A Cinder Turned into Diamond
A limousine came. "That is your pumpkin coach, Cindernayon." Master Rabbink floated inside the limo.
A young exited the limousine. "Good morning! Are you Miss Nayon?"
"Yes."
"I am a driver for REC. I was told to take Miss Nayon from here to the headquarter."
Nayon was confused. [Couldn't this man see a fluffy ball floating next to her?]
"He couldn't see me. I only allow very few people to be able to see me. On this planet, it is only you. I am your Rabbink Godfather after all."
Nayon still felt it was a dream. She pinched herself to ensure it was real. [Aw. It is real.] She couldn't believe what happened.
[I was without an agency yesterday and here is today I am in a limousine.] She wondered. [Did Cinderella feel this way?]
"Yes. She didn't believe until she got her special dress. I heard it directly from the fairy." Master Rabbink said.
[Eh? You could read my mind?]
"Yes. This Rabbink is a Godfather after all. I must be an all know."
Nayon was taken to a tall building. She had seen this place numerous times, but it was the first time she came here.
The limo stopped outside. A professionally dressed woman came and opened the door.
"Good Morning, Miss Nayon! The director already told me to wait for you here. I am your manager Legi. You can call me Legi even if you are younger." She received Nayon.
"No, I will call you Legi Unnie if it is fine with you."
"Of course, Miss Nayon. I will take you to your dorm."
Nayon was led to a top floor. During the way, Legi Unnie told Nayon about her today schedule.
"This will be your dorm, Miss Nayon."
Nayon was surprised. It was an entire floor for herself. The room even had a balcony with the view of the city. It also had a kitchen, a fireplace, a living room as large as the entire her former dorm, and a bathroom with a bathtub. Her bedroom was similar to a hotel room. It was on the second floor. All the wall was a one-way glass.
Other than the area where there was the door into the lift, she could see almost 360 degrees of the city.
"Do you like it?" Master Rabbink said.
"This is a dream."
"Not yet. Your dream is to become an idol. We will start with that. You have to prepare. Your manager will come in 2 hours." Master Rabbink threw itself to a comfy long sofa and started to grab some snacks from somewhere that Nayon didn't know.
Nayon visited the bathroom. She couldn't believe what she saw. The bathroom was larger than her old dorm.
The wall made of a gray marble with a huge chandelier in the middle. There was a different place for a shower, bathtub, and makeup area. Even better, there was a big comfy ivory colored circle sofa in the middle of the bathroom.
The first thing that Nayon felt when she entered the bathroom was the lavender smells. This relaxed her body from the huge emotional roller coaster in the past week.
She filled the bathtub with a warm water before she added a lavender scented bath foam into the bathtub.
[Is this real?] Nayon enjoyed the warmth and relaxing experience.
"You are slow, Cindernayon!" Nayon heard Master Rabbink.
"Kya!!!" Nayon screamed. She was afraid Master Rabbink came into the bathroom.
"Who wants to peep into a human girl like you? I am still in the living room. You have spent 1 hour inside."
[Eh?] Nayon didn't realize the time. She washed her body in the shower and drained the bathtub. She wore a bathrobe and exited the bathroom.
"Put your clothes on the rack! Someone will come and clean this place every day. I have put your old clothes in the closet." Master Rabbink said. It still enjoyed watching an animation movie in a 100inch large flat TV while eating snacks.
"Yes, Master Rabbink." She went into the closet.
The closet was between the bathroom and her bedroom. It was as large as her former bedroom. The floor was covered with carpet while a long wooden cabinet filled the entire wall. She could see her old clothes neatly hanged on the cabinets.
A large closet island was in the center of the room while a huge full body mirror was located on one side of the room.
Nayon took one of her clothes and wore it. She loves to wear simple things in her daily life. She might need to practice today.
"Wait! You dress like that?" Master Rabbink commented. "I need a fashion stylist."
Master Rabbink took a smartphone and phoned someone. "I need a team of stylists in the 30th floor. We will cancel today training and do some makeover to the girl." Master Rabbink ended the phone call.
"I... I prefer to wear this kind of dress normally." Nayon was surprised
"No way! I need to keep some face for my REC. A proper Godfather cares about appearance or the other Godfather would look strange to me." Master Rabbink turned off the TV and floated near Nayon.
