Holy Idol [EN]: Chapter 197

197. Breaking News

December 11th.

6 PM. It looked like it would snow outside, but it’s raining.

I’m in the agency’s practice room.

What should I say? Ah. My manager is angry.

I was cast in a new drama… well, I don’t know if I’ll get to film it in this situation, but anyway. There was a bit of trouble with the director there, and it’s because of that.

Honestly, I feel a bit wronged.

Here’s what happened. The director asked me if he looked like a scarecrow.

I didn’t know what a scarecrow was, so I asked for a moment and searched for it online.

Then a few pictures of scarecrows popped up, and didn’t they look a bit like the director?

So I said he looked like a scarecrow, and suddenly—

“Woo Yeon-woo! Stop recording this diary right now!”

***

8 PM.

The rain has stopped outside, but it’s raining inside the agency.

It’s a rain of anger. The person raining is our CEO, and I don’t have an umbrella.

That means I got chewed out a lot.

The voice that forced me to stop filming the video diary earlier was my manager.

I was filming a video diary after a long time. Jong-woo is so mean. Right?

I haven’t been able to film a video diary lately because I’ve been busy.

Actually, it’s not just because I’m busy, but there have been a lot of things going on… it’s been hard to look at the camera and mutter to myself.

As some of you may know, there was a rumor going around that I was receiving sponsorship [a form of financial support, often implying an inappropriate relationship].

It seems like that rumor has disappeared now.

If there are still people who believe it, please don’t.

Belief should be directed towards God, not used to believe strange rumors.

If you don’t have a god to believe in, I can introduce you to a good one—

“Woo Yeon-woo! Turn off that diary right now!”

***

10 PM.

I was originally going to record only at 8 PM and finish.

But I’ve been interrupted by my manager twice in a row, so I’m determined to finish this out of spite.

But the members are all asleep because they’re practicing for the awards ceremony. I don’t have anything to say right now either.

I had a lot to say, but after my manager checked it, he said this wasn’t okay and that wasn’t okay, so he took it all out.

No, isn’t it not a diary from the moment it’s being checked?

Anyway, after taking this out and that out, there’s nothing to say…

Ah. Senior Maeng sent me a text, so I sent him this text.

[What kind of story do you want to hear from me?]

What should I say when I get a text like this out of the blue?

It would be embarrassing. I was also embarrassed.

Suddenly, after a long time, he contacts me and asks what kind of story I want to hear.

But I am well-versed in human psychology. When someone suddenly says something like this, it means this:

I want to say something right now, but I’m too shy to start the conversation. So please tell me first that there’s a story you want to hear.

So I answered with consideration.

[Tell me about your childhood.]

Senior Maeng hasn’t been texting me since, probably because he’s embarrassed to actually talk about it.

* * *

Rembrary was doing morning exercises behind Hye-kyul.

It was because Hye-kyul monitored the year-end music awards performance that the dance teacher had recorded with his phone and was horrified.

“We need to come up with a plan. Even if you can’t dance well, you shouldn’t not dance at all. If Yeon-woo hyung [older brother/male friend] is involved, it becomes a mess, not a performance.”

This morning exercise was the plan that Hye-kyul was talking about.

“Stretch your arms out more, hyung! No, I said turn your neck to the side!”

At that moment. Beep beep beep, the door opened. The person who came in was Jong-woo, and behind him was Sa Gam-jae.

However, since both of them didn’t look good, Hye-kyul asked while demonstrating how to rotate and gather his hands.

“Did you guys fight on the way here? Why do you both look like you’ve been chewing on poop?”

Jong-woo would usually nag at Hye-kyul’s tone, but today he gathered the members without talking back.

“Get dressed. It’s cold, so dress warmly.”

Rembrary thought Jong-woo was angry with Sa Gam-jae and himself. It was obvious that he was deliberately not looking at Sa Gam-jae.

Besides, he wasn’t looking at this side either. It was as if he was deliberately avoiding eye contact.

‘Why?’

The answer could be heard after arriving at the agency building.

When Rembrary tried to enter the practice room with the members, Jong-woo reached out and pulled him back.

“Yeon-woo, let’s go see the CEO. Gam-jae, you too.”

‘I knew it, he’s angry.’

Still, when they reluctantly followed him to the CEO’s office, CEO Im grabbed his own hair when he saw Rembrary and Sa Gam-jae.

“To cause an accident with those visuals.”

CEO Im banged his head against the back of the chair and complained to Rembrary.

“Woo Yeon-woo. I’m trying to understand you because you’re a unique kid, but not this time. This time, you’re the one who’s wrong. I’ll set up a meeting, so apologize to Director Shim. This is basic etiquette, regardless of whether you can play that role again or not.”

“Is it that bad to say he looks like a scarecrow?”

“Not that.”

“Then what?”

“You kept asking to change the filming location.”

“CEO.”

CEO Im quickly unwrapped a candy and put it in Rembrary’s mouth, and Rembrary stared blankly at CEO Im.

CEO Im put his hand on his chest and shuddered.

“I’m scared now when you call me gently. You always do that before you say something weird. Why do you suddenly sound so nice when you’re about to say something?”

Rembrary sucked on the candy with dissatisfaction. That CEO is treating me strangely.

But the candy was delicious. CEO Im always has it in his mouth, and it was worth it.

