Top Girl Group Scenario Rewritten with My Own Hands - Chapter 93

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Chapter 93
The new year arrived, but nothing fundamentally changed.
I still had to be an idol, and the mountain of tasks and problems waiting to be solved remained exactly as it was.
“Team Lead.”
“Yeah, Ji-on. What is it?”
“If there’s nothing special planned for our 1st Anniversary Promotion, would it be possible to release an official lightstick?”
In the past, lightsticks were typically released when they came with a standalone offline event, but lately groups that had formed a fanbase of a certain scale tended to release lightsticks quickly.
What this meant was that the gap between fans carrying shabby temporary lightsticks and those with proper ones at offline events would be quite stark.
In fact, among the teams performing at year-end music festivals and awards ceremonies, only Evergreat and Ashcode were without official lightsticks, using temporary ones or support sticks instead.
Even then, Ashcode was already taking pre-orders for their lightstick. Now only Evergreat was left.
“…Would it be difficult? I know the timeline is really tight, but if that’s not possible, I’d love it if we could at least take pre-orders by our next comeback…….”
Team Lead Lee Su-bin listened to my words seriously, her expression suggesting she’d been expecting this, then opened her mouth after a moment.
“Ji-on.”
“Yes.”
“First, we are preparing various things for the 1st Anniversary Promotion, and a lightstick was among the ideas.”
“Mm-hmm.”
“But the timeline is too tight to make it for the 1st anniversary. It probably won’t be produced, and the best we can do is rush the design, finalize it, and take pre-orders.”
I suppose that’s inevitable. It’s early January now—how would we ship actual lightsticks to the fans who preordered them by the end of February…….
“And, Ji-on, you don’t need to worry about things like this.”
“…Did I misspeak or something?”
“No, I’m saying you should focus more on your idol activities.”
The tone wasn’t coldly dismissive, but I felt a moment of doubt.
And honestly, even with Team Lead Lee Su-bin and Kim Yoon-joo doing their jobs well, I still hadn’t completely forgotten about the incompetent Music Proof I’d seen in my past life…….
“Even if you’re doing producer work on the side, the 1st Anniversary Promotion is naturally something the company should prepare. I know our company isn’t exactly trustworthy, but wouldn’t it be better if you trusted us reasonably and focused on your idol work and songwriting?”
“Ah…….”
“There’s a limit to human stamina. All the worrying you do is part of that too. You’re going to be much busier as an idol going forward—especially with that survival show you asked us to look into. Right?”
Right, I had asked the company to look into something related to that survival show.
Come to think of it, I’ve been juggling so many things lately that it’s understandable for someone else to be concerned.
“I’ve had a lot on my mind recently……. If I worried you, I apologize.”
“You don’t need to apologize. I just want you to distinguish between what you should worry about and what you shouldn’t.”
“Yes, I understand.”
Even after saying this, I’ll probably keep getting involved in company affairs, and Team Lead Lee Su-bin will probably think there’s nothing she can do about it…….
“You don’t need to push yourself too hard. It’s fine to go a little slower, so let’s focus on your activities while taking good care of your health.”
“Yes, I understand.”
Team Lead Lee Su-bin seemed to think it was better to set up safety measures through conversation.
There was no need to resist that. And honestly, if I were some work-obsessed addict, it’d be different, but I actually prefer working at a comfortable pace, so really, there’s no point.
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“So this survival show concept was born in the aftermath of your contract renewal?”
‘…Does it really work out that way? Hmm, it does seem like it. At least it’s not my sole responsibility.’
“Either it is or it isn’t. What’s all this ‘seems like’ nonsense?”
‘I only know what I’ve heard going around the company. I told you—aside from the Regression, I’m just a normal person.’
And there’s your influence on the survival show too. System and status window—it’s all ancient history now. Honestly, I don’t even want to remember it, it didn’t help much, and I can’t see it anymore, so what am I supposed to do?
Han Jeong-yeon’s voice came through the Bluetooth earphone with a somewhat indignant edge, and I pulled it out for a moment.
That high, bright tone sounds pretty when she’s singing, but sometimes her way of speaking gives me an earache…….
“The System is pretty strange. You said you could see it back during Daylight Survival. It disappeared after that ended, and then after coming back to now, you can’t see anything. That’s the funniest part.”
‘It’s a bit less creepy, at least. Since I don’t know where it came from, I never really liked the fact that powers just manifested like that…….’
“I don’t like it either. I just use it anyway because not using it would be too difficult…….”
‘You’d be like that. You have so much to do. I’m getting lectured.’
“I already got an earful from the team lead. So just tell me more about the survival show.”
‘Why do you hate subject changes and tangents so much…….’
“Like you said, I have a lot on my plate. I need to listen fast and make a judgment so I can actually work.”
Han Jeong-yeon grumbled the whole time but provided plenty of information about the girl group survival show that V-Net had set up.
Let me go back to that previous conversation for a moment to trace the origins of the survival show.
‘First of all, there’s no girl group survival show in my memories either. No matter how many times I think about it, this is just something that suddenly appeared here.’
Wondering if there was something I’d missed, I asked Han Jeong-yeon to check one more time, and she firmly defined the survival show as something that ‘suddenly appeared here.’
