Chapter 176 (1/2)
Volume 5 / Chapter 176
TL: LightNovelCafe
[Private plane with the Stern Man]
Jun Hyuk packed lightly and left his apartment to find a young man waiting for him with a limousine.
“Maestro Jun?”
“Yes.”
“I’m with Stern Corporation. I will accompany you until boarding.”
The young man put Jun Hyuk’s luggage in the trunk and they left for the airport.
There is a separate departure area at New York’s JFK airport for private or charter planes. ‘VIPs do not stop walking’ is an iron law there. They had arranged it so that he would not have to stop moving or wait from the time he got out of the car until he boarded the plane.
Private or charter plane passengers only have to have their passport and go through an outbound control gate that not many people can see. Once they board the cart, they glide up to the plane waiting for them. An employee takes care of all of the baggage.
People who enjoy these conveniences pay a tremendous amount of fees every time they fly.
Once Jun Hyuk passed through airport control with his passport, an airport employee was waiting to escort him to his plane. As this is his first time receiving such treatment, he is just confused.
The aircraft is a Boeing 737-700 model worth $80 million, and is a 7-seater. Upon boarding, Isaac Stern was waiting for him with a smile.
“So we finally meet again, Maestro Jun.”
“Huh? Have we met before? You seem familiar.”
“I guess you don’t remember. At the fundraiser for the New York conservatories…”
“Oh, that’s right. In the hotel garden!”
“Ha ha. That’s right. I’m still just a fan of your piano, but you’ve changed from a student to a maestro.”
Jun Hyuk could not close his mouth. The old man who had sat next to him during dinner was the president of Stern Corporation?
“I see you were an important person. You even have such a luxurious private plane.”
“This?”
Isaac Stern tapped the plane wall.
“I barely use this once or twice a year. I don’t really have reason to go abroad. Maestros normally use it. When they tour.”
The people who use it the most are the greats who have more activity. It is evidence that they constantly receive invitations from all around the world.
Settled in a chair that may as well have been a sofa, the plane quickly took off. The only passengers were Jun Hyuk, Isaac Stern, and 2 men who seem to be employees. 2 stewardesses were on standby for the 4 passengers.
“But I’m sure there’s no reason for you to treat me like this. I’m a complete rookie with just 1 weird song.”
“That’s the song that’s known. Don’t you have piles of masterpieces that haven’t yet been released to the world?”
“They’re not masterpieces…..”
“I saw them for myself, and it’s alright to call them masterpieces.”
“Excuse me? You saw them?”
“Mr. Yoon showed them to me. He said it’s the surest way to know you.”
President Stern recalled the surprise from then and whistled.
“There are very few songs that I would reveal confidently. I’m embarrassed.”
His face became red with a feeling as though someone had read his journal.
“My thoughts are the complete opposite. There were only a few songs that you could forget about.”
Jun Hyuk felt like they were discussing his journal, and quickly changed the subject.
“What did Mr. Yoon say?”
“He said that you need to know your own thoughts that not even you know.”
“Do you know? The thoughts that not even I know?”
“How could I? How would I know unless I were psychic? Ha ha.”
Isaac Stern laughed freely.
“I’ll say it simply. We will just help you to do whatever it is you want to do, no matter what it is. Anything else is a bluff.”
Isaac Stern confessed honestly that nothing is guaranteed, took out a cigarette, and lit it.
“Instead, I’ll tell you a really great forte of our company. Our contracts don’t have contract periods.”
“Do you have a hold on people forever?”
“No, the opposite. We leave the application dates of the contract empty so people can end it whenever they decide that they don’t like our company.”
A contract that they can end at any time. For the management agency, it is an unfavorable term that they can end it at any time they are not satisfied with the management.
“I hear that as you saying you have a lot of confidence.”
“More than confidence, it’s having a heart.”
“Heart?”
“Yeah. The heart of having a one-sided love of artists forever. A one-sided love means worshipping the subject of that love and not neglecting it. That’s why I only contract people who I can worship, not stars who will bring me a lot of money.”