Producer with no Regrets - Chapter 526



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Episode 526

Idols who appear on ‘Aoa’ sometimes create their own choreography, but usually receive help from professional choreographers.

Even if I participate in choreography, it is only to the extent of partially contributing ideas.

That makes sense, idols are people who dance, not people who create dances.

‘Rather than Ara learning dances from another choreographer, it would be better for her to teach me the dances that she remembers.’

The dance that Sungpil remembers is, without a doubt, a masterpiece. It was the choreography that made Jo Ara a star in her previous life, so there is no doubt about its beauty.

But I didn’t know if the current Joara would like that dance.

‘If Ara likes it, that’s fine, but if she doesn’t, there’s no problem.’

Seongpil didn’t really think, ‘It has to be this dance.’

“Um, well.”

Joara nodded with a look of surprise.

“If you want to show me, then show me. But what’s going on? When I ask you to dance, you run away while making a fuss. Or is that it? Are you doing this because I told you to be more aggressive? Seriously, you’re not even a student, so you’re trying to show off your charms by dancing? What kind of teen drama is this? The one where you fall in love with a male senior in the dance club?”

“You are so happy.”

Joara’s anticipation was evident on all sides, to the point where she felt sorry for not dancing until now.

“I didn’t dance when you asked me to… … .”

Seongpil stopped talking.

“What didn’t you do?”

I can’t say that I’m afraid you’ll fall in love with me.

Then, Seongpil will surely become a patient with axe disease and become notorious all over Garo Entertainment.

Later, if Jo Ara gets a boyfriend or if Sungpil is over 40, he will be able to dance for him. Even though Jo Ara won’t ask him to do it then.

Yeah, Joara has a boyfriend… … .

“… … .”

“mister?”

Seongpil came to his senses only after she called him again.

“… … I didn’t do it because you asked me to tease you.”

“I really wanted to see you. I told you that you’re talented. The way you use your body is no ordinary thing.”

“Don’t look up and down with your eyes.”

The two headed to the empty practice room with light hearts.

Joara sat in front of Seongpil.

“I’ll play some music.”

Joara was only interested, but she didn’t think that Sungpil would show a real proper dance.

‘Bad’ is a song that lasts for 3 minutes. There is no way Sungpil can dance for 3 minutes, but if he could dance for even 1 minute, he would be applauded.

Seongpil also only had a simple idea, and he didn’t think of the entire choreography for ‘Bad’.

So, I had almost no expectations about Joara’s dance. Of course, I had expectations about what Sungpil would show.

Well, isn’t that obvious?

Seongpil didn’t really learn how to dance, he just memorized a few, maybe a dozen, idol choreography as a hobby.

“Right, just a moment.”

Seongpil left the practice room and came back a minute later. He was wearing a suit jacket.

“What is it?”

“I borrowed Director Han’s. This is the key point.”

“I guess you’ve thought about it a lot.”

Joara waited with interest for Seongpil to dance.

It took less than three minutes for simple interest to turn to surprise, to amazement, and finally to dumbfoundedness.

Surprisingly, Sungpil danced the entire choreography of the song ‘Bad’.

“how is it?”

Seongpil asked with slightly rough breathing.

Instead of answering, Joara got up and left the practice room. As Sungpil was flustered, she brought all the members of the Girls’ League with her.

“I just got here because I heard that Director Park is going to put on a fantastic dance performance! Now, let’s dance!”

“Ah, Araya, why… … .”

“No, uh… … .”

Joara answered, still not coming to her senses.

“I’m not sure if I’m being swayed by something like that… … .”

“Nose, bean pod?”

When Seongpil questioned in shock, Jo Ara hurriedly added an explanation.

“There’s something like that! When my child sings and dances, no matter how bad their skills are, they look pretty!”

“Your metaphorical skills are poor.”

“Oh, anyway, try it in front of the members too! Teacher, Unnie, Rika, watch carefully.”

“Am I a non-existent person?”

Shin A-reum grumbled as she took her seat. She, like Jo A-ra, didn’t have any high expectations.

For some reason, Joara was very interested in Seongpil’s dance.

I often say, “Mister, dance,” as a joke, but now it’s not a joke anymore, it’s reaching the level of obsession.

