In This Life, The Greatest Star In The Universe

Chapter 102:

Chapter 102:

Translator: MarcTempest

Editor: Rxel

Chapter 102

The idol community green room.

In the wee hours of the morning, a post about a rookie idol member was uploaded on the best board.

-An idol member who appeared as a witness on PBS documentary today

-A rookie male idol with a strange background

-A summary of New Black’s Woojoo-related posts.txt

The cause of the incident was an article on the portal main.

The mysterious whereabouts of an idol member were the topic of interest for those who stayed up all weekend.

-Wait... So I get that the kid who was famous for being a witness on the college entrance exam last year is an idol now... But how does the timeline work?? He joined the company right after the exam and then Something came out three months later?

-Yeah, that’s right

-Jang Sowon officially co-composed Something

-And he debuted in June? In seven months...??

-What... Is it just me or does this not make sense

There was no one among the idol fans who didn’t know about New Black.RêAd lateSt chapters at novelhall.com Only

They were the most noteworthy achievers among the idols who debuted this year.

Their hit song Something in spring.

Their debut title ‘Fireworks’ ranked 54th on the July monthly chart.

The music video accumulated 150 million views.

They also appeared on the national variety show and got a school uniform CF.

Apart from the public recognition, they had impressive results in the idol fandom.

There were already predictions that New Black would win the Rookie of the Year Award for boy groups.

But apart from the group’s fame, there was little known about the individual members.

In fact, there was no interest.

It was just ‘they’re handsome’ kind of impression.

But today was different from the usual atmosphere.

-Something is weird...

-Really weird

-Did all this happen in such a short time?ᄏᄏᄏ

He was a student until last year, and then he came out with a song called Something in February.

Then he revealed on Music Cafe that his father was a world-famous pianist.

And then he had a lineup of self-composed songs from Something to Fireworks, and then to Night Sea.

It was ‘oh. That’s amazing’ when heard one by one, but when put together, it was strange.

It was like assembling a puzzle.

They collected the pieces and completed the whole picture, but they were puzzled by the completed picture.

That was why the post by Han Supple, who summarized the information, quickly gained high views.

[Summary of New Black’s Woojoo-related posts.txt]

I brought a summary of New Black’s Woojoo for the curious roommates!

He was a trainee for about 6 years at TJ. He said he was discharged, but I don’t know the details. He doesn’t like to mention it.

He went to the army after being discharged and missed the college entrance exam because he saved an old man.

He got an offer from Lemon Entertainment from a manager he knew on the day of the exam.

He met Jang Sowon, who was a judge at the monthly evaluation, and she picked them up after noticing his arranging skills. (Music Cafe official)

That’s how he made Something with Jang Sowon.

After Something did well, the company gave him a studio and asked him to make some songs for the album... But the song was so good that it became the title. (Fireworks)

He got a chance to appear on a radio show and decided to make a song quickly and went out with a demo song and performed live. It got a good response. This is the Night Sea that is on the music chart right now.

I skipped the rest like Around the World With Dice, CF, documentary, etc. because I think you all know...!

There are so many spoilers for our kids that I want to tell you, but I don’t think you’ll like it... There’s a hidden camera on the live broadcast, a self-made reality show, an episode of filling in for an event... And a penguin promise...

Anyway, there’s a lot

I feel like I wrote a messy post, but I’ll end it with their pictures!! I hope you all look kindly on our New Black kids... _

After the pictures of the New Black members were posted, the comment section was full of excited people.

-ᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏWhat

-So this all happened in less than 6 months?

-Is this real?? For real?

-Yeah, it’s real...

-I was so suspicious while reading it...

-It’s like a dictator’s chronicleᄋᄋ Did he make a grenade with a pine cone

-No... It seems like they just wrote the facts dryly, but why don’t I believe it

-What did they do so much?

-They seem to be the busiest among the boy groups who debuted this year. I saw them at a neighborhood event a while agoᄏᄏᄏ They’re amazing in real life. They look different from the camera

-First of all, they don’t have any humiliating photos from their debut.

-He was from TJ... That makes sense. He looked different from the other members when he performed

-ᄋᄋ That’s not a skill you can get in 6 months of training. I was shocked

-Why did they let him out...?

-Hey, Kyuho, if you have any conscience, you should do it three times a day in his direction

-It’s a well-known fact in the academic world that Kyuho’s conscience disappeared along with his hair

The comments broke through 200 in an instant.

It was the first time that a sales post about New Black had such a response.

***

When Woojoo woke up, nothing had changed in the world.

The world was the same.

The only difference was that his popularity had risen among the idol fans.

Woojoo was surprised when he saw the link that the company’s PR team sent him.

There were tons of posts about Woojoo on the idol community.

It was the first time he received such intense attention.

He was not immune to hate comments, so he checked the replies with trembling hands, but most of them were curious or positive. It made him feel good.

But Woojoo wasn’t very happy.

What Woojoo wanted was not Seon Woojoo, but New Black becoming famous.

Idols were a group activity.

Woojoo was already worried about singing Night Sea with Rihyuk alone, but after the ad, the documentary, and Around the World With Dice, the interest in Woojoo only increased, which made him feel a bit regretful.

Woojoo hoped that everyone would get attention in this Around the World With Dice special.

With that thought, Woojoo packed his stuff.

4:30 in the morning.

Woojoo sat in the living room with a dark blue dawn sky as the background and opened his suitcase.

He packed toiletries, underwear, and clothes to change.

“Please put this in, too, Hyung.”

The youngest, who had piled up his socks to his chin, looked at Woojoo.

“What do you want me to put in?”

“My socks.”

“Are you going to sell socks or something?”

“So, are you going to put them in or not?”

“Our youngest, do you see the initials ‘SWJ’ here?”

