Chapter 84-86 (2/2)
Left alone inside the café, Lee HyunAh drank the rest of the Ah she was relieved
”Well, then I'o hit him in the chest”
Having drunk the coffee, Lee HyunAh was about to leave through the front door However…
”Excuse me, miss…
”Sorry? Is so?”
”You haven't paid”
”Sorry? Didn't the woman that just left pay?”
”She only paid for one person”
”……”
Lee HyunAh felt absurd after seeing thedutch' (individual pays for himself/herself) from the businesswoman that seem to imply that their fate ended there
– Wow!! Oppa, what is all this money?
HeeYoon called KangYoon after seeing so much money in the bank account
”What do youthis tihts to use the ot loads from the extras”
– You're one capable man
”IEat sos with that money”
– Okay
KangYoon was delighted to give HeeYoon so ive HeeYoon all the co that he should use it for rowth over these years
After telling her to beware of boys, KangYoon ended the call and stood up Today's was the filYoon headed to SBB TV station in Seoul
”hello”
”hello”
KangYoon headed inside the station with the assistant director that caYoon to the ht makeup
'This feels aard'
Although he visited TV stationson any prograuest appearance, he felt very fresh
It took around 30 Yoon headed to the waiting rooJae were there KangYoon greeted theot ready
One of the programmer writers entered and they started an interview He asked about their standards for their judgYoon was interviewed last
”What kind of candidates are you planning to pick?”
When he was asked that, KangYoon answered after a little bit of thought
”I wish to pick a candidate that has a unique trait as well as skills”
”Do you have any candidates that you have your eyes on?”
”Hmm…”
He didn't specifically have one, so he shook his head
After the light interview, the judges took their seats The audition started like that
Although this was the 2nd round of auditions, there were still a lot of candidates Although each of theot less than 5 minutes' worth of ties
”My heart - to the sky— ”
”Wait wait Did you not have breakfast today? You sound too powerless”
”S… sorry”
”This is an audition Try again”
Singer Lee JaeHyuk was like a roaring tiger towards the applicants Sitting in the center, he glared at the applicants through his sunglasses Moon SangJae supported his words as he branched off the candidates
KangYoon was also judging the people coht e some comments However, there was a problem
'Why is everyone so stuffy?'
It was grey light everywhere Not only that, KangYoon was now hts It was hard to endure this audition venue that was filled with grey light He tried his best to endure by drinking lots of water However, the stuffy feeling did not go away so easily
They continued the audition without even eating
”Nu”
With the assistant director's notification, a girl clad in school uniforuitar
”hello My nah Please take care of me”
All the judges were fixated on the guitar behind the girl's back The first one to ask was Lee JaeHyuk
”So, you play the guitar?”
”Yes I liked playing it since I was young”
”Really? Hmm”
He seeirl started playing on the seat that was prepared for her At that time, Lee JaeHyuk coldly spoke
”Wait, aren't you going to tune it?”
”Ah, I forgot Tuning… Tuning…”
NervousnessKi but there was no way the judges would wait for that
”…Forget the guitar What have you prepared for us today?”
”A song called 'Romance'”
”Oho That's a hard one Go ahead, then”
The song 'Roer Lee JaeHyuk's eyes shi+ned in interest KangYoon was the sa
”The romance I dream of - ”
Quiet and soft - KiJae closed their eyes and ad
'Strong'
KangYoon was surprised The white light froressed Lee JaeHyuk and Moon SangJae were hu under its influence
However…
”Go—slowly—roman…”
Due to her nervousness, she Jae's eyes abruptly opened, Ki there as she was surprised by their reactions
”Ah…”
”Hm”
Lee JaeHyuk and Moon SangJae shook their heads in disappointh she was lacking so Lee JaeHyuk started his evaluation first
”Your voice is very good”
”Thank you”
”But you're too nervous You ht now, only your voice is good Coe For me…”
He pressed X It was a fail
”Ah…”
Kim JiMin lowered her head There were two votes left
”I'ood voice, but I wish you could practice soain”
Moon SangJae pressed X as well 2 out of 3 gave an X This was a fail
”…Thank you I wish I can see you again at this place next time”
Without even looking at KangYoon's result, Kim JiMin left
”Looks like she was disheartened”
”It's a pity Her voice was really good”
Lee JaeHyuk and Moon SangJae talked about Kiet a pass This was their opinion
However, KangYoon was different
'If she relaxed a little ood Looks like I'll have to see her again'
Just the voice was good? Not in KangYoon's opinion, no AYoon saw, there were rarely any that could produce such a clear white light He stood up froed his mind
”Can we have a little rest?”
”Hry too”
When Lee JaeHyuk agreed to KangYoon's request for a rest, the prograYoon immediately left and looked for Kim JiMin
'Where is she?'
However, she wasn't in the lobby When he asked a staff in the lobby, he got the reply that a girl with a guitar had just left the lobby, and he ran out
Fortunately, he could see the girl not far away froYoon ran
”Wait!”
”Eh?”
The girl turned around at KangYoon's call
”Sir judge?”
