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Chapter 327

[The idol group TeSTAR (테스타) won the Artist of the Year award at ToneA]

[TeSTAR gets the Daesang in the "ToneA 202X"]

[TeSTAR's impressions of the Daesang he won at the...ToneA: "We'll launch an independent label!"]

In the beginning there were several articles covering the news of TeSTAR winning the Daesang and stories about the impressions and prospects of TeSTAR.

I don't know, but there must have been many people who had almost finished their articles and were preparing to press enter and publish them the moment we won the Daesang.

If the article has little content, the article that is exposed first is more likely to get more views.

Since then, at best, the articles posted for an hour or two wrote what I talked about during my speech.

But the real taste of public opinion didn't show up until after the ceremony was over.

[Independent label to be launched for TeSTAR, is this a new strategy by T1 to promote KPOP]?

[T1's new independent label for KPOP artists...starts with TeSTAR].

It is a reaction to TeSTAR's impression upon receiving Daesang.

'Why launch an independent label?'

In fact, the creation of independent labels, which characterized artists, was no longer such a rare case.

But there was a difference in the way it was reported.

It was not announced on the commercial level of the company, but because the singer suddenly spoke directly in his acceptance speech.

As if it was a performance specially prepared for an award ceremony organized by the main company.

'T1 must have decided.'

'It looks like they are going to do something.'

People who were interested in how the entertainment business worked sensed it as soon as they clicked on the articles.

In addition, fan reaction also played a role.

- Finally, finally, finally

- Gone are the days of dropping my kids off at that damned affiliate agency. I am so proud of you ㅠㅠ.

- I've never seen MoonDae so excited. He is so happy after winning the Daesang. He is so precious and here I am crying.

- Is this a dream?

- Waah, they will have their independent label even before contract renewal time...I hope they support them properly and hire a lot of manpower just for them.

Fans were often worried about the agency, so when they heard the news of the independent label for us when we won the Daesang, they burst in a good way.

As the great enthusiasm and excitement covered the comments and publications the general public, not the fandom, was also affected.

'Oh, isn't this awesome?' I thought.

Thanks to this, the second movement occurred.

In stocks.

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[What do you think of TeSTAR's independent and exclusive label]?

Will this be good news for T1 Entertainment?

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- The position of Spacer, a new idol group resulting from Icorpo's last season, might overlap with TeSTAR, so they gave TeSTAR an independent and exclusive label. Looks like a new plan will come out starting next year

- Ha, looking at the sales of T1 Stars this year, the reason for the independent label is clearly visible. It's a good opportunity

└ You are absolutely right. TeSTAR is the best in Korea, but overseas is a bit weak, however, overseas results usually improve when the group conquers Korea ^^ I'm sure sales will increase several times more overseas next year

- T1 owns 100% of the shares of TeSTAR's independent label, right?

- I won't buy shares of an entertainment company...It looks too sweet.

TL/N: The first comment refers to the fact that as TeSTAR is the most popular group of T1 Stars, its weight of decisions and projects is greater than that of Spacer, which could negatively affect the development of this new group. The last comment indicates that he prefers not to invest in the company as the words of the speech are promising, but he suspects that it could be a hoax as there is no further evidence that it will be done.

As the rumors that "T1 has a big plan" became a trend, it was even reflected a bit in the stock price.

Then, several articles came out analyzing it, coming to the conclusion that it was an inevitable fact.

[Why did T1 Entertainment's stock price rise?]

[What are the benefits of an independent label? T1's new plan]

At this point, T1, the parent company, won't even bother to announce TeSTAR's independent label as "something I didn't know about" at this point.

If it did, it could be interpreted as bad news, so it is only left to scratch this problem that has become a boil.

And even if we go independent, T1 has nothing to lose. It's because it's a subsidiary anyway.

In the end, the agency lost the most powerful card it could use to tempt, soothe and intimidate us.

'The subtle threat of asking me if I want to get along with T1 won't work.'

Thanks to all this, it turned out this way.

And three days after the speech at the award ceremony?

