Chapter 66-69 (1/2)
”HyunJi, can I really trust this?”
”Oppa, believe in me this once It's definitely effective”
President Lee HyunJi was currently doing business in a bar in GangnaSoo He was the owner of a big shoe store in Gangnam
”Sheesh Does changing music really affect the customers?”
”Tihastly good at music in my company You know JooAh, don't you?”
”I do I'nature by the way”
Gu Youngsobushed slightly
”The one who sent JooAh to japan is ical at music I heard you orried that your sales have been dropping lately Why don't you just try my idea? I heard your sales dropped because of the other stores You need to give a change at a time like this”
”Would changing h?”
”I said believe in me this once”
Gu YoungSoo was slightly doubtful but was eventually persuaded by President Lee HyunJi
'How effective could it possibly be?'
Even while accepting her offer, he was still skeptical
”She was the heroine of television show, Whispers of the Stars Let's start the second part with a collaboration between Miss Min JinSeo and Eddios!”
Along with the presenter's excited voice, the curtains to part 2 rose Along with the curtains, the caht
Writer Song TaeJin also posed upright froues were surprised by her actions
The stage began and the girls of Eddios started dancing around Min JinSeo as the center It was the title song of Eddios, 'Together' However, it was re-arranged and had more power in the dance routine
Eddios all matched their moves with Min JinSeo Thanks to that, Min JinSeo didn't look out of place or anything
When KangYoon careeted him
”Wow, KangYoon Did JinSeo dance so well?”
”She was originally a singer trainee after all”
”Oh yeah Its MG isn't it”
Writer Song TaeJin honestly expressed her surprise at Min JinSeo's dancing abilities Her dance ay above what any amateurs could do
”What's JinSeo doing next?”
”I don't know Apparently, she's doing soht now”
”I'll do one right after that I thought of a good plot after seeing her dance like that”
Writer Song TaeJin, who asked KangYoon a question, suddenly took out sos It was the 'idea notes' that writers used a lot The collaboration stage was no longer important to her Once she was inspired, the pen in her hand danced wildly
The stage was nearing its cliether and heightened the atmosphere Even the caler actors or the fans straight up cheered
”Eddios!”
”JinSeo!”
…They couldn't be coh
'Not too bad'
As KangYoon had thought, the stage was going well Although the Award Ceree collaboration between Eddios and Min JinSeo presented theht mood
The perforesture and Eddios around her When the girls exited aYoon also stood up and headed to the back of the stage
”Good work”
”Thank you for your work!”
Everyone voiced out in unison Min JinSeo was slightly surprised
”Get changed and let's go ho after the ceremony is over, aren't you?”
”…Yes”
”Manager Yoon will take care of JinSeo and the girls of Eddios will go back Let's talk about the specifics while going back to the dorms Questions?”
”None!”
KangYoon orried about Min JinSeo's dark expression However, he left her to the irls ent home early
KangYoon left along with the girls He quickly led the girls to the parking lot and left the TV station while avoiding the fans aiting outside
Inside the van, Jung MinAh grumbled
”Their reactions were quite unlike the other stages”
KangYoon thought differently though
”It's strange to screah Don't you think?”
”That's true, but…”
Wouldn't they have wanted to enjoy as well? The gazes and cameras around them were scary
KangYoon spoke while turning around
”Good work There, there You know that toht?”
”Yes!”
Holidays were always sweet
Everyone shouted energetically when KangYoon mentioned holiday
”Tomorrow is 2009”
”Team leader It's 2009 already”
The girls giggled at Lee Saht and it was nearing 1 ahtly aard
”Ehem, anyway! It's 2009 now Isn't it?”
”Yes, yes”
The girls were now close enough to KangYoon so that they could joke around with hi topics
”We got our foundation, but there's still a long way to go But I believe in you Rest well tomorrow and do your best in the future as well, okay?”
”Yes!”
The van that headed to the dorirls
”JinSeo, you don't look so well Are you unwell?”
Manager Yoon HeeSeon asked Min JinSeo worriedly However, she shook her head
”No I'm just a little tired”
”Really? Should I get you some medicine?”
