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Debut or Die - 380

-.......

I immediately confirmed the incorporation of my colleague. And after swallowing my breath, I checked the list.

It showed the current status of the colleagues obtained so far.

[Colleagues awake]

Shin Jae Hyun: On my way to meet a colleague (//-^ㅏ)

Cha YooJin: Talking quietly with the production team (ㅇㅅㅇ)

It was supposed to end here, but one more line was added.

The guy I just got.

[Lee Sejin: Reading the script carefully (ˋㅅ'9)]

Script.

Anyone can tell that it's an actor. So... It's true that it's Bae Sejin.

-Huu.

A pop-up window appeared with what KeunDal typed.

[Huuuk! Wake him up right now, hyung!]

Okay.

[Would you like to wake up colleague 'Lee Sejin'?]

→Use 1000 Exp

I reached out my hand and was about to press the accept button....

And I stopped.

[?? Hyung?]

No, this is not right.

Only then did the blood rush back into my head.

'He's filming right now.'

He also provided me with his phone number. Anyway, even if I wake this guy up now, he won't be able to contact him for at least four days.

I can't let this guy get his memories back and be left alone and confused.

[Ah... You're right.]

First let's finish the round and then proceed with his awakening.

[Yes! Fighting!]

I saw the pop-up window of the colleague list again. I wasn't as nervous as before.

Rather, I was feeling a little... motivated.

'I'll have to call him as soon as he wakes up. I also have to inform Cha YooJin.'

Of course, persuading this guy would be no ordinary thing... but that alone made me feel really good.

My mind cleared up.

[Lee Sejin: Reviewing the script in depth (ˋㅅ//)]

...I don't know why, all of a sudden, an emoticon shows bars again, but anyway, that's all for now.

I smiled, closed the colleague list window, and prepared to go back to the practice room.

At that moment.

-Excuse me...

-...!

It's a familiar voice, but...

'Why am I hearing it here?'

When I turned my head immediately, I saw the boy just as I expected.

It's Lee SeJin with an embarrassed expression.

-Do you happen to know where the sink is?

-.......

Yeah, it's break time, so this guy can walk around here as he wants.

I raised my hand.

-It's over there.

-Ah~

Go quickly.

But instead of going, he started to hesitate.

-Thank you very much. Ah, GunWoo-ssi, is it okay for me to call you that?

-Yes.

-Oh~ You're so cool!

And he smiled.

-You did a great job on stage today, so I had a lot of fun too. Thank you~

-Me too...

I chose well what to say.

-I thank you for your kind words.

-Eei, my words were not empty. Since I saw GunWoo-ssi's first performance, everything was really cool. I think you're going to debut, really!

Is this bastard trying to remember?

'That can't be true.'

It looks like he's just trying to add a link to his chain of personal connections. Isn't it obvious?

'That aspect of him hasn't changed.'

I loosened my arms.

'That's right, after I finish the famous job, I'll pick you up and wake you up, so you can do as you please.

Let me bathe you in gold too.

Well, I'm not saying empty words either.

-Thank you very much. I learned a lot from your performance as well, sunbae-nim. I learned a lot from watching you implement every movement and expression according to the song.

-Ah.

He suddenly closed his mouth.

'Didn't you expect it?'

But soon he opened it as if nothing had happened.

-Thank you very much. Now I feel more encouraged~ Hmm, then, since this must be destiny, how about exchanging contact numbers?

It's the same as in <Icorpo>.

Rather than bitterness, a strange nostalgia arose. I shrugged my shoulders.

-I don't have my phone at the moment... if you don't mind, I'll give you my number.

-Yes, yes, that's fine!

I wrote my contact number on his phone. It felt strange.

-I'll send you a text message, so say hi to me again later~?

-Yeah. Then I'll go in and get ready. Thanks

-Hmm, yeah.

I turned away as if I hadn't noticed that he seemed to want to talk to me more.

'I must calm my mind.'

He's a guy who does this and that all the time. I thought I would make a mistake the moment I relaxed.

Anyway, I gave him a polite answer, so the other party wouldn't take offense....

'In the end, it seems to have developed similarly here.'

By personal connections, that is, interpersonal relationships based on mutual benefit.

After smiling, I hurried my steps near the corner of the hallway.

And just before I bumped into the guy coming from the other side of the corner, I stopped a short distance away.

