Chapter 99-100 (1/2)
”HyunAh, where are you going?”
Asked Lee ChaHee, but Lee HyunAh left with a vague answer
She rushed to the entrance of the office in fear of being late
KangYoon aiting for her at the entrance
”Let's go”
Lee HyunAh suppressed her jubilance and stood next to him
”Where are we going?”
”Wait a moment There's one more person”
”What?”
As soon as he finished his words, a car stopped near them and the ent down It was Lee HyunJi's luxury sports car She spoke from within the car
”Huh? You're going too, HyunAh?”
”……”
Lee HyunAh looked at KangYoon with a strange expression However, that only lasted aback, it was her fault that she assuYoon didn't see and opened the door to the front passenger seat and got onboard Lee HyunAh got onboard the back seat
The three departed to Hongdae like that
Inside the car, KangYoon and Lee HyunJi spoke about many work-related ement, as well as employment of other staff
'Wh… What the heck? Why am I here?'
Why was it that she felt fluttered just before? Lee HyunAh momentarily felt that she was a fool It only took an instant for her excitement to fall to the bottom
”…Our current budget…”
”With the pay we get this week…”
Lee HyunAh wanted to participate in that conversation, but there was no way to Their talk regardingcompletely clueless to her She only felt that the scale of thefelt realistic to her Of course, she knew soe fees, other singers, as well as other ade to her
'…I shouldn't have come'
While Lee HyunAh looked out the ith a frown, the car stopped It was a shared parking lot in Hongdae
”The parking fees are expensive here…”
When Lee HyunAh said that in a worried tone, KangYoon received a ticket froent and shook his head
”Spendingfor an empty space on an alleyway to park
Ti with his opinion, Lee HyunAh followed behind him
The three-headed to a nearby concert venue, Sweetpins When they entered, a fereeted them
KangYoon said that he had made an appointment and the female staff called the office to confirreeted them
”Are you Mr Lee KangYoon? Welcome”
”hello”
After a light greeting, the Yoon and company to the office They drank the coffee that the concert venue gave theuide leaflets, the prices, and the materials about other concert teams
Looking at those materials, Lee HyunJi asked the staff
”How many people can it hold?”
”Up to 200 If we go with standing seats, we can go with twice that much”
”So around 300…”
Lee HyunJi judged that the staff was exaggerating and drew her own conclusions The staff becaYoon
”We have done a reht equipment to the latest ones”
”How high is the ceiling?”
When KangYoon asked an unexpected question, the staff couldn't reply easily When KangYoon saw the papers, the height was there He turned his gaze around to the papers
”…Not that low Looks like there's no need to worry about the sound”
”……”
”According to these, you see the Allen series of speakers Those are quite strong in the highs, so I'm worried that there ?”
The staff sweated hard These people were very picky As an office worker, hoas he supposed to know the special traits of speakers? It wasn't easy to answer those questions The staff members back became damp with sweat He still tried to answer to the best of his abilities using the papers
Fortunately, KangYoon's questions weren't limitless
”…Thank you for the coffee I wish to see the venue now”
”Th… this way please”
After KangYoon's barrage of questions, the staff iht in front of the 1st floor lobby When the staff opened the door, there was a wide stage as well as a large clearing
”The booth seems to be in a suitable place…”
KangYoon looked around and took pictures with his phone Lee HyunJi also looked around in her oay
”HyunAh”
”Yes?”
She, as suddenly called out after all this tiYoon's call
”Go stand on the stage”
At KangYoon's request, she headed to the center of the stage KangYoon stood in the e; then asked the staff
”Can we test the lighting and the speakers right now?”
”Please wait a ineers are on leave today…”
The staff showed an aard expression The engineers usually only came to work on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, where there were shows This was done to save on human resources cost
”Just open the door I knoay around”
”If you say so…”
The staff didn't dare to refuse a request froYoon a set of keys from the office and opened the booth
”HyunAh, stay still”
”Yes”
Lee HyunAh nodded her head
KangYoon started fiddling with the lights in the booth He controlled the lights with the light Yoon from behind
”Can you switch the lights?”