"The company is going to publish an article saying, "Nothing specific has been done yet.""

"Hul."

It was to be expected.

Instead of looking tough, the company bowed its head slightly and began to look subdued, asking our intentions.

'It's working.'

Now they are ready to voluntarily sit down at the negotiating table.

I nodded my head with deep satisfaction at Ryu CheongWoo's message.

Most members responded that it was a bit ridiculous, but anyway, the fact that these bastards felt embarrassed and came out to communicate seems to be a good thing.

Even Bae Sejin gave a thumbs up and communicated to me just by moving his lips.

"Good job!"

"..."

It sounds silly for someone who agreed to this method after being the first to hear about it. I nodded my head, although I disapproved of his gesture.

However, one of the members turned red and began to speak angrily.

"I-I think that's too...!"

"...?"

...It's Seon AhHyun. Why is he suddenly talking like that?

He clenched his hands tightly and began to explain.

"They, at that time...said bad things to MoonDae...!"

Oh, he's referring to the day of the award ceremony.

That's right. That night they called me and said a few words to see if I would lose control.

''That was reckless, you lost our trust,' yeah, I think they said something like that.'

I knew that would happen, and they were still just words, so I listened and let it go.

Still, so that the negotiations wouldn't get stuck in the future, I said, "You may be frustrated by my action. Next time, I will talk to you first," and made an apologetic gesture.

In the end, the way they acted was no different from what was expected, but they must be paying more attention to us because of that.

AhHyun clenched his fists and said.

"Mo-MoonDae apologized, but...But they didn't apologize, and they are trying to make an announcement co-as if MoonDae is lying? I don't think that's right."

"I think so too. The company is bad. They have to bow down to justice!"

Cha YooJin agrees. He must have learned a little more of our language after watching the dubbed version of a hero movie a while ago.

CheongWoo seemed to be thinking carefully and asked quietly.

"So what do you want to do?"

"Protest, I would like to be able to protest. We can elect by majority vote...Can't we?"

"No, that's fine. Let's vote."

"...??"

Aren't you going to ask me?

With the exception of the person who was criticized, the vote ended with a majority vote.

The result was a clear affirmation.

AhHyun spoke firmly.

"Let us protest...!"

"..."

I nodded indifferently.

"Yes...I thank you."

"N-no...! Hmmm, do you have something to say, MoonDae?"

Something to say?

Looking around me, everyone is implicitly expressing their intention to follow the other party's opinion. It means they are looking at me silently.

If so.

I shrug my shoulders.

"Then we should tell it like it is."

"What?"

"What you told me."

There was nothing more to add. I wrote an honest answer reflecting Seon AhHyun's position.

To summarize it conveniently, this is the content.

- We are very frustrated by the company's request this time. Why are they trying to say "Nothing specific has been done yet" when it is obviously specified in the contract? Are they thinking of not doing it?

- I apologized for what I said at the awards ceremony because I thought the company might have been frustrated by the media, but now that I look at it, this is also disturbing.

- Of course we thought the company would honor the contract and that's why we decided to have it said in our speech, but we want to believe that's not the reason they are most upset with us.

In short, it's a "Don't be idiots and give us a plan right away, you bastards."

"I-I'll send it like this then...!"

"Okay~~"

"I think you captured our disappointment well enough! You're awesome!"

AhHyun handed over the contents to the company's management amidst the members' applause.

Keun SeJin bowed his head to me and whispered.

"It won't work, will it?"

"It won't work."

How can the agency suddenly come to its senses and say "We're sorry! We'll promote the independent label right away!" after reading that?

It will just feel worse and more irritable.

'It's annoying when nothing goes the way you want it to.'

Meanwhile, it will get even angrier because it has to appease us, and it can't show itself neglecting our status.

The sudden turn of events affected the agency in all directions.

It can't move anywhere as it is inside a dead end.

I smiled.

"Still, mistakes often arise in situations like this."

"..."

Keun SeJin looked at me silently and soon patted me on the back.

