A Blank Slate Regression for the Idol That Lost His Original Mindset - Chapter 100

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A Regression Guide for Idols Who Lost Their Initial Intentions Episode 100

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yh_chaaa Hello, this is Yeonho.

I’m posting this because there seems to be a misunderstanding about Eden, who is my close junior and younger brother.

The video currently uploaded as a recording is a manipulated recording, and we have never had a conversation with this kind of nuance.

The comment about being two-faced was from a conversation about something that happened when we were on the panel together, and the comment about being a music outsider was something I brought up first… See more

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With Cha Yeonho posting an explanation on my SNS, the character controversy was safely resolved.

-I thought something was off with how the conversation kept cutting off and the context was weird

-I believed our Eden would never carelessly look down on others or treat seniors rudely. I hope everyone who turned this kid into a villain based on one manipulated recording gets sued~

-Wow, this is max psycho behavior. Secretly recording was already creepy, but manipulating the recording and stealing staff credentials to post it is the ultimate creep move

-Honestly, isn’t this too logical and godly timing lol A manipulated recording that anyone would misunderstand uploaded just hours after Cha Yeonho’s post about being depressed lol

└As expected, living up to the nickname everyone calls them! Really going hard on sabotaging Rising

-Wasn’t Yoon Eden threatening him to post a correction?

└Ah, your Yeonho isn’t Eden, you know. Even if you’re going to be suspicious, be reasonable about it. Can’t even trust your own guy’s words now?

└Your Yeonho is supposed to be the mastermind, right? How would a mastermind get threatened by some kid who just looks a bit mean? He’d be the one doing the threatening instead

-As expected, when sommeliers and armchair physiognomists show up, you have to shift into neutral gear. That’s the rule

Altair’s fandom Aquila kept searching for ‘that junior who disrespected Cha Yeonho,’ but since that junior was a fictional character created by Cha Yeonho, they could never find him.

[▷Let’s eliminate the character controversy! ✓

▶’Character controversy elimination’ completed.

▶5 Initial Intention points awarded as reward.]

‘He won’t dare mess with us for a while.’

The way he kept mentioning songs must have been from inferiority complex after all.

Even that bastard probably knew our songs were much better than whatever patchwork quilt songs he claimed his friend made, whether they were laundered or pieced together.

‘So did that bastard know and still defend him?’

My already negative favorability toward him plummeted to rock bottom. Damn it, is music a joke to you?

-Are you satisfied now?

“Why are you suddenly being polite again after showing your true colors? Just speak comfortably, com-fort-ably.”

-I’m speaking comfortably enough.

“Ah, is it because of the call recording function? I should get an iPhone as the second phone for your sake, senior, haha.”

The call cut off abruptly. I tapped the sofa while looking at the date on my phone screen and muttered.

“Come to think of it, isn’t Doby’s birthday coming up?”

May 26th. Kim Dobin’s birthday.

Looks like I won’t be sleeping before midnight again this time. How did someone else’s birthday become not a day to celebrate but a day to be annoyed about staying up late?

This is all because of that damn system telling me about Seo Yehyeon’s birthday after 10 PM on the actual day. If it had told me earlier, I would have posted in the morning.

At my words, Kim Dobin covered his mouth with a moved expression.

“My goodness, Eden Hyung who forgot Hajun Hyung’s birthday actually remembered my birthday.”

I had actually forgotten until yesterday and only saw it when I checked my calendar app a few hours ago, but I didn’t bother telling Doby the truth to maintain his respect for me.

“So, what do you want?”

“Please give me a surprise. A surprise party.”

“The moment you ask for it, it’s not a surprise anymore, is it?”

“Eden Hyung, no matter how naive Doby Hyung might be, why do you think he’s that stupid? Doby Hyung means he wants to be celebrated with a surprise party concept during a live broadcast with the fans.”

“Huh? No? I really meant a real surprise party though?”

At Kim Dobin’s blinking response, Ryu Jaehee looked at Kim Dobin with a speechless expression.

“Hey, the interpretation is better than the dream itself.”

I giggled and lightly ruffled Ryu Jaehee’s hair before standing up.

They say you give an extra rice cake to someone you find annoying, so I should give him the surprise he wants.

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“So… you want to do a hidden camera concept to celebrate Doby’s birthday?”

“What choice do we have? The youngest wants a surprise. We have to make it a real surprise for him.”

“You meant making him surprised rather than a surprise party? Well, if you want to add surprise to daily life, a hidden camera is definitely the way to go.”

“Jaehee, please… isn’t it time to forget that commercial?”

The four of us, excluding the birthday boy Kim Dobin, gathered for the 62nd Rev meeting.

“First, the plot where Yehyeon Hyung and Eden Hyung fight making the atmosphere too serious to even mention birthdays is too cliché. And now Doby Hyung is used to you two fighting, so he wouldn’t even be scared.”

At Ryu Jaehee’s words perfectly reciting the story I had in mind without me even saying it, I grumbled “Aw, busted” and roughly ran my hands through my hair.

“We don’t fight anymore though.”

“I know that too. But you used to fight a lot before.”

Did we fight that much? I don’t think we fought that often. I tilted my head and suggested an alternative.

“Then how about Jun and I pretend to fight?”

“The whole plot of team members fighting and making the atmosphere serious is cliché. And if you and Hajun Hyung fight, Doby Hyung might actually cry. This isn’t just any crisis. It’s a team disbandment level crisis.”

