Chapter 146:
Chapter 146
It seemed like they were moving in an organized way…
“They’re making the ads so long.”
“It’s that Yoon Mi-sook drama.”
The members gathered in front of the TV at their dorm, opening snack bags and waiting for the drama to start.
“By the way, I heard from Dong-soo hyung earlier that our ad came out.”
“Did it come from a famous place if Dong-soo hyung told us in advance?”
“I hope so.”
“Hey hey hey, it’s starting.”
“Ouch!”
Kim Hyun jabbed Park Jin-hyuk’s side. Park Jin-hyuk, who was caught off guard, clutched his side and fell to the side.
“Wow, the screen looks like a movie.”
“Wow, Lim Hye-ji…”
“Park Ji-yeon is so pretty…”
The members gaped at the scene where the actress Lim Hye-ji, who played the role of Queen In-hyun, and Park Ji-yeon, who played the role of a concubine, met on the screen.
“Did you hear the background music just now? It’s majestic.”
“But when is Ian coming out?”
“Oh! I think he’s coming out!”
Park Seo-dam hit Jo Tae-woong’s knee anxiously. He was sitting next to her. The scene changed and someone’s back filled the screen.
“Look at Choi Ian’s physique. He could play soccer.”
As soon as Ian’s low voice was heard, Kim Hyun exclaimed and raised his thumb.
“It wasn’t just a teaser.”
“Wow, his voice is no joke. Did he lower it on purpose?”
Ian nodded silently. While he was monitoring the drama with a serious expression, the members didn’t bother him and chatted excitedly among themselves.
The camera slowly moved up from Kim Chun-taek’s feet as he left the palace after meeting the concubine.
With a majestic background music, Ian’s face filled the screen and a caption appeared below.
[Kim Chun-taek, Queen In-hyun’s nephew]
The second episode of the drama ended with Kim Chun-taek finding Kim So-ah and smiling meaningfully. Then the ending OST played and the preview started.
“There he is. The best entrance scene to succeed Prince Soo-yang. This is it.”
“Ian is the ending fairy, the ending fairy.”
“He’s going to be a great actor.”
“Can I be honest? Ian stands out more than Han Dong-jae.”
“I agree.”
As Lee Joo-hyuk and Park Jin-hyuk added their comments, Ian smiled brightly. As expected from Yoon Mi-sook and Park Pyo-hyun’s team, there was nothing weird about his scenes. He looked satisfied as he watched his members with a face that felt like a photo shoot.
“How is it? Do you think it came out well?”
“Yeah. It’s crazy.”
Jo Tae-woong gave him a thumbs up.
“Oh, how rude. Get out of here.”
“My lord! Please give me your number!”
“My lord!”
Park Jin-hyuk pretended to fan himself with a non-existent fan and lifted his head. Then Park Seo-dam and Kim Joo-young grabbed his pants and acted along.
[Why are they making more fuss than him.]
‘Why not? I’m in a good mood.’
Ian watched the skit for a moment and then joined in.
“Who is it? Who has impersonated me?”
“My lord! It’s him!”
“Catch him alive.”
[Good for you. Enjoy this moment. You never know when you’ll become fish eyes~]
Jin sneered.
It had been three years since their debut, and they should have been wilted by now, but they still cared a lot about each other and tried to look after each other.
Was it because Awi became more popular or was it their natural disposition? Ian looked at Jin who was floating in the air.
‘Was Awi like this in the future? How was it?’
[Even though we focused on individual activities, we all renewed our contracts.]
‘Really? It’s not easy to renew contracts for everyone…’
[In our previous life, we had more response overseas. We just had to get together occasionally and do overseas concerts. The agency also took good care of us. It was strictly business.]
He wondered if they could renew their contracts in the future too, but he felt a bit anxious if things would go the same as in his previous life.
His joining could change anything that would happen in the future.
‘It’s only been three years.’
Ian shook off his thoughts.
“Thanks for watching with me, but aren’t we going to get complaints if we do this at our dorm?”
“See you at the company next time.”
Was that his way of saying he wanted to see him again? Ian chuckled bitterly.
They all went to their rooms early because they had a music show recording and a fan signing event at dawn. Ian lay down on the bed after taking a shower, but he couldn’t sleep. He turned on his phone.
The real-time search terms were dominated by ‘Heebin Jangshi’.
-Wow, crazy
-Awesome
-They have to upload that scene from the historical drama right now
-The directing and acting are amazing???????
-Misook… JONNA is delicious…
The internet was the place where the reactions came instantly after ‘Heebin Jangshi’ aired, but there was another place. It was the advertising industry. The staff were busy answering the phone calls that came in after the second episode of ‘Heebin Jangshi’.
“An advertising agency is asking about Ian’s schedule?”
“Yeah? Just let them know… We prefer to send him as a group rather than individually.”
“Okay.”
It was more profitable for the agency to squeeze him in as a group. Seo Suryeon smiled happily at the phone calls. Her phone was also flooded with text messages.
“Director!”
One of the staff who received a call put the phone on the desk and approached Seo Suryeon.
Seo Suryeon’s eyes widened at the staff’s whisper.
“From Cheonghwa Group?”
***
When it was the third week of their music show, Awi opened the door of the van for their radio schedule.
“Oh, it’s Myungjin hyung again?”
