Chapter 244 – Awesome?
On the other hand, CEO Lee Sa-ra, who was standing next to Yu Ga-hye, was asking Kim Winter a lot of questions.
“How is your physical condition?”
“Great.”
“How are you practicing? Did you learn to dance properly?”
“Yes. I have mastered it perfectly.”
“How about confidence? Can he win?”
“I do not know.”
“What is the answer, Ciri without ambition?”
“If you’re not sure, just say so.”
In front of the dissatisfied representative, Yoo Ga-hye responded instead.
“Not sure? Are you saying you can’t win?”
“It’s not like that, I can’t say anything wrong, so I’m speaking strictly.”
“It’s not fun.”
Even as she said that, Isara smiled slightly, as if satisfied.
“Well, much better than being selfish. Lying without any grounds or doing something you didn’t ask for no reason…”
“I’ll just say it and I’ll do it well.”
“Okay? Really?”
“I am confident.”
This is Yoo Ga-hye, who trained herself for two weeks.
I know very well what Kim Gyeol’s skills are now.
Besides, isn’t there a video of Im Ha-eun’s performance that we received just last week?
Considering Im Ha-eun’s skills in the video, Kim Winter wins 100%.
“If Secretary Yu says so, then I will win.”
Isara smiled with a smile full of trust and sat comfortably in the simple chair installed next to her.
“Come on, let’s start recording right away! You said you couldn’t rent here for that long?”
“All right.”
The director of photography responded with a strong voice to the representative’s cry.
It seemed like he was paying a lot of attention to the shooting today.
Alright, this side is well prepared…
“It was filmed separately, right? Then who should we start with?”
“I’ll start filming Kim Winter.”
When the director asked the representative, Yu Ga-hye answered instead.
It was a move based on the calculation that if Ha-eun Lim’s morale was broken by showing an overwhelming difference in skill from the beginning, the purpose of today’s recording would be achieved even better.
Isara nodded without saying a word and signaled to do as Yu Ga-hye said.
“Okay, then Mr. Kim Winter, please come out first!”
***
Two weeks ago, suddenly, Ga-hye Yoo called us and threw us a proposal.
Ever since I heard that Ha-eun and Kim Gyul-gyeol of Honey Girls wanted to shoot cover dances of their respective songs, and that they would benefit from comparing the Honey Girls to the popular The Queens, there was always something I was curious about.
‘Does Kim Winter have the skills to do that?’
Looking at Honey Girls’ previous videos, Kim Gyeol’s skills were mediocre.
To put it badly, it meant that there was nothing special about it.
I didn’t have strength, I didn’t have good technique, and I didn’t have vivid passion either.
‘There’s no way I’ll make much progress in two weeks.’
“Is he good at dancing, but?”
“Didn’t you watch the video of Kim Winter’s performance several times while practicing the cover dance?”
“I’ve seen a lot.”
“How was it?”
“It wasn’t good. Even the video from the stage two months ago was very strange.”
“Yeah, that’s it.”
Soon, Haeun and I tilted our heads together.
As if he knew our feelings or not, Kim Winter stood in front of us with an expressionless expression that showed no emotion.
Yeah, let’s see how well you do.
“3, 2, 1… Go!”
Kim Winter starts dancing exactly at the director’s signal.
From vigorously brushing their fingertips to flashy, big-moving steps, they began to show powerful dance moves.
“Oh.”
I was honestly amazed.
How can you copy it as perfectly as me?
‘It feels like watching Ha-eun run on stage.’
She has watched Ha-eun practice countless times, and she is me who has watched her run.
That’s why I was able to see how well Kim Winter is copying Ha-eun now.
‘It’s exactly the same. He even follows his habits?’
During her performances, there were times when Ha-eun unknowingly bent the tip of her index finger or took steps with an off-beat.
There were times when she did it because it was her habit, and there were times when she gave it a slight variation because she thought it was better.
However, Kim Winter was following all of those trivial habits.
“It’s instinct~”
‘I should have looked straight ahead from there, but-.’
“Actually, sensuality~”
‘Yeah, like Ha-eun, she turns 15 degrees and looks at it. I even copied all the habits.’
It was a perfect copy that made me feel uncomfortable, so it was a very outstanding performance.
Even the staff members who were watching were buzzing and saying, ‘Did Kim Winter have skills like that?’
Haeun seemed to feel that too.
“Does that completely follow me?”
As if he didn’t like her, he crossed his arms and muttered.
“You have to follow. It’s a cover dance.”
“Oh, what about that?”
Ha-eun shyly scratches her head.
She said so, but I can understand Ha-eun’s reaction.
Seeing that she follows 100% of the time, it makes me feel a bit uncomfortable, and if that’s the case, I’m sure the question arises as to why she’s doing a cover dance.
“Cut, okay, perfect!”
When the song ended, Kim Winter stopped moving, and the cinematographer applauded and praised her.
The staff members, who were buzzing, were also making faces that were quite thrilled.
“It’s amazing, it was powerful! Powerful and cool! What a good dance!”
‘Okay. If I dance like I just did, I can really feel the power, and the dance itself is a good dance.’
When a kid who imitates 100% is praised, I feel embarrassed about this.
Since the original song is good, it feels like all praise for the variation lead to praise for the original song, or it feels like Ha-eun is being praised.
“Let’s start filming right away! Im Ha-eun!”
“Yes, I’m going~”
“Haeun-ah, show your skills properly.”
“Okay. It covers this side perfectly.”
