A Blank Slate Regression for the Idol That Lost His Original Mindset - Chapter 176

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A Regression Guide for Idols Who Lost Their Initial Intentions Episode 176

 

 

 

 

 

Since the only fan song we had was a Christmas song recorded for reality show purposes last year or the year before, and our hiatus would be extended due to overseas schedules, all the members agreed to release a fan song.

 

Since we had been preparing it almost since the end of our [Other Side] activities, we had enough time to meet the schedule.

 

Originally, we planned to release it to coincide with Rev’s 2nd debut anniversary, but we delayed the release date a bit more, incorporating everyone’s opinion that gifts are most touching when given as surprises at unexpected moments.

 

And this fan song was also a kind of bait.

 

Since the song itself was produced in-house without outsourcing, there wasn’t much risk of leaks during the composition process, but since it would go through several places before the music source was released, we introduced watermarks for the music source to find out where it leaked from.

 

“And this is a more special music source that I carefully produced for Schrödinger’s spy accomplice, who may or may not be in the planning operations team.”

 

I waved the USB I was holding. Kim Dobin asked with curious eyes.

 

“What is it?”

 

“Just wait and see, man.”

 

This was a trap and an example to definitely send the leaker to hell.

 

If Parachute isn’t an internal accomplice of the spy who leaks music sources, then I’ll humbly pay the price for suspecting an innocent person.

 

Well. Wouldn’t a slightly less fucked spy’s future be enough as payment for my sins?

 

Anyway, since we had watermarks embedded, it wouldn’t be difficult to find which department the leak came from.

 

By the way, despite being a regressor, the time I had lived through was of no help at all.

 

Before regression, until became a hit, the company’s situation was so difficult that the planning director couldn’t even think of placing a parachute, and after it became a hit, I had a falling out with the company so I stopped caring about company affairs.

 

And there weren’t any music source leaks like this back then.

 

‘Come to think of it, I think I heard that someone from the operations team got fired for leaking Seo Yehyeon’s schedule and our comeback schedule…’

 

Ah, if I had known I would regress like this, I should have paid more attention!

 

Regretting the past, I delivered the USB containing the bait to the A&R team. While I was throwing the baited fishing line and just waiting for a bite.

 

“Oh, as expected, it’s up.”

 

Finally, the leaker took the bait just as we hoped.

 

Three days before the song release date that was only shared within the company, a song was uploaded to an illegal sharing site under the name of Rev’s new song.

 

I played it with a pounding heart…

 

“It’s not the original song, it seems to be the bait song, right? I can definitely hear the background music.”

 

“Okay, this confirms the department for sure.”

 

I hummed and opened my email.

 

Rather than anger over the leak, I felt more happiness about the leaker getting fucked soon.

 

“I should report copyright infringement to D*sney.”

 

“Why is D*zney suddenly coming up? Hyung, did you collaborate with Disney using that practice song?”

 

“No, I put D*sney music as background music underneath. Let’s see what happens if they upload it to illegal sites.”

 

Anyway, since the CEO personally took charge of the final registration of this song’s music source on streaming sites, there was no worry about that bait song being mistakenly uploaded to music streaming sites.

 

Seo Yehyeon shook his head with a strangely disgusted expression.

 

“No wonder I heard a strangely familiar melody…”

 

I giggled and sent the email I had carefully written in English.

 

“Take D*sney’s judgment well, as they chase you to the ends of hell. You have to pay the price for ignoring others’ copyrights.”

 

How much loss did I suffer from the leak?

 

Well, Disney will make the money, but I’ll think of that as payment for outsourcing.

 

 

 

* * *

 

 

 

And a few days later. News came that the leaker had been caught.

 

This leaker was also the same as the previous illegal leaker. An industrial spy sent from Shinwol Entertainment where Altair is.

 

When evidence of leaking was presented and it was revealed that there was an internal accomplice in the planning operations team, the leaker and spy obediently pointed out the accomplice.

 

And as expected, that internal accomplice was Parachute, the planning director’s nephew.

 

He said he couldn’t stand seeing us younger guys raking in money or something like that. In the midst of that, when the spy approached him, he fell for it completely.

 

Even though the agency itself had grown in size, it was still possible because it still operated haphazardly like a small company. The only fortunate thing was that the CEO felt a sense of crisis from this incident?

 

“People really don’t stick to just one thing.”

 

I thought the reason the parachute employee brought the cherry cake was just because he saw allergies as no big deal and brought it to promote his girlfriend’s shop’s signature seasonal cake, but knowing the reason for his cooperation, even the cake incident felt full of malice.

 

“But the cake incident was probably really for promotional purposes. If there had been malice, he would have brought a cream cake with cherries inside so I would eat it unknowingly. Not a cake with cherries on top and even cherry cream.”

 

Ryu Jaehee shrugged his shoulders.

 

 

 

 

 

[▷Let’s find the spy who leaked the music source! ✓

 

▶’Arrest the spy who leaked music sources before the next album activities’ completed.

 

▶As a reward, you receive 10 Initial Intention points and a random ticket.]

 

 

 

A window appeared announcing the quest’s success.

 

Ryu Jaehee, who came up with the trap idea, deserved about 50%, I deserved 40% for making the bait, and the CEO who spent money going to a detective agency to catch the spy deserved 10%.

 

I’d like to share the reward with Youngest Member too, but what can I do when the system only belongs to me.

 

Not long after, Manager Hyung brought us good news.

 

“Did you guys hear that your planning director is quitting?”

