Assistant Manager Kim Hates Idols - Chapter 115



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| Episode 115. Malicious Editing

We were practicing right before the first episode of A Wang Shil aired.

But I had to stop halfway through because my gaze kept looking elsewhere.

“Guys, why can’t you concentrate for a while now?”

“Are you focused right now, hyung?!”

Lee Cheong-hyeon shouted.

“Why can’t I concentrate?”

“Today is the first day of the royal family!”

“so?”

“So what?”

Lee Cheong-hyeon repeated what I said and then laughed with a breathy sound.

“My brother has absolutely no human emotions.”

“They’re suddenly turning people into androids.”

“How come you’re always the same as usual? Don’t you usually worry about how the editing will turn out or anything?”

“You can’t make mistakes that didn’t exist, and you already know that you won’t be very sociable. If you’re curious about the stage, you can watch it when it’s uploaded on YouTube.”

“Wow… … . Am I the one who’s weird right now?”

When Lee Cheong-hyeon looked around, Kang Ki-yeon shook his head.

Then it means I’m weird. These guys are real.

“It won’t make a difference if you watch it live. Do you really want to watch it in real time?”

“Even if I tell you, you won’t understand. You don’t have a human heart.”

“Yeah, so now you’re belittling me by calling me a wooden doll that can’t dance.”

“Oh my god. This guy is even scheming now.”

I don’t understand why people with weak mentalities would buy it and go to hell.

I was worried that I wouldn’t be able to control these guys and the atmosphere would get messy, so I deliberately decided to watch it alone later.

“Brother, then how about we just focus and watch the first 30 minutes?”

Jeong Seong-bin made a suggestion to appease Lee Cheong-hyeon, who was looking gloomy.

The first thought that came to my mind was, “Why am I getting so excited and sad over such a small thing?”

I feel like I did something wrong when I see kids under the age of twenty looking at me with desperate expressions.

“If you finish all the work within 30 minutes.”

How can you be so weak-hearted?

No matter how much time passes, I don’t think I’ll ever be a strict boss.

* * *

Even though I missed the first 20 minutes or so, things were going pretty well for the Awang family.

First of all, there wasn’t much ridicule in the real-time comments.

Compared to other audition programs, I didn’t get much attention in the beginning, but while the Spark guys were watching, I was better off not getting any reaction.

There are some people right now who are sitting with their hands together, bowing their heads, and casting prayer meta. I won’t say who they are for the sake of preserving their honor.

But there were certainly ripples of public influx.

≫ I love Song Min-ilㅜㅠㅠㅠㅠ

≫ My kids are already in the eldest positionㅠㅠ Time flies

≫ I see you’re not going anywhere during the Parte broadcastㅋㅋㅋ

The overwhelming difference in reaction depending on the size of the fandom.

It seemed like the Sparklers were diligently leaving comments, but the other groups’ barrage of comments was no joke.

While some of the groups that appeared first were exchanging greetings on the screen, I quickly looked up the real-time comments I had missed earlier on my smartphone.

Then we reached a pretty interesting point.

≫ Huh

≫ Huh

≫ Oh my

≫ Huh?

≫ ;; Wow, awesome

≫ Huh?

Exclamations of less than two words poured down like a summer rain in certain sections.

While the other guys were absorbed in the TV broadcast, I moved the playback bar of the video on my smartphone to the time when the comments were posted.

Then, Lee Cheong-hyeon’s face appeared, as big as a door. It was a scene from a pre-interview inserted into the cast introduction part.

‘Then that’s right.’

Spark’s first appearance… … No. It seems that the birth of Spark’s best visuals gave the viewers a great shock. But still, it’s not like there’s anything strange about his appearance.

At that moment, a peculiar sound effect was heard from the TV.

As I looked up at the screen, I saw several groups chatting and laughing with cute and lovely background music.

Then, a cold sound effect of wind cutting through the air came on, the middle door opened, and Spark appeared along with a rather grand BGM.

Just looking at the screen, they looked like shy guys and cheerful guys who had just come back from a surfing session in the winter sea a few hours before.

I don’t think the atmosphere was that dramatic. I guess it’s not for nothing that they say you have to watch a broadcast as a broadcast.

The suspicious flow continued until Parte entered.

Following the other groups who were bowing nervously towards Parte, Spark briefly passed by the screen, bowing his head slightly and looking away.

“omg…….”

Lee Cheong-hyeon’s breathing echoed in the living room.

“The editing is provocative.”

I added.

We also bowed at a 90-degree angle when the parterre came out.

These are the guys who have been telling me for over a year that if they can’t greet me properly, they should just throw everything away and go home.

I saw with my own eyes that they were well-educated and worked hard in the field, so there was no responsibility on my part.

I guess I pasted the reaction that came out while listening to Mr. Yu’s words here. Considering the short nature of the program, it wouldn’t be difficult.

“Are we… … being taken advantage of?”

Park Joo-woo asked cautiously.

“We’re not even close to being a bad team yet, but it could be. Since we’re competing against our seniors from Parte since the first round, maybe we’ve already figured out the flow.”

“Then isn’t that a bad thing?”

Kang Ki-yeon’s face was also ashen.

“If this is how it is when the self-PR stage evaluation scene comes out, I’m sure I’ll get a lot of hate.”

“… … !”

“But it’s not like we were really rude, right? It’s not like we were deliberately putting down people who were doing a good job. That’s enough.”

