Debut or Die

Chapter 422

If I can’t debut, I’ll get sick to death Episode 422

I row when the water comes in.

There is no place where this formula does not work in any field where money is made, but it is especially true in the entertainment industry.

Even if you bring the same thing, don’t you think it’s going to be popular or not depending on the trend?

But right now, when the tide is pouring into entertainment, the company insists on delaying the album that the affiliated label will plan and release on its own?

“Shiryu? It’s important. However, Testa is now past the level where it is eager to become a topic. He is a top idol in name and reality.”

“… … .”

“Come to think of it, I heard that the former director forced Testa to recklessly self-produce their debut album in a month, and they suffered a lot.”

“yes.”

And that’s a big hit.

I looked at the director of the company who was talking with a thin face.

It’s quite interesting to see another guy suddenly call someone and shake his mouth instead of the head of the division, which he messed up once while independent from the label.

“At that time, it was important to debut quickly and take the impact of broadcasting in time, but now Testa is a brand in itself.”

uh.

“That’s why I thought that raising the detail by paying more attention to each album’s quality would be a move that suits the testa level.”

The director intelligently recommended it, and Kim Rae-bin raised his hand at once.

“But the current plan is not too tight compared to the past.”

Director shrugged at the remarks of a workaholic who produced a movie OST draft within a week.

I guess you already guessed.

“But if you have enough time, you can make up for it. Can you discover and develop additional points?”

“hmm… It is!”

Kim Rae-bin immediately agrees with the reasonable remark. Cha Yoo-jin almost looked at Kim Rae-bin with a dynamic eye.

In any case, the Director, who has overcome one difficulty, continues his speech in a calmer and more polite manner.

“Of course, if our testers say they are releasing an album right now, the company will do their best to support it.”

is it?

“It’s just an opinion about whether this one fits better.”

“Is that the director’s judgment?”

“Well, actually, it was a story that came out at the end of a discussion at a company mid-term meeting. The CEO himself agreed.”

oh. Blame others.

Since the general manager had the experience of being beaten up when Testa became independent of the label, this guy doesn’t roll his tongue at us the way he does to people below him.

It comes off like a formal, polite business partner. It’s like a card to convince investors.

“Anyway, the testers are the most iconic and highest-grossing artists of this company. This is something we have been thinking a lot about.”

“thank you.”

“Thank you. Of course, that’s the agency’s job.”

It is to tremble once and present a new plan in earnest like this.

“Of course, I’m not saying that we should abandon the popularity of entertainment. There was a proposal to transmit Testa’s performance tour live on the airwaves, and I’m thinking of doing this.”

The director explained the plan quite convincingly, perhaps because he was originally from the entertainment industry.

Members listened to it seriously.

The atmosphere wasn’t bad.

“First of all, thank you very much for the kind words. Would it be all right if the members talk a little more?”

“Sure.”

At Liu Chengyu’s words, the director obediently let us go. It’s like making a decision with ease.

So, after returning to the dorm, the atmosphere became like this.

“… I don’t think it was something to be called so urgently.”

“I am grateful that you are seriously thinking about the quality of the newly released album, but I think I have been working with enough support lately!”

The one who muttered suspiciously and the one who took it in good faith. And both of them are puzzled that a high-ranking person called them.

However, the guy who grasped the situation smiled bitterly from the side.

“Ah~ I want to give less now.”

“what?”

“It’s an album. Paying for that is all an investment.”

Yes, this is the core of the company’s story.

– I won’t release an album.

Sejin Bae raises his eyebrows at Sejin’s calm words.

“… This company has a lot of money.”

“Well, even if it’s not necessarily money… Good manpower or promotional ideas are limited, right? That’s it~”

The moment the question mark on Bae Se-jin’s face turns into an exclamation mark.

I came to a conclusion

“It is more beneficial for the company to invest in raising the weight level of groups that have a lot left in their contracts while we just run tours.”

“… … !!”

my eyes will pop out

No, looking at it again, not only Bae Se-jin, but also Kim Rae-bin and Sun Ah-hyun have similar expressions.

“Then, if we go on like this… .”

“yes.”

This is the reality of a first-team idol whose contract period is just around the corner.

“From now on, we will start going towards maximizing the spending power of the fans we have collected rather than making a new album.”

“… !”

“The album… Will you give me a report on the nuances of contract renewal early next year?”

It is rather fortunate that there is no contract for an album in Japan. Or it would have rolled only on that side.

Bae Se-jin’s face cooled.

