A Blank Slate Regression for the Idol That Lost His Original Mindset - Chapter 340

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Regression Manual for Idols Who Lost Their Original Intent Chapter 340

Seo Yehyeon and Ryu Jaehee, who had stuck close to both sides of Gyeon Hajun to read the first scenario together, briefly shared their impressions.

“Oh, this is totally a classic rom-com. Childhood first love friends who grew apart, reuniting as a new employee and supervisor relationship.”

“The fashion industry setting is unique too. The role Hajun hyung got cast for is just like ‘Female Lead’s intern colleague 2’ with no love line, so it’s appropriate.”

This drama they were talking about had everything from sponsorship issues to historical perspective problems, actor problems, and nepotism casting blow up, only giving viewers fatigue and ending early due to plummeting ratings.

The reason I remember this so clearly is because I was in charge of composing the OST for this drama before my regression.

It confused me whether I should be happy about getting reviews saying it was “a drama with only a damn good OST,” or whether I should be pissed that such a drama was associated with my song.

As soon as I caught Gyeon Hajun’s eyes filled with interest like Seo Yehyeon and Ryu Jaehee, I immediately opened my mouth.

I had to somehow extinguish that interest.

“It’s boring. Too dull.”

“Read the scenario first, then evaluate it. Would you like it if others judged a song you composed just by looking at the song description?”

At Seo Yehyeon’s scolding, I pulled the scenario that was placed in front of Gyeon Hajun toward me while maintaining an indifferent expression and flipped through it.

“Hmm, it’s really not my taste. Too boring.”

“Of course it would be. You’re not the target audience. If they were targeting guys like you as their main viewership, they wouldn’t be planning this kind of cheesy classic romantic comedy but would have done a Wild Years remake instead.”

I felt unnecessarily upset at Seo Yehyeon’s rebuttal. What’s wrong with Wild Years?

“Anyway, it would be better not to do this one, Jun. Really.”

When I spoke seriously, Gyeon Hajun shook his head briefly.

“There’s no need to decide too hastily. We should look at the other one too.”

No, do you think I’m trying to prevent you from debuting in dramas until my favorite drama gets remade?! I know that’s not getting remade either!

But I couldn’t tell Gyeon Hajun that this drama would flop and even the actors who appeared in it would get negative rumors due to nepotism casting, so I could only beat my frustrated chest.

The one who suffered the most from nepotism casting rumors was an idol group member-turned-actor who had appeared in several previous works, so how much more would they tear apart Gyeon Hajun, who would be debuting as an actor for the first time?

“Plus, it’s Writer Kim Jeongseok. Someone who has never failed at the box office! This is a really good chance.”

Right, the problem is that this drama would become that person’s only failure. They hated even mentioning it, so actors who appeared in this drama couldn’t get cast in Writer Kim Jeongseok’s later works.

This was also the most important reason I had to prevent Gyeon Hajun from appearing in this drama.

Gyeon Hajun’s representative work as an actor was precisely Writer Kim Jeongseok’s work that came after this one.

If Gyeon Hajun went into this, he wouldn’t be able to meet his life’s work.

I had never felt frustrated or stifled about not being able to reveal my regression until now, but today I was damn frustrated.

While I was internally tearing my hair out, the three of them were reading through the second scenario.

“And this one…”

Unlike his usual calm demeanor, Gyeon Hajun had his mouth slightly open and was repeatedly flipping the scenario back and forth several times, while Ryu Jaehee stopped mid-sentence and closed his mouth.

“So to summarize, two people who don’t want to go on blind dates both hire substitutes with the same names to make the other person sick of them, but they perform so well that from their first meeting they imprint each other as insane people, and these two are the female lead and male lead? But the female lead, male lead, and the man who stood in for the male lead meet again as parties involved in an important collaboration project? The male lead, who doesn’t know about the substitute, gets anxious watching the two getting closer, thinking they’re the original blind date partners? Meanwhile, the woman who substituted for the female lead falls in love with the male lead and tries to make that blind date happen again? But due to the same-name meta, there’s a misunderstanding that the female lead is going on another blind date with the man who substituted for the male lead, so the male lead goes to that blind date too?”

Seo Yehyeon, who summarized the scenario in place of Ryu Jaehee who couldn’t continue speaking, evaluated this drama scenario with one clean sentence.

“It’s a complete mess, isn’t it?”

And that was exactly the plot of that drama, without a single lie.

It was such an issue that I ended up watching it several times, then binge-watched all the previous episodes and even watched it live, so hearing the plot brought back fresh memories.

Hearing the plot summarized like that made convincing Gyeon Hajun seem even more hopeless.

Even I’m getting confused listening to this, and I’m supposed to tell my friend to act in this? There’s no answer, really.

“Just how many love triangles are there?”

“And the role Hajun hyung got is exactly the man who substituted for the male lead. He’d be playing a role that’s an important pillar of this complete mess.”

Ryu Jaehee added with a dark expression.

I think the actor who played that role before my regression was somewhat similar to Gyeon Hajun’s image?

