sorry that it's not a continuation, but i just thought like, i wrote that jyp said that if he received bad comments about them they wouldn't participate in the showcase right? then after i finished writing about the showcase i realised i should have a scene where they nearly got cut from the showcase so here it is, enjoy!
"And one, and two, and three, and four-" Chan noticed a shadowy figure slide into the room. "Oh, annyeonghaseyo Producer Kyu."
The members followed his lead, bowing politely and murmuring greetings.
Producer Kyu gave a dismissive nod. "I expect you want to know why I'm here. As you know, our CEO has specially arranged for you to record your showcase song today."
"Yes, sir."
"And you know that if the song isn't approved by the board you won't get to participate in the showcase?"
Chan tensed. "We- weren't aware of that,"
"Now you know. You were told that you would be given two and a half hours to perfect it, yes?"
Yes, sir."
"Unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances, your timing has been cut short to an hour." Producer Kyu said with a gleam in his eyes.
"What?" Changbin demanded, then covered his mouth. "So sorry, I mean, why?"
Producer Kyu shrugged. "Heaven knows, but you'll have to deal with it."
"Producer Kyu," Chan cut in politely. "Isn't there any other day we could record?"
"Certainly not. You'll either make do with the time or you don't record at all. Now, off you go."
"What is he playing at?" Minho asked in a ferocious whisper as they scurried down the stairs. "One hour?"
"It takes me ages to get my lines right," Jeongin moaned, his sweaty face already turning pale.
"You'll be fine," Chan reassured him even though he was anxious as well.
"But if our song isn't good then we won't participate in the showcase!" Jeongin wailed.
"Of course our song will be good," Chan said firmly.
"Annyeonghaseyo-" Woojin cut himself short when he saw an unexpected person sitting at the recording panel. "Oh, annyeonghaseyo, Producer Gook, we didn't expect to see you here."
Chan pushed into the room beside him, bowing as he came in. "Producer Gook, sir, we weren't aware that you would be here. You see we need to record our showcase song, but I'm sure we could always record another day-"
"I know you need to record." Producer Gook cut in, waving a dismissive hand. "That's why I'm here; to give you my opinion on your tracks."
Woojin blinked in surprise. Chan was just as taken aback as he answered, "Oh, that's- very nice of you, thank you."
One take, the chief recorder, cleared his throat. "Well boys, you only have an hour for recording, so I suggest you start quickly."
"Oh, of course." The members filed in the small room.
"Let's start from Changbin, shall we?" One take nodded at Changbin. He was quite familiar with 3racha as they were the most frequent of trainees that came to record.
Changbin entered the recording area and quickly did some exercises to warm up his throat. When he started rapping, Woojin, as always, was awed by his flow and how much he commanded the song.
When Changbin finished, One take called to him. "That was very good, Changbin; shall we try doubl-"
"Wait a minute." Producer Gook interrupted. "Your beat is all wrong; you're not supposed to go at the same pace all the time."
Changbin stared at him, as did the rest of the members. "Sir, that's how it's supposed to go."
"Ridiculous, change it!"
Changbin bit his lip, his eyebrows drawing down over his eyes. "And what might you suggest I change it to, sir?"
"Are you being impertinent?" Producer Gook demanded.
"Of course not, sir." Changbin's tone suggested exactly the opposite.
"Go fast at some parts and slow at others; goodness, do I have to tell you everything?"
One take tried to intervene. "If we do that we might get a rather hyped song. The vibe that this song goes for is a rather dark one, so it might be better not to vary the beat to produce the effect this song is going for."
Producer Gook frowned at him. "Who's in charge here? Change it!"
Changbin tried his best, Woojin could tell; trying to improvise on the spot and figure out which parts needed to be slower and faster as he went along. As they listened to it, Woojin was quite proud of Changbin's effort and catching his eye, flashed him a thumbs up.
Producer Gook listened and waved a hand. "I think we were better off with the first one."
One take stepped in before Changbin could speak, "All right then, Changbin, shall we try doubling?"
Thankfully, Changbin's doubling passed without any more comments from Producer Gook and Changbin stepped out of the recording area without any displays of physical violence.
"Jisung, quickly now." One take called on another 3racha member.
Woojin whispered to Changbin as he took Jisung's place. "I thought you were going to explode!"
"He's lucky I didn't." Changbin grumbled back. "One more word and I would have lost it."
Woojin was about to respond when they heard Producer Gook exclaim loudly. "No, no, no, no, no! It's not good, not good at all! You're off at this part!"
"How should I fix it, sir?" At least Jisung was making an effort to conceal his irritation.
"Do you expect me to have all the answers? Just keep on beat, will you?!"
Looking slightly mystified, Jisung did as well as he could. Producer Gook smirked. "See how much better it is if you listen to me?"
"Yes, sir." Jisung coughed.
"Chan, you're up next." One take anxiously checked his watch.
Woojin looked up at the clock too and did a double take. 15 minutes of their precious recording time had gone by already and only two members had recorded. They really needed to hurry up.
Producer Gook had only a few comments for Chan despite him having a large part and Woojin breathed a sigh of relief when he didn't take that much longer than he had to. He sort of suspected that it had something to do with Chan being on such good terms with JYP.