Ryu Jaehee shook his head with an expression that found even imagining it horrific.

“And if this fight actually happened in real life, you’d have to kneel and beg Hajun Hyung for forgiveness.”

“Why am I the only one kneeling?”

“There’s no way Hajun Hyung would do anything wrong to you-“

“Jaehee.”

Gyeon Hajun cut off Ryu Jaehee’s words with a slightly uncomfortable tone.

“What kind of nonsense are you talking about?”

Knowing why Gyeon Hajun was reacting that way, I also lightly scolded Ryu Jaehee.

Ryu Jaehee looked between Gyeon Hajun and me and nodded as if he understood.

“So what you’re saying, youngest, is that the scenario of making the atmosphere heavy by fighting is no good. Right?”

“Yes.”

“Then what kind of scenario should we go with?”

“The person who brings it up first gets to decide.”

“Ugh, this is annoying. Should we just not bother?”

“Then Doby Hyung will sulk again. You already raised his expectations. If you weren’t going to follow through, you shouldn’t have brought it up in the first place.”

“Why is this kid so sensitive?”

He’s as sensitive as Seo Yehyeon. No, at least Seo Yehyeon doesn’t sulk about not celebrating his birthday, so maybe Kim Dobin is more sensitive than Seo Yehyeon.

“Hey, how about this then?”

As I continued speaking, the members’ expressions became increasingly intrigued.

“But won’t Doby Hyung actually cry? I think he’ll genuinely cry.”

“Isn’t that the charm of hidden cameras?”

“Hajun, you’re surprisingly similar to Yoon Eden in some ways. Well, I guess that’s why you’re friends.”

At Seo Yehyeon’s nodding words, I raised my eyebrows and asked.

“That’s not an insult, right?”

“Is being told you’re similar to yourself an insult to you?”

…Is it?

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But we had one mountain to overcome before Kim Dobin’s birthday.

The conference room where we gathered to decide on the first album’s title track was much more comfortable and spacious compared to the days, thanks to moving to a new company building.

The number of staff members had also increased significantly compared to before, so many of the things Rev had to be self-sufficient with had disappeared.

Before the regression, it was thanks to Seo Yehyeon that the agency didn’t collapse and grew, but honestly, this time it was an undeniable fact that 91% of it was my contribution.

“Eden Hyung, are you sleeping?”

“No.”

“Then why do you have your eyes closed?”

“I’m meditating to stabilize my mind and body in advance before the CEO says something that raises my blood pressure.”

I gave an appropriate response to Ryu Jaehee’s words while practicing the diaphragmatic breathing technique I saw on YouTube again.

The meeting began as the CEO and staff members entered the conference room.

As expected, the two songs the CEO brought were incomprehensibly difficult songs that didn’t stray from expectations.

One of the songs seemed to strike the fancy of the tone-deaf CEO, as he played it for a full 2 minutes before stopping and confidently asked us.

“How is it? This one seems good enough to push as a title track, right?”

“CEO, are you serious?”

When I asked back seriously, the CEO scratched his head asking if it was really that bad. As expected of someone who didn’t invest in sense stats and put everything into luck stats.

“For now, the title track candidates I have in mind are these two.”

The thief & detective concept electropop .

And the musical concept dance genre song with a brass section chorus.

Demo versions of the two songs with guide recordings in Gyeon Hajun’s voice played in sequence.

“The melody and composition of are good. There are definitely parts to belt out too.”

“But personally, I think is more appealing in terms of the chorus and beat.”

” has a somewhat experimental feel? It seems a bit risky to push as a title track…”

I tapped the conference room table with my fingertips while listening to the clearly divided opinions of the staff.

Actually, when I first played them, opinions were divided within Rev too.

Gyeon Hajun and Kim Dobin pushed for , while Ryu Jaehee and Seo Yehyeon pushed for .

Me? I had resolved to follow the majority, so I didn’t choose.

No, to be precise, I couldn’t choose because I liked both songs. I asked the members because I couldn’t decide – normally I would have pushed forward with my pick regardless of opinions.

Kim Dobin whispered beside me.

“Hyung, you’re really not giving your opinion? The original composer’s opinion would carry the most weight.”

“Both songs have clear strengths and weaknesses. That’s why I need an objective perspective.”

After a long battle, the title track was finally decided to be . My opinion didn’t particularly factor into that choice, but I had no complaints. Both songs were mine anyway.

“Then let’s schedule concept meetings and stylist meetings soon, and start recording within next week.”

Right, there was the concept meeting. Just thinking about the CEO who would definitely push that time-and-space-transcending detective concept made my neck tense up already.

“Oh, and I’ll arrange vocal lessons, so the vocal line should take lessons if needed.”

I blinked at the CEO’s words.

Before the regression, the agency only provided a bit of lessons right before debut and then neglected Seo Yehyeon’s terrible skills without any lessons afterward, so I was even more surprised.

I didn’t even send anonymous printouts this time, so what’s gotten into him?

“What about choreography?”

“This time I’ll attach a director, so Dobin can relax too.”

The five of us quickly exchanged glances with trembling eyes.

Kim Dobin, who had been frantically writing something in his phone’s memo app under the table, tapped me and tilted his phone toward me.

[Hyung, did a normal person possess the CEO’s body by any chance?]

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