Became The Leader of a Girl Group Destined To Fail - Chapter 69

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Chapter 69

“Huh?”

Bleduck finally clicked on the live broadcast audience notice that had just been posted.
It was the first notice to appear in a long time since the position voting a week ago.
Just thinking about the emotional turmoil from back then still made my teeth grind.
Our Yun Chung. She probably… ended up getting Sub Vocal 7.
The fans lacked the power to give her the Main Vocal position—a regret that still haunted us.
But regrets were regrets.
Since the real game was the live broadcast, Bleduck studied the notice intently.
In fact, ever since Oh PD’s interview about the voting method being changed went viral, countless rumors had circulated within the Make a New Color fanbase.
Most of all, there were endless rumors about why the voting method was suddenly being changed.

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Wait… isn’t this just trying to favor Yun Chung by making the method advantageous to her?
Ugh, that’s just what Yun Chung’s eternal rock fans say lol what kind of idol appears once in a blue moon lol if she’s a hated idol who appears once in a blue moon then I’ll admit it⌒⌒
Colors’ Yun Chung really loves her huh lololol…
MEN: Please vote for Yun Chung
Me: 🖕
Friends: Please vote for MEN’s head
Colorists are confused, seriously what is this pushing so hard… actually, isn’t the bloodline not from that company but from MEN?
What if they’re not just adding one judge’s pick but increasing it? Then it’s really rigged lol trying to push her in no matter what~
└Ah; if they increase judge’s picks or add judge scores like this, I’ll kill them, MEN
Let’s just cleanly go with 100 popularity voting lololololol if they suddenly add some other weird benefit nonsense, I’ll hate MEN and Colors so much

Even though nothing had been officially announced yet, people were already hurling insults at Yun Chung.
No matter how much people said online reactions were just a fraction, the Bleducks didn’t see it that way.
And most of all, I was most worried about how Yun Chung must be feeling seeing all these reactions.
But finally!
The live broadcast notice had appeared.

“…Uh…”

What is this?
Bldeok was slightly taken aback.
In fact, Bldeok had also thought that Colors would learn of Yun Chung’s unfair treatment and find a way to help her.
Since Yun Chung was currently at a disadvantage in the live vote due to the false accusation, Bldeok had assumed they would provide other benefits or increase the judges’ picks.
Even if we’d face criticism, our girl could still debut, so we just had to endure a little longer, right?
But the announcement completely defied expectations.

Wait, what? Did everyone see the MEN announcement?
??MEN suddenly came to their senses?
They’re removing judges’ picks and going 100% live voting, nothing else, completely clean
└For real??
└└Why suddenly??
Well, I did tell them to do it, but now that they’re actually doing it, I’m flustered. What are you MEN guys scheming?

That was it.
Originally, it was supposed to be five debuts: the top four from the live vote and one judges’ pick.
Now they were removing the judges’ pick, and positions 1-5 from the live vote would debut as is.

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Ah, but the voting time got a bit shorter??
After watching all the individual interviews and the second stage, then voting? So nothing really changes??
The broadcast is three and a half hours anyway…
└But still, an hour is way too short, isn’t it????
No, but M-Baloms and Saekbaloms, why are you suddenly sober? LOL
Maybe it’s because I’m so into conspiracy theories, but this also feels like there’s some kind of scheme behind it lol
Let’s go all out during this one hour #GatherRyeo-yuFans #KimRyeo-yuAbsoluteCenter

With the announcement full of such questions.
Bldeok’s worries grew as heavy as mountains.

“…Should I start saving up for Yun Chung’s own entertainment company starting now…?”

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Amid so many conspiracy theories and rumors, the day of the live broadcast finally arrived.
Today was D-Day.

Prism

I’m feeling dizzy.
Ryeo-yu… I even took Tylenol today.

I’m the one absorbing all the stress.

The fan accounts for Prism exchanged numbers on the day of the guerrilla concert and became mutuals.
However, what was surprising was that neither of them applied to attend the live broadcast.

Prism

I have to encourage people to vote from home.

So I’m skipping this live broadcast lol T_T
Same here.

I came back to my hometown to vote on my family’s phones.

I’m worried my parents might mess up the voting lol

That’s right.

The voting interface is surprisingly confusing for young people too hh
If you verify your votes on Tamla this time, the prizes are insane..

How do Kim Ryeo-yu’s fans have so much money?

I even saw someone buy a car.

Honestly, that seems like BS..?
I think that’s a bit excessive too..

Oh, it’s starting!!

With those words, the two of them set down their phones for a moment.
It was time to see my favorite in person.
It was also the moment when my favorite’s fate would be decided.

Prism

Ah, as expected, they’re just bragging about themselves at the start…

MEN really does have a long history, haha

Accompanied by evocative music came Make a New Color’s popularity showcase.
Their fame extending overseas, countless cover videos, and street interviews with fans followed one after another.
Next came interviews with Colors’ CEO Hong Yeon-seo and the trainers.

[Hong Yeon-seo: What’s your new color, make a new color. Thank you for supporting our Colors trainees and Make a New Color. We look forward to your continued support.]

Prism

Hong Yeon-seo doesn’t seem to lack that idol experience, does she?

