At the Busan World Pop Festival's final stage, Cherry Blossom performed confidently and showed off their skills before an audience of 20 thousand without a hint of intimidation.0

Although it was their first time on such a big stage, they radiated energy and won over the crowd.0

Amid the audience's enthusiastic response, they wrapped up their new song, 'My First Love Story', and took a moment to catch their breath to prepare for their massive hit, 'Hurry Up!'0

Covered in sweat, the four members encouraged each other as the cheers grew louder. With the rising intensity, the event organizers lowered their postures and requested an encore.0

However, I wasn't willing to comply without compensation considering the disruption from the earlier performance order change.0

'They better give us an appearance fee for the encore song as well,' I thought.0

I replied hesitantly, "I don't know. I'm afraid it might be difficult due to scheduling conflicts and our singers' health…" 0

Oh Jong-Mi began to apologize profusely. "Believe me, what happened earlier was beyond my control. I'm really sorry about that." 0

Oh Jong-Mi explained that she was just following the instructions of Vice Chair Yoo Hye-Joo.0

"So who is requesting the encore?" I asked.0

"It's the chairman."0

The chairman of the Busan World Pop Festival was Deputy Mayor Yang Sang-Choon of Busan City. 0

There was nothing good about having a conflict with politicians.0

Given his political standing, I wanted to avoid clashing with him—especially since the...0