Chapter 44
Production Team: How was the mid-evaluation?
[Baek-young: ….]
Caption: Baek-young only gives a hollow laugh
[Juhong: We messed up! We messed up so much, it felt like we were at a rice soup restaurant.]
[Ryeo-yu: The direction we intended didn’t resonate well with the judges… We need to improve our shortcomings.]
Production Team: Why did such a situation occur?
[Juhong: At first, we just recorded the original song as it is. Then we choreographed, but the song is really difficult. Wow, to show the charm of the dance position while singing this song? I thought if we practiced a lot, there wouldn’t be anything we couldn’t do. That’s what I thought, you know?]
[Baek-young: All of us were under a lot of pressure. Especially…]
[Ryeo-yu: It was mentally very hard. I was the highest-ranked among us. So, I felt pressured that I had to become the MVP of MVP.]
[Baek-young: Ryeo-yu was struggling a lot and lacked confidence. So we discussed among ourselves and spoke to the producer.]
[Juhong: At first, we thought about just slightly simplifying it. We thought that would be okay.]
Caption: But it was not okay…
[Dan Ha: It was surprising. This is the song they chose, why?]
[Han Jae-i: The juniors haven’t debuted yet, and they must be feeling a lot of pressure…. If it were up to me, I wouldn’t have accepted it.]
[Dan Ha: But once we made one modification, they kept asking for more modifications.]
[Han Jae-i: Hey, gently.]
Caption: Dan Ha (22 years old, Burn Ash) who is dumbfounded
[Dan Ha: Well, let’s see how far we can go, so I did everything they asked for.]
[Han Jae-i: We knew anyway. The company wouldn’t accept that quality.]
[Dan Ha: Even if we’re lucky and the company okayed it, the public wouldn’t. How nice would it be if the world was so easy.]
Production Team: You could have refused from the beginning, why did you accept it? Didn’t you know it would be bothersome?
[Han Jae-i: Haha.]
Caption: Big. Trouble. Sensation.
Caption: The world star who is sweating bullets!
[Han Jae-i: We’ve all been through it. If you don’t experience it with your body, you can’t realize it.]
[Dan Ha: I did everything they asked for so they wouldn’t blame me later.]
[Han Jae-i: Dan Ha, please, gently….]
Production Team: How was the mid-evaluation?
[Trainer Kang Sunhwa: Juseon’s team was really. A big reversal. I was proud.]
[Cho Wonho: Acknowledged.]
[Cho Wonho: Kind of like, a rebellion of the lower ranks, something like that? The top rank kids should be a little nervous.]
Caption: The Dance B team whose main stage is anticipated!
[Trainer Kang Sunhwa: Baek-young’s team was a bit disappointing.]
[Cho Wonho: I didn’t raise Baek-young to be like that. I hope she comes to her senses now.]
Production Team: How was the rap position team?
[Trainer Kang Sunhwa: Kim Geum… She’s a gem, really.]
[Cho Wonho: Admitted. I reall admit that.]
[Trainer Kang Sunhwa: Ha-eun should learn well from Kim Geum. The balance between the two is not good at all…. This is not a diss battle between them. Since they’re on the same team, they need to harmonize with each other. If Ha-eun can’t follow Kim Geum, then Kim Geum needs to tone it down a bit. You need to know how to adjust to survive. I wonder if Kim Geum will accept that well.]
[Cho Wonho: No one can beat Kim Geum’s stubbornness and pride. Ugh.]
[Trainer Kang Sunhwa: We can’t beat her either. Kim Geum thinks she’s better than us.]
Caption: The two trainers bursting into laughter
Caption: It’s not funny~
[Kim Geum: I did pretty well, didn’t I?]
Caption: As expected, it’s Kim Geum
[Kim Geum: ? Is there a problem?]
Caption: The ‘Kim Geum’ side of the musical
Production Team: How was the vocal position’s stage?
[Ha-eun: Bo-ra… Bo-ra is really. So beautiful. I thought I was watching a drama.]
BGM: The me I’ve been hiding~
[Juhong: Bo-ra unnie is…. Just…. A legend.]
[Suin: It wasn’t the kind of vocal position stage I had in mind. There was more choreography than I thought.]
[Yu-hyun: The atmosphere was really bad. Hee-on unnie’s mistake….]
[Kim Geum: Three mistakes. That’s not easy either.]
[Baek-young: If Hee-on doesn’t fix her mistakes, that team will have a hard time. That’s what I thought. Overall, it was very unstable.]
Production Team: What do the trainers think?
[Trainer Kang Sunhwa: The rediscovery of Bo-ra. I didn’t know she could sing that well.]
[Cho Wonho: Since it’s a vocal position, I thought there would be no choreography at all. But they put it in just the right amount. All the kids digested the choreography and concept well. The stage itself was really okay, but the problem is….]
***
“Hee-on.”
Trainer Kang Sunhwa just sighed deeply.
Those eyes that make people nervous.
