Raising a Neglected Singer-Songwriter - Chapter 24



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24. Where is your studio?

The recording started at 1pm and ended around 4pm, three hours later.

The original estimated time was about an hour, but···

It took quite some time because I got greedy and sang it again in slightly different styles.

Moreover, since it was a one-take recording, I had to sing everything again.

Still, I’m satisfied because I think this cover song was chosen well thanks to my efforts.

“Now all I have to do is pass it on to MXM.”

The cover song is scheduled to be uploaded tomorrow at noon.

We promised to send the cover song at least 12 hours in advance, taking into consideration various things such as checking and feedback on the work, revisions and final confirmation, and thumbnail creation.

So, I sent the original video and recording to Team Leader Kim Seong-gyu by email along with a thank you note for the camera.

Let’s also inform them of this fact via KakaoTalk.

– Already? I’m in a meeting right now, so I’ll check and get back to you right away.

Even though it was Sunday, I received a quick reply.

You can’t even relax on weekends… When you see things like this, it’s not like big companies are always a good thing.

Oh, so you contributed to that too?

“Anyway, I guess I’ll have to refresh a bit until I hear back.”

Cha Seong-jun stood up, his shoulders stiff from the long recording, and left the studio, heading to the convenience store.

As I opened the door and stepped inside, a familiar face caught my eye.

A female part-time worker with a refreshing appearance.

This is the same part-timer who inspired me when I was thinking about the lyrics for the vocal song about coffee last time.

“Welcome.”

When our eyes met, the part-timer greeted me first.

Every time I come here, I always feel that he is a very polite guy.

If it were any other part-timer, I would have just scanned the barcode without saying a word.

I nodded lightly and walked towards the triangle kimbap corner.

After singing for three hours, I started to feel tired.

I looked it up and it seems that singing burns quite a few calories.

About 150 calories per hour. That’s 450 calories in 3 hours.

The average calorie intake per meal for an adult male in his late 20s to early 30s is about 800 calories, so he burned half a meal just by singing.

This could be good for dieting.

“Okay, let’s decide on snack today.”

I picked the basic tuna mayo and the new Jeju black pork stir-fry flavor.

Plus, there’s a 1+1 chocolate milk sale going on.

“It’s 4,000 won. The plastic bag is 50 won. Do you need it?”

I was just about to say okay and insert my card into the reader.

Gulp-

“huh?”

An embarrassing sound leaked out.

Not from your own ship…but from the other side.

When I looked up, the part-timer’s face was red.

Then again,

Gulp –

A loud roar rang out.

“Well, then goodbye!”

The part-timer greets me hastily, embarrassed and flustered by the continuous rumbling of the stomach.

Cha Seong-jun, who looks like a part-time worker, is pitiful and sad.

‘Oh, I guess I skipped lunch…’

Then suddenly, I remembered a vivid review I saw on the Internet from a convenience store part-timer.

Among them, there is a sentence that is embarrassing but very helpful when customers give one of the 1+1 products.

After thinking for a while whether I was being rude or not,

“good bye.”

I left the convenience store.

Leaving one chocolate milk and one tuna mayo on the counter.

“Excuse me! You left this behind-”

“It’s a gift! Enjoy it!”

It was a simple gratitude for being an inspiration.

Thanks to that, I was able to complete the vocal song lyrics on time.

He ran away quickly, leaving behind the surprised Alba’s screams.

I didn’t know it at the time.

Who knows what kind of relationship this kindness will lead to in the not-so-distant future?

*

So I returned to the studio.

I was worried that he might chase me since he is a polite part-timer, but it seemed like he couldn’t leave his seat because he had to guard the convenience store.

After taking a quick breather, I devoured the snack.

The taste of Jeju black pork stew is passable. The spicy, sweet, and salty seasoning, the chewy texture of the pork, and the appropriate ratio of rice were in perfect harmony. The score is… 9.5 out of 10.

