Free Web Novel[Iam, the red-hot it-group that took over the airport!!!]
(A group photo of the Iam members taken together in a corner of the airport)
"With their late-July comeback ahead, the red-hot it-group Iam struck poses for reporters at the airport before departing for the United States to film a music video.
All seven members of Iam appeared at the airport wearing Thom Browne, and surprisingly, when they realized other users could be inconvenienced, they moved locations···."
↳What the... where did our Iam kids go? This is a celebrity!!!
↳They’re insanely gorgeous, for real
↳Why were girls this pretty dressing however they wanted all this time?
↳For real, seeing the airport photos is making me start having complaints I never had about the girls until now
↳I don’t know who coordinated them, but I want to give 100 praise stickers! It fits their images perfectly!!!
Iam had recently been called a treasure vault by reporters.
-Just write anything and post it! The views get copy-pasted!
Why were there so many internet newspapers that posted entertainment news?
Because there was no internet news that guaranteed views like celebrity news did.
And celebrity news, especially idol news, always recorded high view counts, so it was an important cash cow for internet newspapers.
When it came to Iam, who were getting the most public attention not just among girl groups but among idols overall, any article posted about them got clicked by fans and regular people alike, so the nickname "treasure vault" wasn’t an exaggeration.
[Iam part-timing at a pork cutlet place?]
[Iam spotted at a Gangwon Province guesthouse]
[Lee Sion subdues a suspicious person during a Myeongdong fan signing!]
On top of that, no reporter could dislike Iam, who kept pouring out stories nonstop.
Especially Lee Sion caused incidents and accidents so often that just writing those down was already more than enough material.
Maybe because of that, an unusually large number of reporters swarmed to Iam’s first departure scene.
-Tsk. No matter how much it’s Lee Sion, could Lee Sion really set something off even in airport photos?
Of course, even if it was Lee Sion, people thought this time it would probably end with just taking normal airport photos, but since you never knew, they couldn’t miss the scene and came anyway.
And their expectations were rewarded.
[Iam collaborates with high-end fashion brand Thom Browne]
"Iam’s members have become a hot topic after announcing an official collaboration with global high-end brand Thom Browne.
Appearing at today’s departure scene wearing outfits sponsored by Thom Browne for the first time, the Iam members···.
They announced that not only their future music video shoot outfits but even their actual stage outfits will be a collaboration with Thom Browne, raising anticipation.
Unlike existing luxury brands that stopped at sponsorship, Iam and Thom Browne are sharing a vision with each other···."
↳So that’s why all the girls were wearing Thom Browne
↳Among high-end brands, Thom Browne’s image is still kind of young, so it seems like it suits the girls well
↳Wow... not just sponsorship, but they’re getting stage outfits made with Thom Browne too?
↳Iam is seriously doing amazing. Has a rookie ever gotten this much full backing?
↳Probably the first. Even UD, who became the first idol to be a ChaX ambassador, couldn’t do that as a rookie
A collaboration between Iam and Thom Browne that had even been kept secret from reporters, only revealed today.
Since both were getting a hot response from people in their teens and twenties, an article about their collaboration was enough by itself to draw a lot of attention.
To the point that the No. 2 and No. 3 spots on Naver’s real-time search rankings were Iam and Thom Browne, respectively.
[Iam’s Lee Sion! Crowned the airport goddess?]
And the No. 1 spot was Lee Sion.
[Your typical peninsula reporters and fans being controlled by an idol]
(A photo of Lee Sion leading reporters and fans to a quiet area inside the airport)
↳Lee Sion seriously did great there. I almost missed my flight before because reporters and people swarmed to take celebrity photos at the airport
↳Exactly. I don’t get why celebrities insist on taking photos at the most crowded exit
↳They say the photos come out the best there
↳But fans, sure, but reporters follow along that obediently too?
↳And that actually happened
↳Pied Piper Sion!
What Lee Sion did at the airport, after getting off the van last among the members, was now spreading across all kinds of communities in videos and photos.
