Chapter 81-83 (2/2)

He was surprised at first but reacted very blandly after seeing who it was Disappointed at seeing that, she put a vase on the desk while pouting On the vase were the words 'Congratulations on opening

KangYoon had to give up on going home and had to make some coffee She accepted it naturally and sat dohile crossing her legs

(T/N: In South Korea, soe-scale 'individuals' (coe plant with a ribbon that has greetings and their na a store, funerals, weddings, etc I' this is a smaller version of that)

”It's been a month Have you been well, oppa?”

”…Yeah Yeon JooAh, you damned…”

”Ouch”

KangYoon smacked her, JooAh, on the head It was a smack filled with personal resentinal, refreshi+ng attitude again

”Hahaha Are you stillyou?”

”Do you think that's a so to a place like that?”

”What's wrong with going to the sea? You know? HeeYoon put on soood The men are just all…”

”Wha-ha-hat? Tell ain”

When KangYoon's eyes turned fiery, JooAh shrunk back while twitching She felt that she went too far and pulled back

”Sheesh, I can't even joke with you Fine, fine How ize?”

”Forget it Anyway, next time, don't ever take her to somewhere in secret”

”Next tihtclub”

”What was that?”

JooAh never backed out However, she had to since KangYoon didn't look like the negotiable kind at all Of course, this was all a joke

KangYoon took out some wine and snacks from the office They were the stuff that JooAh looked for a lot when theyserious

”Is work going well?”

”It's just started How are you doing? You had a hard time in America”

”Yeah… did you really have to say that?”

”It's revenge”

”You are such a bad guy, you know”

JooAh gruYoon also stopped joking and spoke seriously

”Going to America was a little too hasty It wouldn't have been late even if you waited a little more Whose plan was that?”

”It was froh Perhaps the Chairht I'd at least get into the top 50 of the billboard, but I wasn't even in the top 100 I'm so embarrassed now I can't lift my head in public anymore”

JooAh shook her head in embarrassment She slowly climbed her way to the top of japan and knocked on the doors of A that achievement and stability, only to fail She had to return hoh she talked about it very easily, failure was very bitter

KangYoon didn't say much to her in consolation She was probably here to just voice out her thoughts He kneell that the best he could do was to listen

”Sheesh, why did you have to leave the company… Dammit, those trashy directors Do you know that I've flipped over the company several times after you left?'

”You did?”

”I just went on a strike saying that I won't work for a while I just rebelled saying that I can't believe in people like them Hehe”

”Yeah, yeah I've heard that over 10 times already”

She said this every time she came over in America JooAh still insisted

”Listen anyway”

”Yes, ma'am”

”Anyway You should thank ive you the latest trends Where could you find soht?”

”Yeah, yeah I'm thankful”

Although he said that like a complaint, he was indeed very thankful to JooAh When they were in America, she became a friend and a motivation for everyday life for HeeYoon To JooAh also, the Yoon and HeeYoon were like a comfortable rest

She seehs

”Oppa, hehe, do you know about JinSeo?”

”JinSeo? You told me last time”

”Hehe, did I? Ah~ JinSeo is a scaaaary kid, you know? When you left, I only rebelled froirlie, threatened to leave the company She even told the the contract So, the company was in an uproar for quite a while A quiet kid is really scary when she gets angry, you know?”

”I must admit, she's quite bold But ould she say that? She'd have a hard life”

”Giggle Well~ I wonder why~”

JooAh pointed towards KangYoon while giggling She eak to alcohol KangYoon judged that this was enough and put away the drink and the snacks before lifting JooAh up When they left the office, JooAh's er ith them

”Oh, team leader Lee… No, how am I supposed to call you now?”

”You can call me hatever you're comfortable with It's been a while”

Perhaps KangYoon's footsteps were big, but JooAh's Yoon even after 3 years KangYoon put JooAh, who said to go for round 2, in the van and closed the door

”Be careful on your way”

”Then I'll see you later”

JooAh seeYoon just waved his hand The van see with a swoosh

'I should get some rest too'

KangYoon headed home while half-drunk

Lee WooSung, the CEO of Laurel Entertain a title song for their new albus, they discussed which one was the best

As a result, 2 fell, and 2 remained

”So, it's down to 'Good Feelings' and 'Aha' What do you think we should go with?”

Urged Lee WooSung as he told the girls to choose freely However, the members of TNT didn't look like that at all

'In the end, he'll go hat he likes'

'It will be 'Aha' He'll make up all sorts of reasons for that'

Jin SeAh and Kis' but couldn't express it easily They already noticed what their President wanted to do The otherrealized as happening

”Go ahead and choose 'Aha' has a sexy thehtly lewd too And this 'Good Feelings'…… Hm, well It feels quite old to me…”

President Lee WooSung definitely wanted to do 'Aha' It was hard to reject the will of the President in a coree, one lady raised her hand It was Lee Min

”I think 'Good Feelings' is better”

”…And the reason?”

