Damn Idol - Chapter 169



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Episode 169

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Average viewership rating 2.7%.

Average viewership rating in the metropolitan area: 2.9%.

Peak viewership rating per minute: 3.3%.

This was the report card for the first episode of Self-Made.

At first glance, it is a disappointing report card for a program created by Sedalbaekil, which is showing the best performance.

But PD Kang Seok-woo didn’t think that way.

At first, it is higher than the viewership rating of the first episode that I was prepared for when I planned Self-Made.

This was especially true considering that M Show has shown weaknesses in self-produced variety shows (although they have improved this somewhat with Coming Up Next).

What was important in Self-Made was how the public received the program.

If it is accepted as just a variety show that progresses with the charm and characters of Se Dal Baek Il, then this is the end.

But what if you are curious about what Sedalbaekil is ‘doing’?

If you are curious to see what kind of results their self-made will produce?

I’m talking about the general viewers, not the fandom of Sedalbaekil.

Then the story changes.

There’s a reason variety show producers prefer top actors.

Even when performing the same mission, the level of curiosity changes.

In that sense, there is no performer who fits Sedalbaekil as well as Self-Made.

Wasn’t it true that Sedalbaegil was a group that succeeded by making it themselves?

Their first album is expected to sell 1.5 million copies, and all of their concerts are sold out.

Of course, to be blunt, Drop Out could also be a cast fit for Self-Made.

Drop Out is one of the greatest idols of their time, but they have a history of failure.

At a critical moment when the company was on the verge of disbanding the group, what saved them was their self-made music and videos.

but…….

‘Dropout couldn’t have achieved results as good as three months and a hundred days.’

What Han Si-on did will be revealed at the end of episode 2, and will be properly dealt with in episode 3.

Then, South Korea would be in chaos.

Kang Seok-woo thought about that and scanned the Internet reactions with the writers.

The domestic version of Season 1, which has been confirmed to consist of 5 episodes, has already finished filming and the rough editing has also been completed.

Also, he will be leaving for the US in two days to film season 2.

The reason Kang Seok-woo looked into viewers’ reactions was not because of Season 1, but because of Season 2.

If the viewers have a clear desire for Se Dal Baek Il, then it needs to be reflected.

-No lol I looked up some masked robber videos and I don’t know lol

-why?

-This introduction is sung by Lee Ion, and the high notes are sung by Koo Tae Hwan.

-Koo Tae-hwan’s high notes are precious.

-Right now, Goo Tae-hwan and Lee Ion’s personal fans are going crazyㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ They’re crying while watching the masked robber video.

-Why are you crying?

-Sedalbaekil hardly has any personal activities. Except for Masing and Snumje. He’s crying because he’s precious.

-I went to see it too, but Lee Ion sings well? He always loses parts in 3 Months and 100 Days.

-You get the advantage of the camera. Once you start zooming in, it’s like thisㅋㅋㅋ

-That’s right. You’re always at the center.

-No, but you’re worth your nickname. You’ve been secretly earning money for three months, right? Lol

-How much is it?

-Wouldn’t you make around ten million won?

-No bullshit, how did an unknown indie singer make 10 million won in net income?

-Wouldn’t you earn that much if you had five webtoon OSTs?

-You have to deduct things like studio recording fees, mixing, and mastering costs. You even have to deduct the cost of food.

PD Kang Seok-woo, who was monitoring Internet comments, became convinced.

From episode 2 onwards, this program will really get going.

It’s not that everyone is curious about the 3 months and 100 days, but they are curious about what the 3 months and 100 days did.

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This is an era where there are millions of aspiring celebrities.

This isn’t just talk.

According to a survey conducted by the Korea Creative Content Agency in 2016, there are 1,700 registered entertainment agencies in Korea and over a million aspiring entertainers.

So how many of those million people are there?

If you consider immediate family, relatives, and friends, it is a huge number.

Even if you just think of it as a three-person household, it would be 3 million, so at the very least, it would be 5 million.

For them, , organized by M Show, directed by PD Kang Seok-woo, and starring Se Dal Baek-il, was a good teaching material.

