Chapter 28
During the second mission broadcast.
As soon as each stage ended, the stage video was immediately uploaded to O-Tube.
▶ [Team Bubble Gum│Seo Baek-young/Ryu Bo-ra/Shin Yu-hyun/Bang Suin│Bubble Love│Bouncy Stage♥]
▶ [Team Love U│Kim Ryeo-yu/Jo Hee-on/Seo Kyunga/Park Ha-eun│Love me or Hate me│Stage Captivating with Just a Glance♥]
▶ [Team Four Season│Kim Geum/Yoon Cheong/Lee Juseon/Yeon Juhong│Reverse│Stage of Hot High-Teen Girls♥]
Did you watch the second mission?
Seo Baek-young’s team: The kids are so cute, fresh, and have a rookie vibe, but that’s what I like.
Kim Ryeo-yu’s team: How big is Kim Ryeo-yu’s ego? She sing it all by herself.
Kim Geum’s team: Queen Car
I will do Kim Geum’s line.
Kim: Kim Geum
Geum: Queen Car
And they just crushed itㅋㅋㅋㅋ The skill difference is one thing, but the song quality is just different.
No words needed, they’re hot girls.
As soon as the chorus came out, I felt… they’re going to win…
I knew it from the moment they threw their clothes…
My heart was already beating when I saw Yoon Cheong’s beret.
But the song quality made by the trainees wasn’t that, right?? The kids in front were like, “Oh, they worked hard,” but what about them? Why did the title song come out? This was it ㅇㅇ
Musical summary
Bo-ra: She’s just so pretty. She’s like a 2D character on her own.
Baek-young: She flies on stage. She dances so well. Her dance line is different.
Ryeo-yu: She’s good. I see why she’s pushing the sexy concept. Her gaze fitsㅋㅋ Honestly, at first, I wondered why she was going for such a sexy concept, but she pulls it off well (I mean, just a little bit)((((((me)))))))
Geum: I kneel when Kim Geum raps. Geum Geum… She’s cute, but how can she be hip too?
Yeon Juhong: The concept fits perfectlyㅋㅋ She uses her expressions well, so it’s fun to watch the stage. The girl with the red ribbon? That’s Yeon Juhong.
Yoon Cheong: Just… light… The song is really hard, but she really nailed the live performance. I didn’t know that visual Mebo could be this thrilling.
And Juseon did well too.
But definitely, Team Four Season really crushed it.
Looking forward to the ranking announcement next week.
└22 Mnet guys, hurry up and release the next broadcast.
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But isn’t Real a bit too much? I saw Real singing all the parts on her own and felt disgusted.
└Reallyㅋㅋ Ugh… Are the color guys out of their mind?
└└Her personality is Real, so she became Realㅋㅋ
But Team Love U was a bit disappointing.
The song is 3 minutes and 12 seconds, but if Kim Ryeo-yu’s solo part is 1 minute and 40 seconds, isn’t that a bit serious?
That’s excluding the chorus that everyone sings together.
And you measure each and every one of those times?; You’re gloomy… Live a little in reality.
└? Is this your first time being a fan? It’s normal to measure part times; What do you mean gloomy? You should live in reality.
Because Ryeo-yu is good, they gave her the partsㅋㅋ Even if the other kids did well, would Ryeo-yu have carried it all by herself?
└No, Hee-on and Kyunga are all good kids, why;
└└Agreed, before Kyunga’s musical came out, Kyunga was famous among the fans as the next Meboㅋㅋㅋ She’s at least better than Kim Ryeo-yu… Leaving Kyunga and making Kim Ryeo-yu Mebo? Honestly, this is a bit^^ conscience..
└└└Stop the atmosphere mobbing a bit, you’re making a fuss because you want to kill a kid.
└└└└You’ll see in next week’s broadcast why the part distribution was like that, whether Ryeo-yu wanted it or not, wait and seeㅋㅋㅋ
GJ) Be sure to watch the team mission behind the scenes.
Did you enjoy watching the stage?
Don’t turn off the broadcast yet, be sure to watch the behind-the-scenes that comes out later^^
Vote after watching that before the ranking announcementㅋㅋㅋ
What is GJ?
