Entertainment Life With A Camera

Chapter 201

I’m not giving up my title

“Guys, can you come up to the conference room for a minute?”

“Sure.”

The members of Awy,, who were preparing for the stages of the songs for their world tour next year, headed to the office on the ground floor at the call of their manager, Lim Jin-woo.

“This isn’t the conference room, is it? That’s the president’s office over there?”

“Why is the president calling us all of a sudden? It’s scary.”

The members stared blankly at the plaque on the door that said president. They had only been to the president’s office once, when they had caused a scandal with ‘Jujak’.

“Did we do something wrong again?”

Park Jin-hyuk, who felt his feet go numb for no reason, swallowed his saliva and Lim Jin-woo smiled faintly.

“It’s not that. Let’s go in.”

Lim Jin-woo knocked on the door and opened it after a brief pause.

“Hello, president.”

Lee Byung-hun greeted them with a bright smile. Awy was now the pillar of BHL Entertainment in name and reality, so Lee Byung-hun felt like he saw a halo behind the members.

“Did you come? How’s the practice going?”

“Yes.”

The members sat down with a nervous look on their faces. It was rare for Lee Byung-hun to call them like this, rather than visiting the practice room where Awu was.

Lee Byung-hun laughed at the expression of the members.

“I didn’t call you because of bad news… You know you’re going to do a reality show, right?”

“The one that goes on MyTube? We know that.”

The members nodded their heads. All the overseas schedules were planned for next year, so they were going to focus on domestic activities this year.

They had finished their album activities and were filling their schedules with commercials and events, as well as shooting their own content for the fans.

“That’s been canceled.”

“Then isn’t that bad news?”

Park Seo-dam frowned. It would have been better to leave some breadcrumbs for the domestic fans while they were on tour.

[Did something better come in?]

‘Probably.’

Ian waited silently until Lee Byung-hun opened his mouth.

“Instead of your own content, a broadcasting station will air your reality show. JBTC, broadcast time is Saturday 8 p.m.”

“Wow, really?”

Weekend prime time. The members opened their mouths in astonishment.

“Who’s directing it?”

“You guys know him well, PD Lee Jong-soo.”

Kim Ju-young slightly frowned.

“Ah, is that PD going to do something like horror special again? I really hate scary things.”

“It’s going to be different this time.”

Lee Byung-hun handed out a paper that summarized the PD’s proposal in one page.

“Let’s do a survival show.”

“What?”

The members looked at Lee Byung-hun with a dumbfounded face and reached out for the proposal.

“Ah, let’s look at it together.”

“Don’t compete with this.”

The members pushed and shoved each other to see the proposal first. In the end, they gathered behind Kim Hyun, who had grabbed the paper, and looked over the proposal.

“Songwriting survival?”

“Huh. Hyung, you’re our leader.”

Kim Ju-young tapped the shoulders of Lee Joo-hyuk and Park Jin-hyuk.

The weekend prime time show of JBTC, Our time, was a music show, which was PD Lee Jong-soo’s specialty.

“But we’re seven, so one person will be left out, right?”

“We’ll have to see how the teams are formed when we start filming. This PD will do a good job.”

This PD had accepted Lee Byung-hun’s suggestion of a songwriting survival, as long as it didn’t interfere with his own plan.

‘If it’s PD Lee Jong-soo, I can trust him.’

He wasn’t thrilled when he heard the word survival, but it was different if it was this PD.

It was a cable channel, but it was a weekend prime time show, and it was only Awy who appeared, and PD Lee Jong-soo had also highlighted each member well in the previous reality show of Awy, earning the trust of the fans.

[It’s pretty serious for an idol show.]

‘It sounds fun. But it’s a competition, so there must be some prize, right?’

The members who were the main songwriters, Lee Joo-hyuk, Park Jin-hyuk, and Kim Joo-young, were the leaders, and they would form teams and work on songs that would be judged by a famous producer and voted by the viewers.

“President, what do you give to the winning team?”

Lee Byung-hun smiled slyly at Ian’s question.

“The next album title.”

The members, who had been excited about the new show until then, had a serious look on their faces.

“Title?”

“Yes, I’m going to make sure you can compete only with the songs you’ve worked on.”

Lee Byung-hun smiled as if he knew the atmosphere would change in an instant.

“I’ll personally arrange the external judges. And the viewer voting will be based only on listening to the songs.”

It was inevitable that it would turn into a popularity vote if there were popular members in the team. That’s why they were going to keep it a secret who worked on the songs.

“But isn’t it a bit… unfair for me to be the leader?”

Kim Ju-young, who had been worrying about something, muttered softly.

“Why are you saying that? You’re suspicious already.”

“Is he already laying the groundwork?”

Ian and Jo Tae-woong teased Kim Ju-young, who was already nervous.

There was hardly a song in Awy’s album that the songwriting members didn’t touch. The album came out in a short period of time, so they worked on the songs in a division of labor rather than one person making them alone.

Kim Ju-young also participated in the songwriting as an assistant to Lee Joo-hyuk and Park Jin-hyuk, but he hadn’t worked on anything by himself except for remixes.