"Knock... Knock... Knock..." Nayon heard someone knocking on the door 30 minutes later.
"Open the door! This Rabbink only contacted them through a voice call."
"Eh? Yes. Please wait a minute!" She came into the door. She could see a team of people in the formal dress outside the door. One of them was Legi Unnie.
"Good Morning, Miss Nayon. We came here because the boss asked us to do some makeover to you." Legi Unnie said.
"This is a special team who will turn you into the national number 1 idol." She then introduced each member. Everyone was a top person in the beauty field. They were headhunted by REC about a week ago. Everything was started when she was removed from the plan.
[You have known everything, Master Rabbink?] Nayon was sitting in the room, while those people checked her cosmetics and wardrobes.
"Of course, I am your Rabbink Godfather. I know everything."
Nayon looked into the busy people. Some came to Nayon and measured her size.
After they did all their work, they gave a report to Legi Unnie.
"We will have some works to do." Legi Unnie said to Nayon.
"From today, you will have a beautician team taking care of your daily beauty treatment. They would come once in the morning and once in the night. One beautician will follow you after your debut."
"A makeup artist would follow you to correct your appearance. We can't show your bare face to the public."
"But..." Nayon said.
"Do not worry, since you are not old, the team had suggested a natural look for daily life."
"In the morning, a private trainer will come and taught you in the private gym on the 5th floor. You will meet the trainer in 30 minutes." Nayon knew about this since Legi Unnie had said when she met her in the front office. However, her next word struck Nayon hard.
"You had more weight than the report we received last week. You will need to work hard. This is the target." She sent a document to Nayon. Legi Unnie didn't angry or teased Nayon. She professionally said the last sentence.
This made Nayon became more embarrassed about this. After she had her trainee contract terminated, she didn't take enough care for her diet and training.
"After the training, you will go into the top salon in the city, La Belle Montagne. We have booked a hair makeover with the head hairdresser there."
"Erm... Could I visit my old company? I need to return the key."
"Do not worry! I will handle it for you. We have some business to do with your former company in the first place."
"Fine." Nayon wanted to return the key herself, but she would feel awkward to meet the people that she used to work with. She took the key and gave it to Legi Unnie.
Nayon came into the 5th floor using the lift.
"No way!" She screamed. It was the famous celebrity trainer who was waiting for her.
"Hi! Good morning, Miss Nayon! My name is Kimkok. You can me Kimkok Hyung if you want. We have some target to reach in this 3 months. I have consulted with a dietician to plan for your gradual shaping. We want a good muscle tone and healthy transformation."
The famous celebrity trainer showed Nayon the step and the practice. He slowly corrected her mistake. It took her 2 hours of practice.
"Ok. We will meet again tomorrow. Today we have trained some of your muscle. We will rest those tomorrow and aim for other muscle groups." He explained.
Nayon didn't understand, but she was fascinated for being able to work with such a famous and popular personality. She bowed to him when they separated. Nevertheless, she was just a junior in the entertainment industry.
"You have 30 minutes to shower. I will bring the beautician team to your room." Legi Unnie said.
The best part of living here was she could go back to her room in an instant. This time she took a quick bath like most idols usually did and found a team of female had come to her room. She swore she had seen the leading doctor in an entertainment talk show before.
"She is Doctor Park who will handle your beauty care with her team." Legi Unnie introduced.
It was another 30 minutes before the treatment completed.
"Thank you, Doctor Park." Nayon said. Legi Unnie led the team outside.
"It is good, you don't change." Master Rabbink said. "Some people change in front of the huge money and popularity. Remember that!"
"Yes, Master." She didn't know, but it seems it was easy for her to say this.
"This Rabbink had something to do. You will follow that manager of yours. Do not forget to check the news this afternoon." Master Rabbink disappeared.
Legi Unnie returned to the room. She took Nayon to the salon to have her hair treated and they went to a luxury department plaza.
Some of the stylists whom she had met this morning was already waiting. They helped Nayon purchased some matching dress from Nieke and Adiodas for her sporting needs. For her daily dress, they took some local country simple brands like KYEo, Hoku, A Piece of Bread, Charmings, and several international brands like Zero, M&H, and UnikLoh.
