Raising a Neglected Singer-Songwriter - Chapter 180



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Episode 180. Scheherazade (4)

-I’m having a hard time… …Can you stop?

Over the phone, the witch hag declared her surrender.

It should be like this.

This is how you become the number one savior.

“Then you should have been a little more assertive during the day.”

―… … Yeah, yeah. I’m sorry. So, let’s get some sleep, now.

“You also have to manage the secretary who is from the special forces. Got it?”

―Seon-ah isn’t a special force… … Ha… … Okay, special forces or whatever. I’ll take care of it. So let’s stop here. Okay?

I feel a little better now.

I finally gave myself permission to go to sleep.

“Okay. Go to sleep now.”

―Okay… … You sleep well too… … .

After saying that, the Savior hung up the phone.

me?

I’m just sitting there blankly holding my phone.

By now, Nureongi will be asleep and snoring in his room.

A quiet room.

The room is so quiet that the laughter from earlier seems to have faded.

“… … I can’t sleep well. I’m going to lose weight for no reason… … .”

After mumbling to himself, he picked up the remote control and turned on the TV.

The drama runs with a few manipulations.

The world is a better place.

At this time, I would have been adjusting the screen and watching rainbow stripes. With OTT, you can watch any program you want, anytime, anywhere.

It’s also nice to be able to watch the scene you want right away without having to wait… … .

I pressed the remote control and moved the bar to the right at the bottom of the TV screen, and now I had memorized the time and stopped at the exact scene I wanted, and the woman’s face appeared.

And it moves.

―Who are you to curse at my son? Do you think you can do whatever you want? I do it because I have to. And if I have to curse, I do it.

The woman who said that to the people who were gossiping.

The scene changes, and it’s that woman again. She’s the main character’s mother, but in fact, if you look at the weight, she’s not even a supporting character. That’s why I keep repeating these few scenes.

―Even if the whole world turns its back on you, Mom is on your side.

The first part of , in which I participated in the OST.

This is a scene that shows why the character ‘Min-hyeok’, played by the male protagonist Kim Tae-oh, has become so self-willed.

Heir to a conglomerate family.

Min-hyuk, the main character, grew up receiving an abundance of love from his mother and became self-willed because he feared nothing in the world.

“……dissembler…….”

I muttered again as if talking to myself.

I know it’s a drama… … but I keep watching that scene over and over again. I get emotionally involved. I don’t want to, but I can’t help it.

If it weren’t for the daily phone calls with the Savior, I think I wouldn’t be in my right mind by now.

I couldn’t even pretend to people that I was okay.

Pretending to be okay is possible because you still have some energy.

The one who created that energy was the Savior.

So, I feel grateful.

I can’t say thank you because I’m afraid I’ll pretend I’m okay.

It could be because you feel embarrassed.

“The 21st century… … seems like everything is connected, but it’s lonelier.”

I hid under the blanket.

To preserve the little bit of energy that the witch gave me.

* * *

The next day, in the recording studio located on the 3rd floor of the Jongro practice room.

―Dongha-ya… … Today is the first day… … Let’s take it slow… … . Should we… … rest a little?

Inside the recording booth, Youngpil carefully raises his hand and asks for a break.

I smiled coldly and pressed the button on the microphone connected to the booth.

“I refuse.”

―Dongha… … I’m sick… … and I need to go to the bathroom too.

“Urine and sweat have the same ingredients. They also have the same function in that they both expel water from the body. What does this mean? It means that you sweat less. You still have a long way to go.”

-ah…….

Youngpil’s sigh flowed out through the speaker and I shouted ‘again’.

Hearing the sound of spit being swallowed from behind, Yeong-pil took his eyes off his brother and glanced behind him.

“… … .”

“… … .”

Dong-sik and Tae-joo are waiting for their turn, with nervous expressions on their faces.

I felt like laughing for no reason, but I held it back.

A producer has to have charisma.

No matter how good Dongsik is at fighting, once I start recording, I’m the king.