“Or else, what else would you do? No one would know.”

Choi Je-ho added a word.

At least it’s important to me. If you behave properly because others are watching, and then act like X when they’re not watching, isn’t that a bigger problem?

And I really wanted to distance myself from Parte from the beginning. If the broadcasting station came out like this, I would be grateful.

But understanding it with your head and understanding it with your heart are two different things. I said to the frozen guys.

“Don’t worry. Even if I get scolded, I’ll take the most.”

“yes?”

Jeong Seong-bin turned to me and said.

“I only praised seniors Berion and deducted points from other teams’ performances. You guys didn’t say anything, so you don’t deserve to be criticized.”

“Was it on purpose that you led the conversation that time?”

“Giyeon, the commercial is over.”

When we changed the subject, Kang Ki-yeon frowned. Then what, did I do it because I wanted to hear that I was the best MC in Spark?

The mood had quieted down a bit, but there was something I wanted to touch on again at this point.

“Even if we face bad reviews or receive negative public opinion, don’t forget what we set out to do. It’s okay to get along with other groups, but make sure to keep your distance from our seniors, Parte.”

“I probably won’t be able to live in exile because I can’t communicate with my brother.”

Lee Cheong-hyeon turned his back on me and sat down in disgust.

After the advertisement, there was a stage for the royal family to introduce themselves and promote themselves.

The broadcast time was 1 hour and 10 minutes, but only three stages were shown. The Spark stage was the last one, so the only parts that properly showed their faces were the pre-interview and the first appearance.

The first episode of A Wang Sil really ended by throwing all the remaining self-PR stages into the trailer.

If this kind of editing is going on from episode 1, it’s a sure bet for the show to be labeled as boring. I think they tried to create some tension, but that only becomes meaningful when the rankings really start to change.

If you want to make people watch the next episode, it would have been better to put a scene in the trailer where I say, “All four teams except for senior Beryon will be down.” If you mosaic only the Beryon part, you can make a hot plate right away.

At this point, I think it was a good thing that I started the aggro myself. You need to have an issue to get cursed at.

Now that I’ve seen everything there is to see, I herd the members back into their rooms like a flock of sheep heading home.

And I spent the night reading the reactions of each group’s fans that were slowly coming up.

* * *

As expected, the buzz for certain groups has been on a significant upward trend since the first episode.

The most striking thing was definitely Parte.

Right after the stage ended, the brand and price of the clothes that Parte wore on stage for the first time became a huge topic of conversation. They were wearing expensive clothes.

That’d be great. Spark has to wear the single-layer volleyball uniform that I ordered with my own money next time and is currently being delivered. Thanks to that, everyone is building their arm muscles with the determination to die during every break.

Aside from the controversies surrounding the luxury clothing brand Mo Group and the various controversies surrounding Momo Group, there were also controversies directly related to us.

After the first episode of Awangsil, Min-il shook his hand in a paid message.

Mean. 1

[Have you seen the royal family??]

[Oh my gosh, I saw that scene]

[We’re okay lol We were so nervous when we entered that we couldn’t even see other people well]

[If you get upset about something like this, it’ll never end! You know???]

He speaks very cleverly.

The guy seemed to be giving off an ominous feeling that not only were they being ignored by their juniors, but that this kind of thing would happen again and again in the future.

Because of this, Spark became known as a ‘group of punks who greet others roughly and do something else while making even the most senior groups nervous’ within the Parte fandom.

There are many viewers who want to watch the broadcast as a broadcast. That means many people know that there are malicious edits and issue-creating in these types of programs.

It is rare for the production team to be punished for manipulation or malicious editing, so this type of editing has remained a custom for a long time.

When the controversy broke out, the response of ‘let’s just wait and see’ was also in this context.

So I tried not to respond to a certain degree of evil.

The story changes when the cast members themselves open their mouths.

From this point on, words like, “Why would our child say something that isn’t true? He’s still a rookie who has to be very mindful of the broadcasting station’s feelings. Why would he act like that for no reason?” and so on started pouring out.

I didn’t intend to upset the fans from the beginning over such a trivial thing. I felt uneasy.

All I can do is on messenger… … .

carried over to

[We all watched the broadcast together!]

[We are really good at greeting people, so don’t worry too much. Please think of it as editing for the fun of the broadcast!]

[Thank you so much for watching the original broadcast with us until late at night.]

… … was all he left behind.

Even the captions that fans uploaded with comments like, “This is why you need to hear both sides!” have gone through digital erosion and resulted in comments like, “You can’t call this an excuse, lol.”

“If this trend continues, the fans will be very disappointed.”

“Then you just need to not do anything that will upset you.”

“But you can’t just go there and say nice things and become a stepping stone for other teams.”

I dragged you from your first-class living to a place where manipulation and oppression reign supreme, so how can you not achieve anything? You should gain something in proportion to what you lose.

“Okay, let’s practice. I have to show you a good side.”

I got up from my seat and tapped Lee Cheong-hyeon on the shoulder.

Even though they were grumbling among themselves, they got up on their own when I told them to practice. I think they still have the right mindset.

So, I thought today’s Spark would jump more powerfully than anyone else and prepare for the first round with excitement…

“Brother, can you do that movement one more time? And your facial expression too.”

That didn’t happen.

Kang Ki-yeon’s expression as he watched me hardened, just like when I first showed off my dance moves at UA.