When I Opened My Eyes I Was a Superstar - Chapter 44

# 44

Our meeting was coincidental (2)

A Facenote post appeared on the phone screen.

It was a post posted just a few days ago.

Posted by: Suji

Jeong We went to Latte World to celebrate vacation haha

#Bomyeong #Yumi #Jeongmin Cross

The attached photo was a group photo taken in front of the carousel at Latte World, an amusement park. Dowook’s frown narrowed after seeing the photo. I couldn’t understand at all. In the photo, four female students were smiling brightly, drawing a V with their fingers.

‘The hell… who is Kim Bo-myeong?’

What Seohyun Kang sent were two links. Dowook clicked the following link in confusion.

This time, another Facenote post from a friend named Suji Jeong appeared.

Written by: Jeong Su-ji

Kim Bo-myeong ate cup ramen in the reading room and fell asleep with his mouth open lol

#Kim Bo-myung #If you’re being treated unfairly, take pictures of you too

– Comment

– Hey, Bo-myung must have been very tired hahahaha First place is different~~~

– Kim Bo-myung’s human rights.. hahaha hahaha

– Didn’t Bo-myeong post this? Hahaha, she doesn’t use Facenote

– I got the shot of a lifetime hahahaha

This time, it was a photo of a female student with short hair sleeping face down on the table in the reading room’s lounge, as described. It was the female student on the far left in the previous photo.

Dowook froze in place, dazed. An employee passing by in the hallway looked at Dowook with a puzzled look. Dowook mechanically bowed his head and said hello. As I said hello, all I could think about was the photo.

Do-wook called Kang Seo-hyun again and asked for a detailed explanation of how Kang Seo-hyun found Kim Bo-myeong.

First, Seohyun Kang found out the middle school that Seo Kangjun attended. With Seo Kang-Jun’s popularity, people who said he went to his school in the past began to appear on the Internet, and one fan even posted his graduation photo, so it wasn’t difficult to find out where he went to middle school.

And through the community, I obtained Seo Kang-jun’s yearbook from the year he graduated from middle school.

There were very few people who wanted to buy Seo Kang-Jun’s graduation album because they wanted to keep his graduation photo. Thanks to this, no one felt anything strange about the post about looking for a graduation album.

However, it was difficult to obtain it. Because there was a competitor, we had to raise quite a bit of money. Of course, after extracting the desired information from the graduation album, it was sold back to Seo Kang-jun’s actual fan.

Among the student lists in the graduation album, Seohyun Kang was able to find Bomyeong Kim.

Kim Bo-myeong, 3rd grade, class 7. There was only one student named Kim Bo-myeong.

At that time, I found the students in class 7 on Facenote and went around the link, trying to somehow find Bomyeong’s Facenote. But unfortunately, it was clear that Bo-myeong did not use Facenote.

Whenever Kang Seo-hyun had time, she would ride on the Facenote as if playing a cell phone game and wander around looking for traces of Kim Bo-myeong. At the same time, I started looking for Kim Bo-myeong using the email address listed in the graduation album. That’s how Kim Bo-myeong was found.

“But… it might not be this student…”

-Isn’t he the person you’re looking for? That would be correct… The name Kim Bo-myeong is not common.

“…… yes.”

Dowook muttered blankly.

Still, it was hard to believe. Dowook again looked intently at the female student in the photo. I was living in a world where both the soul and time had changed. It was only then that I realized that maybe not everything was normal.

‘Where is the original Kang Do-wook’s soul and why did it come into this body?’

As the thoughts I had put off came to mind one by one, I became more and more confused.

‘I’ll have to check for myself.’

Do-wook remembered his old face, that is, the face of Kim Bo-myeong. Perhaps because some time had passed, it was difficult to recall his own face.

I was worried that my original appearance and related memories might be erased like this. When I started thinking about it, I also really missed my parents.

One part of my chest was throbbing. It felt like the longing and fear that I had hidden in a corner were flooding in.

I even remembered the image of Seo Kang-jun’s parents kneeling in front of him in the principal’s office.

When he remembered that, Do-wook found it difficult to remain still. Kim Bo-myeong, who had nothing he could do, could only watch in secret and shed tears.

Dowook shook his head. At that time, I painfully realized that no matter how sad I was, nothing would change.

‘Let’s go as soon as we have time. Even if it’s the girl in the picture, the first thing you should do is visit her.’

With a promise, Dowook took a step forward.

***

Ranked #1 for 10 consecutive weeks.

It was a great record.

The addictive song and choreography truly created a ‘Very Sorry’ boom.

Sometimes, it was said that KK’s first place was possible because singers who could prevent her from taking first place were away due to overseas tours or album preparations. It is said that he was able to take advantage of the timing to rob an empty house, and if luck was a skill, it was a skill.

Even if there had been another singer, it would have been possible to stay in first place for at least 6 to 8 weeks.

Anyway, after 10 consecutive weeks in first place, KK finished promotions for her first full-length album. Since the promotions for ‘Very Sorry’ were so long, there were no plans to promote a follow-up song.

Instead, they decided to release a repackage album a month later with only one song added and to promote for a short period of 1 to 2 weeks.

Although it was a fan service activity, the reason for releasing the album under the name Repackage was simple. This was because repackage album sales were also counted as the first full-length album, which could increase album sales.

After the last music broadcast goodbye stage, KK members and key employees had a small dinner.

The dinner was held at a restaurant near the company. Since it was a company dinner with members, we looked for a restaurant with separate rooms. The host of the dinner was production director Kwon Heung-jo.

Director Kwon sat in the very middle, with Director Oh Baek-ho and PD Yong Soo-cheol sitting next to him. Team leader Shim Jun of the album production team contacted me saying he would join later because he had a schedule.

