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@ace-ujin-blog
Ujin became a manager so that he wouldn’t have to be on camera, but there he was. Looking at pictures of himself online. The worst part is that people were commenting on his looks. “I didn’t ask for this.” He exclaimed, only to hear someone clear their throat behind him. “Please don’t judge me.” He said in a deadpan tone. “I’m having a crisis.”
@acexdiva
Ujin was a tired man. Promoting sapped all of his energy and he honestly wanted to go home and sleep for the rest of his life. But his girls needed him, so instead he was drinking a large cup of coffee and watching his girls rest on the floor of the practice room. All of them were resting, quietly laying down. All except Diva. Ujin had no idea how she still had energy, but there she was, dancing enthusiastically to Pick Me. “Diva.” He said exasperatedly, “Can you hold still for 10 seconds. You are making me tired just looking at you.”
It was still in the morning when Flora was about to heat over to her label building for a monthly meeting with her CEO. Breakfast was just finished as she dressed on Summer nicely and pack all her stuff together. Daycare wasn’t the littles princess favorite part of her day, but Flora couldn’t help it. She had to send her daughter to daycare because Floras work was kind of busy. Not knowing what kind of schedules her CEO had in his mind for her babies (Imperium). But she’ll do her best to fulfill every part of it. Making sure the boys are well and healthy. “Summer, hurry up!” she said to her four years old daughter with a warm smile on her lips. It wasn’t usually to see Flor with such a warm expression on her face. Mostly she was stiff and serious. Sometimes she had the feeling her boys were afraid of her attitude but that was only to make them stronger. The former Japanese model and actress knows the best how the idol industry works. First you are number one, top of everything but just in seconds you’ll be in hell. After Flora said goodbye to her little princess with a soft kiss on her lips. The mother started her day with her second job. Heading over to the ACE building, almost running up the stairs for a little morning sport before she end up in the room where the meeting will be. Waiting for her CEO she was sitting in a chair in front of the desk, checking her mobile phone and some schedules for today. She the moment she want to stand up as someone came inside but it wasn’t Jaejoon it was Ujin the manager of Kandi. “What a surprise I didn’t excepted anyone else here.” She smiles slightly and bowed her head towards the younger man. “Now I wonder what Jaejoon-ssi is about to tell us!”
“Aren’t your boys having a comeback, noona?” Ujin asked, even though he knew the answer. “Maybe he wants us to promote together?” He honestly hoped that would be the case. Imperium had quite the large fan base and if Kandi could capitalize on that, the girls could be fast tracked into more recognition.
“How is your little girl, noona?” he asked with genuine interest. Ujin admired Flora, she was an amazing manager and an amazing mother. He had seen her with her daughter on occasion and the way she smiled when she looked at the little girl made him smile. She was such a caring woman. Her boys were lucky to have her.
16 days. It’s has now been 16 days since Kandi’s debut and already she could tell that it would take a lot more effort that expected for the public to love them. But she was patient, she knew things like these took time. It was just a small part of her that don’t want to wait— she wanted to be loved now.
She didn’t like that part of herself.
Her heart continued to race. It never slowed. Even before her debut, her heart was beating rapidly. It was to the point the pain in her chest would go dull and it was in her quiet moments that she was made aware of it once again. She didn’t like that part of herself either, so she buried herself in more work. Whether it be practicing in the studio or helping out around the headquarters, Jingyi always made sure she was doing something. Really, anything to distract her from her own inner turmoil and the embarrassment she therefore felt because of it.
She would be nearing two days without sleep, having taken it upon herself to search through endless blogs to see how their new album was being received. She took mental notes about what fans wanted to see more of, less of, and what could be done to over-all improve the group. She then let her mind wander which led to an endless train of nonsense. Jingyi has sat herself in one of the empty conference rooms with her laptop open and in front of her. Leaning her head against the palm of her hand, she scrolled and scrolled before taking in every word that was said about Kandi. That was said about her.
She thought about it all, her mind buzzing and her heart beating even faster. But even after everything was said and done, she found it in herself to sleep right there in the middle of the room. Her eyes slowly, but surely, began to flutter closed and the hand on the keyboard stopped moving– soft snores coming out from within her throat soon after that.
( @ace-ujin )
Ujin was so proud of his girls. He knew how hard they had been working and how hard they will still working. The group had been met with fairly positive responses at their debut, but Ujin knew that they could improve. His girls were talented and they just needed more opportunities to show it; he was working to try and get them on variety shows and music shows for the exposure.
