Chapter 82

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Translated by Sylph

Read it only at Novelbyu.com & Utoon.net

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WeTube algorithm.

It was impossible to know exactly what the standard was, but anyway, it was a video algorithm that brought up recommended videos.

And the pre-release video of that TeSTAR appeared in… was chosen by this algorithm for an unknown reason.

The first thing that appeared was the related recommendations of overseas Prank humor videos.

These people were surprised by the specialized prank show in Korea appearing after a long time and clicked excitedly.

-ㅋㅋㅋIs Korea making such a thing again? I like it so much
-I hope many famous guys appear and all of them freak out, it’s just my fetish
└ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋCelebrity reactions are so fun~
-Please be successfulㅠㅠ I’m now sick of healing variety showsㅠㅠ

The next appeared under various TVC variety show clips. Because the sensitivity was similar, the inflow increased more.

-Wow is it a new TVC variety show?ㅋㅋㅋㅋTeSTAR is cute!!
-Our TeSTAR should also appear on talk shows and healing trips… they should come out and show off their harmonious appearance to make the fans go crazyㅠㅠ Ah what is TVC doing not recruiting them quickly~~
-Ajusa kids, kya, I wasn’t in my right mind at that time but the memories are popping up… I miss the nuclear-buldak-taste, going to watch the main broadcast

The last… strangely, the inflow occurred from animal videos.

Because the weird bird prints on the banner caught in the thumbnail were classified as animals by AI.

Many people were flustered by the out-of-the-world sensitivity thumbnail and clicked.

-? I came to curse because this monster popped up in the recommendation of a cute puppy video, but it’s fun…ㅎ
└ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
└Heh, there’s someone who thought exactly the same as meㅋㅋ
-Did it pop up in the recommendation of a Java sparrow drinking water video because of that bird bastard? It’s absurd but funny… my pride is hurtㅋㅋ
-All the performers here were pre-recruited, right?ㅠㅠ I’m worried because they look so surprised

Thanks to that, the number of views of the pre-release of Episode 2 started to rise rapidly without knowing the end.

And in this process, the BGM that perfectly matched the video with insane sense started to receive attention as well.

It was exactly the modified version of TeSTAR’s ‘Magical Boy’.

-This BGM sounds exactly like a chubby cat thumping with its hind paws, my mind is becoming faint
└ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋThe metaphor is great
└Right, it’s exactly this feelingㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Does anyone know what the BGM is?
└It’s TeSTAR – Magical Boy~ it’s the latest song of the idols who appeared here!
└Aha, thank you~

-Crazy, an idol song?ㅋㅋㅋ Is their concept sick?ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
└No, the original song is a cool song!ㅠㅠ (MV link)
└Oh, I saw it and it’s cool?
└To change that song like thisㅋㅋㅋ

And people were introduced even to the ‘Magical Boy’ MV through the loop of related videos.

-Is there anyone who came because they were chosen by the algorithm?ㅋㅋ
-I was clearly watching a migratory bird fountain installation video, but when I regained my senses I was at a male idol music video. My mind is faint.
-They were so cute and the MV is also so cool! Pressing like and leaving♡
-Whoa, idols do such songs these days? I didn’t know because I wasn’t interested since graduation… the song is good
-Fans, is Ajusa fun? I became curious suddenly
└Please watch it while surely remembering that these friends debut
└It’s fun but you’ll be angry and cry and want to destroy the monitor. Recommended!
└????

This series of processes brought an unexpected butterfly effect.

It became a trigger for the category of people who were not interested in idols or latest popular songs to have interest in the song.

In conclusion, it brought a significant meaningful rise on the digital music chart.

[5th place Magical Boy / TeSTAR] ▲1

‘Magical Boy’, which was stagnant while fluctuating in the 6th-8th place range, made a slight advance.

And a good song, once it rode the momentum, the upward trend was bound to be faster.

Because once it was exposed in the top 5, the number of people who ‘tried to listen once’ increased significantly even if they had prejudice.

The result.

[3rd place Magical Boy / TeSTAR] ▲2

The next day, Tuesday, ‘Magical Boy’ rose two more places in rank.

For reference, a few days before, VTIC had given up first place to a rapper who was a digital music powerhouse after a long reign.