‘Maybe Joara has developed a certain sense of humor.’

When Sungpil danced, Jo Ara must have been happy because she thought she won in the end.

That joy combined must have made him unknowingly highly evaluate Seongpil’s dancing.

It can’t be helped. Seongpil isn’t a choreographer, and the dances he creates can’t possibly be well-made…

“Oh my gosh, Team Leader, you’re so cool… …!”

Three minutes later, Shin A-reum shed tears of joy and gave all her enthusiasm, passion, and desire to Seong-pil.

There is a word called ‘daughter fool’.

It is often used to refer to a father who is extremely affectionate towards his daughter and becomes very affectionate towards her.

And Shin Areum thought.

There should be a term called ‘Fool for Dad’. Shin A-reum was confident that with her current attitude, she could become a fan of Seong-pil.

Why, aren’t there students who are obsessed with handsome teachers? Why can’t they become company directors (no one ever said they can’t)!

“Director Park, Director! Show me that again! Taking off your jacket!”

“this?”

Sungpil wore his jacket loosely over his arms and bounced with his upper body. It was the highlight of the choreography that appeared in the latter half of the song.

When Jo Ara of the previous life did this choreography, she wore crop tops to emphasize her sexiness, but Sungpil was wearing a plain t-shirt, so there was no sexiness.

“Director, you’re sexy!”

It seemed that a dance with a high level of perfection could display its charm without being restricted by costumes.

Jo Ara stared blankly at Seongpil again, then left the practice room like before. This time, she brought Hong Gyu-heon, Han Gu-in, Son Hye-bin, Lee Jae-ho, and Jeong Ji-eum.

Hong Gyu-heon sighed as he watched Seong-pil bounce excitedly.

“Joara, I know you care a lot about Director Park as a producer, but you don’t have to brag to me… … .”

3 minutes later.

“Director Park made this?!”

Did you become so obsessed with idols that you ended up becoming an idol yourself?

Or, if you follow an idol for more than 10 years, do you naturally develop choreography skills?

Well, I guess I’ve seen tens of thousands of dances over the past 10 years, so it’s not that strange that I can make up my own dances.

“I guess you have to be at least that good to become a director.”

Lee Jae-ho spoke in a voice that strangely conveyed a sense of defeat. Then he stared blankly at Han Gu-in.

“Why are you looking at this?”

“no…….”

“… … .”

“Director Han can’t dance… … .”

“It’s not that I’m weird, it’s that Director Park is special!”

As the audience increased, Sungpil felt happier and happier. If things continued like this, he would be able to perform on stage 25 times in a row, like at an idol concert.

“Araya, who should I bring this time? Do you know by now that you’re not a fool?”

Jo Ara blankly stared at Seongpil, then left the practice room again. Then she brought Seo Yu-seon and the choreographers with her.

“It’s the final exam. Everyone in the company is friendly to you. Jaeho oppa might be pretending to be nice because he doesn’t want to get disadvantaged in his performance evaluation. Now, let’s dance.”

“Father, I’m embarrassed… … .”

“yes?”

Oh, right.

It would be embarrassing to bring in real dancers and show them how to dance. It’s different from showing them in front of people at work…

“It’s embarrassing to show it to Yuseon… … .”

“Are you crazy, mister?! You jump around like an excited puppy in front of us, but you’re embarrassed to dance in front of your senior?!”

“But you’re an idol… … .”

Joara was absurd.

Then you and the members aren’t idols?

When Joara glared at him as if lasers were coming out of his eyes, Sungpil danced, overcoming his embarrassment.

When Sungpil finished dancing, the choreographers applauded. But they didn’t know what was going on.

Choreographer Shin Ji-wook asked.

“But why that dance?”

“The old man made it himself.”

“Wow, I guess to become an executive in the entertainment industry, you have to be able to do urban dance choreography. After all, it’s an industry person who sits in the executive position.”

“I didn’t learn how to dance.”

“… … ???”

Shin Ji-wook asked, bewildered.

“Then, how?”

That’s what Joara wanted to ask.

She stared at Seongpil.

Seongpil also stared at Joara.

“You ask me how.”

Seongpil was already answering with his gaze.

