Became The Leader of a Girl Group Destined To Fail – Chapter 92

Chapter 92

Actually, it was all planned.

Is there any broadcast that isn’t staged?

This was obviously staged too.

In fact, I thought that to get away from Director Kim, it was crucial to find another producer.

Ideally, I wanted to do the producing myself, but Colors wasn’t the type of company to entrust a group to a 20-year-old rookie.

It was understandable since I hadn’t shown any producing abilities.

In my past life, I self-produced because I had no money.

This time, even if I wanted to, I couldn’t.

It was bittersweet, but since there was no choice, I had to find a way.

The problem was who to invite as a producer.

It had to be someone convincing enough for Colors to replace Director Kim, and willing to take on our group.

Someone who would deliberately go against Director Kim and take us on.

Was there really such a person?

It seemed like-

“We’ll have to find someone inside Colors.”

I confided a bit to Ryu Bo-ra.

She was the one most familiar with this industry.

“There are only about three or four producers in our company who can take on a group, right? They must be busy handling the senior groups.”

That was true.

And from what I had checked, there wasn’t a particularly attractive producer in Colors right now.

If they had a good reputation, they had no reason to take us on.

If they were willing to take us on, their reputation or personality wasn’t satisfactory.

So, we needed to bring in a new producer.

A completely new one… For example-

“How about looking among the seniors?”

“Seniors?”

Ryu Bo-ra looked unconvinced.

“There are producer roles within each group, but I don’t know if anyone would step up to take us on.”

“No, there’s one person.”

I smiled and searched for someone.

Then I showed the result to Ryu Bo-ra.

“…!”

Ryu Bo-ra thought for a moment and then nodded.

“I get why you chose this senior. Firstly, they have the highest seniority… and they have considerable influence in Colors.”

“Remember what Juhong said recently? ‘I want to aim for an outside director position like Senior Lee Sol.’”

Yes, the person I showed to Ryu Bo-ra was Lee Sol.

The main rapper and the composing and producing member of the same group as Do Hee-young, Grayish.

She was also talented enough to write songs for other idols.

“Recently, they even became an outside director….”

“I heard that when Colors was struggling, Lee Sol received stocks as payment. She probably owns quite a few shares.”

I knew this because, ten years later, Lee Sol became the general manager of Colors.

Back then, I simply thought, ‘Was she an idol interested in management?’

But now, I realized that ambition didn’t come overnight.

“The problem is… would Senior Lee Sol be willing to take us on? I heard she’s on a world tour right now. Can she manage us while being so busy?”

“I think it’s actually a good time since she recently became an outside director and might want to prove herself.”

Saying that, I held up a USB with my and Kim Geum’s work.

“Also, I need Lee Sol’s name, not her time.”

Now, there was just one problem.

“But… we can’t make the proposal first.”

“It’d seem very arrogant.”

“Exactly.”

How could we ask a senior to lend us her name for achievements in return?

A sensible person would naturally refuse.

A rookie.

Director Kim.

These two factors alone were enough to make the request daunting, and asking not to intervene?

There was no reason to agree.

“So… it’s better to make her propose it first.”

***

“Ah, Lee Sol?”

Writer Kang looked at me, surprised.

“I can try to contact her, but as you know-”

“I know she’s very busy, but please give it a try.”

While working on the show, I realized something.

Writer Kang was a very good person.

Moreover, she was capable.

‘Writer Kang is great, but she lacks respect for young people.’

Even though PD Oh spent all day bad-mouthing Writer Kang, he couldn’t easily get rid of her.

“I’ll try contacting her. But why are you trying to recruit her?”

This was where the problem lay.

No matter how good Writer Kang was, I couldn’t reveal all our plans.

It wasn’t that I worried she would leak our plan.

We weren’t that close, and secrets are a burden to the listener.

So I gave her the excuse I prepared.

I said that for this reality show idea, we wanted to learn idol tips directly from Colors seniors.

And Lee Sol seemed perfect for that.

“If that’s the idea… it sounds good. We were planning something similar.”

“That’s fortunate.”

As expected, people think alike.

I originally thought Mnet would want such content.

Why would Mnet produce a reality show for a rookie idol?

There are two reasons.

