King of Variety Shows: Starting by Handling a Top-Tier Girl Group

(My new book is out: Peninsula: I Was Already an Acting King, and the System Still Showed Up)

“I want the ratings, and I want the girl group leader too!”

Gu Huai braved the Peninsula and spent three years working his way up to become JTBC's star producer. Just as he was about to take charge of the prime-time slot, the executives abruptly reassigned him to shoot some “nostalgic travel variety show about second-generation girl groups.”

Looking at the tacky girl group name “oh-GG!” on the proposal, Gu Huai sighed helplessly. “So what if they're legendary girl groups? Can they compare to the sweet younger girls from fifth-generation groups?!”

To hell with your healing slow-paced variety show!

Gu Huai opened the proposal and started overhauling it on the spot.

Forget the cozy guesthouse. We're going to a haunted castle.

Cut the therapeutic shopping trips. Give me a mud-pit brawl.

When the girl group leader questioned him, Gu Huai simply ignored her. “What, just because you've been around longer, you think you don't have to try?”

But the more time he spent with them, the more he realized that second-generation girl groups really were the best...

The moment their variety skills went into overdrive, Gu Huai completely lost his composure.

“I only wanted to get back at them a little. How did the show become a hit?!”

“Who says second-generation girl groups aren't great? The show is a hit, and I'm falling in love...”

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