The Trashy PD Has To Survive as an Idol - Chapter 106

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106

[?????]
Matching??lololololololololololol
[No, Hoyun came back and I was expecting a live performance with the entire group, but these guys brought a blind date program haha]
Dae Pa-sung’s lost it, ah whatever, all those dungeon runners are crazy anyway.
[Does adding “1” even mean anything?
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

Everyone groaned at the teaser, yet their reactions were heated with genuine excitement.
It was original content from the Planning Team, and with Seo Ho-yoon’s consideration for the entire team’s activities, it had been greenlit at lightning speed.
And the content that emerged was….

【Heartbeat Matching Survival!】

This was the content.

“Hello! I’m Rapper 1!”

Kang Yi-chae stood in the courtyard of a residential yard, his hands clasped together, his face brimming with anticipation. Had Seo Ho-yoon seen Kang Yi-chae’s face flushed with excitement, I would have immediately questioned his acting stats.

“I’m really looking forward to meeting whoever comes today.”

[Kang Yi-chae already 200% satisfied with the program
Haha, this guy’s really living life to the fullest.

[Q. What kind of person would you like to meet?
Rapper 1: I’m looking for someone who matches my… social status.]

As Kang Yi-chae continued spouting nonsense, Kim Sung-hyun arrived shortly after and offered an awkward greeting.

“Ah, hello.”
“Hello~ Um. So.”
“I’m Rapper 1!”
“…Yes, I’m Main Dancer 1.”

The caption that appeared at the top read as follows.

[Still awkward with each other….]

“Um, have you eaten?”
“Yes, with someone I know.”
“Ah… who?”

[Already throwing shade?]

“It won’t be fun if you find out now.”
“Hmm….”

Kim Sung-hyun’s face was zoomed in, his pupils trembling with a sharp intake of breath.

[Oh my god]
Hahahahahahaha oh my god what’s going on with the subtitles
[The editing is so annoying lolololol]

Soon after, Jung Da-jun entered, and all the fans dropped their jaws in shock.

[Jaws on the floor]
[What’s with Jung Da-jun’s hair?????? Omg;;; platinum blonde???]
[This is insane it looks so good on him what a god;;;]

“Sub-dancer number one entering~!”

Unaware of the fans’ reactions, Jung Da-jun bounded in excitedly, bouncing with each step. His foot caught on the staircase and he nearly tumbled, but as the members rushed to help, he smoothly rolled forward and finished with his arms spread wide in a triumphant pose, rising with a satisfied expression.

“Jung Da-jun makes a stylish entrance!”

[Hahahaha and my heart skipped a beat]
[Already got grass in his hair this golden retriever]
[Jung Da-jun makes a stylish entrance! (golden retriever meme: took a shower but covered in dirt and smiling)]

“Let’s be careful, sub-dancer number one.”
“Yes yes~.”

Next came the entrance of Seo Ho-yoon and Sung Ji-won. They entered together, but the contrast was striking—Sung Ji-won moved with meticulous formality while Seo Ho-yoon shuffled in as if everything was a bother. The members immediately booed at their simultaneous arrival.

“Ooh~, you two already matched, didn’t you?”
“We ran into each other on the way here.”
“Ahahaha.”

[The cast members were already buzzing with excitement….]

An interview cutscene was spliced in. Everyone spoke about their ideal match with playful expressions, completely devoid of seriousness.

[Male Dancer 1: My ideal match? Someone who takes their vitamins without fail when told to. (Not about childcare, about matching~.) Quiet.
[Sub Vocalist 1: Anyone.]
[Rapper 1: Everyone would want me, haha.]

The indifferent Sub Vocalist 1 and the nonsensical Rapper 1.

[Rapper 1: Ugh… this is tough. Who wants to go on a date with the beautiful Kang Yi-chae? Raise your hands~.]

But everyone ignored him.

[Rapper 1: Everyone’s doing a blocking pick, huh… they’re being cautious.]
Hahahahahahaha, oh I know what the term “counter pick” means, Kang Yi-chae.
“Like, okay, I get knowing about it, but saying this on broadcast? This guy’s crazy, for real lol”

[A fierce competition is expected…!]

“Hello, I’m Sub Vocalist 1.”

Seo Ho-yoon spoke brazenly, though with a slightly weary tone, and Jung Da-jun immediately began waving his hands frantically.

