Rockstar Again - Chapter 152



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Episode 152. Our night is more beautiful than your day (5)

‘Look at this kid?’

Nuclear Woojae kept smiling as he looked at the man behind him in the mirror.

It’s not like I’m laughing because I like it.

It is a laughter that comes from recognizing oneself as strong.

I feel really bad.

When have you experienced something like this since Nuclear became the top idol group in Asia beyond Korea?

Because everyone was busy looking around.

It was the same for both seniors and juniors.

Ranking people based on their debut dates is something you only do in the beginning.

After a certain period of time, the entertainment world’s upper and lower classes are divided into statuses.

Awareness.

Fandom size.

Award winning.

The amount of income earned.

So even the comparison with NBD9 that the media has started making recently was funny to Woojae.

Where, you’re talking about a group that came from an audition and was made up of rags and only won first place a few times?

How much have they accomplished?

Exactly that kind of feeling.

Come to think of it, I always meet idiots when I come to this beauty salon.

Not long ago, I met a guy named NBD9, the leader of that trashy group.

Woojae deliberately ignored the tall, handsome guy glaring at him and asked the beauty salon owner.

“Minwoo hyung, did you have a reservation?”

“Huh? Haha… … .”

The person asking the question just laughs awkwardly instead of answering.

That turned out to be the answer.

I did have a reservation, you know.

But it’s funny to just get up like that.

Let me make it clear once again, Woojae wasn’t just an idol, he was Woojae of Nuclear.

Woojae took his eyes off the beauty salon owner who was trying to cover it up with a smile and looked at the tall, shameless guy.

“Minwoo hyung said he doesn’t have a reservation?”

If you can’t answer, then you don’t have a reservation.

And one more thing.

“You were that… … Lee Dong… … what was it? Anyway, aren’t you a member of that group that debuted a while ago… called Blue or something? Right? I’m from Nuclear, and it’s fate that we met like this, so it’s nice to meet you.”

Woojae gave a slight nod through the mirror.

No matter how much it’s been shining recently, this is Nuclear and a senior.

I think you understand by now.

* * *

“What is Nuclear?”

I deliberately pretended not to know.

The intention is too obvious.

They’re trying to pick on me by saying things like seniority and juniority.

If you say you know, the situation will progress to something like, “Oh, hello, senior.”

“You don’t know? Really?”

Is this kid laughing again?

“I don’t know. So get up.”

It’s not that I have no hierarchy.

I’m not saying this because Choi Dong-hae, the godfather of Korean rock and a respected giant in the music industry, is my younger brother.

That’s because we have an old relationship, I always think of myself as 21-year-old Lee Dong-ha.

So, I just act according to my age when it comes to people I meet in this era.

That’s why Soo-chan calls his brother “hyung” even after telling him about time slip.

Anyway, that’s why I pretended not to know because I knew that if I said I knew, I would get caught up in the seniority/juniority thing.

He saw me like that and chuckled. He looked at the beauty salon owner and said.

“Hyung. I need to bleach my hair instead of just spiking it. I don’t like the color. Will it take some time?”

This is what I don’t like.

The opponent is sitting and taking the chair first.

I am standing.

It seems like the initiative has been taken away, but this kid is avoiding it well because he has experience.

In dramas and such, they seem to be very good at talking softly… … .

Now that I’m about to have my beauty salon fight debut, I can’t really think of what to say.

When I see the beauty salon owner smiling awkwardly next to me, I feel a bit resentful for no reason.

In times like this, I have a reservation so I can’t speak up, but you have to do something so that I can say something.

When I look at the director, he nods slightly as if he is sorry.

“Dongha… … Just come out… … .”

I also don’t like Suchan hyung who grabs my collar from the side.

In times like this, you should take my side.

We made a reservation, why was it taken away?

As my thoughts reached that point, the link of reason within me snapped.

No… … Maybe it’s me.

Maybe there was no such thing as reason in the first place… …?

