When I Opened My Eyes I Was a Superstar - Chapter 30

# 30

Overhead Casting (3)

#Overhead Casting (3)

Although he could not yet tell what level of choreography Taehyung Park would bring, Dowook thought that Taehyung Park was doing more than his share at this level.

They practice quietly and show amazing passion on stage. With that alone, I had already done my part. But even the thought of contributing something to the team.

‘We may not know it right now, but it’s clear that such a mindset will be of great help to the team’s development as the days go by.’

Do-wook felt proud when he saw Tae-hyung Park who returned to his seat and started practicing again.

‘As expected, it was a good decision to choose a member to join us.’

And at the same time, I thought I needed to work harder to demonstrate my abilities in dancing as well as singing and composing.

***

The ship called KK was literally cruising.

Song of Life ranked 1st for 2 weeks in a row. The smiles did not disappear from the faces of the KK members who got into the car after the performance.

“If things continue like this, we could continue to be in first place until next week…”

“Amazing~!”

Kim Won cheered at Oh Baek-ho’s cautious outlook. Others were also excited. Even if a singer with strong music makes a comeback, it would be difficult to get first place on the comeback week, and KK’s current performance is very good.

It also continued to be number one on the music charts. Although the album was not as good as the initial sales, it was consistently selling well.

The super rookie man to man who debuted at the awards ceremony held first place for four consecutive weeks. Even if I caught up to the 3rd week, I didn’t feel like I was being pushed back one-on-one.

‘It would be nice if it lasted for 4 weeks in a row, but…’

Do-wook looked at his memory. In fact, it was a fight worth fighting.

In Dowook’s memory, the album of a mid-level female singer who is making a comeback next week was a medium-low album among the female singer’s albums. At the time, it ranked first on the music charts, but it was not tied to first place with KK’s ‘Sorry But I Love You’, so it was difficult to accurately gauge its superiority.

“Wow, are those all our fans?”

Kim Won asked while looking out the car window. There were a lot of female students gathered at the entrance to the parking lot of the broadcasting station.

Fans who had already memorized the number of the car that KK was riding began to move forward and flock as soon as the car appeared. Even if the broadcasting station guards blocked it, there were limits. One by one, they got out and stood close to the side of the car.

“Ah, this is the beginning again.”

This was a situation I experienced many times during my time as Monster’s manager. Director Oh Baek-ho frowned and held on tightly to the steering wheel. If done incorrectly, an accident could easily occur.

Fans were running and chasing the car leaving the broadcasting station. The members opened their mouths in surprise as they saw the fans chasing KK even though it was just the same as other cars and had dark tint so they couldn’t see a single hair of KK’s hair.

“Should I have at least opened the window?”

Ahn Hyeong-seo, weak-hearted, muttered. Oh Baek-ho, who heard those words, scolded Ahn Hyeong-seo in a stern tone.

“And if there’s an accident on the road, will you take responsibility?!”

“No, I’m not saying we’re really opening…”

These were members who had not yet truly realized their popularity. All I saw was the fans in the fan seats who came to the public broadcast. It was natural to want to interact directly with fans. Dowook felt the same way.

“If we win first place next week, how about holding a mini fan meeting after the broadcast? “The fans are important.”

“that’s right! The fans gave us first place! If you saw the voter turnout today, you would know. “It was really cool.”

Ahn Hyeong-seo excitedly agreed to Do-wook’s suggestion.

“Director Oh told me to do good fan service.”

As Seok Ji-hoon, who had been standing still, helped him, the wrinkles between Oh Baek-ho’s eyebrows deepened.

“Okay, okay. “I’ll talk to the fan-marketing team.”

“Oh yeah~!”

The car driven by Oh Baek-ho ran happily down the road and soon arrived in front of the company. It was practice again.

***

The members changed into their practice clothes and returned to the practice room. It was while waiting for Noh Yoon-tae to guide the choreography of the follow-up song. Taehyung Park approached Dowook.

‘You figured it out!’

Dowook’s face brightened.

“It’s not that big of a deal, but…”

“You’ll understand when you see it. “Show me quickly, Taehyung.”

Park Tae-hyung took a ready stance in response to Do-wook’s chaegeun. Ahn Hyeong-seo came to the two, asking what they were talking about, and the members who were spread out elsewhere also gathered one by one. Taehyung Park, who suddenly had to show off his choreography in front of all the members, hesitated.

“It’s better when everyone sees it. “Don’t worry, just do it.”

Dowook truly trusted Taehyung Park. That trust even reached Taehyung Park.

Taehyung Park set the section repeat and then played the song. I counted the beats and started the choreography.

Yes, okay, I- Yes, I like you, I-

Yes, I like you, I- Yes, I like you, I-

The first two times were the original choreography. It was in the form of nodding your head and stepping on the four steps. It was very simple with just a little movement back and forth and left and right.

In the next two performances, Taehyung Park showed off his own choreography. It was a movement of extending and closing the arms and legs at the same time. And in the last ‘you are me’ part, there was a movement like turning and shooting a gun.

“Oh, what’s the choreography behind? “Is this your first time seeing me?”

Ahn Hyeong-seo asked Park Tae-hyung, who turned off the song. It was because it was much better than the choreography I originally knew.

