# 143
What is your name (2)
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“Yes. “It’s true that I sent the email.”
Team leader Lee Dae-hyung answered Do-wook’s question.
The very next day after returning from Japan, Do-wook had a meeting with Lee Dae-hyung, head of the fan-marketing team, and Shim Jun, head of the album production team.
The three of them came to a cafe near the company after Team Leader Shim Jun said that he was frustrated because he was always stuck in the office these days.
Dowook was moving alone, the other members were in their dormitories, and he was mixed among the employees, so fortunately he was able to avoid the eyes of fans in front of the office.
The cafe was a small shop behind the office, and there were only two tables, so even if fans came, there wasn’t enough space to enter.
At Team Leader Daehyung Lee’s words, Team Leader Sim Jun smiled happily and put his arm around Team Leader Daehyung Lee’s shoulders.
“Ask me to do anything. “I’m making drinks.”
Dowook, who was standing behind him, muttered quietly.
“It’s a law…”
Team leader Sim Jun groaned at Do-wook’s words.
“Pretend you don’t know! “I’m a poor salaried worker!”
Dowook smiled and took out his card from his wallet.
“I made some money!”
“sure.”
Team leader Shim Jun glanced at Do-wook without being hateful and boasted that he would order the most expensive drink in the cafe. Team leader Lee Dae-hyung said he would enjoy it and ordered a warm latte.
Dowook knew how hard the two team leaders worked for KK. Of course, it was their job, but Dowook knew because he was an employee of the agency that they worked much harder than the compensation they received as if it were their own job.
For a singer to succeed, the staff around him was also a very important factor. It was a job that I could never succeed in alone.
A drink worth a few thousand won seemed too cheap to express my gratitude, but I wanted to express my gratitude in this way at a time like this.
Shim Jun, the leader of the album production team, had now left all album projects for singers other than KK to his team members.
It was a situation where KK was leading the entire Hit Entertainment.
Of course, existing singers from Milky Way and Monster Hit Entertainment were also active in their own ways. However, as he had been away for quite some time, he was now focusing on individual activities rather than group activities.
Although Team Leader Sim Jun was out of the hands, the team members who grew up under Team Leader Sim Jun were doing their roles just as well as Team Leader Sim Jun. Thanks to this, Milky Way vocal members were active in OST music, and Kwon Ji-hyung’s solo album was achieving good results.
In the case of Kwon Ji-hyung, he was not at Do-wook’s level, but like Do-wook, he actively interacted with his brave only child and participated in song production, so he contributed greatly to his solo album. It could be said that their prime as a group was past, but it seemed like their prime as a solo singer would come soon.
By focusing on KK’s album, Team Leader Sim Jun had more time.
Thanks to this, I was able to prepare for KK’s next album in a little more depth.
At the same time, I was worried about the same thing as Do-wook. Team leader Sim Jun thought that it was time for KK to look at overseas markets rather than the domestic market.
It was a moment when I reached the top. By the time you shout ‘yay’ and hear the echo coming back, you have to go down again.
But just aim for the next mountain. Without Daum, the road down was just a ‘downhill’ road.
Within the album production team, it was very difficult to worry about KK’s next album. Team Leader Sim Jun’s thoughts and concerns happened to reach Team Leader Lee Dae-hyung’s ears.
It was the day of the team leader-level luncheon to celebrate the New Year.
Hit Entertainment’s company policy recommended lunch gatherings rather than dinner gatherings.
The entertainment industry was already famous for working day and night. In particular, the closer the work is to the celebrity, the more blurred the boundaries between work hours become.
Therefore, it was a consideration at the company level to not prevent employees from leaving work by holding a company dinner in the evening.
Not only was the boundary between work hours blurred, but no one could beat the manager who was right next to them and managed their artists, but the album production team was no better.
Working on music is a business, but at the same time it can be called art, so I didn’t know when or how I would be contacted by people working on songs.
If anyone, including a singer, producer, or engineer, decided to set the recording time at night, night became the working time for the album production team.
There were many people who constantly sent me compositions and lyrics and asked for confirmation.
The fan-marketing team also had a hard time.
The employees who directly managed and were in charge of the fan club often went to music broadcasts and recording sites on weekdays and weekends and got into fights with fans.
Internal marketing staff also received calls from related parties day and night. In addition, there are many cases where teasers or music releases are released at midnight, so there are many cases where you have to wait until midnight.
As the number of SNS and content to manage increased, I started uploading even on weekends.
It was difficult for both teams and there was a lot of work to do together at the same time.
In any case, there were many cases where the concept of the album was decided together, and the marketing direction also changed depending on who participated in the production of the album and what songs were included.
Therefore, as soon as team leader Lee Dae-hyung went to the team leader-level dinner, he sat down next to team leader Shim Jun.
The center of hit entertainment was KK.
It was team leader Lee Dae-hyung who thought it was necessary to become especially close to team leader Shim Jun, who was in charge of KK’s album.
Because they already knew each other through work-related conversations and Team Leader Sim Jun himself was not an odd person, Team Leader Lee Dae-hyung was able to easily have many conversations with Team Leader Sim Jun.
In addition, Team Leader Lee Dae-hyung earned additional points from Team Leader Shim Jun by showing a friendly and polite attitude, such as putting down the spoon and chopsticks first in a situation where everyone was the team leader without any difference in rank.
Anyway, while sitting and talking with team leader Lee Dae-hyung, team leader Sim Jun shared his concerns about the next KK album.
When asked about the global market, Team Leader Daehyung Lee responded that it would be good to look for ways to market it as well.
“The roads are not completely blocked like in the past, and now there is an amazing channel called the Internet. Do-wook and I are of the firm opinion that no matter what you do, as long as the song is good, it will work.”
Team leader Lee Dae-hyung also nodded at Team Leader Sim Jun’s words.
