Entertainment Life With A Camera

Chapter 52

Park Jin-hyuk – Suzaku (Feat. Hyun, Ian of AWY)

“We’re here.”

“Oh, what’s this? You all went to the salon?”

“Bang Cheong-seok was ready to take a picture, so why did you come with that mess?”

“Seo-dam, are you so sharp? You’re a master of sarcasm?”

The other members who came to fill in for Bang Cheong-seok found the waiting room.

“Dong-soo hyung looked unhappy.”

“He got scolded a lot earlier.”

Park Dong-soo brought the members and then stayed in the hallway for a long time with his phone clenched in his hand.

The good thing about not getting first place is that he doesn’t have a phone to receive direct contact from anyone who causes trouble.

“We’re starting soon, so you guys stay with Bang Cheong-seok.”

Park Dong-soo came into the waiting room with a particularly drained look.

“What did the CEO say?”

“That’s for tomorrow… Did you guys know?”

“Um… yes.”

“Sigh…”

This is why he shouldn’t trust those black-haired beasts…

The sound of Park Dong-soo’s sigh was the end of the waiting room’s door closing. 

The three who were going on stage looked at each other and shrugged their shoulders.

***

The first order of the stage was Park Se-on. 

Park Se-on went up on stage with a pale face, and Ian and Kim Hyun anxiously watched him from the waiting room.

Park Se-on’s hand holding the microphone was trembling.

[He’s mentally broken.]

‘Damn it…’

Ian sighed. How much did he get cursed at? Even to him, Park Se-on looked really bad on ‘Idol Rapper’. 

He was acting like he had no skills but was arrogant. Just like Kim Hyun used to be.

‘AC… I wish I had a phone to see the real-time reactions.’

Ian regretted only his fingers.

Kim Chul-min of Mykit, who came to feature in the chorus part, relaxed Park Se-on’s tension by casually sweeping the stage.

Park Se-on showed a proper stage only in the latter part of the song and came down.

(You looked too unconfident on stage.)

(The song was okay, but… the stage wasn’t exciting.)

As expected, the people who came out as judges gave one or two evaluations of the stage. 

Park Se-on swallowed his saliva as he sat in the singer’s seat.

(It doesn’t have to be exciting, but… personally, it was a disappointing stage. I think you could have done better if you enjoyed it more. You had a lot of trouble, right?)

Park Se-on nodded his head with a sob. His face was thin, and he lost 4 kilograms because of his mental suffering while doing ‘Idol Rapper’. 

The camera gave Park Se-on a long shot of his face.

BlueMic put down his microphone, and the host announced the text voting and ended the first stage.

“Ah…”

Kim Hyun frowned as if he empathized with Park Se-on’s situation.

The second stage was Seo Min-hoo of MOM. 

Everyone seemed to have brought their group members to feature in their songs, and two members of MOM participated in the featuring with AWY.

The third stage was Park Jin-hyuk.

Kang Byung-in PD played a prank on the live order as well. 

He took out Lim Ji-hoon of Choice as the last order. 

The last order is advantageous in the competition.

How did Ian know this? Because Jin told him this information.

A year later, Nnet’s audition survival programs, including ‘Idol Choice’ and ‘Idol Rapper’, are engulfed in manipulation controversies. 

And Kang Byung-in PD was at the center of it.

‘And I’m going to bring that controversy forward.’

To divert any possible disadvantages to somewhere else, so that there won’t be any other victims in the audition programs that will come later.

Before Park Jin-hyuk’s stage started, a large screen installed on the stage showed the work process and pre-interview. 

Ian and Kim Hyun received microphones from the staff backstage.

(Why did you refuse BlueMic’s offer for a beat?)

(Actually, I didn’t even think about it unless it was Joo-hyuk hyung. I have a great synergy effect when I work with Joo-hyuk hyung.)

(Weren’t you sorry?)

(It was an honor for BlueMic to participate in my work, and I kept thinking about it even after I refused. So if BlueMic still wants to work with me… I hope he would participate in our group work first… Are you watching?)

The screen quickly showed the judge’s seat. BlueMic turned on his phone’s flashlight app and wrote something and held it up to the camera.

OK.

The four members of AWY, who were watching from the audience, and AWY, who were standing, jumped up.

“Wow… that hyung is really good at getting things.”

“So we’re getting BlueMic’s producing for our regular album, right, hyungs?”

“Wow… the CEO should look at us now.”

“Can we work with BlueMic?”

If they get BlueMic’s producing, wouldn’t they be able to get first place? Sa-in-bang’s face brightened with anticipation.

“Wow, I’m jealous… But did you guys cause trouble? Why would your CEO look at you?”

“There’s something like that.”

The leader of Mykit, Jung Ji-soo, who was standing next to him, was envious. But that was only for a moment. 

Jung Ji-soo’s expression darkened quickly. 

Park Se-on, who was sitting in the singer’s seat, was holding his head and bowing his head.

‘Fuck… that PD bastard… that trashy CEO… Nnet, go bankrupt.’

Jung Ji-soo gritted his teeth.

(What’s the concept of this stage? The song title is unusual.)

(This stage? Well… You’ll see when you watch it.)

The video ended with Park Jin-hyuk smiling slyly.

A quiet wind sound flowed. The LED screen in front of the stage split to the sides and Park Jin-hyuk walked slowly with a microphone.

The camera zoomed in on Park Jin-hyuk’s face. 

As he lifted the microphone, the song started.

“We’re tools of ratings

Tools of music

Plagiarism rampant

Marionettes of mass-produced content”

As Park Jin-hyuk started rapping in a low voice, the audience stirred.