”Where can you find ht after a little bit of rest”
Min JinSeo declined Manager Yoon HeeSeon distanced herself even while looking at her orried eyes
'Tch…'
Min JinSeo kept reYoon took care of Eddios more than her Naturally, she didn't like what she didn't like
The new year's sun rose
KangYoon, who received a paid holiday of 3 days, could rest coiven to hiYoon could enjoy his rest with HeeYoon while traveling around the country
It was right before the Sunday, so he got a total of 4 days of rest
On Monday
KangYoon headed to the president's office as soon as he came to the company
”Welcome, Team leader Lee”
”hello”
”We haven't seen each other for a week now, did we? I feel like it's been a while since we've seen each other”
She ordered the secretary for soYoon to the sofa There were already Yoon looked at the top one
”Triangle? Isn't this a movie manuscript?”
”It is”
”A movie? Is this about JinSeo?”
President Lee HyunJi shook her head She gestured that that wasn't the case and gave KangYoon soYoon flipped over the document and looked at it for a while, he was colored with confusion He gulped while turning each page slowly The contents weren't light at all
KangYoon spoke hisall of the document
”A general business related to s and not just concerts… I think the ood”
”Focusing on the concert tea that it won't be so bad to take part in et, and have the advantage that we can utilize this budget I' a specialized team and do this kind of work”
”For a business like this, the role of the control tower is crucial But as for us, we do not have such a…”
”You'll do it”
When President Lee HyunJi adYoon silently asked 'Why am I the one?' with his expression President Lee HyunJi answered his question
”Tea reat, but froreater than anyone If we look at the singers you've planned for until now, there were einal Would that have been possible without your senses for music?”
”President, that is…”
KangYoon was scared for a ly ht from music Of course, there's no way she would know about his ability, but it was enough to startle KangYoon After all, not everyone is suited to become the president
”I can be sure about it; that we'll be able to do s and not just concerts if you're here, Team leader Lee The concerts you have planned for until now caused sensations, but did not bring a lot of profit to the co bad business… but it will be different now Let's do this together”
President Lee HyunJi's words were reasonable However, KangYoon was still cautious in his decisions Planning was so he had dived in after meticulous preparation and because he wanted to However, areas other than pop ether
”Can you give me some time to think about it?”
”Is a day enough for you?”
”Not at all, I'll just need a moment”
KangYoon fell into thought for a moment
'A general work related toready yet'
Actually, it was a very attractive offer There was the charm that he could do music that was not related to concerts However, the problem was his lack of foundation President Lee HyunJi spoke as though she knew about that
”I spoke to sobe already Go listen to his lectures in holidays when you have the time I'll take care of the fees”
”Thank you”
”It's an investment from the company”
President Lee HyunJi cleared that proble to excavate a talented employee
KangYoon spoke his ht
”I'll try”
”Good decision The basic work is the sa to et orders, and Team leader Lee just should focus on work There were a few problems in the concert team, but let's do this well this time”
”Understood Then what do we begin with?”
Since he had decided this, the work progressed very save him another set of papers The docuYoon expressed his confusion
”Isn't this done by music coordinators?”
”Yes It requires the selection of songs that fit the retail store after analyzing the store It's a field that isn't well known in Korea yet, but it's very active in places like A”
”Hmm…”
KangYoon cautiously considered this It wasn't siroundpop music one after the other He would have to analyze the characteristics, sales, trends and various other eles and test theotiate copyright if the store was big It wasn't a simple issue
”I think it's a good stage for Team leader Lee to shi+ne What do you think?”
”It's an unfa”
”Good Then can I expect soood results?”
”I'll do my best”
President Lee HyunJi replied with a sYoon's acceptance
Hallyeo Arts University department of composition was known to have difficult practical exams While other universities had 300:1 competition rate, Hallyeo started at 500:1 minimum
Park SoYoung challenged this difficult exam
(T/N: Park SoYoung is from when KY and HY went on a trip and HY made friends with her at a beach Also, some MG copycats appeared Just in case you don't remember)
”'I'ood title Can you play it for us?”
