Chapter 33

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Translated by Sylph

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After the new system where votes for participants could be deducted was introduced to .

-Are you joking?ㅋㅋㅋ Is the production crew crazy?

The internet became pandemonium.

-They’re really not in their right minds, what are they going to do if someone has bad intentions and opens hate voting?

-Now it’s not a spicy taste but fire hell.

-Ah, really, I don’t think I’ll be able to watch the next ranking announcement ceremony because it’ll be too painful, you trash bastards, what are you doing to the kids?

-Shouldn’t we boycott it at this point?

Posts criticizing the production crew and the program first covered all sorts of communities. It was a natural reaction, but after this criticism settled as a basic sentiment, posts like this began to appear slowly.

-Summary of participants who will benefit and lose from this minus voting.jpg

It was a participant evaluation.

Going further from here, slanderous posts about participants they don’t push would soon be rampant.

“Hmm.”

I scanned the post that appeared on the best board in just seven minutes.

As I slowly scrolled down, the name I was looking for appeared.

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[Park Moondae Risk of Rank Drop ★★]

: Whenever his story comes up, a huge dogfight breaks out over whether it’s malicious editing or heavenly editing. There are people who bite him at the level of being psychos. His figures will probably be deducted quite a bit.

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‘Two stars is fine.’

Honestly, I expected this. Because the Park Moondae in the broadcast was an extreme character who couldn’t help but be liked or disliked.

‘The PR live and the first team battle editing being well-made probably made up for it to some extent.’

Furthermore, the October 31 participants who rose in the first team battle are latecomers at this point. It meant they couldn’t help but be bashed by the toxic fans of existing strong participants.

Looking down the scroll, everyone except Big Sejin was put at risk of dropping.

‘Of course, I can’t trust this one post alone.’

The fact that the post rose to the popular posts without being ignored by people meant that it was similar to the mainstream public opinion to some extent.

Of course, a dogfight broke out in the comments.

-You wrote a long headcanon, you clueless bastard, you’re acting like you’ve mastered Ajusa and like you rule the internet opinion?ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-I’m already tired, I wish they would stop doing things like this, really…

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋThe people who are struggling and telling them to take it down, it’s so transparent whose fans they are. Then why do you stan someone who gets sworn at?ㅋ

-It’s roughly correct, though? Admit reality haha.

And between these comments, people talking about the participants listed in the post were also seen.

Mainly, they were enjoying chewing, tearing, and tasting the participants who seemed likely to drop.

-ㅋㅋㅋLee Sejin’s crash is confirmed~

-ㅠㅠWhat to do about Raebin? He’ll drop more… fans will have to stay strong!

Of course, attempts to drive public opinion in a way like ‘I don’t know why this guy is listed as being in the safe zone’ were also quite noticeable.

-There should be a limit to overhyping Ryu Chungwoo just because he’s a former national athlete. Since everyone from fans to the broadcast is coddling him, there will probably be many people who sell his shares because it’s annoying instead?

‘They’re already laying the groundwork.’

Of course, there were also quite a few stories about Park Moondae.

-I wish people who bash Moondae would please just choose one route. They say they can’t trust his skills because it’s editing magic, while bashing his personality using the edited broadcast clipsㅋㅋ

└Of course, the stans believe the skills because of the broadcast and don’t believe the personality because it’s malicious editing~ it’s the same thing.

└I’m going crazy, listen to Moondae singing without accompaniment in the PR live, he’s better than in the broadcast. And why do you believe the edited clips where interviews are patched together, while pretending not to see the video where Moondae actually treated other participants well?

└Muttering to yourself alone;; whew, don’t stake your life on an idol, ajumma!

└I’ve reported you, bye.

‘This is… a bit of a pity.’

Looking at the people suffering just because they held Park Moondae’s shares made me lost for words.

It wasn’t like I could change the direction of the broadcast by doing something better.

‘Actually… I already knew.’

