Chapter 57
G.o.d of Music Chapter 57 . Causing an Incident at a Music Circle (4)
Min JinSeo and Professor Choi ChanYang had an enjoyable time as she gave him her signature and also took a photo with him . Professor Choi repeatedly thanked her at the unexpected encounter . KangYoon was inwardly surprised to see someone change so drastically, but couldn’t express it . Living alone could lead to interesting circ.u.mstances .
After parting ways with Professor Choi, the two set off onto a quiet street .
“Hahaha . I never knew you were learning music, sir . ”
Unlike normal, KangYoon got onboard Min JinSeo’s van . He repeatedly refused since someone might say something about them, but he couldn’t refuse after Min JinSeo desperately pleaded with him . Of course, the fact that there weren’t many people around as well as the fact that he could go home early and comfortably with the van also contributed to his actions .
“A person is supposed to learn for their entire life . Who knows? I might become a composer in the future . ”
“Then you’ll make a song for me as well?”
“You don’t even have any interest in music, though . ”
KangYoon knew very well that Min JinSeo had no interest in music or singing . However, Min JinSeo didn’t seem to be joking and kept speaking .
“If it’s something that you composed… . Perhaps it’s a different story? You know, I was offered to become a singer too . My talents were acknowledged . ”
“Do you think this industry is so easy?”
KangYoon was just going to laugh it over, thinking it was a joke . However, Min JinSeo kept insisting .
“I wasn’t joking . If it’s something you made, I might want to try singing it?”
“Sheesh . Fine, I’ll give you one once I compose one . I don’t know when it will be though . ”
“You promised?”
“Fine, fine . I can’t even differentiate between tadpoles and notes . When do you think I’ll be composing? Hahaha . ”
It was utter nonsense, but KangYoon accepted it . Composition was still far away for him . In the first place, the reason he was learning music more systematically was from a wild thought that his ability to ‘see’ music may improve if he did . Going beyond harmonics and into composition was still impossible for him .
However, Min JinSeo didn’t seem to take it that way .
“You’ll be able to do it, definitely . ”
“Who was it that asked me ‘who am I to trust?’ . ”
“That’s… just the past . How can it be the same now?”
When the conversation turned into past stories, Min JinSeo’s face reddened in embarra.s.sment . KangYoon teased her, saying she was a tomato . A nice atmosphere of violence and love floated around .
While they were talking, the van eventually arrived near KangYoon’s house .
“Thanks . ”
“So you live in a place like this . ”
Min JinSeo looked around from inside the van . She tried to see him off after getting off the van, but KangYoon stopped her from doing so . Min JinSeo looked slightly disappointed, but KangYoon was strict with things like this . Min JinSeo was disappointed but still saw him off with a smile .
“Well, then, sir . See you later . ”
“You too . ”
When the door to the van closed, KangYoon slowly headed towards his house . Not long after, KangYoon saw HeeYoon who was returning from grocery shopping .
“Oppa?”
“HeeYoon . ”
Seeing his sister on the street made him more joyful . KangYoon took the large plastic bags from out of HeeYoon’s hands . HeeYoon tried to refuse, but KangYoon ignored her and started walking . When HeeYoon followed, the siblings started walking under the night sky .
“Oppa, it’s a van . ”
HeeYoon pointed towards the van that just pa.s.sed by the two . It was Min JinSeo’s van that KangYoon was on until just now .
“You’re right . ”
“I always think of you when I see a van . You always rode in one in the past . ”
“That’s all in the past now . ”
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Talking with his sister, KangYoon headed home .
***
There was no work for the concert team . However, with the increasing amount of work for the girl group, the large tower of paperwork on KangYoon’s desk was increasing instead . Not only that, his work didn’t just consist of approving paperwork on his desk . Meetings were the basics, and he had to be on-site sometimes and had to take care of other things as well . Even three KangYoons would be tired out .
