A Blank Slate Regression for the Idol That Lost His Original Mindset - Chapter 101

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A Regression Guide for Idols Who Lost Their Initial Intentions Episode 101

I also opened my cell phone memo app and wrote a response to show them.

[I don’t know, did he really win the lottery?]

[This can’t be explained by just the lottery. A normal person’s soul definitely possessed the CEO just now. He wasn’t normal until the beginning of the meeting]

Could it be that the CEO is also being controlled by the system? A project to restore the lost instincts of an agency CEO who lost his touch, something like that. But it seems like the CEO never had any instincts to begin with rather than losing them.

Normally I would have been in turmoil with self-loathing for being influenced by Kim Dobin and having otaku-like fantasies, but since I was also being controlled by the system with some initial intentions project, it was a reasonably possible theory.

What on earth made the CEO, who had zero instincts and was hopeless until Rev’s 7th debut year before regression, come to his senses 6 years early? Did he get electrocuted somewhere? Or is it really the system’s control?

When our reaction was lukewarm due to the completely unexpected situation, the CEO asked in confusion.

“Why? Don’t you need lessons or directing? Do you want to do it among yourselves?”

“No! We really like it!”

“No way!”

Fearing he might tell us to be self-sufficient again, everyone frantically waved their hands and answered urgently.

Kim Dobin, who was finally freed from involuntary choreography direction, had the loudest voice.

If he consistently receives vocal lessons, even Seo Yehyeon’s hopeless vocals could be raised to a somewhat promising level.

Although vocals had a maximum growth limit of C, C would be better than D+, wouldn’t it?

Thus, the title song confirmation meeting ended more smoothly than we had prepared for.

Before entering full-scale recording, we distributed the parts for , which became the title song.

We had roughly divided them from the song production stage, but since arrangements were added, some adjustments were needed.

Depending on how much Seo Yehyeon’s vocal skills improved with this activity song, the amount of Seo Yehyeon’s parts in the next activity would be determined.

Neither Seo Yehyeon’s rap nor vocals satisfied me, but if I had to choose, rap was more below standard. Of course, that was by my standards, my standards.

To be honest, calling that rap was an insult to hip hop.

That’s mumbling, not rap, damn it.

“Work hard on lessons until the recording day. Especially you, Yehyeon hyung.”

Even though I singled him out specifically, Seo Yehyeon nodded with a determined expression.

Could that guy also be…?

[The Initial Intentions Recovery Project is a project conducted exclusively for ‘Yoon Eden’.]

Oh, right. Thanks for confirming.

* * *

When the agency moved to a larger company building, the building finally got a recording studio, studio, and proper practice room.

I had visited the practice room a few times, but since I had my own proper studio equipped with the latest equipment, there was no particular reason to visit the studio.

Thanks to that, I had never visited the recording studio either. So this recording was my first visit to the company building’s recording studio.

The equipment in the studio and recording studio I briefly stopped by was so-so. Not bad enough to complain about, but not great equipment either? There didn’t seem to be any merit in working here instead of my own studio.

“How is it? Good, right? Not bad, right?”

I reluctantly nodded toward Manager Hyung, who was extremely proud of the recording studio as if he had built it himself. Social life is tough once, hah.

“How about installing cameras in the recording studio for behind-the-scenes filming?”

“Dobin, whether there are cameras or not, depending on how you record, hyung can become either an angel or a devil.”

“Ah, recording is like a training camp.”

I pushed Kim Dobin, who was making useless comments again, into the recording booth.

“Am I going first? Not Hajun hyung?”

“Yeah, let me experiment to see how much my mood improves after Jun records following your recording.”

“I also received intensive vocal lessons, you know? I’m not the old Kim Dobin, you know?”

Kim Dobin, wearing a confident smile, warmed up his voice in front of the microphone.

The MR started playing, and before Kim Dobin’s soulful part was even finished, I stopped the music and frowned.

“Again. You are the old Kim Dobin, man.”

“Huh? That can’t be right.”

“Hey, if skills improved dramatically from taking a few lessons, wouldn’t everyone in the world have taken some vocal lessons and debuted as singers? Let’s go again. Get your head straight.”

Only after repeating it several more times did Kim Dobin’s recording finally end.

“I guess I shouldn’t put Kim Dobin first. I’m getting heated up from the start of recording…?”

As I muttered in a bleak voice while glaring at the empty recording booth with my chin resting on my interlocked hands, Ryu Jaehee hurriedly pushed Gyeon Hajun into the recording booth.

“Eden hyung’s favorite, Hajun hyung is going in!”

“Just because you do this doesn’t mean my mood will… get better. Jun, let’s go straight to the next verse.”

As expected, hearing my preferred vocal tone stabilized my mind and body somewhat. I was nodding satisfactorily when I briefly stopped the MR and spoke up.

“That was good just now. It was good, but could you try raising just one key at the end of ‘catch me if you can’?”

Gyeon Hajun perfectly executed my request. I tapped the desk with my fingertips while briefly contemplating between the previous version and the current version, then shook my head briefly.

“Hmm, it would be better to go with the original. Jun, let’s go one more time. Yeah, don’t raise the key, go with the original version.”

