power at the agency for a long time, but it's not bad that he is for now. It is more comfortable to have an older person who does not yell at us, but who is motivated.

But thanks to this new influence, they gave us a great project.

—A concert…?

—Finally we will prepare to produce your first concert.

As the delayed profits became available, a date was set for our first concert. However, we had a problem.

—...Don't you think March is a somewhat inappropriate date?

Yes it was.

It was a month that coincided with the return to school of all the students… Everyone will be busy for that month, so I doubt they will have enough time to attend the concert.

…At the beginning we intended to carry it out at the beginning of the year, but our agency was in such a chaotic state that it was not possible to rent everything that was needed to carry it out.

I don't know if I should say that we were lucky, but thanks to the delay, they have already completed the preparations for the rental of high-performance equipment and other items that are also necessary.

Fortunately, my colleagues were more relieved when we were told the exact date.

—But the date just falls on a weekend, so maybe there are quite a few people who want to attend.

—I-I'm sure the fans will have a good time…!

—It would be great if a lot of people came!

—I want to prepare well to show you some good performances.

The atmosphere was very lively.

"...It will be in three months."

Well, I know that there are singers who prepare for their concerts for more than half a year, but preparing in three months is not bad at all.

“In fact, half a year ago it seemed impossible for us to prepare for our debut in just one month.”

It will be a bit difficult, but I think we can do well because we will not prepare to do something completely new.

…But when I thought about it, the staff offered us a new job.

—How about performing the first performance of a new song at the concert?

—...Will we make a comeback in March?

—Doesn't that seem too unreasonable?

It was too unreasonable...

I don't know if those people forgot that we had to work very hard to prepare very well for our debut album or they are just thinking nonsense.

...But to our surprise, they gave us a common sense answer.

—No, we say it because to fill the setlist (list of songs) of the concert, we will have to add more songs. Wouldn't it be better if they were TeSTAR songs instead of covers of songs by other singers?

—...Hmm, yes.

—Also, almost all the songs on their new album have already been released. They just need to focus on the new title track.

That's true.

In fact, our comeback would actually be… our first Repackage album.

NT: We've called them albums before, but they were actually mini albums (2-4 songs). The new one could be considered a full album if all its songs were new (5-12 songs), but since it will have the songs from their previous mini albums and some new ones, it's called a repackage album (X old songs + 2-5 new songs ).

Because while we were working hard on our last mini album, we were also getting half of our next album ready in advance. We have worked on it from time to time.

—We have to shoot the music video and VCRs for the concert, but I think we can do them together considering our time schedule… We can also do concept photos based on the concert.

—...

That means saving time and costs.

And it would be nice to have a concert concept. If the concept of the first repackage album is built in a way related to the first mini albums, it will have a mutual promotional effect and fans will have fun.

As a result, everyone except the staff and singers will be very happy.

"This is driving me crazy."

Not surprisingly, Kim RaeBin, who was quietly listening beside me, slowly raised his hand in consent.

There was no other rabbit who willingly entered the fire pit.

Ryu CheongWoo wanted to clarify the situation.

—Is it okay if we talk to each other for a while and then tell him our opinion?

—Yes, of course. But please tell me tomorrow at the latest.

We didn't take until the next day to tell him our decision, because we discussed it in the agency's practice room.

Surprisingly, it was a unanimous decision.

—Let's work on that.

—Oh, well thought, guys!

The agency was delighted, while we… we thought that if we did it before, then we could do it again.

It was the damaging effect of having obtained good results despite preparing ourselves under crazy schedules.

"Even Bae Sejin was convinced."

After being able to put on good and different performances once a week for the entire end of the year, he seems like he started to feel proud of himself.

Shortly after, the company sent us a draft setlist for the concert.

CheongWoo briefed us on that.

—Our new title track and all the other songs have already been added to the setlist, but… even if we add the song that we dedicate to our fans, we would only have ten songs.

—Hmm~ We need at least twenty songs to be able to do a concert, right?

—I think that twenty songs would be very little. Should we add more?

—Y-you're right.

The lack of songs in our setlist looked very poor.

—Even if we add two more songs from the new album, we still need to add eight more songs.

I considered including songs from the new album without choreography, but this option was rejected because they wanted more songs that we could perform animatedly with the audience on stage.

It left me speechless to see that they willingly limited their breaks where they could catch their breath.

"If we do it at that rate, they're going to pass out."

Fortunately, I remembered the suggestions they gave us at the agency.

—Remember when they asked us if we wanted to do sub-units? We have to do that.

If we do this, then we can take a forced break while some of our partners introduce themselves.

Also, this made me realize that the agency had a bigger picture of the situation.

—Oh, they said that if we did, we could shoot our own content, right?

Yes. We had been told that if we prepared sub-unit performances, we could film the entire preparation process, which would then be collected, edited, and uploaded to WeTube as an entertainment program.

And when the concert ends, they plan to upload the presentations of each sub-unit, as well as their respective dance videos (Dance practice).

—So, after adding those three songs, let's think about the remaining five songs. Who has a particular song that you would like to cover?

—I have one!

—M-me too…!

After a fierce battle, the last five songs could be chosen.

The process was very smooth thanks to Bae Sejin, who exercised his right to remain silent, and Ryu CheongWoo, who made only the concessions.

—Then, this will be our setlist.

—Yes!

And after the agency asked us about ten times if we were sure about what we chose, the setlist was approved.

But we weren't totally sure until we were told that the VCR's shooting date had already been set earlier.

"...I'll have to do more cardio exercises."

NC: Cardio exercises: Physical activity that, through rapid and rhythmic movements, makes the heart and lungs make an additional effort to supply oxygen to the muscle cells with the aim of staying in shape, burning fat and losing calories.

