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Translator: Vine
Chapter: 28
Chapter Title: The Second Mission Broadcast
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During the second mission broadcast.
On O-Tube, performance videos were uploaded immediately after each stage ended.
▶ [Team Bubble Gum (Team bubble gum)│Seo Baek-yeong/Ryu Bo-ra/Shin Yu-hyeon/Bang Su-in│Bubble love│Bubbly Stage ♥]
▶ [Team Love U (Team Love U)│Kim Ryeo-yu/Jo Hui-on/Seo Gyeong-a/Park Ha-eun│Love me or Hate me│Captivating Stage with Just a Gaze ♥]
▶ [Team Four Seasons (Team four season)│Kim Geum/Yun Cheong/Lee Ju-seon/Yeon Ju-hong│Reverse│Hot Girls' High-Teen Stage ♥]
Yo, did anyone see the second mission?
Seo Baek-yeong's team: The kids are so cute, fresh and new, but that's what makes them great.
Kim Ryeo-yu's team: How massive is Kim Ryeo-yu's ego? She hogged all the lines.
Kim Geum's team: Queen.
I'll make a two-line poem for Kim Geum.
Kim: Kim Geum
Geum: Queen
Wow, they just crushed it lolol. It wasn't just a skill gap, the song quality was on another level.
No words needed, they're hot girls.
The moment the chorus hit, I knew... they were going to win this...
I knew it from the moment they threw their clothes...
My heart was already pounding when I saw Yun Cheong's beret.
But seriously, the song quality didn't feel like something trainees made?? The previous teams were like, 'oh, they worked hard,' but these guys? It was like, 'why is a title track coming out?' lol.
Make a New Color Summary:
Bo-ra: Just ridiculously pretty. She looks like she's from a 2D world all by herself.
Baek-yeong: Flew across the stage. Dances incredibly well. Her dance lines are uniquely different.
Ryeo-yu: Good. I get why she pushes the sexy concept, her gaze suits it lol. Honestly, at first I wondered why she was pushing it so hard, but she pulls it off well (just a little bit)((((((me)))))))
Geum: I knelt when Kim Geum rapped. Geum Geum... how can someone be cute AND hip?
Yeon Ju-hong: Concept is a perfect fit lol. She uses her expressions well, makes the stage fun to watch. If you ask, 'the one with the red ribbon?' that's Yeon Ju-hong.
Yun Cheong: Simply... light... the song was incredibly difficult, but she absolutely slayed the live performance. I never knew a visual main vocal could be this thrilling.
Besides that, Ju-seon also did well.
But Team Four Seasons definitely crushed it.
Looking forward to next week's elimination ceremony.
└22 M-Ten jerks, hurry up and release the next broadcast!
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But seriously, isn't Ryeo-yu a bit much? Seeing her hog all the parts really showed her nasty personality.
└lol Seriously. Ugh... aren't those Col-jerks going to get their act together?
└└Her personality is so 'real' that she became Ryeo-yu, lol.
But Team Love U was a bit disappointing.
The song is 3 minutes and 12 seconds, but Kim Ryeo-yu's solo parts are 1 minute and 40 seconds—isn't that a bit serious?
And that's excluding the chorus where everyone sings together.
You're timing each and every one of them?; So creepy... Get a life.
└? Is this your first time stanning an idol? Everyone times the parts; what's creepy about it? *You* get a life.
They just gave Ryeo-yu all the parts because she's good, lol. If the other kids were good, do you think Ryeo-yu would've carried the team alone?
└No, Hui-on and Gyeong-a are both good, so why?
└└Right. Before Make a New Color came out, Gyeong-a was famous among sasaengs for being the next main vocal, lol. She's at least better than Kim Ryeo-yu... Leaving Lee Gyeong-a aside and making Kim Ryeo-yu the main vocal? Honestly, that's a bit ^^ conscience...
└└└Ugh, stop trying to gang up on her. You're going crazy trying to destroy one person.
└└└└It'll come out in next week's broadcast, right? We don't even know if Ryeo-yu wanted the part distribution that way or not. Just wait, lol.
Insider) Make sure to watch the kids' team mission behind-the-scenes.
Did you enjoy the performance?
Don't turn off the broadcast yet, make sure to watch the behind-the-scenes that comes out later ^^ Watch that before the elimination ceremony and then vote, lol.
What's Insider?
└Insider, lol. Another one claiming to be staff. Yeah, I'm also an M-Ten PD, blah blah blah.
