Chapter 214

Chapter 214

Yoo Won-Dong opened the conference room door and came inside.

“Hello, Director Yoo!”

“Ah...hahaha.”

“Sir, you’re still here...at this late hour.”

“...Hahahaha.”

Then the members got up in a hurry and greeted Director Yoo Won-Dong. I knew exactly what type of situation this was.

‘It’s like when a clueless adult joins a group of kids playing with each other.’

A situation that was not helpful to anyone unfolded, but Yoo Won-Dong looked at us with a proud face.

“It’s good to see...you guys working together for a better future like this.” He looked thoroughly impressed by us. Did he originally have this kind of character? He seemed like a indifferent businessman through and through, but he suddenly seemed like a girl full of sentimental emotions.

He asked, “What kind of meeting were you guys having? May I hear the agenda for today’s meeting?”

“Oh...it’s not so grand to be an agenda...But we were gathered here to brainstorm our follow-up concept and ideas.”

“Follow-up activities?”

“Yes.”

“But I haven’t approved the budget yet.”

“Oh, but I heard that the plan was in the process of being reviewed, so we were planning to set a more detailed concept with the approval in mind.” Yeon-Hoon answered Yoo Won-Dong’s questions one by one as the group leader.

Yoo Won-Dong looked a bit concerned that we were having a meeting when the budget hadn’t been reviewed yet as his expression darkened.

‘Come on, there’s no way they won’t approve our follow-up activities.’ Although it would need a substantial amount of budget, there was a good probability that it would be approved as we just needed to produce results by getting a Triple Crown. This company as well as Yoo Won-Dong were not fixated on making a lot of sales. Since there were many affiliates in Jaeil Group that made much better money, there was no need for Next Wave to also work harder in producing sales.

Since this business was just beginning, it was more important to show tangible results in the entertainment industry than sales. Therefore, it was no means a losing business to support our efforts to get the Triple Crown all-kill. When I had a one on one meeting with Yoo Won-Dong before, it was this part that I tried to appeal to him.

Yoo Won-Dong also seemed to agree with me. So I was sure that the word, ‘no’, wouldn’t come out of his money, but at the same time, I thought, ‘I don’t know yet.’

There was nothing that was 100% sure. Then Yoo Won-Dong said, “Let’s do it. Let’s burn 700 million won.” He said to spend 700 million won with a big smile.

“Oh!”

“Really?”

“Wow!”

“Wow, our budget is 700 million won...”

In the end, Yoo Won-Dong approved our budget here. If he was going to easily approve it like this, I wondered why he hadn’t approved it before. Then he said, “How much time do we have to prepare for the music video or marketing activities?”

“I think we have about three weeks left.”

“Hmm, the schedule is tight.”

“But I think it’s a sufficient time frame if we just push hard enough.”

“Let’s first work out the detailed timeline with the working-level staff and...May I hear what concept you want to do?”

“...What?”

“Oh, I’m not telling you to present it to me, but I want to listen to you guys brainstorming from the side. Please relax and take it easy.” There was no way he didn’t know that the moment he told us to relax and take it easy, we could do anything but that. When Yoo Won-Dong sat down with his butt on top of the chair, a tense air formed between my members and me. It was a mutual rescue request for someone to step forward and resolve this dilemma.

But if we actually did this, I was sure he would tell us there was not enough money. Anyway, I was glad to at least hear him say this.

“Then I’ll be going. You don’t have to come out. It’s getting late so make sure you guys don’t push yourselves too hard and go back to your dorms.” Even though I had no plans to see him off, I was glad that I didn’t have to go out. Like this, Yoo Won-Dong left the conference room satisfied.

Sigh...

“I was really surprised...”

“Haaa.”

The members were finally able to relax after Yoo Won-Dong left and drooped down to their chairs. However, we couldn’t end things on this note and brought up our energy again.

“Shall we...finish our meeting?”

“Yeah.”

“We got this!”

We began the concept meeting, which could be said to be the main topic of today’s meeting.

***

When the next day came, we shared yesterday’s meeting content with Ms. Seung-Yeon, Ms. Hyuna, and the A&R team, including the fact that Yoo Won-Dong came and approved the 700 million won budget. Sure enough, everyone said they were surprised to find that the budget had been approved when they came to work in the morning.

Anyway, now that we got the money and a rough sketch of the concept had been laid out, there was no need to delay our activities now. Furthermore, the song was already out. Now that the biggest and steepest mountains have been climbed, it was time to splurge on the money.

“We’ll pick a list of companies and get some proposals for this pop-up zone today.” First of all, we were going to quickly decide on the company that would create the pop-up zone that Yoo Won-Dong loved so much.

“Shall we go with the music video director who worked on the title song? They are probably free right now as they are always posting themselves playing on social media.”

“Yes, that sounds great!”

“That director is really good at directing.”

“Yeah, I think so too.”

The music video director was also quickly decided. The outfit sponsorships, makeup proposals, and outfit proposals were quickly decided based on big data accumulated by the working-level staff. Overall, since people who were knowledgeable about the work and infrastructure for the entertainment industry were gathered, the work proceeded quickly. Since we had enough money and the direction was clear with expert human resources, everything was smooth sailing.

The only problem was that the meeting, which started at 10 a.m., continued until 10 p.m. because everyone was so passionate. When we left the company after the meeting, the members looked at the pitch-black streets and murmured:

“...Is this magic?”

“The day...disappeared?”

“Who used the Time Stone? Come out and quickly reveal yourself.”

But we had a meaningful day, so we were satisfied by that.

“Let’s go home first~” Yeon-Hoon said while going down the parking lot. After that, we all got on the junk van that we always took.

“Let’s go home, wash up, and go to bed. We have to work tomorrow too.”

“It feels like we’ve been robbed of a holiday.”

“It’s okay. It’s not too late to take a break after we die!”

“...Yeon-Hoon?”

On our way back to the dorm, I habitually went into Bluebird to monitor responses. I wondered what kind of issues there were in the entertainment industry these days. However, what I saw as soon as I went in was—

—Bleshu’s teaser is out.

It was a teaser for Bleshu’s activity period, which would overlap with our follow-up activity period.