My instinctive actions brought chaos to the beauty salon.

“… … What is that… … ?”

“Wow… … Damn, these two great enemies are fighting each other… … .”

“Crazy. I’ve seen a lot of cat fights while working at a hair salon, but this is the first time I’ve seen anything like this… … .”

“oh my god…….”

Click―.

Among the chatter of salon staff and customers, I could hear the sound of people taking pictures with their cell phones.

“… … You… … What… … What, what are you doing?”

Woo Jae-ran also stuttered for the first time in embarrassment.

A smile finally appears on my face.

I opened my mouth, looking at the director in the mirror, not at that bastard like that rascal yellow hair.

“Hyung, I’ll just give you a light cut.”

The eye level of the director facing the mirror is not that different.

Even though the director is standing and I am sitting… … .

I guess it’s because I’m sitting on something.

“Hey… … this crazy… … won’t you come down?”

Nuclear Woojae twists his knees and exerts force.

I held on to the armrest of the beauty salon with all my might.

“What the X! I got here first. So this is my seat.”

There is one chair.

There are two people who want to sit down.

The punk who sat down before me without a reservation.

Then I only have one choice.

“Wow… … Just sitting there… … .”

“It’s so fucking awesome, but it’s so damn cool… … .”

I’m sitting with my butt on Woojae’s lap.

* * *

Nuclear Woojae, who returned to the car, threw off the jacket he was wearing despite the hot weather.

“Isn’t that kid crazy?”

“I was crazy… … .”

“No way! Who the hell asked me to do that?!”

It’s really difficult at times like this.

If you respond, they’ll yell at you for responding, and if you don’t, they’ll yell at you for not saying anything.

In the first place, the job of a manager is to clean up after a celebrity.

At times like this, I also feel a sense of self-loathing.

Nuclear’s manager, Hyuk-soo, silently picked up Woo-jae’s jacket that was thrown in the corner of the car.

“Wow… …! I guess I’ve been in the entertainment industry for a really long time. Right?”

“… … .”

“answer!”

“Huh? Huh… … .”

“I’ve actually met such a crazy asshole in my life.”

Although I didn’t work as a manager for long, it was my first time seeing it from Hyuk-soo’s perspective.

“That’s right… … Sit there… … Phew… … !”

I couldn’t help but think back to earlier and barely managed to stop myself from laughing by raising my hand.

Let’s take a quick look and see Woojae with his eyes wide open.

“Funny?”

“… … .”

“Are you kidding me?”

After shouting like that, Woojae himself suddenly opens his mouth.

‘It’s funny to think about it too… … .’

That’s true.

If you didn’t laugh when you saw that situation, are you even human?

There are several factors that stimulate human laughter, and this is the most primal laughter.

Does this make sense? Laughter that comes from the absurdity of the situation.

Even from Woojae’s perspective, it was so absurd that he almost burst out laughing. But it wasn’t a situation that could be laughed off.

Woojae barely controlled his own face and expressed his anger.

“This little shit. I really need to step on the dog.”

A while ago, when the company told me to match the comeback period with Blue Porcelain’s second album, I was honestly shocked and upset.

Even though they ate up the first half of the year, we still have that feeling of being nuclei.

But my motivation is rising.

Woojae gritted his teeth and spat out heavily.

“A lion uses all its might to catch a fly.”

“… … .”

“answer!”

He’s yelling at me, but I don’t know what to say or how to respond in this situation.

Hyuk-soo thought it would be nice if someone could tell him.

However, the rhythm must be right.

The reason I answer is that I should remain still, but if you shout at me to answer, I have to say something even if it’s something I didn’t say.

Hyuk-soo tried his best to come up with an answer.

“That’s right. That’s what I saw in the documentary… … But do lions catch flies?”

“hey!”

When Woojae shouted, Hyuksu shrank his neck.

It was a bit harsh.

Even though they are successful idols and managers who are like bosses and servants, Hyuk-soo is the older brother.

