A New Career Singer Who Can Read The Future [EN]: Chapter 56

After posting on social media, Do-hyun let out a long sigh. It would probably be in the news soon. He didn’t even want to imagine how much he would suffer from malicious comments or how many fake victims would appear.

“Ah, and Do-hyun.”

The PR team leader spoke to Do-hyun, who was just sighing repeatedly.

“Yes, team leader.”

“Now that you’re officially debuting, there’s someone I want to introduce you to.”

“Someone…”

“Just a moment. I’ll bring them over. Today is their first day.”

First day?

Do-hyun could roughly guess what was happening.

They must be planning to assign him a manager.

A few minutes later, the PR team leader came in with a young-looking, innocent-looking man.

“Say hello, Do-hyun. This is Ryu Do-ha, who will be your manager starting today. You might misunderstand because of his youthful appearance, but he has about five years of experience as a manager. Do-ha, would you like to say hello?”

“Hello! Do-hyun, I’m Ryu Do-ha, 27 years old! I’ve been a manager for five years since I was 20, and I’ve also served in the military for a year and a half. I look forward to working with you!”

“No, you don’t have to call me ‘Do-hyun’! Just call me ‘hyung’ [older brother or older male friend] comfortably, Do-ha. Now that I think about it, our names are Do-hyun and Do-ha, so it’s nice, like we’re brothers.”

At those words, Do-ha grinned broadly.

“Actually, I became a fan of you after watching ‘Become Your First Singer’… I’m just so grateful to be able to be your manager!”

“Oh, really? Thank you.”

Do-hyun was still feeling down from before, so he couldn’t show much reaction to Do-ha, who had become his manager. He was feeling depressed, and it wasn’t a situation where he could welcome someone.

“Hyung! Just trust me! I’ll become a top-tier instructor, no, a top-tier manager for you!”

“Oh my, look at Do-ha’s overflowing enthusiasm. He’ll be promoted to director soon.”

The PR team leader said with a bright smile.

It seemed that Do-hyun was the only one with a tearful expression in this place. At least, that’s how it looked on the surface.

“The management director will be here soon, Do-hyun. When he arrives, let’s talk about the future schedule.”

A few minutes later, the management director arrived. The director introduced himself as Kim Byung-soo.

“Do-hyun, please take care of me. Our youngest, Ryu Do-ha, has managed to survive in this cutthroat industry for five years, so he must be good.”

“Yes, I understand.”

“Alright, then let’s coordinate the future schedule. The CEO has delegated all authority to me, so today I am the CEO! Mwahaha!”

Director Kim said, seeming excited.

“So… what will be my first activity?”

Do-hyun asked cautiously. The reason he acted that way was also because he had unclear activities up until his third debut.

Since he had joined Huent, a large entertainment company, he also had high expectations for his activities. He had been quite pleased with the way they handled things so far.

“Hmm, according to the original plan, preparing an album with KBC [Korean Broadcasting Corporation] would have been the first thing.”

The moment the director said that, Do-hyun felt it. The album release was going to be postponed.

“But as you know, Do-hyun, you’ve been caught up in various complicated issues as you’ve been gaining popularity these days. We need to understand the consumers’ feelings. If we go into activity right now, it will come out in at least two or three months, but we’re not going to do that. We’re thinking of doing activities after reducing public fatigue.”

“Public fatigue? The program just ended, so isn’t this a better time?”

Do-hyun replied to the director’s words.

Even though the controversies surrounding Do-hyun had been proven false, and there might be some public fatigue towards Do-hyun, more than anything, there were many fans waiting for Do-hyun at this moment.

However, Huent seemed to be thinking differently.

“I naturally want to do music activities first, and I think it would be good for the album to come out when the buzz is high like this after winning first place.”

Do-hyun expressed his opinion.

In response, Director Kim began to persuade Do-hyun.

“When we make schedules or create a one-year plan, we naturally do it with the artist. It’s the same for Do-hyun. But this is a bit of an exception, isn’t it? KBC wants Do-hyun to be active in entertainment or music shows. Right now, we’re getting more invitations for entertainment shows.”

“I have a question. Is this schedule coordination a fact shared not only with the management team but also with other teams?”

Do-hyun asked, trying to be as polite as possible. Director Kim nodded.

“Of course. For an artist’s personal activities, especially after winning first place on an audition program, there must be consultation. We plan to raise Do-hyun into a truly successful solo singer. And we plan to capture both entertainment and singer life.”

Capturing both entertainment and singer life… Do-hyun fell into thought for a moment. The agency seemed to be pushing him in their own way, and he had never properly received such a thing, so he was also embarrassed by the current situation.