“Ahju… . Team leader . Aah, it’s so hard… . ”
Jung MinAh complained as soon as she saw KangYoon enter the practice room . KangYoon ruffled her hair with love . Jung MinAh struggled and complained to him again, but KangYoon just ignored her .
“What’s up? Grumbler . ”
“What do you mean by that! I have a pretty name called Jung MinAh! Anyways… A dance compet.i.tion? And you notified me a month before the actual thing? I will run out of practice time you know… . ”
“MinAh, if it’s you, one month is more than long enough for practice . ”
“Th… . That’s true . ”
Jung MinAh grumbled saying that she was notified late and didn’t have enough time to practice . However, KangYoon was calm and didn’t think that at all .
“If you can’t win a compet.i.tion like this, you’ll embarra.s.s yourself in front of the others . ”
“Tch, that’s a lot of pressure you’re putting on my shoulders . Well… . You seem to believe in me so I’ll show you . But also… . ”
Jung MinAh pouted just when it was about to be over . Then she started grumbling again .
“Team leader . I also want to go on TV and shoot adverts . But why do I have to go to such a teeny weeny compet.i.tion? Why~?”
“What, that’s your problem?”
“It’s not cool at all . Well… . I don’t want to go to a TV program to act cute in front of grandmas like what SamSoon is doing… . ”
She had a large pride and that was the reason she was pouting . Han JooYeon’s TV program, Christie An’s commercial, Seo HanYu’s music video, Ailee Jung’s educational program – she was envious of all of them .
“Sheesh, you’re being too honest . ”
“I’m always like that . Heheh . ”
“But we can’t go to a B-boy compet.i.tion, can we? Do you want to learn to head-spin or something?”
“I don’t see why not . I’ll just learn it . ”
“Oh yeah? Let’s spin . My head is spinning too dammit . Come here . ”
“Uaak! You evil team leader!”
Jung MinAh kept complaining to KangYoon . However, never did she go against KangYoon’s words . Perhaps her actions contrasting to her words was a type of charm .
After another round of venting her troubles, Jung MinAh asked in a calm tone .
“Obviously, you’re coming with me as well, right?”
“How’s that obvious? I’m busy . ”
“What, you went with the others like Han JooYeon . ”
“But you do well by yourself though . ”
“Ah, dammit . I’m not doing this . ”
Even though she said that Jung MinAh knew that KangYoon was indeed very busy . In fact, she was the closest member out of the 6 . However, Jung MinAh seemed to have noticed that it was really difficult for him to attend and switched topics while grumbling .
KangYoon finished checking up on Jung MinAh, and the other girls as well, so he headed to the 2nd floor for a meeting . After being reported on the current situation by the employees, he gave orders about the showcase, and the day pa.s.sed by in a flash .
The next day, someone knocked on KangYoon’s door when he was in his office, working .
“Come in . ”
The one that entered was the exclusive composer of MG Entertainment, Loin . She stroked her flashy hair backward once and approached KangYoon .
“h.e.l.lo, Team leader . ”
“Welcome . ”
She gave KangYoon a USB and some papers . When KangYoon flipped over the pages, it was a music score .
“So, the song is out . ”
“Yes . I’ve heard that it will be a tight schedule . So, I put a little effort in . ”
“Thanks for your work . Shall we listen to it then?”
KangYoon put the USB drive onto his PC and played the music . Light, yet rhythmical music started flowing out . The trainee that sung the voice had a pretty good voice as… .
‘It’s JooAh’s voice?’
KangYoon was confused . Composer Loin explained to relieve his confusion .
“JooAh requested it herself, saying that a senior must look after her juniors’ first song or something . ”
“Sheesh, she’ll kill the girls’ motivation . ”
What good would it be if the guide song might be better than the actual song? What s...o...b..e, it was obvious that she was rioting to get KangYoon . It was obvious that the girls would be pressured immensely once they listen to the song . How was he supposed to accept this… KangYoon felt a headache coming .
At that moment, a thought pa.s.sed by in his head .
