Raising a Neglected Singer-Songwriter - Chapter 30



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Episode 30. Take me home (3)

“Gasp… … , gasp… … It’s done, hyung… … .”

Park Min-jae, who was saved by me from being a potential criminal, straightened his back exaggeratedly.

“It doesn’t seem that heavy?”

“What are you talking about? I thought my back was going to break when I was carrying it.”

“Is it just me who thinks you’re a little rebellious?”

Avoiding my eyes, Park Min-jae begins moving the items he bought from the entrance to the living room.

But while you’re moving your luggage, your nostrils are flaring… … ?

“Brother… …, are you raising a dog?”

“No? Why?”

“No? That’s strange… … . I smell dog in the house… … , it’s not a bad smell, what is this… … ?”

You have a nice nose.

Is it because I usually clean my nose so diligently?

Anyway, whatever.

It wasn’t difficult to work with Park Min-jae.

What big deal would you plan with a high school student?

Just coming to this day and age, most of the people I’ve met are starting at age 50.

People around my age are people I met at idol auditions, and those who became close to me are sweating it out to be selected for the final debut group.

So, a guide for this era.

In today’s terms, they needed someone to act as a navigator.

It’s perfect for a second year high school student.

Even more so since he said he gave up on studying.

And buy some necessities.

Where to buy what and where to buy trendy items these days.

I also want to know what teenagers these days are thinking.

I also plan to learn how to use a computer.

There’s a lot inside, but when I try to take it out with the keyboard, it’s just…

“Does it smell a lot?”

“Yes. Very much. It smells like dog urine. You know, the country dogs. The yellow ones that are raised by feeding people. Those dogs smell really bad.”

I answered Park Min-jae’s words while holding back laughter.

“That’s not a dog, it’s our son… … It’s probably the smell of a father?”

Park Min-jae is determined.

“You should say that first… … . I’m not that clueless… … . I’m sorry… … .”

“What are you sorry about? I felt it too. That’s why I bought deodorant, air freshener, perfume, and body lotion.”

“Ah… … Yes. I thought you were the one who wrote it… … .”

“Sorry, you don’t have to do it, so just spray it. Set up the air freshener. Spray the deodorizer. Hey? Get to work. Don’t stop talking and having a sly conversation. If you work carelessly, I’ll take you to the police station.”

“… … Ha. At this rate, my brother will have to eat rice and beans. Because of the exploitation of youth labor.”

“There’s no time to hesitate. Move quickly.”

As I followed him, clapping my hands, he continued to mutter to himself, but he did as I told him to do.

That kid is so kind, he released my new song without permission.

I don’t intend to just use you like that.

Just… … a little… … what should I say… … ?

It’s true that I wanted a navigator, but more precisely, I think I needed a friend to move with… something like that.

My friend Beomseok, who smells like rotten fish, works hard at the hospital to earn money and save people.

Tae-joo and Young-pil, who are my older brothers but are also my friends, each have their own main jobs.

Of course, once we have a practice room, I plan on beating the hyungs up too, but anyway, when we hang out together, I can feel what other people are thinking.

If a twenty year old person speaks informally to people who are old enough to be his father, then…

It just so happened that he was Manseok’s nephew, and in this day and age, he was the only person among the general public who knew Nosehole, so he was chosen.

“Hey, nostrils.”

“… … Could you please not call me that?”

“You called me a skinny kid too. Why can’t you and me?”

“… … .”

“Are you hungry?”

“A little… … right?”

“Wait. I’ll make you some food.”

While Park Min-jae was setting up various necessities, I took out the cooking ingredients from my luggage and headed to the kitchen.

About 30 minutes passed?

Park Min-jae makes a noise behind him as if he finds it strange that he has finished organizing.

“Wow… … , awesome… … !”

“Are you doing well?”

“I guess I’ll have to taste it to know for sure. The visuals are passable.”

Egg rolls and soybean paste stew.

We also grilled Vienna sausages, which would be a shame if they weren’t on the table for teenagers.

Since I didn’t have kimchi, I made a seasoning sauce and pickled the cucumbers.

There’s even freshly made white rice with fluffy grains.

Park Min-jae, sitting at the table, takes a bite of soybean paste stew and opens his eyes wide as if the whites of his eyes are about to show.

“No way! It’s really delicious!”

“Really? Eat a lot.”

