Chapter 47

If you can't debut, you'll get a fatal disease - Chapter 47

First, the first place for the negative vote is... obvious.

[1st place: Choi Won-gil]

'It’s over.'

Looking at the 9th episode’s editing, it seems that unless something unusual happens, this guy will be seen for the last time at the next ranking announcement.

The problem was from second place onwards.

[2nd place: Seo Ah-hyun]

This was actually a predictable ranking, as the period when the voting started and the peak of the negative public opinion against Seo Ah-hyun coincided.

So, in a way, it was a good thing. Unlike Choi Won-gil, Seo Ah-hyun, who was suddenly attacked excessively, was gradually gaining sympathy.

The atmosphere was likely to completely turn around with the general sentiment that 'Seo Ah-hyun shouldn’t be in second place for the negative vote.'

Moreover, she performed well in this team battle, so it was stable.

'She’ll ride the wave at the end.'

However, this analysis wouldn’t make sense to the person who just got second place. As a result, the TV sound has been echoing in the living room for several dozen seconds.

“...”

'If that guy suggests a group viewing again, I’ll cut ties with him, damn it.'

The atmosphere was killing it.

Moreover, just below second place was 4th place, Lee Se-jin B, also known as Big Se-jin.

It seems that this guy ended up here because the people who felt betrayed on the night the controversy broke out drained all the remaining votes.

'Now that it’s settled, people will probably start giving him votes out of concern.'

Sure enough, Big Se-jin was the first to smile and speak.

"Ah~ As soon as our team battle is aired, it will definitely turn around, right?"

"Yeah, that’s true."

"It will be hard to turn around."

"...?"

Suddenly, Kim Rae-bin, who opened his mouth, muttered seriously.

'Are you crazy?'

Big Se-jin looked at him with eyes that seemed to say, 'What are you talking about?' but Kim Rae-bin continued resolutely.

"Since we performed well in this team battle, I don’t think there will be a significant decline in the voting rate."

"...??"

"...Hey, you... Um, Rae-bin. You know this is a negative vote, right?"

"Yes. ...Ah!"

Kim Rae-bin, who was answering Gold 1 with wide eyes, soon exclaimed as if he had realized something and added an explanation.

"Negative votes tend to increase in proportion to the general voting rate."

Statistically, this was correct, except for special cases like Choi Won-gil. It’s a matter of the scale of the participant's votes.

"...Eh?"

"That’s true."

The atmosphere suddenly lightened. The participants, recalling the previous ranking announcement, realized that Kim Rae-bin’s statement was reasonable.

'Not a bad way of thinking.'

Although his communication skills were a bit lacking, he was definitely a useful guy.

Seo Ah-hyun had also relaxed and was responding appropriately to Gold 1’s jokes.

"Heh, then I’m out, right? I’m 21st place!"

"Bro! You don’t have any haters, that’s why!"

"Yeah, that’s right."

I was no longer looking at the TV screen, which had switched to an ad, but checking the rankings on the internet.

[8th place: Park Mun-dae ▼3]

He was between Cha Yu-jin and Ryu Cheong-woo.

Compared to the negative vote count from the last ranking announcement, it seems he dropped three ranks.

'Should I be happy?'

It was hard to analyze.

Actually, compared to Cha Yu-jin and Ryu Cheong-woo, who haven’t been involved in any controversies, the TV version of 'Park Mun-dae' had some issues.

So, it was ambiguous. Was this evidence that the negative public opinion against 'Park Mun-dae' was finally subsiding, or was it a sign that the overall scale of 'Park Mun-dae’s' votes had decreased?

'I hope it’s not a decline.'

I think the stages have been good. The number of views and mentions of the straight camera footage have consistently increased. The problem is that most of the guys sitting around me also had good metrics.

'...If I had been picked for about thirteen stages, I would definitely be in the safe zone.'

I already knew how many would be picked, so I couldn’t run that happy circuit.

I cleared my bitter taste and checked the reactions to this episode. There wasn’t much resistance because Park Mun-dae’s screen time was minimal.

It was roughly like this:

- Mun-dae... Can he even do trot? What can’t he do?

-(Roughly a scream of how cute he is)

- Kimchi refrigerator and eyes twice as big [short video]

- Let’s be grateful that Mun-dog didn’t participate in the trot survival show. Phew, almost got taken away.

A hollow laugh escaped me. It was a bit... cute, given the absurdity.

'If he doesn’t become an idol, he’ll die suddenly. What does trot have to do with it?'

However, as I chuckled and read the next popular post, a light shiver ran down my spine.

-Is Park Mun-dae actually on his second life? A reasonable suspicion, anyway.

“...”

This is accurate.

Anyway, apart from that, there were minor comments about how the rabbit class was nice.

And when I dug a bit deeper, I saw quite a few reactions saying it was fortunate that Park Mun-dae didn’t join the puppy class, which Cha Yu-jin was in.

-It would have been nice to follow the nickname trend since he’s a dog, but I’m deleting my post from 20 minutes ago.

-To be honest, I thought the big data algorithm was just a gimmick, but I’m glad our kid’s hair is safe.

-LOL I saw the big data thing on the homepage and it was cut so meticulously. Do the producers have someone they want to kill in that class?

Overall, the tone of the posts from people who like 'Park Mun-dae' was like this.

A sense of relief and expectation that this stage will be good.

A bit of ease, thinking he will debut.

It’s good that people seem to be enjoying it, but I was less confident than during the first team battle. Maybe it’s because the final is approaching.

