Chapter 48

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Sun-Hee entered Namjoon's room and he and Manager Sejin were ready to listen to Sun-Hee's idea. 

"I got the idea from what Hobi said last night and an advertisement I saw when I first came to Korea. Hobi sweetly said he would like to take a picture that could take the heat off Jungkook. The advertisement I saw was for a photography company that was offering 'paparazzi' style photos for people's trip to Korea. The photographer follows the family or couple around for an hour or so and takes photos in the style of paparazzi. Then the family gets all the photos at the end of the shoot." Sun-Hee smiled. Namjoon and Manager Sejin looked confused.

Undaunted, Sun-Hee continued, "What if we had one of the Big Hit photographers do a series of photos, one with each of the men that looked like they were paparazzi photos. Then we do the same shoot with glamour shots. I'm thinking of Yoongi in a tuxedo at dawn in the park carrying a half gone bottle of champagne. He'd look rumpled with his tie untied like he had just had a wild night on the town. The photos would look like paparazzi had caught him in the park but we'd also release the glamour shots that would make it look like a Gucci or Armani ad. Namjoon could be driving a sports car with several girls in the car with him. Jimin could be doing a striptease with the back of a head showing someone is watching. The paparazzi ones would look shocking but the glamour shots would look like a high end advertisement suitable for Cosmopolitan magazine. We'd need to retake the ones of Jungkook coming out of the car with a girl in a pink hoody behind him. We could also release candid pictures of him laughing and smiling, clearly not on drugs or a behind the scenes video that shows how lucid he is during the shoot."

Namjoon and Sejin were smiling now. Sejin was the one to speak up, "Sun-Hee, write your photo ideas down. I'm calling Bang PD. I think we need to get a high level photographer on board if we want glamour shots. If we are going to do this, we need to start right away. We have to release at least one set of photos by this evening. If it is another idol company trying to take us down, they will regret it when we get more publicity from this than they ever wanted."

The morning was a buzz of activity. Everyone packed up to get ready for the flight home. But also Sun-Hee's idea was shared with the group and everyone thought it could work. The men were full of ideas of what their pictures could look like. They clearly weren't shying away from the 'bad boy' image these pictures were going to create. It was pretty safe because they would clearly be staged photos, but Tae, Jimin, and Hobi especially were trying to come up with some shocking photos they could take. 

All the boys showered Sun-Hee with love for her great idea. They were all hoping that the photos saved the day. 

Sejin told the group that Bang PD was on board, he had lined up an amazing photographer to meet them at the airport in Korea to take the first set of photos coming off the private jet. Hobi would be coming down the steps of the plane in an outfit for clubbing, with a girl or two in a short sequin dresses visible in the doorway of the plane. They would take both paparazzi type photos and glamour photos and would do a video of the shooting for a behind the scenes short video that Big Hit was known for.

The photographer would meet them at the airport with all the equipment necessary and a couple of models. In Big Hit style they had already received permission from the airport to do the shoot near one of the private plane hangars. They had also made a deal with the same website that released the paparazzi photos of Jungkook to release more photos that Big Hit gave them. The website owner was delighted because he knew they would get a lot of traffic over the next week. 

The stylists and makeup artists were told to be on stand-by because they had some spontaneous type photo shoots coming up over the next week. One make-up artists would fly on the private jet and do Hobi's make up when they were close to Korea because their wasn't a lot of time for the shoot. Sun-Hee was glad to see that Jang-Mi wasn't selected to ride with them. 

The videographers and editors were brought on board also. There would be a lot of long work days this week.

When they landed in Seoul everyone got off the plane and went home except for those needed for the photo shoot. 

J-Hope in designer tight black leather pants with a wild orange patterned button down shirt with a large butterfly collar and an amazing black leather jacket. His shirt had one too many buttons undone and he wore a beautiful pair of black cowboy boots with silver studs. They had also punked up his hair and make up a bit. J-Hope looked like he was ready to give a rock-n-roll concert.

The models looked Swedish, they were tall, blond, and beautiful. One had on a red sequin tank dress. The other had on a silver miniskirt with a black sequin tube top. They had on slightly too much make-up and part way through the photo shoot the stylist smeared the women's make up a little. 

Most of the photos were taken as J-Hope walked down the stairs of the jet with the women just coming out of the plane behind him. But they also did a few photos with the women on either side of him and one with his arm around one and the other crouching down in front of him holding his leg.

That evening the paparazzi style photos were released. It looked like J-Hope had been caught after a night of partying coming from his personal jet. Many articles came out that evening about a second scandalous photo for BTS. There was lots of speculation about the men going wild after having recent success.

In the morning the glamour shots came out. Now the world could see that this had been a photoshoot. J-Hope looked amazing. Everyone wanted to know the brand of the boots, the jacket, the pants, the shirt. Companies around the world started discussing getting an endorsement from BTS after the hype one photoshoot could produce. 

That afternoon the behind the scenes footage of the photoshoot came out. There was Hobi being his usual sunshiny self. He was extremely nice and respectful with the models. He only got serious and turned into the 'bad boy' when the photographer started taking pictures again. ARMY was enthralled with the photos and Hobi rose to bias-wrecker for many that day.

