After the stage ended, it was a continuous huge wait.
Waking up in the middle of the night and finishing the stage at dawn had us in a truly dazed state.
Since there wasn’t much of a schedule in between, we spent most of the time sleeping in the assigned waiting room.
And the moment we woke up was just in time for the 5 PM broadcast start.
“Oh, it’s starting.”
We watched the broadcast on the screen from the waiting room.
In the meantime, the broadcast was filled with other so-called 2nd and 3rd tier idols, which we rarely saw living as regular people…
And then it was our Rookies’ turn…
[Now, who’s coming up next? They’re causing quite the sensation lately?! It’s Rookies’ [Secret Girl]! Let’s meet them right now!]
“Oh? Already our turn….”
It was earlier than expected.
In music shows, the more significant groups usually come out later.
Right now, there was no group capturing the public’s attention like Rookies… so it wouldn’t be strange if we were closing the show, but our stage was sooner than anticipated.
As I tilted my head in confusion, Lee Hye-jeong, sitting next to me, spoke up.
“It seems like… territoriality.”
“Territoriality?”
“Yeah. We’re from a cable idol audition show. It might look uncomfortable for the public broadcast PDs.”
“Oh….”
So this is the psychological warfare between public and cable…
“I see… But how do you know this so well?”
“I debuted from another audition show before joining Rookies. The show I was on, [K-Star], was also a cable program. I faced some territoriality when I came to perform in music shows back then.”
“Oh….”
Lee Hye-jeong went on [K-Star] when she was 17…
Did she face territoriality even at such a young age?
Feeling sympathy, I patted her shoulder and said,
“That must’ve been tough, unnie.”
“It’s fine now. But I’m worried… If they keep showing territoriality at the broadcasting station, it could disrupt our Rookies activities…”
“Yeah, that’s a concern.”
As Lee Hye-jeong and I held hands in worry, Yoo Seol, who was sitting next to us, interjected in a reassuring voice.
“You don’t need to worry about that.”
“What?”
“Why, Seol-ah? Isn’t it a problem if they keep showing territoriality at the broadcasting station?”
“Territoriality has its limits. The proud old-timers from public broadcast might act out once to show their pride, but Rookies isn’t the kind of group to be bothered by that kind of territoriality.”
Yoo Seol showed us her phone screen.
It was the comment section of the music show’s live stream.
– Why is Rookies coming out already? It’s annoying.
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