“No.”
I slightly modified Ha-eun’s words.
“Do whatever you want, do whatever you want. It’s a cover dance, not a copy dance.”
“Uh… Whatever you want?”
“I don’t mean to just dance, just have fun and have fun. Then it will be much better.”
“Wouldn’t that be a little weird?”
“At all. There will be no problem. It will get better.”
“If you say so… Okay.”
Ha-eun nodded at my words and moved forward.
Looking back for a moment, Yu Ga-hye was looking at Kim Winter without even giving a glance to Ha-eun.
You think you don’t have to worry about it?
‘No, that wouldn’t be it. This is delusion of persecution.’
I brushed off her thoughts and gave Ha-eun a fighting stance to cheer up.
***
‘I don’t even need to care.’
Ga-hye Yoo ordered Kim Winter to wipe off her sweat and replenish her moisture, then she took out her tablet and checked her schedule.
I still have a lot of things to do, but for the past two weeks, I’ve taken up a lot of time training and controlling this Kim Gyeol-gi.
‘Now I’ll have Park Do-an do the work again.’
Today’s recording will prove that Kim Gyeol is better than Lim Haeun.
If that’s the case, people’s reactions will also go to Honey Girls quite a bit, and it’s okay to have Park Do-an take care of the attention that was once attracted.
‘It became clear that if I trained the kids this way, their performance would be very good…’
Once you’ve won this way, all you have to do is repeat this method.
If the system was designed, maintenance would be something even an insane person could do.
Then, if there is a problem, you can intervene again at that time.
‘Okay, then we can fix the other kids right away and schedule a comeback performance in about a month. Isn’t it too short? Hmm, when should I do it?’
Yu Ga-hye, who was roughly calculating the timing of attracting her attention and growing it, suddenly realized that the atmosphere around her was unusual.
‘Be quiet…?’
Strictly speaking, it wasn’t quiet.
The song of Honey Girls is resonating, and there are footsteps as Haeun Lim performs.
However, the reaction around him was too quiet.
Not only the staff, who were buzzing while watching Kim Gyeol’s performance just before, but also the director, and even CEO Lee Sara, who was always talking loudly next to her, said nothing.
“A sparkle that cannot bloom by itself~”
Yu Ga-hye, who was looking around her, slowly turned her gaze to Im Ha-eun.
There she was seen doing her dance with a confident smile on her face.
‘It’s different…?’
The first thing Ga-Hye Yoo felt after seeing Im Ha-Eun’s performance was a sense of wonder.
Several times as she trained Kim Winter, she also checked out the Honey Girls’ songs and choreography.
She looked at everything from the practice video to the stage video, and also tried to dance it to Kim Winter herself.
However, the dance Im Ha-eun is dancing now is different from that dance.
‘No, no. Same.’
Looking further, it was definitely a Honey Girls dance.
‘But it’s different… ?’
Something that strongly emphasizes parts other than the original highlights, or adds a sense of speed while adding about 0.5 beats off-beat…
Im Ha-eun was dancing on her own.
Thanks to that, I felt that the performance of her now is a Honey Girls dance, but Im Ha-eun’s dance.
‘…Good?’
The difference was very good.
The dance, which was originally a bit lame, blooms in a new form at the tip of Lim Ha-eun’s fingertips.
A sense of liveliness is added just by slightly shifting the beat, and new movements are added to this dance that were not originally present.
The reinterpretation, which could be messy if done wrong, is adjusted at the tip of Lim Ha-eun’s feet and fits neatly.
Plus, the feeling of vitality was incredible.
Im Ha-eun’s image, joyful and happy, just concentrating on her dance without any restrictions, had the power to make the viewer happy as well.
‘This…’
It is not the dance of Honey Girls.
It was Im Ha-eun’s dance.
When she asks to do a cover dance, she eats it up and turns it into her own dance and is enjoying it.
If you look at it, you can feel the magical power that this side is about to fall into.
Yoo Ga-hye honestly admired that appearance, not expecting that a few minutes later she would be together with Isara because of these words.
“Awesome?”
***
If you finish earlier than expected, what comes to you is leaving work early, which goes beyond leaving work on a regular basis.
Thanks to Kim Winter and Ha-eun filming in one room, we were able to evacuate the Han River an hour earlier than the scheduled time.
On the way back to the office, in my car.
“Did I end with this today?”
“No, I have lessons in the evening.”
“Oh little.”
Of course, in the idol industry, there are no specific days off work.
She was Ha-eun who pouted at my words, but when she saw her face, her eyes were smiling.
“I guess you were satisfied with what you danced today.”
“Huh. I feel like I came out better than when I practiced. How was it when you saw it?”
“It was perfect.”
If you post this on youtube, 100% people will go crazy.
I was sure, and the cinematographer finished recording right away with that certainty, and the staff were already bored.
“Hey, but why did you tell me to do whatever I want at the end? Just do what you practiced, it will be perfect if you do that, so there will be no problem… Didn’t I tell you that on the way back?”
“Did I?”
“Huh.”
Ha-eun continued her question with a voice of sincere curiosity.
“I thought there would be no problem since you asked me to, but now that I think about it, I’m a bit curious. Like you said, what would I have done if I danced the way I wanted and then the dance got weird or not so good?”
The question was, what did you do if you danced at your own pace and then couldn’t copy properly and ruined the performance?
Well, since I gave another order right before filming the performance, it is questionable.
I should explain a bit what I was thinking.
“Oh, that…”