It’s because of Joara. To be exact, Joara from a previous life.

“Well, anyway, it’s settled. It’s not my opinion, but objectively speaking, it’s a good dance.”

“then…….”

Hong Gyu-heon asked cautiously.

“Do I have to pay the choreography fee to Director Park?”

“You didn’t need a performance director, did you? I don’t think I had to come from Japan… … .”

Seo Yu-seon became gloomy.

Then Seongpil immediately refuted it.

“No! How could someone like me rub up against Mr. Yoo-seon!”

“Ah, Director… … !”

“Yoo-sun is like that because she’s drunk, but Seong-pil, even when he’s sober, his emotions are similar to Yoo-sun’s.”

The members agreed with Son Hye-bin’s words.

In that way, the song and choreography that Joara would present in ‘Aoa’ were decided in one day.

* * *

“It’s decided.”

Yoon Sang-yeol logged into iTube and displayed a music video screen on his monitor.

Jiyu read the song title.

“California Gurls?”

“Anna?”

“I don’t know.”

“Katy Perry?”

“I don’t know?”

“You don’t know Katy Perry?”

A sneer briefly crossed Yoon Sang-yeol’s face. However, he quickly hid the sneer when he saw Ji-yu.

No, looking at Rahee standing behind Jiyu.

Rahee was looking at Yoon Sangyeol with a faint smile.

“Katy Perry is the queen of pop.”

The only artist with 10 music videos with over 700 million views.

The only female artist with a music video with over 3 billion views.

The first female artist to achieve 1 billion video views.

The first singer to reach the top 10 on the Billboard singles chart for 52 consecutive weeks (about 1 year).

“The album featuring California Girls is still on the Billboard 200.”

The Billboard 200 chart is a chart that ranks album sales.

There are numerous charts within Billboard, but among them, the singles chart and Billboard 200 chart receive the most attention and have the highest status.

“When did it come out?”

“2010.”

Jiyu couldn’t help but be surprised at that.

That meant that the album that came out when Jiyu was in elementary school was still on the charts.

“Just listen first.”

The lively, bouncy sound and ear-pleasing vocals were impressive.

I can see why it’s still on the charts.

It’s so refined that it’s hard to believe that so many years have passed. It’s almost as if it hasn’t been affected by the ravages of time.

Jiyu listened to the song with her ears, but instead of the music video, she looked at Yoon Sang-yeol with her eyes.

Yoon Sang-yeol nodded and stomped his feet to the beat. He didn’t mean anything by it, he was just moving his body in excitement.

He hummed the lyrics of California Girls in a low voice.

“We got it on lock, West Coast represent(We got it on lock, West Coast represent)… … .”

It was Jiyu’s first time seeing Yoon Sangyeol like this. In fact, it was her first time entering his studio.

I didn’t know it because I only saw him making a fuss in the practice room, but he seemed to love music as a composer.

‘You do have a good sense for choosing songs.’

“Sex on the beach (Having sex on the beach)… … .”

“… … ???”

Jiyu was surprised when she heard Yoon Sang-yeol humming.

‘Is that a song lyric? Did I hear it wrong?’

Jiyu focused on the music video.

A naked Katy Perry lies down and shows off her sexy charm, while her female backup dancers wear outfits decorated with candy.

It was such a blatant metaphor.

And there was something else that surprised Jiyu.

“Snoop Dogg?”

“You don’t know Katy Perry, but you know Snoop Dogg? That’s ridiculously biased knowledge.”

Jiyu didn’t know much about foreign hip-hop. She knew it from watching humorous videos featuring Snoop Dogg that were used as memes.

When watching foreign meme videos, music with the lyrics ‘Smoke weed everyday’ often appears.

Every time, Snoop Dogg appears dancing.

When the music video ended, Yoon Sang-yeol looked at Ji-yu again.

“You must know the power of this song. What you will show in ‘Aoa’ is… … .”

“Sexy isn’t really… … . I don’t really like emphasizing the pelvis and shaking the butt… … .”

“What are you talking about? That doesn’t suit you.”

“… … .”

Even though she got the answer she wanted, Jiyu felt bad instead.

“Ask anyone at the company. You… … .”

“Ah, yes, I understand.”