Among TeSTAR fans who were already running streaming like crazy, this thought started to arise.

‘Maybe?’

‘By any chance?’

And as always, the ‘by any chance’ caught the person.

* * *

The third week of music show activities was also finishing up slowly.

“Waaaaaa!!”

Since the microphone was off, it wouldn’t be heard, but the members made greetings only with their mouth shapes and waved their hands while running back from the stage.

Colorful lightsticks were shaking below.

“I-It was fun…!”

“Today’s costume is great and the shoes are comfortable, so it was really good!”

As Kim Raebin shouted while shaking his summer uniform costume with fancy precious metal decorative bands, harmonious laughter burst out.

“Haha!”

“Right!”

It was a momentum where they would laugh whatever was said. The sweaty faces were full of smiles. Cha Yujin adds a word.

“I like that we got 1st place!”

Right. We finally got 1st place.

‘Of course not public broadcast.’

We got 1st place on ‘MusicBomb’, the Tnet music show of this week.

Was it a pity? Honestly, yes. Because another major singer was making a comeback that Friday, and the chance to get 1st place during that activity period had almost all gone.

Moreover… um, first place on MusicBomb didn’t have much official authority.

‘…Honestly, it’s favoritism.’

When I checked, they pushed it with broadcast scores.

Anyway, since they said it was good, there was no need to spoil the atmosphere, so I decided to applaud and nod.

Since they were active without even being able to sleep, they should have had at least that kind of sense of achievement.

Even Lee Sejin added a word.

“…It would have been better if there was no cancellation.”

“S-Still, since we r-received a t-trophy!”

“Right. We’re taking a trophy with this activity!”

Ryu Chungwoo laughed and stretched his body.

He seemed to feel the relief of having finished a week well.

And a little later.

“The 1st place of the first week of July, Popular Music is… Yes, congratulations! TeSTAR’s Magical Boy!”

“……?”

Suddenly one more trophy was created.

“……???!”

Stage fireworks burst in front of the members who fell into confusion.

Tadadak! Bang!

While receiving the bouquet and trophy the MC was busily handing over, no one regained their senses.

For reference, I was included in that.

‘What on earth is this situation?’

Moreover, unfortunately, the one who received the microphone was Kim Raebin.

“Uh…… thank you…….”

Kim Raebin, who was dazed as he prepared nothing, looked around with eyes asking for help and made eye contact with me.

“…….”

‘Hey, I can’t do it either.’

I was sorry, but I didn’t know what to say either. I was flustered by the sudden sudden-death-escape situation and my brain stopped for a moment.

Fortunately, the second microphone returned to the leader normally… I thought.

“…Thank you. Since it’s a 1st place we d-didn’t expect… first, thank you to the fans. And thank you to the employees who work together with us…….”

Ryu Chungwoo was mentioning all the people to be mentioned calmly, and then suddenly started to pour down tears. It seemed reality had returned.

‘This is crazy.’

Honestly, he deserved to cry. Ryu Chungwoo had done… almost half a person’s worth of manager work while taking care of the kids.

Fortunately, Keun Sejin, who received the microphone from Kim Raebin, continued the subsequent words diligently.

“General Manager Gwak Singyun, Team Leader Kim Hyejeong. And thank you so much to everyone who made this album together! And above all… I really love you fans! We really didn’t expect it… thank you so much for giving us an undeserved 1st place!”

“Aaaaaaaak!!”

“Congratulations!”

Fortunately, an intense reaction returned from below the stage. Since VTIC had finished their 3-week domestic activities and hadn’t appeared that week, real-time booing could be avoided.

…Wait, right.

‘How on earth did we beat VTIC?’

But the score part had already disappeared from the teleprompter, and instead the encore was about to start.

“Yes~”

MCs came out with microphones to say the ending lines. It means they will wrap up.

In that short gap, Cha Yujin, who already grabbed the microphone, shouted a remark with sparkling eyes.

“Shareholders? Thank you!”

“Keuk.”

It was a broadcast accident.

In front of the members who hurriedly suppressed Cha Yujin, the MCs finished the ending lines persistently.

“Haha, when you want to listen to popular songs?”