Park Min-jae, who was eating hastily as if he was hiding his eyes from the wind because he was hungry, stopped eating and asked.

“Brother, aren’t you twenty? How are you so good at cooking?”

young.

That’s a difficult question to answer.

“A born beggar.”

He spoke casually and moved the spoon.

just.

My mom left home when I was young and I don’t even remember her, and my dad went out to work to earn money, so I had no choice but to be good at cooking.

To live.

And… … I was racking my brain wondering if there was anything I could do for my dad who worked hard to earn money to raise me well.

“Oh. By the way, hyung.”

“Why again?”

“I felt this way when I came here. Brother, it seems like there are paparazzi or stalkers… or something like that?”

“What does that mean?”

“Even though I gave up on studying, I was often praised for my observation skills since I was young. I would find coins or bills that fell on the ground like a ghost. This nose, sniff, oh… Wait a minute. The soup is in my nose… .”

Then he drinks some water and continues speaking.

“I’m not sure, but someone is definitely chasing you, hyung.”

“I’m not sure, but which country are you talking about?”

“I’m not sure what it is, but someone is following you, hyung.”

At Park Min-jae’s words, I instinctively ran towards the window.

* * *

There are a few things celebrities in South Korea should avoid.

Drunk driving.

School violence.

drug.

Needless to say, other various crimes are also a given.

Among the non-criminal things, the one that comes to mind is definitely Hidden Magazine.

An entertainment media outlet founded in 2011 that specializes in investigative reporting on social issues.

Although it is said to be a social issue, in fact, there are certain major areas.

Entertainment industry.

The sports world.

A hot issue that focuses the public’s attention among social issues.

The reason celebrities fear and avoid hidden magazines is simple.

First of all, secure evidence by walking.

The point is that if Hidden Magazine makes it public, it will be difficult to deny.

There is no speculative reporting, and they intentionally leave room for the opponent to refute, and then continue to attack with evidence when they refute.

And the second is non-negotiable.

The media does not usually report in detail on all issues of social concern.

Whether for moral reasons, financial reasons, or just because we do it for other people’s reasons.

Usually, media outlets give advance notice that they will publish an article about something like this before reporting it.

Especially if you’re a reporter in the entertainment industry.

Rather than giving them time to deal with it, it’s giving them time to negotiate.

And sometimes they take bribes.

It is also a time to check if there is a false report.

Even after reporting, there are compromises, but Hidden Magazine never compromises.

Since the article came out after the evidence was already secured, there is no way it could be a mistake.

Even a few years ago, they even had the audacity to exclusively report on the secret love affair between a conglomerate and a celebrity, which says it all.

pressure?

Try it, can you provide more evidence?

Back money?

Hey, reporters, why are you asking for bribes? We don’t have to accept it, so we’ll just hit them… …with that mindset.

With this mindset, Hidden Magazine’s Kyung-Je Ko reporter, heavily armed, got up from the car seat he had been lying in.

“Why, sir… … , what’s going on? I thought you were going to get caught. You went in? You didn’t see us, did you?”

“Yes. I went in… … . I thought the baby was falling.”

When the police do it, it’s undercover, but when a reporter does it, it’s just going overboard.

It’s just an act of chasing and waiting without knowing how long it will last.

Day 6 of stretching.

Basically, stretching is a two-person team game.

One person drives and another holds the camera.

Or we can take turns resting.

The duo of Gyeongje Ko, who has been an entertainment reporter for 15 years, and Hyo-eun Joo, a second-year rookie with a lot of enthusiasm, craned their necks.

“You… … aren’t you?”

“What?”

“Hey… …you’re falling, that thing.”

Joo Hyo-eun snickered at Ko Kyung-je’s words.

“Where is my man?”

“Right? Unless the men are crazy.”

“… … I feel a little bad, but is it because I am narrow-minded?”

“Right. Ah… … Hey. Your feet stink. Put your shoes on.”

“It is a medal for a reporter who runs on foot.”

Go Kyung-je frowned at his junior, who was only female, who was sniffing his nose while lifting his foot.

“… … Okay. There is something. I am reminded of my 20 years of experience as a reporter.”

“Hasn’t it been 15 years?”

“I get it.”

Hidden Magazine sometimes moves based on tips, but it also takes preemptive action.

When you receive a tip and take action, it is often actually too late.

