The Malicious Member is Back! - Chapter 197



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The Malicious Member Returns! Episode 197

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The conversation I had with Hobin hyung after much thought was short, but it couldn’t have been more beneficial.

“Oh my, Chun-yong. You look so happy today. Did something good happen?”

“Ah, hahaha. Yeah. That’s a good thing, huh.”

These past few days, the worries that were interfering with my situation of having to focus on repackage activities and ‘finding other guys’ have been completely resolved.

This is it, this is it.

“Please take care of me today too, Sister.”

“Hmm, I’ll work hard. I’m motivated because you and the kids both have nice skin today.”

“Haha, we all did some face masks together last night.”

I smiled brightly at the shop girl who did my hair and makeup.

The more I thought about my conversation with my brother earlier, the better I felt.

When I was with my former manager, Tae-wook, I never imagined that I would be able to hear such good advice from him.

Is this why you need to have a good manager?

“Chun-yong, close your eyes for a moment. I’m going to use an eyebrow razor.”

“Yep.”

I closed my eyes obediently and recalled the conversation I had with Hobin earlier.

“I thought about it. So, Mr. Chun-yong, you want to cheer up your sister right now. Is that right?”

“Oh, when you say it like that, my older sister sounds like a really bad person… but I guess it’s kind of true.”

“So the method you thought of was a tour of the agency or broadcasting station. You might run into Gaon, your favorite person, by chance.”

“Yes. ‘By chance.’”

In my opinion, there needed to be a more sophisticated approach to cheering up angry Bomi.

Now, even if I just randomly deliver the album through a courier or company, it won’t feel sincere.

So, what I thought was, what if I gave him a signed album and also let him meet Gaon senior?

“… It must be difficult, right? I’m sorry, hyung. I feel like I said something unnecessary.”

“Hmm, I see you knew it would be difficult. That must be why you were worried.”

“Ah, yes. Haha, even so… would I just call my family to the broadcasting station or my agency?”

“Yes. Of course, Mr. Chun-Yong wouldn’t do that. I understand.”

Naturally, this method had quite a few limitations.

Even though she is my family, Bomi is an ordinary person, and it is understandable that an ordinary person would meet another idol for whatever reason.

Besides, no matter how friendly and kind he is to me, Gaon Sunbae is still my senior with many years of service left.

I also needed to talk to my senior about whether he was happy to meet his fans in this way.

But right now our group is in the midst of its activities, so there are a lot of parts that are realistically impossible.

That was the reason why I started to worry while the first stage of ‘WoW’ was safely finished and promotions were being held to great acclaim.

In the things I want to do, there are more impossible elements than possible elements.

Then I guess I’ll have to give up.

We have to compromise.

From the beginning, I knew it wouldn’t work.

“Kim Chun-yong, take care of Nari!”

“Sister! Ah, no! No! Please!”

“Go away, you punk! You, you want to die too!? Go! Let go of my hand! … Eek!”

“Ugh! Noona, noona! Noona Bomi!”

well.

I still vividly remember my sister twisting my hand to make me let go as the limousine bus overturned. Is that something that can be done as you wish?

“…hmm.”

“Huh? Does it hurt? It shouldn’t hurt?”

“Oh, no. It’s not that I’m sick, I just have something to think about.”

“Oh, that’s good. Okay. If you’re sleepy, you can sleep for a bit. I’ll go in on the bass.”

“thank you.”

I closed my eyes, listened to the conversation with the makeup artist, and took a deep breath.

Well, anyway.

No matter what, things worked out well.

Because after coming back and working hard enough to die, my ‘good manager’ Hobin hyung found a solution that was a hundred times better than what I had thought of.

“Instead of pretending it was a coincidence, how about we just let it be a real coincidence?”

“…yes?”

“Well, to be exact, we’re not meeting, we’re just seeing each other. Maybe we can catch a glimpse of each other while walking through the bathroom or hallway. Besides, it would be much more natural for Chun-yong to go and meet her.”

“Brother Hobin. I don’t understand what you’re saying….”

“Oh, yes. Sorry. I missed the subject. So… I’m telling you the list of people involved in the year-end music festival.”

“…ah.”

Personnel table.

I couldn’t think of, or need to find, a better way than this.

“Ahem… .”

I tried to suppress the corners of my mouth that were rising without me knowing it, and praised my past self for helping me get a good manager.

Well done, Kim Chun-yong.

It was somewhat rewarding to get grabbed by Jo Tae-wook’s collar, huh?

“Is that really true? No, as far as I know, those aren’t tickets for the idols that appear.”

“In terms of timing, yes. We are busy preparing for the stage, so we don’t often think about sending such tickets to our families. However, it happens more often than you might think. Right now, even Min Si-young sends tickets to her mother without fail.”

“Uh uh… .”

