The Trashy PD Has To Survive as an Idol - Chapter 288

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288

The Dun’s OUR TIME began with the gleaming new WH Entertainment headquarters building filling the screen.

【When our eyes meet,
anxiety melts away,
and all that remains for us are wings and faith…】

Then Connected’s Icarus version stage was edited in briefly.

[IRIX This song is seriously insane with Jung Da-jun’s visuals and performance]
[It was really, really cool. I felt like I could see some determination in Jeong Da-jun’s expression… ㅠㅠㅠchan]

[For real;; I thought his face was angelic too…
But with a little bounce added in

Hahaha this is it hahahaha

With the text “The Dawn” appearing and cute background music playing, member introductions continued before a caption appeared.

【Today, we’ve invited Professor Jung Da-jun, the very essence of K-pop.】

“Alright, pay attention!”

Jung Da-jun burst through the classroom door and made his way to the lecture desk, his body undulating in waves.

[Why are you like this, Da-jun]
[Da-jun, don’t do this]
[Seriously, Jung Da-jun’s way of thinking is unpredictable, and whenever an opportunity comes up he never misses it—our handsome baby is too cute]

He slapped the stack of papers he was holding down on the lecture desk with a sharp sound, then placed one foot on an empty chair and swept his hair back smoothly.

“Professor Jung Da-jun, I’ll now take attendance!”

Next, the classroom came into view on the screen.
The Dun Members huddled together in front of the lecture desk were chatting away without paying any attention to Jung Da-jun.

“Ho-yoon, what do you want to eat tonight?”
“The in-house cafeteria’s apple curry.”
“Oh, that’s really delicious!!”

Hahahahaha they’re not even looking hahahaha
[Jung Da-jun just got completely ignored but he’s still acting confident… Do you really need that level of shamelessness to be an idol…?]

They debated as if tonight’s dinner was a more pressing matter than the team’s maknae’s arrival.

“Excuse me, focus! Focus!”

Kim Sung-hyun, who let out a small sigh watching the still-noisy members, stepped up as the leader and raised his hand to ask a question.

“Professor Elephant, what’s today’s lesson plan?”
“Good question. Today, let’s study the history of K-pop. Um… so basically…”

This was Jung Da-jun’s area of expertise—a K-drama enthusiast for 22 years (including his time in the womb) and a K-pop enthusiast for 10 years.

“But Professor, what’s different about this from when you acted as a star tutor last time?”
“I learned about university from dramas, so what would I know?”
“I see…”

Brushing off the members’ murmurs with ease, Jung Da-jun passionately continued his lecture, playing K-pop songs that had dominated his teenage years one after another.

“Here!! The most important thing is spitting out the rap like you’re chewing it! Kang Yi-chae! Show us an example!!”
“I missed you, the me who didn’t know you. I wanna go back!!”
“Exactly! That’s it!!”

[Yi-chae…
Stop playing around with Da-jun now

└Kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk]

Fans had always thought that Jeong Da-jun was falling for Kang I-chae, but now it seems to be the exact opposite.
While only Kang Yi-chae, who had been bored, actively responded to Jung Da-jun’s passionate lesson, the older members continued their separate conversation as usual.

“But who will clean up when we get back?”
“By the way, who’s going to clean when we get back?”
“Didn’t Hyun-sung do it last time? It should be my turn this time.”

[Listen to the lecture, guys]
[Pay attention to the lecture, you guys]

Jeong Da-jun’s eyebrows turned into triangles when he saw Seo Ho-yoon skipping the snacks that were placed in front of Kang Yi-chae as if they were half-decorated as a concept.

“Student Seo Ho-yoon! Are you not concentrating?! You don’t want to go to college… no, you don’t want to go to graduate school?!”
“Seo Ho-yoon! You’re not concentrating?! Don’t you want to go to university… no, don’t you want to go to graduate school?!”
“Graduate school?”

Jeong Da-jun, who was confused for a moment with his time as an Ilta instructor, shook his head. And then he hit the lectern with a wad of paper that had never been lifted before! He tried to get the members’ attention by slamming it down.

“Student Ho-yoon Seo, since you aren’t listening to what I’m saying properly, it means that you know it well even without listening, right? Then, listen to the intro to the song and try to guess the title. Let’s start with a song from 15 years ago, which is a difficult song.”