”If you contact us prior to the show, then yes”
”Good The lights here have too hts…”
KangYoon fiddled with the lights for a fewtheht With one strong light shi+ning down upon her, Lee HyunAh asked KangYoon in embarrassment
”So, do I keep standing here?”
”Yeah You're going to be perfor here in the future so have a look around too”
Lee HyunAh felt as though she had becoht, there was no prior testing due to tie
KangYoon went back to the booth again He turned on all the lights and had a look
'Is he soineer?'
FroYoon was supposed to be the president of a coineer instead The way he controlled the lights with the light mixer was just like an expert He would even believe it if KangYoon said he was an employee here He had Yoon was a first
KangYoon controlled the lights for a while before turning off the light mixer
”You said that we can change the light settings, right?”
”Yes, of course”
Asking the sa customer, but the staff member was a professional He never lost his smile, However…
”Can we test the acoustics as well?”
When KangYoon said that he wanted to test the sound mixer as well, the staff's eyebroitched These people were very picky
'Ha……'
At this point, the staff became absent-minded However, it wasn't like the custo He per voice
”Yes O… of course”
Nor to do However, other people usually looked for things like the location of the venue, the s like that, but this person was co hi of customers out there The staff clasped his hands in nervousness
KangYoon told the staff that he wanted to borrow a ave the mic to Lee HyunAh and HyunAh connected to the mic input
”Ah, ah — mic test Ah, ah–”
Listening to Lee HyunAh's voice over the speakers, KangYoon checked the overall acoustics It would be good if he had awith him, but he didn't have one on hand
”HyunAh, can you sing a song for me?”
”A song?”
”Yeah, it's for testing”
HyunAh see to do before she warmed up her voice and raised her voice
”All day - my heart - is on top of that clock -”
HyunAh's voice filled the hall Observing the hite light froYoon checked for the sound This was the base test without any effects added to HyunAh's voice
'It's not really a satisfying sound It feels murky'
That was KangYoon's conclusion after considering the h his ears
”Should I do more?”
”No, it's fine”
KangYoon thanked the e the booth
”Thank you Can you give me a business card?”
At KangYoon's question, the staff gave hi on his forehead
”Then I shall contact you later”
”Please have a safe trip back”
After a handshake, KangYoon left the Sweetpins concert hall
Heading to the car, KangYoon asked Lee HyunAh
”Hoas the hall?”
”Hm…”
Lee HyunAh thought about it for a
”Honestly speaking, it didn't feel that good The sound was hts weren't too my style either”
”Really?”
”But if pre…ppa wants me to do it, then I'll do it” (T/N: President + oppa, now in reverse)
”…Mind how you address me”
”Sorry”
”Anyway, so this place is no good Let's look at a few others”
Lee HyunAh seeYoon said and scratched her cheeks while looking away
After that, the trio looked around a few more concert venues The e
Late night music show, Hula
This was a ramme done by Moon shi+nhak as an entertainer, raraht Theto their heart’s content as long as it ithin the studio inside the TV station
Today, Kiramme
”You didn't forget anything?”
”Yes!”
