As Jusehan’s live broadcast began, viewers began tuning in nonstop.
It was inevitable.
“Our marshmallow rice cake Gyeonunim♡”
“Those clips from that day need to be added to their filmography, anyway they have to”
“Jaeyoung has tact, make today’s episode a Blero”
News that famous top stars, including Lee Gyeonu, would appear made their fans turn on their TVs.
“Phew, busy busy”
“Switching back and forth between On The Stage and Jusehan lol ping when the idols co on”
“I’m watching on two phones right now... I should have studied like this”
“How much screen ti do you think TeenSpirit will get??”
Fans of TNT, TeenSpirit, and Street Boys—who had done the live joint broadcast with NewBlack that day—were eagerly awaiting the broadcast.
While idol fans flipped between TBC and HBS, most ordinary viewers pointed their remotes at Jusehan.
‘What was that crazy incident at the rest area about?’
No one knew the details, but everyone had heard about the huge commotion at so rest area in Chungbuk over the weekend.
“Remind , what was the na again? Haelpyeong?”
“That’s a weird na. Haelpyeong Rest Area. Why would anyone na it that?”
They’d heard that NewBlack’s business had been a huge hit and that it was featured on Jusehan.
Curious viewers started picking up their remotes.
“Oh.”
In the control room, TBC staff watching the real-ti ratings graph noticed sothing.
‘Word of mouth must have been massive.’
The live ratings for the popular audition program On The Stage hadn’t changed much, but Jusehan—recently bumped to second place—was seeing its ratings rise sharply.
And viewers who tuned in for Jusehan’s NewBlack collaboration special early on couldn’t change the channel after seeing...
‘Junhyun...?’
Kim Junhyun smiling warmly as he ran alongside a car.
“???”
“What did I just see..?”
“Why is soone running next to a car lololol”
“I feel like I saw this at a rest area”
“Junhyun’s own words) I’m not good at ball sports. I run faster than the ball”
“(Note-taking clip.jpg) Note,, if you leave your phone behind,, run at car speed to deliver it,,”
Whatever the full story, it seed to have happened right after the first recording of this special.
It felt like Jusehan’s PD was whispering, “Not watching this? Not even now...?”
With that striking opening, Jusehan’s NewBlack collaboration special began rapid-fire storytelling.
The first scene was NewBlack chatting amiably with the production team in the pre-eting.
‘Wow....’
Seeing that made the Souffles beam with pride.
‘They didn’t even introduce us.’
Normally they’d enter with “NewBlack!” and show stage or variety clips, but the tone here was “You all know who we are, right?”
Next, a speedy montage showed Jusehan’s mbers preparing an old-fashioned pork cutlet nu.
‘That looks so good.’
Every ti they showed the cutlet heaped with western-style sauce, my mouth watered.
While pork cutlet restaurants nationwide were moved by the sudden wave of delivery orders.
[Hello~!]
[Ju-ha!]
This ti, NewBlack appeared.
NewBlack huddled in the kitchen, struggling to devise a new nu.
Then each mber took a turn.
[Clatter bang bang!]
[Oof!]
[Clang clang-!]
[Gasp-!]
Viewers burst out laughing at the clumsy kitchen skills of the mbers.
“Is this a blacksmith shop lol look at that knife coming out”
“Feels like a ga enhancent failure effect lol”
“Oops their hand slipped”
“It’s fine, Jiho’s healthy”
The most shocking mont ca when Ri Hyuk, while NewBulBaek was in progress, decided to try his own cooking.
Wearing oven mitts, Ri Hyuk brought in a frying pan.
[Oh.]
Everyone gasped at the sight of a mysterious lump of charcoal inside.
Junhyun gave a thumbs up.
[You made charcoal well.]
[What’s this called, hyung? Twisted underworld charcoal?]
[...No, that’s a pancake.]
[Most people call things like this charcoal, Ri Hyuk. ...But how does a pancake turn out like this? Did you use alchemy?]
Wooju’s sly diss made Ri Hyuk’s face flush red.
anwhile, Wooju suggested to the others struggling with recipes the very nu everyone knows: NewBulBaek.
‘Wow....’
But what surprised viewers before that was Wooju’s knife skills.
Usually Biju is the cook in NewBlack, but Wooju’s slicing was no joke.