‘Wait, this song… . It’s that same one . ’
KangYoon thought back to his ‘original’ life . ‘Our story’ was the only song that EDDIOS had failed in his previous life . Thinking about the failure in his previous life, KangYoon felt that he had to reject this song, but on one hand, another thought sprung up in his mind as well .
‘Right now, the members are different, aren’t they?’
The EDDIOS of his previous life and the EDDIOS of his current life was completely different . Perhaps it should be fine then? However, he did think that this was lacking somewhat . KangYoon’s expression became serious the more he listened to the music .
After the song ended, Composer Loin asked KangYoon .
“Was it no good?”
“No, it’s not that . I’m just thinking about something . ”
“You can be honest . ”
Composer Loin was nervous . In the composer’s shoes, getting her music rejected was akin to her child being abandoned . Perhaps KangYoon would do that… she was worried and clenched her fist .
“Don’t you have another song?”
“Another… song, you say?”
As expected .
Loin just shut her eyes .
“I think I’ll need to compare it . Are there any other songs?”
“Yes, of course… . However, there’s no guide version and it’s just the melody and the score . ”
Composer Loin appealed that she put more weight into this song . However, KangYoon was unshaken . He went his way to find the song in the USB and played it back and checked the score on her phone as well .
Since there was no guide song, he could only feel the basics . The exciting but light theme was not that much different from the previous one . However, KangYoon approved the papers anyway .
“Looks like we’ll have to try out both . Let’s talk about it after that . ”
“Understood . I’ll have it done by tomorrow . ”
After negotiating with Composer Loin, a little more, KangYoon finished his job regarding the song .
***
A holiday .
KangYoon was currently at Hallyeo Arts university where a student band was currently in session .
“Hey, that’s not it, here, you need to… . ”
“Really? I think this way is better though… . ”
Moon MiJin (T/N: Who? You mean Moon MiYoung?) and Goo HyungSuk were currently quarreling about who was right . KangYoon was just watching from next to Professor Choi ChanYang .
‘That girl, she gave me her score as well . ’
KangYoon kept giving signs to Lee HyunAh, however, she was silent all this time . She only said that she didn’t like it at times, but she didn’t express her opinion . He even asked Producer Oh JiWan to tell her… KangYoon felt quite stifled .
“Should we have some food first?”
Long after 2 p . m . , Professor Choi offered to eat and the practice AKA discussion was finally over . He ordered some Chinese delivery food and everyone enjoyed their meals .
KangYoon, who had Gan-jjajang, left to brush his teeth . When he left the student council building after brushing his teeth for a breath of air, Lee HyunAh was absentmindedly sitting on a bench alone .
“What are you doing?”
“Ah, oppa . ”
Lee HyunAh moved a little to make s.p.a.ce for KangYoon .
“You didn’t talk about the song today either . ”
“…… . ”
“I think you should step up . ”
No matter how KangYoon urged her on, she stayed silent . It was quite clear that she didn’t want to break the unwritten rule between seniors and juniors .
“That d.a.m.n hierarchy . Give it to me . ”
In the end, KangYoon couldn’t hold it and s.n.a.t.c.hed the score from her .
“Oppa . ”
“Sheesh, you’re such a tiring girl… . ”
“…… . ”
KangYoon wanted to see the results of this song, even if it was because of his efforts to get her to . Lee HyunAh seemed to be hesitating, but KangYoon just turned around and left her for the practice room .
It was practice time again . KangYoon approached the leader Min ChanMin .
“Hyung-nim, do you have anything to say?”
“I got some help from the professor and had a look at the score, can you see it for a second?”
Professor Choi, who was listening from behind, looked at KangYoon in wonder . However, he nodded his head after looking at KangYoon’s eyes .
Min ChanMin started looking over the score that he got from KangYoon . He played the melody with the synthesizer and eventually called everyone over .
“Hey, HyungSuk, isn’t this part quite good?”
“Whoa, this part was always strange . Wow, this part is really good . ”
“The loosened part was tightened as well . I like this one . ”
Even Kim HeeJin seemed to like the score that KangYoon handed over and praised it . When Kim HeeJin showed the score to Moon MiYoung as well, she also said it was good and sat on the drums, saying they should try it .
