Became The Leader of a Girl Group Destined To Fail - Chapter 28

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Chapter 28.

During the second mission broadcast.
On OTube, stage videos were uploaded immediately after each performance ended.

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[Team Bubble Gum (Team Bubble Gum)│Seo Baek-young/Ryu Bora/Shin Yu-hyeon/Bang Su-in│Bubble Love│A bubbly, energetic stage♥]
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[Team Love U (Team Love U)│Kim Ryeo-yu/Jo Hee-on/Seo Gyeong-a/Park Ha-eun│Love Me or Hate Me│A stage that captivates with just a glance♥]
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[Team Four Season (Team Four Season)│Kim Geum/Yun Chung/Lee Ju-seon/Yeon Ju-hong│Reverse│Hot girls of the high-teen era♥]
Did you watch the second mission?

Seo Baek-young’s team: The kids are so cute, fresh and have that rookie charm, but that’s what makes it good
Kim Ryeo-yu’s team: How big is Kim Ryeo-yu’s ego? She’s carrying the whole thing alone
Kim Geum’s team: Queen

I’m making a pun with Kim Geum’s name
Kim: Kim Geum
Geum: Queen
Wow, they just completely dominated lol The skill gap is one thing, but the song quality is just different
No words needed—they’re hot girls
I felt it the moment the chorus came in… These girls are going to win…
I knew it from when they threw their clothes off…
My heart was already racing when I saw Yun Chung in the beret
Wait, but that song doesn’t sound like it was made by rookies?? The kids before worked so hard on theirs, but what about these guys? Why did this end up being their title track lol
Make a New Color summary

Bora: She’s just so damn pretty, like she’s 2D all by herself.
Baek-young: She flies across the stage, dances so damn well. Her dance lines are on a different level.
Ryeo-yu: I get why she’s pushing the sexy concept so hard now—it suits her gaze lol. Honestly at first I was like why is she going so hard with the sexy concept, but she does pull it off (I mean just a little bit) ((((((me))))))
Geum: When Kim Geum raps, I’m on my knees. Geum… how is she both cute and hip at the same time?
Yeon Ju-hong: The concept is so cheesy lol, but you use your expressions well so it’s fun to watch the stage. The red ribbon one? That’s me, Yeon Ju-hong.
Yun Chung: She’s just… light… The song is insanely difficult, but she absolutely devoured the live performance. I didn’t know a visual main vocal could be this thrilling.
And Ju-seon did well too.
But honestly, Team Four Season really crushed it.

Looking forward to next week’s ranking announcement.
└22 You MEN guys, hurry up and release the next broadcast.
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Real talk though, isn’t it a bit much? Seeing her take all the parts herself, her true colors showed.
Lol… sigh… why can’t those bastards get their act together?
“It’s because Inseong is real, so it became real lol”
But Team Love U was a bit disappointing.

The song is 3 minutes 12 seconds, and Kim Ryeo-yu’s solo part is 1 minute 40 seconds—isn’t that a bit excessive?
And that’s not even counting the chorus they all sing together.

And you’re timing each part individually?; That’s so dark… go live your real life.
└? Is this your first time being a fan? Everyone times parts like that; what’s dark about it? You go live your real life.
Ryeo-yu got all the parts because she’s good at it lol. Would the other kids have even done well if Ryeo-yu wasn’t carrying the whole thing by herself?
└But Hee-on and Gyeong-a are both talented kids, so why;
└└ㅁㅈ Before Kyung-ah’s menu came out, it was famous among sasaengs that Kyung-ah would be the next singer. LOL At least she’s better than Kim Ryeo-yu… Leave Lee Kyung-ah alone and Kim Ryeo-yoo become the singer? Honestly, this is a bit ^^ my conscience…
└└└Ah, stop stirring up the atmosphere. You’re acting like you want to kill a kid.
“Wait and see next week’s Broadcasting Program episode—it’ll explain why the parts were distributed that way. You don’t even know if Ryeo-yu wanted it or not, so just wait a bit, Bora. lol”
“Make sure to watch the kids’ team mission behind-the-scenes.”

Did you enjoy watching the stage?
Don’t turn off the broadcast yet, make sure to watch the behind-the-scenes coming up later. ^^
Check that out before you vote, lol

What is ㄱㅈ?
“lol another one claiming to be staff. Yeah, I’m an MEN PD too, so whatever.”
“Nope, nope, you’re involved in this, haha”
Not an insider but an attention-seeker, right?
Haha, go ahead and deny reality. You’ll see that guy’s true character come out next week when you suck up to him.
└└??

