Chapter 48
Chapter 48
[Aren't you sorry to the kids? Lying so confidently like that?]
I shook my head very confidently.
"Not at all. I might concede on other things usually, and I treat the kids with a clear conscience, but I can't concede on this. I brought them here by tricking them in the first place."
[.......]
"Easy choreography won't cut it from the start. These days, idols who are confident in their singing ability sometimes release solo albums. But if there's no performance element included, they can't even hit 1 million views. It's not easy to just cross 10 million views with just a song or a drama OST."
It wasn't like I wanted to work the kids to the bone on purpose.
I have to create choreography that's intense or unrivaled.
Fundamentally, that's how people get really interested.
And that's how people who want to follow along appear.
It wasn't for nothing that the global K-pop dance hashtag #KPOP PUBLIC exists.
[If I weren't a God AI capable of reading even your heart, Master, I might have gotten angry.]
[But since I know you truly want their success, I'll let you know.]
Why would you even get angry in the first place?
[It just means the kids. The Always kids are putting in that much effort.]
"I know that too."
I, having carelessly taken off and thrown the black socks I'd been wearing all day, nodded.
Even if there is the Blessing of Sex.
If the kids' will or effort isn't laid at the foundation, it's all useless.
All day today, the reason I could focus on recording without even knowing day was turning into night was because the kids trusted and followed me that much.
"It's because I want them to do better as much as they trust me. So what if I get cursed at a bit? In the end, the results have to be good."
[Well. Anyway. This really wasn't something I intended, and it can simply be explained as good luck. There is currently a choreographer with extremely outstanding talent who has entered South Korea.]
"Who is it?"
Honestly, I don't memorize choreographers, but...
If it was a truly famous person, I might get a hunch the moment I heard the name.
[Julia Smith.]
"Ju. Ju-ju. Julia who?"
It's a name I've never heard before.
I wondered if she was famous abroad, so I searched for her, but no information came up.
"You're not messing with me right now, are you?"
[She hasn't participated in a single work yet, but I, Novel, the God AI, guarantee this.]
[If you were to grade choreographers, she is a person who corresponds to an SS+ grade.]
That's no joke.
"Explain."
[Julia Smith]
[She is the daughter born between the famous American choreographer Kill Smith and the famous American performance director Celia Robbins. Not only does she have innate talent, but she's also a child who naturally acquired outstanding skills by watching her parents work and learning various things from a young age.]
"Next."
[It goes without saying, but as a choreographer, she has extremely outstanding dance skills. She's pretty enough, but perhaps due to genetics, she prefers to put people who can digest her choreography more definitively at the forefront to make them stars rather than stepping out herself.]
"Ah. I get it."
I really understand what that feeling is.
There's a reason they say parents are the mirror of their children.
In most cases, children decide their direction by watching what their parents do.
[Are your parents also all managers, Master?]
"Don't ask when you know they aren't. My parents are just ordinary fried chicken shop owners. I became a manager by chance after poking around here and there, wondering if I could see celebrities up close. Don't ask for no reason when you're a God AI and you know that."
[Anyway. Perhaps it's because she was born with outstanding talent, skill, and parents who can support her. Julia is a picky woman who doesn't even consider easy choreography to be choreography.]
"Ah. She seems like she'd be stuck-up. Kids who were exceptionally talented since they were young always had shitty personalities. They know they're talented."
[Well. I won't say she's nice.]
[But is personality important?]
"It's not, but in the end, if I want to ask that person for choreography, I have to go find her. If I'm going to face someone new anyway, someone like Kim Gi-bok would be more comfortable. It's not that I can't meet her."
I'm someone who has met all sorts of people while working in the management industry.
It's no lie, but there were bastards who weren't even talented themselves, but acted territorial just because their assigned celebrity and agency were a bit successful.
[So. What did you do? Did you charge at them?]
Charge at them, my ass.
It's not just the CEO who has to whine and bow their head due to the power difference between agencies. Unless you're going to quit, you have to bow your head on your own. Fuck.
"Ugh. Talking about it is making me angry for no reason."
[You should make the kids successful quickly so that doesn't happen anymore.]
"Right. But why did that amazing Julia person come all the way to Korea instead of working in the US? If she has her parents' backing, it would be easier to work in the US, right?"
[It's a very obvious and simple reason, but I'll explain it in a bit more detail.]
[Of course, she wanted to create choreography too. To do that, she watched American musicals and various shows, but unfortunately, they didn't satisfy her. Do you know why?]
"I don't know. I'm listening quietly because I don't know."
[She saw K-POP. Specifically, the choreography of male idols, which is famous for being intense. After seeing that, she got hooked on K-POP. She thought, 'This is the choreography I should create,' and it's no lie, she came to Korea as soon as she made the decision after agonizing over it just yesterday.]
"Crazy bitch. No, wait. Her drive is killer. I don't dislike people like that."
Actually, this is how people like this succeed.
"But wait a second."
[Yes. Go ahead, Master.]
"That woman. Is she really only hooked on the intense group choreography of K-POP male idols?"
[Master. Women have eyes too.]
"Fuck. In the end, that means she's also somewhat smitten with the male idols' faces. Will a bitch like that choreograph for our kids, who are a girl group?"
Novel answered my question very shamelessly.
[Is that any of my business?]
She pulled the "not my problem" card.
[As I said before, I am only here to assist you, Master. I am helping you a bit unfairly by using the power of God, but the one who delivers the finishing blow is always you, Master.]
