Superstar From Age 0

“If you have any problems with the new manager, just tell Da Ho hyung.”

Seo-jun smiled and said.

“Come to think of it, I'm an actor too. Then I’ll join the actor team. If I'm in the actor team, Da Ho hyung can still be my supporter, right?”

Of course, it would be hard to take care of every little thing like before, but it wouldn't change the fact that he was under Ahn Da Ho's influence.

“Yeah. Just let me know anytime, seo-jun.”

Ahn Da Ho nodded his head with a bright smile.

If the new manager caused any trouble, he seemed like he could handle it cleanly and easily, with a reliable but somehow spine-chilling smile.

“And when I'm having a hard time, come to me first, Da Ho hyung.”

“Of course. Call me anytime. I'm your manager.”

Seo-jun and Ahn Da Ho were satisfied with that much.

As they smiled warmly at each other, seo Eun-chan, who was sitting in the seat next to them, waved his hand as if to block their view.

“It's still a long way until we pick a new manager! You don't have to be so sentimental already! You too, team Leader Ahn. It will take months to train the new manager, right? Until then, team Leader Ahn has to keep taking care of Seo-jun.”

“Months?”

Ahn Da Ho tilted his head. Seo Eun-chan also tilted his head.

“Oh, then is it shorter?”

Well, at first he would start as a road manager, so maybe the training time would be shorter.

He had heard that some places send them off on their own after a few days of work.

But he thought it would take at least a month to train them, when Ahn Da Ho opened his mouth with a serious expression.

“I think it takes at least a year to get to know someone. President.”

“…A year?”

That long?

Was it an excuse because Seo-jun wanted to keep his manager? Seo Eun-chan thought, but Ahn Da Ho was serious.

“There's a lot to teach. First of all, they need to have good English skills and know about Seo-jun's acquaintances, and they also need to remember basic information about directors and writers. Blacklists are basic memorization and they also need to know about film production and distribution companies. Korea and the US are basic, and it would be nice if they knew a little bit about other countries’ situations too.”

Seo Eun-chan couldn't stop his mouth from opening.

“They also need to learn self-defense because there might be times when there are no bodyguards and they might need emergency treatment skills too. It would be nice if they had an emergency medical certificate. I don't expect them to cook, but it would be nice if they knew some nutrition. Seo-jun might have to control his weight in the future.”

As Ahn Da Ho's ‘training content’ continued to flow out, seo Eun-chan wondered if he should scrap the plan he had set up for a while. He doubted that there was a manager who could do all that.

The scarier part was,

“Of course, I've learned everything myself, so teaching should be easy.”

The fact that Ahn Da Ho had done it all.

“That… Team Leader Ahn had a long time of 12 years, so maybe that was possible? And at first he was a road manager…”

“Yes. So I'm planning to teach them by priority. Things related to Seo-jun's safety or how to deal with problems during filming. And also remind them not to interfere with Seo-jun's opinions when choosing works.”

…When he regained his spirit,

He was too perfect. This manager.

Seo Eun-chan prayed for the employee who would become the new manager, and Seo-jun clapped his hands for his awesome manager.

***

That evening.

While having dinner and listening to Seo-jun's story, seo Eun-hye and Lee Min-jun opened their eyes wide and nodded their heads.

“A new manager… That's something you can worry about enough.”

“I'm worried too. Will the new person do well?”

“Da Ho will teach him well. And he won't take over all of Seo-jun's work right away, right?”

Seo-jun answered his parents’ words.

“Right. Until now, Da Ho hyung did everything from managing my schedule to filming, promotion, and choosing works. He also went to the site himself.”

Unlike other team leaders who coordinated the schedule and worked in the office, Ahn Da Ho always followed Seo-jun to the filming site and checked his condition every day, and even drove him around when he had to move.

It was also because there were no other celebrities to manage in Team 2, but it was definitely unusual.

“Yeah. He did.”

“He said he's going to change that. He's going to give the Team 2 leader position to one of the Team 2 hyungs or noonas who are not going to the actor team, and the new manager will follow me around as a road manager.”

A road manager who goes to the site and a team leader who coordinates the schedule and draws the big picture.

Usually, this was the structure of a planning company, and Cocoa Entertainment's singer teams were also like this.

And now Team 2 was going to change like this.

“They’ll get used to it slowly and then maybe they’ll be able to take over everything like Da Ho hyung.”

It seemed like that was the final goal, considering Ahn Da Ho's vast training content.

“Until now, if there was a problem on site, Da Ho hyung, who was in the same place, could solve it right away. Because he's the team leader. But now, the road manager on site has to report the situation to the team leader in the office and make a decision, so it might get a little complicated.”

