A Blank Slate Regression for the Idol That Lost His Original Mindset - Chapter 143

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A Regression Guide for Idols Who Lost Their Initial Intentions Episode 143

 

 

 

 

 

Seo Yehyeon, who had been sitting on the bed with his arms crossed, tapped the script he received from Manager Hyung and said.

 

“Why don’t you tell me why you’re trying to interfere with my drama casting opportunity? It’s not even a lead role, and it’s just the female lead’s friend with no romance line.”

 

“Well, that’s because…!”

 

Should I sacrifice my sincerity points to tell him the truth, or should I just let him get brutally criticized and give up on acting himself?

 

While I was just beating my chest in frustration without being able to speak, Ryu Jaehee opened his mouth with a serious expression.

 

“Hyung, you can’t act.”

 

Thanks to Ryu Jaehee saying what I wanted to say, I felt refreshed as if I had gulped down a cold drink.

 

“Did you forget filming the music video, which was our first attempt at acting?”

 

The atmosphere became solemn at those words. How could we forget? All those NGs that Seo Yehyeon produced.

 

“Maybe it was because Yehyeon Hyung wasn’t used to cameras back then?”

 

When Gyeon Hajun took Seo Yehyeon’s side, Seo Yehyeon nodded, saying that was right.

 

Yeah, the sound of getting beaten up by viewers and fans for bad acting.

 

“People who are naturally gifted at acting do well even when they’re not used to cameras. Hajun Hyung, did you perform such excellent acting back then because you were used to cameras?”

 

At Ryu Jaehee’s rebuttal, Gyeon Hajun, who had delivered unrequited love acting that made everyone gasp in admiration, smiled awkwardly and ran his hand through the back of his hair.

 

“Besides, the role that Yehyeon Hyung got cast for isn’t just a simple childhood friend of the female lead, but someone who falls in love with the female lead’s twin sister, and after that sister dies in an accident, develops a strange bond and feelings with the female lead.”

 

Despite such complex emotional lines, what Seo Yehyeon acted before regression was just an awkward male friend of the female lead. Because of that, he received tremendous criticism for being miscast. To the extent that even Seo Yehyeon’s face couldn’t cover for it.

 

And the nickname “Clumsy” that was attached to Seo Yehyeon expanded from dance to encompass acting as well, becoming a comprehensive nickname.

 

“Hyung, you’ve never even taken acting lessons. It seems like they cast you just based on your face, but can you handle all the criticism that will pour in later?”

 

“Are you continuously pushing the narrative that I can’t act?”

 

It’s not pushing a narrative, you really can’t act! If it weren’t for these damn sincerity points and causing discord, I would make Seo Yehyeon face reality.

 

“Then let’s just try it!”

 

Kim Dobin clapped his hands and drew everyone’s attention.

 

“Try what?”

 

“Acting.”

 

At those words, Seo Yehyeon frowned.

 

“You want me to act alone here? Put on a one-man show in front of you guys?”

 

“When you stand in front of cameras, there are times more staff than members, you know?”

 

Since it was true anyway, Seo Yehyeon couldn’t make any rebuttal.

 

“Still, I don’t want to. How embarrassing would it be for me to do it alone?”

 

“If this is embarrassing, how will you act in front of cameras?”

 

He muttered as if talking to himself for others to hear, then when Seo Yehyeon’s sharp gaze reached him, he whistled and smoothly avoided eye contact.

 

“Since Yehyeon Hyung would be embarrassed doing it alone, let’s have a Rev acting competition while we’re at it.”

 

The rules are simple. Four members decide on topics and make the target person act them out.

 

The person who shows the most outstanding acting skills gets a prize of 100,000 won!

 

“But who’s giving the prize money?”

 

“Obviously the leader, right?”

 

“When did my bank account money become Rev group funds? Huh? Since when did we have group meetings?”

 

When I glared at Ryu Jaehee, Kim Dobin next to him quietly raised his hand and said.

 

“Then I’ll…”

 

“Forget it. What money do you guys have? I’ll pay.”

 

“We got paid too, you know.”

 

“Yeah, use that money to buy snacks.”

 

After lightly ruffling Kim Dobin’s hair, we decided the order. Once the order was set, the four of us put our heads together to decide the first batter’s acting topic.

 

The topic for first batter Kim Dobin is…!

 

“A eunuch who accidentally slipped and splashed wash water on the king’s face.”

 

Kim Dobin, hearing his topic, asked with a subtle expression.

 

“What exactly was the criteria for deciding the topic?”

 

“I gave you some merit for being first batter. Something you could do easily since it’s not too different from your own image.”

 

“Are you saying I look like a eunuch?”

 

Be grateful you’re not a house fairy, Dobin.

 

Kim Dobin pretended to hold something and walked across the bed, then fell with a thud, looked up with a horrified expression, then immediately prostrated himself.

 

“Your Majesty, please have mercy!”

 

At the historical drama standard line delivered in a booming voice, I rolled around on the bed clutching my stomach with laughter. Ah, this is pretty fun.

 

I was giggling and about to give him 5 points for great acting, but Seo Yehyeon beat me to it.

 

“0 points. You got the role interpretation wrong from the start.”

 

At that cold evaluation, Kim Dobin slowly raised his head and asked.

 

“Why?”

 

“‘Please have mercy’ means to consider and look after, so it’s related to patriotic loyalty, but you committed the grave sin of daring to splash water on His Majesty’s face, so ‘I have committed a mortal sin, Your Majesty. Please kill me’ would be correct.”

 

“Not ‘please forgive me just this once’? What if I ask to be killed and he actually grants that wish and really kills me?”

 

“Then you should die.”

