Godsent Top Star [EN]: Chapter 174

174. First Reality Show Broadcast (2)

April 23, 2022

“I’m sorry to ask, but could you please edit this part out? I think there was some inappropriate language used on the broadcast……”

Kwon Seong-hyun said with a bright smile, and the production team nodded in agreement.

Kwon Seong-hyun.

He was a man whose presence was overwhelming just by sitting there.

It’s a problem that I often forget…….

“Right. I was wondering if you had become mild while being with my friend. This is the Kwon I knew. Tsk.”

The first episode ended with the lights being turned off.

The viewers’ reactions were also favorable.

Some were curious about the sportswear Yeon-woo wore.

Some were curious about the training center Yeon-woo attended.

Some even asked for detailed recipes for the food he made himself.

You could see that the attention was growing more and more.

The reaction was also good when the trailer for the second episode was released soon after.

[Were you suffering from the shaky screen?]

[We have prepared this for those of you who watched while enduring the motion sickness!]

A dramatic caption appeared.

And.

[Ah. Does this make it shake less?]

The staff handed something to Yeon-woo.

The community burst into laughter when they saw the question mark on the black circle.

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ The person who suffered the most: PD [Producer/Director]

ㄴI can see them editing while crying ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-The person who suffered = PD

-The person who watched while enduring motion sickness = PD

-PD’s job is extreme ㅇㅈ [Short for 인정, meaning ” 인정합니다 (I acknowledge/agree)”]

And another question mark that came up again.

-Wait a minute? This is a trailer, right? Shouldn’t the trailer show what you’re doing?? Remove the question mark!!!!!!!!!

ㄴThis person is at least a master of gradation anger [referring to the slow build-up of anger]

-What on earth are you doing that the whole screen is blurryㅋㅋㅋㅋ

ㄴI don’t think it’s normalㅋㅋㅋ

-Ta-da! Look at this, everyone! (Photoshopped picture)

ㄴWow, I see it, is he taking a pictorial? It looks like a filming set?

ㄴYou can see that……?

ㄴDon’t you have Sharingan? What have you been doing without learning Sharingan……? [A reference to the anime Naruto, where Sharingan is a powerful visual ability]

-A pictorial sounds so good. I’m looking forward to seeing what kind of pictorial it will be ㅎㅇㅎㅇ [Short for “흐엉흐엉,” an onomatopoeia for crying, used here to express excitement]

The trailer, which properly stimulated people’s curiosity, was also well-received, and the main reaction was that they were looking forward to the second episode.

-“The trend is very good.”

After the broadcast, the PD said that it was a very unique response among reality programs.

“Is that so?”

-“Yes. Thanks to Yeon-woo, the overall viewership ratings are also very good. The first episode even recorded a peak viewership rating of 10 percent, which is incredibly great compared to regular entertainment programs. The topicality is also very good. It’s a very smooth start.”

As the PD said, the response to the first episode was not bad.

The majority of reviews said that the fresh and unpredictable content was eye-catching.

Not only Yeon-woo’s existing fans, but also people who had a liking for him after watching the movie and entertainment show ‘You and Me Together’ flowed in at the right time, creating a synergy effect.

[A different twist. Rising star Kang Yeon-woo transforms his image with a pictorial!]

[A fatal charm that will risk even death! Collaborating with a luxury perfume brand]

[Is this the innocent, pure, younger man I know? …… A fatal reinterpretation of luxury perfume!]

The pictorial that was published soon after also played a significant role in attracting attention.

It was a natural reaction since every move he made was newsworthy.

-Crazy;; Who predicted a pictorial at the end of episode 1;; But it was a real pictorial

ㄴI couldn’t recognize it was our Yeon-woo at first…….

-I heard that if you buy perfume, you get a bromide [A promotional photograph], you get a bromide, so I bought perfume^^!

ㄴI heard that it’s already sold out at the department store in my neighborhoodㅠㅠㅠ Where did you buy it?

ㄴThere’s a very small amount left at Gangnam X Department Store!

The pictorial was nicknamed a photo that shakes people’s emotions just by looking at it.

In fact, there were a series of mysterious testimonies in various online communities.

Thanks to that, a strange phenomenon occurred in which people bought perfume to get the photo.

-Episode 2 is legendary

-Episode 2 is God God God

-Episode 2 is crazy

-I highly praise the PD who organized this

-Master. To the usual coffin. [A hyperbolic expression of praise, implying the PD deserves to be buried in a luxurious coffin]

-Is there any perfume left? If I go to buy it, do they still give out photo cards?

Episode 2 aired in a situation where more attention was focused on it thanks to the previously released pictorial.

-“Maybe it’s not a legend, but *the* legend?!”

The PD’s voice could be heard over the receiver, grinning from ear to ear, as if the viewership ratings had soared.

It’s only the second episode.

However, it was by far the most unique viewership rating among similar reality programs.

Because of this, everyone predicted the success of the program.

The faces of the production team who came to film were constantly smiling.

“If we keep going like this, Yeon-woo’s awareness will definitely increase, and our program will be included in the hit entertainment category.”

“That’s what I’m saying. It’s not easy to do this, but we’re getting a really great synergy effect. Yeon-woo is really riding the wave. The movie, ‘You and Me Together’, and the pictorial. Our program is gathering all that attention, so the effect is very…… As a production company, I’m very proud.”

If things go well like this, it wouldn’t be unreasonable to put his name on the list of star PDs.

