Became The Leader of a Girl Group Destined To Fail - Chapter 144

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Chapter 144.

From that point on, I continuously appealed to Hong President about the scheduling direction the members needed.
The most crucial thing was to establish an image of Yeon Ju-hong as someone who excels at photo shoots.
I needed to sufficiently demonstrate that she could stand out in print advertising.
Through her success in photo shoots, building a ‘celebrity’ image was the most important thing of all.

Hong President

For Ju-hong’s individual activities,

could you possibly secure as many photo shoots as possible?

At first, Hong President seemed puzzled.

Hong President

Why exactly?

I’ll try my best to secure them, but…

Ju-hong isn’t the most recognized member in the team.

Why not have you do the shoots instead?

Or we could push Bora instead.

Ryu Bora looks good in the mask too.
As for me, I’ll do it if told to.
But Yeon Ju-hong is the perfect fit.
Why?
Because it’s a field she’s interested in and excels at.
Ryu Bora and I are the type who find it easier to just wear what we’re told to wear.
Yeon Ju-hong is the one who should be setting trends.

Hong Yeon-seo

For any fashion industry events, push them all to Ju-hong.

But only for appearances with two or three people, not solo appearances.

She needs to blend in naturally.
Think of it as stamping her face into the scene.

Hong Yeon-seo

I understand what you mean.

I think it would be good to set up a meeting with the marketing team.

Yes. If you arrange it, I’ll present the vision.

This era was right when idols were just beginning to become ambassadors for luxury brands.
That’s why it mattered all the more.
Just before I came back, most luxury brands were already recruiting idols.
We need to dive in while it’s still a blue ocean.

Hong Yeon-seo

Trust me.

I’m confident Ju-hong will do the best job.

I watched Yeon Ju-hong’s personal content and felt it immediately.
This girl didn’t have that top celebrity image in my past life for nothing.
Her face alone was incredibly striking.
If Ryu Bora was the classical beauty that works in any era,
then Yeon Ju-hong was exactly the kind of beauty this current age desperately wanted.

“Now we need to establish a strong framework for your image.”
“!”

Yeon Ju-hong looked slightly surprised, but quickly grasped my meaning.

“I see—since we need to brand our group, you’re starting by branding each member individually first. Right? And since I’m the most active with beauty and fashion content, you’re building my image first.”

It was nice when communication flowed so smoothly.

“Yes.”
“I’ll create a portfolio! I’m confident I can do it well!”
“That’s reassuring.”
“Can I make portfolios for the other members too?!”
“Of course. Work on them together with the members.”
“Yes!”

Yeon Ju-hong already looked excited at the prospect of doing something she loved.
When reaching out to brands, I planned to focus on the ones that had featured Yeon Ju-hong in my past life.
They were brands that had succeeded once—there was no reason they wouldn’t succeed a second time.
What’s the greatest advantage of female idols?
Though their “core” fanbase might be weaker compared to male idols,
their “mainstream appeal” was far stronger.
Besides, fashion and beauty sectors have always favored female models anyway.

“Everyone.”
“Yes?”

I called Yeon Ju-hong and the members over.
This was something they needed to be part of too.
I explained my thoughts to the members in as much detail as possible.
The strategies we’d use to move forward to the ‘next level’ now.
The members were puzzled at first, but eventually they all came to understand.

“I see what you mean. We create individual ‘roles’ and ‘images’ for each of us, and ultimately build the group image that way, right?”
“Yes. But we’ll make sure no single person stands out too much. We’ll each shine while maintaining the overall group image.”
“That sounds good to me.”

Everyone agreed with the idea of developing what each of us did best.
They all understood that for the group to succeed, each individual had to succeed first.

“From now on, you’ll all use StarGram very actively.”

I needed to turn people who weren’t serious about selfies into selfie experts.
In my past life too, SNS played a crucial role.
But until now, we’d mainly used SNS through Chirp.
We’d focused on ‘communication’ rather than ‘photos’.
But now it was time to leverage ‘photos’.
It was time to build our image.
However, this wasn’t the time to rely on personal SNS accounts.
We hadn’t debuted that long ago. The perception that personal SNS activity was too prominent would be dangerous.
We needed to post plenty of photos equally across all our group accounts.
So.

“From today on, we need to take photos and film videos as naturally as breathing, capturing each other. But everything we post goes through a meeting first.”

Only up to the point where it didn’t feel like we were consuming images.
We needed to have ‘different’ personalities within the ‘same’ concept.
That’s how we contribute to the team’s identity.
So what should I do?
What aspects of my personality could contribute to the team?