└Staffㅋㅋㅋ The kid who insists he’s a staff member is here again. Yeah, I’m also an Mnet PD, oong oong.
Yes or no, are you a staff memberㅎㅎ
Not a staff member, but an attention seeker, right?
└ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Yeah, deny realityㅎㅎ You’ll see all of your favorite kid’s personality next weekㅎㅎ
└└??
***
Episode 5 started with everyone’s interest.
[Juseon: But isn’t this okay?]
[Juhong: Huh?]
Caption: ???
[Juseon: I know I’m low in the rankings and I can’t be greedy. Geum is number one…]
[Juhong: Huh???]
Caption: Panic
Caption: Fact: Lee Juseon is ranked 12th.
[Juseon: I… If I do more, I think I’ll cry in front of the camera… I’ll go first.]
[Juhong: Huh??????]
Caption: Eventually ran away!
Caption: The more the conversation continues, the more question marks increase!
[Geum: I thought she was crazy.]
Production Team: Weren’t you originally close with trainee Lee Juseon?
[Geum: We’re close. Actually, Juseon is so thin and her stamina isn’t good, so she’s a bit weak. So when we practice, we have to take breaks in between. We were always watching her because we were worried she might collapse. So this time too, we thought she was just taking a break somewhere… but….]
[Juhong: She really ran away in the middle of the broadcast.]
[Cheong: I think she could feel pressured. First of all, persuading Juseon was our priority.]
Caption: Team Four Season goes off to find the missing trainee Lee Juseon…!
Caption: Can they find her successfully?
Caption: Ah! You can hear a rustling sound from somewhere…?
[Juseon: Huh.]
Caption: Trainee Lee Juseon, who was eating ramen at a nearby convenience store…!
[Geum: Hey!!!!!!!]
Caption: Hectopascal Kick
[Juseon: I did something wrong ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ]
[Cheong: It’s okay. People can be like that….]
[Juhong: As long as you’re not hurt, it’s okay. But can I have a bite….]
[Geum: ? No, let’s just get started.]
Caption: Dramatic reunion of four members!
Caption: Reconciliation successful!
Caption: This Juseon, now she has to practice well without rotting her team members~~
The behind-the-scenes of Team Four Season, which had attracted a lot of attention in the teaser, ended.
People said, as expected, Mnet did Mnet again, and Kim was pissed off.
However.
The real thing was actually behind.
[Ryeo-yu: Should we… try to distribute parts and positions once?]
[Team B: Yes!]
[Ryeo-yu: If it’s okay… Can I be the center?]
Caption: The atmosphere is tense from the start…!
[Hee-on: Of course, I think Ryeo-yu fits the center the best.]
[Ha-eun: Me too!]
At Kim Ryeo-yu’s words, the other team members immediately agreed.
Except for Kyunga.
Caption: Trainee Lee Kyunga, who can’t adapt to this atmosphere.
[Kyunga: No, isn’t this a survival show, guys? Aren’t you guys going to apply for the center? Can you really give up right away?]
[Hee-on: It’s a team mission. We have to think about the team first. Among us, Ryeo-yu has the highest rank….]
[Ha-eun: I’m not confident….]
Caption: Trainee Lee Kyunga, who doesn’t understand but accepts for now
[Kyunga: Then let’s have Ryeo-yu as the center for now… Let’s decide on the main vocal. Since the part is the most important.]
Kyunga was originally the trainee who applied for the main vocal position the most after Yoon Cheong.
She was actually good at singing, so she wanted to take at least the main vocal.
Even if she couldn’t beat Yoon Cheong, she was confident that she sang the best in this team.
[Kyunga: Can I be the main vocal?]
Caption: Team B, where no one answers…
Caption: Very cold atmosphere
[Ryeo-yu: Can I apply for the main vocal position too?]
[Kyunga: Ryeo-yu, you’re the main vocal…?]
You’re originally a dance powerhouse.
The words came to the tip of her tongue, but Lee Kyunga barely held back.
[Ryeo-yu: I can try. It’s a competition, as you said, sis.]
Kyunga nodded for now. Yes, it’s a competition, so she can apply.
But if there was common sense, the other team members should have chosen her as the main vocal.
At least she sang better than Kim Ryeo-yu!
However.
The voting result was the opposite.
