novel-bin Chapter 48: Rendez-vous (2)
Chapter 48: Rendez-vous (2)
Chapter 48: Rendez-vous (2)
Fan Marketing Team conference room. It was already Do Wook’s second time there.
Team Leader Jo Anna called Do Wook for a one-on-one meeting so she could explain to him in more detail about being a Yoo Sung Electronics model.
While Team Leader Jo Anna stepped out for a sudden call, an intern came in and asked Do Wook if he would like some coffee.
“I don’t drink coffee...could I trouble you for a cup of water?”
“Of course!”
The intern blushed at Do Wook’s request and nodded vigorously.
After KK’s successful debut and the events that followed it, HIT Entertainment had no choice but to urgently hire more employees. They thought one employee from Fan Marketing in charge of KK would be enough for now, but the situation was different from what they initially expected. Even just doing fan club enrollment was a tremendous task.
Even though Do Ra Hee was a professional with years of Fan Marketing-related experience, she alone was not enough.
It was also tricky to assign another team member, since Do Ra Hee had already left Monster to start working with KK.
So the Fan Marketing Team started by hiring one intern to work under Do Ra Hee. They were also considering recruiting additional people.
For the Album Development Team as well, they had hired one person since the situation wouldn’t change too much once KK finished their album activities.
“Here you go...”
Not long after he asked for the water, the intern returned and placed the cup in front of Do Wook.
“Thank you. I appreciate it.”
After seeing how Do Wook thanked her, she hastily confirmed deep in her heart that Do Wook’s personality is really genuine.
She tried not to show it, but he could tell she kept hovering around the conference room door because she couldn’t help but want to look at him a little longer.
She was actually a huge fan of KK. She had experience being a fan of other idols, and prepared for jobs with the intention of working at an agency as her goal. Right before graduation, she saw the job posting with HIT Entertainment and applied without hesitation. petition to get into HIT Entertainment was more intense than ever before. Of course it was thanks to KK’s success that HIT Entertainment’s vision became clear. During that time, there was support from competent ‘nuna fans*’.
(TL note: older female fans)
She was one of those fans. She, a graduate of SKY college, ended up joining the company after successfully overcoming the dozens to one odds.
Before the intern, who was distracted by Do Wook, even opened the conference room door, it suddenly opened.
It was Team Leader Jo Anna.
“It was an urgent call. I’m sorry to make you wait when you’re busy.”
“No, it’s all right.”
It had been only 2 weeks since she started as an intern, but she caught on quickly and already understood well how the Fan Marketing Team works.
It was ok for Do Ra Hee to know that she was a fan of KK, but Jo Anna couldn’t know.
Honestly, since Fan Marketing Team is the department that needs to be the most knowledgeable about what fans want, the agency decided to hire fans. However, that often led to people who couldn’t distinguish between their professional and personal lives.
What Jo Anna hated the most was someone who couldn’t keep their work life and personal life separate. She didn’t kick out someone just for being a fan, but it was obvious she’d watch over such people like a hawk even more.
“Intern, why are you just standing there like that?”
“Ah, It’s nothing.”
The intern quickly bowed her head, bidding them goodbye, rushed out of the room as quick as a bullet, and closed the door as quietly as a mouse.
Jo Anna placed the documents she received from the Yoo Sung Electronics Marketing Team involving the ‘Rendez-vous project’ on the table and told Do Wook to look them over.
He actually knew almost all the information on it, but that was from a consumer’s point of view. It was his first time seeing the data from the inside as an involved party.
Do Wook carefully looked through the documents.
If Do Wook were a normal 19-year-old, Jo Anna would have prepared a separate summarized version of the document to show him instead of the documents given by Yoo Sung Electronics.
However, Team Leader Jo Anna had observed Do Wook’s actions closely as an insider starting from his debut until now, and had already discussed the business with him before. Jo Anna acknowledged that Do Wook’s understanding of the entertainment business was higher than most employees, regardless of age.
The documents contained a general explanation of Yoo Sung Electronics’ art-related marketing project. It also included details on how they would put samples of popular singers’ songs into the Apollon models.
