A Blank Slate Regression for the Idol That Lost His Original Mindset - Chapter 459

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A Regression Guide for Idols Who Lost Their Initial Intentions Episode 459

No matter how much I wracked my brain trying to remember which scene this role was needed for, unless human memory was a computer, there was no way I could instantly recall the detailed scenes from the latter half of a killing-time drama I’d watched ages ago without a single clue.

If it were DROP THE BEAT, where I could recite each episode’s missions from seasons 1 through 9, that would be different.

“That’s what I’m saying. Where exactly does a national singing contest fit into the context of that drama?”

Seo Yehyeon, who had been most delighted to hear we wouldn’t need to act in front of cameras, seemed to belatedly sense something was off as he muttered with an extremely serious expression.

The cameo role we’d been given was a participant team performing on stage at a national singing contest.

I liked that performing on stage was our main job so it didn’t require much acting skill, but the given role was too out of the blue.

“Maybe one of the female or male leads has a hobby of watching or attending national singing contests? So now we appear on the national singing contest stage that one of them went to watch. But then the other person suddenly appears on stage afterward. The Female Lead or Male Lead who was watching from the audience seats gets surprised.”

Kim Dobin, who had experience honed by subculture, created almost an entire drama episode just from speculation.

“Rejected, no plausibility.”

Seo Yehyeon, with his arms crossed, delivered a cold assessment.

“Why? Isn’t this plausible enough?”

“No. It might not be one person’s preference but both people’s hobby. Look, Hajun, who may or may not be the sub-male lead, is a chaebol son. Then Hajun would go see classical performances or ballet and such. But the Male Lead says his hobby is also watching national singing contests.”

Why are you suddenly getting serious about this? When I asked if you had any opinions about your part direction before recording, you should have answered this seriously then.

“Then the story can now split into two situations.”

Whether I was grumbling internally or not, Seo Yehyeon continued creating the drama content with a serious face, raising one finger.

“Classical performances and ballet cost quite a bit and are taste-specific. But national singing contests – any Korean person will watch them just by having them on. Honestly, they’re fun. And they don’t cost money. And when people have matching hobbies, they get closer. So the Female Lead goes on dates with Hajun and the Male Lead once each, then her heart definitely leans toward the person with matching hobbies – that’s situation 1.”

Another finger shot up.

“Or the Male Lead and Female Lead accidentally meet in the audience seats while watching a national singing contest held in the neighborhood. Then they confirm they have the same hobby and rapidly grow closer – this is situation 2.”

“Hmm, I don’t know which one’s right, but both developments are pretty makjang.”

Listening to it, Seo Yehyeon’s story had more plausibility than Kim Dobin’s development.

But even after hearing Seo Yehyeon’s words, I didn’t get the feeling ‘That’s it, this was it!’, so it seemed none of those were the correct answer.

Well, it wouldn’t be makjang if ordinary people could predict it. If the development were predictable, it wouldn’t be makjang anymore.

“What are you talking about so interestingly?”

“Just talking about the band ensemble we’ll have in two days. Wondering just how terrible the discord will be.”

“I’m entering the path of a bass master thanks to one-on-one lessons. Should I show you now?”

“Eden Hyung complimented me saying I’m getting pretty good now. Eden Hyung praised me – aren’t you jealous?”

“Ryu Jae, don’t tell me your standards for praise have drastically lowered from hearing repetitive verbal abuse? I was like that too. After constantly getting yelled at, just one comment like ‘You’ve finally created a melody that seems human-made’ felt like praise and was moving, you know? From what I see, you’re in the same state now! Quickly come to your senses and escape!”

“Escape from what. Did I gaslight you guys? I just spoke the truth plainly, but I feel damn wronged.”

When Gyeon Hajun returned to the dormitory, everyone naturally changed the topic. The coffee truck and surprise cameo appearance were still secret from Gyeon Hajun, so we couldn’t let him find out until the filming day.

The content would be complete when we captured on camera Gyeon Hajun receiving the coffee truck without knowing anything and being moved while facing us who had made a surprise visit to the filming location.

Though I wasn’t particularly fond of turning daily life into content, unless the drama side released separate making films, showing fans Gyeon Hajun’s first drama filming like this wouldn’t be bad either.

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The next day.

Along with the coffee truck, the four of us excluding Gyeon Hajun arrived at the filming location for the drama 【Project Blind Date】.

Since it was our first time at a drama filming location due to being in a different field, I looked around the filming site with interested eyes.

Then I spotted Gyeon Hajun walking quickly toward us with a cafe latte takeout cup in hand, accompanied by his assigned manager.

Though he looked flustered, I could see a subtle smile playing around his lips, so it seemed he quite liked this situation.

“Hajun Hyung, surprise!”

“My goodness, you prepared this behind my back? You should have told me so I could contribute money.”

“If Hyung contributes money, then it’s no longer a gift. Just accept the members’ small gesture.”

