Becoming An Idol Wasn’T On My Plan [EN]: Chapter 258

Idol? No Plans for That-258

[Recent News on ‘That Weird Kid’]

Our Blossence, always bringing hot topics to the idol scene with his bizarre antics. At the center of it all was always Ji Dong-hwa, the composer member.

Initially, he was considered more normal compared to the other members, even earning the title of zoo caretaker. But in reality, he was our professor who overwhelmed the other members with his madness. Just the top dog of the zoo.

(Ji Dong-hwa’s mental training meme – Ji Dong-hwa leisurely drinking tea while watching a horde of zombies.)

Professor’s leisurely tea time. #With Zombie Virus #Korean University Mental Education Course #Shardena-style SNS [Shardena is likely a reference to a social media platform or trend.]

(Idol production workshop meme – A moment of the professor’s madness, silently creating an atmosphere where trainees have no choice but to practice.)

Professor’s subtle pressure, making sure everyone stays in the practice room, so they get praised by other contestants for their improved skills the next day. Teacher’s grace (secretly, the kids don’t get enough sleep, and according to reviews, some even have nightmares about Professor Ji.).

(Various memes of Ji Dong-hwa cursing Ryu Iden and jumping off a bungee jumping platform.)

The professor showing off his amazing moves as above.

And recently, Ji Eun-gwang turned on his personal W app [Likely a social media app] and suddenly raised questions, saying, ‘Don’t you know this song? It’s really good.’ Then, without a word, he took out a recorder and started playing it. And he played it well.

(Ji Dong-hwa playing the recorder. The concentration in his closed eyes looks like an artist’s sensitivity, or madness.)

Comments:

—What is this ㅋㅋㅋㅌㅋㅋㅋㅋㅌㅋㅋㅋ Why does it end with the recorder story ㅋㅋㅌㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Write spoiler ㅋㅋㅌㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ You really look like a weird kid ㅋㅋㅌㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ [Laughter and teasing in Korean internet slang.]

└ㄱㅆ) That’s the only thing… I remembered… Such love… exists… [Abbreviation indicating the commenter is the original poster.]

—Additional information: Ji Eun-gwang played the entire chorus (estimated) of his personal song on the recorder and, not satisfied, even made the members hum. And then he even made a claim for an unknown reason that he was the victim.

└ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅌㅋㅋㅋㅋ It was so out of the blue [More Korean laughter.]

└Assistants who were under the desk throughout the professor’s communication time… Today, graduate students are just crying at the professor’s tyranny…

—Today, the leader said on his personal live that they all planned it together and Dong-hwa was against it ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ That’s why he said he was the victim..

└Really… they’re weird kids… I wonder what I’m stanning… [Slang for ‘supporting’.]

The text on the monitor was a memoir about someone’s madness.

But if you put it all together like that, no one in the world could avoid becoming a madman. In life, everyone does irrational and bizarre things once or twice.

The characteristics that can be found in everyone are meaningless as individual traits.

Just like the fact that a rabbit has long front teeth doesn’t really help define what kind of rabbit Chae Ha-min is.

…So, the fact that fans see me as a madman is, a little, just a little disappointing.

“Kuh, I get excited every time I search for your name, Dong-hwa. It’s generally these kinds of posts. I even save the memes and use them often when I talk to my friends?”

Should I like it or not?

I’d rather be remembered as a cool person, but if the fans feel that way, I have to accept it. Being a madman.

“Dong-hwa.”

“Yes.”

“I never imagined that I would have to call you in to scold you, but life is full of surprises. You’ve been upright since the first time I met you.”

Team Leader Jang Hae-jin put down her mouse and turned to me.

I was suddenly surprised by the less-than-expected dark circles under her eyes, considering that someone she manages might do something reckless and cause the company a loss.

“You know what the members did together, right?”

“Yes.”

“And you don’t regret it?”

There’s no way I’d regret something like this.

I know that the members’ intention is to promote the song in the most effective way possible.

“Yes.”

“Okay…….”

Team Leader Jang Hae-jin stopped talking for a moment, perhaps intending to shame me, and scanned through several posts related to the spoiler from the last W app.

Sitting next to her and naturally seeing everything, I realized that the internet world as told by Lee Hyun-jae was a utopia.

“Well, I knew it. I heard it all in advance.”

An answer that naturally brought a smile to my face.

I raised the corners of my mouth more easily than before.

“You’re not surprised?”

I knew that if she had intended to scold me from the beginning of the conversation, she would have used honorifics, so this was just small talk.

And even before coming in, I didn’t think I would be scolded. Of course, Ryu Iden isn’t the kind of person who would do that.

“Because the leader is that kind of person.”

Unlike Chae Ha-min, that person doesn’t make choices that go against the company’s wishes.

Because like me, it’s more beneficial to the group.

When Chae Ha-min heard my story and got heated up, saying, ‘Oh my god! How can the company accept that again! Really!’

Ryu Iden would have been calculating how to shame me, how to persuade the team leader, and ultimately how to make it a topic of conversation.

“So. When I first heard it, I wondered what he was talking about. He came to me and said, ‘I’m going to leak all the chorus melodies of Dong-hwa’s new song this time,’ and he was grinning, and I was speechless for a moment. I thought he was talking crazy.”