”We failed the last tiood idea to do it again Also, I feel that this song is more comfortable to the ears”

”Ehem”

President Lee WooSung said okay and looked at the others The one who met eyes with hiaze of the President pressured her All gazes looked at her She felt scared However…

'We can't fail this time too!'

Desperation won over shyness Ki her opinions

”I… I think Good Feelings… is b… better”

The others seereeing

”Shouldn't we go with soroups are 'stripping' because of the sexy the else”

”I think Good Feelings is better”

Joo JungHyun and Jin SeAh voiced their opinions as well This was a reversal

President Lee WooSung turned around to see Kim HyoRin It was a silent pressure for her

'Unni, unni!'

'Unni, please!'

The members of TNT were desperate They did not wish to e songs their President gave thee wasthan that

”I, also, think, Good Feelings… is better”

President Lee WooSung became silent With even the leader, who usually followed hi He also knew that his songs were repeated failures However, the reason he kept pushi+ng on with it was because of the belief that they would eventually succeed one day But this tiers What ht for show

After thinking for a h

”…Okay Let's go with that”

”Yes”

President Lee WooSung drooped his head as he left the studio Only after a long tirab each other's hands

”Unni! We did it, finally!”

”It's freedom!”

”Cheers!”

They got a song from the outside and not from the President!

The delight of having done that made everyone rejoice

KangYoon and Lee HyunJi started their ht them

Lee HyunJi spoke in joy as she drank the coffee

”We sold the song”

”Really? Where?”

”TNT, they're singers belonging to Laurel Entertain this time”

KangYoon brushed his roup TNT was not in his ers in this era where girl group idols were everywhere

”It's the first time I heard of them Are they new?”

”Not really It's been 2 years since they debuted, but they don't have any songs that are hits You should see them as veteran rookies”

”No hits after 2 years… Not really a good group, are they?”

KangYoon clicked his tongue If there was no reaction from the public for two entire years, it meant that it was hard for theht that extreme measures were necessary at this point

”Rather than the singers, their President is the proble, and he sees ers that did ith his choice… But TNT definitely isn't one of thes he made for TNT don't fit them very well”

”Stubbornness is tough to deal with Anyway, it's a good thing that our song is being used as the title song When's the ?”

”I scheduled it for tomorrow Is that fine with you?”

”Yes, then I'll go prepare…”

”Wait a sec”

Lee HyunJi stopped KangYoon as he was about to stand up When he looked back, she gave him a caution

”President You ”

”Understood”

Hearing KangYoon's words, she repeated herself again as though it wasn't enough

”You consider the co that the singera business here If we say that we'll do so it becomes a free service Crafty individuals may try to exploit that We, World Entertain out services fro it”

KangYoon understood what she was saying She orried about his personality, his care, for the singers KangYoon said he understood and nodded his head

”Got it I'll watch out for that then”

”You are definitely a capable person, President However, there will be people ill try to use you without properly paying the price, and that's what I' forward to howus”

President Lee HyunJi had a very strong conviction KangYoon also smiled in response to her expectations

The next day

KangYoon went to Laurel Entertainment It was a relatively decent-sized co When he entered, a staff led hi

”Welco”

In the office, President Lee WooSung offered hiYoon's past achieveYoon - he only mentioned his name, and did not ed purely based on skills alone

”It's a good song It has a coirls very well”

”Thank you for your words”

”Would you like to meet them first?”

President Lee WooSung headed to the practice studio on the 3rd floor with KangYoon

Five girls in training outfit were in the ainst a mirror wall

”Can you girls come over for a bit?”

When President Lee WooSung said that, the athered around He introduced thehted when he was introduced as the cos'

After a round of introduction, they played the song once to refresh their memories and talk about their impressions of it

A slightly fast retro-style melody filled the studio

– Making up to look pretty - and wore my prettiest clothes -

”It's so good”

”The ets”

Joo JungHyun and Lee Min were ecstatic Though, President Lee WooSung saw the the song and President Lee WooSung's expression twisted even more

'What the?'

KangYoon turned around to President Lee WooSung to talk to hiYoon was confused There was no way he would feel good when he saw the Lee WooSung glaring at the singers that were co the song, seelares

When the song ended, President Lee WooSung asked

”How is it? Is it okay?”

”Yes”

When Lee Min said that without a shred of hesitation, President Lee WooSung's eyes trehtly

”R… really?”

”The raphy is all we need”

Added Joo JungHyun

”Oh… really Do you think so too, SeSol?”

”It's really good”

President Lee WooSung asked Kim SeSol, who usually followed his intentions, but she was not that much different from the others either

'Is he trying to haggle?'

KangYoon felt slightly disgusted as he watched President Lee WooSung's actions Whether he didn't like the song, or he wanted to haggle, he definitely did have some shady intentions

'I don't like him, he's rude too What do I do?'

Although he was a newbie in this field, KangYoon had confidence in the song It wasn't just conviction fro was created with his special ability as well as effort He could feel the

While KangYoon was pondering about that, the tug of war between the President and the Yoon spoke after a while

”Why don't we decide after you sing it?”

”Eh?”