”pant pant…”
Looking at the girl's confused expression, KangYoon ht face
”Fuu, I was looking for you”
”For me?”
The girl, KiYoon with very confused eyes
”Please, sit comfortably”
KangYoon offered a seat to Kiht a canned coffee fro machine and held it out to her
”Thank you”
Ki the hot coffee Although it was spring, warmth was still precious as the winds were still cold outside KangYoon spoke of hishis hands up with the coffee
”I found it slightly disappointing that I couldn't listen to your song for long enough”
”What?”
Kim JiMin suddenly panicked due to the unexpected words
”You didn't even see my results and just left”
”That's…”
Regardless of KangYoon's results, there was no next tier then it would just become a more painful injury So, she didn't want to stay there But this guy, he was quite strange
”I thought differently to the two people”
”…I failed anyway There's no use in staying here any longer”
Kione to several auditions However, the taste of failure was just as bitter as the first time
”You ht be an opportunity for me”
”What?”
KangYoon took out a small card and handed it to Kim JiMin
It was a business card
”World… EntertainYoon? You were a CEO?”
”If you have any thoughts, then come for an audition later There's my contact number as well as the address, so you can just use those”
KangYoon stood up right away He had to go inside for the fil
”W, wait!”
Kirabbed him
”What is it?”
”This, uh… so…”
Kih she received salvation fros of having been chosen after being abandoned for so long Although she saw this person for the first tie added credibility to his words
”You should have school too, so coood As for the song, co you're comfortable with It's fine if you et too nervous about it You'll be showing s then”
”Yes! I'll definitely be there!”
KiYoon turned around This was the first person that acknowledged her
”Oops, I'm late”
KangYoon left Kim JiMin and headed to the studio
”World Entertain or small… I'm okay with it!”
She gripped her fists She resolved to herself that she would definitely pass this time
T&T were on a roll with their title song, 'Good Feelings', by the day
Ranked 7th on one website was just the beginning Various other music websites also ranked them as 6th and 8th On top of that, they became more popular with various events They became a hot potato on social networks as well As people started talking about the, and eventually, they were called by a TV station
”…Where are we going again?”
”Shooting, duh”
”…You think I don't know? I'm just emotional”
Lee Min stiffly replied to Joo JungHyun's words The two quarreled for quite a while
During their 2 years of activity, never have they appeared on a weekend 7 pether, and now, they did In the flood of girl group idols, it was an araroups like the
”Sob…”
”HyoRin-unni's crying again”
Jin SeAh teased the emotional Ki as well
With the song turning out good, everyone was happy Although they were busy, their hearts were filled with joy
”But the President's expression wasn't that good…”
Ki”
”Apparently, he used too ood nowadays”
”Oh, really? But isn't beco?”
KiHyun's reply Then, Kim HyoRin wiped her face and answered
”I heard from the secretary-unni, and apparently, they had to pay a lot of ency funds”
”Even the eency funds?”
”Yeah, apparently, it was so about the contract I don't know the details either Well, we just need to run a lot of events and earn a lot of money, don't we?”
”Yup yup”
Everyone replied in unison to Kim HyoRin's words
Their president had long since lost their trust, so whatever happened to him was out of their interest
”An audition?”
Lee HyunJi doubted her ears During the past few days, she was rarely at the office because of businessnews froYoon
”There will be an applicant in the afternoon Come observe with me”
”Okay, if it's soht your eye, then I'm curious”
Lee HyunJi becaood eyes for people as well as songs However, while he was at MG, he only had to face a select few that were already selected through an audition She was interested to see what kind of ge all the people and not a select few, filtered set of people
After eating with Lee HyunJi, it was 1 pYoon brushed his teeth and headed to the basement floor for the audition There was a shts and turned on the power
”Perhaps I shouldn't have bought them used”
Gruh he wanted good equipht theood quality equip of disappointment remained inside him
Norear, but KangYoon was planning to do various tests today For this, he had to prepare various instruments and set up the mic as well
When he was just about done, the doors to the studio opened
”Director, what is it- ”
”LEE KANGYOON!!”
However, 'soed towards hiYoon's body
”Urgh!”
It was a strong body slaYoon was about to fall over, but he barely held on
”What the!? Huh? HyunAh?”
”…Daht you were just tall and no power, but you are quite strong I was planning to knock you over And anyway, it's been a while, hasn't it?”
Long hair that reached her shoulders, cute appearance as well as a tall stature It was Lee HyunAh Behind her were Lee HyunJi and the band that she belonged to, 'The Formidables'
”What is this?”
”Revenge”
”Huh?”
KangYoon was confused Never did he iet body-slammed like this
”…Well, I'll let you go for now”
”……”
Lee HyunAh spoke curtly and put her hand out
”hello, oppa It's been a while”
”Y… yeah But you… are quite weighty”
”Are you picking a fight?”
Although he was aYoon didn't lose out at all in words
After a joyful reunion, everyone sat down around the sofa in the studio They talked about what happened recently When they were talking, Jung HyeJin entered through the door Behind her was Ki a school uniform
”Welcome”
”hello?”