“… I don’t understand, but we also set up a label… … If you renew the contract, you will stay there, so why are you doing that? No, what if we renew the contract right away?”

That doesn’t work. There is a defect in the terms of the contract.

Originally, the one who bows down and enters first suffers a loss.

Besides, if the conditions are good, it is a problem as it is good. Big Sejin shakes his head and opens his mouth.

“Ay, if you renew the contract, you usually adjust the ratio so that the artist is paid more~ From the company’s point of view, so… Your return on investment is going down!”

“… !!”

yes. Because the better the singer’s income is, the more the company loses.

Besides, there are more practical problems.

“Even if you exclude that, I think you will still be pushed out of the album investment.”

“why??”

I conceded.

a painful reality.

“We are also going to the army.”

“… … .”

Because V-tic is not that future.

Because we debuted older than them. Still, you can try rubbing it for a few more years.

I waited for the person I had to go first to digest the shock before continuing.

“And from the point of view of raising the original company, Rising investment looks more attractive than a group that has already been launched.”

“… okay?”

“yes. Shareholders like it when there is a new business with good prospects. The superiors also feel competent and like it.”

In particular, it will be more so for the board of directors, who have been blown away by the head of the division now suffering from a business disease.

I even signed a contract with Testa telling the company to stop interfering with me because I will make money, so as soon as more juniors become popular, Testa becomes a cash cow.

in conclusion.

-From a business point of view, I want to raise a new group with the money from Testa!

“Whoa… .”

“Oh, take a deep breath.”

Bae Se-jin’s face went red and blue, but he managed to calm down.

I must also give you the good news.

“But hyung, I think you can finally do acting in earnest.”

Instead of an album, I’ll spread it out with individual activities.

I raised both fists and cheered.

“go for it.”

“I already did my best… … !”

Bae Se-jin gloomily burrows into the sofa while mumbling four psychopaths in a row. It seems that the acting experience that I had in the fake world of the system is nowhere to be found.

Liu Cheng-wu smiled as if he was a little embarrassed and suggested it.

“But you said you wouldn’t stop us from releasing an album, so shall we prepare?”

“It seems like it will be given without stopping it, but the schedule will continue to be delayed and postponed due to the company’s sudden circumstances.”

“… … .”

Even if affiliated labels do their own independent planning, in the end, the release schedule is set by the company.

‘There are many excuses.’

Whether it overlaps with other artists in the company or the timing is bad… .

Then, if you’re lucky, you can barely pay one before renewing the contract, and even that promotion is a bit meager… Isn’t there such a typical route?

“Actually, I expected this far.”

Since season is season, I expected this development from the moment I heard that these bastards wanted to postpone the album.

But there is one more.

“That’s why you don’t talk until the end.”

I chuckled. Kim Rae-bin, who opened his mouth as if denying the world and had a blank expression, asked in disbelief.

“also… Are you there?”

“uh.”

I brought my laptop from my room. A few people are chasing after me, but I don’t need to do this, so why are you doing this?

Anyway, I brought up the file on the screen and opened it.

“This is our company T1 Stars’ plan for the fourth quarter of this year.”

“No, Mundaemundae, where do you get something like this?”

“It was announced at the shareholders’ meeting.”

All you need is an employee’s contact information with access to the company’s archives.

anyway.

“If you look at the monthly plan there… Yes October.”

Originally, it was right in the section where we were releasing the album this time.

“… !!”

“this.”

I nodded.

“It’s a spacer.”

[Mid-October – Release of Spacer’s 1st regular album / Target to increase overseas sales]

That’s right. It was to prevent Testa from preying on the existing spacer album release plan.

This is not the end.

“Then, how are these paintings connected… .”

I said, shaking my hand off the mouse.

“You remember earlier that we had our album aired instead of a comeback.”

“Yes.”

“It will definitely sound different when it materializes.”

Well, broadcasting the entire concert is difficult considering the copyright or VOD sales rate, so let’s just do some stages.

… And anyway, let’s fill the free time with another group instead.

For example, this agency’s rookie male group.

spacer.

“We’re going to expand the broadcasting of our performance into the second special feature of the agency, put them in, and make a comeback with that buzz.”

“… !!”

In a word, tying is the start of a generational shift in which fans expect to switch to spacers during our hiatus.

At that moment, Bae Se-jin, who came to his senses, shouted out loud.

“Wait a minute, Park Moon-dae, you said last time that the company wouldn’t do something like a generation change yet… ! Because we will renew the contract!”

“Yeah, I thought it would.”