-Sion is insane lol. At the airport, telling reporters and fans "All personnel, one step back!" like that
↳I saw that video too, but why does everyone listen so well?
↳If you don’t listen, your jaw gets spun or you get hip-tossed
↳Ah!
↳Still, thanks to Sion, the whole Iam is getting praised
↳Yeah, tons of articles are going up calling them considerate idols
Recently, opinions had been slowly appearing about whether it was right for some celebrities to use the airport as a fashion show stage even though the airport wasn’t private property.
There still hadn’t been any major problem, but Lee Sion saying they should move since other users could be inconvenienced was more than deserving of praise.
Normally, you could expect reporters to get irritated because the composition they had prepared got ruined, but,
[Gahyeon doing a cute heart pose]
[A joint hand-heart from the youngest duo!]
[Double-U! Showing off a chic look and turning the airport into a runway]
Thanks to the Iam members earnestly striking poses for the reporters who waited after moving locations, reporters were instead saying they got a lot of good photos, and nobody complained, only posting praise articles.
Also, the fan service Iam did at the airport and the feel-good stories were getting posted in detail on fan communities.
[Why are the girls so nice?]
"This time I went to the airport with a letter and a gift because I wanted to see their faces just once,
and Sion said to only take the letter, and told me to either use the gift myself or return it and buy something delicious to eat.
And it didn’t end there, either. Sion said sorry for not being able to accept the gift I prepared so seriously, and even took a photo with me.
(A photo taken with Lee Sion, with my face mosaicked)
Sion said in five years, Sion would become the richest person in Korea, so I didn’t need to give gifts and it was fine, so just cheer for them.
So from now on, with the money I’d spend on gifts, I’m going to buy more of the girls’ albums!"
↳Sion is seriously so nice. And these days, other idol group fandoms compete with rival fandoms, so the tribute costs keep getting more and more expensive
↳I wanted to go to a fan signing, but I hesitated because I didn’t have money to prepare gifts. Seeing this post makes me think I should really just write a letter and go?
↳Sion, even if you succeed as an idol and scrape up all the money in the world, being Korea’s No. 1 richest is impossible
↳lol, you never know. If there was some stock that goes up by 100,000% in five years, then maybe?
↳Is it because we watched Iam from Agbaek? For some reason, you get attached to them. The way they act is likable too
Iam, who made even ordinary airport photos that idols take draw the public’s attention and turn into a hot topic.
There had already been people waiting for Iam’s follow-up activities, but now, far more people were starting to take interest in the comeback album Iam would show soon.
[Lee Sion declares an escape from KJ Entertainment?]
"In response to a reporter’s question at the airport, Iam member Lee Sion answered that if they went all the way to the United States and nobody let them sightsee, Sion would escape from the lodging···."
↳That crazy trash-reporter bastard! Why write a headline like Sion is leaving the company?
↳Knowing it every time and still clicking like I’m possessed after seeing the headline is my problem ƒree𝑤ebnσvel.com
↳But I’m looking forward to the girls going to the U.S. Yunkyung seems like Yunkyung speaks English well, so they’ll probably film some content in the U.S., right?
↳Iam’s self-content is always worth watching, so there’s no way they’ll just go to the U.S., film the music video, and come back lol
↳Let’s go, Great Escape 2! I want to see Lee Sion wrecking things in the U.S.
In other words, there were already a lot of people curious about what the Iam members would do in the United States and come back.
***
"Ueooo···."
When I got off the plane and stretched, the feeling of my body loosening up made a sound slip out of my mouth on its own.
"Lee Sion! I told you not to make that old-man sound!"
The moment Seo Ryujin heard it, Ryujin stared at me with slitted eyes and pointed it out.
"Let’s just let it go. There aren’t any fans or reporters here."
"You do it in Korea too!"
"You’re looking more and more like Lady Sukja every day."
"What?"
"That’s how it is."