With each “tatata”—ingredients were chopped in a flash.
Then a close-up of Biju’s betrayed expression.
“lolololol”
“The youngest really knows cara angles lol”
“He’s got acting experience”
“He’s good at everything but refuses to do it”
“Like a dad who’s really good at one specialty nu”
“Yeah and still refuses lol”
As the bulbaek cooked, the behind-the-scenes of the recipe ca to light.
“Grandma runs a haejangguk restaurant.”
“Oh my, look. They’re wearing matching floral dresses.”
That mont revealed who passed the floral obsession gene to Sun Wooju.
Souffles sighed in unison.
“Anyway, where is that place?”
“I looked it up; it’s a famous haejangguk restaurant in Gunsan. Apparently it caused a commotion when they sold at a rest area last ti too.”
“In that case, take the KTX to Iksan and get off there...?”
As food-crazy Koreans searched for the original haejangguk restaurant in Gunsan, NewBulBaek was finally completed on screen.
“Waaaah.”
The visuals alone made mouths water.
The at, crisped to perfection and glistening with reddish chili oil, looked as though you could sll it from here.
Swallow.
“....”
Following the pork cutlet craze, pig bulbaek restaurants nationwide started happily screaming as orders flooded in.
As “Gunsan bulbaek” and “Wooju bulbaek” trended in real ti.
Finally, NewBlack and the Jusehan mbers gathered together.
anwhile, the production’s gift prepared for NewBlack beca the talk of the show.
[Baaaah—]
The once-villainous black goat reappeared with an evil glare.
“lolololololol”
“Now I even know the goat’s news lol”
“The greatest star of Yeoncheon County: Daegil the black goat”
“As a local, I approve lol among friends we joke Yeoncheon’s three treasures are Hantan River, stone axes, Daegil”
“But hasn’t it gotten bigger..?”
“What is that grandpa feeding it lol you’d think it could beat the Baskerville dog”
“Why is the goat showing up bulked up omg lol”
Two years ago, villagers who had worked with NewBlack on Jusehan reappeared, and the atmosphere was warm.
Next, a eting of the chefs planning how to sell NewBulBaek alongside the old-fashioned cutlet.
But since it was all entertainers, they cracked jokes and improvised skits nonstop whenever eyes t.
“lololol seeing Jusehan mbers this excited is rare”
“When a funny guest cos, Oh Hyungsuk’s truth mouth appears”
“Okbun sunbae’s genuine laugh lol”
“They say don’t do it, but when Wooju does it, it’s hilarious”
“(Okbun peeks through index and middle fingers).gif”
“Usually variety guests hype themselves up, but this is different lol”
“Fact check: He’s a singer”
“I love seeing variety people look at NewBlack like proud senior codians lol”
Then ca the highlight of Episode 1: the tasting event the day before Chuseok.
‘Finally...!’
Viewers watching HBS’s On The Stage switched channels at the news that the idols would appear.
“They’re coming!”
The first guest for the tasting event arrived.
[Who’s there?]
[Really?]
The Yeo siblings and NewBlack hid behind a partition and jumped out at the incoming TNT mbers.
[Waaaah!]
Startled, TNT fell on their butts, and viewers laughed.
Being on screen together with NewBlack felt different from their usual image.
‘They’re so relatable.’
They’d seed distant as “Asia’s stars,” “top idols,” but talking like peers was refreshing. As soon as they saw Wooju, TNT’s expressions relaxed visibly.
Soon, Wooju posed with a V-sign for the TNT mbers taking food photos, got scolded, and offered a dish to the fleeing TNT.
“True friend vibes lololol”
“Idols are just like friends, it’s funny”
“Aren’t they shy? Strange lol”
Other guests then appeared one by one.
“Wow Lee Gyeonu lol”
“Jusehan’s booking power feels next level sotis”
“I find NewBlack more amazing... Do they emit pheromones that make other idols friendly?”
“Can’t believe they say they’re introverted”
“Maybe they make other people introverted”
Among those guests, TeenSpirit received the biggest welco from idol fans.
“Our godsㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ”
“So harmless and pure”
“Isn’t this the ultimate cleansing visual?”
