Chapter 286 – Bwaaeaeang…!
“Kihin… I’ll be careful from now on…”
Just before Lim Ha-eun went on stage, Park Min-ji, who was in her official seat, sobbed and apologized to Shin So-ye.
“From now on, think before you speak, okay?”
“Yes…”
“It’s okay now, let’s go see the stage.”
Shin So-ye has had enough of nagging, so now she turns her attention to Im Ha-eun.
Park Min-ji asked in a worried voice next to him.
“Sister, are you okay…?”
“Yes, you will do well.”
“But… I used a lot of stamina all night… “I did…”
While quickly putting on makeup and dressing Im Ha-eun, Park Min-ji asked Lee Se-jin what she was doing so late.
Although Lee Se-jin was extremely hesitant, he honestly confessed, ‘I was a little late for that,’ because he didn’t want to lie to Park Min-ji.
In response to the question, ‘Right before I came!?’, I even received a definite answer, ‘Uh, that’s… Ugh, uhm.’
‘Wow… I can’t believe I spent 12 hours alone with my brother…’
I was exhausted after just 1-2 hours with my brother, but we played for more than 12 hours?
I can’t even imagine how much physical strength I must have used.
Isn’t it 1-on-1, where you can’t even take a break while your brother is playing with someone else?
“It’s okay Ha-eun.”
“No matter how much I call you my sister…”
“Ha-eun’s physical strength is better than we imagined.”
After saying that, Shin So-ye whispered into Park Min-ji’s ear.
“Minji, you know that? “In SM play, M is the one who really uses a lot of stamina.”
Generally speaking, it seems like those who bully people will use more force.
It’s not unreasonable to think that way, since it actually moves a lot.
However, that is a judgment made only by looking at the movement and without knowing about tension or pain.
“Really…?”
“Huh. When a person is tense or feels pain, they use up a lot of their physical strength. Think about it carefully. When you’re scared, your body starts shaking a lot, and you get tired quickly because you’re worrying about so many things… Haven’t you ever felt that way when you watch a scary movie?”
Park Min-ji tilted her head at Shin So-ye’s explanation, but soon understood.
Okay, come to think of it, there are a lot of horror games that use a system where when the character is in a state of extreme tension, stamina consumption increases by more than 50%, right?
“You have to be very nervous without knowing what your opponent is going to do, and every time you feel pain, your whole body trembles and you have to use a lot of your stamina… Ha-eun has enough stamina to be able to handle that.”
“I see…”
When I heard it, it was just as she said.
I have never seen Lim Ha-eun collapse from exhaustion while being bullied by Lee Se-jin.
Even when she went outside on a cold day naked, she didn’t catch a cold, and no matter what Se-jin Lee did, she trembled and glared fiercely at her, but she endured until the end.
“Besides, these days, I’ve been working hard at dance lessons every day.”
“There won’t be any problem…”
As her worries about her younger sister eased, Minji Park’s expression became much more relaxed.
At that moment, Kim Winter’s performance on stage ended.
“I enjoyed Kim Gyeoul’s performance! It’s so amazing~! “Now then, let’s watch The Queens’ Lim Ha-eun’s performance~!”
“Hello, this is Haeun from The Queens…”
Im Ha-eun comes up on stage hesitantly.
It was clearly a different look compared to her usual confident walk.
“…Sister, why are you doing that…?”
“Uh… Well? “What’s going on?”
“It’s really okay… Right…?”
“Uhm…”
Her worries, which she thought she had cleared away, did not go away and spread to Shin So-ye as well.
***
In a sudden emergency, I immediately ran to the sound director and changed the song first.
“Please change Ha-eun’s song to ‘Be your sister’ instead of ‘Hop Step Jump’!”
“Uh? “Isn’t that the song Minji Park will sing?”
“You two will change!”
It was a sudden change request, but both songs were already prepared.
Just change it and there won’t be any major problems.
The sound director happily changed the song, and I quickly told the general producer that I would also change the song.
Since they only had to perform on stage with a new song anyway, the general producer easily gave permission.
The reason why Haeun suddenly changed the song to be sung by Minzy was simple.
‘Good, now the dance difficulty has been significantly lowered!’
Originally, the song Ha-eun decided to sing was an intense dance song, so she had to move a lot and even jump around in the middle.
If Ha-eun were to show such a dance now, a major accident might occur.
But Minji’s song is the exact opposite.
Because Minji was slow in learning the choreography, the dance portion on the stage where she was shown at the audition was completely reduced, and the concept was set to be gentle, so there wasn’t much movement.
In other words, the possibility of a major accident occurring is minimal.
Moreover, since Ha-eun was the one who watched Min-ji’s dance practice, she also knew the dance to this song perfectly.
Now the remaining problem is…
“I walked through your heart~”
While we were all worried, Ha-eun’s stage started before we knew it.
Ha-eun quietly performed on stage with a gentle ballad-style song.
In order to make up for Minji’s lack of stamina, Ha-eun’s steps are kept to a minimum, and in order to maximize Minji’s charm, Ha-eun perfectly performs the cute dance with her hand choreography.
