Chapter 290 – I Feel Empty
The next day, recording studio.
Isara Lee stood quietly with Soo-ae in the corner of the recording site.
“How are you feeling?”
“It’s whole.”
“Can you do it well?”
“Yes.”
Soo-ae gives a firm, short answer.
But, looking at her, Isara was somewhat satisfied.
“Yes, I practiced reducing my sleeping time for two days, and I should do well. “Can you show your best performance?”
“Yes.”
As Soo-ae nodded her head, Isara nodded along with her.
It was satisfying to know that she wasn’t just saying this to reassure Isara, but that she was answering because she truly thought so.
After using the hypnosis app, I’m glad these questions have meaning.
Isara tapped Soo-ae’s shoulder and then turned her gaze towards The Queens standing in the distance.
Unlike Lee Sa-ra and Soo-ae, The Queens looked a little lukewarm.
‘I guess I wasn’t as prepared as I thought.’
Over the past two days, I have seen them practicing hard as well.
And they have seen people come to work later and leave earlier than they do.
In other words, this time, this side had better talent and put in more effort.
Moreover, the app version is much more recent, so Park Min-ji will win at this rate.
“Okay, let’s go.”
Leesara smiled confidently and patted Soo Ae on the back, sending her to the backstage.
***
“Recording will start in a little while… Minji, you can do it well, right?”
“Yes…”
Minji timidly nods her head at my words.
Next to him, Ha-eun yawned and spoke carelessly.
“Ha-am~ I’m sure you’ll do well. “It’s Minji’s specialty.”
“…Do you not like this operation?”
Ha-eun shook her head at my question.
“I’m not doing it, so what? “Anyway, I did it a lot in the past.”
“For something like that, I’m very upset…”
“If this becomes a big hit, we might all have to do it together, right~?”
When So-ye asked with a smile, Ha-eun crossed her arms as if she was genuinely thinking.
“No, Soye, it’s a short-term strategy, so I don’t plan on doing this all together. “Don’t worry.”
“Really? Even if it hits the jackpot?”
“…If I hit the jackpot, I’ll have to think about it. I don’t know if it will work as well as before. It’s not just a performance, it’s an audition… “What will happen?”
Ha-eun shrugs her shoulders at my words.
“Ugh, I don’t know. To be honest, I doubt how effective it would be to do what was done in the past now, but it is a strategy that will definitely work… If Minji does it, it is no joke, so I think it will be a big hit…”
“I guess you’re hoping Minji doesn’t do well~?”
“Oh, no, sister! It’s not like that…”
Minji defended Ha-eun, who was shaking her head in embarrassment.
“That’s right, Ha-eun unnie… She coordinated the dance properly… And she watched so intently… I wouldn’t think of that oh…”
“Yes, Minji knows.”
“I’ll work hard… To the point where I’ll hit the jackpot…!”
“…Okay.”
Ha-eun responds to Min-ji’s words as if she doesn’t like her, as expected.
I gave Minji one last request before sending her away.
“I have a plan B, so feel free to do it.”
“Really…?”
“…No, but I’ll do my best.”
“Yes, ehehehe.”
After giving an unknown reaction, whether she was teasing me or trying to be honest, Minji headed backstage.
Now all that’s left is to watch.
***
After a while, a corner of the officials’ bleachers.
“Ugh…”
After Honey Girls’ Soo-ae’s performance, For Heart’s Saetbyeol held her head and shook her head.
“He really… What is that… “
“Huh? What?”
Next to him, Manager Kang Yoon is the one who inadvertently accepts Saetbyeol’s words.
He was drinking coffee as if it was delicious and looking worried.
“You saw what I just did, right? “Are you feeling no emotion?”
“Huh!”
As bright as Kang Yoon was, Saet Byeol felt a fire rising in her heart.
She lightly kicked Kang Yoon’s shin with her toe so that no one could see.
“Oh, it hurts…! They say they won’t hit you outside…”
“Oh really, this oppa has no eyes to see, really!”
“Why, why are you so angry?”
“It’s because I’m crazy!”
She explained to Kang Yoon, who did not know much, what her morning star was like by spreading it out to her palm.
How great Soo-ae’s vocal and dance skills are, how much she has improved compared to the video she previously posted on YouTube, and how great the overall level of her performance was…
Kang Yoon listened to her explanation and nodded his head thoughtfully.
“So, you did a good job?”
“Yes! And I prepared it in just a few days! Anyone who looks at it can tell that I’ve been sharpening my knives for more than half a year. Obviously, Soo-ae, she didn’t have that kind of potential in the past. It definitely wasn’t at that level just a few days ago. But what is it really like to make that much progress in just a few days? Is it possible for a person to do that? No, before that, all of the Honey Girls had improved so much… What on earth…”
“I guess I did it because it was possible.”
“Oh my… No, it’s okay.”
“Don’t get too worked up. “Are you doing that because you’re worried that you might lose?”
Kang Yoon inadvertently stabs Saetbyeol’s painful spot.
At those words, Saetbyul raised her eyebrows and crossed her arms, then took a deep breath and sighed.