Everyone turned around to him

”Nois in your opinion; you'd need to sing it first to see if it fits a singer or not Onstudio I think it will be better to decide after you sing it for yourselves”

Hearing his words, President Lee WooSung and the Yoon's words were reasonable

”Then let's decide after trying it Girls, is that fine with you?”

”Yes”

President Lee WooSung left saying he'd open the studio Then, Jin SeAh complained as soon as he left

”Sheesh, he keeps acting like that because he wants to do his own song… This one's good, can't we just go with it?”

”SeAh, shush”

”Oh…”

When Kim HyoRin shushed her, Jin SeAh finally becaYoon already realized as happening when she said that

'They don't believe in the President Well, that must be because how they failed until now It's a little bit of a pity'

KangYoon felt bitter He felt that President Lee WooSung was like him of the past where he always failed

(T/N: She is actually called ”student JiMin” here, but since there is no such thing in English, I'll use 'miss' Just be aware that she's a student)

”Miss JiMin has a good voice, and your guitar skills are good as well You have plenty of potential to be a music artist”

Kihtened at the positive feedback However, words must be listened to the end

”However, our co out for an artist I'm sorry What ant as a coroup idol, not a potential musical artist”

”Is that so……”

”It's a pity that we don't have the room to take you in I wish that we'd meet at a better place next time”

Listening to the reeted and left

'It's girl group everywhere…'

Leaving the company, Kim JiMin's shoulders dropped in disappointment It had already been 4 years since she decided to beconized her passion for s Many coroup and did not take her in, who had a short height and was far fro

She even went as far as to practice dancing, which she wasn't talented in, to become a trainee However, her stiff body could not follow the irls

”Haa…”

Carrying the guitar powerlessly, the girl in the uniform walked on the street She felt hopeless now that she failed the audition as well She was annoyed by the cold wind blowing However, her phone suddenly vibrated

– Announceion auditions 2011…

It was the results of her application to a public TV audition that was hot nowadays Kiain

'Yes Even if I fail for the 100th tiain for the 101st time'

She held up the guitar case as she resolved herself

The recording studio in Laurel Entertaine mixer in MG Entertainment, the number of channels and even the number of speakers were slass screens and sound da materials

”Then let's get ready”

President Lee WooSung sat down and put on his headphones The members of TNT also entered the booth and stood in their positions with scores in their hands They exercised their voice while President Lee WooSung also prepared to record He soon signaled that he was ready

”Should we start?”

According to his hand signal, the song began Since they didn't for into individual parts yet, they improvised it First up was their sub-vocal, Lee Min

– You are - the greatest gift - wait for me -

Lee Min's voice ran across the studio Her voice was very light and bright just like the music

– My heart is burning—Please tell me—

Kiht intro

After that the song progressed very s added more and more power The repeated but comfortable melody was nice to everyone's ears All members raised their voices at the climatic point

However, unlike thetheir hearts out, President Lee WooSung shook his head in dissatisfaction Even while controlling the mixer, he didn't seem quite satisfied

KangYoon was also sighing behind him

'Why is it grey?'

When theire the whole tih it was definitely white when he finished co

After the song ended, the itated expressions, and President Lee WooSung let theirls tilted their heads in confusion when they heard that their own singing was even worse than the guide singer doing it

”That's strange It definitely felt good though… does it not fit us?”

Hearing Joo JungHyun's words, Kim SeSol chimed in

”Might as well be Perhaps this song does not match ith us”

”Is it…”

With all the ' tea finally smiled

At that tiYoon stepped up

”Can we do it once again?”

”Sorry?”

President Lee WooSung asked back

”I just feel that it's a pity In my opinion it suits theain”

”Well… okay then”

President Lee WooSung ain At that ain

”Can I have a look at it this time?”

”…Go ahead, I guess”

President Lee WooSung stepped back with a doubtful expression KangYoon then put on the headset and controlled the e KiYoon apologized and continued

”We'll start fros”

Since there was only 1 onals were very ih the microphone would receive sound from all directions, it wasn't easy for it to receive voices from 5 people all equally In cases like this, the mixer was important

KangYoon told thee was going too high even though the voices of TNT weren't that loud at all He could hear wind noises from his headset

'The voices are equal, but there's too much unwanted noise'

KangYoon controlled the device so that no unwanted noise could be ah pitch and raised the bass slightly Then, he entered the booth and even put a windshi+eld over the

”Wow……”

The ree of preparation Even though this wasn't the official recording, he was showing such a high degree of meticulousness

KangYoon listened to the headset again and heard that there were no unnecessary wind noises and was finally about to give the start signal But then, so flashed in his head

'This guy Did he not properly do the setting on purpose?'

Making the under such horrible conditions, it was no wonder the song turned grey When KangYoon looked at President Lee WooSung, he only looked back at hiYoon was assured

'He did it on purpose'

He had heard that the CEO was stubborn to do his own pieces, and it seeasted about this, but did not express it Co with their music He only needed to squash him to death with this

”Then let's begin”

KangYoon gave the signal Then, TNT began their singing