“Yes, one of the songs I’ve written could go well with it.”
Do Wook already knew the quality of the song of the composer that Yoo Sung Electronics originally went with. The song he had prepared by himself wasn’t on the same level as ‘Very Sorry’ that he had put together with PD Yong Soo Chul, but he could proudly say it was at least the same quality as the original song.
It was really fortunate that he had been working on composing various songs whenever he had time, either while on the road or working on it until morning during the active period for the repackage album.
“If they are at the same level of quality, this one would be more meaningful, and the obvious choice would be to go with the more active person.”
Team Leader Jo Anna replied, her lips that had dark red lipstick on curling into a smirk.
“Sure, send it. I’ll suggest it to Yoo Sung Electronics.”
Thankfully, the Yoo Sung Electronics Marketing Team responded very positively.
Hiring a composer was a difficult task. HIT Entertainment sending over Do Wook’s song as a suggestion right when they were about to sign someone else for a lot more money was a welcomed opportunity.
The quality of the song was impressive too. The person in charge of Yoo Sung Electronics Marketing praised Do Wook, saying he was exactly the type of person he was looking for for the ‘Rendez-vous’ project.
And so Do Wook ended up being the singer and composer for ‘Rendez-vous project’.
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“Hello.”
“You know me, right? M2M.”
“Oh Bin...sunbae*?”
(TL note: sunbae is someone more senior or experience then you.)
“Wow, you do know! Nice to meet you!”
Oh Bin held out his hand for a handshake. He seemed really happy to meet Do Wook, repeating, “It’s nice to meet you, it’s nice to meet you~!” several times. Even at first glance Oh Bin looked like a big dog, excited over meeting Do Wook in his large muscular body
After briefly hesitating out of shock, Do Wook quickly grabbed Oh Bin’s hand. Oh Bin grabbed Do Wook’s hands tight and shook it enthusiastically.
‘Why is M2M’s Oh Bin here...could it be that he's the B-boy artist?’
He remembered that Oh Bin was a B Boy artist. Originally a different B Boy artist would have been in the ad.
However, when Do Wook was chosen as the ad model over the band vocalist, M2M’s Oh Bin was also selected as the B Boy artist instead of a member of a B Boy team.
It was expected that there would be backlash from Ara Entertainment, saying ‘If KK can do it, why not us?' Even if Ara Entertainment was a major agency, Yoo Sung Electronics had no reason to fear them. Still, they didn’t want to give the wrong impression to affiliates or the public that they were solely endorsing HIT Entertainment.
Another reason was that Yoo Sung Electronics decided they might as well push for as much star power as possible while they were at it for a greater promotional effect.
‘A lot of things are changing. It’ll get harder and harder to predict things...’
The person in charge of marketing introduced the others to Do Wook after Do Wook greeted Oh Bin.
“This is jazz pianist Kwon Hyul, and over here is graphic designer Na Eun Soo.”
“It’s an honor to meet you. Hello.”
At Do Wook’s words, Na Eun Soo giggled and clapped. M2M member Oh Bin and even KK’s Do Wook. She was happy and amazed to see celebrities in person.
“The honor is mine!”
When Na Eun Soo laughed, Oh Bin smiled big and said he’d even give her an autograph.
The person in charge of marketing smiled and introduced Do Wook.
“I’m sure you all know, but this is Do Wook, a member of KK. He’ll be the composer as well as singer for your project. “
“I look forward to working with you.”
Do Wook bowed his head and greeted her.
“Are you the one who composed this song?”
It was the jazz pianist Kwon Hyul, who was known for being a harsh critic when it came to songs. Kwon Hyul played the song on his cell phone.
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Translator's comments: Hello! I hope you guys are enjoying the series! I wanted to mention that I had mistranslated something in the last 2 chapters. It is actually Apollon and Apollo. I've been informed Apollon is the Greek way to spell it and Apollo is the Latin way to spell it. It has been corrected in the older chapters now. Thank you for your continued interest in the story! Only 2 weeks left until the end of Volume 2!!