Assistant Manager Kim Hates Idols - Chapter 175



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| Episode 175. Discussion (4)

When the lights came on, Spark was standing there, dressed in the school uniform from the music video he had just seen.

The room was filled with reactions from people who were overly immersed in the story.

“What do you think of our first fan song, everyone?”

“X good!”

One sparkler covered his mouth as he shouted loudly. Everyone else desperately tried to hold back their laughter.

“We were really nervous backstage. We were worried about what we would do if the response wasn’t good.”

Kim Yi-wol spoke with a face that seemed like he hadn’t trembled at all. What trembling was there? It was clear that he had just been observing the fans with eagle eyes.

Spark sat down again as Jeong Seong-bin suggested that they sit down and talk about fan songs.

Perhaps because it was difficult to touch up makeup in a short 3 minutes, Choi Je-ho and Park Joo-woo, who had intense makeup, had their school uniforms and faces subtly different. That was funny in its own right, so Won Chae-hee took a picture of it diligently.

“There’s a reason why our song title this time is ‘The Third Letter’, right?”

Kim I-wol started the conversation. Jeong Seong-bin received the comment gently.

“As you can see from the lyrics of ‘Flowering’ and ‘With List,’ we write all of our songs with the listeners in mind as sparklers. Although this is our first fan song, we named it this because it is our third message to sparklers.”

I never thought about that. Spark knows how much love his fans have for him, and it was surprising that he maintained that kind of tension since his debut song.

Jeong Seong-bin then praised the team’s composer.

“This time too, Cheong-Hyeon worked hard, everyone.”

“It’s a fan song, so what’s the hardship? I had fun working on it!”

“It seemed so.”

Kang Ki-yeon’s words further heightened Lee Cheong-hyun’s sincerity. Was it because he personally witnessed the reaction the moment the song was released? Lee Cheong-hyun’s tension was extremely high.

“It seems like there are people who have had a hard time.”

Kang Ki-yeon spoke while looking to the side. Kim Yi-wol and Choi Je-ho averted their gaze one after another. I had a feeling that some very interesting bait was about to come out.

Lee Cheong-hyeon took the microphone again.

“As Sparkler knows, my brothers aren’t very good at writing.”

“When I look at the letter while I’m working on the counterattack… … .”

Everyone agreed with Park Joo-woo’s words. Only Won Chae-hee, who was a late bloomer and didn’t know such detailed information, rolled her eyes.

“But this time, we decided to write our own lyrics for our parts, right? The hyungs worked really hard~.”

“You look happy, Cheong-hyeon.”

Kim Yi-wol smiled brightly. There were dark shadows around his eyes.

“My brothers were a bit harsh.”

“… … You just kept adding words like “it’s lacking” to the lyrics, and you turned us into sparks that were lacking.”

As if denouncing what was done, Kang Ki-yeon and Park Joo-woo took turns criticizing Choi Je-ho.

“Even so, my brothers are praising me for making it this far, so why don’t they understand my feelings? Are you trying to upset the cute, pretty, and jewel-like Cheong-hyeon?”

“Yeah, I was wrong.”

In Won Chae-hee’s eyes, even Lee Cheong-hyeon and Kim I-wol’s so-called ‘tiki-taka that never rests’ began to look cute.

Now, there was only one thing that Won Chae-hee could decide on her own. Who would be her favorite? No one could know that until the fan meeting was over.

* * *

After watching Spark perform 『Flowering』 in her school uniform and watching a few cover dances of the latest popular songs, it was time for questions.

The signboards that were placed in order of the meal had Post-it notes with questions written by fans.

At Jeong Seong-bin’s suggestion to pick one and read it, the members rushed to the signboard. Kang Ki-yeon was the first to pick a question.

“The person who said ‘6-second shout to the front’ asked ‘Do you have any plans to change your roommate?’”

“That’s right. We’ve never changed, have we?”

Choi Je-ho tilted his head.

“You and I switched places before. Before, you and your brother were in the same room.”

“Was it so?”

It was a look of complete innocence. It was a great innocence in many ways.

“Even if I change it… I think it’ll be fun.”

Park Joo-woo muttered behind him like a baby hamster. Everyone, even the Spark parties, focused on Park Joo-woo’s words.

Even Won Chae-hee could tell from passing glances that Park Joo-woo was not a very sociable person.

Seeing that a member like that was able to change roommates, it was clear that Spark was a group that was all close together.

The fact that the members know each other well was also revealed in the conversation that followed.

“Instead, Jeho and Juwoo should use different rooms. Juwoo can’t sleep well when there’s light.”

“I bought a blindfold so it’s okay… …!”

Kang Ki-yeon, who takes good care of her roommate’s habits, and Park Joo-woo, who is willing to put up with Choi Je-ho’s poor night vision…

“Shouldn’t the person who shares a room with Nana Lee Cheong-hyeon sleep well?”

“Hyung and Cheong-hyeon should go to bed on time. I think that, as a human being, you should go to bed before the sun rises.”

Jeong Seong-bin also laughed and scolded Kim I-wol and Lee Cheong-hyeon, whose sleep patterns seemed to be shattered.

“What kind of combination would you like to see? If I tell you now, the company might set up a roommate for me!”

Lee Chung-hyun came all the way to the front of the stage and was busy communicating with fans. Requests poured in, such as, “Make the youngest members roommates,” and “Split us into the Miracle Morning Group and the Owl Group.”

“If you divide it like that, you guys, I have to split the room into two.”

When Kim Il-wol, who is famous for not sleeping much, answered, complaints poured in from all over that he should just sleep.

In addition to the roommate change, there were many questions. There were also conversation topics that arose from things other than questions.

“’Spark Sexy Dance Regime 1386th Day’… … Wait a minute, who is the person who used this nickname?”

