Siblings Work in Business (107)
Like Family
If it were before, I would have been more cautious around such respected seniors.
This change started after we returned to Gyeonggi-do from the pension shoot.
[Seung-yeon – The CEO used to
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be so stingy that when we asked for a single kimbap
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he’d reluctantly buy it for us.]
[Eun-ho – OMG]
[Eun-ji – He drags us to restaurants even when we say we’re not hungry lol]
[Seung-yeon – You guys should be grateful lol]
[Tae-hyun – Back in my day]
[Ye-chan – Cafe Latte]
[Eun-ji – (Emoticon of a rabbit with juice dripping from its mouth)]
[Eun-ho – (Emoticon of a dazed duck with its mouth open)]
Perhaps because of the common ground of the CEO, whom we all saw as a father figure…
We became close enough to create a separate group chat after that day.
Stories about the CEO’s stingy past…
The apparent inverse relationship between his exercise routine and his hairline…
Tips from the Toxin seniors on how to avoid the CEO’s lectures… wait.
Was it just me?
‘Did we only talk about the CEO…?’
Ah, whatever. I received valuable life advice from the seniors, not just everyday chatter and jokes.
As we were chatting, a staff member called out,
“Let’s get ready for the live broadcast!”
It was almost time for the live broadcast.
While time passed, Toxin and we finished our preparations and sat down.
The studio in the company, where we had done the live broadcast before, looked different.
They had decorated the walls, and although it was small, it looked like a broadcasting studio set.
[3]
[2]
[I’m so nervous!]
[Rangi~~~]
[Ji-ji-ji-ji-ji-ji-ji-ji]
[1]
I chuckled, looking at the fans’ various expressions of nervousness in the chat.
We had prepared many things to make the wait worthwhile.
One of them was the physical light stick the CEO promised during the fan name live broadcast.
“This is design #1, this is #2, and this is #3.”
Those crude drawings had become… this?
I still couldn’t believe it.
But despite the good results, the staff member’s expression wasn’t good.
“Why?”
“Is there a problem?”
“Well, press the button…”
The staff member handed me light stick #2.
I pressed the button, but nothing happened.
I tried a few more times, but it seemed like a defective product; the light wouldn’t turn on.
‘Ah, of all things…’
And #1 was even worse than #2.
“Oh my.”
Light stick #1, with the logo inside a transparent sphere, looked decent.
But the moment Eun-ji picked it up…
The head and body separated.
“Wh-What’s wrong with this?”
“We tried to replicate the drawing as closely as possible, so the connection part is a bit weak…”
“Ah…”
That was a shame.
I wanted to show them the finished product.
But as I picked up light stick #3…
I forgot all about #1 and #2 the moment the light turned on.
Eun-ji also seemed to feel the same, her gaze at light stick #3 completely different from when she looked at #1 and #2.
“Good thing we used a mirrored material for the logo.”
“It is. The reflection makes it stand out.”
Thanks to the internal LED lights, the E-UNG logo glowed brightly, even without a separate light source.
“Do you think they’ll like it?”
“I hope so.”
“Lee Eun-ho, which one do you like?”
“The one that lights up.”
“Number 2 lights up too.”
“It doesn’t.”
“It’s supposed to.”
“I still like number 3.”
Eun-ji seemed captivated by light stick #3.
It was because of the profound emotion she felt when the light turned on.
“Oh, is this your light stick?”
“Wow!”
Song-min asked as he approached, and Oh Hyun exclaimed in admiration.
Seung-yeon, looking at the light sticks, called out to Ye-chan and Tae-hyun, “Hyung, hyung, look at this.”
The seniors gathered around and examined the light sticks one by one.
“Whoa, that scared me. Was it originally broken?”
“Haha, yes, it was.”
“Wow, I thought I broke it.”
Seung-yeon was the first to pick up light stick #1.
He smiled mischievously, then quietly reattached the head.
“Hyung, hyung.”
“Yeah.”
“Doesn’t light stick #1 look similar to our Potion Bong?”
“It does.”
Seung-yeon, his face straight, handed the light stick to Tae-hyun.
Tae-hyun, clueless, was examining the light stick when…
The head popped off, and his usually calm eyes widened in surprise.
“Pfft.”
While Seung-yeon chuckled, Eun-ji and I, trying not to laugh out loud in front of our seniors, turned our heads away and snickered.
“This… um…”
“Hahaha.”
Tae-hyun looked back and forth between Seung-yeon and us with a bewildered expression.
Then, he slowly regained his composure, seemingly realizing it was originally broken after seeing Seung-yeon laugh.
But he was still a member of Toxin.
“Pfft.”
Eun-ji and I burst out laughing.