I nodded silently.

Even just hearing about it was absurd, but the person involved would have been even more so.

“Anyway, I understand your intentions. I’m grateful that you care so much about the group, but really……. It’s like the group is everything to you.”

“So I hope you can help us stay active for a long time.”

“You’re a totalitarian. Why is the group more important than the individual?”

“If you bring up philosophical topics first, I…….”

“Okay, that’s enough. I was hasty.”

The team leader looked a little tired.

Originally, having conversations on these topics isn’t a common hobby, so she probably doesn’t like the sentences that would pour out of my mouth like a cornucopia if she touched them.

So I kept to myself that totalitarianism is closely related to psychological states but is closer to a social phenomenon, so it’s different from the topic I want to convey.

“Okay, anyway, I’ll push you to the end. As long as Nietzsche Company stands and you want to do that, you can keep the name forever. Even if we have a laissez-faire contract that only manages your schedules.”

“Thank you.”

“I should be thanking you. Grow bigger and get me promoted quickly. Once I gather enough power within the company, I can just do whatever you want right away!”

“I heard it’s already confirmed because of TOT seniors [Likely a successful group within the company].”

That she’s a great person who will go up before Team 1 as soon as a position opens up.

I heard that you get promoted in the company if you achieve both performance and politics, and I heard that the team leader is someone who has achieved both.

“Well, success is always better the bigger it is. Shouldn’t I go up to the point where I can take a seat on the board of directors? That way, I can fully support your dreams too.”

Team leader’s deepening dark circles were the depth of her ambition.

I’ve never had such a dream, but I respect someone’s goal and admire that they are achieving it with their own hands.

“Then, I’ve stalled for time well, so that’s enough. Go! Today is the day of the radio, right?”

“Yes.”

Radio with the person who called me stupid, and there’s even a guest today, so it’s truly a new feeling.

* * *

“First of all, the broadcast has started. I would like to express my sincere gratitude to those who came to listen to this radio without roots today.”

“A broadcast without roots—, a broadcast that is swayed here and there, a broadcast that is like a shallow spring, so it’s rather good—, today we are with a guest.”

As Seok-jun and I took turns belittling our own programs, today’s guests were embarrassed.

In fact, when I read the first comment, I didn’t know what this broadcast was about, so I have nothing to say.

“To―day, we have specially invited the professor’s students.”

“Eun-gu and Han-jin from Kinetica, who debuted with Idol Production Workshop.”

The two who had been quiet cheered and clapped in response and continued their greetings.

As far as I know, it’s their first radio appearance, so it’s quite strange that they chose this rootless broadcast.

Wouldn’t it be several times more productive to go on Senior Kyun Hwon’s radio?

But it’s not my business. After they finished their greetings, I spoke to them according to the script.

“It’s been a while, my students.”

As if this isn’t a rootless broadcast.

“Yes, Professor.”

Eun-gu also has a look on his face like he’s going crazy with awkwardness.

Seok-jun was suppressing his laughter, probably because he understood my feelings, or maybe he just found the situation funny.

“It feels like you’ve really become a professor, hyung [Korean honorific for older brother or male friend].”

“Jun, I’m holding back and reading the script.”

Hurry up and follow the script too.

“Originally, there are no fixed segments on this broadcast, and we just fill each week, everyone.”

“So―, today’s segment that we have carefully created is a counseling center with guests!”

In other words, nothing has changed.

Originally, this broadcast is about sharing each other’s concerns based on the topic selected for the week.

Of course, the two who had been listening to our radio chuckled.

“However, before that!”

However, a sound not in the script popped out of Seok-jun’s mouth. What on earth is he going to say?

“Something we can’t help but do with these two here.”

“…Jun?”

I turned my head to where the writer and PD were.

No matter how I look at it, this crazy bastard seems to be running wild, so I meant to ask if they should shoot a sleeping pill that could even put an elephant to sleep.

But, contrary to expectations, they were just smiling contentedly.

“We can’t help but listen to Dong-hwa hyung’s behind-the-scenes stories!”

What.

“So, the time we prepared, do you remember that I gave you the questionnaire in advance!”

“Yes, I received it well.”

Han-jin with a good-natured smile.

Eun-gu looked at me apologetically for a moment, but soon turned his head.

“…Oh my god.”

To make me do a live radio without even putting it in the script. Is this a proper radio?

Why is the world doing its best to shame me?

Numerous questions arose, but I just want to know when and by whose hand this plan started.

“When did you plan this?”

“When the two of you were cast, Iden hyung gave us the idea.”

Ha, that guy is helpful in my life… but really, at times like this.

If Ryu Iden was sitting next to me, I would have suspected it when I saw that today’s script length was shorter than expected, but I didn’t even think about it because it was Seok-jun.

“First question, when Dong-hwa hyung came to the practice room, were you honestly uncomfortable?”

I bit my lip slightly.

I did go there to make them uncomfortable, but I didn’t want to hear the aftermath to my face.

“First, Han-jin, yes, all, no.”

It’s also betraying that the dinosaur next to me is more excited than anyone else.

“…A very slight yes.”