Maybe CEO Im has candy in his mouth not because he’s quitting smoking, but just because it’s delicious?

In the meantime. CEO Im spoke to Sa Gam-jae this time.

“And Gam-jae.”

“Yes.”

“You were the one who first suggested changing the filming location.”

“…….”

“You’re supposed to stop Yeon-woo from asking, but how can you be the one to step up first? Huh?”

Sa Gam-jae smiled and refuted that.

“Speaking solely from my perspective, it doesn’t matter who I bring, so I don’t need to change the filming location.”

It was a very scary statement, but fortunately, neither Sa Gam-jae nor Jong-woo understood it.

“What? What are you saying?”

Only Rembrary understood the meaning of the words that came out of Sa Gam-jae’s mouth just now.

CEO Im frowned.

“Anyway, you’re saying you don’t need to change the filming location?”

“Of course.”

CEO Im looked at Rembrary.

“Were you just saying it too?”

“I want to change it.”

“I’m asking because you can’t change it…….”

“Then I don’t want to do that role. It’s okay since we haven’t started filming yet, right?”

CEO Im covered his head with both hands. Jong-woo quickly unwrapped a new candy and handed it to him.

“Okay. I understand. I won’t listen to anything you say anyway… the director will definitely cut you out… but still, apologize to the director of .”

“What did I do wrong?”

“Apologize even if you don’t know what you did wrong. It’ll be faster.”

A heavy sigh escaped from CEO Im’s mouth.

“I wanted that role, but it’s okay if I don’t do it. But I’m saying this for your future as a celebrity, Yeon-woo.”

Jong-woo chimed in from the side.

“Yeah. The industry is quick with rumors. They’ll use someone with a bad personality, but they won’t use someone with star disease [arrogance and entitlement due to fame].”

* * *

“Um, Director. But shouldn’t there be a real reason?”

“Reason? What reason?”

“The reason why Woo Yeon-woo kept insisting on changing the filming location.”

The director glared at the staff.

“That’s why we ended up filming something else yesterday. You said there were strange rumors about Woo Yeon-woo, so let’s hear him out.”

The staff rubbed his neck.

“Well, yeah.”

Yesterday morning.

Woo Yeon-woo insisted to the director and writer of to change the location of the amusement park, which was the filming location.

He had seen celebrities who quit because they were tired during outdoor filming, but he was dumbfounded at the first celebrity who asked to change it right away without even starting filming.

But anyway, the context seemed the same. The arrogance of thinking that everyone would follow his words.

Director Shim was angry and kicked Woo Yeon-woo out.

But as soon as he kicked him out, this staff came and encouraged him like this: There are a lot of spooky rumors about Woo Yeon-woo… just in case, shouldn’t we change the date? he said.

The director had heard the rumors about Woo Yeon-woo.

He was the talk of the town with twelve commercials, then he was the talk of the town with a sponsor rumor involving a murder case, and this time he was the talk of the town with a spooky filming video, so even people who weren’t interested in the entertainment industry would have a hard time not knowing. The director was also in this industry, wasn’t he? There was no way he wouldn’t know.

“Right?”

In the end, the director, who was tempted, changed the date and postponed the amusement park filming. But nothing happened.

He even heard the words, “We’re in trouble if you change the date like this on the day of,” from the amusement park staff while changing the time.

Even yesterday, the weather was clear and people had a good time.

The director was angry and declared.

“Okay. We can replace the actor. There’s no footage yet, and there were three candidates in the first place. If that Baek In-seol hadn’t called and praised him as a genius of acting…”

Director Shim, who was jumping for joy when he received a short filming video from Director Baek, changed his words now.

“Get rid of Woo Yeon-woo!”

“If he apologizes…….”

“Apologizing is something he should do to maintain his career.”

Director Shim, who spoke firmly, gestured to the staff to pack up the filming equipment.

“Contact the actors and tell them that the schedule has changed.”

Still, the staff was still a little uneasy. A video of a person screaming in fear all alone without seeing anything. How many times had he watched that video as if possessed? The scream was still vivid in his head and he was afraid.

However, if he kept nagging that he was still uneasy in this situation, he might end up quitting here as well as Woo Yeon-woo.

“Yes.”

Inevitably, the staff answered obediently, and the filming team then moved to the amusement park on time.

Some of the staff knew what Woo Yeon-woo had said and some didn’t, but all the actors didn’t know.

It was because the director told them not to tell them because it would interfere with the acting if he made the actors uneasy by telling them such things.

However, nothing happened until the evening, and the director, who had been feeling a little uneasy, clicked his tongue.

“It’s just star disease. He was just trying to manipulate the situation and throw a tantrum because I said I didn’t like his acting.”

The staff also felt relieved before the last scene.

The last scene was the Ferris wheel scene. A scene where the depressed protagonist gets on the Ferris wheel with a friend.

At this time, the protagonist wants to get off after discovering a person who doesn’t look like a bone at the top of the Ferris wheel.

“Ah, I really don’t ride the Ferris wheel, even when I’m playing with my friends.”

The actor who played the main character groaned as he got on the Ferris wheel. He was scared, so he even tapped the inside of the Ferris wheel.

“It’s safe, right?”

* * *

[Breaking news. There has been an amusement park accident at Spike Land. The amusement park ride in question is the Ferris wheel, and five of the Ferris wheels that went to the highest position……]