Chapter 113:

Chapter 113:

“Let’s pretend to be friends for a while.”

As soon as I suggested that concisely, Yu-geon’s eyebrows twitched.

“What nonsense are you talking about...?”

Yu-geon snapped back nervously, throwing away even the slightest courtesy.

Good, that’s how it should be.

The more he acted like a brat, pouting and sulking, the easier it was for me to look down on him from a superior position.

“Think about it. Why do you think the fans are fighting? Out of boredom? No way. They think they have to get back the rights and benefits that were taken away from them by that bastard, instead of the idol they support. They think they’re fighting for their idol.”

That was my guess, too. But when I analyzed the several clashes I had with the Floss fandom, they all came down to the same argument.

‘My’ Floss was being infringed by ‘your’ Climax, who had the rightful rights, qualifications, and status that they deserved.

It sounded like nonsense, but they were serious.

It was the same with the comeback schedule incident.

They assumed that Floss was harmed because of Climax, who was a senior in the industry, and they bombarded Climax with fierce attacks.

It was the same with the song, which is still controversial.

A rumor spread that Climax had stolen Floss’s song, and they claimed that ‘we have to protect Floss.’

And the recent friction was also of the same nature.

As Climax rose, the overzealous fandom acted as if Floss’s interests were being violated, and they kept causing trouble.

“So what we have to do is...”

Show them that we’re not enemies, and that we have no reason to fight like this, that we’re allies.

Even if we were enemies in reality, if we had any sense of the company, we wouldn’t have to fight for the same spot in the future.

We didn’t have enough manpower to begin with.

Shim Naru said he was sorry that our activities didn’t overlap, but that was impossible.

No matter how much they neglected Climax, it was impossible for an entertainment company of WePlanet’s size to have two groups active at the same time.

There might be some minor clashes elsewhere, but... the relationship we should aim for was a WIN-WIN model, not a WIN-LOSE model.

“So we have to show them that we don’t need to fight, that we’re allies. Got it?”

“Ha...”

Yu-geon glared at me for a long time, as if he didn’t believe me, and then closed his mouth. If he thought about it with his small and pretty head, it wouldn’t sound like a wrong suggestion.

It would be hard to persuade the whole members to act friendly, but if I could get Yu-geon to pretend to be friendly with us, it would help a little to ease the conflict.

“That’s all you have to say...”

I quickly reached out and grabbed Yu-geon’s right ear.

“Ah, ah...! What are you doing, ouch!”

Yu-geon lowered his head and closed his eyes tightly as I pulled his earlobe.

“Don’t act so immature and think about it.”

And I dragged Yu-geon to the room like that.

I used my desperate social skills to film a video as if I had met Yu-geon by chance, and I also captured him choosing bread with me at the bakery.

When the camera wasn’t on, Yu-geon’s expression changed to ‘Wow, this old fox-like person.’ but I didn’t care.

The ones who greeted us as we came up to the room with a bag of bread, pretending to be friendly...

‘...’

‘...’

They were Seong-won and Kyunghwa, who were sitting in the same pool with swimsuits on, looking at their phones in waterproof bags.

‘That was really... awkward. I wanted to crawl into a mouse hole.’

Yu-geon dropped the bag of bread with a thud, as if he couldn’t believe the scene.

“Well, it’s just me for now. As you know, our team atmosphere is such that we are considerate of each other and respect each other’s opinions. Haha. I think it would be hard to get everyone’s consent.”

In other words, we are not close enough to persuade each other.

“Then, are you the only one who will cooperate with us from Floss?”

Kyunghwa asked with a much more rational expression than before.

“Yes, I guess so.”

And Yu-geon accepted Kyunghwa’s words.

What if Kyunghwa says we don’t need to do this? Unfortunately, we needed this kind of strategy.

We had no reason to clash with the top group that had a powerful fandom, while we were just rising as a new group.

“...”

What are you trying to say? Let’s get this over with! I sent a telepathy to Kyunghwa in my mind.

“Please try to persuade them more. At least two more. Since you all have a lot of personal fans, I think it would help to prevent fandom conflicts if there are at least three members who are friends.”

“What?”

I was surprised by the bold request that I did not expect. What are you talking about, Ryu Kyunghwa?

As I opened my eyes wide, Kyunghwa added calmly.

“It might be hard for us to participate in your content activities because of the difficulty of convincing our members. How about we collaborate officially on our content sometime?”

Of course... It was not a bad suggestion, if it was possible. But would Floss agree?

If we were to produce content, it would be perfect to bring in the manpower needed to repair the country house for the winter.

‘But still... The problem is whether they will agree.’

As I waited for Yu-geon’s reaction, he smiled brightly with a rather cold expression.

“Sounds good. I’ll try to convince them.”

That’s enough for now. I felt Yu-geon’s patience was reaching its limit and stepped in between him and Kyunghwa.

“Come on, let’s call it a day. I’ll take Yu-geon and come back, so get ready.”

I quickly pushed Yu-geon’s back and sent him out to the hallway. There was only one room on this floor, so I didn’t have to worry about anyone else.

“...”

As soon as the door closed, Yu-geon shook off my hand that was holding his arm.

“Ah.”

“Let go.”

“Yes.”

I obediently took Yu-geon to the elevator entrance.

And then I took a deep breath to bring up the topic that I had been worried about but couldn’t say.

I watched the elevator slowly ascend from the ground floor and sighed cautiously.

It wasn’t that I was trying to dig up his weakness on purpose.

The woman who had touched Yu-geon’s shoulder earlier... She looked at least 15 years older than me, no matter how I looked at her.

It couldn’t be some kind of inappropriate relationship, could it? I knew it was none of my business, but I couldn’t help being bothered.

I had also heard from others that popular male idols often received inappropriate offers from big shots, madams, or chaebol heiresses.

“By the way, if you ever get any weird or inappropriate requests...”

He glared at me as if I was crazy.

“What are you talking about? She’s the president of The Classic Entertainment.”

“Oh.”

I uttered a stupid exclamation and he closed the elevator door with an extremely disgusted expression.