“Why, are you disappointed because it’s me?”
Park Dongsoo was the team leader in name only, but he was doing everything that a road manager did. But lately, he had reduced his frequency of following them.
“No, I just haven’t seen Dongsoo hyung lately. Is something going on?”
Something was going on. He must be busy with his love business. Ian snickered, and Kim Myungjin felt goosebumps on his arm as he looked at Ian through the rearview mirror.
‘Don’t ever show any weakness to Ian.’
That was what Park Dongsoo said to Kim Myungjin on the day his relationship was exposed to Ian.
“We’ll have some good news soon. Right, Myungjin hyung?”
“Huh? Uh…”
Ian’s bright smile scared Kim Myungjin and he shivered slightly.
“What is it? What good news?”
“We probably got some schedule, right?”
Thankfully, the other members didn’t make a big deal out of it. Kim Myungjin sighed in relief.
The place where Awi arrived was the radio studio where Park Seodam was the DJ. ‘Visible Idol Radio, Boara!’ was a radio program that was run by an internet portal site.
“Hello!”
The members who opened the door bowed their waists. There were cameras fixed everywhere because it was a visible radio.
“Oh? You came early.”
“Yes, we wanted to see how Seodam works.”
“What should we do…”
The staff looked around with difficulty. They still had a lot to prepare, so they hadn’t even properly prepared the chairs for the guests.
“How many staff members are there?”
Lee Juhyuk glanced at Park Seodam who was busy looking at the script and asked. The staff’s face brightened up when they caught Lee Juhyuk’s intention.
The five members who followed Lee Juhyuk headed to a nearby cafe.
“It’s night time, wouldn’t juice be better than coffee?”
“Sounds good.”
The part-timer who recognized Awi who stood in front of the counter covered his mouth with his hand.
“You can take your time making it.”
“Thank you.”
They ordered a lot of juice and took pictures together, which made the part-timer’s face bright.
The members who ordered their drinks sat down and waited until their drinks were made. The customers nearby were murmuring and taking pictures of Awi, but the members didn’t care because it had become their daily life.
“Can we carry all that? We should have just ordered delivery.”
“Juyoung-ah. This is how you do it. You bring it yourself and say please take good care of our kid.”
“Oh, is that how it is? Is this social life…”
“If you get a schedule like this, we’ll do this for you too.”
“Really?”
Ian and Kim Juyoung high-fived each other.
‘Are we being filmed doing this?’
[Of course.]
Ian clenched his jaw silently. Jo Taewoong’s attitude controversy didn’t die down even when someone brought it up again.
-Awi got a card from Jo Taewoong’s part-timer
The part-time worker’s post did not get much attention and disappeared. The poor part-time worker went to the cafe to prove it, but it was buried as well.
The controversy kept getting dragged up as the same topic reached over 600 comments, but someone’s explanation only got 20 comments.
The busy ones were the members of Awi. They tried to spread the explanation and end the controversy, but it only reignited the original issue and made it bigger.
“Someone seems to be moving in an organized way…”
[You’re probably right.]
“Really? Then…”
“Your drinks are ready!”
“Let’s go.”
I’ll think about it later. Ian got up from his seat and picked up the drink carrier.
***
“Here are your drinks.”
“Please take good care of our Seodam.”
The members who returned to the studio handed out juices to the staff one by one.
“Thanks to Seodam, we get to enjoy this.”
“We did well in hiring him as a DJ. Thank you.”
The radio PD and writer showed their drinks to Park Seodam and toasted in the air. Park Seodam’s ears turned red and he squeaked.
“Ah, hyung! Don’t embarrass me like that! You’re not my parents…”
“Shut your mouth. He’s acting like he’s so good.”
“Park Seodam has a special skill. Changjo!”
Ian called Min Changjo, who was co-hosting the radio with Park Seodam. He was a friend of the same age as Park Seodam, and they became close after ‘Arimpic’. Min Changjo, who was lurking from afar, ran to Ian’s side.
“Have this.”
“Wow, I have one too?”
“Of course.”
“I’m jealous. Our members don’t do this for me… Thank you. I’ll enjoy it, hyungs.”
Min Changjo looked at Park Seodam with envious eyes. Awi had invited A1S members in their previous episode, but they didn’t prepare anything like this.
Rather, it was the Awi members who got angry at Min Changjo’s words.
“Really? They have no sense.”
“We can’t let this go. Hey, gather up, let’s take a picture together.”
“Changjo, smile.”
At Juhyuk’s words, the members gathered around Min Changjo. Ian stretched out his long arm and took a picture.
“Huh… why are you suddenly taking a picture…?”
The members laughed wickedly at Min Changjo, who took a picture with Awi unexpectedly.
“We’ll teach your members a lesson. First, let’s send this picture to our chat room…”
“Should we send it to Junseo hyung?”
Taeung grinned and scrolled through his chat contacts. He was quick to act when it came to teasing someone.
The members who entered the booth for the radio time looked at Park Seodam, who was sitting on the DJ seat, with satisfaction.
“Yes! ‘The idol radio you can see, watch out!’ Today’s guest is…”
“These people are going beyond the trend and becoming the top!”
“Are you saying that with your own mouth?”
“Why? I’m just stating the facts. Yes! We are the group Awi!”
The members waved their hands at the camera that was filming them.
“Hello!”
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