I knew that this minus voting was going to be introduced because it had been so controversial, even when I was a civil service exam student.

There were about two or three times when had walked on a tightrope like crazy between insane topicality and being a total mess, and this was exactly the first incident.

Since at the current rate it didn’t seem like I would be eliminated even if my vote share was deducted significantly, I didn’t pay much attention, but once it actually arrived… I was a bit concerned.

About the people who were cheering for ‘Park Moondae.’

‘I hope they don’t get too stressed.’

I hesitated, then closed the window for now.

In fact, I planned to look at the reactions to the newly aired Episode 6 rather than the , but there weren’t many because they were buried here.

‘In the first place, my screen time was low in Episode 6.’

The stage of the team I belonged to was assigned to the next episode.

Since the team formation and song selection scenes also appeared only very partially, there wasn’t much reaction.

-Ugh, why is Gommer in the same team as Raebin, I hate it so muchㅠㅠ Kim Raebin, please stop doing charity work, the last team was also trash, really, except for his face, there’s nothing in his head… whew, how did I end up stanning this…

-Moondae, let’s not cling to Yujin, just die.

Mainly such toxic fan reactions remained. No, I didn’t know if I could even consider these as fans.

‘…Looking closely, they’re also bashing Kim Raebin?’

They were the type I occasionally saw even during the days when I sold data.

I didn’t know why they claimed to be fans while bashing, but… the important thing was that the reaction of hating being on the same team as Park Moondae was more active than the reaction of liking it.

Even viewers who saw ‘Park Moondae’ favorably were in a state of saying it was a pity that he couldn’t be with the team members of the first team battle.

“Hmm.”

I crossed my arms and smirked. I was curious how public opinion would change once Episode 7 was aired.

The stage was definitely good, and there were limits to touching that with editing.

‘Then until then, while organizing the status window pop-ups, the practice achievement…….’

Vibrate.

While I was thinking, my smartphone rang.

It’s probably that same-age group chat. I inadvertently opened my smartphone.

Whether they copied and pasted, two messages arrived almost simultaneously.

[Kim Raebin: Hyung, are you doing well. This is participant Kim Raebin. The reason I’m contacting you is for no other reason than that I have something to ask.]

[Kim Raebin: Cha Yujin and I are scheduled to go to Gangnam Station tomorrow to check the advertisements fans have put up. If you’d also like to go check the advertisements together… (See more)]

“…….”

Was my advertisement also put up at Gangnam Station?

Searching it up, an SNS post saying it started from today appeared. Amazing. This guy Kim Raebin is quite good at searching?

But this timing was not good.

‘A system to pick the guy you hate was just introduced, there’s no need to stand out.’

If a happy witness account were to come out here for nothing, nonsense like ‘Park Moondae seems confident?’ would definitely come out.

Furthermore, going with Kim Raebin and Cha Yujin? A bash was already created in my head right away.

-He must be freaking scared of the minus voting, acting all close with the successful kidsㅋㅋ

There was no need to make such noise. Let’s protect the stomachs of those who cheer for Park Moondae as much as possible.

It would be better to wait and see until Episode 7 was aired.

I immediately typed a reply.

[Park Moondae: It’ll be difficult since I have something to do. Let’s see each other next time.]

[Kim Raebin: Yes… then I will contact you again.]

I’ll only see him during filming then.

I guessed like that and began to stretch before going into exercise.

‘Let’s just build up my stamina.’

At that time, I never dreamed that Kim Raebin would send greetings every day until the next filming.

And not just greetings, but with five-colored, brilliant greeting image files that looked like they were made by elderly people.

[Kim Raebin: (If you smile^^ blessings will come~ let’s make a happy today with a joyful morning~)]

“……?”

Is it because the field is arts and music? Every teenager I meet lately is an owner of truly unique sensibilities.

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And finally, the returned Friday evening.

[Kim Raebin: (Have a happy Friday @->— putting my heart into a rose ^^ I share happiness and health)]

“…….”