“Are there any offers for entertainment shows?”

“Of course! We’ve been carefully selecting and were about to ask Do-hyun if a psychological entertainment show would be a good fit.”

“Psychological… entertainment show?”

“We thought Do-hyun had experience in the entertainment industry and good judgment. So, you’re going to be on a psychological entertainment show. KBC has already started promoting it as a highly anticipated show. Would you like to read this proposal first?”

* * *

Entertainment Program Proposal

Intent: Escape from the White House within 15 days! An opportunity for a prize of 300 million won is given!

The White House, where all areas are painted white. Inside, fearsome guards such as police or military personnel are ready to arrest you! You must escape from them.

There are a total of 30 rooms. All 10 participants start in the 1st room. You can move up to 3 rooms per day!

However! The same room can only accommodate 2 people! If there are more than 3 people, only 2 people will remain in the room in the order of submitting the quiz given randomly.

Even if there are 2 or fewer people in the room, you can’t live comfortably. You must solve the quiz in each room within the given time of 3 hours.

If you can’t solve the quiz, the guards will come in. If that happens, you will spend a day in prison and be sent back to the 1st room!

Who can stay safely in which room for 24 hours?

If you are caught by a guard while moving rooms or fail to solve a problem, you will be dragged away by the guard, spend a day in prison, and be sent back to the 1st room.

Who will solve the quiz and who will move rooms avoiding the eyes of the guards! Let’s go into that room of truth!

* * *

Wow, this is a proper reality show!

That’s what I thought.

I wanted to be on a program like this at least once, and the opportunity came just in time.

But there was something bothering me… The reason I appeared on ‘Become Your First Singer’ was not to appear on an entertainment program, but to show a new side of myself as a singer.

“The proposal is good, hmm.”

When I hesitated, Director Kim looked at me, wondering what I was worried about.

“Why, what don’t you like? This is a large-scale entertainment program, and the public broadcasting station has invested a lot of money in it. On top of that, the buzz is slowly rising.”

“It would be good for me to appear. My recognition would increase, and it would be easier to release an album after viewers have lowered their fatigue towards me.”

Director Kim asked as if wondering what was bothering me.

“Everything is good, but what do you not like about it?”

“Ah… I wanted to do singer activities first. Since I won first place on the program, I thought it would be best to repay the fans with music activities first.”

“That’s also true, but we also have to consider how the public should think about Do-hyun. Right now, the public has a lot of buzz about Do-hyun due to the series of incidents that have occurred since the program, but we analyzed that the favorability is a bit low. Right, team leader?”

Director Kim spoke to the PR team leader. At those words, the PR team leader nodded. Then, he expressed his difficulties.

“Actually, Do-hyun is a great talent, and it would be good to release an album. But as Director Kim explained, the public is currently in a state of high fatigue. We judged that if Do-hyun releases an album in this state, it could have the opposite effect. We’ll show off your brilliant mind through entertainment, and then increase public favorability with the immediately following album release.”

I had no choice but to nod because it wasn’t wrong.

Number 31, Number 17, Hyo-seop, and the school violence issue after winning first place. The truth is that the problems didn’t originate from me, but some of the public might mistakenly think that such controversies arose because I did something wrong.

I had to think deeply.

The entertainment filming is only 15 days. It will take a few months for the broadcast to be scheduled and edited. If I prepare a full album instead of a mini album for my first album during that time, wouldn’t there be a synergy effect?

“Then I have a suggestion.”

“What is it?”

“Usually, debut albums are released as mini albums or digital singles, but I want to release a full album. The entertainment filming takes place for 15 days, and it takes quite a while for the broadcast to be scheduled. I think I can prepare a full album enough during that time.”

I didn’t back down from my claim. When I made my claim clear, shadows fell on the faces of Director Kim and the PR team leader this time. They probably didn’t expect me to come up with this method.

“Do-ha, what do you think?”

Director Kim suddenly called Do-ha and asked him to say something.

I was also curious about Do-ha’s reaction. He’s been rolling around in this industry for 5 years, 6 years if you count the years, so he must have survived because he has a good sense.

“In my opinion, I think it’s good to go with what Do-hyun hyung says. Entering album promotions, holding showcases, and going on music shows as soon as the program ends. That seems much more advantageous.”

“Hmm… Then Do-hyun, ‘White House’ is a program where the PD [Production Director] who was in charge of ‘Become Your First Singer’ is the assistant director. That’s why we were able to receive the proposal. Audition program participants from that broadcasting station usually appear on programs made by that broadcasting station. Right?”

“Of course. I fully understand what the situation is.”

“Then how about this? Would you like to meet the PD?”