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Debut or Die - 256

As night fell in TeSTAR's apartment, after finishing the vacation for the Chuseok.

The members began to return one by one.

Actually, I thought Bae Sejin and I would arrive first, but someone had arrived first.

- Eh?

- Oh~ MoonDae MoonDae! Welcome, welcome! You too, Sejin hyung-nim~

Keun SeJin, who had his parents' house near the apartment, had returned early and was lying on the sofa in the living room. He was watching the special episode of "TeSTAR's Island Life" with commentary.

From what I heard, he seemed to be enjoying the vacation of a top idol group giving autographs to his excited cousins.

It won't be long before sightings and autograph checks from her relatives flood social media.

- How has the insensitive MoonDae MoonDae been? Your lady wanted to see you in person, it's a pity~ You had already talked it over!

The guy who said he went all the way to his grandfather's house is good at this.

TN: SeJin is talking in the third person about himself to annoy MoonDae. He just called himself "lady" or "married woman", that's why there are many Korean fanarts and comments in which they point out SeJin as MoonDae's "wife". MoonDae acknowledges that SeJin is very good at annoying him on purpose.

- Yeah, next time I'll have to video call you.

- Haha!

Keun SeJin laughed.

I don't know if it's good to take a break or if my conscience is relieved after realizing that the real me had indeed lived, but either way, it's good to have some time off.

Now I'll be able to squeeze out every last drop of energy when we make the album.

- Ah, many have already arrived.

- I-I'm back...!

Ryu CheongWoo and Seon AhHyun arrived almost at the same time. AhHyun also made a family trip and even brought back souvenirs from a small island in the South Sea.

I accepted the goose-shaped bread offered by AhHyun. Inside was green tea cream.

- It-it was close to the island we went to! My parents said they wanted to visit....

"Even after seeing all our hard work...?"

I don't know, but let's just leave it at it was fun.

- Did you guys have a good vacation?

And Kim RaeBin, who came with a bag... he had a little chubby in places.

Grandma, after considering her own hospitalization to the car accident, seems to have fed her grandson a lot for his hard work this year.

- Hyungs?

- ... Hmm, I'm glad you're here.

- Yes!

Well, he'll be fine. We're not promoting and it hasn't gotten to the point where it could cause problems to his health... and when he prepares the album, he'll have no choice but to automatically return to his original state.

Also, in the early morning we found out that his weight gain wasn't that bad.

This is because the one who made the most radical image transformation only appeared at the end.

- Yahoo! Everybody say hello~ like Hello!

- Cha YooJin!

Cha YooJin, who flew in from Los Angeles, arrived at dawn.

This guy... his skin was full of spots.

In a good way, he looks healthy, in a bad way, he's the destroyer of sunblock.

I guess he had a great vacation at the beach.

"The stylist is going to faint..."

Maybe he'll make him take oral vitamin D after he locks him in the house.

- Ya! You! What's wrong with your face?!

First of all, RaeBin was startled and slapped YooJin's back.

- Ugh! No! I'm healthy and handsome!

- No! It's not a healthy tan, it's because you didn't follow the rules of your self-care, so your tan has failed!

- Kim RaeBin didn't exercise! You failed!

- ...! N-no, I will exercise to quickly regain the muscle mass I have lost.....

Anyway, it was only after the chaos ended that I was able to get to the point.

It was two o'clock in the morning.

- Tomorrow... No, today I'll go to work around lunchtime.

- What?

- Wh-why...?

- MoonDae-ya, you're too much of a workaholic, be more careful. You've probably worked at Sejin hyung's house too, right?

- No, just listen, please.

If you say anything else, the others will make noise too.

I pressed my forehead and spoke.

- I thought it was a waste for us, especially Bae Sejin hyung, to collect the data for the lawsuit....

I explained the plan I had thought of quietly on vacation.

- Hmm.

Bae Se-jin, who had heard it before, nodded without reacting, while the others went from expressing exclamation marks to showing faces full of agony.

- I-is that possible...?

- ... It's possible. I asked the lawyer.

Following Bae Sejin's answer, Kim RaeBin raised his hand.

- Won't it be illegal?

- No, it is not.

After that, a rather productive discussion and Q&A session continued.

In the end, Keun SeJin shrugged his shoulders.

- Hmm, we've agreed on everything we want anyway, haven't we? I think it will work.

- Yes. So, are we all going to have an interview tomorrow?

I shook my head.

- No, I think I'd better go alone.

- Eh?

That guy will feel more intimidated if we have a face-to-face meeting in secret. If we meet with the group of kids, he'll feel like he's facing a low-level mutiny.

The most appropriate thing to do was to have a representative.