“Yong PD. Thanks to you, I feel very reassured.”

Director Kwon took a sip of water and took the spring.

Yong Soo-cheol was greatly recognized for his skills as a composer and producer by successively releasing albums for hit entertainment singers KK and Monster. He has quickly emerged as the producer that many singers and producers think they would most like to receive songs from.

The gold strings of his trademark gold necklace were becoming thicker. It was almost blinding.

Yong Soo-cheol laughed haha. Although he didn’t admit it, he didn’t deny his credit too much.

They released hit songs one after another. It was proof that his senses were definitely working in today’s era.

Director Kwon looked through the menu brought by the waiter.

The members looked at each other and swallowed their saliva. This restaurant was famous for its Korean beef. However, because the members also had eyes, they looked at the price list and thought, ‘Today’s menu will be pork belly.’ I was guessing.

“Here, please give me 14 servings of fresh flower sirloin.”

The eyes of those who heard Director Kwon giving orders to the employees sparkled.

To the members, Director Kwon added that if they eat enough, they should order again. When told that they could eat as much as they wanted, the members clapped and sang ‘Thank you’ in unison.

The KK members were actually in a position to eat enough Korean beef. KK was now the company’s main source of income.

While waiting for the meat, Director Kwon encouraged the KK members.

“Everyone worked hard to be active.”

“thank you!”

Jeong Yoon-gi answered on behalf of the members. Director Kwon smiled happily.

“okay. “As a leader, Yoongi must have had a particularly hard time.”

“no. Listen carefully to what everyone says…”

While answering, Jeong Yoon-gi looked at Ahn Hyeong-seo for no reason. Ahn Hyeong-seo mouthed ‘Why, why!’ and protested.

“great. Of course, the company’s goal was to make KK the best. There were many opinions that it was impossible, but we are doing it anyway…”

Director Kwon paused for a moment. Director Kwon was a founding member of Hit Entertainment. I worked in a large entertainment production team and was scouted by my current CEO.

In other words, I went from working as a team leader at a large company like Samsung to becoming the owner of a local store whose name no one knew. Naturally, there was extreme opposition from those around me.

However, Director Kwon had his own ambitions.

There was a clear line as to what he could be involved in at a large entertainment company, and Director Kwon wanted to cross that line and experience the joy of having a person he had ‘directly created’ from beginning to end become a star.

In fact, the excitement felt when Milky Way, which Director Kwon had worked with from the planning stage, achieved considerable success, was an indescribable feeling.

From Milky Way to Monster. Although the level of participation was different, stars were born in the hands of Director Kwon.

Colleagues who worked at large entertainment companies were pushed around by connections and company politics, moving to other companies, and even if they reached high positions, they were considering early retirement due to pressure from below.

Meanwhile, Hit Entertainment went from a small agency to a company that could be called a medium-sized company.

Moving up from mid-sized to large was a problem. Director Kwon planned to bring Hit Entertainment to a larger market through KK.

While making the plan, Director Kwon had a lot of worries, and people around him also told him not to push himself too hard.

This is because it was difficult to break into a market where the framework of the three major agencies had already been established to some extent. Skill Luck Capital. It didn’t matter if any of them were lacking.

Nevertheless, Director Kwon thought it was ‘worth a try’.

Not long ago, I received a call from an investment company saying they wanted to invest capital in Hit Entertainment. It was what was most needed and lacking at the moment.

Because it was a vice-president-level matter, Director Kwon did not participate directly, but I heard that a meeting with an investment company was held some time later.

“KK is growing faster than the company planned.”

Director Kwon looked at each member. Dowook and I made eye contact.

‘Isn’t it worth giving it a try since we recruited a new person named Kang Do-wook as a member through an audition?’

Suddenly, such a thought caught Director Kwon.

Director Kwon had already heard and knew that Do-wook had created a buzz in many ways from before his debut to after his debut. Dowook was also a co-composer of ‘Very Sorry’.

As if reading Director Kwon’s thoughts, Do-wook looked seriously at Director Kwon.

“For that reason, we are planning to slightly revise our previously established album plan and overseas expansion schedule.”

“Are we expanding overseas faster?”

After going to the Japanese concert, I received invitations to perform many times overseas. Director Oh Baek-ho, who had somewhat expected such a fact, asked a question.

“We’ll talk about it again later in the meeting, I guess. “We will also sign a contract with a Japanese company and release an album within this year.”

“Is the expansion into Japan connected to the Nakamoto Group?”

It was Dowook. Entering Japan was difficult without a contract with a local record label.

It was also very important which record company to choose and how to conclude favorable contract terms. When the Japanese side came up, Dowook brought up the story of the ‘Nakamoto Group’ as if he had prepared it in advance.

The largest companies entering Japan were Nakamoto and AO.

At present, AO was a larger company, but later AO fell into sluggish management. Therefore, it also affects the promotion and album sales of Korean groups that have signed contracts. Q Entertainment, where Do-wook worked, also suffered from this problem.

“We are talking with two companies, Nakamoto and AO… But Do-wook, do you know about the Japanese market?”

As expected, Director Kwon, who was talking to the two companies, was surprised and asked.

“Ah… I remember seeing an informative article on the Internet. “It was written that Nakamoto had substance.”

“You really surprise people every time we meet them. Mr. Dowook.”

Do-wook hoped his words would influence Director Kwon when he chose a company to contract with.

“Were you interested in that as well? amazing.”

Oh Baek-ho was also impressed along with Director Kwon. There was no way to answer, so Do-wook smiled vaguely. It was fortunate that the meat he ordered came out at the right time.

***

A few days later, Do-wook, who was in the recording studio preparing a repackage album, received a call from Oh Baek-ho and headed to the conference room.

Lucas was sitting in the conference room with Oh Baek-ho.