Debut or Die - Chapter 29
If you can’t debut, you’ll get a fatal disease Episode 029
The judges will say, ‘So you’re saying that Rabin did everything wrong?’ I was in the mood to say the same lines.
So I had to choose my words well.
‘It should sound like a list of facts, not a situation fix.’
“yes. Ravin… Since it was possible to arrange it, I discussed it with the arranger, and we decided on the direction of the arrangement together.”
“… !”
Kim Rae-bin flinched.
‘You shouldn’t open your mouth.’
Fortunately, Liu Cheng-wu came right in.
“you’re right. We will discuss the problem you mentioned once again and solve it. So on the day of the team match, I will make sure to show the best stage.”
“… … .”
saved
Ryu Cheng-wu and I didn’t say anything more.
The judges seemed to be thinking a lot, but they soon nodded.
‘Looks like he thought the time to reprimand had already passed.’
It was fortunate.
“Then, we have to redo the arrangement, but we will lag behind the other teams in terms of time. Can you?”
“I will do it. Can we?!”
“yes!”
“You can!”
If you’re not the kind of guy who puts his eyes in the trash can, he’s dragged me all the way here, but he won’t blurt out his answer.
Fortunately, this time the troller came to his senses and responded vigorously.
Judge Youngrin nodded.
“all right. However, you must know that it can be a reckless challenge within this time constraint, and that you must bear the result.”
“that’s right. There is no guarantee that it will always be better than it is now.”
But if you don’t change and the stage isn’t good, ‘Why didn’t you change it even after receiving feedback?’ You will get the same reaction.
And since the amount of ‘no challenge spirit’ will be included, it was actually a meaningless word.
In the end, no matter what you do, the process is edited and evaluated according to the results.
Since all the participants knew it implicitly, the team was filled with discipline and tension.
“yes. I will keep in mind and challenge myself.”
Just when Liu Qingyu’s answer seemed to put an end to the situation, a voice interrupted.
“May I say something?”
He was an original singer with a microphone.
“Ah yes… . Please speak.”
The judges answered the original singer who suddenly intervened in a slightly haggard manner, and the original singer raised the microphone with deep eyes.
“On your stage… I didn’t feel the power of the song ‘Burning Like the Sun’.”
“… … ?”
What are you talking about out of the blue when the story is over?
The original singer continued to shake his mouth at the people who were subtly embarrassed.
“This song is supposed to instill courage and passion in people’s hearts, right? However, just because everyone is handsome and dances well, that doesn’t mean it is passed on.”
“… … .”
ah yes… … .
“When we were promoting, we really tried to give that feeling. Everyone, just because they’re a bit famous now, don’t forget to treat them with respect.”
Aren’t you ashamed to say things like that to audition pros who haven’t even debuted yet?
It seemed that he misunderstood the old-fashioned remarks that harassed children as advice. It seems that the ego is also a little overweight.
However, it was a painful point that I had to pay attention because that guy’s reaction would also go into editing.
I still have to come up with an alternative arrangement, but should I even refer to that nonsense?
I was annoyed, but when I tried to refute it, only a picture of me stealing a song from a ‘poor unknown idol original singer’ came out, so everyone answered meekly.
“yes!”
“I will keep that in mind.”
what… Social life is like that.
* * *
After all the other teams gave feedback on the midterm evaluation, it was just before the re-discussion of the arrangement finally began.
The troller hesitantly spoke to Rabin Kim.
“I’m sorry… .”
“… … .”
Can I let him apologize in front of the camera?
To say the least, since the team cover had already been set, it was his job to deal with his own mistakes.
Kim Rae-bin was silent for a moment, but then nodded.
“No, it’s fine. It is true that I was in charge of the arrangement.”
In fact, it wouldn’t be strange if I answered, “No, fuck you said that.”
Anyway, Liu Chengwu patted both of them on the back and finished talking.
“Good job. Guys, let’s talk about arrangements again as soon as we’re ready.”
For reference, ‘preparation’ here was the camera setting of the production team.
“yes!”
During the intermission, the participants briefly dispersed in a spirited state.
The midterm evaluation was close, so the expressions were not very good, but hope was still alive, perhaps because it was settled at the end.
‘But that hope is only useful when an alternative comes out.’
At first glance, no one came up with a direction for the arrangement, and it seemed like they were just expecting something to come out as they talked.
It means that you are turning to the happy circuit without having anything.
‘The future is not very bright.’
“Here, Moondae Park.”
“Oh yes.”
While I was sitting in the corner and rolling my head, Kim Rae-bin started talking to me.
‘I’m left.’
He’s someone I haven’t talked to much in the past three days.
… No, come to think of it, I hardly ever chatted with anyone during the first three days.
It’s hard to practice, so I can’t afford to gossip about some guy.
Anyway, Kim Rae-bin knelt down next to the Eunggeojuchum and solemnly said,
“… thank you.”
“no. what.”
He must be thanking you for cutting off the troller earlier.
“This is the first time someone else has helped me in such a situation… … .”
So was it. I roughly understood the situation.
Kim Rae-bin was also worried.
I’m afraid that if I can’t adapt to the team again this time and the amount of fighting goes in, public opinion will say that I can’t recover.
‘Somehow he was too lowly.’
As expected, the story goes on and on.
“I was worried that I would receive criticism for lack of teamwork again following the first round, but thanks to Park Moon-dae, I overcame the crisis. As expected, it was a wise choice to recruit the first person with good teamwork as a team member.”
“… … ?”
Could it be that the first thing that picked up Park Moon-dae was because of ‘team-work’?