When Taehyung Park stuttered and answered that it was his choreography, everyone was surprised and praised Taehyung Park. As expected, everyone said that he was a dancing genius.

While all the members were praising Taehyung, Dowook was not making any comments. Park Tae-hyung looked at Do-wook for the last time, waiting for Do-wook’s answer.

“hmm. Taehyung, it’s good, but… I think.”

Taehyung Park swallowed his saliva. Other people’s reactions were important, but Do-wook’s thoughts were more important to Park Tae-hyung than anyone else.

It was when Taehyung Park was anxiously waiting for Dowook’s words.

“Guys! “Look at this!”

Oh Baek-ho, who came into the practice room with Noh Yoon-tae, had a package of shopping bags in his hands.

Oh Baek-ho let out a light sigh when he saw the KK members flocking in after seeing the shopping bags.

“Hehe… I really didn’t want to tell you.”

The members’ eyes lit up as Oh Baek-ho said that. The thought, ‘If it’s something the manager doesn’t want to share, it must be good for us!’ ran through the minds of all members.

“Now take it.”

Jeong Yoon-gi quickly took the shopping bag handed to him by Oh Baek-ho and took out the boxes inside the bag one by one. The box had a drawing of the latest mobile phone.

“this……!”

There are a total of 6 boxes. It was the same as the number of KK members. After sharing the cell phone boxes one by one, Jeong Yoon-gi muttered a little excitedly.

The latest released mobile phone was called ‘smartphone’, which was different from previous mobile phones. It was a mobile phone that could run not only the Internet but also many functions previously unimaginable. Despite this, the members were not able to get new cell phones due to company guidelines prohibiting the use of personal cell phones for some time after their debut.

“Did you know that this time, several idol groups, including our company’s Monster Milky Way, sang the mobile phone logo song?”

“I think I saw an advertisement…”

Jeong Yoon-gi replied to Oh Baek-ho’s words, tracing his memory.

“So, the kids at our company received the latest model, and they took care of yours as well.”

“Very Kind Man!”

Kim Won couldn’t help but cheer and cried out. Kim Won was one of the people who really needed a smartphone because he knew that using a smartphone he could freely make video calls with friends abroad.

“The fan-marketing team said they would create an account for you to update yourself, and we are giving you a cell phone because you will need it for many reasons. “I’m not giving it to you to do useless things.”

“Yes, of course!”

Hyungseo Ahn quickly answered. Oh Baek-ho added as if he was skeptical.

“Don’t give out your phone number carelessly and don’t contact me.”

Everyone was answering Baekho Oh’s words, but their eyes were already focused on their phones.

However, there was no time to properly open the phone. This was because Noh Yoon-tae, who had finished preparing for choreography instruction, called the members in front of the mirror. A team of dancers were also flocking in to demonstrate the choreography.

The members placed the cell phone box, which would not fall out of their hands, on one side of the practice room and ran towards Noh Yun-tae.

“You got used to it after watching the videos, right?”

Noh Yun-tae asked. Everyone had taken turns watching it several times. It was time for Noh Yun-tae to explain that he would do a demonstration and to check each person’s position carefully. Dowook raised his hand.

“Well… there is a choreography that came out while we were fooling around while practicing the choreography together…”

Do-wook chose his words as best as possible to make it seem like it was something that came out naturally rather than something he thought about because the choreography was bad.

“dance?”

“yes. The chorus choreography part. “Taehyung tried it.”

Some people were sensitive to choreography modifications, but Noh Yun-tae had been working at the agency for quite a long time. There were several times that it was modified based on the company’s opinions. Noh Yoon-tae’s position was that there was nothing to worry about as it was the opinion of the member who would be on stage.

“okay? Did Taehyung have a talent for creating choreography? Come out and give it a try.”

Taehyung Park had not yet heard Dowook’s opinion. Since Do-wook’s response was ‘It’s good, but…’, Tae-hyung Park thought his next words would be negative.

After hesitating, Taehyung Park came forward.

‘If I ask you to show it to teacher Noh Yoon-tae, it means that the choreography I created is good, right? thank god.’

Thinking like that, Taehyung Park showed off the movements of the chorus, just like he showed them to the members.

Yes, I like you, I- Yes, I like you,

I- Noh Yun-tae and his dancer team members’ eyes widened at the choreography performed while singing with their mouths without accompaniment.

“Taehyung, you like it so much?”

Noh Yun-tae was surprised and imitated the choreography that Park Tae-hyung had just shown. I only saw it once, but the teacher was still a teacher. It’s like this, right? Noh Yun-tae asked Park Tae-hyung. Taehyung Park, who received the compliment, nodded his head vigorously with an embarrassed expression.

“What do you all think? “I think it would be good if I corrected it with this.”

“Good~!”

“I think it’s okay.”

The dancer team members answered Noh Yun-tae’s question. The members also gave a thumbs up and agreed that it was good.

“I like it too, but…”

Do-wook paused while answering. Noh Yoon-tae gestured as if to tell him to continue speaking.

“How about making a forward motion like shooting a gun and then making a circle the second time and heading towards the center? Then, the interlude comes on, so if Taehyung does a back tumble at the right time, I think it will really catch people’s attention. “How are you doing, Taehyung?”

Do-wook spoke to Noh Yun-tae and asked Park Tae-hyung. Taehyung Park blinked.