Tae-hyun, who seemed like the type to not do such things, quietly reattached the head of the light stick.
Then, he tapped someone on the shoulder.
“Wow… huh?”
It was Oh Hyun, who had been admiring light stick #3 with its light on.
Meanwhile, Ye-chan and Song-min were examining light sticks #2 and #3.
Ji Ye-chan, perhaps because he designed the Potion Bong himself, seemed to be testing the light sticks in various ways, as if he knew what to look for.
“Look at this.”
Tae-hyun quietly handed the light stick to Oh Hyun.
By now, Eun-ji and I were also watching, curious to see how far their prank would go.
The moment Oh Hyun took the light stick…
The head popped off.
But Oh Hyun’s reaction was different.
“Uh, oh, how… uh, th-this…”
Oh Hyun’s face turned pale.
Like a sinner confessing his sins, he carefully placed the separated parts in front of me.
I thought about how to react, then turned my back, pretending to be shocked.
I hadn’t intended to turn away so dramatically, but seeing his trembling eyes…
I was afraid I might burst out laughing.
“Tsk, tsk, Hyun, I knew you’d do this.”
Seung-yeon, who had known all along, patted Oh Hyun’s back, clicking his tongue.
They were a group of devils.
Then, Tae-hyun quietly approached and reattached the light stick.
Without a word, he took the reassembled light stick and headed towards his next target.
“Uh…?”
Oh Hyun, bewildered, followed Tae-hyun with his eyes.
Eun-ji, meanwhile, was sitting on the floor, sobbing.
She seemed to have started crying from trying to suppress her laughter.
Tae-hyun’s next target was Song-min.
Seemingly sensing something, Song-min tilted his head as he took the light stick.
But he couldn’t escape Tae-hyun’s prank; his surprised expression when the head popped off was the same as the others.
However, I didn’t see Ye-chan’s reaction, as if he was pretending not to notice.
Oh Hyun, still confused, remained frozen, his hand outstretched.
None of the Toxin members told him the truth.
And since Eun-ji and I were also quite mischievous, we also kept quiet about it until the end of the live broadcast.
[I like #1, but…]
[Shake it!]
[Right, the head flew off when they shook the light stick lol]
[Durability test!!!]
As we revealed the light sticks to the fans during the live broadcast…
The reaction was explosive.
Most people preferred #1 over #2, but their opinions changed when they saw #3.
The moment the light turned on…
[Wow!!!!!]
[Amazing!!!]
[It’s pretty]
[It’s really pretty]
[Pretty]
[I want to shake it now ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ]
[My wallet is ready, when is it coming out?]
[Get to work, CEO Park!!!!]
[OMG, even the logo on the button glows!]
[Is the E-UNG logo made of mirrored material?]
Eun-ji, seeing the comment, smiled and said,
“Yes! We used a reflective material for the logo because we didn’t want it to be too heavy!”
It was the explanation the staff had given her.
Perhaps worried she might get it wrong…
They even wrote it down on a sketchbook and held it up where she could see it.
Toxin and Eun-ho, knowing this, couldn’t hide their amusement.
“And this is just a prototype, but the final version will have three modes, including a blinking mode, and you’ll be able to change the colors!”
The chat was filled with positive comments like “Wow!” and “Amazing!”
[We’ll now start the voting for the light stick.]
[One vote per account, and you can vote by typing ‘/Number’ with the number you want.]
[/3]
[/1]
[/Number]
[Number]
[3]
[/3]
[/1]
[1]
The chat was scrolling at an incredible speed.
Meanwhile, some people seemed to have misunderstood the voting instructions, their messages different from the format provided.
The staff repeatedly posted the instructions every 5 seconds.
[Voting will end in 5 seconds.]
The voting period wasn’t long, a little over 10 minutes.
5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
During the countdown, the chat was filled with “Drumroll” and “Doogu doogu” (onomatopoeia for a drumroll).
[Light stick #1: 11.8%]
[Light stick #2: 1.7%]
[Light stick #3: 86.5%]
Despite the short voting period, the results were clear.
It seemed like the fully functioning prototype and the sturdy design were the deciding factors.
Eun-ji had accidentally dropped the head of light stick #1 while showing it to the camera.
[Lol where did the head go? Lol]
[Easy storage version? Lol]
[LOL]
[Light stick #1, why did only your body arrive? ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ]
Eun-ji, flustered, reattached the head.
But the chat was already filled with comments teasing her about the detached head.
Eun-ji, seeing the comments, burst out laughing, her eye makeup smudging.
Seul-gi rushed over and tried to fix it, but it wasn’t much help.
After the commotion subsided, light stick #3 was chosen.
However, they said the final version would have more features.