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Oh, Yun Chung is appearing on 【1-Minute Random Play】 today
└?? StillBlue as a group, not solo?!
└└Yeah, seems like she came out after Dear My Diva blew up recently
Wait, idols almost never appear solo on that show, right?
└No, Cha-yul appeared recently
└└But Cha-yul… Cha-yul… it’s hard to call her an idol. She has such a strong king-cat vocalist image
Oh, so today’s 【1-Minute Random Play】 isn’t just Yun Chung—there are two other idols too, so they’re splitting it
└Ah, that makes sense lol
Today’s a pop song special
└..? Something feels off about StillBlue though..
It’s basically a Top Doll special
(photo)
Three main vocalists from groups that appeared on Top Doll are coming oo
└Ah, Sugar Dream, Max Burning, StillBlue… the combination makes sense
└└Top Doll is apparently blowing up overseas right now, and Max Burning is carrying it
└└└Lol Top Doll’s overseas reactions are insane these days
How rare is a female idol main vocalist special.. give us more
Oh, so the reason for the pop song special is because Top Doll is exploding overseas;; I thought it was some random special
Am I the only one anxious about this..? I don’t think I’ve ever heard Yun Chung sing pop songs before
Ah haha, I don’t know if my English pronunciation is so sharp and fluffy. If I stay still, why does it keep falling out in the middle or the eggplant?
Why today’s 【1-Minute Random Play】 is anxiety-inducing

Today’s a pop song special

Sugar Dream main vocalist Tee-si: from the United States
Max Burning main vocalist Rina: studied in the United States for 3 years
StillBlue Yun Chung: has never left South Korea

Already reserving the consolation party

? But why does a Korean have to have perfect English pronunciation? Just sing well;
└Pronunciation aside.. I wonder if she even knows the songs;
└└Wow, what an elite listener. Is there anyone in South Korea who doesn’t know a single pop song
└└└The songs come up randomly anyway, so it’s natural to be curious. If you don’t know it, that’s fine lol
People would think StillBlue songs don’t have English lyrics lol Yun Chung has basic pronunciation skills
Yun Chung can speak 4 languages according to StillBlue’s reality show. Stop talking out of your ass, you clueless people
Sorry, but if she wasn’t confident, she wouldn’t have come out. You’re just borrowing trouble
If you’re such a pop expert, you would’ve sung it at least once during cover videos hh. You didn’t sing because you weren’t confident, right?

Bleduck watched the real-time SNS reactions with a mixture of anxiety and anticipation, waiting for the OTube video to upload.
【1-Minute Random Play】 wasn’t just a gathering place for K-POP fanatics—over 70% of its audience were ordinary music lovers with no particular fandom allegiance.
Idols had appeared in group performances before, but genuinely positive responses were rare.
Why?
Because on 【1-Minute Random Play】, songs literally played at random.
If you recognized the song playing, you’d press the ‘Play’ button and sing it.
If you didn’t know it, you’d press ‘Skip’ to move to the next song.
Of course, most of the time very famous songs came up, so people rarely needed to skip.
But occasionally, when an extremely difficult song appeared, even if contestants recognized it, they’d press ‘Skip’ anyway.
If it was too obvious, they’d face harsh criticism.
…Actually, most of the time they got absolutely destroyed in the comments.
…Anyway, had our Yun Chung ever sung a pop song before…?
No matter how hard Bleduck tried to remember, nothing came to mind, and I felt a twinge of anxiety.
Just as I waited with that nervous anticipation, the long-awaited 【1-Minute Random Play】 finally uploaded.

[Tee-si: Hello! I’m Tee-si, the sweet main vocal of Sugar Dream!]
[Rina: Hello. I’m Rina, the blazing main vocal of Max Burning.]

Everyone introduced themselves with such personality.
I wonder what Yun Chung would say.

[Yun Chung: Hello! I’m Yun Chung, the chirpy main vocal of StillBlue!]

!!!!!
To describe a rookie main vocal like that…! Like that…! So adorably.
Bleduck quietly straightened my posture.
My girl is working this hard, and here I am lying around watching? I need to watch this with proper respect.

Caption: If you recognize a song, please press the ‘Play’ button.
Caption: Whoever presses ‘Play’ first will have their microphone light up.
Caption: Then please sing!

So today there are three people competing in a tournament format.
This is seriously a minefield from every direction.
StillBlue is the youngest group here.
And by a huge margin at that.
One wrong move and people might say she’s greedy, stealing opportunities from her seniors—

[Tee-si: Yun Chung. Center, center. Come to the middle.]
[Rina: Right. We agreed that if an unfamiliar song comes up, you’d save us.]

!
Wait… or not?
When exactly did I become this close with my seniors?
Don’t bond without me…!
I want to see it too… female idols bonding…

Caption: Well then, let’s begin.
Caption: An unprecedented 【1-minute random play】

Unprecedented?
Bleduck listened with reverent anticipation, heart racing slightly.
And that reverence transformed into twenty minutes of pure bliss.

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