A long-haul flight.
We were trapped inside an airplane for a full 15 hours without being able to move, and now Ryujin was nagging me just because I made an old-man sound.
More and more, Seo Ryujin was starting to overlap with Lady Sukja, who used to point out every single thing I did.
-'Is the sofa your body? How can you spend the whole day glued to the sofa and not even think about moving!'
Lady Sukja, who used to scold me even when I was just breathing.
But then, the beautiful memory of Lady Sukja turning into a gentle baby kitten during that surprise gift last time floated up for a moment.
While bickering with Seo Ryujin like that, I finished immigration along with the managers, stylists, and the music video shoot team, passed through the checkpoint, and when I came out, bright morning sunlight shining through the windows caught my eye.
"This is the time difference?"
"Right now in the U.S., it’s 7 a.m."
"This is global time."
We definitely got on a morning flight {N•o•v•e•l•i•g•h•t} in Korea, flew over ten hours, and arrived in the U.S., and yet it was still daytime, an unbelievable reality.
Raon PD told me about the time difference with a sick-of-it expression, saying Raon used to go back and forth to the U.S. like commuting at one point, but I couldn’t help getting excited.
Not just me—maybe the other members were excited about arriving in the U.S. too, because everyone was chattering in their own way.
"It’s my first time back since last year."
Yunkyung even put on the sunglasses Yunkyung brought, acting like an old person soaked in nostalgia, like visiting a school Yunkyung had graduated from, as if to show off that this wasn’t Yunkyung’s first U.S. trip.
"Wow··· it’s really the U.S."
"This is insane. Everything is so big and wide."
"It’s the same morning sun we see in Korea, so why does it look cooler here?"
The rest of us, including me, were excitedly looking around the airport.
After that, our luggage arrived, and when we went outside, the airport scenery was an even greater spectacle.
We couldn’t miss this scenery, so with an airport that even had the name John F. Kennedy attached to it as the background, we took photos first.
"Okay, since we’ve taken photos, should we move to the lodging now?"
"I heard there’s a subway. Should we take that?"
"What nonsense are you talking about? How many people are in our team? It’ll be complicated and hard."
"Then how are we going?"
Once the photo shoot wrapped up, Raon PD said we should move to the lodging.
But with just our members being seven, and including company employees and the filming staff, the number of people was in the dozens, so I wondered how we were supposed to move.
However,
"Of course we rented a bus and cars. The staff will load the equipment on the bus and move, and I and you guys will move by car."
"Wow!!!"
Amazingly, the company had already perfectly prepared even the local transportation.
"That must’ve cost an insane amount."
"Why are you suddenly talking about money?"
"Some of you don’t know this."
I shook my head at Lee Gahyeon’s clueless comment.
'Well, I’m the only one among us who’s seen the settlement statement.'
The settlement statements that came attached when I received settlement money from the company this time.
One of the biggest portions among them was the music video filming cost.
But this time it wasn’t Korea, it was the U.S. And with dozens of people staying in the U.S. and filming, just thinking about how it would cost far more than before already gave me goosebumps.
'What kind of confidence does the company have?'
Of course it’s money we have to pay back, but the one spending first is the company, and yet they were making such a bold investment.
It smelled extremely suspicious.
"Sniff sniff."
"Why are you sniffing again now?"
An extremely suspicious smell that only I could sense.
Even after getting into the U.S. van with the members, I didn’t let my guard down.
'Don’t be flustered! This is Zhuge Liang’s trap!
Sima Yi knew it was Zhuge Liang’s trap, but because Zhang He urged it, Sima Yi still fell for it on purpose. But I, the Zhuge Liang of Haan neighborhood, have no intention of making that mistake.'
"They’re being way too nice."
"Boss, what have you been trying to find since earlier?"
"A hidden camera prank."
"What?"
"Something is suspicious."
"What is?"
Yunkyung still doesn’t know human malice.
I didn’t believe they made such a huge investment just for a simple music video shoot.
