A Blank Slate Regression for the Idol That Lost His Original Mindset - Chapter 175

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A Regression Guide for Idols Who Lost Their Initial Intentions Episode 175

 

 

 

 

 

When I looked down with an expression that said ‘go ahead and say what you have to say,’ the employee smiled awkwardly.

 

“As you know, our operations team usually does really thorough checks. We obviously know about it too. The allergy risks.”

 

Like hell I’d believe that when you’re shoving a cherry cake in front of someone with a cherry allergy.

 

“But the person who usually handles cakes went on vacation starting this week. We have a place we always order from, but the employee who brought today’s cake insisted so much that they would handle this cake themselves…”

 

The employee trailed off and looked around as if searching for the employee who brought the cake.

 

“Did you tell them that one of the members has a cherry allergy?”

 

Ryu Jaehee suddenly interjected with a question. The employee nodded vigorously, as if worried they might get blamed.

 

“Of course. That’s what I emphasized most. I said even canned cherries can’t be included.”

 

“But they brought a cherry cake? Isn’t this grounds for disciplinary action?”

 

What disciplinary action? They should be fired without question. But what came out of the employee’s mouth was quite unexpected.

 

“They’ll probably just let it slide.”

 

“They’ll just let this slide? What, is that employee the CEO’s son? Oh wait, thinking about it, the CEO is unmarried?”

 

“Well… they’re the Planning Director’s nephew.”

 

“Nephew?”

 

They won’t get fired even after this? This really is the ultimate nepotism company. As I was letting out a hollow laugh knowing this absurd reality.

 

‘Wait… if it’s the Planning Director’s nephew…’

 

If done right, this could be an opportunity to take down even the Planning Director, one of the biggest corrupt forces in the nepotism company LnL.

 

“Jaehee, want to sue for attempted murder?”

 

“If you sue for attempted murder over something like that, public opinion will immediately turn against us saying we’re trying to destroy someone’s life over a mistake anyone could make at work, and it’ll only damage our group’s image.”

 

“Broadly speaking, it is attempted murder though?”

 

“Immediate justice feels good, but you have to calculate the backlash too. That’s what I’m saying.”

 

At Ryu Jaehee’s sharp words, Seo Yehyeon looked back and forth between me and Ryu Jaehee and clicked his tongue.

 

“Who’s the hyung and who’s the dongsaeng here…”

 

“Obviously I’m the hyung. Stop saying things that make me sound like I’m aging prematurely and hurry up and look for the cake box, hyung.”

 

When we looked for the cake box to at least find out the store’s brand, it had been cleanly cleared away.

 

“Wow, they even cleared away the cake box already. Were they this thoroughly prepared?”

 

“Why else would they bring it exactly 4 minutes before the live broadcast? They knew if they brought it when there was plenty of time, it would definitely get replaced. I expected they’d clear away the cake box too.”

 

When I let out an annoyed hollow laugh, Ryu Jaehee lightly patted my back and said.

 

“That’s why I told hyung to just leave it. If they had cleared it away, it would have become something only we knew about and would have been quite troublesome, but if it becomes an issue, they can’t hide it even if they try.”

 

As expected, Ryu Jaehee had it all planned out. If it was just something we knew about, we’d just get angry and confront the agency only for it to fizzle out, but if the fans find out, the scale of protests would be different.

 

I just feel sorry that fans have to stress and worry over such ridiculous incidents.

 

“They can’t just get away with a written apology for something like this, right?”

 

Since we made it a big issue, the agency probably can’t just bury it and move on.

 

“Still, if we just let this slide, it’ll only reinforce our pushover image, so let’s go to the CEO’s office and raise some hell, youngest.”

 

I said, casually draping my arm over Ryu Jaehee’s shoulder.

 

The next day, I immediately stormed into the CEO’s office with Ryu Jaehee. This was only possible because we’d been together since the small company days when the staff count was similar to the number of members.

 

Gyeon Hajun had individual schedules, and it didn’t seem like bringing Seo Yehyeon and Kim Dobin would be particularly helpful, so we didn’t bring them.

 

“CEO, our youngest almost had to be rushed to the hospital during a live broadcast because of the Planning Director’s nephew!”

 

“That’s right, they brought a cherry cake. That all went out on the live broadcast too. If things go wrong, LnL could get blamed for not being able to properly support their artists!”

 

“This rampant nepotism culture, this parachute culture needs to be eradicated for the company to develop! Now that LnL has grown this big, we need to shed our small company image! Does it make sense that an artist almost died because of nepotism!”

 

When I pounded the desk and raised my voice in protest, the CEO nodded with a soul-drained expression and said weakly.

 

“Right, Eden… you’re going to break the desk… Right! Even if it’s Director Kim’s nephew, we can’t just let this mistake slide.”

 

Realizing this wasn’t an ordinary matter, the CEO readily took our side over the Planning Director’s.

 

While I was passionately venting, Ryu Jaehee, who had been quietly adding a word here and there from the side, slightly raised his hand.

 

“Wait a moment, CEO.”

