Peninsula: The Great Producer

As she walked towards the stage, Lee Ji-eun was looking forward to it.

Lee Ji-eun is very satisfied with her makeup today. This is also her most beautiful stage performance since her debut as a solo singer.

Just as Bae Jong-han said, I wonder if Qi Yaojiu will be so surprised that he will be speechless when he sees his appearance later.

As they got closer, Lee Ji-eun became silently nervous.

Turning the corner, Bae Jong-han spotted Ki Yo-gu standing on the right side of the stage. He pointed over there and whispered to Lee Ji-eun, "Ki PD is over there."

Lee Ji-eun said, "Oppa, it's too late for rehearsal." But in fact, she first glanced at Ki Yo-gu, then took a deep breath to relieve her nervousness.

On the right side of the stage, Qi Yaojiu was communicating with the lighting team using a walkie-talkie.

There were people passing by him all the time, but Qi Yaojiu didn't pay much attention to it.

A voice of "PD Qi" came into his ears, and Qi Yaojiu slowly turned his head.

Pei Zhonghan had been standing beside him without him noticing.

Qi Yaojiu nodded and said, "I'm coming."

Bae Jong-han took a step to the right, and Lee Ji-eun, wearing a white princess cake dress, appeared in front of Ji Yaojiu.

Li Zhien greeted shyly: "Oppa"

Bae Jong-han has been observing Ki Yo-gu's reaction, and Lee Ji-eun is also looking at Ki Yo-gu with anticipation.

As expected, Ji Yaojiu was not surprised to the point of being speechless when he saw the different Lee Ji-eun today. Instead, Ji Yaojiu calmly said, "Come on," and continued to communicate with the lighting team using the walkie-talkie.

Is this over?

Bae Jong-han turned to look at Lee Ji-eun in confusion.

A look of loss flashed across Lee Ji-eun's face, but she immediately cheered up and began to prepare for rehearsal.

The makeup artists surrounded IU, and the staff handed her a microphone while confirming whether the equipment could be used normally.

While it looked like IU was concentrating on her work, IU was actually thinking frantically in her mind, "Has he changed? Oppa doesn't even compliment me anymore. He used to at least say, 'You look so pretty today.' Is it because of Kang Min Kyung?"

Although Bae Jong-han didn't hear what Lee Ji-eun was thinking, he could feel that Ki Yo-jiu's somewhat cold response would definitely affect Lee Ji-eun.

With a smile on his face, Bae Jong-han encouraged, "Ji-eun, keep going."

On the stage, the previous group finished rehearsal.

Assistant PD reminded Lee Ji-eun to go on stage.

Lee Ji-eun made a cheering gesture to Bae Jong-han, but before going on stage, she couldn't help but steal a glance at Ki Yo-gu.

Ki Yo-gu was busy with work and didn't even know IU was on stage.

After Lee Ji-eun came on stage, Bae Jong-han moved to Ki Yo-gu's side again.

It was at this time that Pei Zhonghan heard clearly what Qi Yaojiu was saying.

Over the intercom, the lighting director confirmed with Qi Yaojiu, "The spotlights will open. Starting with the first line of the lyrics, the stage lights will light up from left to right."

"Yes, turn on the lights from left to right according to the stage's movement. The follow lights must also follow suit. After all the scene lights are turned on, the ambient lights in front of the stage will be turned towards the audience. OK?"

"understood."

Putting down the walkie-talkie, Qi Yaojiu folded his arms across his chest and looked at the stage.

Li Zhien stood on the left side of the stage, "1, 2, 3, microphone confirmation", and when she was ready, she said: "I'm ready."

The assistant PD gestured and reminded with a loudspeaker: "Five seconds to rehearsal countdown, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, music CUE." The song Lee Ji-eun prepared for her personal stage was "BOO".

As the cheerful music prelude sounded, Lee Ji-eun on the stage began a performance similar to that in the MV.

As the stage lights lit up one by one, Lee Ji-eun finished her movement from left to right and then returned to the center of the stage.

The scene on the stage was removed and the dance team came on stage.

The process was well coordinated, and the camera switching responsible by Kim Sang-mi in the control room made it impossible for people watching the live broadcast to find any fault with the stage.

Pei Zhonghan did not rashly talk to Qi Yaojiu. He stood aside and took out his mobile phone to take a picture of Qi Yaojiu's smile.

I told you, Qi Yaojiu is not that cold and heartless person.

I just said "come on" to IU, and I wasn't being perfunctory. Instead, Ki Yo-jiu was confirming the lighting effects for IU's stage with the lighting team.

Don’t underestimate lighting. In addition to the singer’s own singing and dancing performance skills, the scenery and lighting are indispensable for a perfect stage.

The stage effect of this final rehearsal was at least ten times better than the previous rehearsal. Even Bae Jong-han, who was already familiar with Lee Ji-eun's performance stage, was shocked by the final rehearsal.

It has to be Qi Yaojiu, the genius producer is just different.

Who says that variety show PDs can only produce good variety shows? Ki Yo-gu can also produce TV dramas with super high ratings and is also capable of taking charge of large-scale music stages.

The rehearsal ended successfully, and after Lee Ji-eun left the stage, she immediately searched for Ki Yo-gu.

I said "come on" before going on stage, so I should say more after I get off stage.

After searching for a long time but still not finding Qiyao and the other nine, Bae Jong-han dragged Li Zhien back to the waiting room. They didn't say anything along the way. After closing the door of the waiting room, Bae Jong-han said, "PD Qi went to find the props team. It seems that he is not satisfied with your stage props and scenery."

"Unsatisfied?"

"Well, we all misunderstood PD Qi just now. It's not that he doesn't care about you or is just perfunctory. He has been confirming the stage conditions for your performance. The lighting, props, and scenes are all communicated by PD Qi personally."

Pei Zhonghan raised his right hand: "Really, I swear, I was standing next to PD Qi when you were on the stage just now, I heard it clearly."

Li Zhien fiddled with her skirt, pretending to be indifferent and hesitating: "I never felt that Oppa was perfunctory to me."

At this moment, Lee Ji-eun's mouth corners were harder to suppress than AK.

Pei Zhonghan agreed: "Yes, yes, of course PD Qi won't give you a perfunctory answer."

As soon as the words fell, Li Zhien glanced at Bae Zhonghan shyly and muttered: "Didn't Oppa say anything else?"

"Others? What?"

"My makeup today..."

I guess Bae Jong-han didn't think of using a white lie to appease Li Zhien, and blurted out: "I didn't say that, but I think PD Qi will definitely say that you look very beautiful today."

"dong dong dong"

There was a knock on the door, and when it opened, Goo Hara stretched her neck to take a peek inside.

Li Zhien stood up from the sofa and greeted: "Ouni"

Goo Hara walked inside while exclaiming, "Jieun, you are so beautiful today. I heard Sulli say that you are totally a princess today. What? You are totally a queen. Beautiful, really beautiful."

IU also praised Goo Hara for being beautiful today, saying that girls’ friendship is not that complicated, and their friendship is rapidly heating up with the back-and-forth compliments.

If Goo Hara hadn't said that afterwards: "But Min-kyung-unnie seems to be wearing something similar to yours today, and she would also look beautiful." (End of this chapter)