That evening the paparazzi photos of Suga came out. Just as Sun-Hee had described, he was walking through a park with the sun just coming up. Suga was gorgeous in his designer tuxedo. His tie hung loose around his neck and he had a couple buttons undone on his shirt. He had an extremely expensive bottle of champagne in his hand. The paparazzi pictures looked like Suga was stumbling and completely drunk. There was a beautiful woman in an evening dress carrying her high heels in the back ground.

But the next morning Suga's glamour shots were the hot topic all over the world. Suga's face looked slightly devilish in his photos. He was obviously not drunk because the clarity of the look he gave the camera. Several articles had compared his look to a vampire. There were shots of him by himself and some with the girl. He looked completely bored by her as if he had so many other options that this model wasn't interesting enough for him. ARMY again went absolutely gaga over the photos. Suga was a favorite anyway, but the photos were of a devastatingly handsome aloof playboy. It was a persona he played well.

The behind the scenes video came out in the afternoon and Suga's dry sense of humor was on show. He asked if they could take some sitting shots because he had been standing for too long. Then every once in a while he would do some silly dance or make a silly face. Everyone saw his blunt side when he told the photographer he was sure that was enough photos, that he needed some sleep. 

V's shots were taken of him in a silk robe in a mansion with a harem of beautiful girls. He looked like a billionaire playboy taking after Hugh Hefner. The paparazzi shots were of V on a couch with women all over the room and all over him. 

V's glamour shots were of just him with only the girl's hands on various parts of his body like his thigh or his neck, taken in various rooms in the mansion. His sleepy eyes and sexy look made the photos look a little too real for ARMY's comfort.

Fans were very glad to see the behind the scenes video of V's shoot because it showed that there was nothing sexy going on. It showed V joking on set with the camera man and only talking nervously to a few of the girls.

Jimin's pictures were next. Jimin wore a pair of white pants with a white tank top. He was up on a stage doing a striptease for a smattering of men and women. It looked like a scene out of Magic Mike. In the paparazzi photos Jimin ripped off his tank top to reveal his abs including his tattoos. There was a stripper pole and with Jimin's dancing ability and flexibility, the pictures were stunning. 

The glamour shots looked like Calvin Klein underwear ads. Jimin showed his sexy stage persona and ARMY was absolutely devastated by the photos. The amount of hype and discussion around the glamour shots crashed several websites.

Rap Monster's photos were of him driving a red sports car, way too fast. No seatbelt, scantily clad girls in the car distracting him. He was the only BTS member without a driver's license, which made the photoshoot extra ironic. The paparazzi shots made RM look reckless as he not only endangered his and the girls' lives but other people on the streets as well. 

RM's glamour shots looked like a high end sports car ad. Some were of him in the car, others leaning on the car or checking the engine. As always, his intelligent eyes and dimples stole the show.

Jin's were the last paparazzi type photos that were released. Jin's photos were taken at a pool. He was in a light blue designer pair of swim trunks and a short sleeved white button down shirt that was not buttoned. It showed his whole chest, which was covered in tattoos. He also had piercings: his lip, his nose, his eyebrow. He had several gold chains around his neck and gold chain bracelets and thick gold rings. There was a girl in a bikini spreading sunscreen on his stomach. The paparazzi photos were shocking, even for ARMY who knew they were coming. They just looked so real. 

Jin's glamour shots the next day looked like high end jewelry ads. Jin looked like a rich playboy with his tattoos and piercings. He had an extremely annoyed look in most of the photos as if he couldn't be bothered by the girl or the sunny day or whatever it was that was annoying him. The persona in the picture was so diametrically opposed to Jin's personality that they were the most downloaded of any of the photos released. The photos sparked an entire new series of fanfiction starring Jin as a self-absorbed playboy. 

Most of ARMY was expecting Jungkook's paparazzi photos in the evening but they never came. Some figured out that it was because his paparazzi pictures had been the first released. Others didn't realize it until the glamour shots came out the next morning. Jungkook was flanked by two bodyguards as he was getting out of a car. An unknown girl in a pink hoody was behind him. He had looked like he was on drugs in the paparazzi photos. But in the glamour shots, it looked like the bodyguards were holding back a very angry Jungkook that was about ready to beat someone up. He looked pissed with his heavy lidded eyes. He was clearly trying to get to someone but the bodyguards were holding him back.

The afternoon video of the photoshoot showed a very clear headed, funny Kookie who was playing the part of some angry pretty boy. He kept switching from being funny and laughing and joking to looking angry for the photos. He gave his bunny smile several times, much to ARMY's delight. 

In the media, there was still a little speculation about whether the paparazzi photos of Jungkook matched the glamour shots. Some people felt the backgrounds weren't exactly the same. But almost everyone accepted the photos as BTS publicity. Not only was ARMY happy, but BTS were offered some extremely lucrative endorsement deals in the process. They had proven that not only could they take breathtaking ad photos but they also showed they had the fan base that would be interested in whatever BTS was selling.

It had been an extremely busy week for Big Hit. Several projects had to be put on the back burner to pull off all the photoshoots and videos. But it had all been worth it. The bad press had been replaced with some of the best publicity they had ever had. Not to mention the money from the new endorsements. Bang PD invited the boys and Sun-Hee to his house for dinner party to celebrate. 

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