Korean Entertainment: Perfect Cheating Life

The return performance of an idol group is mainly determined by the number of “first places”, and the value of the platforms that get the first place also varies.

The three major stations that are generally recognized as the most valuable are: KBS's Music Bank, MBC's Music Center, and SBS's Inkigayo.

The music programs of these three major stations account for a large proportion of the music source share, all above 50%. Being able to get a first place in the music programs of these three major stations proves that the song has a wide audience.

Usually, if a group can win first place on the three major TV stations at the same time during their comeback period, it means that they are extremely popular.

In the first week after his return, he will not participate in the first place selection, but will only promote the song. In the second week, major platforms will count the results and participate in the evaluation.

Today, Red Velvet’s first performance on stage is on “M!Countdown”.

Originally, they should go to the waiting room and take their time to put on makeup, so that they don't have to get up in the early morning.

However, SM company has just reformed its own styling room, and the effect of the styling room is much better than putting on makeup on site. Several girls will get up very early and put on makeup in the styling room before going to the scene.

Before the nanny car reached the designated location, they heard the faint screams of fans.

Several people began to feel uneasy again - except Kim So-min.

They still think that all the popularity comes from Kim So Min, and the huge popularity gap between teammates cannot be bridged overnight.

This forced them to be cautious.

Bae Joo Hyun looked at the youngest sister in the group.

Even in the car, the girl still kept her back straight and sat gracefully. She was wearing headphones and listening to something.

Meeting Bae Joo Hyun's eyes, she took off her headphones and said, "Teacher Yu Young Jin is pressuring me to write songs, so I'm listening to folk songs to get inspiration."

"Folk songs?" Wendy asked doubtfully, "Shouldn't they be K-POP?"

"The song is in a pop style, but I really like the hurdy-gurdy in this folk song, and the sound of the harmonica is also well used..."

Kim So-min counted the instruments used in the song and decided on her theme, "I'll write a song for you guys to listen to."

Park Soo-young and Kim Ye-lin nodded.

Seulgi looked expectant, "Come on Somin! I want to hear it now."

Bae Joo Hyun seemed to understand but didn't forget to praise the child: "Hey Gu, Somin is excellent in every aspect."

"Of course!" Kim So Min had to show off, because she had worked so hard to get her composition to level 6!

For ten years, she has been memorizing books, writing songs, and practicing musical instruments every day. It took her so much effort to finally reach level 6 in this skill!

The difficulty of the skills can be imagined.

It's time for Red Velvet's manager to remind the girls: "Kids, it's time to get off the bus."

As soon as the nanny car opened, the voices of fans outside came in. Many fans held up support signs with their photos printed on them, and there were obviously more fans belonging to Kim So Min.

The crowd was shouting Kim So Min's name, and some people were shouting other members' names, almost drowning out the crowd.

Several girls immediately put on professional business smiles and walked forward while greeting people.

The flashes of the reporters, fans and fans at the fan club never stopped, and fans of other groups also turned on their phones to record them.

Almost all the fans of Kim So Min came, and their voices were hoarse from shouting.

"Come on Somin! Come on Red Beibei!"

"Somin! You look beautiful today!"

"Baby, why don't you look photogenic at all?"

With her sensitive ears, Kim So-min heard the words shouted by the person next to her and immediately looked at her.

Recognizing that it was the station girl who had known her for a long time and often went to the graduate student club in the past, Kim So Min pursed her lips slightly and said, "Ouni, I am not only beautiful today, I am beautiful every day."

The station girl screamed, but her hands didn't shake at all.

She coaxes her child loudly: "Yes! Somin is beautiful every day!"

Kim So Min waved at her camera, smiled, and followed the team into the room.

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M!Countdown prepared a separate waiting room for them. The waiting room was bright and spacious, and it was of the highest standard.

As the team leader, Bae Joo-hyun felt a little uneasy when entering the room.

The staff was a young lady. She was afraid that Kim So Min didn't know the rules of the performance stage, so she gently told them the arrangements for today.

Red Beibei's work today includes stage rehearsal, interviews, and then she has to stay backstage until the afternoon to participate in a live show, which lasts the entire day.

Finally, at the end of the show, they need to greet the PD and staff with other idol groups and express their gratitude before leaving.

Kim So Min summed it up like this: she was on stage for a few minutes, and the rest of the time she sat in the waiting room waiting to get off work.

She concealed her expression very well and always had a faint smile on her face.

The staff didn't notice her complaint and continued to explain for her.

"Somin is an actor after all, so she doesn't know this. The idol music industry has six music shows a week, and the process is basically like this."

She said gently, "Music Center will be better. You don't have to wait until the end. You can leave as soon as the recording is finished."

"So there are so many rules? Thank you, unnie!"

Kim So Min accepted her kindness, took out Red Velvet's album and handed it to her, with a hint of coquettishness in her voice.

"Thank you very much, unnie. Please support our song~"

"No, no need to thank me, this is what I should do." The staff waved his hand and took the album with surprise, "I'm a fan of Somin!"

Kim So Min's eyes sparkled: "Thank you for liking it, unnie! Do you need an autograph?"

“Will this be too much trouble…?”

There are very few autographs of Kim So Min left out there, and the staff was tempted but afraid of causing trouble for her.

"Of course it's not a problem. Unnie has helped me a lot!"

Kim So Min tore open the album cover and signed her name, then asked other members to sign, then closed the album and handed it to the staff.

"Thank you very much for your support, I will work harder."

“Good luck with the recording!”

The staff was stared at by her for a long time and walked out of the waiting room with a red face and a dazed look.

After she left, Pei Zhuxuan said: "This is not the waiting room we came to before..."

The number of waiting rooms for "M!Countdown" is limited, and the new performers from many boy and girl groups need to stay together in the partition room in the auditorium, which is small and cramped.

Even though Red Velvet is a girl group from a big company, they will stay there until they gain popularity.

What they are using now is clearly a separate underground waiting room that is only available to seniors who have debuted for a longer time.

"I knew."

When Kim So Min walked into the house, she of course saw the newlyweds outside looking at her with envy.

However, she wouldn't be in any other mood.

She has been looked at this way since she was born.

Having been active in the entertainment industry since she was five years old, how could she not know what the entertainment industry is like?

Putting down the weak and praising the strong, popularity represents everything, this is the essence of the entertainment industry.

The words came out of her mouth carelessly, with justifiable arrogance.

"I told you, Ernie, I am the one who is loved."

Kim So-min put away her businesslike smile and opened the notepad on her phone again, scribbling down her fragments of inspiration.

"That's why I will work harder and be more self-disciplined. I am good enough to be favored by everyone."

Even if there were cheats, she really put in a lot of effort for it, and certainly wouldn't feel guilty about the preferential treatment she received.

"Ouni, the years of hard training we have put into the company are our reward."

"Your strength is worthy of your status."

As someone who has a similar Darwinian socialist mindset to his father, Kim So-min spoke naturally.

"It's only natural that we are famous now, and we deserve the good treatment. There's nothing unreasonable about it."