Jung MinAh, who lived at home usually, was slightly dissatisfied with the forceful cohabitation due to the girl group project. She didn’t want to miss the food her parents made for her, but it wasn’t like she could miss this opportunity. In the end, she packed up her belongings on the verge of tears and came to the dorms.
However, the true suffering just began.
“Nice ta meet ya. Lee SamSoon.”
“Y… yeah. I’m Jung MinAh.”
Lee SamSoon, the person who shared the room with her, and is the same as age as her.
To Jung MinAh, she, who used a savory Chungcheong province accent, was a big trouble.
“I use this bed and you use this bed, kay?”
“Y… yeah. But SamSoon.”
“And I sleep at 11. And ya?”
“Ahaha. I…”
“You gotta sleep early and wake early. That’s how your breasts get bigger.”
SamSoon’s slow pace of words was a first for Jung MinAh. Moreover, she was cool with everything. A slow pace on top of being a tomboy when she didn’t even get used to the accent… Jung MinAh felt that her neck became stiff.
“Uhh…”
“Please ta’care of me from now. Oh yeah, MinAh. You, are you close with ol’man KangYoon?”
“O, ol’man?”
MinAh didn’t like accents that much. She didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. She only heard rumors about Lee SamSoon, but when she met her for real, she couldn’t laugh. Their affinity was bad.
“Ye? Or nay? Why so silent? Such a shame.”
“Oh, it’s nothing. Rather than close…”
“Ayy, wha. You ain’t close?”
Someone might say it’s savory accent, but Jung MinAh didn’t want to accept Lee SamSoon, who was far from being refined.
‘What the hell is up with this girl?! You want me to live with her from now?!’
When she thought that she would have to live with this countryside tomboy from now on, Jung MinAh’s mentality collapsed. She felt her future becoming dark
***
Everything was approved and the girl group project began
An exclusive planning team and a training team was created and KangYoon distributed them work. A large scale project since the JooAh project had began.
Everyone was busy. The selected girls were busy moving into their dorms and practicing after their personal schedule was made, and the employees felt their bodies aching due to all the overtime work. The girls were also looked after carefully starting with the diet. Unlike with JooAh, who could look after herself, KangYoon was tight with managing those candidates.
“…They are practicing well.”
One week later, in a meeting.
KangYoon was holding the report from each teams and was speaking.
“I told you at the beginning but we will train them with teamwork as the focus for a while. They might not know anything but they have strong prides so they will fight a lot. You may not be able to stop the fighting but please manage them well so that they can properly get over it afterwards.”
“Yes.”
“Any other opinions?”
There wasn’t anything big. KangYoon ordered them but he didn’t go into detail. Raise their teamwork, do a lot of group practice. I won’t get involved with the method. He used the method which respected the way the employees work, but at the same time, achieved the goal.
“We will end the meeting here.”
KangYoon ended the meeting quickly. There wasn’t much group data about the trainees so there wasn’t much to discuss about teamwork, which was a very important element in the beginning. However, even this would be discussed starting next week.
After the meeting ended, the people left KangYoon’s office like a tide. After that, KangYoon wrote a report and headed to the president’s office directly.
“Welcome, Team Leader KangYoon.”
President Lee HyunJi greeted KangYoon. It was the first report after the project was decided, so she seemed to expect a lot as it could be seen that she was slightly excited. While drinking the coffee her secretary brought her, she started reading the report.
After reading KangYoon’s report, she signed in approval, satisfied.
“It’s good. Thanks for your work.”
“Thank you.”
KangYoon briefly reported about the progress. Training would be carried like this in the future, and they will focus on teamwork – these kind of things.
“When can we see the final result?”
“I’m expecting 1 year.”
“Isn’t that to tight?”
President Lee HyunJi tilted her head in confusion as she expected 2 or 3 years. If it’s the KangYoon now, it was better for him to have a safe and steady result even if it took long rather than a fast result. President Lee HyunJi wanted to know the reason why KangYoon said 1 year even though he didn’t need to be so pressed about results.
“Solo singers had strength until the early 2000s but the stage is changing gradually. Group singers, especially in their teens and 20s are surpassing their position. Of course, solo singers are better now but that will break soon. To do that, we need to prepare quickly.”
“Oho.”