Chapter 74

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Translated by Sylph

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TeSTAR’s good performance on the digital music chart caused a huge stir.

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[TeSTAR 24Hits Entry Ranking (1 hour)]
: Hi-five 85th, Magical Boy 88th
Renewal of the highest entry ranking for male idols after the chart reorganization
One song is even higher than VTICㄷㄷㄷ
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-Crazy
-Wow, Ajusa is scary
-We should put TeSTAR in the line of the 3 major male idols?ㅋㅋㅋㅋ Let’s remove T-Holic who are totally has-beens
└This bastard is not a TeSTAR fan. Please report the instigator of discord.
└Report complete~
-I knew it, the fire was crazy from the teaserㅋㅋ
-I heard they sold 250k copies in one day today, even though the pre-order period was short, seriously another class right after debut, crazy
-Wow, result-oriented fans will join? For now, I’m joiningㅇㅇ
└ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋSeriously, vicarious pride is rising

Their recognition in Korea had already increased as much as it could.
It was a total mess because everyone who had watched even once added a word.

Moreover, as a competitive structure was created, the reaction of VTIC fans also became sharply chilly.

-Debut album entry is a ranking renewalㅋㅋㅋ the ecosystem disturbance by broadcasting stations is really severe
-You should see the numbers, it’s obviously an empty-house-robbery
└Unfortunately, the digital music is currently in a fierce battleㅋㅋ rather if it came out a month ago, they could have aimed for the 70s
└The brain-official is greatㅋㅋah TeSTAR fans don’t know the numbers in many ways~
-Please enjoy it now~ because the Ajusa buff will all be gone by the next albumㅠㅠ career high will end with the debut album~
└VTIC fans’ minds have turned, right?ㅋㅋㅋ
└It’s ugly, Tik-ah

Thanks to malicious netizens who excitedly added firewood and caused discord, the atmosphere between the fandoms was freezing like ice on thin paper.

But separately, people who were only moderately interested in idols found it very interesting.

-Wow, then we’ll see VTIC and TeSTAR together on music shows this week
-Great fun reservedㅋㅋㅋ
-At this rate, won’t TeSTAR get 1st place next week?
└Don’t know, VTIC’s initial sales period was until today, and about 180k copies were released today
└Heek, the unit is also crazy there
└It would likely depend on how much the digital music rises after TeSTAR’s stage is broadcast?
└Oho, TeSTAR should grab many variety show schedulesㅋㅋㅋ

TeSTAR raised ‘Hi-five’ to 17th and ‘Magical Boy’ to 19th on the daily chart the next day.
It was an unbelievably fast speed, but of course it wasn’t as much as VTIC.

-TeSTAR is crazy?
-VTIC is in a heavenly world so they’re out of the questionㅋㅋ honestly it’s to the point of not being able to believe a rookie male idol is doing that on the digital music chart
-It’s a hit even if they just maintain that ranking without falling

Everyone was moderately surprised and moderately satisfied with their expectations.

And so Thursday came.
It was the day of TeSTAR’s first music show pre-recording.

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“I’m so sleepy.”

“I know.”

I didn’t know the day would come when I would sincerely empathize with Cha Yujin’s words.

‘I knew it starts from dawn. But I didn’t think of the preparation time.’

Let’s say the music show pre-recording starts at 4:30 AM. Then we have to be waiting at the broadcasting station by 4:00 at the latest. Then we have to go to the shop several hours before that…….

In short, it was night labor.

‘We continue to move indoors, but what about the people who come to see this.’

Although they are chosen by drawing after applying, honestly, if they’re going to call people at this time, I think they should at least give an hourly wage.

At least it was lucky that the day wasn’t cold. Since there would be no one catching a cold while waiting.

“I’m going to sleep…….”

Cha Yujin flopped on the sofa as soon as we entered the waiting room.

“S-Should we wake him up? H-His voice, if he wakes up after sleeping, it m-might not come out well…….”

“He lived like that every time and he did well. Please don’t care about him.”

“I-I see.”

At Kim Raebin’s firm words, Seon Ahyun gathered his hands again. His face was pale.