“Does it stand for ‘Seon Woojoo is awesome’?”

“I’m never going to put yours in.”

Woojoo put them in.

He was dumping all his stuff that didn’t fit in his bag to his Hyungs.

“Ah, I’m nervous.”

“People are all the same wherever you go.”

“Should we try talking to some other people?”

“Let’s save it. We can talk to them when we start recording.”

The atmosphere right now was not for rookie idols to join in.

If they were careless, they might end up wandering around like the comedian Seo Jihyung over there, getting ‘Don’t you have any sense?’ looks.

Meanwhile, there was another celebrity who was having a mini fan meeting.

“Wow, look at where Lee Gyeonwoo Sunbae-nim is. It’s like a fan sign event.”

Lee Gyeonwoo, the Hallyu star they met at TJ Entertainment, stood out like a star among the celebrities.

He had an unreal appearance, and he was polite to anyone who talked to him.

He looked like the perfect protagonist of a ball if he just held a wine glass.

And in that background, one by one, the nasty villains appeared. And sure enough.

They came.

“Hello, we are Girls on Top!”

A six-member girl group dressed in fancy clothes like airport fashion.

Oh Hyungseok, who was in charge of the old man position in Around the World With Dice, said, “The atmosphere is different when a girl group comes,” and laughter erupted around him.

Girls on Top came in front of New Black.

“Hello, we are New Bla...”

They ignored New Black.

Especially, the youngest member of Girls on Top, Gil Chaekyung, smirked as she looked at Jiho.

“I’ll get revenge later.”

“How?”

“That’s for you guys to figure out. I’m just going to get revenge.”

Woojoo laughed as he watched the youngest member burning with determination.

But he also felt a fire in his heart.

...How dare they ignore their kid? That was the feeling.

Especially, Rihyuk narrowed his eyes.

Girls on Top immediately started to chat with Around the World With Dice members in a friendly way.

They had to socialize like that too, but their team leaders were nowhere to be found.

They were really the late siblings who were called that on the program.

Woojoo looked around and decided to have a calm conversation with each other.

“Three, six, nine, three, six, nine. One.”

“Two.”

“Clap.”

“Four.”

“Five. Ah, Junghyun Hyung. You have to say four, not four. You’re twisting your tongue.”

“Six.”

“...”

“...”

“Woojoo Hyung. The fans might not know, but we won’t fall for that smile. No. You can’t smile like that either.”

They were playing three, six, nine with their mouths because they had nothing to do.

They wanted to do some business, but the people around them didn’t take them well.

They would listen with one ear and scan the surroundings with a hmm... They didn’t seem to like them very much.

It was understandable.

Connections meant ‘If I get close to this person, maybe I’ll get some benefits, right?’ But they had nothing to give them.

New Black was on the real-time search for a few weeks, but there was no one in this place who hadn’t been on the real-time search.

Honestly, it was amazing to be here.

And with that, Woojoo felt a bit strange.

It wasn’t that they deliberately looked down on them or ignored them, but they just floated around naturally.

It was like looking at each other from a distance in the middle of summer, exchanging smiles with Bae Younghoon.

They were all together, and then the three of them who fell as the balloon inflated.

Woojoo decided to do his best today and get some footage.

The main PD, Gu Jaeyoung, picked up the megaphone.

-Okay, let’s gather for the opening soon! Please tidy up your seats!

People started to gather around the five members of Around the World With Dice in the center.

The staff’s voices were heard.

“Where are Heeyeon and Heechan?”

“They had a flat tire on the way and took a taxi. They said they’ll be here in five minutes.”

“What a lie... Hurry up!”

“Heechan just texted me. He said he’ll send a proof shot saying ‘Taejun Hyung will say it’s a lie.’”

“...Why is he making a V in front of the flat tire?”

“He got hit by Heeyeon right away.”

As Woojoo listened to the conversation, he found their seat that the production team had told them in advance.

In the middle of the line on the right, stretched out like Hak Ikjin.

It was a decent position.

But there was someone in their seat.

A comedian with a muscular body and red hair.

Seo Jihyung.

He had a round and likable face, and he stood there as if it was natural.

Did he misunderstand?

Woojoo whispered cautiously to him.

“Um, Sunbae-nim. The seat...”

Seo Jihyung turned his head slightly and looked at Woojoo.

Then he frowned and gestured with his eyes for Woojoo to go away, making sure no one else saw him.

...He knew all along.

Woojoo stared at him in disbelief, and he mouthed the word ‘go’.

What the hell.

Was he trying to push them away just because he had a good opening?

Actually, the seat next to them was better, but there was a scary-looking reggae-haired rapper there, so he must have picked on them, the easy targets.

He turned his head back and smiled as if nothing had happened, and Woojoo’s siblings looked at me.

They had expressions that said, what kind of person is this?

Woojoo was speechless for a moment, too, but then he quickly thought.

And he came to a conclusion.

Woojoo spoke politely, loud enough for the others to hear.

“Oh... I’m sorry, Sunbae-nim. I guess we got the wrong seat. I’ll go ask the writers again.”

The people next to them glanced at them and Seo Jihyung. He noticed their gaze and tried to lighten the mood.

And he laughed heartily.

“Was this your seat? Don’t just stand there, you should have said something sooner. I forgot my seat...”

“Didn’t they stand there the whole time?”

The guest who was standing on the left of Heysion, the famous celeb Maxi, asked. Seo Jihyung pretended not to hear and smiled.

Then he quickly moved his seat.

He glared at Woojoo as he left, and Woojoo just replied with a polite smile.

What a weird person.

Well.

Woojoo was stunned for a moment, but on the other hand, he felt like he learned indirectly what kind of place the entertainment industry was through this experience.

A place where Woojoo had to take care of his own bowl.

That was his first impression of entertainment.