Yeah, yeah, you can be the insider, haha.
Not an insider, but an attention-seeker?
└lolol Go ahead and deny reality, haha. The true personality of your bias will be revealed next week, haha.
└└??
***
And so, episode 5 began amidst everyone's attention.
[Ju-seon: But isn't this much okay?]
[Ju-hong: Huh?]
Caption: ???
[Ju-seon: I know my rank is low and you can't trust me because of that. Geum is first place, so...]
[Ju-hong: What???]
Caption: Panic
Caption: Fact: Lee Ju-seon is ranked 12th.
[Ju-seon: I... if I do any more, I think I'll cry in front of the camera... I'll go first.]
[Ju-hong: What??????]
Caption: She finally bolted!
Caption: The more the conversation continued, the more question marks appeared!
[Geum: I thought I was going crazy.]
Production Staff: You were originally quite close with trainee Lee Ju-seon, weren't you?
[Geum: We are close. Actually, Ju-seon is really thin and her stamina isn't great, so she's a bit frail. That's why she absolutely has to take breaks during practice. We were constantly looking out for her, worried she might collapse. So this time, we just thought she was taking a short break somewhere... but...]
[Ju-hong: She actually bolted in the middle of the broadcast.]
[Cheong: I think it's possible when the pressure is intense. Our priority was to persuade Ju-seon.]
Caption: Team Four Seasons Rescue Squad sets off to find the vanished trainee Lee Ju-seon...!
Caption: Will they really be able to find her?
Caption: Oh! Is that a munching sound coming from somewhere...?
[Ju-seon: Gasp.]
Caption: Trainee Lee Ju-seon was eating ramen at a nearby convenience store...!
[Geum: Hey!!!!!!!]
Caption: Hectopascal Kick
[Ju-seon: I was wrong T_T T_T T_T T_T T_T T_T]
[Cheong: It's okay. It happens sometimes...]
[Ju-hong: It's fine as long as you're not hurt. But can I have a bite...?]
[Geum: ? No, let's just start with a beating.]
Caption: Four members dramatically reunited!
Caption: Reconciliation successful!
Caption: Ju-seon, you rascal, now you need to practice well and stop bothering your teammates~~
The behind-the-scenes of Team Four Seasons, which had heavily baited viewers in the teaser, had ended.
People said, "M-Ten is being M-Ten again," and felt deflated.
However.
The real story was actually hidden behind it.
[Ryeo-yu: Shall we... try to distribute the parts and positions?]
[Team B: Yes!]
[Ryeo-yu: If it's okay... can I be the center?]
Caption: The atmosphere stirred right from the start...!
[Hui-on: Of course, I think Ryeo-yu suits the center position best.]
[Ha-eun: Me too!]
At Kim Ryeo-yu's single word, the other team members immediately agreed.
All except Gyeong-a.
Caption: Trainee Lee Gyeong-a, who couldn't adapt to this atmosphere.
[Gyeong-a: No, isn't this a survival show, guys? Aren't you going to try for center? Are you really just going to give it up right away?]
[Hui-on: It's a team mission, though. We should think about the team first. Among us, Ryeo-yu has the highest rank, and...]
[Ha-eun: I'm not confident...]
Caption: Trainee Lee Gyeong-a, who didn't quite understand but accepted it for now.
[Gyeong-a: So, Ryeo-yu will be the center for now... let's decide on the main vocal. Since that part usually has the most lines, it seems important.]
Lee Gyeong-a was originally the trainee who had applied for the main vocal position the most, second only to Yun Cheong.
She was actually quite good at singing, so she really wanted to secure the main vocal position.
Even if she wasn't confident she could beat Yun Cheong, she was sure she sang the best on this team.
[Gyeong-a: Can I be the main vocal?]
Caption: Team B, where no one answered...
Caption: A very chilly atmosphere.
[Ryeo-yu: Can I also apply for the main vocal position?]
[Gyeong-a: Ryeo-yu, you as main vocal...?]
The words, "You're originally a dance specialist," almost escaped her lips, but Lee Gyeong-a barely held them back.
[Ryeo-yu: It's something I can challenge myself with. As you said, Unnie, this is a competition.]
Lee Gyeong-a nodded for now. Yes, it's a competition, so she could apply.
But if they had any common sense, the other team members should have chosen her as the main vocal.
At the very least, she sang better than Kim Ryeo-yu!
However.
