Chapter 116

Chapter 116

Raise Three Idols Well And They’ll Launch a Confession Attack.

Episode 116: Now Is The Time To Step On The Accelerator.

At the moment I was having fun putting the red headband on and off Gyeoul, the auditorium door opened again, and people poured in.

“What on earth is happening here?!”

It was the managers of the Girl 100 trainees.

They seemed to have hurriedly gathered to manage the chaos caused by the live broadcast from Kim Yujin.

Perhaps they rushed over after hearing the news from the agency, as they looked disheveled, sweaty, and in a state of panic.

“Kaori, what the heck are you doing?!”

“Hey, Lin Mei, have you lost your mind?”

“Soo-ah, I’m so exhausted. Please, let’s stop causing trouble.”

“Jang Min-hee, take off that headband and come here right now.”

“What the hell are you guys doing? Is this a joke for professionals?”

“Mizaki-san! Where are you?”

The managers shouted, looking for their kids or trying to pull them out, creating a chaotic scene in the auditorium.

As so many people spoke at once, making it hard to distinguish voices, a man shouted loudly.

“Stop!”

It was Jeok Yu-song, the manager of Neulbom Entertainment, boasting the longest experience here.

Respecting his long-standing relationships in the industry, all the managers fell silent at once.

In the now quiet atmosphere, Jeok Yu-song asked me.

“Team Leader Seon, you must be bewildered as well, but can you explain this situation now? We are all very confused.”

“…….”

I looked around.

Gyeoul, without her headband, had reverted to her usual nerd mode, sweating profusely and trembling.

As Gyeoul, who had been leading the trainees with strong leadership, fell into such a state, the trainees, who had been riling up the atmosphere, could not hide their confusion.

Meanwhile, Kim Yujin, seemingly oblivious, crawled on the floor like a centipede, filming the entire scene from various angles.

“Team Leader Seon, this is live. You have to be very careful with what you say.”

Oh Yoori whispered that to me and showed me the real-time comments.

ZEZE- What? Did the managers not know? Was this really the trainees’ own decision? Wow, our kids are real revolutionaries, huh? They don’t bow to society.

zin-A park- For real.

SkyBlueLover- But if this happened without permission, won’t our kids get punished by their agency? I heard there are many agencies that are strict and discipline them strangely…. What if the kids are bullied? ㅠㅠ

MildSeven- Is discipline the problem? If this goes wrong, it could turn into a breach of contract.

DoubleCheeseBagel- Those idiots, if the agency was sane, would they react like that? They should praise the trainees for cutting ties with Girl 100, who are on the brink of losing their heads.

Judgment- For real, if they punish the kids for this, a boycott will happen right away.

Song A- Protect Yujin!

CosmicSupremeBeautyGyeoul- Protect Gyeoul!

GalileoXNewton- Unity!

Kim Deok-soo- If you don’t want to get into a fight with the fans, behave yourselves, agency idiots.

“…..”

My mind raced faster than ever.

The viewers flowed in like waves, creating public opinion, the evidence captured in my hands, Jeok Yu-song looking at me with half suspicion and half trust, Han Gyeoul successfully uniting the trainees’ opinions, Kim Seon-ye being undermined by my scheming, and finally, the scenarios of the plans I had made with Oh Yoori, Ye Han-na, and Cheon Aram all flashed through my mind in less than two seconds.

And I made my decision.

Now was the time to step on the gas.

At full speed.

I whispered to Oh Yoori so only she could hear.

“Yoori, we need to move the plan forward.”

“Really? Then what about the existing method…?”

“We have to change it, of course.”

What we needed right now wasn’t Yoori’s method of slowly progressing toward our goals based on deductions.

It was the method of me, Seon Taeyang, who would dive headfirst once the minimum conditions were met, and the revolutionary mode of Han Gyeoul.

Alright, Gyeoul, let’s turn the managers and the numerous viewers in front of us to our side.

Holding onto that thought, I asked the trembling Gyeoul, who was clutching the hem of my shirt.

“Gyeoul, are you ready to ignite the flames of revolution in front of those managers?”

“Me? Something like that…”

I put the headband on her.

“It’s basically my specialty.”

Gyeoul’s expression, which had seemed gentle and harmless, instantly transformed into that of a courageous leader.

She looked very reliable.