Jeong Da-jun, who quickly picked up his phone and was fiddling with his fingers, played only the first 5 seconds of the song and immediately turned it off.
Jung Da-jun quickly grabbed his phone and busily worked his fingers, playing only the first five seconds of the song’s melody before shutting it off immediately.

[Seo Ho-yoon doesn’t seem to know…]
[Seo Ho-yoon probably won’t know…]
[No, how does Seo Ho-yoon know this, he’s older than me lol]

however,

“LEL senior’s ‘Candy Like Me.’”
“LEL senior’s ‘A Candy Like Me.'”
“…Huh? You know it?”

Seo Ho-yoon answered correctly without the slightest hesitation.

“No, no… how….”

Jeong Da-jun, embarrassed by the unexpected result, hesitated slightly, but soon corrected his posture and played another song.

“Then this… this! This is a song that was often used as BGM 20 years ago….”
“Then this one… this one! This was a song commonly used as BGM twenty years ago….”

Seo Ho-yoon smiled and leaned back in his chair with a relaxed gesture.

“This was used a lot in old entertainment shows. Senior Dali’s ‘craving.’”
“This was used a lot in old variety shows. Dali’s ‘Longing.'”

Now, not only the members but also the filming staff were in an uproar.

“Is this really old?”
“This is really an old song?”

Even though there was a line-up of songs that could be called maniac, including old songs that have never been remade, Seo Ho-yoon answered them all with ease.

“No, Seo Ho-yoon, were you born at this time?”
“Wait, Seo Ho-yoon, were you even born back then?”

Surprised, Kim Seong-hyun asked in a quiet voice, but at this moment, for the first time, Seo Ho-yoon’s mouth fell shut.
Kim Sung-hyun asked in a quiet voice, startled, but at that moment, for the first time, Seo Ho-yoon’s lips sealed shut.
In the end, the song-guessing showdown came down to Jung Da-jun’s defeat.
He’d seized the opportunity to try to surprise Seo Ho-yoon, but it was impossible with the maknae’s level of experience.

“Okay, then let’s do it with choreography this time!!”

Of course, this also didn’t work for Seo Ho-yoon.

[I guess he doesn’t know because he’s answering with all his might and then suddenly acting the other way.]
[He answered everything then suddenly played dumb—this guy doesn’t know]
Hahahahaha it’s so funny how you know the song but not the choreography hahahahahaha
I know all about Black Call Joo Woo-sung’s choreography haha]

Jeong Da-jun quickly got caught up in Seo Ho-yoon, who shamelessly passed her off regardless of whether he knew how to dance or not.

“But Professor Dajun Jeong.”
“By the way, Professor Jung Da-jun.”

Seo Ho-yoon’s eyebrows twitched for a moment, but he quickly returned to his original expression and continued speaking.

“I know that the professor has deep knowledge of K-pop, but I think there are too many lyrics created on the spot on stage that are unprofessional for the professor to be teaching.”
“I understand that you have deep knowledge of K-pop. However, it seems you have created far too many lyrics on the spot during your lectures for someone who claims to be a professional instructor.”
“…Yes, yes?”

Jeong Da-jun was confused as he didn’t know how the situation was going, and Seo Ho-yoon snapped his fingers.
While Jung Da-jun stammered, unable to grasp the situation unfolding before him, Seo Ho-yoon snapped his fingers.

“First is Woo Chan-sae’s stage. Music Core in the second week of March.”

【You promised me a day when the Milky Way would pour down… .】

“Do you remember when you mispronounced sewer?”
“Do you remember mispronouncing it as ‘sewer’?”

Even after seeing the youngest member in shock, Seo Ho-yoon winked at Kang Yi-chae and told her to play the next video.

【Maybe we can say it next year, Merry Merry Christmas… .】

“Yuyu Bank, December 4th. You said Merry Marie Christmas… What does that mean?”
“From YuYu Bank on December 4th. You said ‘Merry Mary Christmas’… what did you mean by that?”
“Um, could it be the name of a flower like Rosemary?”

[Rosemary Rosemary hahahahahahahahahahaha TLQKFhahahahahaha]
[Rosemary Rosemary hahahahahahahahahahaha TLQKFhahahahahaha]
Damn, Seo Ho-yoon remembering all of Jung Da-jun’s lyrics mistakes is so creepy lolololololololololol

“The lyrics to ‘Obviously Wrecked’ are wrong.”
“You mispronounced ‘endless’ in that lyric.”
“Don’t just make up lyrics for ‘falling’ like that.”