“Waaaah, Lee Jung-hoon!! PD!!”
“….”
“No manners at all, and so incredibly handsome!!”
“Let’s stop Da-jun before Ho-yoon scolds him.”
“Yeah.”

While the older members were earnestly trying to restrain him, Kang Yi-chae asked with a teasing tone.

“The male dancer 1 already picked a song~!”
“….”
“Pick one song! Please~! And give Lee Jung-hoon some lines too~!”

[Stop lying.]
[Hey, Sung Ji-won and Seo Ho-yoon came together. Don’t say things that don’t make sense.]
“Seo Ho-yoon absolutely won’t give me his lines lol, his ‘whatever’ look is so funny”
[Give me back my official couple
Hahaha don’t empathize with it hahaha

After the introductions wrapped up, the gathered contestants huddled together chatting when the Production Crew handed out slips of paper.

[If you throw pair signals at each other and they match, you can form a unit and film a cover right away!]

“Ooh?”

[Wait, so if we pair up, we can see the unit cover video?]
[Whoa whoa whoa a unit?!??!!!]

Then another cut scene brought in interviews.

[Q. Who’s your ideal match?
Sub Vocal 1: Someone good at arranging, someone who shares a room with me. I think I could ride on their coattails.
Main Rapper 1: That guy who fell earlier, the one whining about how much it hurt when he bleached his platinum blonde hair.]

Hahaha the kids suddenly got specific lol they basically said everything except the name so it’s obvious who it is
[Lol the Dun guys are taking the competition so seriously
└The positive function of survival shows
I can’t provide a meaningful translation for this text. It appears to be incomplete or contains only formatting characters and fragments rather than coherent Korean words.

“Alright, if we decide right now it won’t be fun. Please submit your pair requests while showing off your charms.”
“Sub Vocal 1! Sub Vocal 1!!”
“…Yes, Sub Vocal 1.”
“I’ll sing for you!”

Sung Ji-won, who wanted to do a ballad, shot up and grabbed a single flower. Then he sang a drama OST that had become trendy and was heard everywhere, presenting the flower to Seo Ho-yoon.

“This heart that keeps growing shabby, I hide it from you~.”

[Wait a second
Ji-won, calm down]
[If it weren’t for Seo Ho-yoon’s expression right now, I’d be totally immersed]
[It’s unnecessarily sweet
But then again, that’s only natural
It’s Sung Ji-won]

“I keep losing sleep at night~.”
“….”

[But damn, Seo Ho-yoon
Whether Sung Ji-won’s being sweet or not
His face right now says “what the hell is this guy doing…”
└The kind of expression he’d smack someone for if it wasn’t Sung Ji-won
└└If it were Kang Yi-chae, he’d already be sprawled out on the grass field right now
Ugh hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

Despite the jeers from those around him, Sung Ji-won sang on steadfastly. Seven years of training experience didn’t go to waste—he was genuinely unwavering.

“Ho-yoon! Let’s do a ballad duet~!! I’m confident!”
“Let’s not do this.”

[Sub-vocalist number one, troubled by this sincere courtship….]

The captions were the killing point.

[But then! Main dancer number one takes that flower!]

Sung Ji-won blinked and asked.

“…Hyun-sung’s doing ballad?”
“What are you talking about? No, Seo Ho-yoon can’t. He’s always been good at singing, and right now is the time he needs to focus on dance practice, which he’s been missing out on.”
“What?! Hyun-sung, we promised to do a dance cover together~! Why are you changing your words~.”
“When did I ever say that?”
“They say you’re different when you go into the bathroom versus when you come out…!!”

[A fierce competitive structure!]

At that moment, Kang Yi-chae sprang up, and finding it too bothersome to fetch a flower, he simply bent his upper body and plucked some grass from the courtyard, gently placing it on Jung Da-jun’s hand.

“…!!”
“A~gift~.”

At that earnest courtship, a skeleton CG exploded next to Jung Da-jun. Yet Kang Yi-chae laughed brightly as if he’d made an absolutely irresistible, enchanting proposal.

“Rapper 1 has claimed Sub Dancer 1~!!”
“What, what, what…!”
“Let’s do rock with us.”

Another skeleton CG exploded next to Jung Da-jun. He trembled and hurled the grass to the ground.

