Chapter 34

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Translated by Sylph

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The Kim Raebin on the screen explained the reasons calmly.

[Kim Raebin: Since participant Park Moondae possesses Vocal ability that doesn’t depend on the song, there’s no burden in terms of song selection.]

[Kim Raebin: Also, I’ve often witnessed him flexibly accepting other team members in group activities. He’s my No. 1 choice for a team member.]

Immediately after, a scene was crossed where Kim Raebin instantly won the mini-game and pointed out ‘Park Moondae.’

And then an interview with Park Moondae, who had a blank expression, came out.

[Park Moondae: ……?]

[Park Moondae: I was grateful, but… (Why on earth?)]

Thanks to the BGM and additional subtitles, Park Moondae, who joined Kim Raebin and bowed his head, looked extremely flustered.

And then another cut showing Kim Raebin clenching his two fists and expressing a small sense of victory.

It was like a skit for WeTube.

“…….”

It wasn’t once or twice that the production crew created reactions, but this was the first time they accurately pinpointed the inner thoughts.

[Kim Raebin: Next is participant Cha Yujin.]

[Kim Raebin: And participant Ryu Chungwoo.]

The scenes continued where Kim Raebin picked team members without a moment’s hesitation with his own logic, and the team members felt puzzled.

It was a directing that had a cute charm in its own way.

‘It seems they’re going to save Kim Raebin.’

It was editing that openly neutralized the fierce appearance in the first round.

However, that atmosphere didn’t last long.

After a bright red subtitle saying ‘But’ appeared on the screen, a scene of a suffocating atmosphere filled with white noise was broadcast.

[Interim Evaluation a few days later]

[Youngrin: Who did the arrangement?]

Scenes of Kim Raebin dropping his head and several team members looking back at him were crossed.

A large subtitle appeared again.

[What on earth happened?]

And then…

A commercial break went in.

“……Hmm.”

I poured the remaining beer down my throat.

The appearance of trying to squeeze out viewership ratings no matter what… I can only admire it now. They’re amazing, those production crew bastards.

On the internet, which I checked during the break, all sorts of speculations were rampant.

The main opinion was ‘Did Kim Raebin fail the team battle again?’

-I knew he had no eye for people from the moment he said why he picked Park Moondaeㅋㅋㅋ

“No way……”

Park Moondae is being bashed even here.

Maybe it’s because the beer went in and I loosened up, but I was a bit more heated than usual.

I turned off the screen sulkily and turned back to Tnet. The advertisement was just ending.

As expected, the discussion scene after the song was decided was broadcast on the screen.

[Ryu Chungwoo: First, shall we hear Sejin’s opinion?]

Generally, it was editing that highlighted Ryu Chungwoo taking good care of even the team members who lacked social skills.

In particular, the scene where he calmly responded to Lee Sejin’s irritable reaction went directly on the screen.

‘Lee Sejin is also done for.’

Is this going in a way where Ryu Chungwoo takes it all again?

A few cuts illuminating Cha Yujin’s genius in choreography attractively were included, and a few cuts where Kim Raebin spent time on arrangement were included, but so far, it was Ryu Chungwoo’s decision win.

The situation changed starting from the interim evaluation.

[You touched the original song in many ways, but it feels worse than the original.]

The review came out edited to be more serious than the original lukewarm atmosphere.

It was the effect of the original songwriter’s out-of-the-blue late remark being patched together and inserted in the middle of the reviews.

[In your stage… the power that the song has was not felt.]

I didn’t know this nonsense would be broadcast as if it were a cutting remark.

Anyway, in the serious atmosphere, one team member pointed to Kim Raebin as the person in charge of the arrangement.

[(Immediately) Raebin did it.]

The team members glancing at Kim Raebin was overtly emphasized and broadcast.

It was editing that made my spine chill.

‘Damn it….’

I put on that show to cover for this, but could we all go down the drain together?

At that moment, the screen suddenly began to close up on ‘Park Moondae.’

“Huh?”

‘Could it be.’

The Park Moondae on the screen seemed to be thinking hard for some reason, and suddenly a flashback cut went in.