The parking lot in front of the front gates
KangYoon asked the band ere loading their instru on TV, so they all looked nervous
”I also want to go, but I have a lot of work to do damn…”
Lee HyunJi showed her disappoint her feet
”But it's because of you, director, that I can leave the company without worries”
”Thank me more”
”Thankyou”
KangYoon replied in a prankful tone to Lee HyunJi's grumbles
Lee HyunJi turned around to KiYoon
”JiMin, you can't go touching things just because they all look curious to you, okay? You can't step on the lines either”
”Yes”
”Pfft, the lines are fine Though, she ht be electrocuted”
”Oh…”
”Hahaha, it's a joke”
KiYoon's pranks Thanks to that, their ht
With the exception of Lee HyunJi, Jung HyeJin, and Lee HyunAh, who re to the TV station This was an outing with a lot ofof the company
Inside the car, Kim JaeHoon clasped his hands and closed his eyes This was his first appearance on TV after a very long time His heart pounded with nervousness
Behind hi ChanGyu and Kis
'Looks like they are getting along'
KangYoon looked to the back seat through the rearview , he felt joyous
When they arrived, the assistant director came out to meet them
”hello, I've been waiting for you”
With KangYoon at the front, everyone followed the assistant director The studio of the recording was on the 17th floor When they arrived at the studio, the druuitar amp, and many other musical necessities were mostly set up
While KangYoon greeted Moon shi+nhak, the presenter, and the producer, Kim JaeHoon, the rest of the band started to tune their instruhtened to produce a suitable sound, while the electric guitar was controlled through an effector The bass guitar was also tuned to match the rest
Kiotten him and started to tune his voice
”Love you — love you —”
Kihtly to tell the requireineer Today, there was no earspeaker, and Kiineer to add the base sounds of the bass guitar, the drums, and the synthesizer
A lot of ti themselves up However, Ki
”It's just as I heard”
Moon shi+nHak narrowed his eyes KangYoon asked from the side
”What have you heard?”
”His perfectionis a perfectionist, isn't he? Looks like the engineer felloill suffer quite a lot today”
Just as Moon shi+nHak had said, the engineer had a hard tis To the others, like the band and the producer, it didn't sound that ineer to retune it in dissatisfaction A whole 20 minutes had passed since the rest of the band had finished their settings
'Oh no'
It was very rude to keep dragging ti in front of a senior like Moon shi+nHak Moon shi+nHak was s since he was a ged for any longer KangYoon headed to the engineer's location before things got worse
”Excuse me, but can I have a look at it?”
The engineer let go of the Yoon's words Perhaps he thought that KangYoon would be good since he was the president of the coed to
”JaeHoon, let's do this quickly”
”Okay Love you — love you—”
Yellow Yoon's eyes Soon, those notes started generating white light KangYoon started controlling the mixer As JaeHoon had requested, he minutely increased the bass and decreased the er, albeit very little
”Huh? Hyung Put up the gain a little bit”
Kih he had finally found the sound he wanted KangYoon adjusted the sound per his request Then, the white light becaer
”This is good Okay, thank you”
The settings were finally over KangYoon said excuse ineer and left the place
Moon shi+nHak showed interest in KangYoon
”Are you an engineer as well, president?”
”I learned a little”
”Haha Your ears aren't ordinary Ki very picky, but you got an okay in one go The sound is definitely better too Looks like there will be a good stage today”
Seeing KangYoon make an aard reaction, Moon shi+nHak told hiether soet ready for the show
After a band jaan
”Can't win againstfor you–”
A quiet ballad filled the studio The hefty, yet thin voice gradually beca
”My hot love - is washed away by the rain –”
Contrasting to the bass that kept becoher Then, Ki powerfully to heighten the atmosphere
”Your promise to return - made me live on - but –”
KiYoon could already see a strong white light covering the entire studio The white light seeped into everyone present and
However, KangYoon wasn't as satisfied He could see soht
'Is that from back then?'
It was sie It was silver light
The er the light becaht didn't coer before going away and did that again In Lee HyunAh's case, the two lights were intermixed, but this time it was different
The song ended like that Everyone in the studio cheered and clapped
”Fuu, thanks for your work, everyone”
Kih this wasn't a proper concert stage, he was happy to sing to his heart's content The band o with a vocal that was not HyunAh
”Let's rest for 30 minutes…”
”Wait”
Before the assistant director could declare rest, KangYoon stepped up
”I apologize, but can we record this song just once more?”
”What?”
The producer did not hide his surprise Ki was one of the best he had heard But why? Even KiYoon with a confused expression
However, KangYoon was thinking differently from everyone else
'This song isn't one that will end with just this'
While everyone looked at hiYoon was convinced
He was convinced that he would be able to raise the power behind this song