“… … “

… I thought I wouldn’t try this even if it was a waste of the goose that lays the golden eggs since I had built a friendly relationship well.

It seems that they have become independent as a label so that they cannot get involved, and they are slowly losing their strength and dissatisfaction is building up.

‘These bastards are daring to make transfers.’

And so blatantly.

“Ooh!”

“… Isn’t this against the principle of good faith? I think I can argue, but how can I press… … .”

“hmm. I think it will be difficult.”

Bae Se-jin also tried to make the president of the actor’s agency plaster the dead, and it seems that the options have widened a lot.

But it’s hard to have a dispute with the company over this.

“It’s because this isn’t about fighting with the agency in the first place.”

“… then?”

“It just puts out the album late. Because of priorities.”

In fact, it means that wherever you go, it is a natural flow for an agency that nurtures rookies. In particular, this agency is not evil.

“… … .”

Bae Se-jin sat down on the sofa again with a sunken face. Even those around him smile bitterly and gain one word at a time.

“It is difficult.”

“Iknow, right.”

“… I didn’t know that I would be worried like this after having such a supernatural experience.”

“Even heroes who save the world have their own issues. We can win again!”

Cha Yu-jin shrugs.

It may be disillusioned that only the pups who want to take advantage after having succeeded after hard work may be disillusioned, but isn’t capitalism originally like that?

As expected, the atmosphere was a little better at the neat remarks of a guy from the country, the capital of capitalism.

“Okay again… The number will come out.”

“That’s right, we have Mundae.”

“… ?”

If anyone sees me, they’ll think I’m a goblin’s bat.

Of course, I wanted to refrain from releasing a new album until next year. Raising the quality of the album isn’t bad, but… Isn’t that what these bastards are for?

As if harvesting, they are going to consume all the fans they have and suck only the honeydew.

‘These idiots only pay for it, but they mistakenly believe that they floated it.’

It was time to click my tongue.

“excuse me.”

“hmm?”

Seon Ah-hyun raised her hand. And say it pretty emphatically.

“Shouldn’t we do better than those spacers?”

“… !”

“Oh oh.”

“I… If we do better and show a great stage in the live performance. that. The company might change their mind too. Because it doesn’t work… !”

It’s a pretty radical remark for what Sun Ah-hyun did, but it was standard. It is also the method we have used in the past.

In a head-to-head match, just remove the rank insignia and stick together and smash it.

But this time the case is a bit different.

“The spacer will benefit, though.”

The reason is simple.

‘Because they’re not in the same weight class in the first place.’

stick with the dog?

It goes without saying that we do better. This is just a situation where you have to be overwhelmingly good at it.

Conversely, since they are in the same agency, they can receive the halo effect of being ‘direct subordinates of a group that is good at it’ and can meet other demands.

“Um… .”

“That’s right. sorry… .”

“Oh no~ But it was a cool and cool way.”

“that’s right! That’s cool!”

“okay.”

While Seon Ah-hyun is encouraged, Ryu Cheong-woo directly asks the members.

“Then do you really want to refuse to broadcast live performances?”

“hmm.”

Surprisingly, there are quite a few people who agonize over whether they even consider such a radical option because they are pissed off.

But not everyone is like that.

“for a moment! Our thoughts are too focused on one side right now. Shall we talk after thinking about each other a little more? It’s an album, you just have to keep preparing~”

“Ah, that’s right.”

You hung up when you needed it.

As soon as our eyes met, Keun Se-jin shook his head slightly as if he had no answer, but he communicated well anyway.

Because the meeting ended there.

“Let’s get some rest.”

“yes.”

Each member left with a look deep in thought… .

“hmm.”

I just sat there, put my chin on my chin, and called.

The cleanest way to do it without any other conflicts here. In fact, there are.

‘Elimination of substitute goods.’

That means sending spacers.

How to clear the option so that you have no choice but to invest in Testa.

-… … .

“… … .”

-… that brother Shall I write a wish ticket now? Should I write it!?

“No. Save it.”

Spacer Kwon Hee-seung’s long sigh of relief can be heard over the speaker.

I’m calling to ask if this guy knows about the live concert appearance, but he’s quick to notice.

‘… I owe something to this guy.’

Come to think of it, it would be right to take a longer-term view.

In the future, this agency will catch all the groups that came out through survival programs on Tnet, so even if it’s not a spacer, there are many investment options.

‘I’ll have to approach it in a different direction.’

I concluded that

And in the meantime, the agency started to show the schedule more and more as expected.

“I heard you plan to add a tour schedule?”

This was the first step.