The other two people both chose Ryeo-yu.
[Ha-eun: I saw Ryeo-yu sing last time and she was good.]
[Hee-on: I think it would be fresh and nice to have a new voice as the main vocal.]
Kyunga was dumbfounded.
That’s how Kim Ryeo-yu took half of the part without shedding a drop of blood.
But what did the viewers think when they saw that bloodless competition?
***
Exclusion, excluding, but the real excluded one is the viewer, isn’t it?
Juseon: Don’t exclude me
Yeon Juhong: ?
Viewer: ?
Kim Ryeo-yu: Center+Main Vocal
Kyunga: (Excluded)
Viewer: (Excluded)
I really watched from beginning to end with a huhㅋㅋㅋ
Are Park Ha-eun and Jo Hee-on fans of Kim Ryeo-yu??
They don’t even look like they’re thinking about debutingㅋㅋㅋ If they’re going to do this, give the opportunity to other trainees ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
There are a million trainees in the basement of Colors, where did they put them and gather these kids?
They really don’t look desperate at all
It seemed like they only cast people who would push themselves
Isn’t Colors a big company? The kids have no passion… It’s super boring
***
Meanwhile, at Colors headquarters.
The headquarters was also naturally monitoring internet reactions in real time.
Since it’s a girl group that’s been released after a long time, the company was also staking its life on it.
But unexpectedly, there were a lot of negative reactions.
Even though not everything has been aired yet, and there’s about a 2-week difference between production time and broadcast time.
Most of the trainees were getting quite good reactions, but the problem was Kim Ryeo-yu.
There was no problem with Kim Ryeo-yu’s skills or talent itself.
The problem was that the push was too strong.
And the company was aware of this too.
Especially, this time, one person noticed it.
“Gasp, CEO!”
“CEO, you’re here?”
It was Hong Yeonseo, aka CEO Hong.
“Yeah, long time no see everyone.”
CEO Hong was actually a bit tired of management.
After launching about four groups, she was exhausted.
So now she wanted to leave management to a professional manager and focus solely on producing.
The professional manager she chose was Director Kim.
But even though she had only taken a sabbatical for about a year, the noise never stopped.
No matter how much she relaxed and focused only on music, she was still the CEO.
She couldn’t be uninterested in the company’s affairs.
So she attended an employee meeting for the first time in a long time.
She had only given major directives until now, but now she felt like she needed to take some interest in the company.
“Let’s sit down. There’s no need to flutter around just because an old woman from the back room came.”
At the unexpectedly harsh words, the employees flinched.
In fact, since the CEO wasn’t there, they had been working a bit comfortably.
As long as they pleased Director Kim, there was no big problem with their company life.
“Is Director Kim not here yet?”
CEO Hong looked around and noticed that there was one empty seat.
It was Director Kim’s seat.
CEO Hong glanced at her watch.
Even though she came 10 minutes later than the start of the meeting, he wasn’t there.
It was negligence of duty.
“Ah, he’s on his way now…!”
“Is that so?”
CEO Hong sighed.
But in a way, she thought it was a good thing.
She wanted to hear about the company’s situation when Director Kim wasn’t there.
“Okay. Let’s start the briefing first.”
The employees looked at each other.
Everyone could tell why CEO Hong had come this far.
“Today’s agenda is the internet viral situation and response measures for our idol survival program, ‘Make a New Color’.”
“That’s right. It’s pretty serious these days, so let’s start with that.”
At CEO Hong’s immediate reaction, the already chilly atmosphere became even colder.
“So tell me what you think the measures and direction should be.”
“Yes, I’d like to talk about the reaction analysis first.”
The employee noticed CEO Hong’s calm anger and nervously continued the presentation.
In summary, the reaction to Kim Ryeo-yu was not good, so it seemed necessary to adjust within the Make a New Color.
Educate the trainees and ask the production team to reduce Kim Ryeo-yu’s footage.
Also, the main point was to ask them to edit in a positive direction.
The company itself also suggested trying to change public opinion a little through viral marketing for Kim Ryeo-yu.
However, CEO Hong’s expression was not very good from beginning to end.
“Is the briefing over now?”
“!”
By this point, all K-office workers can tell.
This is… a sign of failure.