[center][color=ffd346]π™ΆπšŽπš—πšŽπš›πšŠπš• π™ΌπšŠπš—πšŠπšπšŽπš› π™Ίπš’πš– πšƒπšŠπšŽπš’πšžπš—πš[/color][/center] [center][img]https://img.roleplayerguild.com/prod/users/baca42c7-3cbd-4870-a2a0-adc9728fad8c.gif[/img][/center] [center]Kim Myungjun | [color=ffd346]#ffd346[/color][/center] [color=ffd346]Name:[/color] Kim Taeyung [color=ffd346]Age:[/color] Let's not be asking these questions, now. [color=ffd346]Years spent at AS Entertainment:[/color] 17 years; he entered the company at 17 and has been a manager for 6. [color=ffd346]Nationality:[/color] Korean [color=ffd346]Place of Birth:[/color] Ilsan, South Korea [color=ffd346]Area(s) of Expertise:[/color] Management. Teaching trainees the life skills they'll need to survive in the harsh world of K-pop. [i]Not[/i] a vocal trainer. [color=ffd346]Background:[/color] Before AS Entertainment re-invented themselves and re-opened their doors to include trainees from all over the globe, their only contribution to the K-pop industry was a boy group by the name of Violet Day. A quartet composed of lead vocal Taeyung, leader and main rapper Jin, lead rapper Wonhyun, and lead dancer Kim T, they maintained a level of mediocrity throughout their entire career and met an unsurprising end of disbandment after two years of promotional silence. Regarded by the public as potential never fully realized due to the third-rate managers and low budget AS Entertainment had at the time, not to mention their own half-hearted attempts, their disbandment was met with little fanfare. They never even had a fandom name. While Kim T, Jin, and Wonhyun all left the company soon after the news broke in hopes of pursuing other career options, Taeyung stayed. Maybe it was due to a lack of options, or a shred of hope; in any case, he was offered a management job after a year of sitting in the basement with no news and no future. Perhaps against his better judgement, he accepted. He currently works as AS Entertainment's general manager, teaching trainees how not to fail like he did; his bandmates have found similar lines of work elsewhere as dance instructors and the like. [color=ffd346]Personality:[/color] Jaded with his life, but unwilling to let AS Entertainment make the same mistakes that led to Violet Day's disbandment, Taeyung works tirelessly to bring up trainees that can withstand the pressure of standing on stage. Don't be fooled by his easygoing appearance and selfless goals, however; Taeyung is a businessman at heart and if you can't make it here, then what's the point of keeping you around? Taeyung knows the netizens won't write off a slip or voice crack, so neither will he. Uncompromising and efficient, he's the first to tell you to leave if you can't keep up and the first to notify you of your contract's termination in the case of a scandal. When a group is debuted, he'll probably be your main manager, so you'd best stay on his good side! Taeyung is a man of many hats; everything from lawsuits to photography has a place in his wide and varied job description, and he pulls it all off... somehow. This mixture of stressed out, exhausted, and short-tempered paints Taeyung as the villain to many trainees; if you can catch him off-duty, he's much less serious and would love to chat--unless it's about work. Deep down, he cares a lot for the trainees he manages, just in more of a "tough love" way than a "kind and understanding" way. But if something [i]does[/i] happen to one of his kids, you can bet he'd be the first to grill the CEO about it. [color=ffd346]Other:[/color] He still keeps in touch with his former bandmates, but wasn't close with them then and certainly isn't now. Don't ask him about his vocals. [I]Do[/I] ask him about his variety skills. [center][color=ffd346]_______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________[/color][/center] Dialogue Color: [color=ffd346]#ffd346[/color] As seen in: [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/175330-life-of-trainees/ic]Life of Trainees,[/url] [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/179125/ic]𝕋𝕙𝕖 π•†π•§π•–π•£π•Ÿπ•šπ•˜π•™π•₯ 𝔹𝕦𝕀,[/url] and two 1x1s. π’©π‘œπ“‰π‘’π“ˆ: Taeyung is a grumpy old man. As such, I love playing him. A lot. He's been in a lot of rps and I think it's because his personality doesn't really change much; he's grumpy, a bit crotchety, but with a good soul. His mustard sweater and matching dialogue color always cheer me up when I see them. In terms of popularity, I've gotten some good reviews; however, he's definitely not as popular as Minkyu... Would I play again: [color=ffd346]⬀⬀⬀⬀⬀[/color]⬀