Yoo Sang-yeol frowned as if to say, ‘How dare you interrupt me.’

He took a deep breath as if he was going to say something to Jiyu, but when he saw Rahee standing behind Jiyu, his anger management disorder was cured.

“anyway…….”

Yoon Sang-yeol said, gently tapping his head with his palm. The stress in his head continues to build up.

“Your strengths are innocence, freshness, and coolness. You are suitable as a model for a soju advertisement.”

“soju?”

“All the models in our country’s soju advertisements have an innocent feel, so it suits them. Do you get the idea?”

“Roughly.”

“… …Do you agree?”

“yes?”

Jiyu blinked her eyes several times.

“So, are you asking me for my opinion just now?”

Yoon Sang-yeol kept his lips tightly shut to endure the humiliation that he felt was beyond the world.

Jiyu looked at Rahee, who was standing behind her, as if asking what on earth was going on. Rahee just smiled broadly.

“I was just asking, what if I say no?”

“You’re not going to do it?”

“I told you I was just asking. I will.”

Jiyu felt better.

I felt strangely good myself.

Just the fact that Yoon Sang-yeol was mindful of his intentions made him feel incredibly considerate.

“I’ll get the choreography draft and give it to you within a week. Until then, you… … Okay, get to know Ginger and Ara.”

“… … ???”

Yoon Sang-yeol wanted to say, ‘Don’t show off your low intelligence by continuing to make such a stupid expression.’

If it weren’t for Jiyu’s troubles and Rahee’s pressure, I would have said it like that.

Yoon Sang-yeol continued his explanation while feeling his stress building up.

“As you know, the competition format of ‘Aoa’ is unique. And as is often the case with the majority of votes, it doesn’t lead to the right result. In the end, it will become a battle of friends. Unfortunately, since Ara and Ginger are close friends, there is no chance of you winning. However, it would be foolish to not even try. Get close to them from now on. At the very least, you should feel a pang of conscience when you choose each other because you are close.”

“… … Do you think they really do that?”

“Even if the kids don’t want to do it, the company will make them do it. Maybe there’s already been some kind of deal between KS Entertainment and Garo Entertainment.”

“What will happen if those two make a deal? After all, if I don’t vote, they won’t win.”

“KS Enter and Garo Enter hate me.”

“yes?”

“Those vile bastards, instead of saving face in a one-on-one fight, they’re going to set you up for defeat. They’re going to humiliate me.”

Jiyu added one more thing to Yoon Sang-yeol’s medical condition.

Delusion of persecution.

‘Still, it’s plausible that Ara and Ginger would take pictures of each other. I should become close with them.’

Who is easier to become friends with?

At first glance, it looks like Joara, but… … .

‘Surprisingly, it seems like someone as ginger as you would give you a lot of affection once you get to know them.’

In the previous ‘Aoa’ pre-meeting, Ginger had practically ignored Jiyu.

Look at the way Joara ran out to greet her owner like a puppy as soon as she arrived.

However, it seems like Ginger would be easier to conquer than Joara.

‘Being cold to people you don’t know means you feel uncomfortable approaching them first in interpersonal relationships. That’s probably why you ignored me.’

People who are originally sociable have a harder time becoming close to others. They are close to everyone. Jo Ara is that type of person.

‘Okay, first target is Ginger.’

* * *

The day of the joint interview of the three members of ‘Aoa’.

Break time.

Jiyu and Joara had a bright conversation.

“Oh really? That’s what Epsilon seniors said?”

“That’s right. When you come to practice, you all wear hats without washing your hair. When I jokingly told you to wash up, you said, ‘You’re going to sweat anyway, so why?’”

“Then, do you wash your hair and go practice every day?”

“Write… … .”

“Oh, what the heck, haha!”

The two talked and laughed continuously.

Both of them were sociable and outgoing, so they could have conversations without any awkwardness even with people they met for the first time.

There was one timid person looking at it.

It was ginger.

She couldn’t easily join in on their conversation and just watched. But she wasn’t just watching.

‘Lee Ji-yu… … That fox-like… …!’

Ara’s BFF is me! It has to be me! There’s no one else but me!

Ginger burned with jealousy towards Jiyu.