175 First Audition (1/2)
The day of the audition arrived.
Yeo Ri donned one of the new outfits that Mrs. Choi had bought for her. She had spent a long time choosing her outfit the night before to make sure that she looked presentable.
”Are you ready?” Gun asked as he held her shoulders. ”Don't be nervous; you'll do great.”
”Mm,” Yeo Ri replied briefly. She hooked her arms around his arm and the two left the house together.
Unfortunately, Mrs. Choi was busy with her business matters so she could not accompany Yeo Ri. However, she generously sent her a road manager and allowed Gun to come with.
The road manager had already been waiting for them in front of their apartment building.
”Hello,” the two younger ones greeted the manager with a bow.
”Yes, hello,” the manager returned their greetings politely and briefly introduced himself. ”I'm Byun Joo Hyuk. I'm your road manager for the day.”
”Hello, Joo Hyuk-ssi.”
”Ah, you don't need to be so formal; just call me 'Oppa'.” Byun Joo Hyuk smiled. After exchanging a few more perfunctory words, he ushered the two to get into the company car that Park Soo Yeon had prepared for Yeo Ri.
The audition was being held at D Corporation's headquarters—D Corporation was the company behind VitaQua. Actually, these kinds of commercial would usually be handled by an advertising company, but the VitaQua project's person-in-charge happened to be the heir of the company, and he wanted to personally manage everything, so instead of subcontracting another company, he was going to produce the commercial himself.
—Or so Yeo Ri was told by the rather verbose road manager.
”So as long as you impress the heir, you'll be fine. Oh, yeah, he's probably going to be there at the audition.”
Yeo Ri's hand trembled slightly. She glanced at Gun with a troubled smile.
Gun squeezed her hand in response, smiling reassuringly. ”It'll be fine.”
Yeo Ri nodded, then rested her head on his shoulder. She closed her eyes and entered a state of meditation to calm herself until they arrived at their destination.
”We're here.”