Chapter 7 - Plus Global Audition (1)

Oh Min-Hee reached the headquarters of Mega Smash Entertainment, now known as HBYE Label, where the audition is going to take place. She stood in front of the building which was located in Gangnam, southern Seoul, where many other agencies of the same type was located.

She was already able to see many participants who were about to take the auditions in front of the building with their relatives. She was a little sad that no one was beside her but that was only for a moment because her adoptive father wanted to come but she didn't allow him.

When she was entering the building, she saw a poster at the side of the entrance gate which said the places were the auditions were being held. The cities were Tokyo, Kaohsiung and Seoul were she was attending. She thought that HBYE Label was making a big move this time.

Oh Min-Hee went to reception area where a lot of participants were lining up. She followed them and joined the line. After a while, her turn came and the reception lady asked in a polite voice.

"Registration number please."

Oh Min-Hee took out her mobile phone and searched for message which was sent by the agency were her registration number was written. After she found it, she showed her mobile phone screen to the reception lady. The reception lady saw the registration number and typed the letter and number written on it. After that a data with the picture of the contestant was presented on the computer. The reception lady was stunned by the visuals on the profile picture and finally looked towards the participant for the first time. She looked gorgeous to her and she was able to recognize that it was same person but she did not forget her job and asked the question which she asks every participant for verification purposes.

"Are you Oh Min-Hee?"

"Yes."

The reception lady then proceeded by writing her name and serial code number on the sticky label and gave it to Oh Min-Hee.

"Stick the label at the front. The security guards standing there will not let you pass if they don't see it."

"Ok. I understand."

Oh Min-Hee followed the reception lady's instruction and went towards the guard. When the guard saw it, they allowed her to bypass them. When she looked back she saw that the relatives of the participants were not allowed to proceed further.

Oh Min-Hee then read the directions which were put up and reached the waiting room were many participants like her were there. She found an empty chair in the waiting room and just sat there and started surfing the internet.

After a while an announcement was made that the audition is commencing. Oh Min-Hee kept her mobile phone in a bag which she brought and looked at the participants who were going to audition. Most participants were wearing some kind of skirt and T-Shirt or tank tops with minimum of 3-inches high heels. Very few participants were wearing pants. Oh Min-Hee compared her dress with others and found out that she was the one who was overdressed. She didn't understand the mentalities of the other participants because it was the end of October and it is really cold outside. At first she thought that she would be underdressed but lo and behold it was the opposite.

Oh Min-Hee who was scanning her surrounding found a very familiar face among the participants. It was a girl named, Eun-Sun, who she noticed at the cafeteria with her friends. Eun-Sun still looked beautiful according to her. She was chatting with some other participants and seemed rather tensed free. Oh Min-Hee was happy for her that she had the confidence.

Oh Min-Hee got up from her chair and started stretching at the aisle to keep her body warm and to focus. For others, they wanted to be an idol for the fame, money or glamour and if they fail the participants can try for other agencies but she had to get in HBYE Label for her goals and she would do anything to succeed.

Oh Min-Hee serial number code was called and she headed with four other participants on the backstage.