 

Indeed, the era of royal authority was cold. Long live an equal society.

 

“And eunuchs don’t have voices that deep. They get cut before puberty.”

 

“What gets cut…?”

 

“What do you think.”

 

Everyone shuddered when they saw where Seo Yehyeon’s gaze briefly went.

 

“Yeah, that’s right. 0 points.”

 

“0 points, he says, hyung.”

 

“The role interpretation was disappointing. 1 point.”

 

Among the parade of 0 points, Kim Dobin rushed toward Gyeon Hajun, who gave him 1 point, with tears of gratitude glistening in his eyes.

 

The topic for next batter Ryu Jaehee is,

 

“Meeting your real sister at a blind date.”

 

“I object. I’ve never been on a blind date.”

 

At Ryu Jaehee’s objection, I replied indifferently.

 

“Nobody here has probably done it.”

 

“I have though.”

 

Four gazes focused on Seo Yehyeon.

 

“When? When exactly did you go on blind dates behind our backs?”

 

“When I was twenty. Right after entering university.”

 

“Ah, back then, well…”

 

That was before Seo Yehyeon even became a trainee, so everyone nodded in understanding.

 

“Wait, then three out of four judges don’t know if that’s good acting. Change it, change it.”

 

“Haven’t you seen blind date scenes in dramas?”

 

“I have, but I wasn’t particularly interested so I skipped them.”

 

“I don’t know, I don’t really watch Korean dramas except for Sandglass.”

 

“Wow, Sandglass is so old…”

 

At my response, Ryu Jaehee next to me muttered something that could have been admiration or disgust.

 

Anyway, Ryu Jaehee’s topic didn’t change.

 

“Huh, Noona? Why are you here…”

 

Ryu Jaehee showed acting that was unclear whether it was his real sister or his current girlfriend, earning an average score of 1 point.

 

Next, the topic for Gyeon Hajun, who had earned the nickname “acting-dol” before regression, is…

 

“A trashy ex-boyfriend who broke up with his girlfriend but came crawling back a week later.”

 

“Hyung, you have to really bring out the ‘trashy’ part!”

 

Gyeon Hajun, who made a troubled expression after hearing the topic, closed his eyes for a moment then lay down on the bed. Lying on his side looking at his phone screen, tears streamed down from Gyeon Hajun’s eyes.

 

“His crying acting is insane.”

 

I whispered in Ryu Jaehee’s ear in admiration.

 

Watching Gyeon Hajun act out calling his ex-girlfriend, listing his mistakes, and pathetically clinging to her, everyone covered their mouths. Even knowing it was acting, Gyeon Hajun felt really trashy.

 

“Wow, he really seems like trash.”

 

“His girlfriend breaking up with him was the right choice.”

 

“Hurry up and delete your girlfriend’s number! Let your girlfriend go!”

 

I grabbed the hood of Kim Dobin, who was getting overly immersed and shaking Gyeon Hajun’s shoulders wildly, and flung him away.

 

No matter how well Gyeon Hajun acted, insubordination is a bit much, isn’t it, Dobin?

 

Gyeon Hajun received a unanimous score of 5 points and instantly rose to first place.

 

Next, my turn came up.

 

I had finished all preparations to humbly accept any topic and deliver top-tier acting to prevent spending 10,000 won. As I closed my eyes and prepared to establish my emotional line, the topic reached my ears.

 

“A situation where you’re getting money extorted by a delinquent senior when suddenly your soul swaps with a gangster.”

 

“Why does a soul swap suddenly happen!”

 

I opened my eyes wide at the five-star difficulty topic and protested.

 

“Wow, it’s a topic we came up with, but the difficulty is no joke. A dual role.”

 

“Still, I tried to include a role that hyung would be confident with to balance things out.”

 

“Am I a gangster? Huh?”

 

“Oh, you figured it out without us saying anything.”

 

I gave Ryu Jaehee a light headlock and bowed my head deeply to establish my emotional line. Sorry Jun, but I’m taking that 10,000 won.

 

Alright, from now on I’m a pitiful student getting money extorted by delinquents. Of course, I’ve never actually been extorted.

 

“Huh? Money? I don’t have any money.”

 

“No, wrong! Wrong! That’s not getting extorted by delinquents, that’s like a 1970s thug rebelling against a teacher for not having bribe money!”

 

Seo Yehyeon immediately tackled me as soon as I uttered a single line. He scrunched up his expression and growled.

 

“Ah, let me act a little!”

 

I had barely established my emotional line, and now this guy was interfering to prevent me from getting that 10,000 won?

 

Only after the youngest line held Seo Yehyeon from both sides could I start acting again. I safely finished the cowering and intimidated acting and moved to the next phase.

 

The gangster acting after the soul swap.

 

“Money? You want me to give you money? Hey, buddy. Are you crazy.”

 

When I smiled crookedly, spoke in a rough manner, then turned serious and lowered my voice while pretending to pat the delinquent’s cheek, comments poured in saying I seemed experienced.

 

But Seo Yehyeon’s criticism was about something else.

 

“Could you please not use that awkward dialect.”

 

“Huh, but a Busan hyung I know talks like this?”

 

“That’s not it.”

 

Since a real Gyeongsang Province native said so, I had no choice but to accept it.

 

“Then what is it?”

 

“Are you crazy.”

 

Hearing the native dialect, I could tell. The intonation was the problem, the intonation.

 

My score was Seo Yehyeon 1 point, Ryu Jaehee 3 points, Gyeon Hajun 4 points, Kim Dobin 3 points, so my 10,000 won flew away just like that.

 

And finally, the topic for Seo Yehyeon, who caused this pointless competition to be held, was…!

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