Gyeon Hajun’s acting skills are certainly enough to handle that role without any casting controversy noise. Though there wasn’t any casting controversy to begin with.

“Isn’t this almost a main supporting role level? Nice. If we say he landed a main supporting role from his first drama, his evaluation will rise even more.”

As I clapped and spoke, Seo Yehyeon and Ryu Jaehee, who were already hooked on the first scenario, looked at me as if I were some guy trying to ruin Gyeon Hajun’s first step into acting.

“What’s the point of being a main supporting role in a drama nobody watches?”

This crazy makjang taste will be a huge hit because the lead actors will deliver it so deliciously, a huge hit!

Kim Dobin, who hadn’t shown interest when he first heard the first scenario’s plot, suddenly straightened his upper body that had been sprawled on the sofa.

“So in the end, they both confess that they were substitutes for each other?”

At that question that couldn’t hide his interest, I ruffled Kim Dobin’s hair vigorously and said confidently.

“See, see. It makes you curious about what happens next. Success comes from experimental things like this rather than conventional ones.”

This kid, supporting me like this. You do have your useful moments! It seemed like I’d been feeling that way about Kim Dobin more often lately. Has Kim Dobin grown too?

Of course, I didn’t even think that Kim Dobin had said that after reading my feelings and plans. Maybe Ryu Jaehee could, but Kim Dobin? Impossible.

“Hajun, don’t listen to Yoon Eden’s nonsense. This really isn’t it. Just go with the conventional choice. Even if it’s your first debut as an actor, you should choose something that helps your filmography and remains something you can be proud of.”

Seo Yehyeon seriously advised Gyeon Hajun.

Yeah, damn it. That’s exactly why I’m pushing the second scenario right now. Does he think I’m doing this on purpose because I’m jealous of Gyeon Hajun debuting as an actor and want to make sure he can never set foot in the drama industry again?

But Gyeon Hajun, who was half-listening to Seo Yehyeon’s words while skimming through the second scenario once more, suddenly called me.

“Eden.”

“Yeah?”

“Is there a reason you’re so insistent on the second one?”

I would have been relieved if even curiosity or doubt had shown through, but Gyeon Hajun’s deep brown eyes, whose thoughts were hard to read, stared at me intently.

At the extremely ordinary question that made only me feel guilty, I hesitated imperceptibly before answering nonchalantly.

“The second drama has a good feeling. And our Doby with good instincts is also showing more interest in the second one. This will really work, I’m telling you.”

“Seeing how even I, who’s marinated in subculture, am interested, it really seems like this will be more popular than the first drama, just like Eden hyung says.”

Kim Dobin, who had unexpectedly received my recognition, also added his words to persuade Gyeon Hajun.

Gyeon Hajun gathered the two scenarios in one place, nodded, and said calmly.

“Alright, then I’ll go with the second scenario.”

Huh? Even I was surprised and rolled my eyes at how unexpectedly easily the persuasion had worked.

“Hajun! Think about it one more time! You have to consider what your family will think when they watch it!”

“Hajun hyung. This is too much of a gamble. If the first drama was somewhat boring, I’d understand, but choosing the second when the first one has almost 90% guaranteed success is a bit…”

Seo Yehyeon and Ryu Jaehee urgently grabbed Gyeon Hajun and tried to persuade him, but Gyeon Hajun’s will was firm.

“Let’s gamble once. From our follow-up song at the beginning of our debut until now, has Eden’s choice ever been wrong?”

I let out a sigh of relief at Gyeon Hajun’s appearance as he shrugged and looked back at me.

No way, really no way… Gyeon Hajun isn’t catching on to my regression, is he? My secret that even the sharp-witted Ryu Jaehee hasn’t noticed?

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With the first place on a popular music show as the finale, our “Mongyu Byeolgok ” activities came to an end.

Although we didn’t have high expectations due to the comeback date being late October, the indicators were good enough that we could even aim for this year’s grand prize, so both the agency and the members had high expectations.

Before getting our vacation, there was one schedule we had to attend. It was the annual event that was no different from a regular occurrence, the 【Idol Sports Championship】, or “Achidae” for short.

We had skipped it a few times due to prior schedules like overseas events, but this time there was nothing like that, so we had no choice but to participate.

“How petty of terrestrial broadcasting to threaten us with music shows and variety shows.”

I grumbled while recalling the Sports University event we went to early in our debut. Gyeon Hajun, who had been scanning the paper with the printed events that Manager Hyung had given us, stroked his chin and muttered.

“They added a few more events while we weren’t showing our faces?”

While scanning the events together beside him, I spotted the sport I was most confident in and claimed it in advance.

“Oh, there’s soccer. I’m definitely doing soccer.”

As a former soccer club member who ran around the sports field every lunch break at school, I couldn’t miss this big event. Should I casually score five goals?

Seo Yehyeon would obviously choose archery, which he’s most confident in.

“Then I’ll do volleyball!”

Kim Dobin confidently raised his hand.

“Do you even know how to play volleyball?”

“The anime I’m watching these days is a volleyball anime.”

“Thank you so much for giving an answer that doesn’t stray from expectations, Dobin.”

Growth my ass, haha.

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