After explaining that part, I added a comment.

- CheongWoo hyung is the leader, so I think if hyung were the representative, he would mistake it for an official deal. I think it would be better for me to go and catch him off guard.

- Hmmm.

Bae Sejin frowned and opened his mouth.

- Still, considering the retaliation and threats....

- Don't worry. I have no intention of using such extreme measures.

- ...?

Why does he have a bad expression on his face?

I was puzzled for a moment, then burst out laughing.

- Oh, you meant the CEO?

- ...

- I don't think I do. What kind of guy is that?

And after a while, it was decided that the representative would be me.

Everything went smoothly.

*   *   *

The third CEO of T1 Stars had a pretty decent vacation.

That's because, even though a deranged terminated employee took it upon himself to cause huge problems, recovery exclaimed to his own form just before vacation.

Still, his head ached at the thought of the damage to the company's image, the interference of the venue and the cancellation of the tour.

"It was fortunate that he recovered."

Fortunately, a comatose TeSTAR member did not die, but the next move he made was not promising.

"Doing a donation concert."

That, and also doing it on a platform related to another agency.

It was suspicious.

"They're going to try to transfer there, aren't they?"

He couldn't help it because of public opinion and the atmosphere of those days. As it was his first time working in the entertainment industry, the head of the headquarters, who considered the idol agency similar to a sports club, was even more annoyed.

Tasting it, he thought it tasted too salty.

TN: He is referring to the entertainment industry. Experiencing his job as CEO of an idol agency, he realized that it was not pleasant at all.

But there was no further sign of TeSTAR contacting the other agency again, which cleared up their suspicions.

"As soon as public opinion recovers, I will have to organize the tour."

At the same time, he was planning to prepare the next album in time to release it at the end of the tour and launch it worldwide.

Meanwhile, it was already stressful to have to reflect on the words of idols who used to complain.

"Kids who didn't even go to college are the image of my business, so they should do their job properly."

In the early days of Hollywood, the industry got to this point because of the marketing of stars that was done to sell tickets!

In any case, the entertainment business has no system and no dignity. He clicked his tongue.

He had jumped with great ambition, but his image fell.

"I'll have to keep filling my portfolio with accomplishments for a couple of years and then I'll launch another line of business."

TN: He will stay on as CEO of the agency for a few more years to bring his resume and portfolio of work accomplished to a higher level, and then he will move on to manage another job.

Then, during the lunch break, he left to attend a pre-arranged appointment with a TeSTAR member.

- Good afternoon.

- Yes, come in.

Actually, that was a bit odd. Was his position as CEO at the agency in a position to have to make an appointment with his celebrities in order to talk to them?

Still, it could be used as a new hand, so he thought he'd give it a try.

TN: "Hand" refers to "hand of cards". In poker games, there are hands of cards with which to make plays from low to high.

Admittedly, the company was in crisis due to the car accident.

"Let's see."

When he saw that Park MoonDae, a TeSTAR member, was alone, he guessed.

"Will you make a request?"

He was informed that he was not the leader of the group, but the guy who contacted T1 headquarters last time.

However, it hadn't crossed his mind that a dedicated team of specialists would be created for TeSTAR for that reason.

This was because he didn't even suspect that a ttanttara who didn't graduate from high school would have a good brain.

TN: "딴따라" (Ttanttara) is an old slang meaning "artist", but it is a way of calling them with a certain contempt.

Still, he was thinking of using it.

"If I tempt him, he won't be able to overcome his greed."

He seemed to have a voice on the team and an avid yearning to be successful in his own way.

Then, even after recovering from a coma, he came to see him!

However, as soon as he sat down in the room of the sushi restaurant where the meal was served, Park MoonDae took out some documents.

- They are the demand documents.

- Kujup!

The CEO gagged.

But the idol in front of him just looked at him without moving.

It was a face that watched him indifferently.

- ...

The CEO seemed to be filled with anger for a moment, but first he had to take his benefits.

That is, the documents.

And he was astonished.

- ...!

- It's evidence of negligence in the agency related to the former manager.

The documents were meticulous in the legal sense.

In addition, there were parts where details were intentionally removed, so even after verifying the contents of the documents, it would be difficult for the company to refute the data.

It had obviously been done by the hands of an expert.

"He hired a lawyer...!"

The head of the company took a discreet deep breath and then lowered the document.

- So why are you showing me this?

- ...

- I don't think you're going to sue right away. Is it because you want something?

Park MoonDae admitted.

"He has a good brain."

After all, the CEO wasn't a parachute or a relative of some other executive. He was just an overly egotistical boss.

For that reason, it was easier for him to talk.