“We start accepting applications for staff members about two weeks before the stage. An official document is sent to each agency. The number is limited, but agencies that have a lot of stage appearances give out more. This is because there are a lot of staff members who are on stage.”

“So, what you’re saying now is….”

“Yes. If Chun Yong and the other members put in just a little bit of effort and achieve good results in this activity, we will be allocated more votes. Not only your older sister’s votes, but your younger sister’s votes as well, right?”

“… This is more motivating than anything I’ve ever heard.”

In the end, everything was connected.

I have to be good to my family, work hard at my activities, get first place, and receive the rookie award.

If you work hard and get good grades, you can get first place.

If you get first place, you will naturally get closer to winning the Rookie of the Year award.

If you win the Rookie of the Year award, the number of times you can perform on the year-end music stages naturally increases.

And then, if that happens, it will turn out to be a good thing for you, as well as for Nari.

Winning the Rookie of the Year award naturally provides a clue to continuing the contract with X, and it definitely helps in ‘finding other guys’.

okay.

In the end, it all goes around and around in one direction.

“Chun-yong, Chun-yong! You shouldn’t laugh now. You’ll get powdered.”

“Ugh, yes. I’m sorry… .”

“Oh my. You, smile like this on stage instead of in front of the mirror. You’ll get 100 more fans.”

“Wow… That’s half of the number of people who pre-recorded our group.”

“Okay. You can open your eyes. I’ll get in line.”

I opened my eyes that my sister had quietly closed and looked at my face on the other side of the mirror.

The trash that used to open its eyes coldly and throw away the self-management that idol members should do, suddenly looked hazy.

All that can be seen in the mirror is Kim Chun-yong, the dance member of T.O.J., who has dyed his red hair darker and is preparing for the next stage and schedule.

Well, Kim Chun-yong is soon to be Rex, the malicious member Rex trash is soon to be Kim Chun-yong… .

“Sister. What do you think about our concept this time?”

I must not forget the duty I have returned to and the work I must do.

“Huh? Suddenly?”

“Yes. My older sister does my makeup. I’m curious to see what it looks like.”

“Uh… If you ask me that. It seems a bit casual for a concept that’s so clear? That kind of feeling. Director Moon also asked me not to use too much makeup. I think they’re really going for casual in this concept.”

“Aha, I see.”

I glanced at the makeup artist who was giggling, saying, “Why are you being so serious today?” and then added as if nothing had happened.

“I like this too. I don’t have to worry about it spreading while I dance, and I don’t have to worry about it touching my face.”

“That was the same during ‘Hide and Seek’ too, right? Oh, was it because of the scar makeup I had on while wearing Gakuran? But that was… a one-time thing.”

“Right, it was a one-time thing. But it was cool. I guess we won’t be doing that kind of thing again this time, right? Because Director Moon told us not to.”

“Oh, of course. Stage makeup is even more so.”

“So, you’re saying that it has to be something that can be removed when going on stage?”

“Huh?”

I stopped drawing the line and stared at the makeup artist, who had a puzzled expression on her face.

Now, he is someone I am quite familiar with and have become close to our members.

There is a reason why they say, “A good sister is good, a good brother-in-law is good.”

“Sister. I told you before that I felt good when I saw a post on SNS praising Logan Hemme. I told you that the perm really suited him.”

“Right… Right? Well, hair isn’t my thing. But anyway, I’m an employee at our shop.”

“How about you get praised this time, too?”

“Huh? Chun-yong. What on earth have you been talking about?”

Now, there are more and more reasons to do well in this ‘WoW’ activity.

The song is good and the choreography is good too.

Then, what remains are the stage and other recognition issues.

“Sister, listen for a minute….”

“Huh? Huh huh… .”

It wasn’t like you could just get first place by being good on stage.

In today’s world filled with promotions and advertisements, it’s impossible to just have a good song and choreography and pray for it to work out.

Then what should I do?

We need to make people see the stage, hear the song, and watch the dance one more time.

Something memorable.

“… What? Is that what you thought, Chun-yong?”

“I think fans like this kind of thing.”

“Huh, huh… Well. I’m sure you’ll like it. … I don’t know if I’ll get scolded by the director!”

“Sister. So are you going to do it or not?”

“… … .”

At my words, the makeup artist rolled her eyes here and there as if she was conflicted about something, then raised her voice as if she had made up her mind.

“… Oh my. Sol-ah, Jeong-sol-ah!”

“Huh? Why are you calling me?”

“Can you go to the stationery store for a bit? After Jaeha’s hair is done.”

“Stationery store…? I could go, but why?”

“Go buy some stickers. The more variety the better. … If they’re like the nicknames of the T.O.J. kids’ animals, that’s even better.”

I finally gave in to my tricks and smiled at the makeup artist, showing her my fangs. I crossed my arms and looked back at myself in the mirror.

Because I finally have a clear idea of ​​the path I should take.

Let’s do what we have to do, properly.