Han Jeong-yeon is careful with information, so when she makes a definitive statement like that, it means that’s how it is in her memory at least.
A girl group survival show from a major broadcaster like V-Net probably didn’t fail so badly that even Han Jeong-yeon forgot about it, and I’m sure she wouldn’t think it did either, so she’d assume it appeared this time.
‘Our contract renewal is what Eun-jae told you about.’
“Yeah. I heard that much. About how Liliell and Failheart are also candidates for the show, and we thought we were confirmed.”
‘Hmm……, to be precise, it looks like V-Net is very interested in having you guys appear. When the concept was passed on to our company, the cast was undecided, but Evergreat was definitely marked as a target to recruit.’
Yeo Eun-jae probably brought up the survival show because of this concept.
‘When I asked the staff, apparently the parent company of V-Net is investing and wants to push one of the idols they’re backing.’
“VC E&M? That’s where it started?”
‘Yeah. When we renewed with them, they spent money, and apparently they said something like, “Since you’re here, find a way to promote them.”‘
“That’s kind of funny……. So what?”
‘Unfortunately, V-Net went a little crazy about the survival show and dug up a somewhat outdated survival format.’
“…Ah.”
‘Basically, they figured that the kids who were selected in Daylight Survival would look better if they did another survival.’
“That’s way too simple…….”
‘And like you said, this started at VC E&M.’
“Yeah.”
‘Isn’t Music Proof getting investment from them? You mentioned that.’
“……Right?”
‘So from the start, they set you and us as confirmed participants and planned to spotlight the skilled kids even more. Well, this is just something I’m inferring from what you and the staff told me.’
So, in the end, the story was that two regression holders trying to change the group’s fate had inadvertently created a girl group survival show…….
I thought the survival format ended with the generation slightly before us. Daylight was almost the last survival idol…….
“Why a survival show in particular…….”
‘I don’t know much more than that. But V-Net itself does love the survival format.’
Well, these are the people who created a survival show so explosive it got reported to the broadcasting commission.
How would I understand the heart of V-Net, who went from liking sensational survival shows to loving them?
According to Han Jeong-yeon, during Daylight Survival there were some people trying to manipulate the results, but they were all eliminated with the power of the System.
Apparently it wasn’t easy. I didn’t really listen to the details.
Coming back to the present.
The information Han Jeong-yeon provided was quite useful. Since after all, the survival show could only work if both Evergreat and Daylight participated, we both agreed that sharing information was necessary, so we did.
“Evergreat and Daylight are pretty much confirmed, and Liliell, Failheart, Rainkids……. These are really unexpected, even Ashcode?”
‘Honestly, I was surprised too, and so was the staff. Everyone said it was unexpected.’
For example, information like how there’s quite an unexpected group included in the expected cast lineup.
“Do you usually chat a lot with the staff?”
‘Reasonably? I’m polite, and I share information they’d like, and I hear things from them in return.’
“How did Eun-jae find out about this?”
‘She’s the leader so she probably glanced at the concept. Not all of it, just the cast part, and they had us do a formal vote on whether to participate, which is why she saw it.’
“You guys are something else……. It’s forced participation anyway.”
‘Yeah, there are a few members who don’t know about that. And we all voted yes.’
“Wow.”
‘And you guys don’t have room for negotiation either. It’s mandatory. Next it’s your turn.’
……There’s nothing to say.
With nothing to say, I maintained silence for a moment, and then I heard laughter bubbling through the Bluetooth earphone.
“By the way, where are you? Is this call okay?”
‘It’s a soundproofed vocal room. You?’
“My studio. I’m fine too.”
‘We both worried for nothing.’
This level of security check is almost routine at this point.
Slowly, we’re both developing a kind of trust that says, ‘This person isn’t the type to discuss sensitive matters in wide-open spaces,’ but Han Jeong-yeon probably needs a bit more time. I have about half a year more of memories of her than she has of me…….
“Oh, but what’s the name of the program?”
‘What, the survival show’s name?’
“Yeah. It’s kind of weird just calling it a survival show……. Wasn’t it written in the concept?”
‘No, it says “For the CROWN” in the concept, but I’m not sure if that’s a working title or the actual name.’
For the CROWN.
Literally translated, it means “for the crown”…….
“…That’s pretty straightforward. Does the program description say something like ‘the team that will take the throne’?”
‘Oh, bingo. Seo Ji-on, why are your instincts so sharp?’
“Because if the program name is ‘For the Crown,’ it obviously has to have something about the throne and honors. If it was a working title and they changed it to something else, they’d have to redo the entire program description. It’s not vague—it’s conceptual, so it’s probably half-set.”
‘Why?’
“If the program description has all this stuff about the throne and first place, and you changed the title to something else, you’d have to scrap the whole description and start over. If it’s a conceptual description rather than a bland one, then it’s practically locked in, isn’t it?”
I don’t judge a title by whether it’s good or bad, but there is one thing I’m certain about.
A title is the identity of what it names. In every sense.
In this case, it would be the identity of the concept.
Somehow I’ve become the kind of position that has to hunt for a crown, whether I like it or not.
That’s my fate…….
Rewriting the Top Girl Group Scenario with My Own Hands
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: Nam Seo-rang
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: May 27, 2026
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