Chapter 48
∟wziLov2
@wz06ov2: The Great Seungha Disaster
The incident where Producer Seungha ruined the stage even with these members.
heroz
∟@o59hrez: Seungha-ssi,,, you don’t know shit about fangirls’ hearts,,, this is not what fangirls want,,, Seungha-ssi, please just stick to your main job,,,
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∟@t7ybx6a: Team <Victory River>
Rating: 3/10
Outstanding members and a stage that was not outstanding. As for the members, they all did their jobs, yet I yawned throughout the entire stage. This was produced by Producer Seungha, the so-called stage master, and yet this was the result. This humble one does not recommend watching it.
Title: Hey, but then how was Eden’s team?
∟Okay, we know Seungha ruined it, but what about Eden?
∟It was fine.
└22 It was fine. Cheerful and fun to watch.
└└The very taste of rookies.
Title: I can’t believe it
∟Team Yeon Se-rang did the best?
∟What the hell happened?
∟Team Yeon Se-rang Incident
∟The incident where Yeon Se-rang’s team, which everyone thought would be the worst, did the best.
∟First of all, the concept suited them really well.
∟First of all, Seo Dowon wasn’t the Seo Dowon I knew.
Title: Seo Dowon definitely didn’t do well, okay?
∟Honestly, Seungha’s kids were the ones who did well. Jo Ideum and Kim Hyunseo were seriously hexagonal talents themselves.
∟But I watched them with a totally blank face the whole time.
∟But I watched Team Yeon Se-rang while concentrating like crazy.
∟They’re unstable, but somehow I keep watching them again;
-It makes me understand the importance of the producer.
└First of all, when kids whose faces match come out together, the art style feels stable.
└└I seriously felt how important facial chemistry isㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-The height chemistry too... when you gather only tall, slim, inverted-triangle bodies together, it’s so easy on the eyes.
Title: And choosing only 3 people was a god move
∟Honestly, 5 people in the previous teams isn’t a lot at all, and considering how most boy groups these days have lots of members, that’s actually a small number.
∟But having just 3 people come out made them imprint hard;
∟My sister is a muggle, but she memorized all three names;
Title: And what makes Yeon Se-rang a pervert is
∟The fact that she put those three in nothing but white T-shirts and black jeans and sent them out proves she knows what she’s doing.
∟For real.
└Yeah... I thought some idol-illiterate person had rolled in, but she turned out to be idol-literate.
Title: Yeon Se-rang urgently needs reevaluation
∟She pulled this much out of these trash-tier kids;
∟No, Seo Dowon was the only trash-tier one. Taeha and Yuhyun were never trash-tier in the first placeㅋㅋㅋ
∟For reaaal. The editing made them look like that. Jung Taeha would’ve been an ace trainee at any agency.
└└Seol Yuhyun’s charm really came alive, so his skills looked decent too. He’s absolutely not a hole.
(Translator’s Note: Hole (구멍) — Korean idol/fandom slang for a weak link in a group, usually a member perceived as lacking in skill, visuals, or stage presence.)
Title: Nothing else matters. This means idols are about songs
∟I heard Seungha got his song from Baek Do-gyeong.
∟Reflect on yourself, Baek Do-gyeong.
∟He brought some ancient-ass song, damn it.
∟Who’s Baek Do-gyeong?
∟Imperial CEO.
└└There were rumors he’s Yeon Se-rang’s fiancé. Isn’t he actually an assassin sent by Yeon Se-rang? Otherwise...
Title: Producers need to know how to compose
∟That way, they can pick songs that suit their own idols...
∟When they bring in songs from outside, they don’t match at all and aren’t fun.
∟Yeon Se-rang and Eden composed the songs themselves and attached them to their teams, so they fit perfectly and suit them like crazy.
∟Yeon Se-rang composed it?
∟Yeah.
∟Crazy, she’s a scam character... I thought she was an incompetent golden-spoon character.
Title: Still, Seungha seemed shocked
∟And it looked like she changed the concept for the main stage.
∟It probably won’t be too late to talk after watching the main competition first.
∟Welcome, Seungha.
∟Wipe your tears, Seungha.
Production Staff: There’s a rumor that you kept voluntarily leaving debut teams because you really wanted to debut together with Trainee Seol Yuhyun.
[Taeha: That’s a distorted version of the truth. It’s true that I wanted to debut with Yuhyun. But I never voluntarily dropped out of a debut team in order to debut with him.]
Subtitle: Taeha hesitates for a long time….
[Taeha: Actually, I was dropped twice during final debut team candidate adjustments. From different groups each time. Whether it was because I didn’t match the group image, or because some plan went wrong… I think I kept going through those kinds of processes.]
