The Parachuted Royal of a Korean Girl Group

[Breaking!]

Korean entertainment news: XV, one of the three major entertainment companies, has spent a fortune to poach a Chinese trainee from Psyches.

Her name is Yuetang.

Everyone is curious about her.

Fellow trainees say:

[An Aphrodite's face, but a Cinderella stepmother's temper, kkk. She never has a kind word for anyone.]

[Especially the male trainees who confess to her. She looks at them like they're gum stuck to the soles of her shoes, or mice crushed under a high heel, kkk.]

[A stingy beauty. An idol-fanatic with a serious case of fan obsession, who only smiles for her fans.]

Company executives say:

[A perfect idol-in-the-making, but she's not very passionate about being an idol. We're worried she'll run off at any moment.]

[I hear she's writing a novel, and it's doing quite well. That's a dangerous sign.]

[Tang, don't be a pigeon that flies away, okay? Don't go back to China, okay?]

Later, people heard that Yuetang had been parachuted into XV's new group, pushing out trainee Lee Yuna, who'd trained for six years. The Korean online community's opinion of her hit rock bottom.

[This is too much. I'll boycott them.]

[So what if she's pretty? She stole a hardworking girl's chance to debut. What a wicked flower.]

She was caught in a storm of public opinion before debut, and after debut she cultivated a devoted following of masochistic fans.

As the name suggests, they say they hate her, but can't help watching and discussing her.

Her debut song fancam was the first to reach a million views;

She landed the group's first solo luxury brand deal;

During a comeback, her Chinese sales broke records;

Then came her first solo;

And her first major individual award.

Yuetang seized this wave of attention. Through it, she also came to understand the meaning of being an idol.

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[Is that group finally going to become Yuetang's group?]

[It already was.]

[The world's strongest woman, the goddess who controls the performance metrics. A master of the stage who reached a hundred fancams with a million views and ten with ten million views in just three years after debut. She's on fire, so reassuring.]

[The Empress Tang, whose fancam stats, Instagram followers, luxury brand endorsements, and so on can each beat the whole group by herself.]

[Mom, I found a real royal favorite... And an impressive royal favorite who's so satisfying to follow. I'm happier than ever...]

Notes:

1. No CP + Korean entertainment setting (no real-life groups) + my own take on a satisfying, feel-good story.

2. The protagonist is a late addition and didn't take anyone else's spot.

3. This book contains many forum-style sections.

4. Mindless feel-good stories all need a place to check your brain at the door. I'll put one here: [--]

Theme: A career gives life something to lean on.