When I Opened My Eyes I Was A Superstar

Chapter 8

8: Official debut, An unexpected change (2)

Translated by EatApplePies

Monday, the start of a new week. Team Leader for HIT Entertainment’s Rookie Development Team, Im Sung Ahn.

She was well known as a workaholic who came to work earlier than the new hires despite being the team leader. She was also a key figure in discovering Monster and Milky Way’s major members. Her abilities were acknowledged and 3 years after starting at the company, she became a team leader.

Sung Ahn was the first to arrive at the RDT office today as well and got situated at her desk. As soon as she sat down, she turned on the computer and opened the box that was on the desk. The box was full of individually wrapped fortune cookies.

“Let’s see. Today…..”

Every Monday morning, she would open a fortune cookie, calm her mind with what was written, and make predictions for that week. She had been doing this since her days as a new hire. It wasn’t to the point that she blindly believed what was written in the fortunes, but it was true that it influenced her decision making since it got things right so often.

She grabbed the middlemost fortune cookie and opened the wrapping.

[A new relationship will find you. Leap into a higher place with a new mindset!]

Im Sung Ahn brooded over the words written on the paper.

‘Is it talking about an ex? It’s been over a year since we broke up so that’s probably not it.’

She wouldn’t know what the fortune means until the day is over anyways. Sung Ahn straightened out the fortune, placed it on the desk, and put the cookie in her mouth.

***

The HIT Entertainment trainee dance evaluation started at 5 p.m.

Since it’s impossible to have a normal school life as a trainee, Do Wook also had to submit a formal document to the school. With the school’s cooperation, he was attending just enough regular classes to fulfill the attendance requirement and was excused from the rest.

Yoon Jin Sun was extremely jealous of Do Wook, who left school around 3 o’clock. It looked like he was more jealous of Do Wook not attending classes than he was of Do Wook becoming a celebrity.

‘Simple-minded punk.’

The initial awkwardness had disappeared a long time ago. He didn’t feel awkward at all being friends with Yoon Jin Sung. Although, there were often times when Yoon Jin Sung told Do Wook not to act like an old man. He had the body of an 18 year old but the mind of a 33 year old, so it was understandable to be called an old man.

‘I tried to speak as little as possible so it wouldn’t be obvious but….’

Do Wook, who was in the middle of that thought, turned his neck and looked around. All the trainees who were to be evaluated were present.

Jo Jung Min stretched for no reason next to Park Tae Hyung and moved his body like he was going to hit him. Park Tae Hyung was crushed under Jo Jung Min’s spirit and had his head down.

‘The more I see it, the more unbelievable his actions are.’

As Do Wook approached with a frown, Jo Jung Min looked like he wouldn’t back down either. Whether Jo Jung Min fell for Do Wook’s provocation or not, it had been said in front of everybody. Jo Jung Min and Park Tae Hyung’s individual scores were the hottest topic of interest besides one’s own scores.

The three evaluators were sitting on the sofa prepared in the rehearsal room. The atmosphere was similar to the one during auditions.

During today’s evaluations, a total of five groups, from Group A to Group E, will be evaluated in reverse order. Since the evaluation was to find debut members, the evaluation included not only the dance instructor, but also the RDT Assistant Manager and Team Leader.