When I asked the question, he nodded.
“yes. I’ve seen you treat your teammates in a reasonable way. Of course, his singing skills were also excellent.”
“… … oh yes Thank you.”
It was a very unique guy that he believed in the contents of the broadcast after being destroyed by editing on the broadcast.
To believe in Park Moon-dae’s teamwork ability, which was edited without socialism at the beginning… … .
It’s amazing. I would have understood if I had chosen the big Sejin.
‘Ah, didn’t I pick him again because Ryu Chung-woo and the leader role overlapped?’
Do you have any standards of your own?
While I was confused, Kim Rae-bin started talking again.
“Oh bro. Feel free to tell me, I’m fine.”
“… um yes.”
Well, there was nothing wrong with talking to a guy with a high rank.
I answered obediently, then realized that there were questions I needed to ask about the current situation.
“Come to think of it, speaking of arrangements, do you have any thoughts?”
“… In fact, it is a bit difficult.”
Kim Rae-bin’s impression of a successful bully softened a little and became a melancholy expression.
“Even if we start arranging again, it’s a matter of where and how much to fix.”
I mean, I don’t know how much work I need to do to meet the deadline because I’ve already practiced everything.
“I don’t think I should fix it too much… I don’t know what to do because the current revision is too central heating, so there is no unity.”
“It doesn’t.”
That means I don’t have any ideas in particular and I can’t decide what to fix. Same with me.
Kim Rae-bin muttered his worries as if he could not stop once he started to mound.
“I should also reflect the original composer’s advice, but in fact, I’m not sure what the specific meaning of ‘you need to infuse courage and passion’ is.”
“… … I know.”
that… Really.
It was hard to even see it as advice.
‘How do idols inspire courage and passion when they’re not even American comic book superheroes?’
“… … ?”
for a moment. something just… I think I realized.
I was going through my previous thoughts and realized that I had a strange idea.
But the more I think about it, the more the idea… It fit perfectly with this situation.
A concept idea that can be arranged so that it can be digested even if the original key is used as it is.
You don’t have to change much of the choreography of the cheerleader concept you’ve already practiced, and you can even catch his ‘courage’ and ‘passion’.
It seemed like an ingenious solution. But the problem is… … .
‘… too much.’
It was. The problem was that it wasn’t just excessive, but that it could become childish.
Then I just couldn’t fix it. It was clear that even if someone went mad on stage because of one mistake, they would remain silent.
uh?
“… No.”
“That brother?”
“for a moment.”
I ignored Raebin Kim’s question for once.
Instead, I shouted inwardly as I watched the team members slowly come back as the time ended.
‘Status window!’
Then, I quickly glanced at the statuses of my teammates.
“… … !”
I don’t know about other stats, but all of my ‘ki’ stats were B- or higher.
For reference, being in the B class means that you have a level of ability that you can use as a main position.
Indeed, it seems like a team made up of only those with high rankings.
‘This… Will it work?’
Somehow, the judges didn’t really appreciate the concept of an outdated cheerleader.
“Rabin. It’s an arrangement.”
“Yes yes?”
I spit out the idea that came to Kim Rabin, who was taken aback.
“yes… … ?”
Kim Rae-bin seemed more embarrassed at first. However, as my additional explanations were added, he became more and more calm, and soon his three hundred eyes began to shine.
The response was better than expected.
“Wait a minute.”
Kim Rae-bin ran to the keyboard installed on one side of the practice room and started hitting something.
And I remembered Kim Rae-bin’s status window that I saw earlier.
[Attribute: Maestro (A)]
: What you need is a small trigger.
+120% Creation Speed when inspired
“… … .”
Like Seon Ah-hyun, there is also a gold spoon in the status window.
‘The ability to copy the traits of another guy… don’t you have It appears often in web novels.’
I wanted to lament, but I had to do something. I quickly called up the status window.
And the remaining points were invested in ‘ki stats’.
With this, I also entered B-.
‘good. I got the numbers right.’
“Mundae, why did Rabin suddenly go to the keyboard?”
Ryu Chung-woo, who approached, was unable to talk to Kim Rae-bin, who was playing the keyboard, and spoke to Park Moon-dae.
I shrugged.
“I came up with a concept idea and I think I liked it.”
“What idea?”
“It’s a transformation hero thing.”
“… ?!”
Behind the confused Ryu Cheong-wu, Cha Yu-jin whispered to the person next to him.
“What is water with a transformation tongue?”
There were five days left before the contest date.
* * *
And five days later on the day of the contest.
In front of the stage set building where the 2nd team battle of 〈Idol Co., Ltd.〉 will be held was due to crowds of people.
The number of spectators did not increase much. It was only thanks to the soaring viewership ratings and topicality index that the number of people who wanted to listen to the sound while wandering in front increased.
Even though it wasn’t even the last show, people already handing out slogans or photo cards seemed unusual.
‘Wow, that’s not a joke.’
A woman stood in line to avoid the crowd with clumsy gestures.
At the request of a friend, he submitted an application for an audience, and only he himself won the prize.
‘Because these days are so famous.’
Of course, this choice was greatly influenced by the request of a friend who appealed with tears and rice, saying, “Please tell me how to do our school.”
Still, in the back of my mind, I had this thought.
‘Is it that good… ?’
She also saw a photo of Park Moon-dae with golden brown hair on social media.
He was quite attractive, but I didn’t think he was handsome enough to like me that much.
Still, since she had eaten, she finally entered the building, thinking that she should keep an eye on it.
The future of begging for a picture of Park Mun-dae from a friend after the hearing was over was unimaginable.