However, the power of marketing clearly existed. That’s why there are songs that don’t hit no matter how good they are, while there are songs that are okay but do better than expected.
“I guess I need an opportunity.”
This time, Team Leader Sim Jun nodded at Team Leader Daehyung Lee’s words.
Even though it was daytime, there was talk about going in and having a beer since it was called a ‘company dinner.’ In such a noisy atmosphere, Team Leader Lee Dae-hyung thought deeply.
While Team Leader Shim Jun was the type of person who was passionate about his work because it was a task given to him and he also liked making good albums, Team Leader Daehyung Lee was the type who was more interested in the fame that came with it rather than the marketing work itself.
However, no matter where the goal is, the result is the same: hard work.
Team leader Daehyung Lee thought that KK had infinite potential. It was a group that had the ability to produce music targeting the global market at a time when a good channel called the Internet was open.
Team leader Lee Dae-hyung thought that KK’s potential was his own potential.
That was also the reason I moved to Hit Entertainment. It was an opportunity to proactively unfold one’s potential.
‘It might also be an opportunity to make a contribution.’
Team leader Lee Dae-hyung thought.
However, even though it was Team Leader Lee Dae-hyung, it was not something he could say for certain. The first thing to do was to give it a try.
“I thought that if American entertainment companies were interested in KK, some kind of opportunity would open up. I thought that this would serve as a bridgehead for entering overseas markets outside of Asia. The promotional effect will be enormous. That’s why I sent the email.”
Each drink was placed in front of the three people.
Since Team Leader Lee Dae-hyung was explaining to Do-wook in detail how he was able to contact LIL, all three drinks were as they were when first placed.
Team leader Sim Jun’s eyes sparkled as if he was hearing the details for the first time today.
Team leader Lee Dae-hyung also did not have a specific plan. I was just hoping that the management company would be interested in KK.
Team leader Lee Dae-hyung was also a little surprised because he didn’t know that it would immediately lead to a collaboration.
“What email did you send?”
Dowook’s eyes sparkled with pure curiosity. Team leader Lee Dae-hyung answered with a friendly smile.
“It was an email selling KK. It’s like a sales email… haha.”
There was a slightly awkward laugh. Because it wasn’t a special email.
“I introduced a group called K.K. and attached several links to K.K.’s music videos in order of highest number of views on MyTube. First, listen to it. That’s it. Take a listen and contact us if you are interested. We are always considering entering the US market. Because there was nothing special about it…”
In fact, rather than a collaboration, it was an email asking for some kind of help, just as Nakamoto helped us enter the Japanese market.
“But wouldn’t it work?”
“K.K.’s music worked.”
When Team Leader Shim Jun expressed his admiration and gave a thumbs up, Team Leader Daehyung Lee quickly responded. Team leader Lee Dae-hyung’s answer was enough to melt the hearts of team leader Sim Jun and Do-wook.
Team leader Lee Dae-hyung said it was an insignificant email, but Do-wook thought team leader Lee Dae-hyung had done something big. Do-wook was also an employee of the public relations team when Kim Bo-myeong was in charge, but he didn’t seem to have thought of making his name known by sending an email directly.
Even if you thought about it, it was difficult to actually put it into action. I probably thought it wouldn’t work and quit.
“Did you send an email to LIL’s management company?”
Team leader Lee Dae-hyung answered Do-wook’s question.
“Yes. In fact, I also sent it to other famous management companies. “There are a few more places… Although LIL is the only place I have contacted.”
“Outside LIL! A sound that will make LIL wail loudly when he hears it!”
Team leader Sim Jun reprimanded team leader Lee Dae-hyung. Dowook also shook his head.
Regardless of entering the global market, my heart was swelled just by the fact that I was working with LIL, the best vocalist and artist. I was just grateful to Team Leader Daehyung Lee for giving me the opportunity to work with LIL.
“I only discussed sending the email with the director… because I didn’t want to disappoint Team Leader Shim or Do-wook for no reason.”
“I even care about things like that!”
“yes. are you okay.”
Do-wook also doubled down on Team Leader Lee Dae-hyung’s intentions. Dowook was also unable to convey this news to the members out of fear.
“I talked further with LIL… and there were no problems with issues such as contracts and profit distribution. This has even been confirmed by Manager Joanie. However, they said that if it doesn’t have the quality they want, it can’t be included on the album. Even in that case, since there is work done, they say they will only pay the cost of the work.”
“Oh…”
Team Leader Sim Jun said, stroking his chin a little worriedly.
“Is there anything I can do to meet the demands of a world-class star?…”
“All I have to do is do my best.”
Dowook was worried, but at the same time, he thought it would be a good challenge. Team leader Lee Dae-hyung nodded and continued.
“He said he would like to receive the song within a month. “It’s going to be tight… do you mind?”
Dowook answered, clenching his fists.
“You can.”
“Haha, I’m in great spirits! Good good. What song do you want? Did you even talk about that?”
Team leader Lee Dae-hyung shook his head in response to Team Leader Sim Jun’s question.
“I think it would be better to talk directly about that part…”
“Yes! great.”
The two team leaders smiled at Do-wook’s enthusiastic answer.
In particular, Team Leader Shim knew how much Do-wook was struggling with KK’s next album, so he thought it would be good to gain many helpful things through working with LIL before the album was released.
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As the contract proceeded without any problems, Dowook also informed the KK members of this fact.
As expected, the members were overjoyed.
Of course, there were members who couldn’t even be happy for a while because they didn’t believe it at all.
However, a few days later, a schedule arose where I had no choice but to believe in the collaboration between LIL and KK.
The members stood in front of the laptop in the conference room with trembling hearts. Dowook was equally nervous. He was so excited that he couldn’t even think about what would happen next.