[You asked me to recommend someone who can create the most intense choreography, so I did.]
K-POP male idols' synchronized choreography is certainly famous all over the world.
If we get choreography from someone who came to create that kind of choreography, our kids would be gasping for air and dying after just one song.
"Aside from it being hard, the results seem like they'll be very good."
Then it's okay.
"But just in case, I'm asking. That woman. She hasn't already submitted an application to another agency or been scouted by somewhere else, right?"
[That's not the case. It seems she plans to enjoy sightseeing in Seoul while she's at it since she just arrived in Korea. Seoul is a famous tourist destination abroad, after all.]
That's true. Seoul is the bomb.
"What do I have to do to meet her?"
Honestly, if you don't know if it'll work or not, it's right to just charge in.
By this age, you learn that regretting something later without even trying is the stupidest thing to do.
[Just in time, tomorrow, she will appear at a climbing center about 58 minutes away from here.]
[The exact time is 11 AM. It seems she plans to sweat it out with climbing before lunch, buy coffee at a cafe, and then go try Pyongyang naengmyeon.]
"Wow. Look at those hobbies."
Just looking at her hobbies, I can tell how intense this person is.
"Okay. Good. For the kids, even if I have to grab her pant leg, I'll hire her as our dance teacher."
[The truly amazing thing about Julia is that she is both a choreographer and a performance director. Since she learned everything from her parents at a young age, she has much more outstanding potential and skill compared to others.]
[It means she can grow further if there's a catalyst. And Always has enough talent to stimulate that potential.]
"Okay! So you're saying I should bring videos of the kids dancing and singing, right?"
[The scary thing about you, Master, is that you quickly notice even the smallest hint and snatch it up.]
Like this. The conversation with Novel ended, and I was about to lay my tired body down immediately.
Knock, knock-. Someone knocks on the door and pokes their head in.
"Team Leader-nim."
It was Hee-ju.
"Yeah. Why?"
"Ah. I thought you might have taken your socks off by now. I was wondering if I should put them in the laundry basket together."
"Huh? My socks smell bad. You should just wash them separately."
"It's okay."
Hee-ju, who rushed in, hugged my smelly socks to her chest and was about to leave, but turned back around.
"Team Leader-nim."
"Yeah."
"The eonnis said they didn't like the intense choreography. They said it was hard. But I'm okay. If you tell me to do it, Team Leader-nim, I'll do any choreography perfectly."
I felt a tiny bit of a guilty conscience at such infinite, crazy trust, but...
"Yeah. Thanks. For now, I'll focus on finding the best teacher possible. I'll lower the choreography difficulty if I can."
"Yes. Good night."
"Yeah. Hee-ju. You sleep well too."
[Are you even lying to Hee-ju?]
What are you talking about? I said "if I can," so it's not a lie.
[.......]
Let's just sleep.
I'm not in a position where I can sleep all day like the other kids.
I stayed up all night recording, so if I slept soundly because it's morning, I might wake up in the evening.
I had to wake up at lunch to get takeout salads for the kids to eat.
Originally, it's best to buy them in the morning. But it's such a popular shop that they refill them at lunch.
[I know you're trying, so I'll let it slide.]
[Sleep well.]
Yeah. You sleep well too.
The next morning.
"Ah. I'm dying."
Tired. Sleepy. My mouth tastes sweet.
Spritz, spritz-. Still, I sprayed perfume on my body, put a peppermint candy in my mouth, and after waking up as neatly as possible, I headed to the arrival location at the time Novel had told me.
[Hard Climbing Center]
The name already has 'Hard' in it?
[They say this place is notoriously famous among climbing centers. Maybe that's why national team athletes visit occasionally.]
"I'm already dizzy."
"Oh. Hello. Is this your first time visiting?"
"Yes. Well. Climbing itself is my first time, though."
"I see. Then, shall I help you with an explanation for a moment? Would that be okay?"
"Yes."
The world is so good these days. The service is so kind.
After listening to the explanation, changing clothes, and renting shoes, I went inside and saw so many people grabbing the jagged rocks and climbing up.
[This is a special service. So you don't waste time.]
Along with Novel's words, information floats above the head of only one person among those climbing.
[Julia Smith]
That must be her. She was a pretty woman with blonde hair and blue eyes who looked like she was screaming "I'm a foreigner" just by looking at her.
"Hup! Hup!"
The inside of the climbing center was divided by difficulty. Among them, I could see her doing the most intense difficulty level.
The muscles all over her body are no joke. If she's like that, even though she's a woman, isn't she stronger than me?
[It's not to that extent. Still, in terms of flexibility, core, and in many ways, she is much stronger than other women.]
"Ah. A strong woman. She has talent, and she's even strong. She really seems like she'd be stuck-up."
Still, let's try to approach her shamelessly.
[Do you speak English?]
"No. Impossible."
If I were that good at English, I would have gotten into some large corporation or state-owned enterprise just with my TOEIC score. Would I have entered this crazy industry where managers change every year for low pay? Even if I wanted to see celebrities so badly.
[Then what are you going to do?]
"Well. What's the big deal about English? For the kids, I have to try to talk to her somehow."
Fortunately, in this world, there exists a crazy means of communication called body language.
"He. Hey. Julia Smith?"
"Who? Who called me?"
As soon as I called her name, we made eye contact, and I put on a thick face and shouted.
"Ah. I'm your fan! Big fan!"
Then the words that came back.
"What the fuck?"
Ah. That's English I know too.