[I think it would be better to do it after lowering the key.]

[How about adding some rap too?]

[For the arrangement, make it suit the cheer squad concept.]

[…Yes.]

It was a scene where several team members told Kim Raebin to put in arrangement elements that didn’t suit.

Directing was put in as if Park Moondae had carefully observed it.

And the screen returned to the time of the interim evaluation.

Park Moondae opened his mouth as if it were nothing.

[Yes. Since Raebin is capable of arranging, he consulted with the arranger, and the direction of the arrangement was decided by all of us sharing our opinions.]

Kim Raebin’s surprised face was closed up.

And then an interview with Park Moondae went in.

[Q: Why did you cover for participant Kim Raebin?]

[Park Moondae: (Puzzled) Because I was just saying the truth.]

That… is a cut from the arrangement-related interview I did during the first team battle.

“…Huh.”

‘I had purposely talked calmly to turn the conversation naturally.’

After going through the magic of editing, it came out on the broadcast as if Park Moondae, who doesn’t care about others’ opinions, just said the truth.

‘No matter how many times I experience it, it’s absurd.’

Whether I was sulky like that or not, the broadcast continued.

[Delivering Sincerity]

[Kim Yujun: I’m sorry… .]

Team member apologized to Kim Raebin, the atmosphere changed abruptly to be hopeful and heartwarming, and it was punctuated with Kim Raebin’s moved interview.

[Kim Raebin: I think I gathered my team members well.]

Saying so, Kim Raebin’s face, which was faintly smiling, unexpectedly didn’t look like he had a bad personality.

And the new arrangement… ridiculously, it came out as if Kim Raebin and Park Moondae suddenly got excited during small talk and made it quickly among themselves.

[Ryu Chungwoo: I saw the two of them sharing some talk during the break.]

[Ryu Chungwoo: But when I went back… Raebin was already at the keyboard, and Moondae was excited saying we’re going to do (beep-)!]

The arrangement discussion process, which was processed at high speed while Ryu Chungwoo’s interview was laid as narration, really looked like that, so it was even more absurd.

[Ryu Chungwoo: Is that how geniuses are originally? Haha.]

Since then, short cuts followed as if Ryu Chungwoo found the two unsocial geniuses cute and the team merged well, and the stage preparation screen time ended.

“…….”

I really never imagined they would solve it like this.

Anyway, it wasn’t malicious editing, so I should be satisfied with it working out this much.

Furthermore, I had originally thought the stage was the best among them, but thanks to the production crew openly paying attention to editing it, it was very satisfying.

The ending was also okay.

[3rd place?]

[A situation no one expected]

Because they highlighted the 3rd place of this team as very puzzling and shocking, even putting in a middle advertisement.

You could say we got everything we could get.

It was a clean gain.

“It’s okay.”

I immediately organized my bedding. As the tension was released, fatigue rushed in.

‘I can do the internet monitoring tomorrow.’

Because I didn’t check the reactions immediately at that time, it was around lunch the next day when I realized the aftermath of my screen time in Episode 7 was much larger than expected.

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-I decided to embrace Park Moondae. Comparing him to the crappy first round team guys, he was a saving grace.

-Looking at Moondae again, his face is also fine. His harmony with Raebin seems good, please continue to be on the same team.

-The combination of a rabbit and a puppy is a fantastic combination, and since it’s a medieval rabbit and a Sigor-jabjong mutt, it’s the icing on the cakeㅠㅠ

-Oi oi, I knew the day this combination would hit the jackpot would come? (Shrugs)

-Unexpectedly, I thought they would fight but they became close;;

“……Oh.”

Surprisingly, as soon as Episode 7 was aired, the public opinion of Park Moondae among Kim Raebin’s fans turned abruptly.

Most were normal fan accounts that didn’t slander other participants, but some were also accounts that until yesterday had been snickering while calling ‘Park Moondae’ by a derogatory name.

The change in attitude was truly amazing.

Park Moondae’s fan accounts seemed to be relieved by lessening the worry of minus voting, but several people also looked angry.

