VIXX Suddenly Becomes Everyone's Favorite Restaurant, Plus Some

Mar 31, 2017

April Fools’ means that many find themselves following Twitter accounts they never expected to, especially when those accounts are associated with a group like VIXX.

On April 1 at exactly midnight KST, VIXX’s official Twitter account (jokingly) made a couple of very important announcements.

The first reads, “Hello. This is a changing yet never-changing place where BIG talented people gather. This is BIGS Corporation, Ltd.’s official Twitter account. Thank you.” Of course, the second post followed up by amusingly announced the renewal of their Daum fan cafe, just for this new company.

To provide a bit more context for the name, BIGS and VIXX may be written differently in English, but are phonetically pronounced the same way in Korean, making the joke all the more hilarious.

안녕하세요. 변화하지만 변함 없는 BIG 인재들이 모인 곳. (주)BIGS상사의 공식 트위터입니다. 감사합니다. #BIGS상사 #빅스상사

— (주)BIGS상사 (@RealVIXX) March 31, 2017

안녕하세요. (주)BIGS상사입니다. 직원 여러분들을 위해 (주)BIGS상사 다음 카페가 리뉴얼되어 알려드립니다. 감사합니다. #BIGS상사 #빅스상사 https://t.co/RRZVHtmLPl

— (주)BIGS상사 (@RealVIXX) March 31, 2017

VIXX’s April Fools’ Day prank didn’t stop there, as each of the members took to their own accounts to explain what their roles in the “corporation” are.

Leo started off by explaining that he is “BIPS’s Jung Taekwoon.” “The manager said I was in charge of the coffee vending machine but that doesn’t make me feel good,” he bluntly wrote.

빅스상사 빕스 정택운인턴입니다.
커피자판기 담당이라고 부장님이 말했습니다 만은 기분이 나쁘네요.

— VIXX_LEO (@JUNGTW_LEO) March 31, 2017

Meanwhile, Ravi, as “Chief Kim,” took puns to the next level as he made a joke about how the best dishes are “Kim Won Dishes” (yes, the plate picture had a purpose) by using a play of words based off his real name, Kim Won Shik, and a Korean term for tableware, “shik gi.”

Hongbin and Ken couldn’t just leave their fellow member hanging, and commented, “Of course, our boss’s dishes are the best,” and “Good job Chief.”

빅스상사 빕스 김과장입니다.
식기는 역시 김원식기. 뽀득? pic.twitter.com/d1Rt7mx3xK

— VIXX_Ravi (@AceRavi) March 31, 2017

@AceRavi 역시 상사님의 식기가 최곱죠~ 예~

— VIXX_Hong Bin (@RedBeans93) March 31, 2017

@AceRavi 과장님 나이스뽀득~~~~><

— VIXX_KEN (@jaehwany0406) March 31, 2017

Aside from their jokingly patronizing comments on Ravi’s tweet, Hongbin and Ken also “introduced” themselves.

As the deputy section chief, Hongbin is, apparently, currently in charge of running a side Chinese restaurant (aptly named “hong bin” according to his attached picture). On the other hand, Ken is in charge of “cooking KENtucky fried chicken, being the mood maker, and smelling things.”

빅스상사 빕스 이홍빈 대리입니다. 부업으로 중국집을 운영하고 있습니다. pic.twitter.com/l8qd0T19N2

— VIXX_Hong Bin (@RedBeans93) March 31, 2017

켄터키치킨요리&분위기메이커&냄새를 맡고있습니다. 잘부탁드려요~>< pic.twitter.com/WRIQehzC2E

— VIXX_KEN (@jaehwany0406) March 31, 2017

By now, if it wasn’t obvious, VIXX has somehow transformed into the management team of a restaurant (hilariously named BIPS after the popular and widespread restaurant chain VIPS) run by the “BIGS Corporation, Ltd.”

N took it upon himself as “the deputy head” to throw in a huge discount of 90 percent for all those who signed up for a Starlight membership, “in honor of the opening of BIPS’s second Gyeonggi Province location.”

He hilariously added that he hopes everyone comes in while the event is running in order to receive their discount. N didn’t stop there, as he also followed up with properly stating their opening and closing hours, and introducing their restaurant’s menu.

If the list of “mixed spicy noodles (mulbibimmyun),” “fruit salad,” and “chocolate cookie ice flakes (bingsoo)” sound familiar, it’s because these are a list of “recipes” VIXX introduced way back in 2013 as a part of an event with Daum, which N kindly linked.

[BIPS 경기2호점 OPEN 기념]

빅스상사 차학연 차장입니다.

별빛회원증을 소지하신 분들께는 90% 할인을 해 드리고 있습니다. 꼭 기간내 방문하셔서 혜택을 누리시길 바랍니다.
행복한 하루 되세요! pic.twitter.com/8AwsffYOEd

— VIXX_N 차에네넨 (@CHA_NNNNN) March 31, 2017