Throughout the first shooting they hadn’t spoken a word about the second season, but I never thought that it would pop up here.

The comment section was also covered with ‘??!?’ Young-rin continued speaking naturally without a change in her expression.

[To prevent the same catastrophe from happening, the entire production team will fully give all decision-making rights to shareholders!!]

The lights on the stage turned on one by one as Young-rin kept speaking.

[Will they be a member? Shareholders choose!]

[The number of people debuting? Shareholders decide!]

[Do you want the tunit to look like this? Shareholders tie it up!]

[or …]

The lights started flickering like a stage effect.

[You don’t want to see that member anymore? Then let them go!]

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– Have the producers gone crazy

An appropriate comment caught my eye.

In the meantime, Young-rin kept speaking out serious remarks under the flashing lights.

[Our company’s life and death depend on the shareholders!]

[ is now re-listing!]

The camera turned upwards.

On the stage the flashing lights assembled together like a milky way, making it look like a giant star.

And in the middle of the stage, I saw the backs of ten people standing under the light. The platinum grade participants.

The camera zoomed towards the ten participants and moved up and down. Because the stage was so huge, the whole body of ten people seemed to be full.

As soon as the camera stopped, the Intro started playing.

The participants turned back one by one and the camera took action.

It was a solo part that was a platinum-grade benefit, but honestly, it was subtle because it was less than a second for both parties.

‘I’d rather pick a center like the original.’

I had a strange feeling as I watched my own sections come by.

What I did was correct, but it felt low because it was Park Moondae’s face.

‘Hm, it seems that the limbs are less shriveled.’

After the intro ended the song started playing, the gold grade appeared around the platinum grade. It looked natural thanks to the power of editing.

When the pre-chorus started, the lighting changed and the silver grade appeared from both sides, and at the beginning of the chorus, the bronze grade appeared from behind.

And then the group chorus.

“Oh.”

It was plausible. The movement seemed to be in perfect order thanks to the ghostly cutting of the moments where the choreography didn’t fit.

The comments section also showed a rare favorable response. Although most of them were embarrassed by the fact that it looked favorable.

-Why is the song actually good

-It’s a MJC, but the theme song is always fresh.

-What a waste of the song. Give me another stone.

Of course, they didn’t forget to comment about the participants whenever there was a close-up.

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-Such young skin… It’s a little uncomfortable to look at ㅠㅠ

-He just hit his neck. Did you see that? ㅋㅋ

-After all, your skills can’t be good if your face isn’t either

∟Please stop making generalizations, I get sad whenever I have to hear it ㅠㅠ

∟ ㅈㅅ You have good skills, but they look ugly because you are ugly ㅎ

∟You F*cking bastard

∟ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

Of course, there were also some moments of admiration.

– Wow, he just looked good there.

– Wow, why is he here?

– How did they recruit him?

-If I looked like that, I wouldn’t be in a place like this.

Roughly… It was a reaction that showed up when a participant with a visual stat of B or higher got a close up.

Oh, the close up of Seon Ahyun just passed. As expected, the camera showed off the side that looked the best.

…Wait a minute

I compared the responses in the comment box with the close-up participants.

“…Did I make a mistake?”

It wouldn’t be good if there was a big difference from the early buzz.

“Forget about singing and dancing, should I have made my visuals A first?”

If my appearance was high quality, then it could have been a hot topic even if only one close-up showed up on the theme song stage.

Even if it was only a few home-ladies, the photos would have been taken at a place like a production presentation, and they would have been posted on social media, etc.

If the fan base was solidified from the beginning, the chances of avoiding elimination later on would be higher.

Since I had a status window, couldn’t I have just made my skills look like growing over time?

Considering the fact that this season was ridiculed at first and skyrocketed after it aired, I put this strategy aside… I had overlooked the fact that visuals mattered.

I felt my heart grow cold and looked back at the stage on screen.

Before I knew it, it was coming to an end.

A few close-ups appeared even as it came to an end.

What stood out the most was the child actor Lee Sejin. I could feel the will of the production team to somehow create the topic before airing, so they tried giving him a few more seconds.

Come to think of it now, the majority of the debut members I know also had a B- or higher stat visuals vise.

It would have been difficult for me if the editing team focused on participants with high appearance stat.

Park Moondae had a decent appearance, but it couldn’t be considered handsome.

As I was about to review my strategy because of the confidence I lost, the screen suddenly changed. It was a mid-advertisement.

But then I heard a familiar voice.

[ is now relisted!]

The first ad appeared here?

It’s been over a week since shooting ended, so I thought that much time would be enough to make a edit.

I tried to focus on the advertisement, wondering if there would be any hints about the editing direction.

[I hope there are many good friends.]

[I have high expectations.]

[No (beep–) comes out too? The participants must be very nervous.]

It was a cut where the judges laughed and talked. It seems that all the words that appeared in the trailer were being said.

And the performances of the praised participants appeared briefly.

[Awesome, it’s a really great stage.]

[This is natural.]