Taeju hyung?

No matter how much money you have, or how many thousands or tens of thousands of people you have under you, Taeju hyung is the same. He is just a livestock that will soon be slaughtered.

That’s why I told you to take my side quickly yesterday.

I’m human too, so if you had listened to my side yesterday, wouldn’t today’s recording have gone easier?

Suchan hyung, the only one who had more free time while recording, carefully whispered in my ear.

“Dongha… … This is revenge… … No way?”

“What are you talking about? Do I look like such a petty man to you? Huh?! Yesterday, Hong Seon-ah grabbed my wrist tightly! She didn’t help me when her golden hands, which were supposed to be playing the guitar, were about to break. Huh? Me! Do you really think that I’m going to take revenge on that and start acting like this from the beginning?!”

When I shouted, “Back!” Suchan hyung slightly moved his body back.

“No… … I thought the recording would be delayed because of the lyrics being changed to English. But we started right away… … And I was worried because I was abusing my hyungs too much… … No, I was working them too hard… … .”

“Abuse?! I’m the one being abused! The company told me to make a double album, so I have to fill it with twenty songs, produce them, and soon I’ll be in the recording booth recording too. And that’s it? One time for vocals, one time for guitar. And if I write lyrics in English, I’ll do that again. When the hyungs finish after one time, I’ll be in three times!”

“No… … Dong-ha. I was just curious, so I asked. Well, I didn’t mean to rebel or anything.”

“I absolutely do not do this to harass the members who turn their backs on the leader! This is not revenge! So, everyone listen carefully. Next time the leader gets hurt, you will sit there with your butts down like that. You did a great job yesterday!”

When you pour out your heart, you can’t even hear breathing in the recording studio.

Couldn’t you have done that better?

I look forward again and I hear Dong-sik’s voice behind me and he suddenly starts to hit a high pitch.

“Okay. Next time too… … that… … AAAH!”

Thanks to that, I turned my gaze back to the brothers behind me.

You can see Dong-sik hyung constantly rubbing his side, and Tae-joo hyung standing at attention next to him.

“What? Are you greedy for vocals? Why are you like this all of a sudden?”

“Ah… … No, my side hurts.”

“Why does your side hurt? Did you fight with Hong Seon-ah too?”

“No. No, no.”

I don’t know what it is, but it doesn’t matter.

What matters is how I can punish these traitors so that I can feel a little better.

Did Youngpil tease Hyung more for about an hour?

As I felt the quality of his performance was declining, I took Youngpil out of the can.

“… … .”

Youngpil came out and collapsed on the sofa.

The two people next to him look even more nervous about who will go first.

I raised my finger and pointed at one person.

“Comrade, come in.”

“Taeju hyung… … Come in.”

“Shut up and go inside, comrade.”

“Taeju hyung, hurry up.”

“I told you to go in before I shoot you. Are my fingers crooked? Why do you keep calling Tae-ju hyung?”

At my words, Dong-sik Bi-cheok enters the recording booth.

The recording booth already has instruments in place, so simply activating the microphone of the instrument in question allows recording of the next performer.

This is all possible because we have our own recording booth.

Because of that, my brothers aren’t even given a moment of rest.

Dong-sik hesitated for a moment, holding onto the booth door, then looked at me and opened his mouth.

“Directing… … Please… be precise.”

“Comrade, aren’t you afraid of death? I can see from the way you’ve wrapped up your meal.”

“ah…….”

As expected, Dong-sik enters the booth with a short scream-like cry.

uh?

I hope you meet a good leader, don’t have to struggle with creating during the off-season, and spend a happy time with your family.

Shouldn’t you be holding at least a gift set of Korean beef when you meet again?

As Dong-sik took his seat at the drum set in the booth, I whispered softly.

Of course, the animals inside the booth wouldn’t hear it.

I didn’t press the mic.

“Are you asking for too much from me? Protect the leader well. That’s the only thing I asked for, and you don’t know my heart at all?”