'I don’t think I’ll get much screen time in this team battle.'

The stage seems to have been good, but no matter how I think about it, more than half of the participants in the 'Rabbit' team have better storylines than me.

'Should I be satisfied with maintaining the status quo?'

Anyway, from the middle of the show onwards, getting too much screen time was also a problem.

If one guy in the team is the main character? Fans increase, but so does resentment.

The screen time is limited, and if that guy is on screen, the guy I like won’t be.

And 'Park Mun-dae' has never completely missed out on screen time, but he has never hogged it all either.

I should be satisfied that I haven’t given them any handles to criticize. I closed the internet window with a somewhat regretful heart.

And a week later.

It turned out that this regret was unnecessary.

“...??”

Why is there screen time?

* * *

The largest anonymous fan community for Park Mun-dae was filled with anticipation before the 10th episode aired.

This was because a close-up of Park Mun-dae’s upper body appeared in the brief preview of the 'Rabbit' team’s stage.

Everyone was extremely excited about the high-quality bait that had appeared after ten days.

-Preview: Mun-dog’s face turned

-Ah lol, just seeing his face makes me excited. I’m going to stream the straight camera as soon as the show ends. Let’s get 10 million views!

-Hanbok? Rabbit mask? Is he crazy? How does he always pick such good concepts for team battles? This one seems like Mun-dog’s idea too.

└It fits. The way he picks stages, there’s no one like him. He’s just nailing the concepts. lol

└He was definitely born under the star of idols.

└This is true.

They continued to chatter excitedly about Park Mun-dae even after the 10th episode started.

For 40 minutes, they only posted occasional big news about other participants’ teams, which were unrelated.

Finally, the 'Rabbit' team’s screen time started.

-Production team really put it at the end

-But the preview said it was the opening!! The opening! Why! Here!

-Being held hostage is nothing new. I’m so frustrated lol

-Mun-dog is finally on screen. Finally. T_T

The topic of conversation finally focused on the live broadcast.

The process of the 'Rabbit' team’s song selection was broadcast as it was, without much editing, giving it a feel like a group project.

-Mun-dog: Haha, your idea is good, and his idea is good too. Let’s use all of them.

-Mun-dog is still wise. lol

-Big Se-jin looked so sexy singing the round. I get why he was talking about Tibetan foxes. So cute. lol

-Everyone is talking calmly, it’s like a cancer cure.

In fact, the 'Rabbit' team’s screen time couldn’t help but be warm and fuzzy, as there was no particular conflict to highlight.

It was a team of participants who had no particular regrets and knew how to hold back for various reasons.

If there had been footage from the night of Big Se-jin’s school violence controversy, it might have been different, but unfortunately, the equipment issues that night meant there was no footage.

So, the production team had no choice but to broadcast the 'Rabbit' team’s smooth progress.

This was a route that could provide viewing pleasure by contrasting with the 'Husky' team, which was a despair-filled group project.

Thanks to this, the fans of the 'Rabbit' team participants could enjoy a pleasant viewing experience.

The 'Rabbit' team was the only one that had taken care of all the elements in the production process.

However, it wasn’t all good.

The warmer the scene, the less edge it had. And the empty space was filled with a vague warmth.

-First time seeing Mun-dog so relaxed

-They all know each other, so they’re comfortable

-It’s so warm

For example, the 'Rabbit' team’s hard work looked like they were just hanging out with friends.

The scenes of them working like zombies to meet the deadline without proper sleep were not shown, as they didn’t fit the tone.

Fortunately, the stage itself was broadcast in its highly completed form.

-It was amazing

-Well done, sexy traditional rabbit. I didn’t think this combination would work, Mun-dog. Your taste is incredible...

-I listened with headphones, and Mun-dog put doubling in almost all the choruses from start to finish.

└Wow, he’s on fire.

└Is this even possible?

└Especially, the humming at the end is an octave higher. Now, if you criticize his skills, you’re just being a fool.

Thanks to the production process receiving screen time, viewers could intuitively grasp the various elements of the stage, creating an unexpected synergy effect.

-When Mun-dog turned around and the Earth appeared, it was really spine-tingling.

-The flow from hanbok to Western suit and back to hanbok was great. It felt like the rabbit falling in love with a modern person and imagining it in the middle...

-The scene with the tree stump and the end of the stage was also good. It felt a bit melancholic and like a lot of time had passed, making me imagine the story.

└As a 2D fan, I loved this stage.

└I’m not even criticizing this sappy post. It means I’m getting stage fever.

-Thank you, Mun-dog, for picking a legendary concept for every stage. Thanks to you, I can enjoy my fandom easily.

Given the overwhelming response from the fans, who naturally flooded the comments without trying to force the public opinion, it was only a subtle regret that no one received a narrative and it ended as a model student’s stage.

The scene of all the team members, except Park Mun-dae, breaking down in tears as soon as they came off the stage was also cut.

Park Mun-dae’s prediction that he wouldn’t get screen time was correct.

Only, instead of another team member getting the narrative, no one got the spotlight.

As a result, when the final 'Husky' team appeared on screen, the flood of comments from Park Mun-dae’s fans quickly subsided.

-It was good

-Let’s debut like this

-I want to see more of Mun-dae’s face. T_T Is this the end of the screen time?

-Show more of the kids playing. The documentary-style editing was boring. The producers have no sense. Tsk tsk

Park Mun-dae unexpectedly reappeared on screen at that moment.