“Manager Choi. Please look after the new recruits. I’m going over to JA for a bit.”

        “Yes, ma’am.”

Narim stood up from the sofa. Although the sofa was advertised as being ergonomic, she was still stiff after sitting on it for a whole day. She wondered if she was getting old as she remembered that she was completely fine after sleeping for a short time on a hard floor when she was still young.

Narim was reminded of her old days. She smiled while looking at the schedules of various artists on her desk. She had once dreamed of becoming a singer. When she was asked ‘won’t you try to become a singer’ on the streets, she thought that her dream was coming true. However, it was just a scam and she only lost money in the name of various fees and whatnot. Her family went into an uproar, and when her father told her to just find a good man and get married, she became angry and left the house. She came up to Seoul and lived on the streets despite being a woman and looked for workplaces.

After ups and downs, she managed to get a job in a TV station cafeteria. At first, the old ladies there told her that the job wasn’t for a young woman like her and that she would soon give up. However, she endured in order to earn money. She moved into a shabby house in the suburbs with her first salary. After she found a place to rest, she started studying again in order to become a singer. She went to practical music academies to take vocal lessons as well as to learn instruments. It was hard for her to do that alongside her job...