“Hey, I thought you didn’t have any experience in composing . This part is somewhere even we were stuck in for quite a while… . ”
“I received the professor’s help . ”
KangYoon immediately shifted the responsibility to Professor Choi . Everyone, like him, was very positive towards the score .
At that moment, Lee HyunAh came into the practice room .
“Hey, HyunAh, have a look at this score . KangYoon-oppa brought it and it’s quite good . ”
“What?”
Lee HyunAh received the score after hearing Kim HeeJin’s words . It was her own score that KangYoon s.n.a.t.c.hed from her . She alternated between KangYoon and the score .
“How is it, isn’t it good?”
“Oh, yes . It’s good . ”
“Then let’s try this . Whee, this will be a good one . ”
Kim HeeJin dragged Lee HyunAh to the vocal’s position while she took out her ba.s.s . When everyone got into their positions, a powerful song started being played out .
***
After practice . KangYoon was slowly heading home .
‘The song is good . ’
The strong white light from the practice still lingered around KangYoon . Everyone seemed to be charmed by that effect and kept praising KangYoon . Though, KangYoon just laughed it over since it wasn’t even his… .
He was waiting for the subway when a familiar face greeted him .
“Oppa . ”
“HyunAh . ”
It was the owner of the score, Lee HyunAh . She was alone in the station after sending off several trains .
“I was waiting . ”
“You should’ve gone ahead . ”
KangYoon was heading home later than everyone else because he had a coffee time with Professor Choi ChanYang .
“I thought I’d at least say thanks . Thank you . For letting me be able to use my music… . ”
Lee HyunAh took a deep bow towards KangYoon . However, KangYoon shook his head . He didn’t like this .
“I didn’t want to be thanked like this . I wanted you to say it yourself . ”
“…I’m sorry . ”
“There will be a lot more occasions like this in the future you know? You’ll act the same when the same thing happens . You shouldn’t be saying sorry to me . ”
KangYoon’s words were sharp . Lee HyunAh lowered her head . She didn’t have any way to retort .
“I only spoke out since I didn’t want a song that I found good to be buried for good . Strictly speaking, you shouldn’t be thanking me . But if I had to say something, I wish you wouldn’t avoid things like this in the future . ”
“… . Yes . But even so, thank you… . For letting us play my song . ”
“You have to say to them that you were the one who made it . ”
Although KangYoon was a little harsh on her, she really was grateful towards him . If not for him, she would have suffered inwardly in the future as well . KangYoon’s goodwill towards her wasn’t light since he had a look at her composition and even acted out for her .
“…Fine . That’s enough scolding . It’s not like you’re a singer under me anyway . ”
KangYoon thought that this was enough and got on the train . Lee HyunAh also sat next to him .
Unlike last week, the two didn’t speak to each other . Lee HyunAh took out her phone and KangYoon closed his eyes . The empty train gave the two a time to rest .
However, KangYoon’s phone started vibrating loudly . It was a call from Professor Choi . When KangYoon greeted him, Professor Choi went onto the topic .
– The song you gave us today was quite good, so I thought it’d be a waste to just have it heard by us . So I’m planning to take this to the compet.i.tion . Is that fine with you?”
“A compet.i.tion, eh? That sounds interesting . Yes . I’m fine with it . ”
KangYoon wasn’t going to say that the song was Lee HyunAh’s until she said it . One had to take matters into one’s own hands . KangYoon accepted, wondering ‘let’s see how far this goes’ .
– Thanks . I put the application in right now .
“Whew, looks like I should go to cheer on . What compet.i.tion is it?”
KangYoon asked lightly without pressure . However, a big surprise was waiting for him over the phone .
– College Pop Festival .
“…WHAT? Wait a minute . Can you say that again?”
– The College Pop Festival .
KangYoon was rendered speechless at the country-wide scale of the compet.i.tion .