It's CheongRyu.

-Here you are. You've come a long way.

-Somehow.

-I don't think it's 'somehow'... Ah, I expected that.

He looked around the corner and saw Lee SeJin's back. And he muttered with a bitter face.

-That's why you weren't there. I'll tell you in advance, it will be hard to accept it. He has been a member of a well-established group for three years.

You think I don't know that?

-I just gave him my contact number for personal connections.

-Hmm, are you trying to explain to him what's going on and persuade him?

-.......

-You've done that before.

Out of the blue he exposed me?

For a moment, I thought there was nothing I couldn't do?

-No, performance comes first.

It's not crazy because I can't do it. I can do it, but it's crazy to do something that others don't do.

I have no intention of talking nonsense to that guy until he wakes up.

-That's right. That's a good idea.

That's obvious.

I went back to the practice room. It was to complete the performance.

And a few days later.

Finally, for the first time in this program, the shooting of the performances with an audience began.

* * *

-It is a pleasure to be with you~.

Lee SeJin from Gyrop, who once again came to his seat as a special judge, greeted everyone warmly and sat down.

Among the idols who came to the midterm evaluation, they called those who were now less busy, but it was not very pleasant to have a seat secured.

TL/N: That indicates that his group had no scheduled time on those days, which may mean vacation, but SeJin being upset also signals that his group is not preparing anything to make a good comeback.

However, he was interested in looking at the scenario.

Monitoring those who were likely to become competitors would surely be beneficial. In addition, there was a person with whom he had just started a close relationship.

Ryu GunWoo.

The trainee who had given a jazz performance.

Lee SeJin frowned slightly, pretending to sniffle slightly.

'It was a little strange.'

Originally, he thought he would be the kind of person who was especially good and attracted attention. So he thought there was nothing to lose by knowing.

But when they talked to each other....

'I felt like I wanted to be closer to him.'

He felt he wanted to re-engage with a friend he had become estranged from because he hadn't seen him in a while.

'Could it be a sign that we've known each other before?'

Well, like he was a friend he used to hang out with in his neighborhood when he was younger.

No, if he's older, would it have been a hyung he knew from the neighborhood?

'Ah, I don't know.'

Lee SeJin finished the question without an answer.

'Anyway, there's still no answer.'

Past this stage, he should try to get in touch for information.

Although he looked like a cold and unsociable person, he didn't regret talking to him because, after all, he was similar to that boy. Lee SeJin straightened his posture.

For the shooting would start soon.

-3rd stage of <Wise>, starts now.

The filming set is prepared in perfect order, following the wonderful words of the CEO.

And on this unfolded performances worthy of a debut group of a big entertainment agency.

'...I'm upset.'

Lee SeJin suppressed his boiling emotions.

Feelings of victory, but also of crisis.

And he began to sort them out.

This group is worse than Gyrop, this one is similar to Gyrop...

'Well, just because they're good on stage doesn't necessarily mean they will be popular.'

Actually, the last female idol group of that agency, 'Soft & Sweet', couldn't achieve fame even though its members had decent skills, so they had to resort to the silly concept.

But thinking back to the thought that half of the people he was watching would end up debuting....

'Ah... Damn it.'

Lee SeJin decided that he had to find a way to encourage his group somehow.

Dealing with people was the field he relied on the most. Though it was somewhat disheartening to think that idols seem to think about such things more often than the performances they should be doing.

His eyes darkened, but they were moderately countered by the lighting.

-We will reveal the keyword for the next battle.

Time passed, and finally, the most anticipated battle arrived.

The keyword appeared on the electronic screen.

[Sexy]

—KYAAA!

From among the spectators came groans and cheers, either sighs or expectations.

'Ah~ I thought I had my mind made up until I saw this.'

Lee SeJin held back a bitter smile and gave a proper and pleasant reaction like an idol with a few years of experience.

And the performance of the first team was held.

Get down on your knees, oh!

It was a performance that looked good in fairness, and seemed to scream that the mix of autotune and 'wave' music style was fatal.

'Hmmm.'

Well, it'll have... demand.

Lee SeJin prepared an appreciative review for when he would use the microphone again, and wrote the precise keywords appropriately.

And he more or less predicted the reaction of the next and final performance.

'...It's 'the team'.'

He knew it since he saw them during the interim evaluation. It's the team that includes many of the top performers in this survival program so far.

