Assistant Manager Kim Hates Idols - Chapter 182



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Episode 182

– Company dinner

“Team Leader Ji, let’s go make a toast!”

“yes?”

“Cheers, cheers! Since the team leader came to the company dinner for the first time in a while! Now, everyone raise your glasses!”

The team members all raised their glasses. The expression on the face of the intellectual sitting at the head of the table was clearly one of embarrassment.

I looked towards the pioneer, but he didn’t seem to have the slightest intention of helping my team leader.

“Let’s just do this once.”

“Let’s do it just this once!”

The beer glasses clanked messily on the table. The intellectual put the cold beer to his lips with a drowsy expression. He couldn’t even taste the alcohol in the noisy atmosphere.

But there is one thing that stands out even within it.

“Ugh! The beer is really sweet today, sweet!”

The face of a pioneer.

She’s a strange woman. She’s stubborn and strong-willed, but when she’s with people, she lets her guard down.

‘I know that the team leader is an amazing person. But doesn’t that mean that the team leader is the most perfect?’

Sometimes he is so bold that it’s almost shocking.

‘Did you really convince the executives? So we’re going to invest right away? Team leader, you’re the best!’

Sometimes, he shows his respect without sparing any effort, as if he has no qualms.

‘Is it just their personality? Or is it part of their social life?’

Today, after much thought, I ended up attending a company dinner that I had usually declined.

I thought that having a boss would calm the mood down a little, but somehow, my vision felt even more bleak.

“Are you going to keep drinking only soju without any fun? Anyone want to have some soju and beer?”

“Ah, Mr. Seon’s soju doesn’t taste good.”

“What? Wait, I’m just getting my honor back today.”

Seonguan rolled up his sleeves and stepped forward. Seonguan’s smile, chuckling as he opened a bottle of beer, shone brightly in the yellow lights of the pub.

The drink called So-Maek that Seon-Gu-An had was really tasteless. The team members also complained that the proportion of soju was too high and that the beer had too much foam.

“All soju and beer are the same. Isn’t that right, Young-hwan?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

Do Young-hwan was holding a beer mug that was shining a golden color that was attractive just to look at.

When it came to alcohol, his ghostly foresight pointed to Do Young-hwan’s glass.

“Is that beer?”

“It’s soju and beer.”

“I didn’t ride it, did I?”

“… … I rode it.”

“Then would you like a drink too? I need to find out why those guys are making such a killing noise.”

Before Seon-gu-an could even hand over the bottle opener, Do-yeong-hwan cracked open the beer bottles with a spoon. Then, without any particular measurements, he picked up a bottle of soju and a bottle of beer and poured them into his glasses.

A clean glass of soju was made by holding the glass mouth and turning it with a wrist snap. There was no performance of banging the bottom of the cup with a spoon or putting the soju glass in.

“Try it.”

Do Young-hwan, who had sensibly wiped the mouth of the glass with a napkin, held out the glass.

It was the first ‘proper’ soju that Seon-gu-an had ever tasted.

“Mr. Young-Hwan! If you’re so good at drinking, you should have been a bartender!”

“Because you can’t just sell soju and beer at a bar.”

“The taste… wow, it’s amazing. It just goes down my throat smoothly.”

“Is that all? Mr. Seon, can I borrow a glass?”

“Where did you steal someone else’s precious alcohol!”

It was a mess of a team. They played rock-paper-scissors fiercely over a glass of soju, and the loser cried while drinking soju with fish cake soup, while the winner happily enjoyed a glass of soju in paradise.

‘I can’t come to a place twice.’

Even while thinking like that, the intellectual’s gaze could not leave the pioneer’s eyes.

Seonguan, who drinks the soju that Do Young-hwan gave him with the happiest expression in the world, and Seonguan, who asks for the next drink as if it were a given without showing any sign of surprise even after winning three times in a row at rock-paper-scissors.

Maybe it was because of the alcohol, but the intellectual’s face seemed to be slightly flushed.

***

‘Wow, you’re really drinking.’

They say that there are cases where they put water in a liquor bottle and take pictures, but I guess filming is really all about the details. The ‘In My Office’ team seems to be realists.

It was fortunate that I started drinking around the middle take. If I had continued drinking from the first take to the last, it would have been a disaster.

My common sense about drinking while working has been shattered since ‘Sool.Sa’, so I’m just confused.

I didn’t want to come home smelling like alcohol. Unfortunately, I guess I’ll have to sleep on the sofa today.

“Mr. Lee Wol, Mr. Lee Wol.”

As I was wondering if there was any fabric deodorizer in the car, someone called out to me.

They were actors from the same intellectual team.

“Yes, senior!”

“Why do you roll soju so well?”

“yes?”

Are you talking about the ‘Memories of the company dinner that were hastily revived because of Mr. Ha Seo-myeong’s ad-lib – So-maek edition-‘? I could even build a So-maek tower with the So-maek I drank in my old days.

“Senior Seo-myeong said it was really delicious, so I took a bite and it was so delicious! What’s the ratio?”

“I also ad-libbed… …! I guess I was lucky!”

In times like this, you absolutely have to go with luck. It’s not good to have rumors spread that idols drink so much that they can taste the flavor of soju.

