– “Shouldn’t you at least earn the price of the chicken? I spent a lot of money, you know.”
Leaving me frozen in place, Seo Taeil demanded his rights as if he were a creditor pressuring a debtor for unpaid money. Worried that someone might overhear, I covered my mouth with my hand and carefully asked,
“Was that a gift or a loan? I’m sorry, but I think I should look into illegal collection practices and fraud charges. Could you please recommend a law firm as soon as possible?”
– “Are you trying to find a law firm to sue me?”
“My mom always said that you should ask someone knowledgeable about these things.”
Then, Seo Taeil’s laughter grew louder.
He’s laughing after stressing me out? How is he able to laugh?
I was flabbergasted, but I only thought about it internally. Outwardly, I politely requested further explanation.
“If you’re talking about the concert guest spot… you’re referring to the encore concert you’re doing this time, right?”
– “Yes. You’re aware of it? We usually invite a guest during the transition between the first and second parts of our concerts…”
(“Huh!? Little Taeil!? Is our Red Riding Hood Fairy Boy Jini on the phone with Hajin right now? Are you telling him? What? Let me talk too. I want to say it, I…!”)
Click.
“Oh dear.”
My well-honed corporate persona, shaped by Nam Tijoo PTSD, won out.
The moment I heard Nam Daun’s voice, I instinctively hung up the phone. Realizing this, I quickly called back, and it wasn’t long before I heard Seo Taeil’s voice again.
– “Hello?”
“…Uh, I was at the hospital, so I had to hang up for a moment….”
– “Ah, it’s okay, it’s okay. I sent Daun out for a bit.”
“Ah, yes.”
The soothing voice, as if he already knew everything, made me unconsciously sigh in relief.
I thought I could hear banging on the door and Nam Tijoo’s barking voice from beyond the phone, but I decided to ignore it.
– “Anyway, we always invite a guest to perform during the transition from the first part to the second part of our concerts. About 10 minutes?”
“…The guest performs for 10 minutes?”
– “Given our concert runtime, it’s not that long, really.”
Well, that’s true. Utopia concerts were famous for their long runtimes and many encores.
Since, aside from Nam Daun, the members didn’t engage much in other entertainment activities and focused solely on concerts and album work, concerts had become one of their main content offerings.
‘A concert… It would indeed be helpful to gain such experience.’
I pondered for a moment.
While it wasn’t uncommon for junior idols to perform as guests at senior idols’ concerts, it often did more harm than good.
It felt similar to the time we accepted the 1st place trophy on the music show on Utopia’s behalf.
It might be fun for fans to see their idols dote on juniors they found cute, but there were quite a few fans who wouldn’t tolerate a junior idol taking up 10 minutes of the concert they paid to see their main idol perform.
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