Kiasped at the studio as well as the people inside it KangYoon offered her a seat as she was looking around
KangYoon told Lee HyunAh that they should talk later and turned around to Kim JiMin
”Have you prepared?”
”I did as much as possible”
”Really? Then should we see?”
When Kiestured her not to
”Let's try singing first We have a lot to try out today Don't be in a rush and just calm down; Okay?”
”Yes”
In the previous auditions she had been to, she was allocated 3 minutes to 5 minutes at best However, this person was a little different Even while being confused, she exercised her voice and got ready to sing
Then she closed her eyes and starteda half-whisper sound
”- cause you - hold me— ”
Kim JiMin's voice was very clear when it was sht whisper-like effect on it when it was loud And that had a charood vocal power A pure voice, that did not go through any sort of ta started to fill the studio
'This is it'
The yellow note that caht was obvious After listening to around a Yoon told her to stop
”Stop”
When KiYoon wordlessly pointed towards the guitar Then, she took out the guitar When she was about to sing, KangYoon spoke again
”Can you sing the sa?”
”Sorry? Oh, okay”
She didn't know the reason for it, but she still proceeded to play the guitar When she played the guitar, the blue notes frouitar and the yellow notes froht However, the light eaker than before
'Looks like her guitar skills need so'
When she did the two together, she lost focus on one thing The blue notes were fainter than the yellow ones In KangYoon's eyes, the effects of the guitar did not compliment the voice
KangYoon ain
”This time, let's do it in there”
KangYoon pointed towards the studio booth Then, Kim JiMin headed inside with nervousness
'Wow, KangYoon-oppa is being meticulous'
Whispered Lee HyunAh from the back Lee HyunJi added in
'She's the first trainee candidate, so yeah'
'The first? Oh…'
Hearing those words, Lee HyunAh started observing carefully again
KangYoon had no idea as happening back there, so he turned on the s and told Kiuitar to the line input The line input was connected, and her voice started ringing out the studio along with the guitar
”Can you try the saain?”
After they were ready, Kinal The speakers started producing ht was stronger than last time
'The sound quality beco innate'
KangYoon was ensured His eyes weren't wrong
Kiht that they would end on the first verse as well this ti all the way to the end and exited the booth after leaving the guitar to the side
”Well done”
”Fuah”
This was the first ti, it was also fun Seeing KiYoon also smiled
”Well, then Welcome to World Entertainment”
”Yes, President”
”Pfft, just call me sir”
”Okay”
No Yoon noticed KiYoon's hands
Like that, she became the first trainee of World Entertainment
Kireeted with Lee HyunJi as well as the faYoon told them to treat her well as she would be the new addition to the family Lee HyunJi said that that was natural as she approached her, and Jung HyeJin told KangYoon to relax as she would treat her well, saying that Kim JiMin looked cute in her uniform
'Did I just give fish to a cat?'
KangYoon sweated cold sweat at their dangerous(?) words
”Miss JiMin Then should we go somewhere else?”
Lee HyunJi headed to the office with Kim JiMin to talk about the contract Left inside the studio were KangYoon, Lee HyunAh as well as the rest of the band
”She sings quite well”
”This is just the start She's a source stone that needs polishi+ng”
KangYoon shook his head at Lee HyunAh's words In his view, this was just the start He was planning to polish her well before her debut
KangYoon cleaned up the studio, he turned off the power and cleaned up the cables Lee HyunAh approached him as he did so She was now about to speak to hiYoon stretched out his back while cleaning the cables
”Oppa, can you accept us too?”
”The entire band?”
”…Yes”
Seeing Lee HyunAh carefully speaking about it, KangYoon quietly put down the cables He did foresee this froYoon felt that the talk was going to be long and asked all of them to sit down
”I've heard that you were contacted by Yerang last time”
”I've refused that for sure I don't want to be separated from my team”
Lee HyunAh's opinion was firm The rest of the team seeYoon looked around at everyone and spoke calmly
”Is there a reason you want to come here?”
”There's that we're close to you, oppa… but it's uess”
”I'm famous?”
”You're the planner for Eddios, aren't you?”
Lee HyunAh had found out about that as well While KangYoon was shrugging his shoulders, she went into the topic
”Oppa, please accept us”
Not only her, KangYoon could feel desperation froYoon couldn't nod his head so easily It was very hard to succeed as a band in Korea He couldn't just accept them just because he knew them
”Do you knohy bands are hard to succeed?”
”No”
There was no way Lee HyunAh would no details like that KangYoon calmly explained
”These days, the s It's events For example, let's say you earn 10 o to an event, and there's another singer for the saer would have to take care of instrument loans as well as the price to all you Wouldn't it be much better to call the other option instead?”
”Is this was overseas, then it ht work However, we live in Korea, and in Korea, we need a strategy that fits Korea There's a reason why Yerang wanted to scout you alone”
Lee HyunAh had nothing to say Being told the logical reason ht, but she was still very sad to hear that fro in 3 years
'Though it e jackpot…'
KangYoon fell into thought as he looked at Lee HyunAh