The voting results were the opposite.
The other two people both voted for Ryeo-yu.
[Ha-eun: I saw Unnie Ryeo-yu sing last time, and she did well.]
[Hui-on: Still, I thought it would be fresh and nice to have a new voice as the main vocal.]
Lee Gyeong-a was dumbfounded.
And just like that, Kim Ryeo-yu took half of the parts without shedding a single drop of blood.
But what did the viewers think, seeing that bloodless competition?
***
They talk about being excluded, but weren't the viewers the ones truly excluded?
Lee Ju-seon: Don't exclude me.
Yeon Ju-hong: ?
Viewers: ?
Kim Ryeo-yu: Center + Main Vocal.
Lee Gyeong-a: (Excluded).
Viewers: (Excluded).
I seriously watched it from start to finish going 'huh?' lolol.
Are Park Ha-eun and Jo Hui-on Kim Ryeo-yu's fans??
They don't even seem to want to debut, lolol. If this is how it is, they should just give opportunities to other trainees lolol.
I heard Colors has a million trainees in their basement; where did they put them and why did they gather these kids?
I couldn't see any desperation at all.
It seemed like they only cast kids who would make them look good from the start.
Isn't Colors a major company? The kids have no passion... So boring.
***
Meanwhile, at Colors Headquarters.
The headquarters was, of course, monitoring the internet reactions in real-time.
Since it was their first girl group in a long time, the company was staking its life on it.
However, unexpectedly, there were many negative reactions.
Even though it hadn't all aired yet, and there was about a two-week difference between production and broadcast times.
Most of the trainees were receiving quite positive reactions, but Kim Ryeo-yu was the problem.
There was no problem with Kim Ryeo-yu's skill or talent itself.
The problem was that the favoritism was too extreme.
And the company was aware of this.
In particular, this time, one specific person also became aware.
“Oh, CEO!”
“CEO, you're here?”
It was none other than Hong Yeon-seo. Also known as CEO Hong.
“Yes, long time no see, everyone.”
CEO Hong was, in fact, rather tired of management.
After debuting about four groups, she was utterly exhausted.
So now, she intended to hand over management to a professional manager and focus solely on producing.
The professional manager she chose was Director Kim.
But after taking just about a year-long sabbatical, all sorts of troubles never ceased.
No matter how much she secluded herself and focused only on music, she was still the CEO.
She couldn't be uninterested in the company's affairs.
So, she attended an executive meeting for the first time in a long while.
Up until now, she had only given major directives, but it seemed she needed to pay more attention to the company now.
“Let's sit down. No need to make a fuss just because an old geezer from the backroom showed up.”
At her subtly pointed words, the employees flinched.
Truth be told, with the CEO absent, they had felt a bit too comfortable working.
As long as they appeased Director Kim, there were no major difficulties in their company life.
“Director Kim isn't here yet, it seems?”
CEO Hong looked around and noticed one empty seat.
It was Director Kim's seat.
CEO Hong glanced at her watch.
She had deliberately arrived 10 minutes after the meeting was supposed to start, and he still wasn't in his seat. It was dereliction of duty.
“Ah, he says he's on his way...!”
“Is that so?”
CEO Hong sighed.
But in a way, she thought it was for the best.
She wanted to hear about the company's situation while Director Kim was absent.
“Understood. Let's start with the briefing, then.”
The employees exchanged glances.
No one failed to realize why CEO Hong had made her way here.
“Today's agenda is the internet viral status and countermeasures for reactions to our idol survival program, ‘Make a New Color.’”
“Right. It's quite serious these days, so we should start with that.”
At CEO Hong's immediate response, the already chilly atmosphere grew even colder.
“So, tell me what countermeasures and direction you all have in mind.”
“Yes, first, I'd like to talk about the reaction analysis.”
The employee, sensing CEO Hong's calm fury, continued the presentation nervously.
In summary, the content was that since the reactions to Kim Ryeo-yu were not good, they would need to self-regulate within Make a New Color.
This would involve educating the trainees, and asking the production staff to reduce Kim Ryeo-yu's screentime.
Also, requesting editing in a positive direction was the main point.
From the company's side, there was also a proposal to try and shift public opinion, even just a little, through viral marketing for Kim Ryeo-yu.
However, CEO Hong's expression remained far from pleased from beginning to end.
“Is the briefing over now?”
“!”
By this point, anyone in a K-office setting could tell.
This meant... it was doomed.
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