A Blank Slate Regression for the Idol That Lost His Original Mindset - Chapter 567

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A Regression Guide for Idols Who Lost Their Original Intent Episode 567

During Gyeon Hajun’s solo activities, all the members attended the last week’s music show to cheer him on, and after the activities completely ended, we even threw a commemorative party.

Of course, I know well that this time it’s peaceful activities without any parachutes or three-way confrontations, so the interest level is bound to be relatively lower, so I’d be satisfied if they just did one of those two things.

As I smiled benevolently, Ryu Jaehee’s face turned pale looking at me like that.

“…Hyung, you’re not planning something weird again just because it’s the last broadcast, are you? For example, planning to do an encore stage wearing tiger animal pajamas as a pledge if we get first place on next week’s music show…”

Ryu Jaehee claims I attract too much aggro, but sometimes I see that Ryu Jaehee was even worse than me. That was an aggro method I couldn’t even imagine.

Is there any reason to give Daydream tiger PTSD?

“Why, I’ll do the encore stage wearing cat pajamas instead of tiger ones. Is that okay?”

At my grumbling, Ryu Jaehee said with an openly relieved face that cats would be better than tigers.

Of course, I had no intention of ending my last activities in a state that only reinforced the misunderstanding that my pursuit was cuteness. I’d worn animal pajamas to my heart’s content, so now it was time to break free from the shackles of animal pajamas.

If I drag out animal pajamas any further here, it would only become brain-dead. Everything is most fun when you only do it for one verse.

While I was having a serious conversation with Ryu Jaehee, Gyeon Hajun returned to the dormitory. He was holding several thick script collections in his hands.

“Huh, what scripts? Wasn’t today’s schedule an event?”

“Oh, I stopped by the agency after the schedule ended and picked these up. A few drama scripts came in, so they asked me to read them and decide.”

Gyeon Hajun lightly shook the scripts in his hand. Seeing that there were clearly more than two, it seemed Gyeon Hajun had definitely succeeded in establishing himself as an actor through 【Project Blind Date】.

Well, just as the male elementary students obsessed with DTB know me even if they don’t know Rev, middle-aged women also know Gyeon Hajun even if they don’t know Rev, and this alone shows his potential.

Of course, there were no leading roles among the parts casting Gyeon Hajun. He wasn’t even a lead but appeared in one drama as a main supporting character, and if he got cast as a lead right away, that would be a novel Kim Dobin reads, not reality.

I picked up one of the scripts placed on the table in front of the sofa and skimmed through it, then discovered a familiar name.

“TvZ, this is cable… It’s Writer Kim Jeongseo’s script?”

“I actually saw that one in the car on the way here too. He used to only do terrestrial broadcasts, but he came to cable this time.”

Gyeon Hajun answered while flipping through another script. Ryu Jaehee, who had been reading one script with great interest beside us, looked up from the paper and casually joined our conversation.

“Didn’t M Company make some disappointed remarks after 【Love Line Design】 failed spectacularly last time? So it seems like he joined hands with cable this time. The sponsorship issues and connection casting that exploded back then were also the production company’s responsibility.”

“That could be it. Anyway, this one doesn’t really appeal to me in terms of content. I’ll put this on hold.”

Gyeon Hajun, who had put down the script he was looking through on the table, looked at the scripts Ryu Jaehee and I were holding with appraising eyes.

Just like I had made him choose 【Project Blind Date】 last time, this time I had to make Gyeon Hajun choose Writer Kim Jeongseo’s work that was in my hands.

This drama was a work that had been a huge hit before my regression.

Above all, this drama was also Gyeon Hajun’s representative work as an actor before regression.

The role Gyeon Hajun played back then became a hot topic, playing a decisive role in establishing himself as an idol-turned-actor.

But I’m not sure about now.

Back then, it was the first substantial role he got after only playing minor supporting roles with little screen time, but now the image of Team Leader Yuhwan from 【Project Blind Date】 is so firmly embedded.

Still, what’s certain is that this drama definitely becomes a hit.

Just in case, I skimmed through the other scripts once and told Gyeon Hajun.

“Among these, I think Writer Kim Jeongseo’s work looks the best.”

“I’m not sure. That work is also the one I’m most worried about.”

“What are you worried about? Ratings?”

At my question, Gyeon Hajun looked at me silently.

“Hey, Jun. Do you need to worry about ratings? You just need to act well. Anyway, our main job is being idols, so we won’t have to worry about making a living just because drama ratings don’t work out once, right?”

When I gave him words of encouragement telling him to relax, Gyeon Hajun made a groaning sound and honestly confessed.

“To be honest, I’m burdened because Writer Kim Jeongseo’s previous work failed.”

“Even monkeys fall from trees sometimes. That’s just how it is.”

I said, shrugging my shoulders.

“Is there a law that says you’ll fail forever just because you slipped up once? Rather, this time he might be determined to do it properly. Don’t you remember how 【Clear Stream Song】 hit the Billboard Hot 100 chart after our 【Ride or Die】?”

“Ride or Die became a reverse hit because it exploded overseas. But 【Love Line Design】…”

Gyeon Hajun really does have a talent for dissing. Look at that ability to hit 【Love Line Design】 to the bone just by trailing off without completing the sentence.

Gyeon Hajun, who let out a deep sigh, continued.

