“Stop, stop!”


  Jung MinAh put her hands over his mouth in an attempt to stop him. KangYoon laughed when he saw her do that.

  Jung MinAh’s face was red from embarrassment when he continued speaking.

  “Well, seeing as you are disgusted by the smell, it looks like you didn’t pick the habit back up.”


  “Well, duh. I’m bad at singing, and if I smoke, then it would make matters worse. It’s not just me, the others don’t smoke at all either.”


  He saw some hope in that. When the girls of Eddios were still trainees, KangYoon always emphasized them not to smoke. Although the girls were getting lax, they did not throw away his advice. They were doing the basics at least.

  “I want to meet everyone first. Can you get everyone to meet me?”


  “It’s not that hard. They’ll all come out if I say it’s you. Are you fine with tomorrow?”


  “Yeah. Then shall we see each other tomorrow afternoon?”


  The two split up after deciding when to meet up next.

  ***

  The next day.

  KangYoon was currently waiting in a cafe near Eddios’s dorms.

  ‘10 minutes left.’


  Since he had some time, KangYoon opened up a browser on his phone.

  – Kim JaeHoon’s music chart monopoly. How long will this last?

  – Kim JaeHoon crowned as emperor of music charts.

  – Kim JaeHoon’s 6th mini album tyrannizing the rankings for 2 weeks.

  Although the internet was horribly slow, he was glad to see news articles about Kim JaeHoon. With this momentum in hand, he should currently be undergoing a tight schedule. Everything was going well.

  KangYoon had a smile on his face as he read down the articles when 6 Asian ladies entered the cafe. They looked around and soon discovered where he was.

  “Over there.”


  “Where? Oh!”


  The girls all headed towards KangYoon’s table.

  “Team leader!”


  Everyone shouted in unison. KangYoon was surprised by the sudden voices and looked up to see that all members of Eddios were looking at him.

  “Hi girls. It’s been a while.”


  “Hello! We’re Eddios!”


  They shouted in unison again. KangYoon was dumbfounded for a moment.”


  “Huh, these girls, sheesh…”


  “Everyone told me that they want to do that in front of you.”


  Jung MinAh represented everyone’s opinion. KangYoon chuckled when he saw that. He then shook hands with all of them one by one before starting to chat about things.

  After ordering some coffee and some snacks, they started chatting. Eddios seemed excited and they did not stop their chatter. Even Seo HanYu, who was usually reserved, spoke a lot to the point that she was spitting desserts out of her mouth. Everyone had a lot to talk about to KangYoon.

  KangYoon listened to them about what happened to them in Korea as well as in America. There were things that overlapped with what Jung MinAh told him yesterday as well as ones that did not.

  After everyone finished catching up and talking about what happened in their time apart, it was on to the main topic. KangYoon was the one to start.

  “I wonder what you girls will think about this, but I’m here to talk about entering a contract with Eddios.”


  The girls widened their eyes when they heard that. No one had offered them this before. No entertainment companies, big or small, had extended their hands to them. However, KangYoon, whom they could trust, was the first one to talk about this and he had flown all the way to America to do it. They were very touched.

  Han JooYeon was the first one to reply.

  “Team Leader, you are the owner of World Entertainment, right? The one that Kim JaeHoon belongs to.”


  “Yeah.”


  “We do not have any information about World Entertainment. Which musicians do you have?”


  “There’s Kim JaeHoon, and there’s a band called White Moonlight. I have one trainee, named Kim JiMin. As for the composers, there’s Muse.”


  “So we can say that you have three teams.”


  Since this was about the contract, Han JooYeon was very meticulous and started talking about the scale of the company. Listening to their conversation, the other members also started thinking about their conditions to join. This was a different matter to having trust in him.

  Lee SamSoon was the one to ask next.

  “Can I ask… what the conditions for the contract are?”


  She was very cautious when asking that. This was a very sensitive topic. The other members of Eddios also listened in because this matter was concerning money.

  However, KangYoon spoke about something else entirely.

  “Before Summer next year, I will put you on the top of the K-POP charts. This is my condition.”


  “Eeeeh!?”


  They all shouted in unison. If they weren’t the center of attention before, now they were, but they couldn’t be bothered about them since this was important to them.

  Seo HanYu, who was the most meticulous out of all of them, asked

  “Do you have a plan?”


  “I do have some things in mind, but it’s not something I can talk about here. Yes, if there’s one thing….”


  KangYoon pointed to Jung MinAh.

  “MinAh. Don’t you want to debut solo?”


  “What? Me, a solo?”


  A solo debut.

  Those words were like thunder to everyone.