Kang Yoon, who was watching everything from the side, saw Saet Byeol’s foot targeting his shin again and hurriedly opened his mouth.
“You do that too. No, you’re better!”
“This guy is just spouting out random words again.”
“I know from watching you work so hard to win The Queens this time. “This is real.”
“You didn’t even look at it during practice!”
“Well, you went to see it sometimes!”
When Kang-yoon hurriedly excused himself and bent down to guard his shins with his hands, Saet-byeol tried to hit his exposed back with his palm… But ended up hitting him.
It was partly because he was concerned about what people around him thought, but it was also because what Kang Yoon said was not a bad thing.
“…Ha.”
Saetbyeol doesn’t believe Kang Yoon’s eyes.
Still, I know that Kang Yoon believes in him and will do as he says unconditionally.
And I know very well that in the past few days, according to his orders, he hastily picked up the songs and brought back the trainer.
He’s a shitty older brother, but he listens to what I say, and more than anything, he’s a manager who believes in me unconditionally and thinks I’ll do a good job… Even if I’m angry and don’t like it, I can’t throw him away.
“I’m looking at how intently our morning star is. “They’re paying more attention to me than anyone else in the world~?”
When Saetbyeol hesitated, Kang Yoon appealed for his affection in a disgusting way.
“Oh really.”
As soon as Saetbyeol saw that, she kicked the back of her hand that was blocking her shin with her toe.
If you look at him just a little bit, he climbs up again and subtly appeals to you with affection, and this oppa is a real piece of trash.
“Ouch, ouch… It hurts, even the back of my hand…”
“I just watched Park Min-ji’s performance and went back right away. “I have to practice some more until tomorrow.”
Anyway, not only The Queens but also Honey Girls are strong enemies.
Before we can defeat The Queens, we have to somehow defeat the Honey Girls.
I’m still training hard, but I need to increase my training intensity a little more.
After gathering all her thoughts, Saetbyul turned her attention to Park Min-ji, who came next.
‘Okay, what kind of performance will Minji Park show?’
Soon after Soo-ae left the stage, Park Min-ji came up.
And 1 minute later.
“Ah… It will come out like that.”
Saetbyeol let out a voice filled with admiration.
***
Minji, who had mastered Ha-eun’s song Hop Step Jump at least to a level where she could perform it in front of others, had an option.
That is, being able to arrange the basic choreography of this song.
Not only has the difficulty of the song and dance been lowered to match Minji’s level, but it has also become possible to arrange it in a different direction.
That’s why I brought up that strategy ‘after a long time’.
The level of difficulty increases a little, but the important thing is the strategy, which is visual rather than performance.
“We all run together and have fun, oh!”
Minji danced while singing hard.
To be precise, I should say that I jumped up and down.
Originally, Ha-eun’s dance didn’t have this jumping part.
It was more like just expressing the lyrics and slightly shaking the body up and down.
But Minji ran.
With her breasts bouncing up and down, louder than before, she danced.
‘As expected, Minji is amazing…’
The overwhelming size of her 105cm breasts swayed up and down, showing off their presence to the fullest.
It’s such an overwhelming sight that you can’t take your eyes off her chest.
Of course, it doesn’t end with simply bouncing up and down.
Minji’s next move is to slightly tilt her upper body forward.
“As if everyone here is the main character~!”
Minji raised her legs and bent her upper body to 90 degrees, showing off her presence with her breasts pointing down.
Her breasts, which had just shown off their volume from the front, now showed off their volume from the top.
‘It’s been a long time since this operation.’
Back in the old days, when The Queens were still young, it was a sexy appeal that was used when pitching.
Recently, after getting back on track, I openly used a strategy that I had been refraining from using for a long time.
The judges’ evaluation will not be good.
The minimum performance is performed so as not to receive a completely failing grade, but the strategy is clearly to earn points through sexiness rather than dancing or singing skills.
But the audience’s evaluation… It will completely capture at least 50% of the audience.
‘The volume is so overwhelming that it is noticeable even when covered with clothes…’
Of course, to keep things to a minimum, I wanted to be exclusive (?), So I wore clothes that covered my entire body.
A blouse that hugs the body so well that not even the collarbone, let alone the cleavage, is visible, but it covers the abdomen well like a corset, making the breasts stand out clearly…
At this level, you can get the appeal you want, but it’s not too blatant.
‘Now whether this works or not… That’s all that remains.’
***
After Minji Park’s performance ended.
As Lee Se-jin thought, the judges did not really like the performance just before.
“This is an overt appeal, right?”
“Yes. “It’s nice to look at, but…”
“If you ask me if it fits the trend these days, it’s not true.”
Among the judges who were whispering among themselves, Cheon Bom was also sitting with a slightly sullen expression.
“What do you think, Cheon Bom?”
One of the judges who saw it spoke to Cheon Bom.
At those words, Cheon Bom crossed her arms for a moment and was lost in her thoughts.
“…”
When she became quiet, all of her other judges focused on her.
And Cheon Bom…
‘I feel empty.’
She felt a strange feeling(?) About her arms being folded comfortably, and at the same time, her mind was getting confused.
