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I felt awkward from the time I first met and talked to an official of the agency.

He worked in the planning and marketing team of another affiliate of T1, and was appointed as the head of the headquarters.

In short, this is the head of the agency's business division, and he has no experience in the entertainment business.

"Foot X."

Fortunately, the people in the content production team underneath seem to have been set up as experienced people, but they say strange things about what he meant.

"The world view?"

"Most idols who are aiming for global fandom have a world view these days. Huh? All the young people... You like animated films."

“…….”

There was a strong wind in vain.

World view? That's nice.

I heard you're releasing a new song within a month. Should I talk about the worldview first? Even if it's a single, we need to talk about the song right away.

And TeSTAR wasn't in a hurry to see the world.

"I made all the characters and stories with the audition, but why are you freezing to death?"…’

As far as I know, the worldview is about giving content for fans to immerse themselves in and play with, but "Ajusa" itself is already digesting such content.

In addition, the members had already gone through the debut process, taking care of their public awareness and finishing their positioning.

This means that the agency only needs to bring popular songs, sophisticated choreography, and costumes.

It didn't matter if you set the framework for the worldview and slowly build it up while preparing for the next album.

"Did you watch a lecture?"

Recently, agencies have been appealing their own capabilities due to stock issues, so he seemed to have been harsh because he kept raising his worldview like a huge centennial.

"It's your own experience."’

What's more crazy is that I work hard even though I don't know.

"…we?"

"Yeah! You were good on the show."

The head of the headquarters praised each member, saying that he "watched" "Aju Temple" diligently, and brought up a bombshell.

"Well, I'm telling you right now. We're going to do two songs.”

“……?!”

"But I'm only going to sing one song at the company. Are we going to have a talented tester take charge of the other song?"

Of course, he will confirm and revise it himself.

"It'd be nice to do it like this, to fit our world view, wouldn't Self-produced!

Self-produced idols are the trend, blah blah....

I want to do everything others say I like This is it.

The image of a new "autonomous and hip" agency seemed to be coveted.

Naturally, the members were embarrassed, but it wasn't as obvious as those who safely completed "Ajusa," which is full of Kwon's tricks.

"Oh, thank you very much...… Our capabilities alone may be difficult."

"Hmm~ Of course, all the employees do it together. You can do whatever you want! Uh, the artist's creativity, the inspiration, the kind of thing you know, that's what I'm saying

"Yes……"

Ryu Chung-woo, who was trying to fix it, swallowed his words with a bitter smile because the person who is more than 20 years older is determined.

Kim Raebin already looks blank.

‘You're out of your mind.’

While thinking about what to do, he seemed to be mesmerized by the heavy workload compared to the period.

"Come on, we have a lot of work to do, so we have to get up now, right?”

"Yes, yes."

The general manager left after saying what he wanted to say. It was visible that he was pleased that he took the time to take care of "TeSTAR."

"…was the CEO also the nephew of the owner of T1?"

The future is already pictured.

'... It's going to be hard if we don't get first place with open speed.’

Looking back, I should have guessed from the time when I suddenly created a new agency, saying that I would intercept the debut group of "Ajusa" in T1.

'It's a yard where you fight and take it away... Of course, I wouldn't have been able to take over the preparations for my debut album.'

Thanks to this, we have to make a new album right away.

In addition, as a person who is not familiar with the industry is sitting on the working-level staff, dog noises are rampant and the deadline is extremely short.

'Well, I really want to quit.’

…again, I vowed not to expect much from this company.

The situation was the same in subsequent meetings with several people from the content production team and the A&R team under the production room.

These people haven't had any results yet.

‥in fact, it was understandable. It's been less than two weeks since this agency was launched.

"Well… First of all, our worldview will go with the 'school' motif."

"Oh, yes."

"Please focus on that well...."

There was little benefit except that the worldview was related to schools.

"Of course, I'm not saying that you should make a song at all. We'll send you the candidate songs as soon as we get the final confirmation, so please take a look."

"Yes!"

"What's the period?"

"Oh, well… I'll be there in two days."

Fortunately, these people were basically fond of TeSTAR members.

'Thanks to the nationwide successful auditions, too.’

Basically, the treatment was more personal as personal favor was added to the guaranteed group.

"You're asking a lot of our opinions."

Keun Sejin came out of the meeting and said this.

"Wow, isn't it supposed to be ah?"

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

Unexpectedly, Cha Yujin and Kim Raebin responded violently. Sun Ah-hyun was surprised.

"You're not listening!"

"They don't give me a say at all. It's a virtue to just follow the directions and work hard!"

"Uh, uh....”

Cha Yujin and Kim Raebin seemed to have a lot of things piled up because they were fallen down after recording their debut song at their former agency.

"That agency was really popular. Maybe... Did the main idol fail because he filed a lawsuit over a fraudulent contract?’

The two also seemed to have left their agency and appeared in an audition program as they were caught up in the process.

"I'm worried about some things, but it's a good environment to try hard. Let's do it well."

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

Ryu Chung-woo smiled and checked the number of members and got in the car.

There was little talk, but it was almost certain that Ryu Chung-woo was the leader.

First of all, Lee Se-jin, the oldest person of the same age, was not enough to be a leader, and the agency prefers the elder to be the leader.

I'm sure you'll go through a plausible process through reality... It's almost definite.

I had no complaints.

"Your house is nice~..." Oh?"

"Why?"

"Picking dolls!"

Cha Yu-jin first went into the living room and ran after seeing the claw machine.

It seems that the head of the headquarters called people early in the morning and forgot that it was there because he was half asleep.

