Save a Failed Idol's Life

Of course, I wouldn’t actually throw the fist that I clenched so hard. But the faint guilt that I felt for being childish and trying to get back at them using the broadcast was gone in an instant.

How can he say whatever he wants with his big mouth?

Naturally, I had to let it go for now.

“Was there anything specific that you were disappointed about?”

I ignored the PD who was eagerly pouring oil on the fire and walked quickly to join the members who were waiting.

“What? Why do you look like that?”

The first one to catch the cold vibe was Yejun, who looked at me with a hopeful expression that something interesting had happened.

I didn’t answer and just plopped down on the sofa.

“I’m thinking about how to get revenge in the most mature way possible.”

“Revenge?”

I didn’t need to tell the members that we had been insulted. They would find out soon enough when the broadcast was aired.

NBS would definitely use that provocative interview.

It was Yi-jun’s turn to go for the interview next, so I quickly told everyone.

“They’ll try to ask you some stimulating questions during the interview. Don’t fall for it and just say you’ll do your best.”

The ones I was most worried about were Yi-jun and Seong-won. Those two. It’s always the 22-year-olds. The 22-year-olds.

“Don’t worry. I won’t cause any trouble like you think.”

Yi-jun smiled slyly and headed to the interview booth. I clicked my tongue and watched him go.

One by one, the rest of the members also did their individual interviews, and the shooting was over.

We had a practice schedule for the unit mission tomorrow.

‘I don’t expect them to show up properly.’

They said they would come for the rehearsal, so as long as they just danced on stage, I had done my job.

Of course, I wasn’t going to stop there. I wanted them to experience how the broadcast would go on the day of the airing.

I gritted my teeth and prepared while the first episode was aired.

The first episode introduced each team and showed them preparing for the first mission.

Since the stage videos had already been released and gained popularity, the ratings were not bad.

1.2%… was a pretty good number. Considering that a similar program from another broadcaster had struggled with 0.6~0.7% ratings recently, it was even more impressive.

It was a smart move to release the stage videos in advance and stimulate curiosity about how they prepared.

The question was whether the ratings would go up or down from here.

I monitored the reactions to the first episode while preparing for the unit stage.

Unfortunately, we didn’t have much screen time in the first episode, so we didn’t get much attention.

‘It was only the fans who were quietly suffering.’

I hoped the reaction would improve when the behind-the-scenes of the stage were revealed.

But watching the scenes that I had experienced firsthand being edited so provocatively, it felt like I was hearing someone else’s story.

The first episode followed the structure of the other groups trying to come up with strategies to beat Floss, who was portrayed as the villain.

In the process, Playground, the rookie group, was depicted as the ‘spirited rookie’ and the hero who would grow to defeat Floss, the ‘villain’ set by the program.

How did they end up in this program and suffer like this… I thought, but if their goal was to show it so blatantly…

I felt like closing my eyes and running away. I clicked my tongue lightly and shook my head.

Of course, I didn’t think it was a desirable direction. After all, once you get hurt in your heart, you can’t undo it even if you get compensated later.

‘If it wasn’t for Floss or Playground, everyone else seemed to be edited fairly well.’

It wasn’t just us who had a low weight, but the rest of the teams were evenly divided except for the two teams.

The only thing that stood out was that the P2CK leader was a bit too reactive during the shooting.

“Wow~!”

“Whoa~!”

“Hoo-!”

“Ohl!”

When I saw the edited footage, only the exclamations were edited and used 4-5 times, so there was no need for a sound effect like Bubujella.

‘From the second episode, we’ll be more impactful.’

They sometimes change the order of the competition to broadcast, so it’s still unknown how the final aired footage will turn out.

But I’m confident in the stage, so maybe I can look forward to the second episode. We also made it to the music chart, so I hope they’ll give us a proper spotlight in the second episode.

The community was also in an uproar over the complaints about Floss’s treatment rather than our reaction.