“Live Broadcast Popular Music!”

“Come to listen next week too~”

And the prelude of ‘Magical Boy’ started to flow out.

The members only let go of Cha Yujin after sending various eye signals to the guy who was full of question marks.

I barely started the song.

“……Tomorrow, think of you I met today tomorrow….”

Whether it was my imagination, the music box sound sounded particularly thumping like in the first variety show pre-release video…….

The fact that I even got the lyrics wrong was only realized after checking the encore video that evening.

It was no different from a crazy party.

* * *

“Understood? If you’re going to say anything on broadcast in the future, you must ask the hyungs first before speaking!”

“Yes…….”

Cha Yujin was dejected after hearing nagging from the manager for thirty minutes. But while doing so, looking at the trophy intermittently, his mind seemed to be elsewhere.

‘It would be useless even if I talk more.’

Since he seemed to be reflecting, I decided to do what I had to do soon. I suppressed a sigh and spoke.

“Hyung, I think this one also needs a photo taken.”

“…Right. Go.”

“Yes!”

Cha Yujin hurriedly ran and tried to lift the trophy like a baboon showing off a baby lion.

I blocked Cha Yujin.

“Hold the trophy and bow your head.”

“Pardon?”

“You should reflect.”

“Yes…….”

Cha Yujin obediently lowered the trophy with a gloomy face.

The photo composition would come out well. I took a few photos and sent them to Keun Sejin who was preparing the SNS upload.

“Add that he’s reflecting as a P.S.”

“Okay~ …Um, but it seems there’s no need?”

“…?”

“Look at this.”

I checked the popular posts on SNS on the smartphone screen Keun Sejin held out.

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[TeSTAR got the monumental first public broadcast 1st place but is it real that the fandom name is not even decided yet?ㅋㅋㅋ this should be seen as Cha-Cat shaking a carrot]
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“…….”

“The atmosphere is fine.”

“Wait a minute.”

I took the smartphone from Keun Sejin and started a detailed search.

And I found the answer in the 1st place of the latest popular posts in the community.

[TeSTAR 1st place big commotionㅋㅋ(feat. the loop of survival from which they couldn’t escape)]

When I clicked, the encore video just now had already been uploaded with subtitles.

Since they put in effects with all sorts of subtitles in the meantime, the appearance of the members who were dazed and flustered was expressed doubly funnily.

…For reference, my avoiding Kim Raebin’s help was synthesized with the ‘robot meme looking away’, and my getting the lyrics wrong at the end was cross-edited with the original stage and received countless ‘ㅋ’ subtitles.

[TeSTAR’s first 1st place award becomes a black history.]

For reference, this is the title.

‘This is crazy.’

Anyway, right here, Cha Yujin’s usual ‘shareholder remark’ was uploaded as it was edited like a laughter highlight.

[Shareholders? Thank you!]

[!!!!!]

The subtitle attached was ‘the ghost of Ajusa which doesn’t leave’.

“…….”

At the bottom of the video, between the comments laughing and congratulating, the fans’ resentment that they want to beat up the ghost of Ajusa popped out intermittently.

-Our kids debuted and even got 1st place, why is the name to call fans still only ‘shareholders’ㅠㅠ

-Not only the idols but also the fans are all suffering from Ajusa PTSD, is the agency not workingㅠㅠㅠㅠ

-I also want to hear from the kids ‘I love you ()’<- putting the fan name here… it’ll be fun to see the kids doing exaggerated praise with the fan name, right…?

It didn't end here.

The opinions recently uploaded on SNS or communities started to move one step further.

-ㅋㅋLightstick and fan color haven't come out yet either? Isn't it a totally rule-of-thumb operation? Honestly it's been fishy since the comeback within a month but they just didn't say it for fear of interfering with the kids' debutㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-There are no additional variety show schedules for the kids and they're just doing events X발 (Damn) rather do a concert, for a male idol of this scale that makes more money but they don't even know thatㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-Come to think of it, the kids even caught the 1st place song concept. And Moondae did the PPT presentation. But isn't it amazing that they started like this and produced it within a month? Exactly how much did they grind the kids?

“……Um.”

By chance, everyone was approaching the truth.