[I understand. Here, this is my business card, would you pass it on to Producer Yokozeki?]
[I understand.]
KangYoon left the station. Manager Han JungSuk also followed him.
“Team Leader, are you planning to go back like this?”
“No way. We came all the way here. We can’t go back empty handed.”
“But they aren’t even willing to meet us. It wasn’t like this when I came… To think that they won’t even show their face… These people are too much.”
Manager Han JungSuk expressed the stifled feeling in his heart. He sent the materials and even tried to persuade them, but they weren’t persuaded at all.
“It’s indeed stifling, but what can we do? It’s us who’s disappointed.”
“Then what do we do now? Do we go back?”
“We unsheathed the sword, so we have to at least cut some radish. Shall we wait over there?”
KangYoon pointed towards the café inside the building. It was a café where its sofas looked very nice.
“You did bring work, right?”
“Yes, of course. Just in case…”
“Then let’s do some work over there. We can meet Producer Yokozeki later.”
Manager Han JungSuk felt stifled at KangYoon who said he would wait even though he was refused at the door, but at the same time, he felt envious. It was because he could feel the strong will and stubbornness to succeed.
The two who went inside the café took out some paperwork and started working while looking outside from time to time.
‘What is the reason?’
KangYoon pondered. In his ‘previous life’, Asai TV allowed JooAh to stand on the Music Station stage. And it was for the debut stage too. Just in case, KangYoon compared the influence that would come from Music Station and a showcase, but it was a crushing victory by Music Station.
However, to think that Music Station’s producer rejected it… If so, then did history change because he changed the flow? Or was it originally like this? KangYoon needed to confirm it. They waited for a long time in the café, but Producer Yokozeki never showed up. After the day passed by and it became night, one or two people started leaving work, but Producer Yokozeki wasn’t among them.
“Team Leader. He isn’t coming out.”
While the café owner was staring at them, Manager Han JungSuk whispered to KangYoon. However, KangYoon didn’t move. He ordered for another drink, and the owner couldn’t say anything since one customer was buying a lot of drinks by himself.
“Are they editing a video or something? No, there’s no way a producer for live programmes would do video editing…”
LIke KangYoon said, Producer Yokozeki was only in charge of Music Station. This meant that he was a on-the-scene personnel. How much editing would a live broadcast group like Music Station need? Not that much. In other words, there was no need for any editing. And that meant that there was no reason for him to be so late.
“Is he doing another broadcast or something?
“No, if I remember correctly…”
At that moment, the elevator stopped and someone was coming out. He was wearing a bucket hat and had long hair. He also had a small stature. It was Producer Yokozeki.
“Let’s go.”
KangYoon went straight away. Manager Han JungSuk also followed him, but KangYoon was fast and he couldn’t catch up.
[Excuse me. Are you Producer Yokozeki Tatsushi?]
KangYoon stopped the man who was about to leave the lobby. Then, the man with the bucket hat looked up towards KangYoon with a dumbfounded face.
[I… am?]
[Good evening. I am Lee KangYoon who contacted you before. I am a team leader from MG Entertainment, and I…]
[*Sigh*]
However, the man sighed as soon as he saw KangYoon. His expression was one of ‘getting tired of something’ as he creased his face.
[The talk is already over. We already made our stance clear to you, and I have nothing to speak about anymore.]
[I am very well aware that there hasn’t been a precedent where Music Station has allowed a foreign singer to appear on it. I am also aware that the nationalistic Asai TV station cannot easily allow it. However, if you look at this video, JooAh is a singer with a style that cannot be seen in Japan.]
KangYoon played the video with JooAh in it on the PMP. It was a different material to what he sent before. After having a look at the video, which was concert-based, Producer Yokozeki answered.
[Fuu… I understand. However, to flip what is already decided will be hard. I will take my leave.]
The voice cooled down, and KangYoon noticed that. This meant that there is a reason for it. He thought of that ‘reason.’
‘The stage we requested for Music Station is during the second week of December. If it’s rejected, then there must be other singers. The singers that make a comeback at that time… Ah, there were them.’
The male group which boasted of the best popularity in Japan, Eiden, and the 4-girl group Hydrea. The two groups who belonged to the two biggest entertainment companies in Japan had their comeback stages right next to each other at this time. However, the day before the stage, the leaders of Eiden and Hydrea got mixed up in a sca