-I’m truly… left speechless seeing them act like that after washing their mouths, when was it that they insulted him so much? In the meantime, I hate myself for being relievedㅠㅠ

-Thinking that if they both debut, I’ll have to be a fan with such people, a sigh comes out first… I’ll just have to look only at Moondae…

-Moondae showed a cool attitude, came up with a cool idea, and even did a cool stage, so why do I have to worry about other things?ㅋㅋ

‘I hope they don’t get too stressed.’

If you spend money, it should be fun, but I didn’t feel very good because it seemed these people weren’t able to do so.

Even if they end up being in the same team if they debut through this program, all the participants currently in the audition are in a competitive relationship, so it might be an inevitable part.

Still, most people were in an atmosphere of enjoying the well-made stage.

Thanks to the fact that Episode 7 was assigned to the broadcast schedule one after another from midnight right after the main broadcast ended until this morning and lunch, we were also seeing an inflow effect.

The stage video also immediately entered the real-time popular rankings on WeTube.

-To handle such a crazy concept so well, these crazy guys;;;

-They are the heroes who came to destroy my grades, but I love them.

-To change a baseball cheering song into a superhero theme song. Not to mention the stage, both that idea and the arrangement ability are completely extraordinary.

-Aaaaah, it seems the kids matched their colors too, they’re wearing one item per color! My fangirl heart is beating at such detailsㅠㅠ

-This stage is 3rd? Aren’t the strategic votes embarrassing?ㅋㅋ

-This is a summary post. 0:06 Cha Yujin (Red), 0:16 Min Jeonghun (Green), 0:24 Ryu Chungwoo (Blue) … [See more]

The individual focus cams released at dawn were also rapidly increasing in views.

The stakes became larger than the first team battle, but even considering that, the view count of ‘Park Moondae’ focus cams was increasing incredibly fast for a main vocal.

The comments were also more favorable than the first round, and the ratio of ‘dislikes’ decreased.

-Can’t deny he’s a genius.

-Moondae, thank you for being a blonde. Thanks to you, I, your older sister, stayed strong and resisted my resignation letter. I’ll buy a lot of Moondae’s sharesㅠㅠ Please debut and let’s do silver hair and pink hair tooㅠㅠ

-To think of a hero concept following horror, this friend is amazing! I’m cheering for you a lot. Please debut! ㅎㅎ

-Why does he look more handsome and do better every time I see him? Won’t he ascend to heaven if he debuts at this rate?ㅠㅠ

It was embarrassing, but I was a bit proud.

Although it was something I was forced to do, I don’t think I can deny that there is a sense of achievement.

Thinking so, the last best comment caught my eye.

-A Main Vocal who is young and has a cute appearance and good dance is like a left-handed fireballer. You have to bring them even from hell, but thank you so much for walking into the idol scene on your own feet, Moondae-ya, you can’t leave now^^

“…….”

To be honest, I was a bit scared.

‘Don’t tell me I’ll get a status abnormality like ‘Cannot Retire’ if I debut.’

I quickly shook off the ominous delusion that had no benefit at all and organized my mind.

Anyway, if it was this much, it seemed there was nothing to worry about even for the next ranking announcement ceremony.

‘Are there two stages left now?’

If I go through two more team battles in the future, this program is over.

The feeling became strange at the thought that it was already beginning to enter the mid-to-late phase.

I thought I would feel refreshed if the day to take off this trashy status abnormality approached, but it wasn’t necessarily so.

It was probably because the results were much better than I expected.

Since I hadn’t felt any sense of achievement while being cooped up in a corner as a civil service exam student for the past few years, the taste of this success was quite stimulating.

‘Of course, the fact that it’s more draining and tiring is bigger though.’

Avoiding sudden death… and looking back after a few years, I might come to think it was a meaningful experience.

Of course, that’s a story for when I haven’t died, so let’s think about survival first.

Vibrate.

The moment I made up my mind, a message came in.

[Big Sejin: Moondae Moondae, doing well? Wanna go together on filming day? Including Ahyun haha]

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So the faces of the guys I met on the filming day were completely miserable.

No, we even sent off Choi Wongil who was a constant troller, so why the miserable faces? Who’s pissing you off?