“Did you practice?”
“…I’m sorry.”
“You don’t have to apologize to me. This is something you should apologize to your team members for.”
Since it’s a vocal position stage, naturally, the vocal trainer’s evaluation has to be more ruthless.
“You’re standing out too much right now. And not in a good way. You’re not usually like this. I thought Hee-on’s biggest weapon was her solid basics?”
At the scolding of the two trainers, Jo Hee-on eventually started to shed tears.
We, who were standing next to her as if we were being punished, honestly felt like crying too.
It was risky during practice, and in the end…
We ended up making all the mistakes we were warned about on stage.
Kyunga looked like she wanted to die.
Even though she herself had done her best ever.
“What’s the problem, exactly?”
And that was the root of the problem.
“The song… it doesn’t seem to fit well with me.”
“?!”
The eyes of the trainees, excluding us, widened.
Wow, that.
It’s over.
That was the look on their faces.
“From the beginning… it was really hard.”
Once Jo Hee-on started talking, she didn’t stop.
She seemed to have a lot to say.
“The concept was too burdensome for me… and the part distribution… I felt like my opinion was less reflected.”
At Jo Hee-on’s words, the atmosphere turned cold as if cold water had been poured on it.
The atmosphere of the trainers turned especially cold.
Jo Hee-on blinked at the strange atmosphere.
“Hee-on.”
“Yes….”
“When you debut, do you think you’ll only do the concept, part, and song you want?”
Trainer Kang Sunhwa said.
In a much colder tone than usual.
“Maybe it’s possible.”
Cho Wonho also chimed in from the side.
“If you’re more popular and recognized than any other idols.”
“But in the first place, if you were that kind of person, you wouldn’t complain like this.”
We exchanged glances quietly.
The atmosphere of the trainers had changed.
The atmosphere that would at least listen if it was Kim Ryeo-yu or Jo Hee-on’s words, had changed.
Kim Ryeo-yu seemed to feel it too. Judging by the strangely cold expression on her face.
…Has the atmosphere inside Colors changed a bit?
I remembered the notification that Fluffy sent me a while ago.
[Hong Yeonseo, is she making a comeback with Colors? Breaking a long hiatus with a meaningful mention on SNS]
Could it be, did CEO Hong do something?
Fluffy wouldn’t have sent such a notification for nothing.
“Can you debut with that attitude? The public is not stupid. There’s no one who would love someone who can’t do the role given to them. Especially if that role is something you received yourself in agreement with other team members.”
Jo Hee-on stopped crying.
But, she couldn’t stop being afraid.
She seemed to think, this isn’t it.
“If you have complaints about your team members, you need to learn how to resolve them with your team members, too. If you want to become a pro.”
Phew.
There are too many mountains to cross.
***
Production Team: Then, who is the most likely person to be the MVP of MVP?
[Ha-eun: It’s hard. I choose Kim Geum. If she doesn’t become it, I think I’ll look too shabby. I’d rather have an honorable death….]
[Kim Geum: Ha-eun chose me?]
Caption: A relaxed smile
[Kim Geum: Well, I’m a bit.]
Caption: ‘Kim Geum’ side….
[Kim Geum: Actually, this time it’s more Bo-ra. Bo-ra is a perfect fit for this concept. That team is strong. Cheong unnie and I are a set, we’re doing really well together.]
[Yu-hyun: Our team, this time we received a lot of compliments…. Maybe Juseon could aim for it at least once?]
[Juseon: I’d like to do it. But realistically, I think it will come from the vocal position. Because Cheong unnie did well.]
[Baek-young: Cheong… she has the skills to cover up other people’s mistakes. Should I say there’s a strange sense of trust?]
Production Team: Didn’t you mention Ryu Bo-ra trainee earlier?
[Baek-young: Bo-ra exceeded expectations by tens of times. Cheong was… just that song itself.]
[Kyunga: Can we choose from our team?]
Production Team: Of course.
[Kyunga: I’ll choose Cheong.]
Production Team: Why?
[Kyunga: Honestly, I thought this concept was most advantageous for Bo-ra. But the more I practice, the more I feel it. Cheong is really…. Everyone who watches the main stage will definitely not be disappointed.]
[Suin: Cheong unnie is really scary. I’ve never seen her make a mistake.]
[Bo-ra: Cheong unnie.]
Production Team: Why?
[Bo-ra: Just, well. You can tell she’s good just by looking.]
Production Team: How do you feel about being chosen the most?
[Cheong: Haha.]
[Cheong: I’d like to be it, but I think Bo-ra will be it rather than me. I hope so too.]
Production Team: Why?
[Cheong: Can she work that hard, to that extent? That’s what I thought. I admire Bo-ra every time I see her. So I hope everyone recognizes her, Bo-ra. I want to see that the world is fair. The hope that blessings come to those who work hard.]
Production Team: She says so?
[Bo-ra: ….]
[Bo-ra: That unnie too….]
[Bo-ra: I have to work hard.]