 

I felt a bit uneasy listening to what Ryu Jaehee was saying from the side, but since it wasn’t bad, I didn’t bother to stop him.

 

After our rampage disguised as a meeting with the CEO was over, we left the CEO’s office and walked down the hallway as I asked.

 

“But are you sure about that?”

 

Ryu Jaehee shrugged.

 

“Hyung, people don’t just do one thing. Well, as someone who had a cherry cake shoved in front of them despite having a cherry allergy, this level of suspicion is justified, right? And anyway, if they don’t take the bait, that person won’t lose anything, so there’s no real problem.”

 

“I really hope they get caught. Looking at how our CEO handles things, it seems like it would take about 10 years to find the leak.”

 

“The leaker will probably quit first.”

 

Ryu Jaehee giggled. As we left the agency building, I looked up at the sky once.

 

Perfect weather for getting someone fired.

 

 

 

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Detective Baekmong @adjflk55

 

Cherry cake is their signature seasonal cake lol

 

It’s not even a specialty lettering cake shop haha

 

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Dream Heart Daydream @revedream

 

Do*si was honestly terrible quality too but at least they wrote the lettering legibly

 

And they didn’t send cherry cake ffs

 

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The information network of the internet world is truly amazing. Less than a day after the live broadcast, they already found out which cake shop it was.

 

The Search Quest was quite interesting after a long time. The cake shop’s statement was posted two days later.

 

 

 

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Hello, this is Cafe Rogiel. As misunderstandings have grown and are now affecting our livelihood, we are making an official statement.

 

Cherry cake is our store’s signature seasonal cake. Therefore, we prepared cherry cake for promotional purposes, and I swear there was no malicious intent.

 

Unlike the DMs and comments painting me as an anti-fan of a certain group, I am not a fan of that group, so I was unaware that a member had a cherry allergy, and I clearly state that I only received word from the agency that a cake was needed, and received no information whatsoever about allergies.

 

All malicious comments, malicious DMs, and rumors about the store and my personal life will be prosecuted without leniency.

 

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day_dream Then isn’t it LnL’s fault for not giving allergy warnings?

 

ujiiii__ Please explain the cake quality too~ From the live broadcast, it definitely wasn’t individual photo quality^^

 

kimyj97 So the agency was the problem. You fans should stop attacking the innocent store and go after the agency first

 

chux.x The cake got ruined during the live so there was no promotion anyway, but they’re getting cursed at because of LnL’s mistake, poor thing…

 

rt842_min After LnL Yuje’s allergy incident, they obviously only order plain milk or cream cheese cakes with no fruit, so I can’t believe the agency didn’t check something like this,, I wish they’d upload DMs or call recordings from the cake order as evidence

 

 

 

Giant Hamster Yuje @hugehamzziiUJ

 

Rev’s anniversary cakes were always from Do*si

 

But suddenly getting a cake from some random place is strange, and if the store really feels wronged, they could just upload screenshots of chats with agency staff about the cake order, but they’re not doing that and just holding out, which is also strange

 

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Giant Hamster Yuje @hugehamzziiUJ

 

Looking at the follower count, it doesn’t seem like a famous store either, so there’s a 99.999999% chance that store owner is connected to the LnL employee

 

 

 

Good Dream @goodreve

 

I don’t care about anything else, let’s just attack LnL first

 

Fax bombardment

 

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Public opinion was gradually shifting toward blaming the agency.

 

I heard from Manager Hyung that the fax and email bombardment had caused such chaos that it was disrupting the agency’s operations.

 

“I heard from the management team that it was that employee’s girlfriend’s restaurant. They said they directly heard him arguing on the phone about why he wrote a statement that put himself in a difficult position.”

 

Kim Dobin, who had heard something from somewhere, delivered the hot news to us.

 

“Wow, so he used us to promote his girlfriend’s restaurant, even putting our youngest member’s life on the line? That’s incredible.”

 

“But here’s the scarier part. That person still hasn’t been fired.”

 

At Kim Dobin’s additional comment, Gyeon Hajun and Seo Yehyeon’s expressions crumpled.

 

“Isn’t this really crossing the line?”

 

“I asked them to hold off on firing him.”

 

Ryu Jaehee stopped the two who were about to get up immediately and told them the truth.

 

We couldn’t get rid of the Planning Director over just the cake incident. Even though the fans cursed us out, it wasn’t at the level of a boycott, so the company didn’t really suffer any losses.

 

To hold the Planning Director responsible, that parachute he planted would have to cause significant damage to the company. And we suspected that parachute of being the one who leaked .

 

Since the Planning Operations Team would be the first team to receive music sources from the A&R department.

 

 

 

‘We have circumstantial evidence but no physical proof. Let’s just leave him alone for now and activate the trap first. Then it’ll become clear.’

 

 

 

As Ryu Jaehee said, people don’t just do one thing, right?

 

If not, that’s unfortunate. But who told him to get cherry cake sponsored from his girlfriend’s restaurant and make people angry?

 

I lightly tossed and caught the USB that would serve as a trap, then got up.

 

“Come on, let’s go see if that suspicion is correct.”

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