Park MoonDae recalled the conversation he had with Bae Sejin the night before returning to the department.

- ... Park MoonDae, you talked about taxes when we received our first settlement. It is an amount before taxes were applied to it, so we will be charged a lot of money later on.

- Right.

- Yes, that's right, we are celebrities who are not considered workers.

At the time of writing the contract, Park MoonDae also knew based on the legal knowledge he gained through university exams and his civil service studies.

Celebrities do not sign employment contracts with companies.

Therefore, they are often classified as individual entrepreneurs, not workers, and the Labor Standards Act or the Industrial Safety and Health Act is not properly applied to them.

"In that way, the power of the agency is too great."

It was not something they could change at this time, so they were left with only moving forward.

Park MoonDae thought the following.

"But looking at it from another perspective, we can draft a contract with more freedom."

Isn't that a contract between business owners?

That's why he made an offer.

- Let's add some additional clauses to those of the basic contract. Penalty and warranty clauses.

- Guarantee?

- Yeah, it's not serious, it's kind of a gambling concept. What we want is...

Park MoonDae laughed.

- If TeSTAR wins the Daesang at the annual award ceremonies next year, we want your full support in establishing a new independent TeSTAR label.

- ...!!

- We set a deadline of two years..... Oh, of course, it would be an affiliated label. In case our contract with the agency is terminated, we will use the label, but we will continue to remain at T1.

The new document that Park MoonDae brought out was full of detailed information.

The term "annual award ceremony" means an award ceremony held by the entity of a music platform, which issues more than 70% of the sales figures in the music market that year.

... "A" ensures the leading and safe activities of "B" during the verification period. In the applicable provisions, "leading" means....

In other words, it meant that the group will be in charge of their work, that the CEO will not interfere with their decisions and take care of them properly.

And Park MoonDae knew that.

"This bastard has no connections with celebrities."

What he has is enough connections with the board of directors of T1's core company to occupy a role in the agency. But he can't discuss this with his superiors because of reputational issues.

"So, I'll take it alone."

No, actually, it didn't matter if he made noise.

"We have no intention of arguing with T1, but if so, we will repeat that we just want to distance ourselves from this agency of which he is the CEO."

It was the same logic that had already been used in requesting a dedicated team of specialists for his group. Even if the deal was discovered, there was no reason for T1 headquarters to become hostile to TeSTAR.

- ...

At that point, the CEO also finished his calculations.

He knew that if he shut down in his opinion or came out to confront them forcefully, a bombshell would go off.

So he folded his hands and spoke more seriously.

- Now I know the artist's opinion...but it's not something I can agree with right away. I'm a working staff member, so I'll take it up with the board members and the CEO of the power plant.

That was a lie. In fact, the CEO of T1 was only given one position to hand his business card to his family members.

It was with the CEO of the T1 Stars agency with whom he was to discuss contract modifications.

- Oh, I don't know about that.

Park MoonDae didn't blink.

- I just need to convince you, CEO.

- ...! What...

- No... I don't know. If it doesn't work, I think it will be convenient for us to simply file a lawsuit. The lawyer will take care of that.

"Are you crazy?"

The CEO lost his words and stared at Park MoonDae, but his smooth face didn't flinch at all.

Then he knew.

That guy was really going to court without hesitation.

And that lunatic could not be persuaded.

- A new season of Icorpo is going to start soon, and the people who make their debut there will also be hired at the agency, while we don't have much time left in our contract, so I think it would suit the agency. don't you think so?

- ...

- If we win the Daesang, we will make an affiliated label. It doesn't seem too difficult.

And that day at sunset...

Park MoonDae returned home with the seven contracts that had been modified and sealed.

"Perfect."

He knew this would happen if he pushed him without giving him time.

If he had given him a deadline of one or two more days to resolve this matter, it would have been useless.

"The answer is to deal with it quickly."

And the additional provisions to the contracts are related to TeSTAR's performance anyway, so it didn't stop them from winning the Daesang.

The CEO was a very fame-hungry person.

In addition, a double indemnity clause was imposed in case of default.

Park MoonDae shrugged.

"I couldn't create a legal precedent as Bae Sejin wanted... but I hope he's satisfied with this."

Anyway, wouldn't they be completely free to operate as they like until next year and, in case they win the Daesang, continue that way for the following years?

What will happen if they don't win the Daesang?

"It doesn't matter because there is not much time left until the end of the contract period."

He shrugged.

Neither side had anything to lose.

"Let's get the album ready."

He was willing to spend all his spare time on it.

"I'll do it right this time."

... And so began the extremely intense preparation for the album.

For reference, TeSTAR's first comeback performance was held at a year-end awards ceremony hosted by T1.

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