Somehow these elderly memes are being upgraded more and more. Now there’s even a glitter effect.

[Park Moondae: Yeah, you stay well too.]

[Kim Raebin: Thank you.]

Anyway, in order to have a ‘happy and healthy’ Friday as the phrase in Kim Raebin’s image file said, Episode 7 should have come out well today.

I began to watch Episode 7 while drinking beer.

There was a high probability that my screen time would come out near the end of Episode 7.

The production crew would have definitely pushed the team with the highest rank average to the very end of the broadcast time.

As expected, other teams came out one after another. I wasn’t particularly interested, but I watched carefully since I had to check if there were any guys who might rise up.

‘There’s no one special.’

There was no notably favorable or hostile editing. It was just a typical story line of overcoming a struggle with part conflicts and lack of skill.

Then, the team Choi Wongil chose came out in the mid-to-late part.

It was a team with many participants from the same team in the last first round, including Seon Ahyun and Big Sejin.

The editing potential burst here.

[Choi Wongil: I don’t know why you’re only like this to me…….]

[Ha Iljun: What……?]

The interview cut of Choi Wongil crying and the flustered looks of the team members were crossed.

[Choi Wongil: (Staring) Moondae-hyung, aren’t you being too much?]

Choi Wongil completely crashed.

“Wow…….”

They’re sending him off like this.

The production crew burst Choi Wongil’s uncooperative attitude from the first round here.

Honestly, he had been quite a nuisance in the first round, but I didn’t know it would be built up like a Spirit Bomb and explode like this.

But they didn’t just build up this karma stack on me.

[Kwon Heeseung: …Because he doesn’t accept what I say.]

It seemed Gold 2 had suffered quite a bit from the first round. He hadn’t even accepted words properly when there were no cameras.

[Kwon Heeseung: Is it because I’m the youngest and… (ranking) is the lowest.]

Of course, the production crew who captured that with fixed cams and broadcasted it were also disgusting guys. They’re doing another public shaming for a participant to see the viewership ratings soar.

[Lee Sejin B: Now, now! Wongil. I understand your heart well. Sit here.]

Exactly as I heard from Seon Ahyun, the conflict was broadcast as having been resolved by Big Sejin stepping up.

[Choi Wongil: Because it’s true that I was a bit emotional.]

Along with that interview, it ended with a heartwarming scene of the team practicing hard and showing a good side on stage, but no one would not know that it was a facade.

Already, internet pages were being covered with insults.

-Is Choi Wongil’s personality for real?

-He says he was a bit emotionalㅋㅋㅋ Bullshit, what you did was at the level of intermittent explosive disorder.

└But it feels like he only does that to people he can push around, so it’s even more annoying.

-Did you see him ignoring Heeseung? I almost had PTSD remembering when I had a hard time in school…

-Park Moondae should be re-evaluated. To just give him the part after seeing that mess, he was a Bodhisattva.

‘Um, it’s troublesome that Park Moondae is being mentioned.’

They raise one’s personality according to their own will, and then if a suspicious point arises, the insults will double as the crime of being offensive.

Fortunately, because this team’s stage was decent, as the impressions of the stage took up a share, the topic of Choi Wongil was pushed out a bit.

When the story comes up again, it will probably be focused only on criticizing Choi Wongil.

‘His mental strength didn’t look good, he’s going to suffer quite a bit.’

I clicked off the comment page while clicking my tongue.

Now two teams remained. It was soon time for my screen time to come out.

Of course… that was assuming the other guys didn’t take it all.

‘There must be so many guys with high rankings.’

I let go of my expectations and continued watching.

And I was surprised.

Doo-doong!

On the screen, Kim Raebin’s interview was being reconstructed and shown with majestic background music.

Along with subtitles that looked like an homage to something… flashing in golden light.

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[Kim Raebin: First, I plan to recruit participant Park Moondae.]

“Cough.”

I spat out the beer I was drinking.