‘…It’s a little unbalanced.’
Yes, there was a problem that Ha-eun didn’t fit the concept she was currently holding.
Minji’s new song pursues extreme cuteness because it has the concept of everyone’s younger sister and everyone’s (imaginary) wife.
It was a dance that made the most of her sexiness and cuteness by not only making a heart mark with her hands but also kissing the air, and appropriately appealing to her big breasts.
However, Ha-eun’s current concept is sexy & ‘cool’.
Her concept was to be sexy yet provocative, hot yet cool, and then she suddenly showed such a cute concept.
‘I’m going to lose some points.’
Because she suddenly goes against the image she has built up until now, it is easy for people to give her negative points.
Why, she goes to watch a series of action movies and gets disappointed when a romance movie suddenly comes on?
‘Well… You’re still good at it.’
After watching her for a minute or so, I started to think that she was cute and just right.
One way or another, Ha-eun is also quite cute, and although she is not as good as Min-ji, her breasts are bigger and her performance is also very good, perhaps because she taught Min-ji hard.
‘It doesn’t matter if I lose the audition…’
As Ha-eun said, she may suffer losses due to the comparison effect.
But what is it?
All she has to do is make up for any losses.
If I jump in and get a good broadcast, or create some new content related to Ha-eun… It won’t be too difficult to make up for it if I work a little harder.
In the long run, it won’t be a big problem.
‘Is it better because I saw something nice?’
I’ve done everything I can, but I’m probably getting tired too.
I changed my mind to the enjoyer mode and quietly watched Ha-eun’s performance.
***
A few hours later, inside Dao Entertainment’s Honey Girls practice room.
“I lost again!”
CEO Lee Sa-ra was getting irritated in front of Honey Girls and Yoo Ga-hye.
“I trained you so much…”
“We were completely defeated, it was a loss of strategy.”
Yoo Ga-hye analyzes the reasons as if to calm CEO Lee Sa-ra down.
“Of course, I thought they would present a flashy and intense stage that actively utilized Im Ha-eun’s image like last time, but I never thought they would change her concept 180 degrees.”
“I should have known you would pull such a shallow trick from the start!”
Are you shallow? No.
The strategy of drawing the audience’s attention with unexpected charm was bold and amazing.
Yu Ga-hye continued her analysis in a voice of serious admiration.
“Even if the performance is lower than usual, people will like it if they show a new charm… That’s what I dug into. “As expected, this manager is really smart.”
“The judges’ evaluation was almost 50%, but I never thought I would lose in the audience evaluation… Damn it! Why don’t you just judge based on ability? This is why I don’t like ordinary people who don’t know anything!”
Isara, who was venting her anger towards the judges, shifted her target to Lee Se-jin.
“No, that guy Sejin Lee was like that in the first place. What on earth? “He should have won the battle, but he’s cowardly to run away like that, isn’t he?”
Yoo Ga-hye thought as Isara continued to get irritated next to her.
What does Lee Se-jin know, who can boldly change strategies when necessary and accurately understand the scoring criteria for auditions to somehow achieve results?
I think Isara, who only focuses on ability, is doing something wrong?
Of course, if she said that out loud, she would probably get scolded.
Yoo Ga-hye wanted to say something positive, so she changed the topic.
“…Still, I gained something. “You could see that our method is very suitable for improving your skills, right?”
It was proven that Kim Gyeoul’s performance was significantly improved in a short period of time.
Against Lim Ha-eun, whom she had lost soundly in the past, didn’t she receive half of the judges’ votes?
Isn’t this a big improvement?
If you look long term…
“That doesn’t work, we have to win. “I was determined to win this time.”
But Isara shook her head.
“Right Now! “I have to win perfectly with overwhelming skills. Only then will the performance of this app and my strategy be proven correct.”
“That…”
That’s a very short-sighted idea, Mr. President.
Yu Ga-hye wanted to say that, but Isara cut her off and sighed.
“No, what… Ha… Okay, okay. There are still two people left… We should be able to win with those two people. Anyway, our leader Heejeong remains. “Annie Kahn was the most talented. If she shows what she’s capable of, she could win.”
“Yes, and Soo-ae will definitely win against Park Min-ji.”
Among The Queens, Park Min-ji is the least skilled.
Even in the videos and practices I saw recently, her skills were still not very good.
If it weren’t for her love-filled charm, her skills would definitely be inferior to those of Honey Girls.
Okay, so the current Honey Girls would be able to easily beat Minji Park.
The two were sure of that.
“…I guess so?”
“I guess so.”
“”…””
No, the moment I became sure, anxiety came over me.
Isn’t the opponent Lee Se-jin?
They might come up with some crazy strategy and beat this side.
“…I have to start practicing right away. Kids, relax first. “For 5 minutes!”
Isara felt nervous and immediately gave the Honey Girls practice orders.
While the two women were doing this, Sejin Lee was at The Queens practice room not far away…
“Bwaaeaeang…!”
He was holding his hand to his forehead in front of Minji Park, who was crying.