“… … .”

“… … .”

Tae-joo and Young-pil, who are the only ones who have some sense, are keeping their mouths shut.

People are angry, but apologizing won’t help matters.

In times like this, I feel less angry if I just take the hit.

‘Hit me? Did you get hit?’

As I said that and looked inside the booth, I saw Dong-sik’s fierce-looking face and his arms, which had gotten thicker as if he had bulked up.

I’m getting more and more excited.

Don’t you protect the leader with that arm?

Isn’t that dereliction of duty?

I pressed the mic button and gave Dong-sik the directing he had been wanting so badly.

“Start the first song .”

―Huh? Why is the first song “Blue Day’s Dawn”? Earlier, Youngpil’s song was “Neureojida”, right?

also.

If you don’t have any sense, you’ll get stabbed.

If that guy hadn’t been able to fight, he would have been beaten to death by now.

“Shut up. I’ll decide. You haven’t memorized the score yet, have you?”

-No, I gave you the sheet music yesterday. Twenty songs at once.

“start.”

-Huh? Uh, uh… … Just a moment. I’ll change the sheet music.

While looking through the paper music scores, Dong-sik proves that he is a Stone Age person.

I played .

As the guide melody flows from the headset on Dongsik’s head, the sight of him flusteredly getting on his nerves is infuriating.

“Are you going to be so lost on stage? Huh!”

-No, Dongha… … .

“Shut up! Shut up and grab the sticks! I’m telling you to play the drums!”

Directing?

Did you really think that Youngpil was stuck in the can for so long because you didn’t give him any direction?

If you want, I’ll do whatever you want.

“Powerful! Stronger! Why is the dawn blue?! It’s the time when light comes in and shadows appear! It has to be strong from the start! And that’s how the darkness disappears?!”

Dong-sik’s face, which had turned pale at my directing, gave me a little pleasure.

Even though you fly around like that during practice and have great stamina, it’s different inside the booth.

There’s a big difference between practicing alone, at your own pace, and having to go beyond someone else’s standards.

“Cut!”

As I stopped recording, Dong-sik looked at me with a serious expression on his face.

-What should I do? A little harder?

“Who is the enemy?”

-Enemy? Suddenly?

“Who is our enemy?”

At those words, Dong-sik’s gaze shifted from me to someone behind me.

I pretend not to see him and glare at him, and Taeju hyung opens his mouth.

-Oh… … Ongseon… … Ah? Ah! Hongseon!

“yes.”

Finally hearing the answer I wanted, I nodded my head vigorously.

Even though Taejoo hyung fed it to me, it’s better than not knowing.

If I leave Dong-sik to figure it out on his own, there will be no answer, so I’ll allow him to cheat a little.

at that time.

“Why is Seon-ah the enemy? Not North Korea?”

The soft-spoken Gu Se-ryeong and Hong Seon-ah, who was looking at me with an awkward expression, entered the practice room.

“Why did you come? Assassination?”

“Me? Or Seon-ah? And why are you assassinating me?”

“I don’t know. I wonder if the order came from somewhere.”

“Another order was given… … but it was not given.”

When I see the smiling face of the old man again, my mind starts to twist.

It’s okay when we talk without looking at each other’s faces, but when I see their faces, my butt keeps getting itchy and I get mad.

So I blurted it out.

“What orders?”

“If you calculate the schedule, it’s pretty… … tight… … because the scale is so large.”

“Oh, really. Let me get to the point. Don’t talk nonsense.”

Even though I said that, the Savior seemed to enjoy teasing me and continued to cut me off without context.

“Keep your promise.”

“What promise? Who?”

“Metal Lord.”

Lars Roemer… … Another bald yellow one… … But what promise?

As I blink and look at the Savior, the Savior smiles again.

Let’s take a quick look around. Tae-joo and Young-pil are conscious of Hong Seon-ah, looking very excited.

That’s why people should show through actions rather than words.

I feel a little relieved.

Rockstar Again Episode 181