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Debut or Die - 373A group project aimed at achieving maximum efficiency in a short period of time to escape from this place.For this to be accepted, we must admit that reality exists separately and we can return to it.'The question is whether or not this bastard can get there or not.'I closed my mouth and CheongRyu slowly opened his.-Yes.It worked.'I made it.'I clenched my fists and held back a sigh. No need to show signs of relief.-So, about the survival program?I was going to tell you to cancel it. If it weren't for the following words.-Hmm? That's already in place.-...!!Who's this bastard been talking to so far...?!-Cancel it.-Hmm? I'm not the president of the broadcasting company... And it'll be hard to do that now. Haha.I want to take a swing at him.As if he had noticed, he finally came up with a good reason to do it.-There's nothing that's more popular than the start of a survival show.-.......I touched my chin.-That's true.Isn't there a live witness here?There's no better way to gather short-term firepower than survival if the demand is properly attracted.The problem is he's the one holding the gun.-As long as you don't do anything foolish.-Foolish?As long as this idiot doesn't pull Cha YooJin out of the broadcast just because he is humiliating him.I didn't say it, but CheongRyu shrugged his shoulders as if he guessed it roughly from the tone of my words.-Hmm, I think there has been a misunderstanding here.And he laughed again.It makes me feel dirty because it looks like he's looking at me with pity.-Do you really think that as long as there is no dishonest intervention, your group members will be able to debut, hoobae-nim?-Yes.That indicates that this bastard must have also seen the crazy version of <Icorpo>, but he's stating the obvious.Is there any way a guy who made his debut after making his way through that crazy game couldn't make it on another agency's survival show in the 2010s?'If you get in and do the training correctly, it won't be a big deal.'I did not retract my comments.-Heum.......CheongRyu stroked his chin.-Then let's bet.-What?-Between VTIC and TeSTAR, who will debut more members here?He's talking nonsense.-Is that a bet? Besides, I only have two of them at the moment.-I also have two at the moment.-.......For starters, doesn't VTIC have half as many members as TeSTAR?-Hmm, have you lost your confidence? -Hmm.This fucker.I pointed, lifting my chin.-I'd rather do it in proportion, to be fair.-Yes, you're full of confidence.He started laughing.-All right, hoobae-nim. So... let's make a plan.He raised a hand and held it out to me.-.......I shook his hand.It was a temporary alliance.But then, he held my hand tightly.-However, if we go all the way and there's nothing....His expression disappeared.-If your reasoning is incorrect, hoobae-nim....-...!CheongRyu narrowed his eyes and then opened them again.-Then, from that moment on, you will always do what I plan to do.-.......He's digging something anyway.TL/N: He means he's digging a trap.'That's not going to happen.'I nodded without speaking and also squeezed his hand tightly.-Haha, if this was real, it would have been a disaster.-It's a nightmare.In reality, it set up the survival of a group made up of a mix and match that anyone in fandom would be proud of.And after several days of advance work.Articles have been published since late February and previews have begun to be posted on WeTube.* * *Preview teasers are a typical survival style for big agencies.First, LeTi's new building is lit up like a palace with nice camera work.[In the cradle of global idols representing Korea, LeTi].[Producer: Something that has never happened before].[Artist Team Leader: It's unprecedented. It's fascinating how we came together like this.][Soft & Sweet SoHyun: However, will they be able to win the hearts of the public in the end?][Soft & Sweet SoHyun: I think that's a different problem.]The staff made significant comments.And a huge title came out.[Who is Superior?]The initials are beautifully grouped in 3D graphics.[WiS][LeTi's survival show to choose the next generation][<Wise>]Wise.TL/N: 'Wise' is someone who has or demonstrates experience, knowledge and good judgment.The meaning of 'wise' is mixed with 'Who is' and 'Why' in the pronunciation to capture both the meaning of 'Why should I debut' and 'Who is that member?'-After all, it's called LeTi Survival.I already knew that. I relaxed as I remembered CheongRyu's words.The cameras are already set up in the waiting room below the stage.-Face!