"Thanks to you, the reaction is real."’

I also went to the neighborhood to look. Cameras were installed inside and outside the machine.

The robot vacuum cleaner reappeared and handed over the card. It means that you should roughly pick a doll and carry out the mission inside.

"Hmm, 'Each doll has an anonymous mission from a tester member'... Oh, I wonder."

"Let's pick one!"

Most of the members clung to the machine with excitement. First of all, Cha Yujin, who took the steering wheel first, controlled it.

"Yes!"

The result was a disastrous failure.

"…the machine is weird."

"Leave it to me∼”

Keun Se-jin took over the joystick from depressed Cha Yu-jin and moved excitedly. And likewise failed.

"That's right. The machine is weird.”

Since then, countless feasts of failure have continued.

I politely declined the next batter, amid poor excuses from those who couldn't accept the result.

"It's annoying."

If you turn around, someone will pick you.

And it was Lee Se-jin who grabbed the joystick.

"…What do you want me to pick?"

"Rabbit!"

"Go, puppy...….”

And Lee Se-jin succeeded in drawing at once.

“……!”

The moment the back of the furry brown rabbit's head fell on the outlet, people accepted the result.

"Wow, wow!"

"You're so dexterous."

"This was something you could pull out at once."

"Can I pick another one?"

But the claw machine had already stopped working.

Perhaps it was a home machine designed to stop automatically when one was pulled out.

After Kim Rae-bin, who murmured that he would pick it tomorrow, the members flocked to the rabbit doll.

When I turned the doll over, a card was attached to my stomach.

"Well, then, who wrote what...….”

“…….”

"…is it you?"

"Hey, don't tell me."

Keun Sejin waved his hand. He was full of confidence that he wrote down more usable content.

And Ryu Chung-woo replied mildly.

"Oh, it's me."

"…Wow! That sounds fun. Horror movies!"

"Gi, I'm looking forward to...!”

The embroidery of the elderly, who are not very close, urgently created a mild atmosphere.

Eventually, I spent the evening watching a horror movie. I spilled the movie focusing on popcorn. Screaming rang a goal.

It was a waste of time, but I felt comfortable.

And the next day, early in the morning, the demo versions of the debut title song arrived.

It was a time of physical distress.

* * *

"My ears hurt."

It was Yujin's remarks after listening to all the demo songs 20 times with the volume on.

Almost everyone except Kim Rae-bin agreed vaguely with that comment. It means only nodded.

Those who were enthusiastic about the idea of their own song were exhausted after hours of excessive attention and listening to the song.

"…I don't think there will be much change anymore, so let's do the first round of show of hands.”

"Yes~"

"Then starting with number one."

I went to the last 11.

There was a general tendency. It was similar to what I had already seen while conducting "Ajusa".

First of all, Seon Ahyun and Ryu Chung-woo preferred medium tempo. Seon Ahyun especially liked lyrical songs.

And Kim Raebin and Cha Yujin preferred songs with strong bases and rhythmical.

Keun Sejin chose a trendy genre. And I only raised my hand to what melody is catchy.

Lee Sejin raised his hand for one song. I'm the only one left... I just picked something nice to listen to.

It was a situation where it was okay.

This is because this characteristic was selected through the "Successful Stage" pop-up that was launched during the live broadcast of the last episode of "Ajusa."

[Characteristic: Ears that steal (A)]

I think this song will do well

: Masterpiece discrimination +200%

It was rated A.

It stopped and floated in the platinum compartment, which was one for every ten compartments in the slot.

I had to keep this even if I didn't think about the grade.’

If you're in the music business, you don't have the properties to use like this.

Thanks to this, he abandoned the characteristic of "I want to be a center" that raised his talent stat to the next level, but it was worth it.

In fact, I thought about throwing away "It sounds right," but I kept it for now because I thought it could be used in various situations.

"I filled up my talent stats by practicing and performing at the finals, so that's enough."

So my current status window is like this.

The problem is that the ability to distinguish songs this time is not added to the fixed amount, but to the fixed amount.

"If I just goof off in the first place, it means that the rising value is ambiguous."’

I don't know because I've never been very conscious of it, but it was amplified to 300%, so I thought it would work to some extent.

So the song I chose...….

"Then, will you choose 7 for Mundo?"

"Yes."

There's only one number seven.

The song was somewhat dreamy, with its trendy beat and popular melody, which was uniquely pleasing to the ear.

The rest were weak.’

The development was slow or quickly fed up. I don't know the theory of music, I just believed in the "ear" and judged it.

Still, Kim Raebin's eyes shone, as if they were plausible.

"I think you have good hearing. Number 7 is the most complete.”

"Raebin, you're mean. You don't like it?"

"Oh, no, I don't mean...….”

When Kim Raebin sweated at the joke of Keun Se-jin, Ryu Chung-woo smiled and organized the situation.

"Then there are two and seven left. Let's focus on these two songs."

"Yes~"

Number 2 was an R&B style easy to listen to.

I didn't raise my hand because I got sick of it quickly.’

Anyway, everyone seemed exhausted and agreed without saying a word.

'I'll have to push 7 more times next time.’

As soon as I finished the morning like that, the call came back.

It was a meeting with the content production team. I heard that the title song made by the company was selected.

'...Isn't it right to discuss songs with A&R team?’

I had a bad feeling this time, but I couldn't avoid it.

And the song that they brought out...…

"What do you think? It's okay, right?"

"…yes."

The song was good.

The problem is that the concept of the baseball team was brought to the disco...….

It's making me crazy.