“TeenSpirit’s success: they’re cute /// rebuttal by Gyuho”
“So fresh and fluffy, I feel so good”
“How is there not a single day they’re not pretty”
Viewers buzzed at the sight of the bright-eyed boys.
“Aww, they’re cute.”
“So those are TeenSpirit? I’ve never seen their faces before.”
“They look so gentle. How will they survive in this industry?”
They did.
Monitoring real-ti comnts, so boys furrowed their brows at each other.
‘Cute? You assholes...?’
‘Do viewers have three eyes?’
‘The packaging is new but the contents are moldy.’
TeenSpirit mbers exchanged glances and shook their heads.
anwhile at Street Boys’ dorm, screams rose as they watched the expanding lineup.
“Waaah...! Waaahaa!”
“Seriously, it’s so unfair they went as a trio!”
“You didn’t go!”
LB, Gi-won, and Hanjo turned around in disbelief while the others fud.
‘We should have gone...!’
They’d said they wouldn’t appear as guests on a show recording, so they lazily declined.
But it was Jusehan—and NewBulBaek was there along with TNT, TeenSpirit, and other top stars.
‘We wash dishes well too...!’
Street Boys mbers, regret on their faces as they watched Hanjo and LB texting in the group chat, spoke resolutely.
“From now on, if NewBlack calls, we go.”
“Even if they don’t call, we’ll go.”
“If they don’t call us, we’ll show up and make them call us.”
“We’re too shy to say anything to the leader when we actually see him....”
LB—who was speaking sense—suddenly burst into flas like kindling.
With the participants engrossed in the excitent.
“Gyeonu hyung, aren’t you watching this?”
“I can’t watch myself.”
“Hyung, you do know your job is being an entertainer...?”
As an introverted actor dodged his manager’s phone offering the script.
Viewers leaned in closer.
‘This is fun!’
The chemistry between Jusehan mbers and NewBlack stabilized, guests kept appearing, and the fun multiplied.
Thanks in large part to PD Gu Jaeyoung’s specialty.
His knack for creating simple fun from walks, mini-gas, small missions, extracting everyday enjoynt.
[Shall I show you sothing amazing?]
[Aaaah! Don’t do that...!]
...Though it was a bit far from “everyday,” it captured the original concept of a healing restaurant special well.
“Oh, it’s been a while since I’ve seen that person.”
A star rarely seen on TV appeared, eating old pork cutlet with NewBlack and sharing their recent news.
“...That person’s on here?”
Hot stars from the ad world appeared and shared small talk, captivating viewers.
Between sparkling banter and als, guests left...
‘But why don’t they go?’
Guests didn’t leave.
The dishes piled up and ingredients dwindled.
And custors began buying ingredients and bringing them in.
[Why aren’t the custors leaving?]
[Why aren’t they going?]
As NewBlack and Jusehan mbers’ eyes filled with growing fear, Episode 1 ca to a close.
The next-week preview showed complete chaos—and it was hilarious already.
[Yeah, party tonight!]
[Everyone! Having fun~!]
With EDM blasting, guests danced and played mini-gas in a scene of chaos and destruction.
Kevin, like a DJ, raised his hand making puffs.
NewBlack mbers—usually the destroyers—were shown gently massaging each other’s temples.
‘Screenshot. This is a screenshot.’
When A&R and production teams at Lemon Entertainnt happily saved the photo of Wooju in distress and shared it in the chat.
After the broadcast, idol fans talked about Jusehan rather than On The Stage for the first ti in a while.
[That I thought of after seeing today’s Jusehan opening]
(Photo1: Junhyun waving to mbers from afar, Photo2: walking and talking with mbers)
Q. Spot the oddity in the photos. (3 points)
A. The interval between the two photos is one shutter click
“lololololol”
“Junhyun is real”
“Most common comnt when fangirling NewBlack: It’s Photoshopped?”
“Usually just say ‘No, it’s Junhyun’ or ‘No, it’s Wooju’, solves 95 percent”
“I thought he was a Tae-Neung talent but he’s a Guinness record”
“Imagine if Junhyun had been born in the Goryeo era—we’d be learning from Emperor Junhyun now”
“Chopsticks broke the wall, this is in the Annals as a taphor for strong royal authority lol”
Along with that striking opening, photos of idol friendships from today’s show circulated.