-Yes.Maybe it's because they're guys who haven't even made their debut yet, but there's no sense of service in the way the makeup staff talks to them. However, it's less mechanical than in <Icorpo>.'It's because there are few people.'I looked around the room.A total of 14 people are sitting on the floor of this building.The number is 7 members of the debut group plus 7 other trainees.'There are many faces that I saw that time.'I realized that a large number of people that the CEO had called the first day I arrived here were included.Had they been told that we were going to appear in this?'I also see ShinOh and JooDan.'I don't know if the existing VTIC members appeared on the show originally or if CheongRyu invited them, but they are here anyway.I crossed my arms.'Cha YooJin and Kim RaeBin are also scheduled to appear on time.'The problem is the other guys.I mean... the remaining members of TeSTAR.Of course, I looked up all the guys on the Internet so I could check where they were scattered before the survival show, but.......-.......In many ways, it's the two maknaes who are now in the right condition. Let's start like this for now.'Because there will be another chance.'Once again I remembered the information about the program structure I heard from CheongRyu.-If you look at it from the outside... everything will seem to revolve around what the CEO has in sight.Soon, the main camera starts filming and lights and people appear on stage.Fourteen people enter side by side.Sitting in the judges' seat right in front of the stage, the Executive Director who looked like he was playing dumb began the briefing.He was the face of a popular singer-songwriter group in the 1990s.-Young people, you're not going to be trainees anymore, but you're going to hear me speak formally as a fellow singer. Do you understand?-Yes.-Excellent. Now, I will explain the rules of this program to you, who will become the gods of LeTi.After intentionally cutting his words short for a moment, he continued the explanation.-This is a survival show.-......!-What?I know they've all put money into the agency, but they're pretty good at acting. Right now there are 14 people, but it's natural to expect some attrition.TL/N: He doesn't mean they are paying directly to the agency, but they have contacts within the agency who they pay to get information, so they already knew they would be participating in the show.I was standing there with a stiff look on my face.-Who will be eliminated, how many will be eliminated, who will debut, how many will debut... They are all unknowns.Doesn't that mean the same thing?Anyway, they all swallow their saliva with disciplined faces.-They are racing towards their dream, but they will have to overcome many competitors to achieve it.-.......-So, from now on, whoever wins the competition, survives.-Upper class, lower class. We will be divided like this at the beginning.It was like that, literally.The first task, of which everyone was notified in advance.[Show your solo performance]It was the main content of the first episode.-They'll have to do it right, but having star quality is as important as doing it right. We'll use that as the criteria for evaluating attractiveness, which can't be turned into numbers.If you get a screwed up judgment, that means you're not attractive.-Yes!Those who responded vigorously come out one by one to show dance, singing and talent performances before starting the program.'The meaning of the performance was widely interpreted.'I watched the performance while controlling my expression so as not to be caught on camera, though that's not going to happen.'The quality is...very good for a trainee, but...''There's a slight difference with the debut group.'I smiled inwardly.'They told them late on purpose.'In the first episode, the remaining seven put themselves as fodder to praise the seven members of the debut group.In those early days, there was a big gap between practicing for a week and practicing for a month.They probably didn't say it openly. They must have fostered a difference to the extent of sneaking information like rumors to the debut team.Like this.-Did you hear about the solo performance? Ah, not yet? No, guys, practice~!'Since I've been a trainee for three months, there's no reason to listen to rumors.'Anyway, the upper and lower classes are almost equally divided.The debut group is in the upper class. The rest are in the lower one.I saw ShinOh and JooDan go to the lower class. CheongRyu didn't change his expression.'Heum.'Is he trying to create an image for them that jumps levels?At that moment.-Next to introduce himself... Ryu GunWoo.-Yes.It was my turn. I stood up and moved.I was 9th. An ambiguous position.My first introduction.'Actually... it's not that important.'In a survival game where a large number of people are split in half in an instant like in <Icorpo>, it is important to make a big impact, but this should be analyzed beyond that.First of all, every performance will be broadcast.'We will only be filmed stably here.'TL/N: This is the only performance where the cameras will only record him, as opposed to group performances, so he must attract everyone's gazes to win them over.I held the microphone and waited quietly.The song played.