She spoke to Jeok Yu-song with a firm and powerful voice.

“Yujin’s manager, can I say a few words before Team Leader Seon speaks?”

Seeing Jeok Yu-song glance at me as if to ask if it was alright, I nodded slightly, and he nodded back as if to say he understood.

“Sure, go ahead.”

In front of Jeok Yu-song, Gyeoul looked around at the trainees and spoke.

“I understand your concerns. You might think we are simply swept up in the atmosphere or momentary emotions and are making statements we cannot handle. Or that this is just a simple joke.”

“……”

“But this is not a joke. We are seriously expressing our intention to reclaim our rights against the production team of Girl 100, who are committing vote manipulation. We all want to convey that we do not desire such manipulation.”

“……”

Jeok Yu-song glanced at Kim Yujin, who was filming their conversation, and hesitated to respond.

He seemed to understand the weight of the words spoken here as a veteran and carefully chose his response.

However, not every manager possessed such caution.

The manager from Utopia Entertainment, dressed in a silver suit and sunglasses, standing behind Jeok Yu-song, spoke with an annoyed tone.

“Talking about expressing opinions, huh? Do you know how chaotic things are at the agency right now? Do you think you have that right? If you’re kids, just follow what you’re told like kids!”

As the chat room asked, ‘Which agency is that bastard from?’ while exposing his identity, Gyeoul firmly shouted in front of the silver-suited manager, who was emphasizing ‘kids’ with reckless remarks.

“We may be kids, but we are professionals!”

That statement was not just a result of Gyeoul’s rebellion and excitement.

It was something I had always told her.

“Taeyang-ssam—no, my manager, Team Leader Seon, always told me. The moment we choose the profession of being an idol and have fans, even if that fan is just one person, we are professionals. And a professional is someone who takes responsibility for every choice to ensure that fan does not feel disappointed!”

The trainees nodded, as if they agreed with Gyeoul’s heartfelt plea.

“Our actions might seem irresponsible and disregard the company’s position right now. But this is an act of taking responsibility for the fans who support us. It would disappoint our fans to pretend nothing happened regarding the vote manipulation with Girl 100! Even if we could debut as a project group by staying silent, there would be no fan who desires such a dirty crown!”

Upon hearing Gyeoul’s words, the silver-suited manager’s eyebrows twitched as he spoke.

“…A dirty crown?”

Seeing his expression, the surrounding managers anticipated a dangerous remark and tried to stop him, but the silver-suited manager shrugged them off and provocatively said.

“You’re just kids and don’t know the world; you can never succeed solely through effort and talent. Let’s assume Girl 100 did manipulate votes, as you say. Then wouldn’t those ranked in the top 11 naturally oppose it? Why are you so stupid? Why would you do something idiotic like giving up success placed before you for words like fairness and conscience?!”

That was an extremely dangerous remark.

It might be understandable to think like that, but at least in this live setting, it was a thought that should never be expressed.

He seemed oblivious to the fact that this was a live broadcast, but the world would not forgive such ignorance.

I clicked my tongue inwardly.

I don’t know what his position is, but he should be fired.

While that foolish silver-suited guy might get fired for his reckless remarks, they weren’t entirely without appeal.

After all, there are people who think that way, albeit with varying degrees.

Perhaps Gyeoul was also thinking that, hesitating to respond while looking around at the trainees.

Seeing that, I thought I should speak up at this point, but just as I was about to, Kim Yujin, holding a camera on the floor, looked at her manager Jeok Yu-song, and shouted.

“Manager! I don’t need that crap! Top 11? What’s 11th place? Without Gyeoul, I could eat them all alive! The debut group is just trash!”

Her rival and the designated member, Kaori, also boldly looked at her manager and said.

“Manager, no matter what, Yujin is definitely under me. There’s no way I can’t outperform her in the top 11.”

Another designated member, Yeo Sua, also spoke.

“Sigh, I don’t know what confidence they have, singing worse than me. Manager! You can rest assured that they are all under me!”

Not just them, but the prideful geniuses of Girl 100 expressed their confidence to their respective managers, lending strength to Gyeoul’s words.

Having lived together under the name of Girl 100, Gyeoul, supported by her competitors who had rolled together 24/7, lifted her head and smiled as she spoke.

“Did you hear that? We don’t need that.”

That smile was so charming that anyone could fall for it.