“Unfair? Ju-young, I’m having a hard time too.”

“Do you think we have such a big gap in skills that you need a handicap, a handicap?”

Lee Joo-hyuk and Park Jin-hyuk sighed deeply. Park Seo-dam and Jo Tae-woong, who were not songwriters, had already complained.

“Shouldn’t we get the handicap, hyung?”

“Right. Do we do anything like writing lyrics? Aren’t they going to bully us if we’re on the same team as the leaders?”

Ian smiled faintly.

“It wouldn’t be bad to try participating in songwriting this time.”

“Choi Ian, he’s a bit trained, so he’s relaxed.”

Kim Hyun grumbled and hit Ian’s shoulder.

‘I think it’s not just songwriting…’

Ian didn’t miss Lee Byung-hun’s meaningful expression for a moment.

[Usually they show the stage at the end of this kind of thing. Don’t we have to do the choreography and concept ourselves?]

‘Oh, no.’

[But it’s amazing. It doesn’t seem like a good idea to divide the sides like this.]

He had improved his dancing skills to the point where he could follow along, but choreography creation was a different field. Ian frowned slightly as Lee Joo-hyuk raised his hand.

“Then when do we start filming?”

“Soon. Anyway, be prepared for that. The manager will let you know the detailed schedule.”

The members who left the president’s office went back to the practice room, chatting with each other.

“Isn’t it just like riding a bus if we have Lee Park Kim as the leaders?”

“I saw the proposal earlier and the songwriting survival is like one episode? There were other things too, right? What was it… masked busking?”

“Huh, what is that? It sounds fun.”

“But why did the president suddenly do a survival?”

It was strange that the president called them and hinted at a group variety schedule. The Awi members also knew well that Lee Byung-hun hated survival-type shows.

‘Did the songwriting survival come from the president’s idea?’

Ian couldn’t erase his nervous expression. Suddenly, Lee Joo-hyuk, who was standing next to Ian, muttered to himself.

“I have to be very nervous.”

“Hyung? Why?”

He had a lot of experience, and Lee Joo-hyuk had been learning songwriting since he was a trainee, and he had also worked on a lot of good songs that could be the title in a short period of time.

“You don’t know because you haven’t worked with them, but those two are no joke.”

“Really?”

Lee Joo-hyuk rarely hardened his expression. There was a share of contribution in songwriting. Lee Joo-hyuk had the highest contribution among them, and after he got out of the producing of Black Rush Jung Se-jun in the early debut, there was no song that Lee Joo-hyuk didn’t touch.

“I’m not giving up my title.”

“That’s why you’re our leader.”

Ian chuckled. He liked the way he didn’t get complacent and kept working hard.

***

“Yes! That was good!”

The Awy members wore white sweaters and held gift boxes, looking at the camera. The sound of Jo Tae-woong mumbling something made the members laugh out loud. The photographer didn’t miss that moment.

“They’re comfortable. No abuse of power from the agency, they’re polite and diligent models.”

“Didn’t the atmosphere just get really good?”

The staff looked at Awy, who were working hard, with a pleased expression.

The higher the level of the advertising model, the more ambiguous the position of the advertiser became. Awy was the number one choice for advertisers in the advertising industry these days.

As the level increased, so did the advertising fee, but honestly, the advertising fee was not a problem compared to the profit they got from using the advertising model.

The problem was that sometimes the agency of the advertising model made unreasonable demands to the advertiser. They said things like, how can you do this much with this level of star, or the photo results are weird.

“I wish we could work with them again.”

BHL Entertainment had also reviewed the advertising plan in advance, but they didn’t say anything like that. From the perspective of the staff, it was a very good company to do advertising with.

“Yes, we’re done shooting!”

“Thank you!”

The Awy members bowed their waists. They gladly accepted the requests of the people who asked for photos and signatures. They were in a good mood.

“We’re shooting an ad for a duty-free shop.”

“We made it, we made it.”

“This will be hung up big at the airport later.”

“That’s awesome.”

They had seen the ads of the top stars on the airport billboard every time they left the country, and wondered if they would ever be like that. That’s why it felt more real to them.

“Do we have a meeting at the broadcasting station later?”

“I wonder what they’re going to do. Wouldn’t this PD do a good job for us?”

“No, you can’t trust this PD.”

Kim Ju-young hardened his expression as he remembered the last reality show of Awy.

-What do you think Awy’s Our Time will be like?

Maybe something like camping and healing, since the interview was heartbreaking

ㄴ ㄹㅇ Ju-young became a hot topic after his rural life, maybe something similar

ㄴ I wish it was PD Lee Jong-soo

ㄴㄴ If it’s Lee Jong-soo, wouldn’t it be music?

-But do they do a healing reality show for idols on Saturday at 8 p.m.?

And only them?? That’s a special favor even for a cable channel

ㄴ It’s Awy

ㄴ Honestly, they’re doing well now, JBTC is smart

ㄴ They don’t have Zugeudol, so they say it’s a favor ㅁㅊ