As much as he was worried about getting them exposure, he was more worried about how the girls were doing mentally. They were tough. They worked out constantly and were always working on every aspect of their performances. But as tough as they were, they were young. While most of their reviews had been positive, there were naysayers. There were people who were so negative towards Kandi for no reason and Ujin just hoped that none of the girls had seen the negative comments, because he was worried about how that would effect them.
Everyday he would try to visit and talk to as many members as he could, sometimes spending hours talking to one of them. Today, however, he had a mission. He was going to find Jingyi, who he hadn’t seen in the past few days.
He was worried about her. The girl was very intense, which often lead her to neglect herself and her needs. Not that he was a shining example of self care, but it was his girls that he cared about.
Ujin walked through the building, know that she would be in there somewhere. He had already checked all the practice rooms, the recording studio, the canteen, the lobby, and Jaejoon-ssi’s office, because honestly who knows what Jingyi could get up to. When he began poking his head into different conference rooms, he spotted the girl, fast asleep at her computer. He smiled gently, approaching her as quietly as possible. “Jingyi? It’s time to wake up.” He called softly. “You’re asleep at your computer again.”
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“yeah, that would’ve been bad.” she laughed softly and looked at him. “oh, are you busy with stuff right now. i wouldn’t want to hold you up.”
“I’m always busy. The trials of being a manager of a group, especially during promotion times.” He shrugged slightly, before continuing. “But I can take a minute to relax. Probably.”
@floraxace
It happened almost like clockwork. Once a month Ujin would be called to the CEO’s office under the guise of a meeting, that rapidly turned into Jaejoon grilling him on every aspect of his group and what they were doing and how they were doing. Ujin wondered if the other managers got this level of interrogation or if it was just him. It wasn’t really a secret that the man had a soft spot for the Kandi girls. When Ujin’s phone went off, he checked it to see that it was said CEO, requesting his presence. Ujin rubbed his hand down his face and stood from where he was sat on one of the large couches in the company building. He detoured to get a fresh cup of coffee before heading up the elevator to Jaejoon’s office.
It was rare for anyone else to be present during one of his meetings with the CEO, so he was surprised to see Flora seated in front of the large desk that Jaejoon would sit behind when he got there. He sat down in the chair next to the woman, bowing his head in greeting. “I’m guessing Jaejoon-ssi called you here too?”
“you’re fine, i wasn’t paying very much attention either.” jina waved her hand as she spoke, dismissing the situation.
“Either way, I’m glad I had just finished my coffee. I would hate to spill it on you.” Ujin fidgeted slightly, a combination between the caffeine flowing through his system and him remembering how much he had to do that day, while talking to the girl.
“oh god.” jina flinched and put her hand to her chest, turning to the other. “you scared me.”
“Sorry about that.” Ujin said with a smile. “I should have been paying more attention. Especially when turning corners.”
Today, as a special treat, we have an interview with the manager the newest ACE group, Kandi.
@ace-ujin
“Ahh, Appa-nim!” Chaewon called out to her manager as she saw him walking in her direction. “As long as you’re here, would you mind taking a few seconds out of your incredibly busy schedule to watch me practice?” She gave him a small hopeful smile, practically begging him to say yes.
Ujin closed his eyes as he heard the girl call out to him. He loved his girls, but he was on his way to lunch. He hadn’t gotten a chance to eat breakfast do to a hectic schedule. He had to make sure everything was perfect for the debut, which meant him spending a lot of time with the higher ups. He gave Chaewon an smile, knowing that even if he wanted to say no, the look on her face would probably make him change his mind. “Yeah. I can do that. But can I run and grab some lunch? Wait. Have you eaten?”
@ace-hyunee
When Ujin was in university, he thought that things could only get easier from where he was. As it turned out, things could get so much harder. He loved his group, he would do anything for his girls, but he was exhausted constantly.
He was endlessly glad that Kandi had a leader like Hyunee. She was responsible and dependable. She was great with her group, making sure that the younger girls were taken care of and happy. She made things much easier for the manager, which was something that he appreciated so much.
It was the reason the two of them got together by themselves every Friday afternoon and had a lunch, discussing how they could make their group run as smoothly as possible. Ujin sat across from the younger girl, a notepad resting on the table between them. “Okay,” Ujin said smiling over his hand that was cradling his chin. “What are our concerns before the debut stage?”