The popularity of ‘Make a New Color’ and Colors’ reputation.

They intended to leverage these two factors for easy success, so other Colors idols would be interested too.

So, when I suggested recruiting senior idols first, they must have welcomed it.

“By the way, can you also propose recruiting one more person?”

“Who?”

“Day from All Colors.”

All Colors was the second idol group of Colors.

Debuted for 8 years.

Among them, Day was the main vocalist and composer.

He was like the Lee Sol of All Colors.

…But he had a very, very bad relationship with Lee Sol.

I knew this from talking to Day directly.

‘I’m used to being hated by someone, but getting hated by Senior Lee Sol is honestly… something I can’t get used to even with time.’

‘Were you on bad terms with Senior Lee Sol? I didn’t know that.’

‘We’ve been really bad since I debuted.’

‘Why were you hated in the first place?’

‘…There were adult matters.’

‘What’s that supposed to mean….’

Roughly, I heard this in my fourth year after debuting.

So, they were probably still on bad terms.

“We want to get advice on producing from both of them.”

Honestly, I didn’t want much advice from Day.

I didn’t want to get involved with male idols.

And somehow, I ended up doing a radio show with Day in my past life… so I knew him a little.

Even back then, he wasn’t someone I particularly liked.

He was capable and good-looking.

But he had a way of pissing people off.

It wasn’t surprising that Lee Sol didn’t like him.

“Day is talented in producing. But Yoon Cheong.”

“Yes?”

Writer Kang looked worried.

“Are you okay with a male idol?”

My intuition was right.

She was a good person.

In fact, All Colors was one of the hottest male idol groups right now.

Grayish was more stable in their individual activities rather than being hot right now.

Naturally, Day would be more helpful for the program’s buzz, but she still asked if I was okay with it….

She was a different breed from PD Oh.

“So please prioritize Senior Lee Sol.”

“Got it.”

“And… when you propose to Senior Lee Sol.”

I added one more request.

“Casually mention that you also proposed to Senior Day. And that the theme is ‘producing’.”

To move someone’s heart.

Touching on anger and competitiveness is the easiest way.

***

Anyway, that’s how it happened.

Of course, I didn’t expect Lee Sol to get caught so easily.

But I understood Lee Sol’s mind.

That day, we played two songs by Kim Geum and one by me.

There was a reason I played Kim Geum’s songs first.

Kim Geum had long admired Lee Sol as a fan.

Naturally, she was influenced by Lee Sol’s music.

Lee Sol must have felt it too while listening to Kim Geum’s songs.

The deep affection that had built up over time.

I took a gamble on that.

A person’s heart can be moved by someone who likes them, even if it’s out of sympathy.

“I said I’d produce, but I don’t have much time.”

We were in Lee Sol’s studio.

We visited Lee Sol’s studio with six chickens to discuss the future.

“I expected that.”

“I can give some advice and do the final directing. Is that okay?”

That’s exactly what we wanted.

“Yes, that’s enough for us.”

“Confident, aren’t you?”

Lee Sol chuckled and picked up a chicken leg.

“Producing covers a wide range. Some think it includes just the packaging, while others think it includes the batter on the chicken.”

Lee Sol took a big bite of the chicken.

“But Director Kim believes that the bones, meat, batter, sauce, and packaging are all the producer’s responsibility. In short, he thinks he’s the law, and if you succeed, it’s thanks to him. If you fail, it’s your fault.”

I could feel the frustration of experience.

“I’m not like that. I’ll just help with the packaging. I want you to learn the rest by doing it yourselves. Plan the concept and design your future and vision.”

Lee Sol offered us the chicken.

But no one dared to take a bite.

“I’ve told the company that I want to produce you.”

“!”

She already went that far.

Since the broadcast aired yesterday, it couldn’t be reversed.

At first, I didn’t understand why she announced her intention to produce us on the show without prior consultation.

But soon, I understood her intention.

Telling Director Kim wouldn’t matter because he could just ignore it.

It was better to declare it in front of the camera.

“But there’s a problem.”

Hmm?

Just when everyone was about to relax and take a bite of the chicken.

Everyone stopped.

What problem?

“The company rejected it.”

Thud.

Five pieces of chicken fell simultaneously