How important is skill in the entertainment industry, which is harder than threading a needle?

Can you really be successful just by having skills?

So how can you achieve success with that skill?

How do you make money?

Parents of aspiring entertainers flocked to the program, and people from secondary sources, such as people from practical music schools and small performance agencies, also sat in front of the TV.

It was because I was very curious about the three months and one hundred days of his journey to start earning money in earnest.

“The previous viewership rating was 5.2%.”

“That high?”

It was a bit embarrassing in the control room of M Show.

The average viewership rating for episode 1 was 2.7%, but the viewership rating for episode 2 just before that exceeded 5%.

Besides, I don’t watch everyone’s live broadcasts…

‘This is awesome.’

‘It smells awesome?’

It was a sign of great success.

People in the broadcasting industry kept their mouths shut because there was a jinx that if they said the word ‘daebak’ they would have bad luck.

Meanwhile, the second episode of Self Made began airing.

The opening did not connect with the ending of episode 1.

At the end of episode 1, Lee Ion and Gu Tae-hwan, the masked robbers, appeared, but at the beginning of episode 2, it was Choi Jae-sung.

[Pyobong- Pyobeop-]

Choi Jae-seong was playing a game on his phone on the screen, and the phone screen flashed by.

Unbeknownst to viewers, Self Made had already secured sponsorship from .

From the game company’s perspective, it wasn’t a bad thing either.

For them, who spend a huge amount of money on advertising, sponsorship was just pocket change, and they were able to proceed with PPL through Choi Jae-seong, who had already finished filming the domestic advertisement.

-Isn’t this the sound of MOL?

-It doesn’t seem right haha

-This game is so fucking over payingㅋㅋㅋ

-It’s fun lol

Because it was the number one game in the store, viewers responded quickly.

[Papa pat! Papa pat!]

-That’s the sound of defeating a world boss lol

– Did it take some damage?

But this was the reaction of MOL users, and the reaction of the general public was unfavorable.

-Are you already doing PPL because the ratings are good?

-It’s a bit weird;

I thought Choi Jae-seong’s actions were just PPL.

Actually, it was a natural reaction.

Considering the program concept of Self-Made, there is no reason for a mobile game to come out.

A dark(?) shadow appeared behind Choi Jae-seong, who was lying on the living room sofa playing a smartphone game.

[Give me the money!]

[Hands up!]

It was Lee Ion and Koo Tae-hwan wearing masks.

[No, what is that mask?]

[I figured out a way to busk without special makeup.]

[If you listen to their voices, wouldn’t you be able to tell? Their eyes and mouth shape are exactly like our older brothers.]

[I should change the song. What do you think?]

[Isn’t the mask cool?]

Choi Jae-seong tilted his head at Koo Tae-hwan and Lee Ion’s words.

[Ion-hyung, what you say is a bit different than usual?]

[It’s a sub-character. It’s my second self.]

[Ion type.]

[huh?]

[I think Tae-hwan hyung is stupid.]

[My brother called me an idiot… … .]

Lee Ion, who was about to point out Choi Jae-seong as usual, hesitated.

Now, it’s not Confucian Boy Lee Ion, but a masked robber.

[You can call it that.]

Behind the scene where Choi Jae-seong laughs in disbelief, Lee Ion and Koo Tae-hwan’s busking activities begin.

At first, no one was very interested in them.

But the moment the two started singing, several people stopped.

Because it was unbalanced.

Two people who seem like they would sing hip-hop or rock are singing a very sad ballad.

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋWhat? You were promoting a song like that?

– Could that mask be a romanticism that says he loves you so much that he can’t stand the embarrassment of looking at you?

-Come to your senses lol

-No, but think about it. If you just take off that mask, Lee Ion and Koo Tae-hwan’s faces will appear.

-oh….

-If Koo Tae-hwan wears a mask, doesn’t it seem like he’ll steal your money, and if he takes off his mask, doesn’t it seem like he’ll steal your padding?

-Not that much. I’ll be satisfied with something like sausage bread.

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋAre they crazy?