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Episode 5 began with everyone’s attention fixed upon it.

[Ju-seon: But this much is fine, right?]
[Ju-hong: Pardon?]

Caption: ???

[Ju-seon: I know my ranking is low and that makes me unreliable. But Geum is first, so…]
[Ju-hong: Pardon???]

Caption: Panic
Caption: Fact: Lee Ju-seon is ranked 12th.

[Ju-seon: I… if I keep going, I think I’ll cry in front of the camera… so I’m going to step away for a bit.]
[Ju-hong: Pardon??????]

Caption: An escape, after all!
Caption: Question marks multiplying with each passing moment of conversation!

[Geum: I thought she was losing her mind.]

Production Crew: We heard you were close with trainee Lee Ju-seon?

[Geum: We are close. The thing is, Ju-seon is so thin and doesn’t have much stamina, so her body is a bit fragile. That’s why during practice we always have to let her rest in between. We’ve been watching over her because we were worried she might collapse. So this time too, I thought she was just taking a quick break somewhere… but…]
[Ju-hong: She literally deserted us in the middle of the broadcast.]
[Yun Chung: I think if the pressure is severe enough, something like this can happen. First and foremost, we needed to convince Ju-seon.]

Caption: The Team Four Season rescue squad sets out to find the missing trainee Lee Ju-seon…!
Caption: Will they be able to find her?
Caption: Oh! We’re hearing a slurping sound from somewhere…?

[Ju-seon: Gasp.]

Caption: Trainee Lee Ju-seon, who was eating ramen at a nearby convenience store…!

[Geum: Hey!!!!!!!]

Subtitle: Hectopascal Kick

[Jusun: I was wrong ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ]
[Yun Chung: It’s fine. These things happen in life….]
[Ju-hong: No injuries, so we’re good. But just one bite….]
[Geum: ? No, let’s just get hit and start.]

Subtitle: Four members reunited dramatically!
Subtitle: Reconciliation successful!
Subtitle: Ju-seon, you troublemaker—now practice hard without causing problems for your teammates~~

Team Four Season’s behind-the-scenes footage, which had drawn plenty of attention in the teaser, had come to an end.
People said MEN had done it again, that Geum had slipped up.
But.
The real story was actually hidden afterward.

[Ryeo-yu: Should we… try distributing parts and positions?]
[Team B: Yes!]
[Ryeo-yu: If it’s okay… could I take center?]

Subtitle: The atmosphere grows tense from the start…!

[Hee-on: Of course, I think Ryeo-yu suits center best.]
[Ha-eun: Me too!]

At Kim Ryeo-yu’s single word, the other members immediately agreed.
Everyone except Gyeong-a.

Subtitle: Trainee Lee Gyeong-a, unable to adapt to this atmosphere.

[Gyeong-a: Wait, isn’t this a survival show, guys? Aren’t you going to audition for center? You’re really just yielding right away?]
[Hee-on: It’s a team mission. We should think of the team first. Among us, Ryeo-yu has the highest ranking….]
[Ha-eun: I’m not confident….]

Subtitle: Trainee Lee Gyeong-a, not quite understanding but accepting it for now

[Gyeong-a: Alright then, Ryeo-yu takes center… now let’s decide the main vocalist. Since there are so many parts, it seems like that’ll be the most important.]

Lee Gyeong-a had originally been the trainee who applied most frequently for the main vocal position after Yun Chung.
Since she genuinely sang well, she wanted to secure the main vocal part at least.
She had no confidence she could surpass Yun Chung, but she was certain she sang the best in this team.

[Gyeong-a: Can I take the main vocal?]

Caption: Team B responds with silence…
Caption: The atmosphere turns decidedly cold

[Ryeo-yu: Can I also apply for the main vocal position?]
[Gyeong-a: You’re going for main vocal…?]

You’re primarily a dancer anyway.
The words reached the tip of her tongue, but Lee Gyeong-a barely held them back.

[Ryeo-yu: I can at least try. Like you said, this is a competition, isn’t it?]

Lee Gyeong-a nodded reluctantly. Right, it was a competition, so applying was fair game.
But if anyone had any sense, the other team members should have chosen her as the main vocal.
At minimum, she sang better than Kim Ryeo-yu!
However.
The voting results said otherwise.
The other two members had both chosen Ryeo-yu.