Production Staff: We also asked Trainee Seol Yuhyun.
The scene changed, and Taeha disappeared. Instead, Yuhyun appeared in his place.
[Yuhyun: Taeha had a really hard time. I never even entered a debut team at all, but Taeha kept entering debut teams and still couldn’t debut.]
Taeha and Yuhyun continued appearing alternately. Though they were in the same space and not together, their affection for each other showed even when the other person was absent.
[Taeha: I had pretty bad anxiety, and things were always so hard for me… but Yuhyun was always strong. He felt like a completely different person from me. I was always jealous. Like, wow, how can he be this strong?]
[Yuhyun: From the moment I first saw him, I thought, he’s going to debut. If he doesn’t debut, who will? At the very least, I figured it wouldn’t be me. I think that was how I thought.]
[Taeha: Every time I was dropped from a debut team and moved agencies, Yuhyun always moved with me too. Even back then, it wasn’t like I definitely thought we had to debut together. Entertainment companies often sort through their male trainees every time they debut a boy group. They also connect them to other agencies.]
[Yuhyun: It’s not that I followed Taeha. But somehow, we always ended up moving together. Haha.]
[Taeha: Because of that, we just spent all day together…. He was my entire human relationship.]
[Yuhyun: Taeha is shy around strangers, and he doesn’t have friends. He grew up overseas before coming here, so he doesn’t have childhood friends from the neighborhood either. So I think maybe that’s why he treated me more easily.]
[Taeha: Yuhyun has a good personality, but somehow, he ended up getting caught by me.]
[Yuhyun: But I was most comfortable with him too, so I don’t really have any complaints.]
[Taeha: So when it was decided that we’d appear on this program, I think I subconsciously thought I wanted to debut with Yuhyun. I think I instinctively felt it. If we couldn’t debut together this time, we’d have to debut separately, or maybe….]
[Yuhyun: I thought Taeha might debut alone, and I might live as an ordinary person. I’d decided that if I got eliminated here, I’d give up on debuting. I was slowly… losing certainty in myself.]
Production Staff: This is the first time the two of you have been placed together and are moving as one team. You may even be able to debut together. How do you feel about that?
[Taeha: I still can’t believe it.]
[Yuhyun: Producer Yeon Se-rang, thank you so much.]
[Taeha: I’m more desperate and earnest now than ever before.]
Production Staff: Do you feel a little left out between Trainees Taeha and Yuhyun?
[Dowon: What? Ah, me? No. Not at all. Those guys are cute. I tend to like younger brothers. It’s nice having two dark little brothers. They’re both skilled, so I have to work like hell so I don’t hold them back.]
Production Staff: Are you confident you can catch up?
[Dowon: Yes. No, actually, rather than saying I’m confident I can catch up, I think I have to catch up.]
Production Staff: What do you think of Trainee Seo Dowon?
[Taeha: A really handsome hyung.]
[Yuhyun: How did he ever think he could live as an ordinary person with that face?]
[Taeha: His personality is really friendly too… Even if he were dropped on a deserted island, I think the whole world would go rescue him.]
[Yuhyun: In the dorm, we just walk around comfortably, right? Bare-faced, in tracksuits. But that hyung looks even cooler that way. Sometimes I wonder if we’re even the same species.]
Subtitle: Taeha, unexpectedly a funny guy
Production Staff: The interim evaluation is over. If you had to move to another team besides your own, which team would you move to?
After the production staff’s question, the trainees appeared on a thirteen-way split screen. They opened their mouths as if answering at the same time.
Then the screen turned black, and subtitles appeared.
Subtitle: The voting result’s first place is Team Yeon Se-rang—chosen by 8 out of 10 trainees.
Subtitle: What does Producer Yeon Se-rang think about this?
[Se-rang: I’m grateful, but since this is still only the interim evaluation, I’m trying not to let my guard down.]
Production Staff: Do you plan to fill all five slots?
[Se-rang: It would be good if we could fill them as much as possible.]
Subtitle: Producer Yeon Se-rang approaches as carefully as possible.
Production Staff: Then is there any trainee you want?
[Se-rang: Right now, I’m aiming for Trainee Kim Hyunseo. Actually, rather than saying I’m aiming for him, one of our team’s trainees is watching Trainee Hyunseo like a hawk. Even earlier, he was talking about going to recruit him and all that. I’m not sure whether he’ll recruit him well, though.]
Subtitle: Meanwhile, Trainee Kim Hyunseo is practicing without knowing anything….
Subtitle: What will his fate be?
Subtitle: You’ll find out after the main competition.
Subtitle: From now on, the first competition begins!
Subtitle: We’ll be back in one minute.