When I Opened My Eyes I Was a Superstar - Chapter 95

# 95

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“Producer?”

Do-wook was also surprised and looked at PD Yong Soo-cheol. It was clear that it was a sudden appearance.

Even though it was the middle of winter, Yong Soo-cheol was wearing a rider jacket with studs. It was an outfit that reminded me of our first meeting.

Of course, because it was a spring that made a lot of money, the current rider jacket was priced differently from the previous jacket. The jacket I bought at Namdaemun was now an Italian brand jacket.

Nevertheless, it seemed that Yong Soo-cheol’s individual characteristics had not changed at all, so Do-wook and the members were just glad to see him like that.

“long time no see.”

PD Yong Soo-cheol looked at the members and said hello. The members happily approached PD Yong Soo Cheol and shook hands.

It seemed natural, but Seok Ji-hoon, the youngest, still had bitter feelings toward producer Yong Soo-cheol. He was a producer who had grown up with them, but when he said he was going to another company, he felt like he was somehow abandoned.

But it was also a feeling of affection.

“Congratulations on your rookie award.”

After shaking hands, Dowook congratulated Yong Soo-cheol.

“I didn’t even receive it.”

“It’s a group raised by the producer. “I heard that the PD did everything from planning this time.”

“haha. Well….”

“I thought you would be good at making female group albums. “But what happened?”

Dowook asked while talking.

“I had a suggestion for Hit Entertainment, so we decided to have a meeting. “I came here just to see your face on the way.”

In response to Yong Soo-cheol, Do-wook became curious about the ‘suggestion’ that PD Yong Soo-cheol was talking about.

“I’m going to have dinner now. Please come with me, PD.”

Yoongi Jeong spoke to PD Yong Soo-cheol as the leader. Yong Soo-cheol shook his head.

“no. I have to go again too. The stage was really the best yesterday. “I came because I really wanted to tell you this.”

The members smiled at Yong Soo-cheol’s praise.

“I was proud of how KK was gradually expanding forward.”

“It’s all thanks to PD.”

“What are my virtues? “It’s all thanks to your hard work.”

Ahn Hyeong-seo, who previously was afraid of Producer Yong Soo-cheol and could not speak well, started a natural conversation with Producer Yong Soo-cheol.

It was quite rewarding to hear the producer who worked with them on their debut album say they were proud of them.

It would have been nice if PD Yong Soo-cheol had produced K.K.’s albums until now, but K.K. already had a producer named Dowook. I didn’t even know that I had to work harder and could have improved thanks to Producer Yong Soo Cheol moving to another position.

“Then it would be nice to see you again. “I’ll just leave.”

“Yes PD.”

Producer Yong Soo Cheol said hello and left. On the way out, I ran into Do-wook and gave him a special pat on the shoulder.

Even as a spring producer, Dowook was always special.

“But what happened…”

Do-wook asked privately while welcoming Producer Spring. Producer Yong Soo Cheol grinned and replied that he would find out soon.

“Do-wook. Please take care of me.”

As he added this, my curiosity only grew.

After PD Yong Soo Cheol’s short visit, KK had dinner with the members.

Now, so many people recognized us, and there were so many fans just outside the office, that even when we went to a family restaurant near the office, we had to sit in separate group tables to eat.

Koo Cheol-min managed the members in place of Director Oh Baek-ho, who was absent.

We ordered seven plates of steak, one per person, three plates of pasta, and two plates of salad. The group table was filled with people ordering fries topped with cheese.

“…Is it okay for us to eat like this?”

Seok Ji-hoon, who had already finished drinking the pre-dinner soup in one go, looked blankly at the plates on the table and asked.

“Eat and eat.” “Don’t worry.”

Jeong Yoon-gi answered as if it was no big deal.

“okay. At times like this, you should eat it. You can eat like this for about a day. Reward day!”

Hyungseo Ahn shouted.

Although they were not controlling their diet as rigorously as they did when preparing for the album, there were awards ceremony performances one after another, and it was no exaggeration to say that the members were taking care of their bodies almost 365 days a year.

However, there was no way I could survive by eating only chicken breast every day. Ahn Hyeong-seo’s argument was that there are days like this and days like that.

Of course, Director Oh Baek-ho and trainers also knew that it made no sense to restrict food 365 days a year.

Therefore, right before the active period or when not in the active period, restrictions were lifted to some extent and body care was replaced with exercise.

Even so, this wasn’t it. There was too much fatty food. When coming to the family restaurant, Koo Cheol-min was only going to allow the members to eat steak.

As Ahn Hyeong-seo said, it was a reward for the hard work that went into preparing and performing for the awards ceremony until yesterday.

However, as soon as they grabbed the menu, the members started frantically ordering from the waiter, and Koo Cheol-min alone was not enough to stop them.

Whenever something like this happened, he looked towards Do-wook, who helped him control the members, but even Do-wook was pretending not to know Gu Cheol-min.

Koo Cheol-min managed KK for a much shorter period of time than Director Oh Baek-ho. Although he was a rookie among newcomers who had no experience managing celebrities, there was one thing he knew for sure.

It was said that KK had a good personality and teamwork that was incomparable to other groups.

Although each person had different personalities, they harmonized well. Rather, because they were different from each other, Gu Cheol-min could see that they were making up for the missing parts.

And among them, Dowook had such upright character that it made people stick their tongues out.

Dowook boasted such perfect abilities that he seemed to have no shortcomings. The fact that there was no disagreement even though one member was outstanding was partly due to the fact that the other members had no angular aspects, but Dowook himself never once boasted about it.

Also, even when the KK members got tired due to schedules, became sensitive, and tried to become a little crooked, Do-wook, who could be said to be the most successful member, stood firm and held on, so there was something that the other members could not do.