It didn’t end there.

Koo Tae-hwan and Lee Ion took turns singing a sorrowful song, but their gestures were rebellious.

As Koo Tae-hwan was belting out high notes, Lee Ion was holding the microphone like a gun and making a gunshot gesture.

In fact, Ion, who had never done this before, practiced it several times at the dorm… … .

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋThis is becoming content.

-Ah, lol. Han Si-on’s advice was right. Right, even if you cover your face, you have to have something to show.

It was a song that received a great response from passersby along with amazing singing skills.

In particular, the point was that when Lee Ion fired his gun, someone put the admission fee in the collection box.

After the performance, Lee Ion and Koo Tae-hwan returned to their accommodations and expressed their thanks, saying that all of the money would be donated.

But when I returned to my accommodations, Choi Jae-seong was still playing the game.

-Is Choi Jae-seong in charge of PPL?

-I found out that you’re addicted to mol.

-If you look at the screen, you can tell that it is sponsored by the production company.

Choi Jae-seong’s actions continued.

Even when Han Si-on comes out to the living room to drink water while composing a song, and when On Sae-mi-ro communicates with webtoon writers and corrects the lyrics.

Every screen I looked at was playing a phone game.

Of course, Choi Jae-sung’s personal fans couldn’t have been happy.

The problem wasn’t PPL, but everyone was working hard on something but there wasn’t enough screen time.

However, Kang Seok-woo had no intention of using Choi Jae-seong as a PPL recipient in episode 2.

It wasn’t intended for PPL in the first place.

If it weren’t for Han Si-on, Choi Jae-seong’s achievement would have been the biggest shot.

[end!]

Choi Jae-seong jumped up and ran to the laptop.

-Did you beat the boss? LOL

-Aren’t you raising a sub-character on the computer?

But it wasn’t.

When Choi Jae-seong turned on his MacBook, all the sources that had been secretly flowing out during the broadcast were sampled.

Choi Jae-seong started making something with them.

-Huh? No way?

-why?

-There was a video that heated up the internet a while agoㅋㅋㅋ

-What the heck? Are you saying that Choi Jae-seong made that?

-What?What? Why are you the only ones who know?

And Choi Jae-seong took it to Han Si-on.

[This is my best. Please help me, hyung.]

-Is it just me who finds it funny that the members of Sedalbaekil act like they left the song to Han Si-on? ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-An unexpected laugh point lol

-But Han Si-on barely appears in episode 2;

-That’s why I’m always composing music in my room.

After that, Han Si-on explained the song to Choi Jae-seong step by step and fixed it.

The song was not broadcast.

The only thing that was broadcast was Han Si-on saying that she needed more sound, and Choi Jae-seong was lying down playing a game on his phone, and then he dropped it on her face, making her scream.

[ah!]

[Please pronounce it more accurately.]

[ah!]

[Make it feel like Ahaah! rather than Ah!]

[What is that?]

[Yes. It will come out if you keep doing it.]

But at the end of this scene, there was a change in the YouTube video.

It shows how popular the MOL-related videos uploaded by Choi Jae-seong are by the number of views, likes, and real-time rankings.

And music is playing too… … .

[Hello! Uh… …?!]

The scene changes to a MOL employee who doesn’t know the composer’s identity coming to the dorm and making a stupid expression.

Episode 2 seemed to end like that.

Overall, it was full of fun, but I couldn’t shake the impression that Han Si-on’s portion was lacking.

Han Si-on, who had been crouching like a dragon in a dungeon inside the studio, opened his mouth while looking at the camera.

[It’s finally finished.]

[I plan to get some advertising with this song.]

-Did you make something like a CF advertisement?

-Ionic drink?

-If Lee Ion appears and Han Si-on composes, it will probably sell wellㅋㅋㅋ

But it wasn’t.

Han Si-on pointed to the MacBook with his index finger, which had its brand name covered up for the broadcast, but was a brand that everyone would recognize.

[It’s Apple.]

That’s right.

The big shot that Han Si-on was aiming for was Apple’s WWDC and worldwide advertising music.