-'We need to film something we can upload to YouTube while we’re filming the music video, so we’ll be coming along.' fгeewёbnoѵel.cσm
The content team that came along with our music video filming.
The pretext was that they came to film our New York trip and make a video to show fans, but for some reason, the way they kept gathering among themselves and whispering while avoiding us was extremely suspicious.
"Sion, you suspect too much!"
"Right. We came all the way to the U.S., so it’d be a waste to only film the music video. Of course they have to film video."
"That’s right! There’s no way the company people would come all the way to the U.S. just to mess with us."
When I laid out my guesses, the members who had already had their minds captured by the sweet U.S. air let my words go in one ear and out the other.
'Foolish. That is exactly what the enemies want!'
I realized anew that this was what the frustration of a prophet felt like.
Did Sima Yi feel like this, having to go in even though the enemy’s trap was obvious no matter how you looked at it?
Despite my worries, the car sped along the American roads and arrived at the lodging in the middle of New York.
"This lodging looks old on the outside, but the inside is modern."
"Oh."
"Cool, right?"
The New York scenery I saw after getting out of the car was extremely cool.
Even more people than in Seoul were walking down the street with busy steps like they were in such a hurry, and with a phone in one hand and a drink in the other, it felt like a scene from a movie.
On top of that, all the buildings shot up so high you had to crane your neck until your head hurt to look up at them.
Still, unlike Korea, you could feel the passage of time in the buildings.
Our lodging located in the middle of that New York wasn’t so much old as it was a classic building, and just like Raon PD said, when we went inside, it was shiny and bright, completely different from the outside.
Since the lodging for us and the staff was different, only the members, the managers, and Raon PD were going to stay here together.
So Raon PD went straight to the front desk and talked with the staff.
"Raon PD is good at English too."
"Not as good as me, but Raon is good."
"Uh, the staff member is coming over!"
"Get out of here! Yunkyungmon!"
"Boss, you said you’re good at English!"
"I have a foreigner allergy, so I can’t get close."
A staff member suddenly approached.
But the staff member just gave us a bright smile and only took our luggage.
"A thief?"
The moment I was about to quietly clench my fist because I couldn’t let my luggage get taken right in front of my eyes, Raon PD, who had returned from the counter at some point, smacked my back.
"That’s a hotel bellboy! They’re people who move your luggage, so leave the luggage and come out! I already tipped."
"Ah!"
Only then did I realize the staff member was a kind worker who came to carry our luggage.
After narrowly avoiding a crisis where I almost got dragged to jail the moment I arrived in the U.S., I followed Raon PD and came straight outside the hotel with the members.
"Weren’t we not filming until tomorrow?"
"We came to the U.S., so shouldn’t we try U.S. food at least once?"
"Food?!"
I was a little disappointed because Raon PD told us to come out right away without even going into our rooms, but then at the word "food" coming out of Raon PD’s mouth, our eyes sparkled.
Of course we ate airplane food, but we were all the same in being curious about local food.
After walking a little, we reached a calm restaurant Raon PD introduced as a famous brunch spot.
Sure enough, it wasn’t a lie that it was famous, because it was bustling with people.
"You’re here?"
"Yeah. Got a table?"
"Yes. I just grabbed one."
The content teams were already there ahead of us, and they had even set up the table and camera settings, so it looked like they came straight to the restaurant without unpacking either.
"Order whatever you want to eat, as much as you want!"
"Really?"
"Yeah. The real filming starts tomorrow, so today you should play as much as you want, right?"
"You’re a hero!!!"
I think I had a big misunderstanding about our company people.
If they made us film content the moment we arrived and ordered us around with something weird, I was planning to immediately film the spring of New York.
'I’ve gotten too stained by the secular world.'
I was having bad thoughts without even knowing how hard they prepared for us.
The content team really did nothing but film us eating, just watching with pleased smiles even if we ordered the menu as much as we wanted.
Our New York start was very good.
