There Are Four Top Idol Uncles - Chapter 22

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Episode 22

“What?! The most gentle and proud uncle in the world~?!”

And there was a voice breaking the peaceful atmosphere.

“That’s about me, right, our little baby bird? Huh?? Huh?? You just got confused between Uncle Weon and Lee Doha for a moment, right?? Huh??”

“I was talking about Uncle Doha!”

“…Yewon. Could you at least pretend to think about it?”

“But Uncle Weon is the coolest uncle!”

“What?”

“That!!! That’s absolutely right!! Yes. This Hanwon uncle is cool, cool. What does facial features matter? Coolness is what’s important!! Mmhahahaha!!”

At Yewon’s words, Doha’s eyebrows shot up.

And Weon was dancing with joy on his own.

“Uncle.”

“Yeah?”

“Then can I go on TV with Uncle now?”

“!”

At Yewon’s innocent words, Doha broke out in a cold sweat.

CEO Park internally shouted ‘This is it!’ at the sight of Doha like this.

“Of course~ Yewon can go on TV. Of course, of course. If you’re the ‘most gentle uncle in the world,’ you’d naturally grant all of our Yewon’s wishes. Sure. That’s what the ‘most proud uncle in the world’ would do. Mm-hmm.”

“…”

Doha glared at CEO Park.

Really, this CEO…

“Uncle will think about it more. It’s not confirmed yet.”

“Oh, so it’s not possible…?”

At the sight of Yewon’s shoulders drooping instantly, Doha immediately shook his head.

“No. I’m not saying it’s not possible.”

“Then it is possible?!”

“…Well, that’s not exactly it either.”

“So it’s not possible… Well… how could I… go on TV… I shouldn’t embarrass Uncle…”

“No. Yewon. That’s not it!”

At Yewon’s dejected appearance, Doha didn’t know what to do and sent a pleading look to Weon.

‘Help me out a bit.’

However, Weon just shrugged his shoulders.

‘I want to do that though?’

With a face that contained this answer.

“Huh?! Is Yewon crying?!”

Then, as if discovering something, Weon raised his voice.

“…!!”

At those words, Doha panicked and turned to look at Yewon.

Indeed, tears were welling up in the child’s eyes.

At the expression that anyone could see was holding back tears, Doha stamped his feet anxiously, then hurriedly pulled out a tissue and gently pressed it under Yewon’s eyes.

“Yewon. Why are you crying?”

“N-no. I’m not crying!”

“Wow. Amazing, Lee Doha. You made the kid cry not long after deciding to raise her. Tsk. As expected of someone who made countless members’ hearts cry, right?”

“Won’t you be quiet?”

Even at Doha’s sharp rebuke, Weon just stuck out his tongue playfully.

“…Let’s do it.”

“Huh?”

“…It’s fine if we do it. That TV thing… let’s do it. Let’s do it.”

“!”

Finally, at Doha’s permission, everyone except Doha smiled brightly.

Especially Yewon smiled the brightest.

My acting skills aren’t dead yet.

[▶Sub Quest Success!

Quest Success Reward: PD Hwang Jio’s ‘Recognition’

National Recognition +10

Current Recognition: 12

Drama <???> audition opportunity will be provided later, so please wait!]

“!”

Wait, it shows my current recognition status too?

Yewon was flustered.

So I can check it this way too.

And what drama will the audition be for?

While Yewon was pondering this.

Ding!

Once again, a new Quest window appeared before her eyes.

“!”

It’s not over?

[<The Path to Becoming an Actor> Quest Chain Activated!]

[▶Main Quest Activated!

<The Path to Becoming an Actor>

You said you want to do ‘acting,’ but with your current recognition of 12, you desperately need opportunities.

Take this opportunity to raise your recognition and receive casting offers!

Achieve 1st place in OTT viewership rankings for <Glittering Baby House>.

Quest Success: Recognition +30

<???????> Quest Chain Activated

Quest Failure: GLEET disbandment, Lee Doha’s death]

“…!”

The path to becoming an actor.

Yewon’s face hardened.

‘…Not even TOP 10, but 1st place?’

That’s really not easy.

If I don’t hit 1st place, it automatically becomes a Main Quest failure.

That wasn’t all.

[▶Sub Quest Activated!

Currently, all GLEET members have different thoughts. For these four who haven’t fully reconciled yet to appear on an observational variety show like ‘reality TV,’ they’ll have to overcome many obstacles.

Make sure the members finish their first filming without fighting.

Quest Success: Recognition +20

Quest Failure: <Glittering Baby House> launch failure]

“…”

Yewon was already starting to get a headache.