Jeongin sidled up to Woojin as Chan wrapped up his turn. "I'm nervous, hyung, especially with Producer Gook here. I'm scared I'll mess up."
Woojin smiled at him encouragingly. "You'll be fine, Jeongin," he reassured him even though he didn't feel that sure. Jeongin was either touch-and-go with his singing; sometimes pitch-perfect and sometimes a little shaky- especially when he was nervous.
Jeongin didn't look exactly comforted but then One take called Woojin. Clearing his throat, Woojin stepped forward as confidently as possible. Doing his best to ignore the beady eye of Producer Gook, he sang with all his heart.
When he finished, Producer Gook shrugged. "Not bad."
Woojin's eyes nearly popped out of his head, as did everyone else's in the room.
Producer Gook looked around. "Well?" he demanded. "What do you want me to say?"
"Nothing, sir." One take adjusted a few knobs. "Ready for doubling, Woojin?"
As Woojin finished recording, he felt a sense of relief and slight shame. Maybe Producer Gook wasn't as bad as he thought.
Seungmin and Hyunjin's recordings passed smoothly as well. Producer Gook only gave them constructive criticism and Woojin felt himself relax. When Felix entered the studio, there were only fifteen minutes left and Woojin could feel himself getting stressed again. One hour really wasn't enough time.
Perhaps encouraged by the rest of the members, Felix's pronunciation was especially clear, something that he struggled with on a frequent basis. Woojin beamed at him and flashed him a thumbs up.
Producer Gook suddenly banged his hand on the table, enraged for some mysterious reason. "No!"
Felix stopped, startled.
"Restart!" Producer Gook demanded.
One take tried to reason with him. "They don't have enough time as it is, sir, and Felix didn't make any major mistakes."
"Your pronunciation is all off." Producer Gook continued, completely ignoring One take. "Are you even trying?"
Minho glared at him. Woojin didn't think it was fair for Producer Gook to say that because it was obvious that Felix had been trying his best.
Felix looked bewildered. "I am, sir."
"Well, it doesn't show! Just get out of there; I don't want to listen to you anymore!"
"Then you get out!" Minho muttered, but not loud enough for Producer Gook to hear.
Felix shakily packed his things and rushed out of the recording area.
Woojin patted him on the back as he sat in between him and Chan. Felix turned to Chan miserably, murmuring in English, "Was I really that bad?"
"No, you weren't." Chan said soothingly, "Your pronunciation was really good today. Producer Gook just… has really high standards."
Woojin barely understood all the English but Felix looked slightly comforted.
One take motioned quickly to Jeongin.
Jeongin squeezed Woojin's hand tightly before he took a deep breath and entered the recording area.
Poor Jeongin, he was obviously really nervous after the whole Felix thing and his voice shook as he sang. Producer Gook didn't even let him finish singing before thumping his fist on the table. "I knew I shouldn't have let you convince our CEO to allow you to form this team!"
Jeongin was shaking, near tears. "I-I'm sorry,"
Woojin's heart ached for the kid.
"Relax, Jeongin, take your time," One take told him. "There's no need to be nervous, all right? Just sing as you normally do."
"O-okay," Jeongin breathed deeply and tried again.
"Okay, okay," One Take said, trying to be encouraging. "That was better, but you can still-"
"That was a load of crap!" Producer Gook shouted, hitting the table so hard poor Jeongin jumped. "I don't even know how this kid got in when he clearly has no talent! Without him in the team maybe it won't be as much of a failure as it is! He's a useless piece of nothing and he should just go home and stop wasting everyone's time. JYP isn't some charity!"
Chan threw a restraining arm across Seungmin's chest. The normally placid Seungmin's eyes were burning with anger and he looked ready to thump Producer Gook.
One Take looked severely shocked by producer Gook's comments. "Come now, sir, Jeongin still has room to improve, I guarantee you, but he has potential."
Jeongin was trembling, fresh tears streaming down his cheeks every second as he tried desperately to wipe them away.
Woojin longed to go comfort the maknae but he didn't dare.
"Out!" Producer Gook snapped and Jeongin rushed out of the recording area and into Chan's comforting arms.
Producer Gook stood up and brushed off his coat. "Such a waste of time, space and funds!"
Chan whispered soothingly to Jeongin, who was shaking and trying hard to stop crying.
"Minho," One Take said, clearly anxious to move on. "Go quickly."
"Too late!" Producer Gook said, almost gleefully. "I mean, sadly, you've run out of time."
To his horror, Woojin realised that they had indeed run out of time; even gone past the hour by a few minutes.
Chan tried to reason with Producer Gook. "Please sir, could we please just have a few more minutes so Minho can record? His is only a small part-"
"Absolutely not!" Producer Gook said firmly. "You were given a timing and if you can't stick to that timing, then that's your fault. You can blame that mongrel child that doesn't belong here in the first place for taking so long."
Changbin glared at his back, an expression that he was too slow to wipe off his face as Producer Gook turned.
"You dare!" Producer Gook fumed. "You dare! I will see you cut from the showcase!" he stormed out of the room in fury.
The moment he closed the door, the members all started talking at once.
"Enough!" Chan yelled, having to raise his voice to be heard. "Let's go. Thank you, One Take-nim."
"You're very welcome, boys." One Take smiled sadly at them. "I'm sorry about your song. I hope it works out for you,"
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