It was the time when I was slurping down chocolate milk as a finishing touch.

Kotok is here-♪

The cell phone notification sounded.

I thought it was Team Leader Kim Seong-su, but it turned out to be a band group chat.

– [Kang Seung-wook]: Did you see this? Fake Sung-jun is a huge hit on YouTubeㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

Kang Seung-wook, who had said that he would have lunch together in the morning, uploaded a video this time.

Now, I’m so used to the thumbnails,

“Isn’t this my video?”

It was a video of Cha Sung-jun’s own cover song.

“They saw it too, after all.”

Actually, it’s stranger not to be able to see it.

One of the hottest In-Gyeop-Dong videos on YouTube right now, or in other words, one of the videos that is rapidly rising in popularity, is a video of his cover song.

Moreover, since MXM said that they will also run advertisements, they will have been targeted and spread like crazy to users who are interested in K-pop, idols, or music, or who are of a certain age group.

Well, by the way.

“If you keep talking about fake stuff, you don’t know that the guy in the video is me?”

Still, it’s a little disappointing considering we’ve known each other for years… Rather, they’re just friends with really poor judgment.

In the meantime, he’s giggling and trying to tease himself.

“Well, what should I do? Is this me? Or should I stop?”

Cha Seong-jun is worried with a wide smile on his lips.

It seems that the intention was to make things difficult for Tan-ee by pressing his seizure button, but unfortunately, their plot failed.

thus,

“It is righteousness to return what you have received.”

It’s our turn to counterattack.

So, while I was thinking about pressing the seizure button on my friends,

“No, rather.”

I decided to press another button.

It makes people go crazy even more than the seizure button.

I’m curious about the long and vague curiosity button.

– [Cha Sung-jun]: Yeah. That’s me.

As soon as you send a message, the chatty group chat suddenly becomes a mess.

If the trick worked, they would probably be diligently trying to figure out the truth by now.

Well, there’s no way to know anyway.

And after about 3 minutes,

– [Kim Ho-su]: Hey, Seong-jun has become a lot stronger mentally.

– [Kang Seung-wook]: That’s right. He’s become a lot more shameless. I guess we raised him well and made him strong.

Eventually, his friends concluded that his words were a ‘bluff’.

“Tsk tsk. How can you not trust your friends like this…”

Clearly he was telling the truth.

To believe or not to believe is up to them.

But I tried to show mercy and give him one more chance,

– [Cha Sung-jun]: The next song will also be Yuna’s song. Please let me know if it’s good.

– [Kang Seung-wook]: Haha …

– [Kim Ho-su]: Ah, Seong-jun’s reaction is boring. Let’s stop.

The distrust seemed to persist.

That was when.

– [Kang Seung-wook]: Is that really you?

Kang Seung-wook suddenly asked, sensing something strange.

– [Cha Sung-jun]: No. It’s actually a lie.

– [Kang Seung-wook]: Oh, seriously, don’t joke around.

– [Cha Sung-jun]: Hahahahahaha

Positive then negative then I don’t know.

This is the optimal build to annoy your opponents.

If it were a game, a system message like the following would have appeared:

[Kang Seung-wook was confused.]

– [Kang Seung-wook]: Is that really you? No? Is that right? Ah, tell me quickly, I’m feeling dizzy.

Kang Seung-wook continues to demand the truth and urges others.

But this time I read and chewed.

Keep wondering like that.

Brrrrrr-

Perhaps frustrated by the lack of reply, he finally called.

“Yeah, I’m not going to accept it.”

I deliberately refused to answer the phone and hung up.

Then, the guy must have gotten angry too, because he called me right away again.

A persistent guy.

Several battles followed like this.

When the phone vibrates, I reject the call by just swiping my finger without even looking at it.

And then a few seconds later, the vibration again.

Then, it started to get annoying, so I was thinking about blocking the calls for a day.

“uh?”