Seo Ho-yoon even laughed at Jeong Da-jun’s mistakes that weren’t in the video. As if some kind of script had been prepared.

“Well, that was embarrassing….”
“That was because I was flustered…”
“…Did you hear about this mistake too?”

Jeong Da-jun, who had been trying to come up with excuses, was now speechless and just clutching the lectern.

[It’s even more creepy what I prepared, damn it..
[The fact that he prepared all this is even more chilling…
Never let Seo Ho-yoon become a superior]
[Look at Jeong Da-jun having nothing to say hahahahahaha]

“Now. Is there anything else you want to say?”

Seo Ho-yoon, who sat arrogantly as if half-lying, spoke to Jeong Da-jun.
Seo Ho-yoon, lounging back with arrogant composure, directed the question at Jung Da-jun.

“…I don’t like Seo Ho-yoon.”
“…I hate Seo Ho-yoon.”
“Casual speech. Someone get this professor out of here.”

Seong Ji-won, who was sitting next to Seo Ho-yoon, smiled softly and pulled Jeong Da-jun down from the teaching table. Jeong Da-jun screamed and struggled, but it had no effect at all.

“What kind of bribe did you bribe Seong Ji-won? Why are you so obedient, bro!!”
“What kind of bribe did you feed Sung Ji-won to make him so obedient?! Why does he listen to you so well, hyung?!”

Seo Ho-yoon snorted as if it was funny.

“This is the price I pay for my usual character.”
“This is simply the reward for my usual exemplary character.”
“….”

At the same time, all members’ heads turned to Seo Ho-yoon.

[ah
[Stop
stop
spouting nonsense like that]

“Ahaha, that’s right.”

Except Seong Ji-won.

“Right? Right?? Bro, where did you really hit?”
“Right? Right?? Hyung, what exactly was right about that?”

[Look at Seong Ji-won nodding alone. What are you really doing, Ji-won? Hahaha]
[Look at Seong Ji-won nodding alone. What are you really doing, Ji-won? Hahaha]
[Scary… honestly Jung Da-jun knows K-pop well enough to pull off being a professor, but…]
[Sigh… as a graduate student, I’m really into this fantasy… “get that professor out of here”]

At the moment when Jeong Da-jun was expelled from the church despite his stubborn resistance, a subtitle from the production team appeared.

【We… … Have you finished filming?】

Then Seo Ho-yoon stood up with a meaningful smile.

“So now is it my turn?”

Seo Ho-yoon, who touched Da-jun Jeong’s cheek and snatched his scarf and swung it around roughly, raised the corners of his mouth as he glanced at the members as if looking down from the lectern.

“hello.”

The youngest, who was pinned down by Seong Ji-won, shouted something like a line from a morning drama, saying, ‘That guy took everything from me!’, but Seo Ho-yoon pretended not to hear and even greeted him.

“My name is Seo Ho-yoon, and I am in charge of teaching the Korean entertainment and understanding lecture.”

[hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha]
[hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha]

“Oh~ Professor, you’re handsome~.”

Kang Yi-chae, who was sitting at the front, was slyly teasing Seo Ho-yoon.

“Professor, please tell me about your first love~.”

[A child appears who cannot tell the difference between a professor and a student]
[This guy can’t tell the difference between a professor and a student teacher]

Seo Ho-yoon, who had been maintaining a calm smile, smiled even more deeply and said.

“Kang Yi-chae, you failed.”
“Kang Yi-chae. You’ve failed.”
“Pardon?”

[Seo Ho-yoon idol perfect score]
[Seo Ho-yoon idol score: perfect]

Seeing Kang Yi-chae’s eyebrows stand up, Seo Ho-yoon leaned forward slightly, leaning his arms on the table.
Watching Kang Yi-chae’s eyebrows furrow, Seo Ho-yoon leaned his arm against the lecture desk and bent his body forward slightly.

“The student who failed will win a dishwasher at the dorm today.”
“The failing student gets dormitory dish duty today.”
“Excuse me? Isn’t Jung Da-jun on duty today?”
“You should address Jung Da-jun as Professor. Since there’s been a lack of respect toward the professor, I’m adding cleaning duties as well.”

Kim Seong-hyeon and Seong Ji-won just nodded their heads quietly next to Kang I-chae, who had taken care of the dishes and cleaning as a bonus.

“You have to respect the professor….”
“You have to respect the professor….”
“That’s right….”