“That wasn’t in the script, was it?”

“Yes. I survived thanks to the guidance of my seniors.”

“Hey, I see Mr. Lee Wol is really good at it.”

It was an unexpected compliment.

Suddenly, I remembered what Jeong Seong-bin said at the meeting a few days ago.

‘There will be more and more good people around you, hyung.’

I live and I receive a lot of support from Spark.

All my life… … .

I thought I would hate you terribly my whole life.

“Thank you for saying so. I will work hard for the remaining episodes as well!”

“How much harder are you going to work if you work harder there? Anyway, you worked hard today. You probably had a lot of NGs and drank a lot, so before you go in, ask your manager to buy you some hangover cure!”

Hangover cure, it’s in our fridge.

Last time, the kids said they were going to appear on that variety show and bought five of them.

Five people each bought five bottles.

Since there was no one drinking in the accommodation, I drank one bottle out of courtesy on the day I took the ‘Sool.Sa’ photo, and after that, I still had four bottles left.

It’s difficult to include guys in the ‘good people’ around me.

I waited outside for a long time until my manager drove to the set.

I was so deep in thought that I couldn’t even hear the manager blowing the horn.

***

While I was sleeping, I heard a rustling sound above my head.

The moment I opened my eyes and popped my head out of bed, my eyes met with a stranger’s.

“omg!”

“Huh!”

We were both surprised, but the difference was that he covered his mouth and I grabbed the pillow.

Even though I wasn’t able to get revenge on Choi Je-ho last time when he threw a pillow at him, I will definitely do it against this robber… … !

“Mr. Lee Wol, it’s me!”

“Oh, PD-nim?”

The identity of the trespasser was a PD from the UA video team. The PD tilted his head and whispered, then showed me the ‘shhh’ sign.

Something flashed through my mind.

“Is today the day of filming the reality show?”

When I asked the question while holding my breath, the PD just nodded without saying anything.

So the surveillance camera came in. So I told them to unlock my laptop and open the shared calendar!

Didn’t I almost hit the strict PD with a pillow for no reason? I almost did something bad to someone who was already having a hard time going to work at dawn.

The PD said as he came down after installing a camera in the corner of the ceiling.

“Mr. Lee Wol, you should sleep a little more too. We have to take a picture of you waking up anyway.”

“all right.”

… … I said that, but I was already wide awake. So I decided to just pretend to be asleep.

The concept for today’s photoshoot is ‘showing Spark’s raw self’. The goal is to show everything from Spark’s bare face, which has been kept under wraps, to every detail of his accommodations, and his complete daily routine.

I used to not understand the desire to watch other people’s every move, but now I understand. I read a famous quote a while ago.

I want to be a fan of Spark’s fur

Compared to fur, I can show you work over and over again. Fur is… … If science and technology develop a bit more, wouldn’t it be possible? Around the 6th anniversary, we could have a quiz show where you can guess the fur of the members at the fan meeting.

While I was thinking useless thoughts, I heard the camera installation team deciding on a location. I quickly opened the door and went out.

“Excuse me, I have something to ask you.”

“What is it?”

But if it’s reality, fans will expect something real and honest.

I was a bit… … concerned about starting off by saying, ‘Ha, it’s really a bright and sunny morning, isn’t it?’

“Could I change the concept to something like waking up the kids?”

My motion passed easily, and I was able to hold the handle of the frying pan with great familiarity and for the first time in a long time, and turn on the gas stove.

This familiar grip, the feel of moist bread. This is everyday life.

***

‘I wonder what’s going to come up this week.’

Baek Hae-won excitedly turned the pen in front of the desk.

Not long ago, UA even conducted a survey on ‘content you want to see in Spark’, so expectations were even higher. If Lee Wol-i had planned that survey, it would have been a disaster to the company, but fortunately, I heard that wasn’t the case.

‘I hope something awesome comes out, whatever it is.’

Baek Hae-won, who had written ‘Palm Time’ with a desperate desire to participate in the survey, suddenly stood up.

It was because of the SNS notification sound.

spArk_official Do you want to come visit our place?

There’s not much to see…

There are only six men… …

Still, I wish you would come as our first guest!

[Spark] 2X10XX Come play at our place ep.1

‘Is the highly stimulating phrase true?’

I could sense that there were more sparklers after the Awangsil era. Even the big homers who had left home after getting kicked out were starting to eat sparks one by one.

Baek Hae-won, who has always believed that a certain level of order is necessary in fandom, was very happy to see the veterans join the group.

Just look at it now. You were just thinking that the youngest members were talking informally to their older brothers, but aren’t your older sisters opening the dormitory door?

‘Shall we go and do some dog-like fandom…?’

Baek Hae-won just sat down and stood up from the cold chair without any hesitation.

Then, he sat down in the most comfortable position on his soft bed, turned on the charging pad, and accessed MiTube.

The thumbnail was packed with images of Yiwol wearing a black short-sleeved T-shirt and sweatpants, Jeho looking arrogant and opening his jacket, Seongbin stretching, Joo-woo mopping the floor, Cheong-hyeon’s back tapping away at her laptop, and Gi-yeon watering a flower pot.

They’re all dead. I’ll send you some crazy screenshots today. Baek Hae-won smiled sinisterly.