My fingertips, which were about to press the end call button, hesitate as if by inertia.

Because the name on the caller’s screen wasn’t Kang Seung-wook. It wasn’t Kim Ho-su either.

[Yuna]

As soon as I confirmed the name saved in two syllables, I immediately connected the call.

Then,

– No, why do you keep rejecting my calls?! Do you really want to be the Paradise Shopping Mall Hunting Man?!

An agitated voice came from the other end of the phone.

It was the same voice I heard in the MXM conference room yesterday, Yuna’s.

‘Crazy! You really called?!’

Cha Seong-jun swallows a ‘gasp’ sound.

When I was told to pick up the phone because he said he would call, I was half in doubt, but I was also looking forward to when he would call.

But I never thought you would contact me in just one day.

‘More than that, I think I accidentally called Yuna a few times while rejecting Kang Seung-wook’s calls.’

How many men in the world can ignore top star Yuna’s phone calls?

I unintentionally became that kind of manly person.

Huh? That might make you feel a little better.

Since I’m already a man, I decided to answer in a chic way.

“I was in a situation where I couldn’t answer the phone.”

– So it was a bathroom? Even so, it took a while…

Then, damn it, I had a strange misunderstanding. Is this what karma is all about?

I hastily added that it was embarrassing to be treated like shit by the opposite sex, especially by the most beautiful female singer in South Korea.

“No, I was recording a cover song. I finished it a little while ago.”

Then,

– Huh?! You finished recording already?! Why so soon!

Suddenly, Yuna reacts with shock.

What, why are you so surprised?

“It wasn’t particularly fast. It took about three hours starting from 1 o’clock.”

– That’s fast! I heard from Seok Oppa that it’s supposed to be uploaded tomorrow at lunchtime. But why is it already over? Huh? You didn’t just sing it hastily, did you?!

When I replied that I had called with all my heart and soul, this time I heard a muttering, “Ah, I’m screwed~”

Judging from the nuance, it seems like they were trying to figure out the progress of the cover song···.

“Excuse me, but why did you call?”

– Yes? That’s me-! Huh? Suji, why are you-!

Yuna, who was trying to say something, mumbles as if someone has silenced her.

The sound of speech pauses for a moment…

I listened to see what was going on,

– Sister, no matter how urgent it is, what are you to people? Apologize quickly and sort out your titles first.

I was hearing something from my group.

Then, Yuna returned to the call and apologized with a small cough.

Exactly as I overheard earlier.

– Hehe. Sorry for calling you that. I was a little excited.

“It’s okay. I guess that could be the case.”

– Thank you for understanding. Now, I would like to clarify the title. How old are you?

“I’m twenty-nine.”

– You’re older than me. Then I’ll call you oppa. Is that okay?

Regardless of whether it’s okay or not, being called oppa by Yuna is an honor, no, it’s the pride of a lifetime.

Being called ‘that guy’ actually became an opportunity to be called ‘oppa’. It’s a total blessing in disguise!

“Call me whatever you want. No, please.”

– Okay, then DV oppa.

“Khuh, the texture is amazing.”

– yes?

“Oh, no. I’m saying that to kill the accent. When you say ‘DV’, pronounce the ‘V’ like a native speaker.”

I was so absorbed in the sound of the word ‘oppa’ that my true feelings spilled out.

Damn. We need to change the subject quickly before things get weird.

“Anyway, I think we’ve sorted out the titles, so now you should tell me why you’re calling.”

– Oh, right. Actually, I contacted you because I wanted to see what you were working on.

“-?!”

For a moment, I felt like I had been hit in the head with a tennis ball and was speechless.

Taking advantage of the gap, Yuna threw a second fastball.

– Where is your studio?

A fastball without a single changeup.

*

Meanwhile, at the same time, Kang Seung-wook.

“···This kid blocked me.”

I was upset as I listened to the sound of Cha Seong-jun’s phone ringing while he was on a call.

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