* * *LeTi's CEO, who was sitting in front of the survival program stage, was actually not very interested in the individual performances of the trainees.What he is interested in is the growth of the company and further success.That's where fame and wealth come from!'That's the way business is.'It had been more than a decade since he had not released an album. The former singer and current entrepreneur interlocked the fingers of his hands.Still, he had a good eye. He'd picked good seeds and sorted through them.The boss skipped through the rehearsal and practice videos quickly and looked at the people he had identified based on the reports he had received.[Organization of the list of candidates]According to several experts, the outstanding types were not misaligned, so he didn't have to waste time checking each one.Besides, this particular guy was just as he had been described. The guy in front of him.-Ryu GunWoo, 21 years old.After going through the personal data, this is the explanation written in the first line of its characteristics.-Visual image sought by the project.'He is very handsome.'Even among people of good looks, he was remarkably handsome.He had a straight posture and an atmosphere of being smart.It seemed that if he showed a bit of disapproval toward him, the audience would froth at the mouth and bite him hard.TL/N: He is referring to the symptoms of rabies in dogs (aggressiveness and frothy salivation), i.e., the audience would rage and take it out on the CEO.'Okay.'He set out to establish that stance. It would be fun to be a little hard on him at the beginning of the program.The CEO folded his arms.-Go ahead.The light for filming off stage disappeared and a light fell on Ryu GunWoo to have him as the spotlight.And the fancy, heavy music began to play....-Hmm.It's pop jazz.Under a slightly dim light, a pale face brought his mouth close to the standing microphone.In the sweet lifethere are things you need.Music, dancing, wine, maybe roses.Current pop songs have been the type of performance that many aspiring idols often choose.They show more vocal tone rather than high notes. Thus there are many songs with a structure that is good for a suitable lead vocalist to showcase.And it would have been the best choice to show the best of his ability according to the level he had, but this time it was an exception.Life in the cloudsBright starsHe showed no signs of nervousness, no awkward tone or bad vocalization.The sound coming out of the microphone is just like the original song, full and remorseless.-...!It was not the voice of an amateur singer.The tone flows like a deep wine.When the piano playsamidst the white smoke bloomsjazz...The Executive Director thoughtfully scanned the assessment in Ryu GunWoo's report.-High quality vocal skills....Isn't it quite an understatement to evaluate this simply as high quality?-3rd place in the monthly general evaluation.Does he even dance very well?And also...-Disadvantages: /The space was blank.He felt a shiver.Hmm umumm, Lalala-la...It was a perfect gemstone, flawless so far. A product whose image had not been corrupted, it shone on the stage.And the stage was still filled with his voice.Until he finished the first part of the song with a smooth and heavy technique.Bright starsAt the end of that high-pitched, unaccompanied voice, the sound that filled his ears in abundance disappeared in an instant.TL/N: 'Unaccompanied' refers to the fact that he is not performing with his pre-recorded low-pitched voice to accompany him in some fragments of the song when he wants to give himself a break while singing live (LMR - Live Music Recorded), but he sang all the lyrics and the song was just the instrumental like that of common karaokes.All that's left is a beautiful face that turned his mouth away from the standing microphone.-.......For a moment, the silence felt terribly empty.......The CEO was truly speechless, not intentionally.'How.......'Where did this kid come from when he was 20 years old?At that moment.A low voice rang out..-Thank you.-...!-Ah.Jjak, jjak, jjak, jjak...!!!After Ryu GunWoo's thank you, applause broke out from here and there a little later.The atmosphere felt overwhelming.'...Right now!'And the boss grabbed the microphone.He could give a detailed review later and include it in an interview to be edited later. But there was something he had to say at this point...He had a feeling - a feeling that a businessman who will broadcast a program has!-Our GunWoo-ssi... he's only been a trainee for three months, right? He was originally a college student.-Yes.-What university are you studying at?The young man in front of him calmly replied without changing his expression.-I go to Yeonhee University.It was the right time to cut the scene. The agency head laughed inwardly.TL/N: The reason why the scene would be cut and leave all the viewers in shock is because of the mention of the name of a prestigious university that is difficult to enter, according to the brief explanations MoonDae gave throughout the novel.'Thank you very much.'For giving this much material.-So why do you want to be a singer?-.......He deliberately avoided mentioning the word 'idol'. It was to keep the subject of 'dancing' from interfering with thoughts.'Since he sings so well and we do a good edit on him, he'll definitely get a great image.'So everyone would want this guy to become a singer?