"MoonDae-ya, you have to be in TeSTAR for a long time. No, you are a member of TeSTAR forever. You know that, don't you?"

"I know."

I ended up smiling.

It felt great to be recognized. And it was nice to be able to comfortably accept that affirmation.

And when things go according to plan, things get better.

A few days later, the agency had, predictably, a big crash.

It struggled against its direct parent company, T1 Entertainment.

* * *

The agency, which failed to persuade either the parent company or TeSTAR, lost the power to speak for itself.

However, it could not sit idly by without expressing its position. That's because fans began to help.

- Why isn't the agency saying anything?

- It's a little weird to say that the official announcement hasn't come out yet.

- Even though awards season is over, they have to show something. They can't say how they feel about not having done anything yet.

Looks like they'll be sending a protest truck to the agency any day now if they didn't announce anything for a period.

Hmm, and looking back on it, I think my speech also contributed to the increased anticipation among the fans.

The people who were talking underwater seemed to have guessed a little bit why Park MoonDae said that.

- Taking a good look at the guy who suspiciously grabbed the mic, looks like he invested a lot in his fucking label hahaha.

- Is he the CEO of his label or something?

- He didn't even let him say this to his leader, as expected from Gommer.

These words were criticized by the majority public opinion as being from "malicious antis who twisted the words that MoonDae said out of excitement," but the original controversy increased the number of mentions.

Moreover, since these negative words presuppose that "TeSTAR's independent label will be amazing," naturally, everyone who heard the news also thought so.

'It's such a hot commercial topic that can't be easily obtained even with money.'

TL/N: He means that even if they bought journalists to create a trend of this topic, it would not have been as successful and popular as it is now.

So in the end, T1 Entertainment itself took the bait.

[The new vision of KPOP proposed by T1: "Start a label specializing in a group of artists"]

They were the first to publish the article.

In fact, it was a statement that I had no intention of helping T1 Stars with their hesitation to not release TeSTAR.

And did our agency executives just give up after seeing this?

No. Upon hearing the rumors, their eyes popped out and they sent a rather harsh position statement to the parent company.

'It was a stupid decision.'

Normally, the agency would not be so stupid and would not have done such a thing, but they made an error in judgment at this point because they were buried in this contract issue for several days.

The statement, which was not even properly vetted, went to the parent company...

The agency executives were duly taken to task on this matter by T1's senior bosses.

What was the result?

"...So, if we do well, I think we will be on our independent label early next year."

What does that mean? It means that they declared surrender.

"That's great!!"

The person who appeared on the video call screen on my phone was bright-eyed.

Since my acceptance speech at the last awards show, he has been so curious about the situation that I am now resolving it for him.

Originally, I was going to make a phone call, but I also tried to check on this guy's status, so I proceeded with a video call.

'Fortunately, there's no sign of anything else yet.'

He's getting good training and seems to be in good condition.

"Hyung, isn't it too cold in there, it looks like a terrace?"

I smiled. Come to think of it, I think because of the work I do to avoid members, I end up here all the time.

And, in fact, it's just a video call displayed on a screen the size of the palm of my hand. It would be nice to do it in my room, but I came here out of habit.

"Don't worry. The house is expensive, so the draft here is well blocked."

"Waah...That's a relief. It's really good!"

"Yeah."

I shrugged my shoulders.

"On another note, congratulations to your independent label. As a fan, I'm looking forward to your next album..."

"KeunDal," who uses the body of "Ryu GunWoo," started to express his feelings and I listened to him without saying a word.

At that time.

There was a sign of activity from the other side.

Deureureuk.

"Park MoonDae, the company contacted us!"

"What?"

When I turned my head, I could see Bae Sejin with a phone in his hand hurriedly opening the terrace door and entering.

'Why?'

Did the company contact us?

I tried to talk to him after removing one of the earphones in my ear, but Bae Sejin moved first.

He suddenly started pointing his finger at my phone.

"...?"

"Uuh...uuuh?"

As if he recognized someone.

"..."

"Hyung? Hyung?!"

Ya, no way.

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