The team that Ryu GunWoo, who exchanged numbers with him, belongs to.

'I don't think it's the last group to appear for no reason.'

When he looked it up, spoilers were circulating on the Internet and everyone was looking forward to it.

Most of the viewers sitting there right now are busy writing their predictions about the participants who have not yet appeared and will guess the members of this team, sharing their thoughts either on social media or through Kakao Talk.

And at the moment they were displayed on the electronic screen.

[Shin JaeHyun, Kim RaeBin, Jung WooDan, Cha YooJin]

[+Ryu GunWoo (extra)]

—AAAAAAAH! AAAARRGH!

With tremendous cheers, indescribable screams and groans echoed together.

While the fans who first confirmed that Ryu GunWoo was an extra, someone who was 'out of class', were puzzled, they had high expectations from that team.

'Everyone is going to end up going crazy.'

The formula for success was already visible. Seeing the way the program would be promoted, Lee SeJin bitterly stifled a laugh.

His selection was a song by a top male idol group released two years ago.

Wild and masculine sensuality.

It's a similar orientation to the previous team.

'They're going to win.'

If the orientation is similar, wouldn't the team that did better win? It was a question he had concluded as soon as he saw the performance at the mid-term evaluation.

'...Because they did well.'

He had already seen the performance of the first part of the song, but he seriously focused his eyes on the stage.

The participants who entered are standing together in a formation that resembles a cocoon. Achromatic lights flashed on the stage.

TL/N: The 'cocoon formation' or 'flower bud' is one in which dancers gather in a circle around someone standing in the center. As the limbs spread out, the formation looks as if a cocoon is opening up to form a flower. Review image for a better understanding.

Cut off

And at the moment he put on an elegant accompaniment with a low voice....

-...!

The illumination turned violet and the members moved their bodies smoothly.

A large-sized ripple was formed connecting the upper bodies of the members.

Lee SeJin noticed it immediately.

'They changed the arrangement a little.'

Some elements of musical instruments were missing. The electric sound was removed and the bass and string instruments were raised.

And the movements...

Instead of being powerful, they were slow and relaxed. They wore velvet shirts and tight black pants.

Cut it and leave

that's your style

(So sick)

When Kim RaeBin, who swept his hair, finished the introduction, Shin JaeHyun, who received it smoothly, did his part with gestures.

No dancing. Just with facial expressions and movements.

Still, the audience is watching him intensely.

'It's complicated.'

A performance without set choreography looked like a blank space.

Even in a professional performance it's hard to look complete while doing such a thing.

And that wasn't the only thing that made it complete.

Don't look back.

Because it's painful, it doesn't make sense

You lost your game, stop it.

Now leave

As the interlude progresses, the group dance develops.

The high-level choreography they display creates synergy as if they were interlocking cogwheels.

Hwik.

According to the movements of the person in the center, the arms and legs of the boys around him move as an effect and become a bar or a pedestal.

In that way, the members interact as props and save the center.

It is going back and forth with flexibility between tight choreographic parts and loose parts to maximize the satisfaction of each.

A story that is now over

.

When the second half of the song was in full swing, Lee SeJin came to a conclusion.

'That was clever.'

The performance comes to life with incredible quality.

It's a choice that can only be made if you have skills, but if I were in the same condition as this team, I would have accepted this choice willingly.

-.......

He shook off his thoughts and focused again on the performance, which was completely different from the one he saw at the interim evaluation.

Then another question arose.

Would the change in the arrangement really be the only reason?

-...!

And he realized.

Cha YooJin.

Even up to the mid-term evaluation, he was the main factor that made the performance seem wilder than the original song. It was more of an energy boost and explosive emotion.

However, now it feels like the flickering saturation and brightness were pushed on their own.

'It's not that it doesn't stand out.'

For example, in the last part of a chorus in the second half of the song.

Love is a kind of disease

I realized too late

So–

Cha YooJin held his collar and looked at the camera with half-closed eyes.

His killing point was the gleam in his eyes that revived the atmosphere.

It was a somber charm.

He is very plausible, and he is so integrated with the other members that anyone could believe that he is actually an original trainee of this agency.

To be able to control that was surprising and at the same time a very strategic choice.

It must have seemed differently appealing to viewers. It was clear that LeTi's CEO, who was making the decisions, was also re-evaluating it.