[Praise makes whales dance and EunKevin makes Wooju pissed]
[Jusehan TeenSpirit appearance praised for cuteness]
[A trending GIF of Han Taehyun doing dishes wearing an apron]
Fans chanted for their favorites, but the biggest buzz was the behind-the-scenes video on TBC’s MyTube channel.
Junhyun, TNT, and TeenSpirit mbers, overco by temptation, sampling at the market.
Frozen dumplings, dakgalbi, pork belly, donggeurangttaeng, and more.
Like hamsters on a food expedition, they nibbled nonstop, cracking everyone up.
“I don’t like filling up on tastings but it’s hilarious when the sellers co and feed you lololol”
“03:47 look carefully, soone with a donggeurangttaeng is running in the background”
“Hwiyun: We don’t have money to buy... / Auntie: You don’t have to buy! You don’t have to!”
“Frozen food brand: Haha buying now is nothing”
“Free publicity worth 10 billion won”
“They’re like squirrels collecting acorns”
“12:07 they’re getting plumper lolol”
“Went in like Goku, ca out like Majin Buu”
“I support this friendship cheer lol it’s harmless”
Even the brand’s marketing team was cheering.
‘This publicity is insane...!’
Though blurred, consurs watching the grocery scene could tell exactly which brands they were.
Idols eating like divine chefs—hiring them would cost nearly 10 billion won in endorsents.
While companies rejoiced at the unexpected publicity.
The public watching tonight’s broadcast had one burning question.
“Where do you think NewBulBaek will be released?”
“They’re releasing it??”
“At this point it’s definitely going to be released”
“I was at the site that day; the mbers said no but implied they would release it”
“Yeah they couldn’t say because of contracts”
“Support NewBulBaek release) Day 1”
They were eager to know where NewBulBaek would debut.
‘Where will it co out?’
People were already excited.
9 p.m.
“Phew....”
We flopped onto the floor, clothes soaked in sweat, after hours of continuous choreography practice.
Everyone pulled out their phones.
“The reaction seems pretty good, right?”
“Yeah, not bad.”
Articles were popping up one after another.
During the live broadcast, we were practicing and couldn’t watch, but the response to Episode 1 of the Let’s Do Business special was positive.
Above all...
“They’re excited, aren’t they.”
The group chat buzzed as TeenSpirit squealed with joy, 999 unread ssages showing.
Too lazy to read them all.
“Wow, NewBulBaek is trending again. Here’s another article.”
“Aren’t articles normal...?”
“It’s on the lifestyle section.”
We laughed at the news on the portal main page: “NewBulBaek release imminent...”
The youngest said:
“I thought only we liked to eat, but other people are really serious about food too.”
Thanks to that, NewBulBaek was going into release prep.
After Grandma’s approval, they imdiately began preparations based on that recipe; I heard company staff were working busily every day to release it before the broadcast buzz died.
Kim Deoksun [So many custorsㅎah]
Kim Deoksun [@#$%]
Thanks to NewBulBaek’s effect, my grandmother’s restaurant was packed.
I gently suggested she take a break and travel, but she said she wanted to keep working.
I expected that—her shop was like the foundation she’d nurtured for decades.
While sending her a selfie.
“It’s officially break ti now.”
“Waaah—!”
“Just one hour. One hour.”
When Biju said that, we cheered, free at last from practice for a mont.
A dreamlike break.
“Shall we get ready?”
The youngest pressed the remote, and the wheeled TV in the corner of the practice room rolled over with a whirr.
It was a gift from the CEO after the Jungpyeong Rest Area incident.
The TV turned on to the TBC channel.
We planned to use our break to monitor Episode 7 of Our Family Is Alien, which I appeared in.
“Waaaah~”
As we ✧ NоvеIight ✧ (Original source) sprawled out watching.
“Hmm...?”
One ssage I hadn’t checked caught my eye.
It was labeled “logo draft,” apparently a product logo design for NewBulBaek.
“NewBulBaek logo probably ca out?”
“Seriously?”
As my brothers’ eyes lit up rolling toward .
When I opened the logo image file on my phone, laughter erupted.
“...!”
NEWBULBAEK in Gothic font.
And behind our beaming cartoon selves, Ms Kim Deoksun spread her arms like a great demon king.
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