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They’ve been promoting Floss from the start of the program and then blatantly treating them as villains with a bad edit ???? They must want to boost the ratings with Tempo and treat them as fools

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[- I usually think that these posts are from big fandoms who complain that they don’t cater to their tastes and get bullied, but this time I’m really surprised; they blatantly pushed a specific group and made them look like villains; if they’re going to act like victims who can’t get a fair evaluation because of the fandom size difference, why did they come out]

[? I agree with the original comment, but they came out and wanted to ride the buzz bus, but they didn’t match the level with the seniors and they would be pushed by the fandom and the ranking would be bad, and we’re so disadvantaged, why did they come out22222]

[? They want to show their faces with the Floss bus, but they don’t like the low ranking, what do they want????? Then why don’t you film another solo server]

[? I agree with the original comment, but this is a bit too harsh]

[? What’s harsh, they’re pushing the rookies and my kids are getting their hair pulled, where’s the fan who won’t roll their eyes]

[- I expected them to sell them, but I didn’t expect them to make Floss a villain, they’re crazy]

[- They knew there would be a fandom difference and cast the cast: production team

They planned to have a fandom fight: production team

They sent out a bad edit to make them fight more: production team

Anyone can see that the production team is the problem, but why is Tempo getting hit and called a bully]

[? They should just do their own fangirling, they always blame Floss for everything, and now they even have the production company laying out the board for them. Let’s see how they do with the ratings without Tempo]

Everyone tried to restrain themselves from insulting the group itself and went with the flow of insulting the production team that set up the board, but there were some comments that crossed the line.

The reaction was not much different from when rumors were circulating that Climax had moved Floss’s schedule or stolen their song.

Even before the news of Chanhyung and Yu-geon’s temporary withdrawal was heard.

It would be like pouring oil on a house that was already on fire if they found out that Chanhyung was injured and Yu-geon was suspended due to an accident right before the stage.

I felt dizzy even though it was not my business.

‘Finding our story in the community seems difficult… Maybe I’ll check out some SNS.’

I moved to SNS to find some positive feedback that would calm me down in this chaotic atmosphere.

The weight was similar for all groups except Floss and Playground. And because only the plain scenes were aired, the SNS reactions were mostly moderate.

[- It’s so reassuring to have a pro-producing god in the team????]

[? I regret that I thought it would be better to just use an outsourced writer or get help from the agency than to let the members do it for a while????]

[? The quality of the arrangement was so high that I thought a professional wrote it, but I heard that Jooni did it by himself, KIJUL, Our god-genius, what can’t he do?]

[? The only thing that 22-year-old producer genius Oh Yi-jun, who has everything from face to body to rap, doesn’t have is… a woman in her 20s with the beauty of a 30-year-old from the Milyang Park family;]

[? Jooni worked hard, didn’t he? Do we have to? Take that?]

[- The basic idea seems to have been given by Seberji, but I’m curious who chose the costumes?????]

[? I have a rational hunch that it was Kyunghwa…]

[? I’m pretty sure it wasn’t Seon-woo.]

[? It could also be Seberji who carried the costumes, imagine the son of a rich family Seberji picking out clothes for each member, I can make a studio in my house with that]

[? Ah???????I’m happy just imagining it, please show it on the broadcast next time ????]

[- I can’t wait until next week, so I’m going to watch the stage again and again.]

[? Me too, I can’t wait until next week, so I came back to watch the stage video again???? I want to see Jooni working on it too, but I don’t know how much he’ll show us]

Everyone seemed to be left with a bit of regret because of the amount, but the atmosphere was strong to be satisfied with this for now, as the fire was too big in the next house.

In many ways, it was a situation where Floss had no end of incidents and accidents.

Anyway, the shooting was over until the 3rd or 4th episode, and now that the behind-the-scenes of the stage where Floss showed overwhelming skills were released, it would be a situation where Floss was both the villain and the hero.

From the viewers’ point of view, they wouldn’t know what else was behind it, so it would be frustrating.

The main target of Floss fandom was not bad for us to move from us to another group.

But I felt uncomfortable thinking about the high school students who burst into tears because of a simple stage mistake, who would have to endure the criticism that was swirling on the internet.

‘Are they okay…’

I thought of B.K., whose face was swollen, and I couldn’t help but worry.

But the first thing to do was the second mission stage that was coming soon.

‘What are these guys doing now…’

I had sent the choreography plan that I had asked the backup dancers from the company to film 30 minutes ago, but the group chat was quiet as a mouse. No one had replied.

Did they read it and ignore me, or did they not even read it? The former was bad enough, but the latter was even more infuriating.

I clenched my teeth and checked the chat room. Two of them had read it and ignored me, and two of them had not even read it.

‘These bastards…’

I had already prepared everything for the surprise on the day of the broadcast, but it was too much to ask for them to just end it quietly.

I took a deep breath and started typing a long message.