"Wait."
She stopped me as I was leaving.
Then she opened the wallet she took out of the padding and handed me something.
"What's this?"
"It's a labor fee. Buy whatever you like with this."
It was money!
It seemed as if all the fatigue from up until now was melting away.
"Oh, it's okay… ."
"Did you even lower the corners of your mouth when you spoke? Get it quickly before I change my mind."
"I accept it gratefully, senior. I will buy a delicious meal with other guys."
"What are you doing, senior?"
"Next time, call me big sister."
"yes?"
"Please feel free to call me big sister, I don't like the 'senior' word. It's makes me feel like I'm old or something."
"Oh, I can call you if you want…."
The other person tilted his head at my words.
"What do you mean? Aren't you a high school student?"
"I'm twenty-two."
The other person suddenly became silent and blinked.
"… … Really?"
"yes."
"Oh, you look really young. Thank you for your hard work, see you next time."
I laughed quietly as I looked at Daisy, who was embarrassed and equivocating. Then I bowed my head and came out of the room.
As soon as I closed the door, 'I'm embarrassed!' The same cry was vaguely heard.
When I take out my smartphone and type 'Daisy' into the search bar, a profile appears.
-Day-Z (Sonali Kulkarni)
-singer
-Birth: 1996.03.27
-Group affiliation: BLISS
-Agency: Idol Rising Entertainment
She's three years younger than me.
Suddenly I got happy feeling inside my chest.
What is this happy feeling?
It wasn't like this until I was in high school, but now that I'm in my twenties, I feel happy just hearing people say I'm young.
I need to tell others quickly.
* * *
Lunch hour.
After finishing our morning routine, we went to a nearby restaurant.
It was Chinese and Rice restaurant.
It was cheap and delicious, so it was our go-to spot every lunch.
We ordered the Rice chicken set meal as usual and chatted about what I experienced that morning.
"So what did you say?"
"I'm twenty-two years old, and when I said that, her pupils started shaking."
The members burst into laughter.
Since we were in the practice room all day, we found ourselves laughing at even trivial things.
Gary added.
"I understand Sonali."
"huh?"
"I was like that too when I first met you Raj. I thought you were younger than me."
"I thought you were a high school student too."
"That's right. We would have made a mistake if you hadn't told your age from the beginning."
"Hmm."
What is this satisfying feeling?
"Well, I'm a bit young, right?"
"Hey, it's not that neat."
Samuel said with a smile.
"The more I see of you, the more you have that old talent."
"That's right."
"Isn't this something like this? Whenever I get the chance, I pat my back and say, 'Oh my!'"
'LOL' similar laughter spread among the guys.
Is it because we have become so close?
There is no hesitation in launching a pack attack without hesitation.
I looked at the duck pot boiling on the gas burner.
This morning, it was a special meal that I ate with 50$ that someone threw in.
Samuel, who was savoring the delicious smell, said.
"But it looks like Sonali made a lot of money. She took out a 50$ bill right away and showed it off."
"Of course there are a lot. Honestly, I don't think 100$ would be unreasonable.".
"Right now, Bliss is a popular first-tier girl group. I think they'll be able to buy a building in this neighborhood with cash in another year or two."
"Is it that much?"
Sunny nodded to my question.
"In terms of sales, there are many larger groups, but our company has a good settlement."
"Ohh."
"Raj, did you come in without knowing that?"
Then Avi explained.
Among small and medium-sized agencies, Idol Rising Entertainment is one of the few companies that can match the four major agencies in terms of welfare for its celebrities.
This was the first thing I learned.
Avi, who was showing the Internet and explaining what other companies'
settlements were like, changed the subject as if something suddenly occurred to him.
"Right. Guys, do you know what? There was an article about us posted a while ago."
"what?"
"Wait a minute."
'really? really?' Everyone gathered around Avi.
"We had the first episode of Street Boys Reality yesterday. So, a few responses came up, and we were among them."
[Anyone seen I-Net's Hutsul new reality show?]
The commentator started mainly focusing on reality.
He turned on the TV and saw Street Boys? They came out on a reality show.
It wasn't that interesting so I tried to turn it off, but I only enjoyed the scene where they were doing the end-of-year evaluation or something haha.
In fact, the guys from Idol Rising Entertainment seem to be doing better.
[37 comments]
-I don't really get into reality or entertainment.
-Reality was boring.. It's only episode 1, so it's ambiguous, but I don't really want to see more.
┖Honestly, where is the fun rock in the debut reality show? I'm watching it for its refreshing taste.
-Anyone knows the name of the brunette in the main meme! Urgent!
┖Why are you in a hurry again?
┖They're guys who haven't even debuted so they can figure things out on their own.
┖How do you know about the profiles of trainees who haven't even debuted?
-They only came out for a short time, but they did well... In fact, my eyes were drawn to them.
-Are they all agency employees or just individual loaders? Isn't it just because he's handsome that people fall in love with him?
Because the fight suddenly started in the middle, 70% of the 40 comments were fights.
"what?"
Samuel furrowed his eyebrows.
"Is this all they said in our response?"
"It's a reaction to Raj, so strictly speaking, it's our reaction."
"Yes, Sunny."
Gary said with a smile.
"Honestly, just the fact that it was mentioned makes me feel good."
The members scanned the comments to see if there were any mentions of themselves.
But at some point it becomes quiet.
Eventually, they clicked on a link, played a video, and the group looked at me.
"What's wrong with you?"
"Raj bro."
There was admiration in the members' eyes.
"Did you give up on college entrance exams to save and old man?"
The way everyone was looking at me made me feel like they had misunderstood something.