In addition, there is strong support for the structure of this performance.

So, oh, oh, oh–

It was Ryu GunWoo.

He was singing difficult high-pitched parts live at the right times.

'I can feel that the audience is surprised sometimes.'

However, if it ended there, they might have thought it was useless because it ended up being used as a part of the performance.

But it came out in a single camera cut.

'Hey.'

In the so-called 'saint's part.'

That part, where he was singing standing up, caught the atmosphere quietly and caught the attention.

It wasn't too high-pitched. It was a moderately high pitch.

In other words, it was a section that was extremely difficult for anyone to sing steadily.

It's done

It's over

Cut it off

Ryu GunWoo performed it dreamily in a choppy tone as if he was reciting it.

It's hard to believe that this is someone who had been improvising and harmonizing with high notes like crazy before.

It would have been easier to sing in high notes.

How is it that he can sing smoothly without swallowing a breath in the middle, without AR?

Cut it and leave

that's your style

(So sick)

Ryu GunWoo made good use of the killing point in just one cut.

He was the key figure who brought out the quality of the performance with his voice.

He is screaming that not for nothing does this group need the presence of their lead vocalist.

-.......

He felt a strange sense of déjà vu.

'Why?'

But the performance only ran towards the end after bridge.

All members completely fulfilled their roles in their positions. And they engaged the audience as much as possible.

And at the end...

Cut off

-UWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!

Loud cheers and applause were heard, and the bright lightsticks were shaken.

Lee SeJin did not take his eyes off the stage until the end and enjoyed the performance with all his heart.

A sense of triumph still burned within him, but there was no longer a sense of crisis.

What took its place was....

'...Ah.'

It was a sense of loss that he had not noticed before.

The strange feeling of having been replaced without being able to do anything to maintain his position....

'What am I thinking?'

As if he had eaten something that made him feel bad, Lee SeJin bit his mouth and managed his expression.

And when the judges' review order came, he opened his mouth with a smile.

-It was really great, really!

On the same day, the third episode of <Wise> was aired. There was no need for the audience to give spoilers about the members of the <Supplementary Class> who had been eliminated.

And finally, the audience vote was held.





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References to 'Sexy' performance:

It should be said that unfortunately none of the references are to any sensual song whose message is clearly intended to drive your ex-partner away.

1. Wanna One NO.1 - Eleven

We start with a recommendation from Eunbi (my Spanish proofreader). This first recommendation is from a Wanna One sub unit, consisting of three members (Park Jihoon, Bae Jinyoung and Lai Guanlin) who sing and dance to a slow song, but that doesn't take away its seductive touch.

As for the performance, yes it is sensual, and perhaps some steps could be used in the performance for this novel, but not in its entirety because I feel that this song is more melodic than dance.




Knock - Open up

This is Eunbi's second recommendation! This is the first performance produced specifically for the Produce 101 Season 2 team that would interpret the 'Sexy' concept. Of course, the performance is sensual, it maintains a balance between the alluring movements and the masculine strength and firmness of the boys, so it is not overly sexy and is a bit more in line with the concept of wild and masculine sensuality that the boys interpreted in this novel.

Also, in this chapter, it is narrated that GunWoo made moderately high notes, he didn't make incredible high notes, just like Baekho in this song. It could be said that Baekho also briefly did the 'saint's position' when singing those notes, so it's a good reference for Gunwoo.




3. GOT U - U GOT IT

Lastly, this recommendation is mine and is also from Produce (specifically, Produce X 101). Like the previous song, it was produced for the team that would perform the sexy concept; however, this song is more melodic and its concept is more sensual elegant that plays with both masculinity and femininity, so the dance has strong steps, but also movements in which the guys gently wave their bodies or expose erogenous zones that women are more associated with.

I also consider this performance to be a reference due to the fact that we do notice in one part of the performance the cocoon formation, although it was very brief in the intro. We also have the 'saint' position at the end of the bridge when Seungwoo goes out front to do his moderate high note and even adds some high ad-libs, but although he hits high notes, they don't get extremely high, so it also counts as an example of how GunWoo could have sung.

In fact, I looked at Seungwoo's fancam to note that he did part of the chorus and the final ad libs in a way that was not choppy, but with a vocal tone as if he was giving up because, according to the lyrics of the song, the person he loves holds his heart in his hands.

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