Professor Choi ChanYang gestured a short girl who handed hiuitar that was just as big as her
”Even if you don't acknowledge me - or find me - I'm fine –”
The professors along with Professor Choi ChanYang was surprised after listening to the folk-song-likeand her voiceespecially see to it, as he let her continue into the second verse
”Thank you”
”Well done”
When Park SoYoung left, he started talking with the other professors
”I'll choose her”
”I also like her”
Under Professor Choi ChanYang's lead, a 'pass' seal was sta's application
KangYoon and a few other enam
”It's huge”
Muttered vice-chief Yeon SooJin while looking at the large shoes retail store 2 entire floors and being in Gangnam resulted in a lot of traffic Not only her, everyone would be flabbergasted at the scale of the store and the population
”hello”
”Welcome”
When they went in, Owner Gu YoungSoo aiting for them
KangYoon and the others received the sales, custo population, and the music that was played at specific times from the owner before they walked around the store
It was difficult to judge just from the music from the speakers He could see various musical notes, but non-live, recorded ht It was the sah media such as TV
Since he couldn't utilize his greatest weapon, KangYoon panicked at first However, he couldn't stay like that forever He walked around the store a at shoes and looked around
”Chief Yoo, I don't think the custo”
Chief Han SeYoung cautiously spoke Chief Yoo GeunTae agreed
”I think so too Are all shoes retail stores like this?”
”They aren't this bad Shouldn't they stay for at least 5 ?”
Chief Han SeYoung specifically observed one customer However, she could see that the person left after twoaround the store Just in case, she observed other custole customer was like that, but many left before even 5 minutes had passed
”Team leader”
Chief Han SeYoung spoke out to KangYoon to tell him that
”They aren't staying here for long Even though there seems to be no problem with the employees' attitude…” (T/N: Spoken by KY)
”The employees are all very nice”
Chief Han SeYoung replied to KangYoon's words Although they couldn't evaluate properly since this wasn't their field, the e customers
KangYoon and the others looked for a lot of things while walking around the store They could observe a lot of things when they walked around the store for the entire peak-hours KangYoon gathered everyone to sum up what they had found
”To put it simply, I think the music is indeed a problem I can't find any mistakes in other areas…”
”I think the same, Team leader”
Chief Han SeYoung added to KangYoon's words
”We need to solve this froe The overallquickly… The current selection of music is just ordinary pop music Let's first analyze the characteristics around the store, trends, and the preferences of the customers, and make a list”
”Yes, Team leader”
”Let us return then”
Along with KangYoon's words, everyone hurriedly returned to their office KangYoon orried that he couldn't see any light, but he was still passionate
'Let's believe in my senses I can do this'
KangYoon resolved hie inside a company car This wouldn't be easy for him, but he found it joyful that he may develop himself further
The first work of 2009 began like that
Author's notes
Music coordination is a business that selects songs through the analysis of general data such as the mood of the store, the products sold in the store, the traits of customers and other various analysis of the h that there are specialized co to use this eleression and fun It may differ from reality, so please excuse ht be over 30 chapters of that alone……;;)
After returning to his office, KangYoon gathered the anized them one by one to think about the ele Since he couldn't use his eyes, he put more mind into the objective information more than usual
'Selling shoes from many brands in one store It can be considered as a department store of shoes Its location is in one of the naht next to it There arepopulation, but the period of ti…'
Although this time, it was a store, the er The difference in work field was large, but there were definitely soYoon could proceed with his work quite smoothly
However, there was a surprise It was the general preferences of the people that came to look for shoes
'Many different people visit DRO e is very spread out, and the ratio of genders is relatively equal, while I don't know their general income To compare it to a real departs?'
He orried in s at random, but it was extre selection was the icing on the cake for the shoes retail store, it may lead to increase in sales, so it was even more pressure
However, KangYoon kept analyzing DRO ths and weaknesses Since he had experience in analyzing singers, it was quite doable if he excluded the technical terms that came up here and there
Having worked for a while, KangYoon headed to the rest area to cool his head off a little
”Huh? Oppa”
There was so from TheACE
”JinGyung”
”It's been a while How have you been?”
KiYoon as her expression brightened After they worked with KangYoon, they were doing well in whatever they did, so it was no wonder The two sat down after a light greeting
”It's hard to see you at the company”
”That's true You should come over to play sometime”
”Don't have the ti, but when all schedule is over, it's past ht”
Ki looked happy as she talked about her busy life She said that her life had been completely flipped over and boasted about what happened at soYoon was also happy to see that she was doing well He also talked about what he was doing nowadays Ki found the unfamiliar music coordination quite curious
”Wow Song selection affects sales? That's interesting”
”Right? The song sets the e”
”Aah, that's true Well, I heard that the song played in departht than at day I also don't ever get tired when I shop at a department store”
”Really? I feelwhenever I see a department store”
”That's because you're weak”
”What was that?”