[LOL They’re just trying to get rid of the cleaning. LOL]
Hahaha, they’re just trying to get out of cleaning hahaha

At that time, the image of Kang I-chae washing dishes in her dorm overlaps with her frowning face.

【In the end, it’s really a redhead who grumbles while washing dishes in the dorm… .】

The screen returned to the classroom and showed Seo Ho-yoon.

“Seonghyun.”
“Sung-hyun.”

Kim Seong-hyun was well aware of the dangers of self-produced content led by Seo Ho-yoon. This was because I had the experience of saying a word wrong during the Apocalypse self-produced content and being punished.
Kim Sung-hyun was well aware of the dangers of self-produced content led by Seo Ho-yoon. He had experienced firsthand how a single misspoken word during the Apocalypse self-produced content had backfired on him.

“I really like Seonghyeon’s proactive attitude.”
“I really appreciate Sung-hyun’s proactive attitude.”
“Thank you, Professor!”
“Come by my research office later.”

However, if being careful could prevent it, it wasn’t Seo Ho-yoon.
However, if caution could prevent disaster, Seo Ho-yoon wouldn’t be Seo Ho-yoon.

“I’m going to organize the filming of The Dawn entertainment show today, but I need some feedback before editing. I think it would be good if Seonghyeon, who has a good sense of humor, could come and help me and pick out the interesting scenes after reporting the filming.”
“I need to organize The Dun’s variety show footage today, and I need some feedback before editing. Come help out, and it would be great if you—with your keen eye—could watch the footage and pick out the fun scenes for me.”
“…Me doing that?”

[hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha]
[Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha]

While Kim Seong-hyeon, who saw Seo Ho-yoon’s shining eyes and realized that there was no way to escape, was devastated, Kang I-chae suddenly stood up.

“I’ll put on rubber gloves and go wash the dishes!!”
“I’ll go do the dishes in rubber gloves!!”
“….”

[Oh, I hate you.
[Ugh, so annoying
Ugh, so annoying for real]

Kang Yi-chae’s attempt to escape from the classroom ended in an instant when Seo Ho-yoon kicked the door shut.

“Our Kang Yi-chae is very talented at composing music.”
“Our Kang Yi-chae certainly has considerable talent in composition.”

[Hahahahahahahaha don’t lie you bastard hahahahahahahahaha]
Hahaha don’t lie, you bastard hahahaha

“Haha, humility. Then Lee Chae, please organize samplings of unreleased songs and send them to the A&R team by tomorrow. Before that, get confirmation from me first.”
“Haha, such humility. Well then, Yi-chae, please organize the unreleased track samples and send them to the A&R Team by tomorrow. But get my approval first.”

Seo Ho-yoon turned around, leaving the despairing members behind, and smiled sweetly at Seong Ji-won.

“Seong Ji-won…”
“Sung Ji-won….”
“Yes.”

[?]

Seong Ji-won, who opened his eyes round for a moment, gently bent his tail.

“It’s an honor, Professor.”

Seo Ho-yoon was a person with a very long back end.
Seo Ho-yoon was someone who held grudges for a very long time.

“I like curry too!!”
“I like curry too!!”

As Seo Ho-yoon and Sung Ji-won left the classroom laughing cheerfully, the members cried out that it was unfair behind them.

And after a while,

“Now that I think about it….”

Seo Ho-yoon opened his mouth to Sung Ji-won, who was enjoying apple curry side by side in the cafeteria of WH’s new office building.

“Yes, Professor.”
“Yes, Professor.”
“Hyun-sung seems to have quite a lot of footage to review on his own.”

Seo Ho-yoon’s mouth darkened.

“Please watch the support group together for about 30 hours.”

Curry dripped from Seong Ji-won’s spoon.
Curry tumbled from Sung Ji-won’s spoon.

【This person was bullied by Seong Ji-won when he was assigned a roommate.】

[Hahahahahahahahahaha When did that happen hahahaha]
Hahahahahahaha when was that even hahahahahaha

Seo Ho-yoon leisurely left the cafeteria, leaving Seong Ji-won struggling in shock.

【The Dawn members were really locked in the WH office building and worked with Professor Seo Ho-yoon all day… .】

The people who watched the brief evidence being uploaded calmly nodded.

[Our Hoyun is healthy today too….]

Seo Ho-yoon said he was Seo Ho-yoon today too.

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