“Wow, that way of speaking… Kim Dobin’s camera consciousness is legendary.”

“Eden Hyung, who grumbled that we should have sent this from the first filming and what do we do thinking about it now, is slandering me.”

“You don’t know, Doby Hyung. Eden Hyung’s grumbling is that type. You know how adults grumble for no reason when they’re embarrassed about their own mistakes? In other words, Eden Hyung thought it was his fault for not thinking of the coffee truck quickly and not sending it from the first filming.”

“As expected, the number one instructor for interpreting patriarchal language.”

“What are you guys saying?”

Whether we came to cheer him on and were having our usual conversation or not, Gyeon Hajun was reciting his thoughts about receiving the coffee truck and the members’ surprise visit as a surprise gift in front of the camcorder Seo Yehyeon was holding.

“I’m so grateful to the members. I’m moved to receive a gift I never expected.”

Seeing the staff and actors receiving coffee and snacks and greeting Gyeon Hajun saying they’d enjoy them made us all feel proud for no reason.

Only after taking a few shots for SNS verification photos in front of the coffee truck could we hear the exact filming content explanation from the drama PD.

We gathered in a corner to avoid interfering with filming until our turn to shoot, keeping our voices very low while waiting and conversing.

“All our predictions were wrong…”

“Who could have predicted a story where the Male Lead and Female Lead directly enter a national singing contest aiming for the grand prize to help the Female Lead’s grandmother who’s being bullied in a 6-person hospital room by a grandmother whose son won the national singing contest grand prize?”

It was even quite an important scene.

It was the scene where Kim Yuhwan (Gyeon Hajun’s role) naturally? accidentally sees the Female Lead and Male Lead happily singing on the national singing contest stage and acknowledges that he’s insufficient to make the Female Lead happy, then steps back.

From my perspective, it seemed like he lacked desperation rather than being insufficient to make her happy.

If the girl you like says she wants to go on a national singing contest stage once, shouldn’t you go up with her even if it damages your pride?

Anyway, our exact role as cameos appearing in such an important cut was…

“Please standby, you four. Yehyeon-ssi, you’ll play the grandson role. Before filming, we’ll just take one photo of Yehyeon-ssi with the prop phone. Please look here and smile naturally. Yes, like that. Wow, it came out really well even though we shot with the rear camera without any filter.”

We were the grandson and grandson’s friends of another patient grandmother in the Female Lead’s grandmother’s hospital room, who entered the national singing contest with the same purpose as the Female Lead and beat the Female Lead and Male Lead to win the grand prize.

And the grandson role went to Seo Yehyeon for the sole reason that he was the most handsome.

This would be reason for our maternal grandmother, the only person who says I’m the most handsome in Rev, to be furious if she heard. Of course, since no one else says that, I’m well aware of my place.

Fortunately, Seo Yehyeon, the master of bad acting, didn’t have to directly act the grandson role. He just needed to appear as a photo on another patient grandmother’s phone in the Female Lead’s grandmother’s hospital room, along with the line “This is our grandson!”

We only had to say lines twice during the national singing contest filming scene. Team introduction and acceptance speech – just twice like that.

Our turn was right after the Female Lead and Male Lead’s stage. Since they had even asked for our song request during the cameo appearance proposal stage, the song was already prepared.

They seemed quite prepared as I watched the chemistry of the lead actors playing the Female Lead and Male Lead in the story, who were putting on an upbeat stage, nodding my head to the beat, when Seo Yehyeon sighed heavily beside me.

“…Should we have just sung 【Nightmare】?”

“When are we going to match the four-person formation? And we’re not appearing as celebrities performing at a festival stage, but as ordinary people. If ordinary people sing 【Nightmare】 at a national singing contest, do you think they’d get a good response? The atmosphere wouldn’t come alive and we’d be eliminated immediately, hyung. Why are you like this when you practiced so hard?”

“Right. I’m doing all the singing anyway. Eden Hyung is doing the entire front part.”

“I won’t mess up the choreography, right? I won’t cause an NG in this important filming, right? We only practiced for an hour this morning.”

“I don’t think the grown hyung would mess up choreography at a much lower difficulty level than our usual standard. Especially when we’re only doing the first verse.”

Originally we were going to sing 【Love You】, the most refreshing song among ours that could really liven up the atmosphere, but we changed the song selection considering the main viewership and main audience of national singing contests. Of course, Kim Dobin also whipped up the choreography in 10 minutes.

The actor playing the MC role introduced the next act and we went up on stage according to the hand signals.

“Good day, I’m Hyosim-dol, who came up on this stage with friends to give my grandmother a grand act of filial piety today. Please treat us well.”

Seo Yehyeon recited one of the two comments given to him. His characteristic stiffness couldn’t be hidden, but perhaps judging that looking like a nervous ordinary person was more natural, there was no NG.

Seo Yehyeon’s comment ended safely.

The majestic intro of 【Wrong Relationship】, a karaoke steady seller for decades, resounded grandly.

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