“You don’t like it?! The other guy sings and even gives flowers, but this guy just tosses weeds around? I’m not doing it with you. Go on—you don’t have the desperation of a matching program contestant. You’re eliminated.”
“Come on, let’s do rock and roll?”
“Elimination is also rock….”
“That’s true too… but do it with me.”

[Lol are they all just talking to the wall?]
[They’re all just selfish and saying what they want]
[Yo this is crazy interesting lol it’s basically a jungle out here]

At the perfect moment, the screen switched to show a tangled web of everyone’s preferred pairings.

[Everyone has different preferred pairings!]
[So what will be the result of this match…?]

The production crew, who hadn’t anticipated such chaos, held a brief emergency meeting and took decisive action.

“We’ll decide it with arm wrestling?”
“…What now?”

And naturally, the victor was Kim Sung-hyun.

“Ha, of course, right?”
“What, how is his strength….”
“The grip felt different.”

After all the members were thoroughly defeated, Kim Sung-hyun smiled with satisfaction and pointed to Seo Ho-yoon. With the expression of someone being dragged to the slaughterhouse, Seo Ho-yoon trudged over. Then he plopped down beside him and asked.

“Have you decided on the cover song?”
“Yeah.”

Kim Sung-hyun broke into a radiant smile.

“Let’s do ‘Get Over.'”
“…!!”

Get Over.
The debut track of Black Call, the group Joo Woo-sung belonged to—a song notorious for its brutally demanding choreography. The kind where you practically scrub the stage with your entire body, and the dance moves change almost every second….

‘Has Kim Sung-hyun lost his mind?’

The camera zoomed in on Seo Ho-yoon’s ashen face with a caption overlay.

[Main Dancer 1 ♡ Sub Vocalist 1]

As the first-ranked member selected his partner, the second-ranked member let out a long, heavy sigh.

“Sigh… Then I’ll go with Kang Yi-chae, who’s got no sense of urgency. I hate it, but I’m not confident with ballads….”
“Thank you so much~!”

[Main Rapper 1 ♡ Sub Dancer 1]

Kang Yi-chae seemed quite satisfied with being paired with his preferred partner.
As Sung Ji-won, left alone, muttered “A ballad….” and stood there looking forlorn, the production crew suddenly unveiled a hidden rule.

[The Main Vocalist 1 who wasn’t selected can choose one man to form a sub-unit!
※However, you cannot re-select someone you’ve already chosen once!]

Everyone stirred at that announcement.

[What? So there are only three units total? With one person appearing in multiple units?]
[Damn, someone’s gonna be worked to death]
[Look at Seo Ho-yoon’s relaxed expression—he already got rejected so he’s fine~]

“Wow~, amazing~. What a mess~.”

Seo Ho-yoon chuckled softly, watching the other members’ faces turn pale with dread. Unaware of the grueling fate that awaited him….

“Mr. Seo Ho-yoon, you need to get over it, hahahaha”

Anyway.

“Hmm….”

Sung Ji-won’s smile had returned, and he swept his gaze across the members. The members who didn’t want to die from the doubled practice schedule quickly averted their eyes, and while Kang Yi-chae gazed at distant mountains, Sung Ji-won grabbed him by the chin.

“Then I’m Main Rapper 1!!”
“…Huh?”

As Sung Ji-won declared this cheerfully, Kang Yi-chae, who had been whistling while looking at distant mountains, stopped abruptly and couldn’t close his mouth. But Sung Ji-won remained steadfast.

“I’ll rap and Yi-chae will do ballad!”
“…Huh??”

[The Last Hidden Couple
Main Vocalist 1♡Main Rapper 1]
Hahahahaha oh my god hahahahahaha

With that scene, the approximately 15-minute 【Thrilling Matching Survival!】 came to an end. The comment section was filled with nothing but laughter.

[Reckless♪ Bewildered♫ The Dun’s spinning day♫]
[Numbing spice and mild, mild and numbing, just shoving it all in your mouth]
[Thank you for the unit, ah thank you]

The Dun had suffered as unit activity practice was suddenly thrown into their self-produced content meant to be fun, but at least they had brought joy to their fans.

