T1 Stars

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Initially, Idol Inc.'s winning team was supposed to be managed by another affiliate, but when the third season (Relisted! Idol Inc.) turns out unexpectedly well, T1 snatches the contract and forms a new subsidiary, T1 Stars, which is the entertainment agency that takes care of TeSTAR and other groups from Tnet's survival shows.

As the company is formed in hurry without prior preparation, many of the staffs are parachutes who are actually inexperienced and have no idea about running an entertainment company. They are especially obvious within the management area, while creative areas such as A&R Division are mostly professionals. As a result of their incompetency, idols under T1 Stars often has to take matters into their own hands.

Just before TeSTAR's contract renewal, as political issues arose in conjunction with the presidential election, T1 cuts off T1 Stars for show. TeSTAR, who has purchased the trademark rights to the group name by persuading the General Manager #3 through Park Moondae's lawsuit bluffing, instead of renewing the contract, signed a new agency, 'Stars Orbit Ent', established by the head of an independent label. Most of the label's employees also left T1 Stars and dispersed to join Stars Orbit, making them virtually independent.

## Staffs

### TeSTAR's first manager

**Manager Kim Jun** works as the manager of TeSTAR since their debut. He is mentioned to never do his role properly and thoroughly that Chungwoo ends up taking around half of what's supposed to be a manager's workload. As TeSTAR gets bigger, he is full of pride to hold the title as their first manager. However, since the members, especially Moondae, feels unsatisfied with his work, they hires another manager and eventually a new chief manager, which angers Manager Kim Jun. Shortly before TeSTAR's 2nd anniversary, he is fired after recording of him cursing when talking with TeSTAR is almost leaked. As he dolds grudges, he takes a revenge on TeSTAR after their 2nd Anniversary Fanmeeting by hijacking their car and causing a car accident, which causes Moondae to go into a coma and some members to get hospitalized.

### Gwak Singyun

The **first director** of **T1 Stars**. He used to work in the Planning and Marketing Team of another T1-affiliated company before T1 Stars gets established. Despite being given the position of agency director, he has no prior experience in entertainment industry. He is the one who pushed the idea of TeSTAR becoming a self-producing group and having their own worldview during Magical Boys era.

During the preparation of the 2nd Mini Album Choose Your Side, he one-sidedly decides on TeSTAR's collaboration with Ruins Factory. However, even before TeSTAR and Ruins Factory hold the first meeting, Gwak Singyun quits T1 Stars and returns to his previous company after a former-employee of T1 Stars spills the truth behind TeSTAR debut album preparation (lack of time and preparation), resulting him to get attacked by the fans.

### The second director

The second director, who starts working after January 6th, Year 2, also comes from another T1-affiliated company. According to Park Moondae, this director is an 'approval bot', as he would mostly agree with any suggestions. Although it has been intended for him to only work for a short period of a year or so, he quitted earlier on October of Year 2 after the headquarters hear about the Traveler's Spy incident and moves to another T1 subsidiary.

### The third director

Unlike the previous directors who became directors through connection, the third director wasn't affiliated with T1 before he was hired. However, he is obsessed with US popularity and is egoistical at times. During TeSTAR's Enchanted ME overseas tour schedule, rather than trying to prevent the departure of domestic fans by selecting content that will appease them, he thinks more of increasing the share of overseas fans in some way. As he also has a tricky personality, the artists and other staffs often finds him hard to refuse or deal with.

When he realizes that TeSTAR won't follow his instructions blindly, he turns his attention to Miry-nay instead, even to the point of showing favoritism and neglecting TeSTAR. As a result of his negligence towards TeSTAR, the (ex) first manager manages to slip through the security and harms the members by causing a car accident.

## References

1. ↑ For example, during Magical Boys preparation, the director only gives them one month to prepare, on top of giving unclear and questionable concepts for the album.
2. ↑ Although for TeSTAR, all members would actively participate in solving management-related problems, Park Moondae or Ryu Chungwoo would often become the representative for matters related to the company higher-ups (directors or department heads), while Kim Raebin is in charge of A&R division. On the other hand, Park Minha and Kwon Heeseung often become the representative of Miry-nay and Spacer.
3. ↑ Their debut was cancelled after a ranking manipulation scandal
4. ↑ His name is revealed in Webnovel CH 229
5. ↑ This eventually leads to Chungwoo's burnout.
6. ↑ He thinks it is unfair because he has been with TeSTAR the longest, so ot should be him who becomes the chief manager.