Kim Dobin, who was watching from behind, muttered timidly.

“Please stop the discrimination against non-Gyeon Hajun…”

“Shut up, Doby.”

Ah, right. The relationship improvement score too. You might think such words wouldn’t deduct points from the relationship improvement score, but our dear members always exceeded my expectations, so I couldn’t let my guard down.

Fortunately, when I sneakily checked, the relationship improvement score remained the same as when I last saw it. Kim Dobin seems to be gradually maturing too.

After safely finishing recording and coming out of the recording booth, I handed Gyeon Hajun a water bottle while whispering loud enough for Kim Dobin to hear.

“Hyung, what does it feel like to be the owner of Eden hyung’s favorite vocal tone? I’m so curious about what it feels like to not get verbally beaten during recording.”

Maybe not. He still has a long way to go before maturing.

“Next, Yehyeon hyung, go in.”

“Not Jaehee?”

“I’m trying the alternating order once. Let me see how much positive impact it has on my blood pressure and mental health.”

So far, it’s been confirmed to be effective.

But Kim Dobin was just mild flavor that didn’t satisfy my infinitely high standards. In terms of skill, he was decent, and the ultimate spicy flavor king was still remaining.

“Yehyeon hyung, you can do it! Show them how hard you worked!”

“Hey, hey. Don’t say things that give Yoon Eden false hope.”

“Don’t feel pressured and do it comfortably, hyung.”

“Right, hyung. I didn’t have expectations anyway, so do it comfortably. I told you earlier. If people’s skills improved dramatically from a few lessons, everyone in the world would have debuted as singers.”

Receiving warm encouragement from the members, Seo Yehyeon hesitantly entered the recording booth. When our eyes met through the transparent booth, Seo Yehyeon flinched.

“Geez, I haven’t said a word yet, why are you getting scared? People might think I’m a really bad guy.”

“Do you know about Pavlov’s dog effect?”

“Why? Does he drool when he sees a recording studio microphone?”

“Would he?”

Although he was sighing deeply, his face looked better than before, as if his tension had eased somewhat.

I also prepared myself mentally and played the MR. I blinked while listening to Seo Yehyeon’s voice flowing in tune with the melody and beat.

Oh, he really did work hard? If his skill was espresso before, now it’s about an americano with 10 extra shots?

I clapped with emotion and spoke into the microphone.

“Again.”

The slight improvement in his skills was worth applauding, but he was still far from a passing grade.

* * *

Every time we have concept meetings, I feel that LnL is a hopeless small company.

Although the company grew in size due to Rev’s consecutive successes, the way LnL operates still hasn’t escaped small company level.

Usually, concepts finalized through meetings among working-level staff are presented to artists and the CEO in the form of proposals and presentations for coordination…

‘Here, the artists are also working-level staff, yep yep.’

The very fact that we prepared a PPT was typical of a disorganized small company.

It’s fortunate that at least the number of employees increased; remembering that the number of Rev members and agency employees used to be similar made me sigh.

Still, it was somewhat comforting that we could now strongly push our opinions, and the probability of them being accepted had increased.

Before regression, my opinions never got through. My perfectly good music that I created was criticized from the start.

Not being able to leave LnL was my second biggest regret from my regression. I will definitely achieve it in this round.

The title track is a song I wrote and composed with the concept of a phantom thief and detective chasing each other in mind.

The source of Ryu Jaehee’s idea for this concept was none other than our CEO Kim Nodam.

“Previously, you know, that concept I suggested during the concept meeting would be perfect. Multiverse! Traveling through space and time to find the culprits of unsolved crimes! And we’ll keep pushing forward with regular albums using this series.”

I brushed my chest in relief at the wave of reassurance.

He’s not sick, not possessed, not being controlled by a system – this is our usual CEO. The title track meeting was one step back for three steps forward.

The fierce debate within Rev between the opinion that ‘The CEO will definitely push that failed multiverse thief-catching concept from All Right or Night’ and ‘No, since a normal person’s soul has possessed the CEO’s body, he won’t push such concepts anymore’ seemed pointless.

Even though the CEO has always been consistent…

Kim Dobin, who had pushed the normal soul possession theory like a fanboy, looked disappointed.

No matter how you look at it, I definitely won the lottery.

“But why is the CEO so obsessed with space?”

“I don’t know, maybe his childhood dream was to be an astronaut.”

“Could he possibly be an alien hiding his identity…?”

“Does that make sense?”

While giving appropriate responses to Kim Dobin’s nonsensical whispering, I subtly raised my hand to the CEO’s opinion and countered.

“I think the detective concept would be sufficient as a one-time thing. It’s not like a Sherlock Holmes seasonal drama, and continuing to push this as a regular album series is a bit… The concept is too stale to keep transforming it to provide freshness.”

“Then multiverse is okay?”

“No.”

I passed the USB I received from Kim Dobin to Ryu Jaehee and said.

“Jaehee, go turn on the PPT.”

“Yes!”

After giving a half-hearted response to the CEO who still couldn’t give up his attachment to multiverse, I got up from my seat and approached the screen where the presentation was displayed.

Since it’s a regular album, I should step up myself.

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