It looked like he was nervous rather than because he couldn’t sleep.

“…Wait a minute.”

“Hmm?”

I searched through the small bag I was carrying and threw a bunch of candies to Seon Ahyun.

They were glucose candies.

“Eat some. It’s good when you’re tired.”

“Oh, oh…….”

“Heh, Moondae, me too!”

Keun Sejin, who was looking into his smartphone, tried to snatch a candy from Seon Ahyun, but unexpectedly he was blocked by Seon Ahyun.

“I-I-I’ll eat it well!”

“No, Ahyun-ah…!”

“…….”

I silently took out more candies from the bag and threw them. Keun Sejin received them with joy.

“Oh, thanks!”

‘…Whatever it is, I should buy three or four times more to be able to eat as much as I want.’

Since the financial situation was not yet good, it wasn’t a desirable phenomenon.

At that moment, the manager and Ryu Chungwoo entered from outside the door with a camera.

‘Is it for the reality show again.’

It seemed they could easily enter and exit because this music show was Tnet.

The manager smiled broadly and waved his hand. Ryu Chungwoo said with a smile.

“Guys, the fans sent us lunch boxes!”

“Whoa!”

“…Lunch boxes!”

Cha Yujin, who was sleeping, jumped up. Truly amazing.

The lunch box boxes that entered the waiting room were brilliant.

‘To think I would see a 5-tier lunch box in person.’

I was slightly flustered as I dismantled the lunch boxes containing dishes in each compartment.

Originally, a lunch box was… something less than an ordinary meal, a feeling of just having a quick bite.

A sticker was attached to the top of the lunch box box.

[TeSTAR’s debut is]
[Magic♡]

Below it, only something like ‘All TeSTAR fans’ was written simply.

“…….”

Probably several individual fan communities prepared it jointly. Since it’s the group’s first debut stage, they probably sent it together instead of dividing names.

It was a delicate consideration for the members.

“Let’s take a photo.”

“I think it’s better to take one shot like this and take one more after opening it.”

“It’s an excellent idea. Moondae, who takes photos well, should take them quickly.”

“Okay.”

“Oh?”

I followed the instructions and took a few shots by matching the angle and focus with the phone. And I adjusted the brightness and saturation to correct the color immediately.

“You really took them well.”

“I-It seems you have g-good handiwork…!”

“Thanks. I want to upload this, is it okay?”

“Eh?”

Actually, I asked the members, but it was for the manager to hear.

Because since Lee Sejin uploaded the message, I haven’t uploaded anything special privately yet. It was because of the issue of spoilers and the issue of atmosphere.

I thought it was about time to operate it, and fortunately, the manager also gave an okay gesture readily.

The members also glanced at that gesture and continued the talk.

“Of course it’s okay~”

“Moondae had a good idea.”

“Do we eat now?”

Cha Yujin’s earnest question was implicitly ignored.

Instead, Kim Raebin nodded his head seriously.

“I hope we upload various news frequently starting with this.”

“……Right.”

But you… should preferably upload after getting it checked.

“Be sure to put ‘I love you’.”

“I-If we do it wrong, wouldn’t it look like we say we love you because you gave us lunch boxes…?”

“Whoa.”

While I was editing the photos, the members started to write the text diligently.

“There’s a 180-character limit. Let’s choose carefully.”

“Yes!”

So the completed text was as follows.

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[This is TeSTAR’s account!]
: Waiting for TeSTAR’s first music show recording! Thank you so much for the lunch boxes! We’ll eat and gain strength to do a cool stage. We have so many things we want to show as much as we prepared hard! To everyone who waited for us, thank you so much and I love youㅠㅠ Let’s see each other for a long, long time♡ (Photo) (Photo) (Photo)
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“Good! Uploaded!”

While the members were feeling proud, Ryu Chungwoo, who was looking at it with a faint smile, suddenly had a flustered expression.

“……?”

“Wait, what time is it now?”

“…!”

…3:50 AM. It was the crack of dawn.

Seon Ahyun turned pale.

“W-W-We just, sent an a-alarm at d-dawn.”

“Delete… if we delete it, will the alarm not go?”