[Main Rapper 1 who suddenly had to do rock and ballad simultaneously.. (Kang Yi-chae, 21)
└Sub Vocalist 1 who suddenly had to do Get Over.. (Seo Ho-yoon, 23)
└└Guys, can someone share Joo Woo-sung’s Get Over link?
└└Here (link)]

After watching Joo Woo-sung’s direct cam of Get Over, Noel’s pupils dilated.

[It can’t be helped]

And they quickly gave up.

[Go take that kimchi fried rice and get yourself a tip, Ho-yoon]
[Hahahahahaha oh my god hahahaha]
[Get Over Special) That dance even Joo Woo-sung complained was brutal]

[No… Ji-won, what are you even thinking? I told you to stop rapping (crying-laughing emoji)]
[Are you joking around, Ji-won?
└Seems serious… Last time at B Live he said he genuinely wanted to practice rapping more..
└└It’s getting kind of scary now..]

[Our kid… loves new challenges..
└└Our kid… believes in covering weaknesses through practice..
└└But he said he’d do ballads
So why is he making Yi-chae sing ballads?]

[Hey, are you watching PD Lee Jung-hoon dance Get Over?
└I’m grateful he’s the actual Idol, seriously
└└Seo Ho-yoon is famous for being sloppy~ don’t expect much
└└He’s not like that these days??;;
└└I agree.. and even if he is sloppy… “I actually like it”
└└That comment is pure madness]

Their own survival program with cover songs.
Moreover, thanks to editing all these formats like an exciting blind date show, the fans were ablaze, and it was beginning to gain modest popularity with the general public as well.

As time passed, Seo Ho-yoon was,

“Huff… gasp….”

‘What on earth did I do wrong in my past life…??’

I was newly realizing the greatness of Joo Woo-sung, a first-tier male idol.

“Did I sell out my country in a past life….”
“Hey.”

As I crawled across the practice room floor, Kim Sung-hyun kicked me lightly with his foot.

“Get up.”
“Why are you like this to me? Seriously…”
“Does it matter?”

The Planning Team, delighted to see me struggling for the first time in a while, eagerly zoomed in with their cameras. Kim Sung-hyun wore an expression that screamed ‘of course we should practice’, and it was clear he’d caught this attitude from Sung Ji-won.

“Why are we… why are we like this?”
“Like what?”
“I mean, don’t most in-house content shoots involve going out, eating, having a barbecue, and having genuine conversations?”
“Noel wants to see us like this.”
“…So this is how you’re going to air yourself?”

Even though I glared at him with all my might, Kim Sung-hyun, who hadn’t taken a single hit, plopped down on the floor and kindly showed me the video (as I was on the verge of passing out).

“See at 1 minute 39 seconds? Here—it’s not just one turn, it’s actually one and a half turns.”
“Show me something humanly possible.”
“Well, Joo Woo-sung is a god, but…”

Kim Sung-hyun analyzed Joo Woo-sung’s direct cam frame by frame, and honestly, I was sick of it. I barely managed to hold back from screaming ‘Joo Woo-sung’s dance stat is S+!’ The endless parade of dance continued, and eventually I dismissed the Planning Team and filming staff, who were nodding off.

“We’re going to practice more. Please head out first.”
“Wow… that’s impressive. You do sleep, right?”
“…Probably…”

And so everyone filed out, leaving Kim Sung-hyun and me to continue practicing identically.
A year and a half into our debut, yet we still practiced with the desperation of those who hadn’t debuted yet—it was simply a habit at this point.

‘Hmm.’

I lay sprawled out, unable to lift a finger, watching Kim Sung-hyun dance without a hint of fatigue. I suddenly grew curious—he seemed to dance better than he did half a year ago.

Ding!

[Member Kim Sung-hyun caused quite a stir on that dance variety show! Though the broadcast time felt like just 1 minute!]

The System Window displayed a message as if reading my mind.
I’d heard about that, but I’ve been too scattered lately. As I quietly observed, Kim Sung-hyun’s stats appeared with ghostly timing.

[Viewing Kim Sung-hyun’s stats.
Simply “radiant”
Character: “Grade A”
(In a different sense than that PD who knows where he lives…)]

This bastard….
Anyway, I scanned through Kim Sung-hyun’s abilities.

[Singing: B-
Dancing: S-
Entertainment: D-
Acting: E-
???: ???
Charm: A-]

‘…Am I insane?’

It was a rare sight to see an S- and an E- side by side.

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