For her public appearance in the future, they purchased for her some top brand like Canel, Yves Saint Bernard, Christiano Diar, Havana & Dulce, Los Viton, Guchi, Ferdi, Versase, Alp Loren, Pruedo, and Heme. The last was especially expensive, but Legi Unnie didn't blink and only swiped a black card before she gave the card to Nayon.
"This is a corporate card. You can use for any small purchase like this."
Nayon didn't know whether to cry or laugh. Even top celebrities couldn't easily purchase those expensive brands. However, she got a card with a limit who can purchase it.
"I can use this?" Nayon didn't believe that.
"Yes. If you want to purchase something expensive like a villa or a supercar, you should consult with the boss directly." Legi Unnie said. It seems to be normal for her.
"Do I have to pay the money back to the company?" Nayon was afraid if she needed to repay all this cost.
"This is part of your living expenses in the contract."
"Really?" She looked into the small card in her hand.
"We will need to be quick. We have added a shopping schedule today. You will have several practices in the afternoon. Let us eat lunch on the way!"
Legi Unnie took Nayon back to the limo and gave her a lunch box. Nayon looked and found a boiled chicken in it.
She took a bite. It was plain. Nayon didn't like the taste. She thought she would get something delicious from the all-star staffs organized by Master Rabbink.
"You have to control your calorie intake. You have to force yourself in the next 3 months. After that, we will go into a 6-month preparation for your debut." Legi Unnie saw Nayon didn't eat. She also had her own lunch box, but it was better than Nayon.
"Yes, Unnie." Nayon wanted her dream more than anything, if she had to eat plain boiled chicken for 3 months, she would do that. It was easy compared to her dream.
Nayon opened her phone to see what news that Master Rabbink had mentioned. She almost choked on her plain foods when she read it.
[Re:ncarnation Entertainment Company had purchased 92% shares of publicly traded X-Town Entertainment Company.]
[Re:ncarnation Entertainment Company had purchased 75% shares of publicly traded ABC Entertainment Company.]
[Re:ncarnation Entertainment Company had purchased 63% shares of publicly traded Square Entertainment Company.]
[Re:ncarnation Entertainment Company had purchased 86% shares of publicly traded BB Entertainment Company.]
Nayon read all entertainment and business news was about Re:ncarnation Entertainment Company. She also read smaller articles that the company had purchased numerous small and medium-sized company.
[Re:ncarnation Entertainment Company the first 1.000 Billion Yon Entertainment Company had become the first Chaebol of Entertainment Industry.]
[Re:ncarnation Entertainment Company is in talks to purchase several TV cables. It is also in a negotiation with the K Country government to purchase some national TV public broadcasting companies.]
[Re:ncarnation Entertainment Company had made a huge deal with Utube to promote KPOP in the international market.]
Several small news also told about hostile takeovers that the Re:ncarnation company did to purchase smaller companies.
"Did the president do all of these?" Nayon asked Legi Unnie. It was unbelievable. She only thought Master Rabbink didn't speak seriously with her last night. It actually made a huge umbrella of entertainment companies in the country.
"The president believes in the future of K Music Industry. The company had planned to unity the entertainment industry. Your success would guarantee the company footstep in the industry. We will debut you as the first idol of REC. This is why I moved to work as your manager from Super Generation group. The president's vision will make the K Music industry to move 1 step forward."
"Eh?" Nayon finally realized where she had seen Legi Unnie. She was often be seen in a press conference of a popular boy band in the country.
Nayon continued to have a dancing training, and singing training. She also came to the minimarket to give her resignation to the manager. The minimarket was far from her current penthouse dorm. She also had to practice even more training tomorrow.
[It is a full schedule. I only finished at 22.00.] Nayon saw the schedule in her penthouse dorm. She sat on her bed.
The bed was a very wide and soft memory foam bed. Sometimes Nayon felt unreal, this dorm is very large and she was living here alone. She actually wanted to take Tahe to stay with her, but the girl rejected her. The place was too far from her favorite coffee shop. However, she agreed to visit her.