* * *

Meanwhile, in CEO Park’s office.

“…That should be enough. We didn’t expect that bastard to come to his senses any more than that anyway. Thank you for your hard work. Please continue to take care of things.”

CEO Park sighed and hung up the phone.

Yeongeo just watched CEO Park’s mood.

“So, is it well resolved…CEO?”

That’s right.

The person CEO Park had just finished talking to on the phone was a lawyer from the law firm that handled most of Time Entertainment’s affairs – and that phone call was about the progress of dealing with the ‘Fake Uncle’ blackmail.

“No. It’s been resolved ambiguously. They said he signed a non-disclosure agreement from the time they first contacted him. So he probably can’t expose anything, but… now he’s blackmailing in a different way.”

“Huh? A different way? H-how…?”

“It seems Yewon’s mother is claiming she owed him a debt. If that debt isn’t repaid, he’s threatening to expose that Doha doesn’t pay back his family’s debts. This appears to be separate from the child’s existence and unrelated to that pledge.”

“What?! Did she really owe such a debt?”

“We don’t know. We only recently learned about Yewon’s existence. The law firm says they’ve started investigating, so we’ll have to trust them and wait.”

CEO Park let out a sigh. Money issues like this were extremely sensitive matters for idols.

How many public figures had fallen from grace because of messy money problems? This had to be handled definitively.

‘…That kid Doha really…’

Should he call it unfortunate?

To think he had to endure threats because of debts from a sister he hadn’t even kept in touch with.

With this kind of relationship, it seemed like something he could ignore, but…

‘Because of Yewon’s existence… knowing Doha’s personality, he definitely won’t be able to ignore it.’

This needed to be resolved definitively.

“H-how much is he claiming she owed? If it’s an amount Do-Doha can handle, maybe we could just pay it off and be done with it…”

“2 billion won.”

“Cough.”

CEO Park had been thinking of just paying it himself and settling the matter if it was around 100 million, but 2 billion was an absurd amount.

He didn’t think she would have borrowed such a large sum either.

“It’s definitely a lie, so let’s trust the lawyers and wait for now. It’s not like we’re receiving this kind of threat for the first or second time. Most of them were all lies.”

“Th-that’s true…”

Yeongeo nodded as if he understood after hearing that.

“You’re going to tell Do-Doha about this too, right, CEO?”

“No.”

CEO Park shook his head.

“What?”

“I don’t want to trouble that kid Doha until we’re certain. He’s already having a hard time. I told them too. If they say anything to Doha, we’ll also sue them for blackmail, so they better keep their mouths shut.”

“Th-then… what if it turns out the debt is real?”

“We’ll need to look into it more, but. Well, 2 billion? Give me a break. That uncle guy, I heard he’s someone who’s lived his whole life leeching off others. Where would that huge amount of money come from? It’s one hundred percent a lie. We’ve left it to the law firm, so let’s not worry about it.”

CEO Park shook his head in disgust.

Right now, that problem was an issue, but there was a more urgent matter.

Namely, bringing Ian, who hadn’t even come to Korea yet.

CEO Park sighed and asked Yeongeo.

“Can you reach Eon?”

“…Not really… but judging by the photos that occasionally get posted on Starstagram…”

That was right.

Just yesterday, on Eon’s Starstagram feed.

(Photo)

Liked by young_o and others

I_an  YOUR bad.

…things like this were being posted.

Along with photos of Eon with London as the backdrop.

“Not ‘My bad’ but ‘Your bad.’ What the hell is the psychology behind this bullshit? Throwing sparks at the fandom? Really this…!!!”

CEO Park was trembling with rage beyond anger.

Yeongeo was preparing to dodge in advance, worried that CEO Park might throw something.

Even though she was his aunt, she was truly a scary person.

“What the hell is that crazy bastard thinking? I’m really, really curious about the psychology behind ignoring all company contact and only posting photos on SNS of himself leisurely enjoying life in London, Yeongeo. I really don’t want to use harsh words with artists, but curses just keep coming out of my mouth.”

“I think it’s Eon’s way of… protesting…”

“Of course it’s a protest. Directed at me and Doha. You think I don’t know that?”

CEO Park sighed while holding his forehead.

“Just bring him back.”

“What?! Me?!”

“Well, you’re his manager, so you bring him back. Who else would? I’ll give you a generous allowance.”

“…”

“Leave for England right away. With ‘that thing’ I mentioned before.”

Yeongeo looked miserable.

The generous allowance isn’t the problem, CEO.

I think I should get at least 100 million won as hazard pay.

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