Seeing the reaction of the work staff, I am firmly convinced that the concert is going to be very difficult.

And after spending a few days deciding on the title and concept of our new album, we had the presence of a camera in our apartment.

We had to film how we would separate into sub-units to perform the concert performances.

But the method was unique.

—What are we doing today?

—Today is the day we will change our roommates~

We decided to change rooms and form sub-units with whoever our new colleagues were.

"...This feels like Icorpo team battles."

“When you gaze into an abyss for a long time, the abyss also gazes into you”, everyone seems to have been contaminated with that method.

NT: Fragment of a work by Nietzsche, whose meaning can be interpreted in various ways according to the reader's perception. In this case, I think it could be understood as "You have been exposed to something that has hurt you, but in the end, you adapted and also caused yourself harm."

Well actually this was unexpected and funny at the same time. Just like these guys, I can feel confident that we can put on a good show with anyone.

—It's time to say goodbye to our roommates with whom we have become so attached! Aigoo, hyung-nim, my dongsaeng~

Keun SeJin, who had cue cards as she took over as the MC for this filming, hugged Cha YooJin and CheongWoo while faking fake sobbing.

The atmosphere turned dramatic and Kim RaeBin, who got carried away, politely said goodbye to Seon AhHyun.

—Thank you very much for always responding with a generous and gentle attitude to my noisy jobs. I hope we can share a room again next time.

—T-thank you! I-it was good to hear your w-works. Your songs are very good…!

The farewell of both was harmonious and extremely polite.

The two seem to get along and have good feelings, but they were unable to get to know each other in depth to establish a closer bond.

I also said goodbye to Bae Sejin.

—It seems like we were good roommates because we have similar lifestyles, I feel like it's a shame.

—...I know. It would be nice if we could stay together.

While answering me, Sejin looked at YooJin. I think his stomach hurt just thinking about the possibility that he might even get him as a roommate.

"...I hope he doesn't touch you."

It should not be like that.

I finished imagining the kind of thoughts he was having and shook his hand in thanks and goodbye.

—Now, let's find out who our new roommates will be!

—Yes!

After making the usual claps, SeJin smiled and took out the props that had been prepared beforehand.

—The method that we will use to know who we will have as a partner is… choosing cards!

—Oooh!

—Can you see the number on the back of each card? It's the room number! The people whose numbers match, will be new partners~

SeJin shuffled the cards. It was a very familiar move as he used to do it when playing this kind of games a long time ago.

Then he placed seven cards face down on the ground.

—Now, everyone can choose the card you want ~

—Okay!

—Alright!

Whoever picks the card first is decided by a karaoke scoring game.

—Yaaay!!

In fact, the order of picking the cards didn't matter, everyone was focused on getting content by playing.

And the scores had no meaning.

—First up is… Cha YooJin, who got 100 points!!

—Wow!!

This is because YooJin accidentally chose a song he didn't know, so he made up a lyric to sing, and thus he won first place.

—Now, draw a card!

—Yes!

—Well… Oh! You got number one~

Starting with YooJin, everyone chose their cards.

And I… surprisingly I became Sejin's partner again.

—Oh, the card number that Bae Sejin hyung-nim chose is… three! He will be in the same room as MoonDae~!

—...!!

Sejin squeezed his hand and fake coughed to hide his flushed face.

—Hmm, I hope we continue to have a good time… together.

—Of course.

Actually, I understand because I also try to avoid him touching YooJin, so I have nothing to say.

The problem is that he gave us room number three. Just like when we first decided on roommates on the reality show, number three was the room for three people.

The ones left to choose their cards were… Keun SeJin and Seon AhHyun.

—Ah~ we're the only ones left!

—Ri-right.

—Fine, then I'll pick first~

SeJin, who got to pick first, stopped his hand at a card and lingered for a while as if he was dying, undecided whether to pick or not.

But in the end, he pushed his hand away from it and chose the other card.

—...!

Wait, maybe this guy...

—I choose this! AhHyun-ssi, would you like us to flip them together?

—O-of course, yes!

—So… One, two, three!

Hwek.

They both flipped their cards and the result was…

—Oooooh!!

—Aaah! YooJin-ah, I look forward to your kind cooperation~!

SeJin got number one, the same room he got YooJin.

Obviously, the remaining number was three, which was gotten by… AhHyun, who smiled broadly and showed his card.

—...! Le-let's get along! I-I'll be under his care!

—Yeah, we're gonna get along.

Bae Sejin's expression turned relaxed and comfortable in an instant. He seems like he is satisfied with his consigned companions.

I also spoke.

—It's been a long time since we shared a room together.

—Y-yes!

AhHyun sat next to those of us who had card number three.

—Alright, now I'm going to make a surprise announcement for all Loviewers! Are you ready?

We laughed and did drum rolls.

Dugudugudugudugudu!

SeJin held up his reference card to read it.

—This time, the partners from each room will form a sub-unit and perform! Please look forward to it!

Just as we had planned, we waved our hands anxiously at the camera to say goodbye, and thus the shooting ended in the living room.

—Huh!

—Now, let's move our luggage~

The boys left to transfer their luggage to their respective new rooms.

However, the person who was the first to run, returned to the room to do something else.

He picked up the cards that were on the floor.

—Ah! Here you have~

—Yes, thank you very much~

Keun SeJin arranged the cards well, put them in his original box, and handed them to the staff who had filmed us.

And seeing that he was still in the room with me, he smiled at me and spoke.

—MoonDae, won't you move rooms?

—...I'm going.

I walked behind him down the hall and thought about it.

"He did it on purpose."

This bastard deliberately avoided picking card number three.

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