"Yep. Like I said, I would make you cry." Master Rabbink in a black fedora and black tuxedo appeared next to Nayon.
"Master Rabbink! You have really purchased those companies."
"Not only that! I also made some advertising contracts through some of my vassal companies with several leading public figures and entertainment bloggers. I also purchased several gossip websites. After this move, this Rabbink could control the public perception for your awards. I promised a clean sweep and we will make it comes true." Master Rabbink laughed evilly.
"I want to win my ability." Nayon said.
"Yup. This Rabbink only removed the behind the door secret for you. You will need to become the idol to make these clean sweeps possible. That is why you have these full training. I need to turn a cinder into a diamond."
"Everything is for my dreams. You don't do this because you believe in K Music industry?" Nayon didn't believe.
"Yup. I don't care about worldly things. Gwahahaha. This Rabbink only used these companies for making your wishes come true. They all independent companies for a reason. Their CEOs are professionals who had passed this Rabbink's assessment. As long as they didn't stop your path, this Rabbink wouldn't move." Master Rabbink turned on the TV in the bedroom and watched some animations.
Nayon wanted to cry. Everyone in the entertainment industry had seen the big chaebol as the future of K Entertainment Industry. It had controlled several channels and productions. Almost all top boybands, girlbands, idols, singers, actress, and actors were contracted indirectly to REC.
While the future and the visionary of the industry was her Rabbink Godfather who enjoyed to watch animation and eat snacks.
"Master Rabbink, don't you care about the profit? This is a huge money." Nayon thought.
"Profit? I only used these company to laundry my illegal funds. I created too many oils, gold bars, uranium, and diamonds last week. I need to turn them into real cash. Krauk... Krauk..." Master Rabbink continued to eat its snack.
Nayon was speechless. While a Godmother made everything magical, a Godfather made thing aggressive.
"Ah! Before this Rabbink forget. This is a special lesson from this Rabbink to increase your skills. However, you need to practice to drill this knowledge into your muscle and bone." Master Rabbink gave a ball of light to Nayon.
"What is this?"
"This is Rabbink Godfather magic."
Nayon touched the ball of light. It was soft and warm.
[Sending the knowledge to the user! Modern Dancing Skill Knowledge received.]
[Sending the knowledge to the user! Modern Singing Skill Knowledge received.]
[Sending the knowledge to the user! Modern Rapping Skill Knowledge received.]
[Sending the knowledge to the user! Modern Music Arrangement Skill Knowledge received.]
[Sending the knowledge to the user! Guitar Playing Skill Knowledge received.]
[Sending the knowledge to the user! Piano Playing Skill Knowledge received.]
[Sending the knowledge to the user! Drum Playing Skill Knowledge received.]
[Sending the knowledge to the user! DJ Performing Skill Knowledge received.]
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Nayon fell unconscious that night. She received too much knowledge in her head.
Life turned into a marathon for Nayon. She lived in a luxury place, but her training was even harder than what she had done before. Every trainer forced her to grow faster and better.
Nayon couldn't even play or meet with her friends. She needed to follow a strict beauty care, training, eat, and more training schedule.
Although Tahe came to stay with her for 1 week, Nayon couldn't be with her most of the time. Tahe drew her webtoon in the living room while Nayon needed to practice and practice. All practice rooms were luckily in the same building as her penthouse dorm.
Nayon only went outside once during the last 6 months to see her friends debut stage. Somsom, Kimha, and Heyho debuted in a six members girlband with 3 other trainees from MS company. They finally debut and perform on the stage.
[I wish I could be debut like them.] Nayon wished when she saw them singing on the stage.
"You will, My Dear." Master Rabbink floated next to her.
Nayon continued her training for a further 2 months. It was a tiring story, she had many injuries that required Master Rabbink to magically heal her.
2 Months later. Master Rabbink had prepared her national debut stage. A squad of number 1 songwriters and famous music producers were assembled by the biggest company.
Nayon went from the limo and arrived at a black building. Legi Unnie led her to a room. The room was a modern studio. Several famous faces in music industry were waiting for her. This was the time for her to record her first album.
A future superstar arrived.
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"Cinderella turned into a beautiful princess."