“Just one scene to get caught

The public will be easy to fool”

The lyrics implying plagiarism showed Park Se-on briefly on the broadcast screen. 

Park Se-on looked blankly at Park Jin-hyuk’s stage with his head up. 

It was a trick by Lee Jong-soo PD and the camera director who conspired with him.

“Copy & Paste No originality in the same Plot

When an audition comes out”

(This is the trend~)

Jung Ji-soo, who was watching from the audience, clenched his fist.

Park Jin-hyuk put down his microphone and rolled his feet and jumped vigorously. 

The explosive music as a background, AWY’s group voice recorded in advance flowed out.

(Suzaku flies Su Suzaku flies~)

“Ha…!”

BlueMic, who was watching the stage from the judge’s seat, clenched his fist. 

He came out on Nnet’s survival and dissed the audition programs and malicious editing that sprang up like mushrooms?

“From afar, it looks like a village play

To the public, it’s a fresh stimulus

The tragedy we see inside”

Bluemix thought that Park Jinhyuk had lost all his rap skills as he didn’t show the rap he expected in each episode of ‘Idol Rapper’.

He suggested to do a live song together, hoping that something would change, but it was an unnecessary worry. Park Jinhyuk was still the LoveJ he was looking for.

He laughed as he listened to his smooth rap that flowed with the beats and his precise pronunciation that hit the ears.

“They won’t care

This ragged puppet show”

Park Jinhyuk shouted Brrrrrr-! and the music quickly moved to the chorus.

“What is this?”

PD Kang Byungin jumped from his seat. PD Lee Jongsoo chuckled at his reaction.

“Senior, what is this?”

“What do you mean, what is this? They’re performing, aren’t they?”

“Don’t tell me this is, this is… Did you…?”

“Yes. I asked them to do this because you’re such a jerk. Sit down, this is live.”

Lee Jongsoo stared at Kang Byungin. Kang Byungin was angry and made a face.

He was jealous and envious of Lee Jongsoo, who was talented and successful. 

In his rage, he lost his judgment and believed that this stage was ordered by Lee Jongsoo.

‘He believes it so easily… Good for me.’

I’m going to JBTC anyway. Lee Jongsoo snorted and looked at the stage. 

Just then, Ian came out to sing the chorus.

“I left my emotions in time and turned away from the puppet show

The poor souls who lost even the right to be victims

I now hold a torch and spread the sparks”

Fireworks exploded on the stage in sync with the lyrics. 

The cheers from the audience seemed to be heard even through the earphones. 

Ian went back after singing the chorus.

“You only shine in a jewel box

I come out of the dirt and shine on the stage”

Kim Hyun jumped on the stage and sang a rap. It was a method that Park Jinhyuk taught him, focusing more on singing than rapping.

“You’re still just a trainee

I’m a train dancing on the stage”

Park Sung-hoon, yeah I’m talking about you. Kim Hyun glared at the camera as if he would eat it.

“You’re a twixter (a generation in between)

I’m a tracer bullet heading fast to the front”

Kim Hyun’s part ended and Park Jinhyuk took over the mic.

“I’m a wizard on the beat

You’re a beneficiary of editing”

The camera suddenly showed Lim Jihun. Lim Jihun pretended to smile and enjoy it.

“The puppets fly away as the sparks rise

The position changes when the phoenix flies

You pretend not to know, even though you know

Dog & Pig watch what I do”

Park Jinhyuk ran around the stage like a playground. He even sat down in front of the standing audience and high-fived them.

“Don’t cut and hide behind the contestants

The public criticizes, mass media splits

You’re the start of this mess

You only care about the ratings graph

Where are you going? The essence of broadcasting”

He openly attacked PD Kang Byungin with his lyrics. PD Kang Byungin’s face turned red and blue.

“He’s cursing us right now…”

He turned his head to look at Lee Jongsoo, but Lee Jongsoo was so immersed in the stage that he didn’t care about Kang Byungin.

After that, Park Jinhyuk rapped fast about mocking the broadcasting station, implying Kim Hyun’s malicious editing and YANG Entertainment’s debut scam.

“Wow… He’s really playing with it.”

“Is this game over?”

“He’s dissing them here.”

The singers sitting in their seats murmured. Park Seon clenched his fist.

(Hey Producer?)

The music suddenly stopped and someone’s voice echoed on the stage. 

Amidst the noise from the audience, Park Jinhyuk walked towards Kim Hyun. 

Park Jinhyuk spoke not in rap, but in his normal voice.

“Hey, what are you doing? Cry.”

Then Kim Hyun frowned and pretended to cry. 

Ian, who was acting like holding a camera next to him, turned around and smiled wickedly.

The camera captured that scene nicely. And then explosive music flowed again and everyone on stage jumped. 

Ian sang the chorus in high notes, while Park Jinhyuk and Kim Hyun rapped together.

“Wow, what is this? Is this YANG Entertainment thing?”

“So that rumor was true?”

MOM’s Seo Minho whispered and there was a stir in the singer seats.

“Do you know? This is all…”

At the end, Park Jinhyuk spoke to someone beyond the camera. But he didn’t finish his sentence and smiled slyly as he put down the mic. 

Park Jinhyuk, Ian, and Kim Hyun threw their mics on the stage and walked away casually, ending the stage.

There was an explosive response from the audience. 

There were even some who shouted for an encore.

“Woah!”

Bluemix also jumped from his seat and cheered. 

The judge who was bribed by PD Kang Byungin coughed loudly.

The camera briefly showed the contestants and Lim Jihun’s angry face was the icing on the cake.

“Uhahaha!”

His laughter was buried by the cheers of the audience, but PD Lee Jongsoo clapped and laughed as if he was out of breath.

“Yeah, this is hip hop!”