When KangYoon was about to get angry at her retort, KiYoon also accepted her words before switching to another topic
”I thought about choosing songs siainst it since it's smaller than a depart zone, but the store I've looked at doesn't have such a thing Ah… it's so hard”
”It s Fros Well, if I think about it like that, then I guess you would have chosen a rando for us as well We would have been doomed if it was like that”
”Lol, I guess that's true”
KiYoon soYoon also headed to the roof after seeing her out He felt like he had to sain
He lighted his smoke on the rooftop He felt like he relaxed a little after scattering some smoke
'Fuu JinGyung found her place as well'
He could still see Ki in front of hiht The worried expression froot a little excited thinking about how he, KangYoon, was the one to make TheACE succeed like that
'When I think about it, TheACE also ith a co ones Wait'
However, a thought flashed through KangYoon's head TheACE went on the offensive with jazz, so that was not done in the past To express it, it was a new type of weapon If he could select a song that could be exclusively heard in that store alone…
'Yes, that's it!”
KangYoon put off his smoke and immediately went to his office
The biggest issue in the first directorsin 2009 was Eddios
As KangYoon went to work beyond the existing concert teaed that it would be difficult for him to ith Eddios si was about ould take charge of Eddios after him
”Isn't Director Kang busy with raising the rookies right now? The ith Eddios must be immense I don't think it will be easy for you to do it at the same time”
”Doesn't Director Yoon have no experience in taking charge of a girl idol group?”
The directors were all on the offensive In their view, Eddios was a golden egg-laying duck They considered that Eddios would becoreatest cash cow since the rise of TheACE Everyone wanted to increase their voice in the co achievements from Eddios
There was no way Chairman Won JinMoon didn't know their intentions
'Sheesh, your greed…'
Chairman Won JinMoon shook his head This was also why he couldn't let them take care of JooAh or Min JinSeo A basic areed, it would be no good But that didn't ood either She had to take care of the general azes would pressure hih he was the top of the food chain here, he had to consider the general opinion
At that time, someone entered his eyes It was director Lee HanSeo who hadn't shown up in directorstime
”Director Lee Isn't TheACE preparing their album nowadays?”
”Yes We're preparing a proper mini album this time”
”You participated despite being busy How is it? Don't you want to take Eddios as well?”
All the directors shot gazes to Director Lee HanSeo when Chairman Won JinMoon said that
”They are the product of TeaYoon's hard work It's too much pressure for me I wish to decline”
The other directors signed in relief when Director Lee HanSeo said that He wasn't a greedy person and didn't havepolite However, Chairave him the hot potato
”Good You'll take them”
”What?”
The other directors' gazes all turned
”You know Team leader Lee's burden You should be able to s”
”But Chaire of TheACE If you let him ith Eddios as well, then…”
Along with Chairman Won JinMoon's words, the other directors all started objecting, but they were all put down Director Lee HanSeo eventually accepted the Chairman's offer since his as fir much of the work, but he had to dive into work now that he had to take care of Eddios on top of TheACE
'…Out of all things, it's work'
Being glared at by the other directors, he only sighed thinking that his tea time will decrease
Selecting music for the store
The teaeneral music team experienced a lot of trial and error since this was their first ti the preferences of thetrends, but with the 'product sales' variable in the mix, it wasn't so easy
KangYoon first started by getting the current song selection at DROselection, he discovered that the sales differed according to which song was played at which tis thatthat data Then, he had ain This process was repeated
Like that, the days passed and it caYoon headed to DRO nam with President Lee HyunJi It was just after lunchtiYoon and President Lee HyunJi headed to a nearby café with Owner Gu YoungSoo
”Oho”
Owner Gu Young exclaiiven to hiYoon It was definitely different fro site before
”There are recent songs and songs that are a year old… Hey, isn't this a little too old?”