When she said the Make a New Color slogan at first

I thought she was doing an idol chant, haha

That composure… it’s so cool

Even though Hong Yeon-seo is pretty terrible…

[Hello, Colorists. Today is the final broadcast of Make a New Color, and also our first live broadcast.]

Do Hee-young appeared and announced the official start.

[Regarding the live voting, I’ll explain. Starting exactly two hours from now, voting will begin. Colorists, you will select five trainees you wish to debut as you watch this final broadcast. Not just one, but five. Please choose five new colors.]

Five members.
In truth, one slot was already essentially decided for the Bluelight fans and Prism’s home page.
The problem was the remaining four spots.
Who should I choose?
As if reading my thoughts, the trainees appeared.

Production Team: You’ve all heard the debut song now.
[Trainees: Yes!]
Production Team: Now then, let me explain the positions and the parts for each position.

Caption: The trainees were startled upon seeing the part distribution sheet

[Ju-hong: Oh, I was really surprised. Out of eleven members, six of them could only sing one or two bars….]
[Yu-hyeon: I really wanted to get at least a sub 2 or 3 position no matter what. That’s what I thought.]

Production Team: Let me explain the method for determining positions.

The production team briefly explained the position distribution method.
Accordingly, the faces of the trainees captured on camera were filled with despair.
In particular, the camera focused mainly on Yun Chung.
The zoom pulled in so tightly it was almost uncomfortable.

Production Team: How did you feel when you learned that position determination would be decided by voting over 12 hours?

[Ryeo-yu: Ah, this won’t be easy…. That kind of feeling? The fans really need to understand my heart!]
[Bora: …PD, that’s too much?]
[Geum: Ugh, right until the end you really had to torment us like this, huh? That’s how it felt.]

Caption: Oh no, that’s too harsh.
Caption: Oh PD sobbing like a squid….

[Yun Chung: ….]

Caption: Trainee Yun Chung, whose expression had been particularly gloomy from the start….

[Yun Chung: Ah, I… honestly, I think I just resigned myself to it.]

Production Team: Why did you resign yourself to it?

[Yun Chung: I had this feeling that I’d probably end up as Sub Vocal 7, so I decided to mentally prepare myself in advance. That’s what I thought.]

Production Crew: You were just MVP of MVP not long ago—why did you think that way?

[Yun Chung: I thought… the Colorists’ hearts must have changed quite a bit by now.]

Footage: An overwhelming barrage of malicious comments directed at trainee Yun Chung
[Hate Yun Chung]
[12 Reasons Why Yun Chung’s Character is Ruined lol]

[Yun Chung: I… I’m actually seeing all of it. There’s no way I couldn’t know.]

Production Crew: Seeing all that, what went through your mind?

[Yun Chung: I felt so sorry toward the Colorists who had supported me. I thought they must be terribly disappointed in me. And I was so grateful to those who still believed in me despite my shortcomings and waited for me.]

Production Crew: If you could choose any position you wanted, which would you pick?

[Yun Chung: Haha.]
[Yun Chung: Honestly, I don’t have a preference. I think I’d be grateful for any position, really.]

Caption: In the end… trainee Yun Chung received the Sub Vocal 7 position

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Oh crazy Cheong.
Damn it, I want to save our Yun from that crazy bastard

The reactions on social media were intense in real time.
Yet public sentiment remained unfavorable.
Except for Yun Chung’s fans, everyone’s reactions were poor.

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Ugh, they’re laying on the melodrama way too thick trying to manipulate sympathy
lol I absolutely hate this; if she’s going to live, then actually live right lol

Caption: There was another trainee whose spirits had been dampened…

[Ju-hong: Sigh.]
[Ju-hong: Well, anyway. I’ll work hard at whatever part I get. It’s fine.]

Caption: Yeon Ju-hong trainee forcing a bright smile
Caption: But the truth is…
Caption: At some point, trainee Yeon Ju-hong disappears into the restroom

[Ju-hong: Oh. You’re following me into the restroom too?!]

Caption: Smiling brightly on the surface… but tears are still visible in her eyes….

Production Crew: What position did you want?

[Ryeo-yu: Me?]

Caption: Kim Ryeo-yu trainee smiling refreshingly

[Ryeo-yu: I wanted… lead vocal?!]
[Ryeo-yu: Ah, wait. Actually, thinking about it, that might be too difficult. I’ll take lead vocal!]

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Ah, Princess Ryeoyuㅠㅠㅠ Princess, the princess is so pretty
Ugh, she’s taking every position we want
Look at how humble he is, unlike anyone elseㅠ I’m crying. Of course, the melo is cheap, but he humbly went down to leadㅠ
Ugh, we totally fell for it

Caption: And just as she truly desired, trainee Kim Ryeo-yu secured the lead vocal position
Caption: Congratulations~~

After the position results were announced one by one like that.
Along with the second mission song, a small mission was given—deciding which teams to form.

[Production Crew: Well then, please discuss among yourselves and let us know how you’d like to form your teams.]

Caption: Which trainee would be the most popular choice as a teammate?

Obviously Seo Baek-young
Yun Chung definitely wouldn’t be lol
Kim Geum would probably be popular too
Yeon Ju-hong seems kind of fierce and cunning, so she probably won’t be popular lol
└Plus she stole her own member’s part lol
└└I mean, who’d like someone who takes your part and acts innocent?

[Bora: I’m Yun Chung’s junior.]

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