[Wow!]

[Where the hell did you come from now?]

Oh, my rating passed by too. With this, I had less worries about the editing. My shoulders lowered a bit.

It was my first mass media exposure, so I think I overreacted bit.

Even if it’s just the early stages, the games usually take place until the 4th episode, so I should try not to worry too much and save some energy.

Unlike me, who regained peace in my mind, judges with stiff faces made abusive remarks without notice on the screen shortly afterwards.

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[Now this… I can’t even call it a stage.]

[You know that’s an excuse, right?]

[I think you just weren’t prepared enough.]

[Aren’t you embarrassed?]

And the faces of the participants, with their firm expressions and biting lips, overlapped and passed.

…Looking at the background, it seems that they used the expression that was made after they were tired from all the practicing.

In the end, a cut that was edited like a sudden situation came out.

[(beep–)-ssi? (beep–)-ssi wait a minute, wait a… !]

[(The participant suddenly leaves.)]

The crying face of the child actor Lee Sejin appeared.

[(What’s the whole story?)]

And as the screen darkened, the logo of the Idol Joint-Stock company appeared magnificently.

At the climax of the altered theme song, the logo went off, and the MC’s voice was heard.

[The re-listing of the new Idol Joint-Stock company! The first step is… (beep –) evaluation!!]

[Huh!!]

The trailer ended with the participants covering their mouths and astonished.

“…”

When I lowered my head, the comment section was constantly flowing.

That was understandable.

That evening, the Internet entertainment news comment window turned upside down.

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I logged onto the portal site after I finished working out and was warming up my dinner.

First, the articles exposed to the main topic were like this.

[〈Idol Joint-Stock Company〉 apologizes to its ‘shareholders’, what is this new game? ‘Male Idol’]

[Unveiled 〈Relisting! Idol Joint-Stock Company〉, first single ‘Shining Star’ released!]

[‘Please invest, shareholders!’ 〈Idol Joint-Stock company〉’s 77 participants for the new season.]

The title’s by itself were fairly neutral. But you could easily see the public opinion once you clicked on the article.

It had been a while since the comment section on an entertainment news post was blocked, and if you look at the emoticon reactions that still showed.

‘Outrageous’ had surpassed 12,000.

It’s clear that since ‘I’m angry’ wasn’t there, they clicked this instead, so this meant that public opinion was going wild.

There were also a lot of columns.

[Idol Joint-Stock company, the people deprived of freedom.]

[‘Buy me!’, the kids who have become stocks.]

Let’s click on one.

[It’s not even “Please vote for me” anymore. In a program that calls out to buy your idol stock, participants are no longer treated like humans. A sadistic act of handing over the right to escape to the public…]

Well, I guess I didn’t need to see anymore.

Most of the comments on the program were also slandered on the Internet community and SNS.

-These bastards have no real reflection.

– They have been putting all sorts of f*cking things since the first season, from selling tickets for stocks and voting, to coming back without being eliminated. Do they like the taste of the money they get from selling kids? ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

But the production crew would be delighted. It’s not like the participants were being criticized.

The reason for the failure of season 2 was because the content, the popular participants, were ruined.

However, this season, that image was being suppressed due to the sadism of the program that the production team turned off the aggressiveness.

Anyway, regardless of whether the program was overtly brutal or even a little arrogant, the survival program was always difficult.

I didn’t know if it would be better for us to gather the topic of interest.

Thanks to the popularity of the program increasing, the comments were also going up.

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[IJC 3 Platinum-grade summary]

: Let’s capture the music night stage. I am doing this because I feel bad for the kids who have to come out like this, so please refrain from cursing in the comments.

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Most of the reaction comments were aimed towards the participants who were handsome or had good expressions, but I also noticed a few mentions of Park Moondae, which made me feel strange.

It was mainly about being cute or popular.

-Park Moondae was so cute that I turned the stage on but the camera didn’t catch much ㅠㅠ But after watching the trailer, I think his rating seems to be good on the stage, so I’m thinking about whether to watch it.

“…”

I felt weird. It was the first time in my life that I had seen an article that openly expressed interest in me.

I felt it while selling data when I was in college, but it was surprising how people could invest time and money just because they liked someone they didn’t know well.

Maybe it’s because I lived a life where I didn’t have time or money.

But when I became the involved party, it felt even stranger.

But It wasn’t a bad feeling.

‘What else should I do next?’

I suddenly felt like moving.

After a comprehensive review to the reactions of participants, I sorted out the priority order of my stats for the future.

It was then.

I received a notification like this.

I read the contents of the new pop up. The “gacha” below felt similar to the one in the previous stage-related pop-up.

I clicked on it right away and a slot machine popped up.

Just like last time, there were colored boxes mixed in with gray boxes.

This time I was hoping for a trait that would allow me to develop my visuals or talent quickly. I waited for the slot to stop with more anticipation than the last time.

And the moment the slot was about to stop, another pop-up suddenly came up.

: You have pulled the protagonist’s characteristics!