Even a song froSoo orried that it was too behind the latest trend, but KangYoon answered his worries
”Although it's a little old, I judged that there was no better song than this to switch the eted towards workers who co peak time I tried toaround the products”
”Coht be better, though…”
There were dance songs and songs that had easy rhyths like a ballad, so Owner Gu YoungSoo expressed his doubts KangYoon replied while showing hiraph
”If you look at here, the nu rush hour However, the majority of these custos that were played at this ti Shower', second day, it was 'Spreading of dawn', the third day was 'ring', and the fourth day was 'Yes, it's here' The first two days had slower songs while the third and fourth days had faster tes
”Do you ? I think there h This…”
On KangYoon's graph, the sales and the nu played Although it was hard to see, it was quite considerable Owner Gu YoungSoo never seeined that he would see data like this, and could not hide his surprise He didn't know music could have such power
KangYoon added to his explanation
”This value here is largely simplified I have considered all the other variables, such as customer service, and other elements to be equal across all days Please excuse us for only being able to speak in a e”
”That's true”
”This ti to reinforce this list and try it out for 3 days If you would also like additional service, we are planning to rearrange sos that will be played in the store”
”Rearrange? What's that?”
”It's the editing of music to be otiations with the original co, but it will be an exclusive version of the song for this store”
”Oho”
To put it simply, it was a specialized service When it switched to about Soo turned around to President Lee HyunJi
”HyunJi How much does it cost?”
”You're the first custo to discount 30”
”Oho, that sounds good I'll do it right away Day, evening peak, and weekend peak tis”
Owner Gu YoungSoo didn't think about it anyned the contract
After that, KangYoon and President Lee HyunJi talked about any additional things before leaving the café Since Owner Gu YoungSoo said that there was no probles list, they could Yoon decided that they would start the trial from the next day before they scattered
The next day
Owner Gu YoungSoo played the music that MG Entertainment had sent them
”Owner? This ood quality”
One ood qualityservice music
”This was expensive you know? This much is natural”
”Is this soood”
The male employee, who always found it unfortunate that the expensive speakers weren't used to their full potential, talked about how the speakers finally found their right place Hearing that, Owner Gu YoungSoo felt satisfied at MG Entertainment's service
'It does its money's worth'
He felt satisfied feeling that they put care into every single detail
The store opened and the songs played It started with the latest trending s If it was the fun and exciting music thatbut still enjoyable ht now
”Hey, this ood What is it?”
”This is froain? I can't re”
Even the custo There were many eye shoppers, but the period of time they stayed was definitely different than before
On the first day, Owner Gu YoungSoo was definitely satisfied with the changed music
On the second day and third day, their period of stay was even longer The proof was that the customers per employee had increased Also, the number of customers ent to purchase had increased as well
'Whew… All this happened because of a siround music?'
Owner Gu YoungSoo was surprised even after seeing the results However, it was too early to rejoice It had only been three days
On the fourth day, he could feel that the ed The actions of the e now
”Welcome to DRO How may I help you?”
”I cah-heels”
”This way please…”
Owner Gu YoungSoo felt that the employees had become nicer as well Even the e care of a customer with a smile Not only that, the so-called 'nasty customers' had decreased in number as well for the past few days
”Should we leave?”
”No, let's stay a little more”
Listening to the conversation between two lady custoSoo could definitely see the change This had become the norm over the past few days It seemed like people had called for
After the fourth day, it became the fifth, the last day of the trial
Just as Owner Gu YoungSoo was about to play thethe eYoon When he asked as up, he heard that KangYoon would come to the store
”Are you co?”
– Yes I need to see the results Also, I'll bring you the songs we talked about last time”
”Oh, the song exclusive to the store? Are you talking about that?”
– Yes You should be satisfied Then I'll see you in the evening
Owner Gu YoungSoo waited for the evening expectantly
After lunchtiYoon immediately handed him a USB and looked around the store
”There are a lot of people”
”The effects of the change inThe period of ti has definitely increased”
”That's very fortunate By next week, we'll finish the rearrangeive you the completed list”
Owner Gu YoungSoo was satisfied with the increase in custoYoon was also surprised to see the change within the past week Before, the store had fewer customers than the other rivals and there were ht now, he had a hard ti any of that
When he was looking around the store, the clock tilted towards 6 The people in the store started increasing It was peak time
”Should we start?”
It beca that was in the USB
– I never thought I could live - without you - but day by—-
A song fros a lot, started flowing out into the store However, it was different frouitar, drums, and bass produced a rich sound and emphasized the voice
”Wow, isn't this 'Monsoon'? Was there such a version?”
”The song is so good”
The feinally, but this kind of a song was a first Nor they heard while shopping, but they noticed it when they heard such a characteristic song
The reaction from the male customers wasn't so bad either