Chapter 1 (2/2)

Although I wasn’t sure of the naroup associated with W&U Since their establisheo, they started to expand their lineup with idol groups

Although they say the idol industry was like a red ocean[3], as long as you could stay afloat, the revenue was good

They first contracted a 11-roup and as if they had saved a country in their past life, they were a huge success as soon as they released their first album I had read in a W&U article that they were known as the Monster Rookies and that year they had won every rookie award

I couldn’t think of the naroup, but I did remember their nickname Since elementary school children were crazy about the[4]’

That year they were able to earnin money

As W&U was greatly encouraged with their success, they decided to reinvest the revenue earned froan an in-house system to earnestly raise new recruits They soon revealed a new idol group

That was all I knew As I didn’t read anything about theuess they flopped As I wasn’t really interested in them, I never looked them up

Since I was going to be assigned to an actor, not a girl group

“I guess that was the fateful encounter with Neptune”

Neptune?

Its name reminded me of a once-famous TV animated beautiful female warrior

“I guess you were quite flustered at that time”

“As soon as I heard it, I thought I was doomed If you look at the results, it was a failure I was completely blacklisted on my first day”

“What? You were blacklisted?”

“That time I had just taken my first steps in the ‘real world’ and it definitely eood If I think about it now, froh they say I stubbornly struggledside of the bed on my first day, it wouldn’t have been that bad”

“…Woah, Jung Sunwoo!”

My head was heavy andtime and finally cahtly pressing down on hed

The person next to me patted my shoulder

Who was it?

Ah, lasses and a plain face It was , there were no traces of a large, fabulous office

It was the inside of my brother’s car

“What?”

“What do you uy on his first day of work, you should get your head in the game You can’t stare blankly in front of your sunbaes[5] I aers, but in any job, a new recruit needs to be quick on their feet”

“I wasn’t staring blankly; I think I just dozed off”

“Like hell you were dozing off, you were talking to o Your eyes were open as well”

What?

“What are you talking about I even had a dream”

“You’re telling me you fell asleep in ten seconds and even had a dream?”

Hyung sht about it, it eird

However, I definitely had a dreaular dream, I had a lucid dream I could clearly remember the events that unfolded in my dream

An enor Girl Group Neptune, who debuted two years ago

But I was talking noro? Was it even possible to fall asleep suddenly even if I wasn’t narcoleptic?

Hoeird

“Maybe I fainted because I was too tired… even the dreae”

“What kind of dream?”

“I was the chairement company”

“That’s a lucky dream!”

“No, only that part was good I was taken back when I was interviewed about roup instead of an actor And I was blacklisted by a sunbae… damn it It was definitely a silly dream”

My brother laughed as air escaped fros

“Girl group? That’s not bad I think that will be fun”

“Like hell it will be fun”

“You’re good at taking care of kids Wouldn’t it be similar?”

“Nonsense And I don’t really want to be a roup”

It was not that I didn’t like idols Girl groups were nice They were pretty, cute and sexy How great was that However, I don’t want to be their roup would be si in a factory machine Idols would just be the standardized product from that factory

On the other hand, raising an actor felt like a handcrafted product It didn’t matter if he was respected by the public or not, he would still be a one-of-a-kind work of art

Of course, that was only my opinion

“As long as you are working for thened to an actress that you like Wish you luck”

“Hopefully”

I checked my watch and opened the car door

“I’o to work now Since it’s your first day, you should go early and understand the situation”

“Okay I’ll call you when I’ht?”

I asked esture

“What time is it now?”

“Early … 3:30?”

“You’re starting awfully early today and you think you’ll be able to leave on time?”

My brother and I laughed wholeheartedly

It was still dark outside As if dark clouds covered the stars and the loohtens up Although I knew that in this industry there were no regular start and end tio to work this early in the

“Anyways, I’ll call you when I can Thanks for the ride, brother”

“Sure Fighting!”

As I get out of the car, the cold, staleair completely woke my mind up

After stretching, I [6]