Choi Je-ho read the nickname out loud, belatedly identifying the unidentified regime master, as if he had chosen it without even looking at it properly.

“It hasn’t even been a year since we debuted and it’s already been 1,386 days… … .”

“Sparkler fireworks glow. Light is the fastest thing in the world. Even time is slower than the sparkler’s light.”

“Isn’t that a theory that applies within the physical realm?”

The spark sexy dance regime has now reached the point of ‘Can we overcome the time limit by quickly taking over the regime?’

Before the conversation could get out of hand, Jeong Seong-bin cut it off, but Kim I-wol and Lee Cheong-hyeon showed a desperate look, promising to talk again later.

“A question from ‘Danok Pudding’. ‘Aren’t you going to do a spark sexy concept?’”

As expected of a leader. I believed he would choose a classy question. Won Chae-hee pressed the shutter repeatedly toward the extraordinary Jeong Seong-bin. Everyone around screamed similarly to when a fan song came on.

“Jeho hyung did a sexy concept once, right? At the royal palace.”

“So now you want to bring out a sexy concept in our full-fledged team activities?”

“Hmm.”

Lee Cheong-hyeon nodded as if he was thinking carefully about Kang Ki-yeon’s answer.

It was then that Kim Yi-wol, who was at the end of the table, ran out and hid the members behind his back.

“No guys, it’s not sexy yet!”

“why!”

“Why not!”

“Even though they look like this, they’re still all babies! Let’s just think about it after the ID card comes out and the ink dries!”

They are kids. How arrogant of a statement to make, knowing that the average height of your team is over 180cm.

Won Chae-hee wholeheartedly applauded Kim Yi-wol’s hedgehog moment.

Fans also hesitated at Kim Yi-wol’s strong remarks. Although our kids are cool idols whose faces make it feel like frost even in the summer and whose doors are covered when they stand in front of them, they are still at an age where the word “hot bar guy” is more appropriate than “hot guy.”

“Then let’s take off our clothes instead!”

Someone shouted. Won Chae-hee guessed that it was the person who had been trying to control the government earlier.

Moreover, Kim Il-wol took this proposal quite seriously. He seemed to think it was a reasonable middle ground.

Kim Yi-wol felt my forearm and chest over my uniform shirt. Then he walked slowly toward Choi Je-ho. He did the same thing to Choi Je-ho, and then he put his arm on his shoulder with an expression that seemed to have gained some certainty.

“Jeho.”

“uh.”

“Are your abs okay?”

Kim Yi-wol asked with the kindest smile in the world.

“Are you trying to send me out again?”

Choi Je-ho’s restraint was fierce, as he had a history of being hit.

Kim Yi-wol smiled bravely as he looked at Choi Je-ho.

“Because that’s what the fans wanted.”

“… … .”

“So everyone! Next time, when the title becomes a little more mature, I’ll try a sexy concept!”

Kim Il-wol’s bold ambition received enthusiastic support.

But isn’t that enough for now? At this point, Won Chae-hee realized that her head wasn’t functioning properly.

There were also some fairly ordinary questions.

“There’s also a question that asks, ‘If you had to compare Spark members to animals, what animals would you choose?’ This question is so cute!”

It was a question that was worn out on the stone slab, but Lee Cheong-hyeon found it amusing.

“Shall we start with the eldest? First, Lee Wol… … .”

“Panda.”

“eagle.”

“The cat yawning.”

“I understand everything, but what is an eagle?”

Choi Je-ho, Lee Cheong-hyeon, and Kang Ki-yeon answered almost simultaneously.

When Kim Iwol asked nervously, Lee Cheong-hyeon, the person who proposed the idea, answered.

“An eagle has a field of vision of about 340 degrees. Your brother also has eyes in the back of his head.”

That’s right. I can’t even tell how much Kim Yi-wol is observing the members.

Choi Je-ho has become an anaconda. Kim Yi-wol said, “Is an anaconda okay as an idol’s symbolic animal?” but it was not accepted. Soon, Choi Je-ho fan art with snake scales drawn on his face will be uploaded one after another.

Jeong Seong-bin became a Jindo dog. The reason was that there was no dog more trustworthy than this. It was strange that Kim I-wol brought in all kinds of dog breeds, from retrievers to Oman dogs, but in the end, the Jindo dog was decided.

Park Joo-woo was chosen as a chinchilla, Lee Cheong-hyeon as a harpy eagle (Kim I-wol strongly insisted on this), and Kang Ki-yeon as a black panther.

The combination was unusual. The atmosphere suddenly became like the National Environment, but it was a useful time to learn that Spark was more quirky than I thought.

“Is it okay if there are only two eagles? Isn’t there something like an interspecies fight?”

“It’ll be okay since we live in different places.”

A peace treaty was signed among the eagles as well. It was a beautiful sight.

So, around the time when the Q&A session was coming to a close.

“I have a suspicious question… … .”

Park Joo-woo squatted down and took off the post-it note that was stuck at the bottom.

“… … ‘What’s the password for our dorm’s laptop?’”

“huh?”

A question was asked without a nickname, and it seemed obvious to anyone that it wasn’t written by a fan.

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Name: Lee Cheong-hyeon

Birthday: January 31st

Born: Seoul

Height: 178cm

MBTI: ENFP

Nicknames: Cute Pretty Visually, Smart, Gold Face, Human Firecracker

Likes: Composing, rapping, piano, watching cooking vlogs, reading

Dislikes: Concerts, exams, being late

Motto: You only live once, so live it happily!

Favorite food: Korean food

Favorite scent: Watery

Favorite music genres: Opera, pop, hip-hop

Favorite sport: Baseball

Confident body part: eyes

My own habit: I habitually try to memorize things that interest me.