“That's true. Only the people there know the atmosphere on site.”

If the road manager misjudged the situation and delivered wrong information, then wrong decisions would come from the office too.

They thought that those things could affect Seo-jun, and their hearts naturally became heavy.

And naturally, they thought of the 12 years when they entrusted Seo-jun to Ahn Da Ho without any worries.

“Da Ho was really amazing.”

“Yeah. He did well for 12 years.”

Was there anyone who could replace Ahn Da Ho?

Seo-jun smiled and said to his worried parents.

“Don't worry too much. Da Ho hyung said he’ll train hard.”

“Yeah?”

“Yeah. At least a year.”

Seo Eun-hye and Lee Min-jun blinked their eyes with blank faces.

“…Isn't that too long?”

Seo-jun laughed out loud.

“Right? But that's the minimum. Da Ho hyung said. He said he wanted to teach for a few years if he could, but Uncle Eun-chan said no one would come. He said he’d bear with it for a year.”

“Da Ho is really…”

At Ahn Da Ho's incomparable appearance, seo Eun-hye and Lee Min-jun also burst into laughter.

****

[Actor Lee Seo-jun, photo book light stick reservation until tonight!]

[From Hollywood! Actor Kim Jong-ho, filming with Lee Ji-seok!]

[Next Wednesday, babel Tower first broadcast!]

[Blue Moon Park Ee-deun, appearing on KBC’s new variety show!]

[Let's find out about Korea National University of Arts’ event!]

-Photo book reservation ends today!

=Not 12 o’clock! 11:59 pm!!

=I did it on the first day lol

=Me too I did it on the first day… I don't know how many times I checked it now.

=22 Even if I get a confirmation text, I can't believe it. It feels like I clicked something wrong or I made some mistake. I check it several times because I'm anxious.

=333 I can't believe it even though I did it… No, I can't believe it more because I did it.

=I'm going back to edit mine.

=Why??

=I left it at home before moving to a new address;;; And I just moved recently;;;

=It happens sometimes?? I put 203 instead of 302.

=I got anxious again;;; I went to check it.

-I saw Kim Jong-ho and Lee Ji-seok actors filming. When is that movie coming out?

=Next year?

=Let's go see it! Let's watch it if we are Korean!

=????

-Babel Tower!! Finally!!

=That's a promotional video?? Sometimes Seo-jun's picture comes out at the end??

=He seems to be really enjoying his picture.

=But it's nice to see him on TV sometimes.

=22 I want to see Seo-jun soon!

-Blue Moon Park Ee-deun! His first fixed variety show! Congratulations!

-Why is there an article about Korea National University of Arts's event schedule?

=Because Seo-jun might participate in theater & movie & events. We are on standby from now on.

=22 He might come out at the festival!

=??Effort??

***

Only a few days had passed since the cold entrance ceremony, but the weather was getting warmer.

Cha Yu-na moved her steps feeling the spring that was approaching.

Then she saw a group of freshmen.

She felt like she could hear a squeaky sound from their appearance of gathering on one side of the street and talking about something.

“Hi! Kids!”

“Hello!”

The freshmen greeted Cha Yu-na warmly in response to her greeting.

They were Seo-jun and his friends.

“Yu-na unnie. Where are you going?”

Cha Yu-na smiled brightly at Kim Joo-kyung's question.

“To the department room. What about you?”

“We’re deciding on a menu to eat lunch after class.”

“Really? If you want to eat a variety of things, the cafeteria is fine. Our school cafeteria is cheap, has a lot of food, and tastes good.”

At Cha Yu-na's words, seo-jun and the kids opened their eyes wide and said, “Ah.”

“I didn't even think about the cafeteria!”

“I wanted to try college cafeteria food.”

“Me too. When it comes to delicious college cafeteria food, Korea National University of Arts is in the top three, right?”

“It must be very different from high school meals?”

Cha Yu-na laughed at the sight of the kids chatting.

“On Wednesdays, there are special dishes, so it would be nice to go today.”

“Yes! Thank you!”

They bowed their heads and ran to the cafeteria.

Cha Yu-na headed to the department room with a cheerful step, watching the freshmen who were heading to the cafeteria.

Actor Lee Seo-jun and the golden generation.

The most famous kids among child actors.

With that level of fame, they would have some flaws in their personality due to being flattered by their surroundings, but they were all gentle and kind.

“I wish I could act with them in the same work someday!”

Cha Yu-na, who was so happy to have cute juniors, walked down the hallway with excitement.

She wiped off her bright smile as soon as she saw the seniors coming out of the department room door and made a bland expression as much as possible.