-Even if I graduated from college, I think I would continue to challenge me in other good things.At that point, everything exploded.'He's here!'Ryu GunWoo looked at him without changing his expression much.He didn't seem to be aware of the camera. His words came out naturally.-But I've never... had so much fun in my life before.And he gave a faint smile.-Then I think this is the right answer. I can't just leave the right answer and choose something else. This is it.-.......It was an answer without any sense of entertaining others, a simple unadorned taste of a student.That was a valuable commodity for that trainee's survival.With that...you're all set!The Executive Director excitedly raised the microphone.-Did you see that, everyone? The duration is not important. It's that mentality that's important.He raised his hand and pointed to the trainee on stage.-This kid has it in his mind that he's going to debut! That's his top priority.And he was kind enough to say so.-Congratulations, Ryu GunWoo-ssi. There's nothing more to say. You are of the top class.That was the highlight.-Thank you very much.Ryu GunWoo replied a little late, as if he felt pressure in his throat from emotions, and bowed his head.'He's a good guy to use.'The CEO smiled inwardly. But it was the same with the person on the other side.'How is it possible for upperclassmen, whether young or old, to have the same idea in mind?'The answer is work and mentality.Ryu GunWoo, who adjusted his answer so that the CEO could speak his thoughts freely, nodded his head inwardly.* * *[Hyung, congratulations! Your first filming was the best!]-Yes.After the filming ended, the agency sent us back to the house, not the survival dorm, saying that the shooting was not concluding at that time.'Thanks to that, now I have time to think.'Coincidentally, Ryu CheongWoo went to an MT. Seeing that he took photos of the mountains and sent them, it seems that his hobby is still the same here.TL/N: 'MT' is the acronym for 'Membership Training', usually done among members of some club or college course where they go on a trip together for a day or more and do a variety of group bonding activities and training activities.And I sat in my room thinking....But I didn't expect KeunDal to make that comment.[If you keep up this pace, you will debut, right? Hyung!]I kept silent for a while. Then I rested my jaw on one hand.-That's how it should be.[What...?]I have to do it right.Otherwise, I'll be fucking embarrassed.I recalled an earlier conversation I had with CheongRyu.-But in the end, no matter who you debut with, you have to debut, hoobae-nim.-That's true.In the end, I'm the one who has to accumulate experience points because the phantom system reconnected with me.Then he linked his hands and rested them against his chin, pretended to be serious and spoke like this.-Do you want me to let you debut no matter what?-What?-Hmm, no. I said it wrong. This is not a suggestion. Of course it should be.-.......-Haha, are you guarding your pride here?And me, shit. I realized that if I stop this bastard at this point just because I'm offended, I'd be no different than an asshole.-No way.So, this happened.[Are y-you manipulating it??]-...Worst case scenario, yes.If at some point I think I'm going to be eliminated, that punk will eventually use his cards and I'll enter the group through the back door.I endured the impression of being used and crumpled.'I can't do that.'I have an image, I don't want him to see me embarrassed that I can't debut after winning Daesangs.--I will never do that. I'll plan well and attack, so don't worry about it.[O-okay! I trust you, hyung!]Okay.Just like in <Icorpo>, I had to properly plan every moment. I gradually predicted my image and imagined a future composition.'I'll probably focus on the image of a prestigious college student and end up debuting in a special post.'From there came answers to questions.So... I should show my mature side. And it would be better to cooperate quietly with group tasks.Showing a bit of naivety will also be fine. The CEO has a commanding voice, so I have to appeal to what he says.-Heum.[I-I think it's going to work!]-Yes.After making some alternative plans, I fell asleep that day.And that same week.Unlike <Icorpo>, the agency, which already knew all about the trends, attitudes and personalities of the participants, handed all that data to the <Wise> production team to pass on.Then, without enough observation time and without a storyline, the footage shot that day was quickly edited and the second trailer was released immediately.And as soon as the profiles of the 14 participants were released....-Thiiiiiis is crazy! The friend with the glasses is here.-ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ dmn, he's so cute!!!!-...??I realized... reality.Of something I had already experienced in <Icorpo> and through data sales.The first impression of idols was their appearance.
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