Chapter 120 (1/2)
Volume 3 / Chapter 120
TL: LightNovelCafe
[TN: JH is such a good friend lol…but he’s also smart! kya!]
“Alex. We need to hurry up and do some research. The name is Jun Hyuk Jang. He’s Korean.”
“Korean?”
“Yes. This person did the producing for Coline’s music. He’s not a normal kid. Since he already released an album in Korea, there’ll be plenty of information on him.”
“What do you mean he isn’t normal?”
“That’s why I’m telling you to look into it. This kid could be the big shot instead of Coline.”
Once Alex Zakin got off the phone with Ili who suddenly got excited, he passed the memo to his secretary.
After about an hour, a producer instead of the secretary came running with a CD.
“Alex, who is this?”
“Whew – that’s what I told you to do. Why are you asking me?”
He was about to sigh in annoyance, but his secretary also came running in.
“Jun Hyuk Jang. He’s an 18 year old Korean. He went out on an audition program in Korea a year ago, and is an orphan. He wandered the streets for about 10 years and then met a kind Mr. Tom…..”
Alex Zakin watched his secretary blabbing and exploded in annoyance,
“Look here. Stop going on about some fairy tale story and get to the point! I don’t care how some Korean kid lived. Why is everyone being like this?”
“Oh, okay. He’s known as a genius musician in Korea. They say he’s a one-man band. He plays the guitar, drums, and piano like a professional. His composing and arranging is perfect.”
A young 18 year old genius. A perfect musician who can do everything himself. The people of this industry are good at blowing things out of proportion. Alex Zakin did not believe 1/10 of what his secretary was saying.
The last is always music. The producer whose life is music, cut the secretary off and spoke,
“Alex, this kid even has an album… Just listen to 3 songs first. I’ve chosen the essence of his music.”
The producer put the tablet PC he was holding on Alex Zakin’s desk.
When a piano song called ‘Close’ came out, Alex Zakin’s eyes widened. He could not judge the piano skills through the cheap tablet PC speakers, but the melody captured his attention. If he had not known, he would have thought that he was listening to a song by Ennio Morricone, a master of film music. He could tell enough about Jun Hyuk’s composition skills with this one song.
The second song, the rock version of ‘Kanon’, showed his drum and guitar skills. He could go on stage immediately. Alex Zakin realized that none of his secretary’s explaination had been exaggerated.
The last heavy metal song showed his power in just the first half.
“Ili was right.”
“Excuse me?”
“This kid is really a big shot.”
Alex Zakin asked again to check,
“Did that kid really compose all of these songs?”
“Yes.”
“You’re sure this kid is in New York right now? What does he do?”
“He’s a student at Clayton-Hoffman School of Music.”
“What? He’s another one of those kids digging at Mozart’s grave? What a bother.”
“What are you going to do?”
The producer admiring Jun Hyuk’s music spoke carefully.
“Don’t we need the last verification?”
“Excuse me?”
Alex Zakin looked at the producer with disappointment because he had not understood what he meant.
“Ili’s still in New York?”