He introduced himself as Park Yeonjin. He was twenty-seven years old, and it had been four years since he started working as a road manager. He had only joined JA recently.

“I will send you the weekly schedule through both messenger and email. If there are any changes, I’ll call you and notify you,” Yeonjin said as he told him his number.

“Okay. Also, you don’t have to be so formal with me,” Maru said.

“I will do that later. Right now, I’m still on probation, so I need to be on the edge. Are you uncomfortable with it?”

“Not at all. Let’s clear up how we call each other when you’re okay with it. I’ll just call you manager until then.”

“Thank you. Also, you have a schedule tomorrow.”

“Tomorrow?”

“It’s a clothing brand, and they wanted to sponsor you. They said it would be great if you could wear their clothes to your shoots but also that it wouldn’t matter if you didn’t. Instead, they will have your picture on a website. There’s also the matter of receiving clothes once every season and modeling for them, but this is up to you to decide.”

“I should naturally do it without complaints. What’s the brand called?”

“It’s street fashion and the label is ‘POP.’ They’re entering Myungdong and Yoohan Department Store soon too. It’s a decent brand.”

“That sounds like a brand that could make use of popular celebrities.”

“I looked...