Are you going? Yugeon threw his phone on the sofa and lay down, hugging a cushion.
Brrr-.
His phone kept ringing, as if it wouldnt leave him alone.
This ti, it was a call from his manager.
[Manager (Park)] Be ready, Ill be there in 15 minutes. 10:24 AM
He had arrived ho around 6:50 AM, so after taking a shower and tidying up, he had only slept for two hours.
He had been told to cut down on his personal schedule and stick to the group schedule. Last week, he had slept less than 20 hours in total.
His lifestyle was so irregular that it was pointless to talk about his daily routine. He had never slept more than four hours.
I have ti to spare, so I can go to the club and have fun.
He would join the other mbers around noon and finish the group schedule by 8 PM. Then, he would have to appear on a late-night variety show.
Would it have been easier to endure the tough schedule if he had gotten along with the mbers?
Yugeon looked at the TV screen that was accidentally turned on and replaying [My Doll Stage].
He felt like he could hear the main PDs voice clearly from the screen.
Trainee Kang Yugeon, can I talk to you for a mont? Your father has an unusual background I have sothing to propose to you.
Ill guarantee you an A grade or higher from the first evaluation, and a rank of 20 or higher. Can we do a special episode about your father when we air the show?
Yugeon had declined the offer, and what he got in return was an F grade and 87th place.
He was in danger of being eliminated.
Only trainees who were independent or from affiliated agencies could participate in My Doll Stage.
It might have seed like a normal treatnt for an independent trainee without an agency, but he had the skills to expect a B grade or higher if it werent for his fathers issue.
Was it because he was underrated for his skills?
He still rembered vividly how people sighed in pity when his grade was announced.
In the final broadcast, it was all edited to sound like jeers.
I wont forget. How they treated .
Yugeon closed his eyes for a mont, but soon opened them wide at the sound of soone knocking on the door.
Youre not close, are you? You and the mbers?
The conversation he had with Cheonise had been haunting him.
Was it possible to maintain a friendship in a survival program?
Please, just ss up his lyrics once, please make him forget his choreography, please put him in a bad spot. I dont care if its school violence, drinking, family issues, or anything.
Yugeon was a chess piece on a board that he had set up to survive by raising his rank.
The world was cruel to the trainee Kang Yugeon, and kind to the Floss Kang Yugeon.
It was a realm that he would never understand as a lord who didnt go through the survival.
Yes, Im going.
Click, the door opened and Yugeon smiled leisurely, hiding his fatigue.
***
Wow, this is amazing.
As soon as they got out of the mini van, their honest impression was,
Can people live here?
Should we pitch a tent in the yard and sleep there, or clean this place up first?
The door looked like it was about to fall off, as if to prove that no one had lived here for a while.
The main cara that started filming from inside the house scanned the faces of the mbers who were shocked by the house.
The inside should be cleaned up a bit, so theres no trash to throw away. The water and electricity are still working.
Kyunghwa crossed the yard and stepped onto the wooden floor. He didnt even take off his shoes, and I wondered what he was thinking.
Every ti he moved his foot, the dust marks were clearly visible from afar.
Lets get the vacuum cleaner out first.
Thanks to Kyunghwas warning that there would be a lot of dust, they had brought a wireless vacuum cleaner from the start.
Ah~. It would have been nice if this was sponsored.
Ye-jun chuckled and held the vacuum cleaner over the floor and turned on the power button. The floor that was covered in grayish-white dust quickly regained its original color.
Lets hurry up and clean up. We have to change all the lights before it gets dark.
Kyunghwa muttered as he read the mission card he had received from the PD while coming down to the countryside.
This was the place they had to visit every Wednesday and Thursday for about six weeks.
At first, they suggested filming everything in a week and uploading it by week, but
The fans want to see your reality, dont they? Are you okay with that?
The PD had suggested an unexpected idea at the planning eting. Reality? What did he an by that?
Floss was not a top idol, and they were almost rookies who were unknown. He said it was better to show them so friendliness.
And they were in a non-active period, so they didnt have many channels to show what they were doing in real ti.
He said it would be more familiar to show them an updated look every week, rather than showing them what they did a few weeks ago in a week.
They got busier as they started preparing, but the fixed schedule of Climax was still empty.
Then, lets set a day every week to film, and edit and post it within 3-4 days of filming.
I was worried that it was a bit too demanding, but they only had a separate filming director during the day.
At night, they used self-cams or observation cams to edit and use their staff as efficiently as possible.
PD, where do we install our observation cara?
Seon-woo held the ho cam he had received as a sponsorship in both hands and headed towards the floor. It wasnt much of a help, even though it was a sponsorship.