It’s scary to even think about it.

It’s not because Woojae is good at fighting or anything.

In this situation, if you clash with Woojae, it’s obvious that everyone will take Woojae’s side.

In severe cases, you might even get kicked out of the company.

Hyuk-soo lowered his head as usual.

“sorry…….”

anyway.

It’s a good thing Woojae caught fire.

When it gets to the point where it’s nuclear… … the company starts to lose control.

So, it is difficult for the company to control the release date of the album, but looking at the current situation, it seems like even if the company tries to stop him, he will step forward and say that he will match the release date.

‘The chief will like it… … .’

Hyuksoo decided to just empty his mind and think positively.

If Woojae says he’ll match the release date, he’ll match it.

They say it’s Nuclear’s fault though.

In the first place, it was Woojae’s nuclear.

An idol who is produced and participates in the production of an album.

That was Woojae.

* * *

“Dongha-ya.”

Suchan, who was sitting in the driver’s seat, quietly called my name.

“huh?”

“You really… … make it so hard for me. Do you know that?”

I don’t know.

I thought that someone like me would be a really good singer and a really good younger brother.

I just smiled as I remembered what happened earlier.

“You’re definitely not normal. I never imagined you’d sit on that… … Really.”

“Was I okay earlier? Did you see him wagging his tail and running away?”

“It’s not that I went there because I thought I’d see something worse if I stayed longer.”

“That’s a win for me.”

I can’t help but laugh again.

to be honest.

I won my rights peacefully, right?

Did I beat him up like other rockers or did I cause a scene?

I was just sitting in my seat?

“I’m a genius… … hahaha… … .”

When I laugh, Suchan laughs along.

People may think I act arbitrarily, but I really do my best and act calculatedly.

Look at that earlier too.

The only way I could win in that situation.

Just like in that old movie I saw a while ago, I found the only way to win among tens of thousands of possible losing scenarios.

I am this kind of man.

I’m sitting in the passenger seat because the two of us are moving.

I lowered the sun visor and checked my hair in the mirror. My hair looked fine.

It’s a good day for one reason or another.

“As expected, Suchan hyung always makes me happy.”

“… … Then that’s fortunate.”

“Look. I was feeling suffocated, so I said I wanted to go to the hair salon, so I just came. How fun is that?”

“But do you know he’s your senior?”

“You know. I’m not a person without hierarchy. If he hadn’t acted so rudely, we would have just greeted each other and said, “Yes, yes.”

This time, my words seem to have been somewhat persuasive.

Suchan nodded slightly as he turned the steering wheel.

Then, he sat quietly… … deep in thought, and then suddenly opened his mouth as if an idea had occurred to him.

“I’m talking about Tsuenter. Didn’t the CEO there say that he wasn’t on good terms with the members?”

“That’s right. Choi Tae-ho. I’ve seen him once too. He’s the guy who got kicked out when I joined the hyungs.”

“Really? Anyway… … So that’s why… … They said they’re preparing Nuclear for our second album. They’re saying they’ll step on it.”

“Nuclear? The group with that punk from earlier?”

“uh.”

“How do you know that, hyung? Or are you saying that you know when we’re going to make our second album?”

Suchan smiled dryly at my words.

“Where can there be any secrets in this world? We are making our second album as fast as possible. Rumors have already spread… … .”

“Why do you say that so weakly?”

As I spoke, the car gently stopped at the signal.

Suchan hyung takes out his cell phone without saying a word.

And with a few touches, he handed it to me and I took it and checked it.

[picture]

The scene from earlier has been captured in a photo and uploaded to Stargram.

A picture of me sitting on that guy Woojae’s lap.

[#Nuclear #Woojae #BluePorcelain #LeeDongHa #NothingToSay]

With vague tags.

It came out well.

I’m laughing out loud.

As I was about to say something, Suchan smiled weakly and started driving again.

“They say there are no secrets these days… … .”

Rockstar Again Episode 153