Chapter 48:

Chapter 48:

Chapter 48

I don’t want to be a parachute!

“Hello.”

“Huh...”

“Wow... hello.”

As Ian entered the shooting site for the advertisement, the staff members gasped.

“Wow... he’s so handsome.”

“Didn’t we choose our model so well?”

“The camera can’t capture his real beauty. It’s no joke.”

Not only the advertisement staff, but also the employees from Star Hearing headquarters looked at Ian with admiration.

Especially, Team Leader Jeon Eun-ji was so stiff that she almost fell backwards.

“Team Leader, snap out of it.”

“Huh...? What...?”

The staff members moved busily.

They gathered around Ian.

Team Leader Jeon Eun-ji also approached Ian with the advertisement planner.

“You’re here so early. We’re still far from starting the shooting.”

“I guess I’m too excited for my first advertisement. Has Mr. Lee Young-gil not arrived yet?”

“Ah, he’s so cute, I’m going crazy...”

As Ian smiled softly and spoke, Team Leader Jeon Eun-ji blurted out what she was thinking in her mind.

Suddenly, all the staff members stopped talking and looked at her.

“Did I say that out loud?”

“Haha! This is Team Leader Jeon Eun-ji from Star Hearing headquarters. She’s a fan of yours, Ian.”

The Star Hearing employee who came with Jeon Eun-ji tried to smooth things over. Ian smiled at Jeon Eun-ji and said,

“Oh, then it’s thanks to you that I got to do my first advertisement...?”

“Gasp... no, it’s not. It’s all because you’re so good...”

Jeon Eun-ji’s face turned bright red. She tried to cool down her face by fanning it with her hand.

“Thank you so much. Maybe I can give you an autograph later...”

But Ian’s smile and gratitude combo made her face red again. The people around Jeon Eun-ji laughed.

“Mr. Lee Young-gil is here!”

At the shout of a staff member, everyone rushed to greet Lee Young-gil. Ian also ran to him and bowed.

“Hello, sir! I’m Choi Ian, who will be shooting the advertisement with you.”

“Nice to meet you. You’re very handsome.”

Lee Young-gil smiled kindly and patted Ian’s shoulder.

“I watched your drama very well.”

“Wow... you did?”

“Of course.”

Lee Young-gil had a hobby of monitoring other dramas while he was busy with his schedule.

The shooting preparation was still in progress, so Ian and Lee Young-gil sat on the chairs prepared by the staff and chatted.

“Then, did you also listen to our song?”

“I heard it on New Year’s Day with ‘Along with Legends’. I watched it very well. You sing well and act well.”

“Wow... thank you. I’m also watching your works very well.”

Ian smiled happily at the compliment.

The camera that was filming the behind-the-scenes captured that scene.

“Then, do you remember Tae-woong? He debuted in the same group as me.”

“Tae-woong? Jo Tae-woong? Oh yeah, I know him. He was a very cheeky kid.”

“Cheeky?”

Lee Young-gil laughed as he remembered acting with Jo Tae-woong.

“He was a kid, so I tried to be nice to him even if he couldn’t act well, but he came to me first and talked to me cheekily.”

“What did he say?”

“Don’t discriminate me from other hyungs and noonas and tell me if I did something wrong, okay? That’s when I realized that I was discriminating him because he was a child actor. He was a proper actor even though he was young.”

“Wow...”

[He’s something.]

Jin flew around and said.

“Well, there was also an article saying that Ian’s drama got a global OTT contract and exported to 13 countries... It seems like it will increase more.”

“That’s good news, but...”

Still, it felt awkward when only one member rose up. The representative stroked his chin and said.

“Did Jin-hyuk go to film ‘Idol Rapper’?”

“Yes, sigh... But it’s weird there too...”

“Why?”

“They know how to make money after I-One... They did another survival show.”

“Did that end already?”

Lee Byung-hun and the planning team staff sighed deeply.

***

‘Idol Rapper’ PD Lee Jong-soo sat slanted on his chair, watching the cast film with a dissatisfied look.

Co-PD Kang Byung-in was busy pushing one person.

“Our Choice’s Lim Ji-hoon! You were the runner-up on ‘Idol Choice’, right?”

At Kang Byung-in PD’s gesture, the host read the script.

Lim Ji-hoon of idol group ‘Choice’ was a survivor of ‘Idol Choice’, a survival program that recruited ordinary people to compete against idols, after Project Idol.

“Thank you very much for voting for me...”

“You came out on rap survival right away, are you okay?”

‘Project Idol’ was a survival program that received applications from trainees of existing agencies, so the revenue structure was divided by the broadcasting company and each agency.

After I-One became a hit, N-Net was bitter and launched a survival program called ‘Idol Choice’, where they set up their own idol agency and recruited ordinary people to take all the profits.

‘Ah, I’m bored.’

Park Jin-hyuk thought so, but he didn’t stop smiling.

He never knew when he would get in trouble.

That was Kim Hyun’s advice.

“I’ll be back in a bit.”

At the assistant director’s words, Park Jin-hyuk got up as if he was frustrated.

“Seon, do you want to go get something to drink?”

“Oh, I’ll just stay here.”

“Really? Then I’ll bring you some water.”

“Thank you, hyung.”

Park Seon of Mykit, who appeared with Park Jin-hyuk, looked nervous and pale.

“Min-hoo hyung, do you want anything to eat?”

“No, I’m good. Thank you.”

Seo Min-hoo, the rapper of MOM who appeared with Park Jin-hyuk on ‘With Legends’, also appeared with Park Jin-hyuk.

Park Jin-hyuk and Seo Min-hoo became close thanks to ‘With Legends’.

Lim Ji-hoon of Choice was having a friendly conversation with Kang Byung-in PD. Park Jin-hyuk glanced at them and left the set.

***

“Fuck, I didn’t like Kang Byung-in from the start.”

PD Lee Jong-soo threw away his empty coffee can nervously.

The coffee can went into the trash can nicely.

The planning of ‘Idol Rapper’ was started by PD Lee Jong-soo first.

The plan to show that idol rappers are as good as underground rappers turned into a mediocre idol survival show after Kang Byung-in PD joined in.

“This PD is patient. Kang PD is making waves at headquarters right now.”

“He has no skills but only does politics. Why should I listen to him?”

PD Lee Jong-soo snorted at the assistant director’s dissuasion.

The problem was that ‘Idol Choice’ did not have as much impact as Project Idol.

The ratings were in decimal points and the buzz was minimal, so N-Net pushed Choice into their own programs everywhere to promote them.

“There’s nothing we can do about it.”

“No! I don’t want to put that parachute on my show!”

“It’s a headquarters decision. What can you do about it... Just give them some airtime.”

“How can I package Lim Ji-hoon? He has no rap skills... Ah shit... Should I quit?”

“Oh my god PD-nim you already started filming... Let’s just get through this one. Okay?”

The assistant director was sweating nervously at PD Lee’s rant.

The atmosphere at headquarters was already bad because ‘Idol Choice’, which cost a lot of money, did not perform as expected.

And in the bathroom, Park Jin-hyuk, who overheard their conversation, was shining his eyes, and they didn’t notice it at all.