[Everyday V10]
[Date: December 23rd, 2019]
-10:00 PM
(Deleted Schedule: The Morning Takes Off Episode 21 Monitoring. Viewership Rating: 19.3%)
Even after scrutinizing ten years' worth of schedules, the intermittent records related to Yoo-Jin remained unchanged. It seemed as though the hand of fate insisted that whatever was destined to happen would indeed happen, similar to the news currently being broadcast on TV.
-Breaking news. Heavy snowfall in Seoul today led to the collapse of a gymnasium ceiling during an event. Rescue workers are currently…
At 9:50 PM, KBC Reporter Park Doo-Su did an urgent special report from the collapsed site at Hansung University's gymnasium. The rescue workers hastily retreated and shouted loudly as the structure gave way.
The situation was so urgent that they had to cancel the popular drama Best Doctor, Lee Pal-Ja.
Suddenly, the realization that I possessed knowledge of the future began to weigh heavily on me once more.
"Should I have warned them in advance…?"
The thought of whether I should have reported the accident in advance to prevent such a tragedy briefly crossed my mind. However, I soon realized that it was impossible. Saving Miso alone had proved to be incredibly difficult. Moreover, going to the scene of the accident wouldn't allow me to do anything anyway.
'People would think that I'm out of my mind if I shouted that there would be an accident with no evidence. I might even get arrested by the police.'
After some contemplation, I reached a simple conclusion—I would only change the future within the bounds of what I could realistically do.
'Who knows what might happen if I interfered with other matters recklessly?'
I thought it was rather fortunate that there were no fatalities in the gymnasium collapse, and I started to examine the planner all night long.
***
It was 6 AM in the morning of December 14th.
I headed to the company earlier to attend an Actor Division 2 meeting.
Screech.
After parking my car in the underground parking lot, I ran into the four-member girl group, Cherry Blossom, who was exiting the elevator.
"Huh?"
Cherry Blossom, who debuted last fall, was receiving lots of support from the company. However, they were in a pitiful situation of being positioned between the second and third tier of girl groups due to their lack of popularity.
And soon, they were destined to fail after releasing three albums and being kicked out of the company.
Within Cherry Blossom, there were members of Faithful. They were Yoo Eun-Ah, who would become a regular winner of the Best Actress Award six years later, and Kim Sae-Ri, who would win the Grand Prize at the Golden Disk Awards for three consecutive years.
I wanted to wave hello, but I couldn't, considering their current predicament.
"Guys, wake up. Sleep in the van because you'll go straight to the site after visiting the salon."
Team Lead Han Myung-Ho, the talent agent in charge of Cherry Blossom, led the girls who looked sleepy. Twenty-one year old Woo Yeon-Hee was at the front, followed by twenty year old Yang Eun-Bi.
Next was nineteen year old Yoo Eun-Ah and fifteen year old Kim Sae-Ri who were walking with their eyes closed, each with a pink U-shaped travel pillow around their necks. They looked like ducklings following their mother.
Despite being so exhausted, they responded to Han Myung-Ho.
"Okay."
"Okay~."
"Yawn."
"Okay…"
They were at an age where getting sufficient sleep was crucial, but they had to start their day much earlier than others to arrive on time for regional events.
At that moment, the youngest member, Sae-Ri, veered off course. Instead of following the others around a left corner, she continued to walk straight ahead.
Tap tap tap.
With legs that were surprisingly long for her height, she was walking at a fast pace—still with her eyes closed.
"Mr. Han!"
At my exclamation, Team Lead Han Myung-Ho turned his head.
"Oh? Star Jung. Do you have a schedule today as well?"
"Oh, no. Look at Sae-Ri over there! Hey, Sae-Ri!"
"Huh? What!? Sae-Ri!"
"Sae-Ri! Wake up!"
Han Myung-Ho was startled to see Sae-Ri walk in the wrong direction and raced toward her. I also got out of the car and quickly followed him. Thankfully, Sae-Ri, who had been heading straight for a wall, was stopped just in time by Han Myung-Ho.
"Huff, huff, huff."
I breathed heavily, my heart feeling like it was about to burst at any moment. I felt as if my lifespan had shortened from the morning's stress.
Sae-Ri, known for her poor sense of direction, had an uncanny knack for keeping people on edge.
With her face buried in Han Myung-Ho's soft belly, who stood in front of her to prevent the collision, Sae-Ri asked with her eyes half open.
"Ugh~ hmm. Where are we right now?"
"We are still in the parking lot. Come on, wake up already. You almost ran into the wall, you know that?"
"Sigh. I thought we arrived."
I could even see saliva marks at the corners of her mouth.
In the meantime, the remaining three members of Cherry Blossom also followed Han Myung-Ho to where Sae-Ri was. Han Myung-Ho wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and continued to lead the sleepy members to the van.
"Phew. Kids, sleep in the van, okay? Follow me this way."
As the mother duck moved forward, the ducklings began to follow as well. Han Myung-Ho gestured good-bye toward me, and Cherry Blossom followed him closely.
As the door of the van opened, the members found their seats with their eyes still closed and immediately fell asleep upon getting in their seats.
Han Myung-Ho made sure all the members had their seatbelts on before heading to the driver's seat and opened his mouth.
"Goodness, I'm exhausted. I don't know if I'm a talent agent or a kindergarten teacher. Anyway, thanks, Star Jung. I'll see you later."
"Yes, see you later. Have a safe drive."
"Okay."
Their van made a noise as it left the underground parking lot.
"See you soon, guys."
I intended to properly support Yoo-Jin, but I also planned to support Cherry Blossom as well. If possible, I wanted to keep their group intact, as with ten years of experience, I could confidently say that they had the potential to become successful with a little help.
'No, I can for sure make them successful. If the company can't promote them, I'll step in and do something myself.'
I recalled how Eun-Ah and Sae-Ri from Faithful often expressed regret that their group disbanded in my previous life. Therefore, I was determined to keep their group intact and let them enjoy the glory they deserved.
"Yikes. I'm running late for the meeting."
Lost in thought, I had let time slip away.
***
Ding~.
-A shark has appeared!
The elevator stopped on the first floor. As the doors were about to close, someone ran from the lobby shouting.
"W-wait~. Please wait!"
I pressed the open button and waited for the person to catch up.
"Huff, huff. Thank you so much…huh? Jung Yoon-Ho?"
The man with messy hair and a sly face was Team Lead of Division 3. Since I already had an uncomfortable relationship with Division 3, seeing Kang Myung-Gil made me think I made a mistake.
'I should have just pressed the close button.'
"Hello, Team Lead Kang."
Kang Myung-Gil didn't even bother to respond and only kept pressing the open button while sticking his head out toward the lobby.
There was only one person Kang Myung-Gil would frantically wait for like this.
Click-clack, click-clack.
The sound of high heels echoed as Ju Yung-In, my wife from my previous life, approached.