[Ha-eun: I saw Ryeo-yu sing last time, and she was really good.]
[Hee-on: I just thought it would be fresh and nice to have a new voice as the main vocal.]

Lee Gyeong-a found it absurd.
And so Kim Ryeo-yu claimed half the part without shedding a drop of blood.
But what would the viewers think watching this bloodless competition?

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They keep talking about being sidelined—but isn’t it really the viewers who got sidelined?

Lee Ju-seon: Don’t leave me out
Yeon Ju-hong: ?
Viewer: ?

Kim Ryeo-yu: Center + Make a New Color
Lee Gyeong-a: (Sidelined)
Viewer: (Sidelined)

I was genuinely confused from start to finish lol

Are Park Ha-eun and Jo Hee-on fans of Kim Ryeo-yu??
They didn’t even look like they wanted to debut lol If you’re going to do this, at least give the other trainees a chance lol
I heard there are a million trainees in the Colors basement, so where are they keeping them while gathering these kinds of people?

I really didn’t see any desperation at all
It seemed like they only cast people they wanted to put down from the start
Isn’t Colors a major company? The kids have no passion… so boring

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Meanwhile, at Colors Entertainment Headquarters.
The company was naturally monitoring internet reactions in real time.
Since it was their first girl group in a long time, the company was putting all their efforts into it.
However, there were unexpectedly many negative reactions.
And this was despite the fact that the broadcast hadn’t even finished yet, with a roughly two-week gap between production and air time.
Most of the trainees were receiving quite positive responses, but the problem was Kim Ryeo-yu.
There was nothing wrong with Kim Ryeo-yu’s skills or talent itself.
The problem was that the favoritism was far too obvious.
And the company was aware of this too.
In particular, one person had come to realize it this time.

“Oh, President!”
“President, you’re here?”

It was Hong Yeon-seo. Also known as Hong President.

“Yeah, it’s been a while, everyone.”

Hong President had grown somewhat tired of management.
After launching roughly four groups, exhaustion was relentless.
So she decided to entrust management to a professional manager and focus solely on producing.
The professional manager she chose was Director Kim.
But after merely a year of sabbatical, troubles never ceased.
No matter how much she secluded herself and concentrated on music, she was still the president.
She couldn’t afford to ignore company matters.
So she attended an executive meeting for the first time in a while.
Until then, she’d only issued major directives, but now it seemed she needed to take more interest in the company.

“Let’s be seated. No need to make a fuss just because the old woman from the back room has arrived.”

The employees flinched at the subtly pointed remark.
Truth be told, without the president around, they’d grown accustomed to working with a certain laxity.
As long as they kept Director Kim satisfied, company life proceeded without major friction.

“It seems Director Kim hasn’t arrived yet?”

Hong President glanced around and noticed one empty seat.
It was Director Kim’s seat.
Hong President checked her watch briefly.
She’d deliberately arrived ten minutes late, yet the seat remained vacant.
It was negligence of duty.

“Ah, she’s on her way now, I’m told…!”
“Is that so?”

Hong President sighed.
But in a way, she thought it worked out well.
She wanted to hear about company matters while Director Kim was absent.

“Understood. Let’s begin with the briefing then.”

The employees exchanged glances.
No one had failed to notice why Hong President had made this appearance.

“Today’s agenda concerns the internet viral situation and response strategies regarding our in-house idol survival program, Make a New Color.”
“Yes. It’s been quite serious lately, so we should address that first.”

Hong President’s immediate reaction made the already frigid atmosphere plummet further into ice.

“So, what countermeasures and direction do you all propose?”
“Yes, first I’d like to discuss our analysis of the public response.”

The staff member sensed Hong President’s cold fury and nervously finished the presentation.
In essence, the gist was that since public reaction to Kim Ryeo-yu was poor, internal correction within Make a New Color would be necessary.
Training the trainees and asking the Production Crew to reduce Kim Ryeo-yu’s screen time.
The core proposal was also to edit in a more positive direction.
The company itself had also suggested attempting viral marketing around Kim Ryeo-yu to shift public opinion even slightly.
However, Hong President’s expression remained unfavorable from beginning to end.

“Is the briefing finished now?”
“!”

By this point, any Korean office worker would understand.
This meant… it was over.

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