It was a similar principle to iron being attracted to the center of a magnet.

Koo Cheol-min realized this fact shortly after taking charge of KK.

Therefore, when Director Oh Baek-ho was not around and I had to decide something in an unexpected situation, I followed Do-wook’s decision.

It was the best I could do as a new manager who still had difficulty making decisions on his own. And that was usually always the right answer.

“I’ll keep it a secret from the manager. “Eat comfortably.”

Gu Cheol-min thought that if Do-wook wanted to eat comfortably today, he could do so.

The members, who were already trying to eat comfortably at Ku Cheol-min’s words, even lowered their pants zippers to enjoy their meal even more comfortably.

Dowook was also a person. Today, I mindlessly inhaled pasta full of carbohydrates.

After the meal, the members even finished eating the cake that was served for dessert. Only Taehyung Park and Dowook, who do not like sweets, were using their phones with their forks down.

[Senior, are you resting well?]

[Then I am resting well! Everyone went crazy saying that it was really good yesterday haha. The company was also excited that the response was good haha. I’m properly asking Do-wook haha I’ll stand on stage again later]

[It’s an honor haha. It would definitely be nice to see you one more time in the future. Thank you.]

After the awards ceremony ended yesterday, Dowook was in a hurry to escape from the fans at the awards ceremony, which was chaotic due to the aftermath of the performance.

Because of this, I felt bad about not being able to properly say hello to Jinri Lee, so I sent her a message.

Do-wook smiled faintly at Lee Jin-ri’s words.

The names of Lee Jin-ri and Do-wook were still appearing in real-time search terms. A video of KK’s synchronized dance was also posted in the best posts on the community site.

It was when the members were trying to get up from their seats while patting their swollen bellies.

The employee who served approached the members.

“Um…”

It wasn’t something that happened once or twice when I went to a restaurant. Gu Cheol-min immediately realized that the employee had come to get an autograph and frowned.

If I ate outside, it was difficult to eat properly because customers asked for autographs. Fortunately, employees would come before or after meals to ask for autographs.

Since it was impossible to do everything every time, Director Oh Baek-ho or Koo Cheol-min blocked it whenever possible.

However, today was a day when the members were in an unusually good mood. The cheers received at yesterday’s awards ceremony had not yet subsided.

Hyungseo Ahn asked before the excited employee could speak.

“What is the cause of death?”

“Ah yes! yes. “Can I ask you a favor?”

Even Jeong Yoon-gi, who was usually the most conservative when asked for an autograph, nodded and the employee excitedly held out the paper and pen he was holding.

It was meant to be placed in a restaurant. Six people’s signatures were crammed onto one piece of paper.

Finally, the employee spoke shyly while receiving Dowook’s autograph.

“Mr. Dowook. “I’m such a fan.”

“Oh, thank you.”

When Dowook answered with a grin, the employee’s face turned bright red. My hand was shaking as I picked up the paper, not knowing what to do.

“You… are so… sexy!”

As the waiter said that, his face almost exploded. The employee nodded his thanks and took a step back.

It was clear that yesterday’s award ceremony performance had a strong impact.

I’ve been told a lot of times that I’m cool and handsome, but this was almost the first time I’ve ever been complimented on how sexy I am.

‘It’s a good thing to be able to expand the scope of images.’

Dowook thought and stood up with the members.

***

A few days later, Do-wook had a meeting with Shim Jun, head of the album production team.

“Oh, Dowook. “Are you here?”

Team leader Sim Jun somehow looked very tired.

Of course, we were always a busy team that had to conduct preliminary research and identify trends in preparation for the next album, but in fact, it wasn’t the period when the album production began in earnest, so it wasn’t the busiest time.

“Team leader, what’s going on? The face…”

“Do you think this is a happy worry?”

“yes?”

“Haaam—”

Team Leader Sim Jun yawned lazily.

Usually, at the end of the year, there were frequent drinking parties for business purposes and personal networking, but these days, there were so many drinking parties that even Team Leader Shim Jun, who said he liked drinking, couldn’t stand it.

It was thanks to KK’s success.

There were a lot of industry insiders who wanted to work with KK in some way, and the number of people contacting team leader Sim Jun had doubled compared to last year.

Since I didn’t know what would happen later, I had to turn it down without feeling bad and then had to drink from the box.

For that reason, Do-wook looked a little sad when Team Leader Sim Jun said that he had been drinking until dawn yesterday as well.

“Shouldn’t you at least take a hangover cure?”

“I drank it. I drank it.”

Team Leader Sim Jun answered, shaking an empty bottle of ‘Dawn 500’.

“The reason I called you is because one of the people who wanted to work with me was the brave only producer.”

“yes? Ah…”

Do-wook nodded, recalling an incident he had met in the practice room not long ago.

“Are you saying you will produce with us again?”

“no. “Is it possible that they are now setting up a production company since they are completely independent?”

“Then…”

Team Leader Sim Jun was one of the people who thought that Producer Spring came out at the right time. Looking back, that was the result.

“Actually, if I had gone out earlier, I might have harbored resentment in my heart. haha.”

Team leader Shim Jun explained further and got straight to the point.

“You know, the girl group ‘One Minute’ raised by that spring producer?”

“yes.”

“You said you would like me to work with you?”

“Work is…”

“I’m planning to release one of the girls from that group as a solo artist, and I want to produce with you. “I think the results were really good when I collaborated with you… This is something that came to you personally, so I think you should say something instead of cutting it at the company level.”

Dowook thought. It was easy to know who would be the member of One Minute who would go solo. Moreover, he would achieve great success as a solo artist.

Do-wook continued his thoughts quickly. And shook his head.

“well.”

“hmm?”

“I think it would be best to refuse. For now.”