Among the scoops from Hidden Magazine, most of them are the result of reporting that started from rumors and rumors and then spread out.

The pursuit of Lee Dong-ha also started from a story that sounded like a groundless rumor.

-There’s that guy I vote for, right? The Madae Locker.

– Lee Dong-ha? How many nicknames does he have? Madae Rocker sounds a bit weird. And these days, he looks good. My nephew goes, “Wow, Dong-ha oppa,” and it’s just crazy. He knows a little bit about broadcasting. The twist is amazing!

-Anyway. I heard that Madanji Daegeollenji stepped down voluntarily.

-What? Why?

―I don’t know why. I heard that he fought with the PD… …, that he was tampered with by a big agency or something… …. There’s also a rumor that it’s because his girlfriend is pregnant.

Tempering?

Fighting with the PD?

Is your girlfriend pregnant?

Hey… … If anything gets caught up in this, it’s a scoop!

The antenna of the high economy is raised.

I participated in an idol audition as an ordinary trainee without an agency.

He has good skills, but his words and actions are unrefined.

With a styling that is unsuitable for broadcasting, like wearing a mop over your head, you are attracting all kinds of aggro.

As it turns out, the girl covered in ashes was a beautiful Cinderella, and she went from being a talented beggar who didn’t fit in at an idol audition to a prepared member with both talent and beauty, a huge twist.

Kids with these types of characters have something going for them.

Even if you don’t have it, things will still happen.

I tracked down the source of the rumor and secretly confirmed the news.

-Really? You really stepped down voluntarily?

-Yes… … Really, what I said was a secret.

-Of course. Okay. Hang up now. Delete my number from your call list.

And so the stretching began.

Go Kyung-jae began to check the photos of Lee Dong-ha taken over the past six days on the small LCD screen of a digital camera.

“Look at this. What’s in this?”

The photo in the liquid crystal display shows several people moving at the same angle.

“Lee Dong-ha and Hong Young-pil.”

After pressing the button a few times, a few photos flash by and then stop.

“Hey… … , and I didn’t even know who this person was, but it was none other than Yoon Tae-joo, Yoon Tae-joo. The man standing in front of him who looks like RoboCop is Yoon Tae-joo’s right-hand man, Secretary Kwak Moon-ki.”

“The name is Kyung-Jen, but the economy is a dud. I don’t even know Chairman Yoon Tae-Joo’s face.”

“Hey, how do you match up when a conglomerate leader pops up while chasing an idol? Huh? And I, I was only an entertainment reporter. It’s only economics in name.”

“If your last name was Noh, there wouldn’t have been any misunderstandings, right?”

“… …Why are you so clueless?”

“Shouldn’t a reporter have no concept of propriety? That’s what my seniors taught me.”

“… … You’re so good at speaking, so why don’t you become an anchor or announcer instead of sticking your nose into me?”

The two people who faced each other and exchanged rotten smiles leaned back on their seats again.

“Are you going to blow this up?”

At Joo Hyo-eun’s words, Ko Kyung-je burst out laughing.

“Are you a reporter?”

“yes.”

“Don’t you know why I call you a second-hand rookie?”

“I know. It’s been two years and I still can’t work like a newbie.”

“Kekekekekekekeke.”

“Am I smart?”

“Right. In a sense. You know? I didn’t know. You know.”

Still, the child is willing to learn.

With sparkling eyes.

It’s a problem that I forget to turn around and eat crow meat, but what can I do if I believe that it’s just a chronic disease?

The kid is working hard.

Ko Kyung-je smiled as he looked at his junior and gave him some teachings.

“There has to be a story. If you just throw a picture at me, I won’t know what it is. Are you going to create something like that? You should enter the New Year’s Literary Contest, not be a journalist.”

“ah!”

Ko Kyung-jae’s eyes lit up like a beast that had caught its prey.

“When the puzzle fits together, that’s when you explode. With a solid story.”

“But, senior.”

“why?”

“Still, can’t you guess? The article will be published once the puzzle is completed, but you can make some guesses.”

At Joo Hyo-eun’s words, Ko Kyung-je’s shining eyes became hazy.

“Well… … . Hey… … I have a good sense, but honestly, I don’t get this combination at all? Can’t you think of any pictures?”

“Will it be there?”

Ko Kyung-je smiled like an idiot after seeing Joo Hyo-eun’s bright face.