They only got the product for free, as long as they didnt cover the logo. It was my personal plan that cost a lot of money, even though I had to mark [Paid Advertisent] on the top.
I should be grateful that the company allowed .
As I looked at the house that seed older than Im Hyun-seong with a soulless eye, the PD ca up to .
Are you not doing anything, Ise?
I answered cheekily.
I was thinking. Were going to be coming and going for over a month I wonder if it would be better to paint it anew.
That sounds good. Were going back to Seoul tomorrow, and itll be a week before we co back.
Ye-jun sucked up the dust on the floor and opened the sliding door to the living room.
Lets clean up first and then talk.
Kyunghwa pressed his mask firmly over his face as dust clouds rose from inside the house.
The house was well-furnished, but it felt cold and lifeless, as if no one had lived there for a long ti.
The ivy vines that covered the walls of the house didnt give a gardening vibe, but rather added to the bleakness.
Lets clear out the inside and then tear off the vines outside.
What if the house collapses when we pull them off?
Seong-won narrowed his eyes and glared at the wall, annoyed by Ye-juns joke.
Its a joke, dont take it so seriously.
I slapped Seong-wons shoulder lightly and he rubbed the spot where I hit him.
No, its just it seems possible.
It was a rare mont when Seong-won agreed with Ye-jun, but now was not the ti to dwell on that.
Three of us should be enough to clean up the house. Why dont two of us go to the field and check the condition?
Hoo, Kyunghwa took off his shoes and went inside, wiping off the dust that piled up on the furniture.
Seong-won and I will go.
Seon-woo and Kyunghwa had already taken off their shoes, and Ye-jun was also on his knees, vacuuming the floor.
By process of elimination, only Seong-won and I were left.
Please follow us with a cara.
Following the PDs instructions, the youngest PD with a rather tough-looking face followed us.
Have you ever lived in the countryside, Ise or Seong-won?
I was about to reflexively say no, but then I opened my eyes wide. I didnt, but I didnt know about Cheonise.
No, Ive always lived in the city since I was young.
Thankfully, Seong-won answered the interview for , so there was no silence.
Didnt you ever go to your grandparents house when you were young?
My relatives on both sides are from Gyeonggi-do, so I was always amazed by the kids who went far away.
I thought he was a broomstick who couldnt say a word and stuttered when we went to School Kitchen Attack last ti.
It was just that he had no confidence in himself. He wasnt completely incompetent as an entertainer.
I took advantage of the gap that Seong-won gave and called the system.
System.
Then, poof, the system read my mind and printed out a neat explanation.
[Due to repeated requests, there is a 10pt charge for viewing past records.]
[Do you want to pay 10pt to view past records?]
[Yes/No]
[As of today, points will be deducted without additional confirmation]
Aargh. I keep accumulating points and dont use them well, so they use these cheap tricks.
Give them back to soday. I was unhappy, but I answered in my mind.
Yes.
[Cheonises grandparents on both sides are from Seoul, and he has never visited rural areas in Korea, even for tourism.]
Great, thanks for making cry.
The youngest PD asked a question at the right timing.
What about you, Ise?
Im also new to this, I never had a chance to visit.
I answered with a light smile, and then he asked another question.
Ise, you seem very skilled at handling ingredients, I think youll do well in the field work too.
Maybe it was because of My Hotown Today.
I had a bit of that image because I actively participated in the harvest in the filming.
Ive never done it before, so Im much clumsier than you think. I only know how to eat, not how to grow.
Im sure youre better than .
As the sll of grass from the field grew stronger, Seong-wons expression gradually beca more bored.
That was a huge hit on My Hotown Today.
I rembered the reactions that poured out to Seong-won after My Hotown Today aired.
[-A male idol who runs away from bugs]
[-Ah why are you running with it, dont show ]
[-Theyre really best friends, they look so close]
[-These days, male idols look like theyre pretending to be friends, but theyre really close]
[-He looks like hell grab his collar as soon as the cara turns off]
If a man is afraid of bugs I thought he would be more disliked than liked.
That was a mistake.
People dont hate n who are afraid of bugs.
They hate ugly n who are afraid of bugs.
Seong-wons cute running away from bugs made the comnts cheer.
People love handso n who are afraid of bugs this much.
I was reminded of the idol fandoms double standard of cruelty.
Should I make Seong-won run away from bugs again this ti? I was distracted for a mont as we arrived at the field.
This is this is a ss.
From the vegetables that had rotted on the vines after missing the harvest ti, to the weeds that grew as tall as a person. There was more than one or two things to deal with.
Lets figure out how to clear the grass first.
I calmly stepped into the field. Then, I saw sothing that looked like human clothes between the dense corn leaves.
Huh?
Oh no, I felt a chill down my spine from the ominous feeling.
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