“It probably already went…….”

“…….”

The atmosphere became solemn.

Of course, there were many idols who uploaded posts at dawn, but in this case, the problem was that we had sent the group news after a month like a dawn chat message.

Cha Yujin, who was making a sad expression while looking at the lunch boxes, asked.

“Why?”

“It’s a nuisance if the alarm goes at dawn.”

“Aha.”

Cha Yujin said brightly.

“Apologize!”

“…!”

A little later. Another new post alarm popped up on TeSTAR’s account.

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[This is TeSTAR’s account!]
: Sorry for suddenly uploading a post at dawnㅠㅠ We lost our sense of time and this happened… We’ll surely visit during the day next time! (Photo)
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The attached additional photo was the appearance of TeSTAR members in the waiting room bowing their heads together.

I felt a sense of incongruity.

“…Wait a minute.”

“Hmm?”

“I think we spoiled our costumes.”

“…!!”

…Fortunately, we were able to ask the production staff for understanding.

But the faces of the members, who experienced an unexpected heart-stopping moment right before the pre-recording, became haggard.

“…In the future, for SNS, let’s upload after thinking about it for at least 30 minutes.”

“Yes…….”

After that crazy feast was over, the recording time was right in front of us.

“Now, let’s eat the lunch boxes quickly!”

“There’s no time, let’s eat after it’s over.”

“Ohh…….”

Cha Yujin was heartbroken.

We only took and drank one vitamin drink each that was included in the lunch boxes, and headed straight to the stage.

“Waaaaaa!!”

About 200 people who had been waiting in line since night sent cheers.

For reference, it wasn’t even a situation where we had gone up to the stage yet. We were just moving around beside the stage.

Keun Sejin said seriously.

“Let’s not ask questions like whether you’ve eaten. It feels like only we’re teasing them by eating lunch boxes at this dawn.”

The members, who completely realized that it was dawn from the previous incident, nodded their heads hard.

Except for Cha Yujin.

“But I haven’t eaten…….”

“Let’s eat right after it’s over.”

“…Yes-ap.”

Ryu Chungwoo lightly suppressed the situation.

The members went up to the stage according to the staff’s instructions.

The set was amazing. It looked like the core of the broken school set from the MV was moved, and even the purple LED and soap bubble effects were proper.

‘They spent some money.’

But there was no time to look around the set in depth. Because hundreds of people were watching in front.

“This is our first recording stage. Everyone, please look forward to it.”

“Please look forward to it~”

When the members greeted according to Ryu Chungwoo’s lead, screams and greetings were mixed into the cheers heard from below.

“If there is anything you want from TeSTAR….”

“Upload posts frequently!”

“Ah, posts.”

Whether they checked all the posts uploaded on SNS earlier, explosive laughter burst out from below the stage. Thanks to that, even Ryu Chungwoo ended up laughing.

“We’ll upload frequently. Not at dawn.”

“I’ll upload right today!”

“Exactly what is the unit of frequently…….”

“Daily!!”

The fans shouted at the top of their lungs. They’re not even pushed by Kim Raebin. Amazing.

Since it was the first experience to even talk so close to the stage, honestly I couldn’t say the communication was natural.

But there was a fresh taste in its own way. Since it was only for a short time during the rookie days, the fans would also enjoy this atmosphere.

“Ah, it’s starting.”

The members, who shared a few short words, soon took positions on the stage at the staff’s sign.

As I started in the center for the first part, I came forward.

“Moondae-ya!”

I thought for a moment and then made a small heart. That… not the so-called K-heart. It was just a hand heart.

“Aaaaack!!”

It felt like my hands and feet would burst, but it was fine since the people looked joyful…….

They must have sore legs at dawn, shouldn’t there be at least this kind of fun.

As the reaction died down a bit, the prelude flowed out.

♬♪♩♪- ♬♪♬♪- ♪♩-

And powerful voices were heard from below the stage.

‘…It’s a fanchant.’

To think I would hear that.

-I think of you
Whom I met tomorrow, all day long

“Think!”

I smiled without realizing it as I entered the first verse.

It was quite fun.