“It’s not that I’m burdened about this work failing too, but since the hit-maker writer slipped up once, people’s attention will be focused on the next work, and Writer Kim Jeongseo will also put all his effort into this work to make up for the last result. But what if I can’t meet those expectations and cause controversy…”

Even after confessing all the worries in his heart, Gyeon Hajun was still looking at Writer Kim Jeongseo’s script with a troubled expression.

Honestly, I understood.

Right now, Gyeon Hajun had no choice but to be cautious. He had been properly recognized for his acting skills in 【Project Blind Date】 and thanks to that, established a solid position as an actor. It wasn’t unreasonable for him to worry about whether this choice would continue that image or shake it.

Still, seeing him lingering over that script put my mind at ease a little.

Because I wasn’t forcing Gyeon Hajun to do a drama he didn’t want to do.

“Jun, if you hesitate like that, you’ll miss the chance to be filial. Your mother’s top pick writer is Writer Kim Jeongseo. You should be filial to her once.”

Since Gyeon Hajun was still making a lukewarm expression, I threw one more punch as a last resort.

“And I guarantee it. This drama will definitely succeed. It was the same when you did 【Project Blind Date】.”

I shrugged and said.

“Back then, everyone except Doby opposed Project Blind Date and pushed for Love Line Design, but what happened in the end? The Project Blind Date I pushed became a huge hit. So trust me this time too. When have I ever forced you to do something harmful?”

The memory burden doesn’t count since the current me didn’t do that.

“That’s not it, but I still want to think about it a little more…”

“If you find me that untrustworthy, just go to Yehyeon hyung for consultation and decide. For reference, that guy pushed for 【Love Line Design】 before. Just so you know.”

I deliberately added a few blunt words.

“But I would also choose Writer Kim Jeongseo’s work. Even though he slipped up once, his basic batting average is high. Eden hyung, who has an eye for these things, is also pushing for Writer Kim Jeongseo’s work this time. There must be a reason why Eden hyung opposed it last time but is pushing for it this time.”

Ryu Jaehee provided excellent support from the side.

But let me correct one thing. He says I have an eye for these things, but I don’t know about drama success after our 7th anniversary.

If I search my memories, I might be able to recall up to the 10th anniversary somehow? Of course, I won’t know even if I find memories after the 10th anniversary.

“Then I’ll ask Doby once too. I should ask Doby to pick the work that seems most likely to be a hit.”

The name of the consultant that came from Gyeon Hajun’s mouth was very unexpected.

Jun, have you also started relying on Kim Dobin like Rev’s lucky totem?

The saying “he who touches pitch shall be defiled” isn’t there for nothing. To realize the importance of surrounding environment like this.

“Or how about definitely asking CEO, who is Rev’s official lucky totem, along with Doby hyung as a cross-check?”

“I’ll be satisfied with Doby. One of the scripts has SF elements. If it’s CEO, I think he’d definitely choose this one.”

“Just take it without that script. Then it’ll work.”

“Absolutely not! Isn’t this the first or second time that man has no sense?”

Youngest, you were supporting well, why are you doing this?

With Kim Dobin, I could secretly nudge him beforehand to tell Gyeon Hajun to choose Writer Kim Jeongseo’s work, but that’s impossible with CEO, so I desperately blocked it.

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DTB producers had plenty of time since there wasn’t much to do until the main competition, except for the early preliminaries.

From the 1st to 3rd preliminaries, the producers decide who passes and fails, but from the diss battles to group missions, the audience evaluation panel decides, so we had no need to intervene.

And group missions traditionally received the second most attention after the semi-finals among DTB music sources, becoming a major music revenue source for DubNet, so the preparation period was quite long.

Thanks to this, we could have a 5-week rest period (not really a rest) until the 2nd preliminary, 3rd preliminary, revival round and cypher, diss battles, and group music mission music making process aired.

Preparing the main competition 1st round beats in advance was about the only thing I had to do now?

Since I had some free time, I thought I might as well look after Lee Haewon’s composition studies again.

I had been helping him a little, but then I got busy with my solo album preparation and DTB Season 6 filming and couldn’t pay attention for several months, so I felt I needed to check on him once.

Of course, this isn’t out of compassion.

There were too many uncomfortable aspects to show compassion to Lee Haewon based only on our connection from before regression.

For example, my intuition that becomes uncomfortable whenever I see that guy, or the memory fragments from when I was twenty-eight that were given as soon as I got involved with that guy, or the turning point.

I thought something would come out if I looked after Lee Haewon’s composition studies like before regression, like the bug caused by the audition keyword with Seo Yehyeon, but even though I tried various conversations with Lee Haewon, there haven’t been any bugs so far.

I need to either unlock as many memory fragments as possible, or use bugs to view memories without this troublesome process, so I can at least infer the keywords.

Only then will I know why Gyeon Hajun took on my memories instead and is running away within those memories.

The system won’t tell me no matter how much I ask, and I can’t grab the current Gyeon Hajun who has no memories and ask him why he did that.

Right now, I skipped all the middle memories and ended up viewing my funeral first, so it feels like I was watching the beginning and middle of a movie and then suddenly got spoiled about the ending.

Who knows.

Maybe Kim Dobin will be the second person after Seo Yehyeon to cause bugs and help me find my memories.

It was just a thought I had like a light black joke, but when I thought about it seriously, it was really possible.

Don’t these two people have the common point that they didn’t even talk to me before regression?

Oh, then should I stick with Kim Dobin for a while?

Of course, Kim Dobin’s opinion wasn’t included in this.

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