“Ah, cha Yu-na.”

If there are actors you want to act with, there are also people you don't want to act with at all.

They were seniors who sent rude words to Hwang Do-yoon via Banana Talk saying that they thought they were something.

She hated to call them actors.

“Hello.”

“Do you know where Seo-jun is?”

“No?”

Ack.

She almost let out her inner thoughts without knowing it.

Cha Yu-na shook her head without a hint of hesitation for Seo-jun and his friends who would be eating delicious lunch at the cafeteria.

‘I know but I will never tell you!’

For Seo-jun and his friends, cha Yu-na exerted her acting skills to the fullest.

If she had shown this level of concentration and acting skills during class time, she would have been A+ for sure.

“Really?”

She looked suspiciously at the seniors and Cha Yu-na said with a calm face.

“He's a freshman, so he might be taking freshman classes.”

“I know that too. Oh, I got it. Go ahead.”

Cha Yu-na bowed her head and passed by the seniors. Then she entered the department room and closed the door tightly.

She wrinkled her face as much as she had endured.

“What do you mean by go ahead? Why did those seniors come here? They didn't even come near the department room after last year's incident.”

Hwang Do-yoon and Lim Won-deul, who realized that she had met three people right in front of them by looking at Cha Yu-na's expression, shrugged their shoulders.

“They came to look for Seo-jun.”

“Why are they looking for Seo-jun in the department room? And why are they looking for Seo-jun? What are they going to do when they meet him?”

“What else would they do? They would do this and that as seniors. Maybe they want to take a picture with him?”

“Taking a picture would be a relief. Aren't they asking him to introduce them to a famous director or put them in the work that Seo-jun is in? They have a history of doing that.”

“Ugh. I really hate it.”

The possibility of the story made Cha Yu-na and other students frown.

That's how much their perception of the three people was at the bottom.

“Do other people do that too?”

“There are some.”

Although not as much as those three people, there were many students who tried to build a network with Seo-jun in some way.

Although personal conversations were prohibited in the group chat room, they could not interfere with the department if they met personally and communicated.

‘It's a problem that there is coercion as a senior in ‘meeting personally and communicating’.’

With just one thing as a senior, they would find out his phone number or demand a reply every time, or force themselves into a meeting with an acquaintance or call him to show off their network.

‘Seo-jun is kind… Can't he refuse?’

Hwang Do-yoon sighed inwardly, thinking of Seo-jun who was always smiling. If Seo-jun knew, he would have blinked his eyes and said, “Me?”

Kim Min-woo, who was looking at the delivery app to eat lunch, said with curiosity.

“But why couldn't they meet Seo-jun? The classes that freshmen take are there.”

He still had the syllabus because it was the correction period, so finding the classroom was easy.

“That's right. The acting department classrooms are mostly in A building, so you should have seen them passing by…”

“I saw Seo-jun in A building on Monday.”

“I saw him yesterday too.”

Everyone had met Seo-jun once, but it was strange that those three people who were looking for him with fire in their eyes couldn't find him.

“There's not much noise for Seo-jun's admission.”

“Maybe it's because I was so surprised at the entrance ceremony.”

“Director Ryan is like that.”

Hwang Do-yoon, who was listening to the story, sighed with relief and said.

“Well, that's good. So Seo-jun can go to school comfortably.”

Everyone nodded at his words.

Right next to the student council members who were talking, a white wall with a carved pattern sparkled, but they did not see it.

***

“Should I carve one here too?”

“Huh?”

Han Jinho, who was eating today's special dish, cube steak, raised his head at Seo-jun's words. As everyone's eyes focused on him, seo-jun smiled brightly.

“No, nothing.”

The friends who shrugged their shoulders continued to talk.

They were all amazed by the cafeteria food that was more delicious than they thought.

“The cafeteria food is delicious.”

“That's right. I think I can come here and eat when I can't go out.”

“Especially on Wednesdays, I have to come for sure. I didn't expect cube steak to come out.”

Everyone laughed and nodded at Han Jinho's words.

Seo-jun looked around the cafeteria where he would often come and tapped the floor with his right foot.

[(Line/Production)Mierang's Labyrinth-Intermediate Level is activated.]

A huge pattern that no one but Seo-jun could see in the cafeteria was engraved. It looked like a maze.

[(Line/Production)Mierang's Underground Labyrinth-Intermediate Level]

It is a huge underground labyrinth of the Mierang tribe that lives deep underground.

It reduces the physical and intellectual abilities of malicious predators and makes them lose their way and wander.

The user's presence is reduced inside the underground labyrinth.