 

“Oh, really? It would be ridiculous for him to keep taking up space in the company when the parachute he placed caused such major trolling.”

 

“Oh, is the applause bot next to the CEO finally disappearing?”

 

Although the planning director was also an original member of the agency and had spent quite a long time with us, the members all showed no particular emotion about the planning director’s resignation news.

 

That was understandable since he was the main culprit who would applaud and boost confidence from the side, encouraging the clueless CEO to push through with his opinions.

 

“I’m more surprised that all those lettering cakes until now weren’t from an employee’s connection shop, really. Why did he insist on that cake shop so much?”

 

Seo Yehyeon grumbled with a frown. Kim Dobin told us the truth.

 

“I was curious about that too, so I casually asked, and it’s just because the shop is near the agency.”

 

This was truly admirable in a different sense.

 

 

 

* * *

 

 

 

The leaked version was immediately taken down, and the schedule was moved up so Rev’s fan song was released as a digital single the next day.

 

 

 

-Another leak? These days ㅇ3’s music keeps getting leaked. Does the agency even plan to catch the culprit?

 

-Whoa they caught the culprit

 

-Ugh, so it was an internal leak after all, they really do all sorts of things ㅇ3

 

-I heard there was D*sney OST playing there, seems like the company was determined to send the distributor straight to hell lol

 

-Ah fuck, the leaker got sued by D*sney lmaooooo So now they’re saying they’re gonna sue LnL too lmaooo

 

└If he hadn’t leaked it to illegal sites, he wouldn’t have been sued by D*sney either… The music source uploaded to streaming sites didn’t have D*sney OST in it

 

└The one who stepped on the trap card set to catch the culprit is at fault, what crime does the one who set the trap card have

 

 

 

Fans who had been angry about repeated music source leaks also felt relieved and enjoyed the fan song with the continuous good news.

 

 

 

-Fuck if our Rev wants it of course we can spend twenty more four seasons together

 

-It’s nice to hear a calm song for once after always listening to Rev’s intense songs

 

-I really hope they sing this live at the concert ㅠㅠ

 

 

 

But besides the fan song, there was one more surprise that even fans didn’t know about.

 

It was DTB 3, which was currently running at the highest stock price, popularizing hip hop.

 

 

 

[Wnet DTB3 ep.9 Preview]

 

[LilP vs Yoo Taegeun]

 

[Finally, only the last round of the quarterfinal big match remains!]

 

[Who will be the final contestant to advance to the SEMI FINAL stage?]

 

[R-NZ: Oh, shit!]

 

[BQ9: Is this for real? This is possible?]

 

 

 

Still cuts from the stage and the rising prize money amounts, images of rappers clutching their heads or widening their eyes flashed by rapidly.

 

 

 

[And finally!]

 

[Time to determine the final 2 who will advance to the FINAL stage!]

 

[MC: We will now reveal the bracket.]

 

 

 

Rappers and producers covering their mouths while looking at the blurred bracket appeared one by one.

 

 

 

[G1: This is an epic bracket, truly epic.]

 

[Raise Boy: Those guys are completely sharpening their knives!]

 

[Moltic: Tsk, isn’t D.I’s side taking too much of a risk? If it were me, I would never attempt something like that…]

 

[D.I: I’m confident I can tear them all apart. Right, beep-ah?]

 

[?: Ah, of course.(voice modulated)]

 

 

 

The scene of D.I grinning while putting his arm around someone with a covered face backstage passed by, and the video concluded by showing the silhouettes of four people standing on a dimly lit stage with hazy lighting.

 

 

 

[DROP THE BEAT 3 SEMI FINAL]

 

[This Friday night at 10 PM]

 

 

 

As the survival program currently heating up South Korea the most, interest was growing quite significantly toward the featuring singer for D.I’s semi-final stage, who briefly appeared in the preview and is considered a strong championship candidate.

 

 

 

-I hope D.I gets matched up with BQ Nine

 

└Both are too good to drop in the semi-finals, but Dubnet definitely wouldn’t have matched them up

 

└Ah, both should make it to the finals

 

-Moltic saying “isn’t that too much of a risk?” makes it seem like D.I brought someone who’ll properly stir up controversy as featuring, so next week is fucking anticipated

 

-He’s damn tall, who is it?

 

-Fuck, they say he’s an idol?

 

└Are they trying to put in a chorus vocalist as featuring? Please let it be someone who can actually sing

 

└We’re screwed, they say his position is rapper

 

└Has D.I lost his mind??? Is he just throwing away this stage?

 

└Is this for real? Not just a rumor?

 

└I can already see without watching how the stage got ruined by riding on that idol rapper’s coattails lol Tried to ride on the idol’s fame but looks like the stage is gonna get buried instead huh? lol

 

└Fuck Yongcheol, you were doing so well, why did you make this choice

 

└He definitely stirred up controversy properly though

 

└BQ9 hyung, congratulations on winning in advance

 

└Who would’ve known our biggest rival would score such a massive own goal like this lololol

 

 

 

While criticism was happening on one side, the other side was completely excited with anticipation.

 

 

 

-DTB3 Episode 9 preview 00:39, isn’t that Eden? Even with his face covered, that body is definitely Eden’s, right?

 

-I recognized him immediately and screamed

 

-Can we finally see Yoon Eden’s main job moment?

 

└Eden’s main job is being an idol though

 

-Right now he’s getting tons of hate for being an idol, but I hope our Korean hip-hop top tier tears up the stage to show them

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