“If I get an incentive at the end of the year, I’ll definitely treat Yeon-woo!”

The PD was even throwing out these kinds of jokes.

The reaction to the reality program was so good that he said that.

It was like the attention that had been focused on Kang Yeon-woo was stagnating without a place to go, and then exploded when it met reality.

“I don’t know if we’ll really exceed 10 percent if we keep going like this.”

It’s only the second episode, but many people predicted a successful future.

However.

[I’ve been thinking about it, and something seems a little strange;]

A shadow slowly began to creep over those predictions.

It was a change in the flow that no one had expected.

*

“Wow! It’s finally over!”

Jerry, who had been sitting, jumped up.

He stretches out his arms and shouts cheers.

His dark circles were thick under his eyes, and he looked like a prisoner who had escaped from prison as he shouted freedom.

“I told you I could do it alone.”

“No, no. I can’t miss even a piece of the masterpiece that you are creating meticulously, hyung [Older brother or close male friend].”

“It’s just that I keep touching what I’ve already touched, so there won’t be much difference.”

“Actually, that’s true. It all sounded good to me…… Ah. But I think it’s getting better and better as we go!”

Jerry’s eyes sparkled.

“How should I put it? It’s like courage is boiling up inside me? It had a grand and weighty atmosphere before, but…….”

“It felt a little empty?”

“I didn’t know it at the time, but now that I see what you’ve completed, I know why you said it was lacking.”

The OST [Original Soundtrack] that I had been working on since I appeared on ‘TV in My Hand’ was finally finished.

‘I didn’t know that ability would be used in that way.’

Emotional transference.

It is an A-grade derivative ability that has the effect of conveying emotions when staring at the other person for a long time with tearful eyes.

The reason I started using it for composing was simple.

‘Thanks to that, I gained another mysterious ability.’

There wasn’t much time left until the deadline to hand over the OST.

The drama side said they could wait a little longer, but it was actually a difficult situation.

The existing drama, which was about to be cut short, ended just a while ago.

The drama side was also busy with the filming being pulled forward, so they said they could make it through with special programming for about a week or two.

‘They said they’re going to do a trailer soon.’

The main OST is not really necessary for the trailer.

But it’s definitely good to have.

Even if I hand it over in its current state, it will be okay, but…….

‘Something’s still missing.’

What could it be?

After thinking about it carefully.

Yeon-woo was able to find one answer.

‘If I can convey my intentions and emotions through my eyes and acting…… wouldn’t it be possible with music too?’

The A+ grade ability to move hearts that I received from Salieri was not enough.

It was definitely true that it had an impact on the listener.

However, the emotions that Yeon-woo wanted to melt into it were not conveyed as they were.

Interpretation by the listener is also a necessary part, but I wanted a more intuitive flow.

‘The OST needs a theme.’

The role of the OST is to convey that theme in a synesthetic and more efficient way.

‘Let’s give it a try.’

From then on, I started working in a Spartan style.

That’s why Jerry was making dying noises.

‘It wasn’t just a matter of making it sound plausible. It had to move hearts, but the intention to move them in the direction I wanted had to be clearly projected. So it’s no wonder it felt 2 percent lacking.’

There are many ways to compose music.

From the very basic method of drawing notes on a staff, to

A wide variety of modern methods using various machines are available.

But the result is the same.

‘Making good music’

Putting a bowl upside down and hitting a pot to keep the beat also becomes a piece of music.

Whatever the method, you just have to make good music.

‘Hmm…… not this either.’

‘This is a little weird too.’

‘It’s hard to put emotions into it. It might be harder than acting…….’

Yeon-woo’s method was very simple.

Just keep doing it until it works.

It was a very ignorant method.

But surprisingly, that was the answer.

I could feel the plausible-sounding notes changing little by little at some point.

Even if I played the same section, it felt different from before.

It was like an empty space was being filled little by little.

And.

After so much time had passed that I didn’t know how many similar scales I had pressed.

-Ting!

Yeon-woo could hear a familiar notification sound.

[Conditions are met.]

[A derivative ability is created by meeting the conditions.]

[Would you like to acquire the derivative ability?]

[Yes/No]

Of course, the answer was ‘YES’.

*

“It’s amazing when I think about it. The song itself hasn’t changed much, has it?”

The OST had already been mostly completed for a long time.

There were parts that I overturned and overturned and overturned again because I didn’t like them, but the big framework didn’t change.

The main melody is not much different compared to the unfinished version uploaded to Neubeot or when it was released on ‘TV in My Hand’?

It was just that a few notes were changed and a little was added.

Of course, that alone changed the atmosphere of the music a lot.

“It used to be heavy, gloomy…… and solemn, but now I feel hope at the end. It’s not a light scale…… Is it because I took out the trill and emphasized the tempo with staccato in allegro, but gave it a loose and relaxed feel with moderato……?”

I don’t know what he’s talking about.

“It’s really amazing considering I added a few symbols, changed a few notes, and changed a few effects. I didn’t know because I heard the whole process, but the difference between the first version and the last version is definitely big. Maybe they wouldn’t even think it’s the same song…….”

“Are you saying it’s good?”

“Of course it’s good! You’re really amazing, hyung…… It’s hard to see your own song objectively, but you even found a place to develop it further!”

Is that so?

When Yeon-woo tilted his head, Jerry’s eyes sparkled and he said.

“There are far more people who can’t find their own problems. Most people don’t even recognize that there’s a problem? There’s even a saying that a monk can’t shave his own head.”