Raising a Neglected Singer-Songwriter - Chapter 172



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Raising a Neglected Singer-Songwriter Episode 172

172. Ascension to the Holy Land

“So, you want me to take on the role of ‘you’ in the lyrics?”

“yes that’s right.

When Sungjun asked, Shin Jinhee nodded and answered.

“Since PD Sungjun wrote this new song, I thought it would be nice if PD Sungjun could come up on stage with me.”

It was an idea that came up while the ‘Breeze’ team was struggling to come up with an impactful stage production.

“For your information, this is the opinion expressed by our ‘Breeze’ leader, Haneul.”

Shin Jin-hee says that she came to the studio herself because Jin Ha-neul wanted it so desperately.

And then, like the ‘mother of Breeze’, she spouts out words of admiration, such as how wonderful and cute it is that our baby fairies have grown so much and can even express their own opinions in meetings.

“I know you’re busy preparing for the concert, but I hope you can make time for the kids. Your Majesty.”

“You summoned that nickname… PD Shin, you’re being serious.”

“Oh my, I’m always serious about Breeze Kids?”

Who wouldn’t call him an industry veteran?

Shin Jin-hee, the master of persuasion who instilled a great sense of responsibility in Sung-jun with just one word, ‘Breeze’s father=Sung-beoji’, smiles leisurely.

She then plans to create a short and impactful production so that Sungjun doesn’t spend too much time practicing.

In terms of movies, it was like asking for a special appearance.

“Okay. That sounds fun.”

In fact, when Breeze was offered the Rock Cup final stage, he was given his first ‘group mission’ based on the guild member combination set effect.

The given mission is a differential reward mission where the reward changes depending on the result.

[Rewards will vary depending on the number of viewers watching the Rock Cup final stage.]

For every 10 million viewers, both online and offline, 3 Silver Coins and a certain amount of guild reputation will be provided as a reward.

For example, if 50 million people watch the stage, you can obtain 15 silver coins and the same amount of fame.

Thanks to this, I was able to earn a decent amount of coins and fame.

one side,

“Really? But it’s an overseas performance, is that okay?”

When Sungjun accepted the offer, Shin Jinhee was delighted and came back to confirm her intentions again.

Because the Rock Cup is held in a different country every year.

Last year, the competition was held in Korea, so I was checking to see if Sungjun had said he would stand on stage this year because he thought it would be held in Korea as well.

“I know. This year’s finals will be held in London, England.”

Seongjun didn’t know either.

After the article about Breeze’s Rock Cup final stage performance was published.

This is because game enthusiast Kang Seung-wook gave a long speech about the location where this year’s Rock Cup will be held, the participating teams, and the candidates for the championship.

‘The LOK finals will be held in the birthplace of ROCK!’

The guy’s drip definitely left an impression.

Anyway, as Kang Seung-wook said, England, along with the United States, is one of the birthplaces of rock.

Sungjun needed musical inspiration for his year-end concert planning.

Get fresh inspiration by watching live performances by local bands.

This could have been an opportunity to resume season 2 of the YouTube content ‘Odd Friends’, which ended season 1 with Yuna, with Breeze in the UK.

‘And buy the kids some delicious food.’

I had my doubts about whether there was such a thing as good food in Britain.

Anyway, I was thinking that I would enjoy making a special appearance.

Tiring-

[A special mission has arrived.]

[Support the stage of the girl group you produced and break the record for the highest number of concurrent viewers.]

[Reward upon success: Broken music box mainspring, 500 guild fame]

Whether it was Shin Jin-hee’s suggestion that triggered the mission, it occurred.

And just then, the system offered me one of the two final puzzle pieces of the music box as a reward.

In addition, the guild’s reputation is also the highest of any mission reward to date.

‘If it’s like this, I can’t just approach it with the mindset of ‘enjoying it.’

I have to be quite sincere.

Just then, a really good idea occurred to me.

A production idea that can leave a strong impact without harming the stage of the main artist, ‘Breeze’.

At the same time, it is a unique attempt that he has never tried before.

However, after ‘Listening’, it was a challenge that somehow seemed possible.

“PD Shin. What do you think about something like this?”

Seongjun revealed to Shin Jinhee what was on his mind.

Then Shin Jin-hee’s eyes widened and she shouted in surprise.

“Huh? A zither?!”

*

The next day.

Seongjun is walking through the subway station.

Even though he usually wore a hat and mask pulled down low, these fans somehow recognized him like a ghost.

however,

Swish swish-

People pass by Sungjun without a care.

Even today, I don’t recognize myself even though I’m wearing only glasses and no mask.

It wasn’t a hidden camera content that filmed Sungjun’s reaction when the group ignored Billboard’s No. 1 singer Sungjun.

There was a special reason why the current situation arose.

‘The item’s effect is certain.’

Seongjun touches my glasses briefly.

Yes, that’s right.

It was thanks to the special doping placed on top of the horn-rimmed glasses that were now hanging over his face.

[SSR Grade Item: Ordinary Glasses]

An item whose design is not only ordinary, but also dilutes the impression of the wearer into an ordinary one that goes unnoticed.

It was an item that I obtained while spinning a rainbow-colored gacha to kill time during my last vacation.

Long ago, the original horn-rimmed glasses disappeared due to the glasses-throwing performance in ‘Who’s the King’.

I dug through a drawer and found a spare pair of glasses, put a hologram on them, and went out for a bit to test them out. But really, no one recognized me.

Even the residents I met in the elevator!

Thanks to this, I gained the freedom to go out, and I am currently trying to use public transportation for the first time in a while, so I am trying to take the subway.

‘Yeah, this was supposed to be the case originally.’

It was only a year ago that I squeezed into a crowded subway car on my way to work when I was working at a company.

But who knew that now it would be difficult to use the subway station without wearing an item?

I feel a new sense of emotion from the changed daily life, and I walk leisurely, observing the surrounding scenery that I would not have even glanced at back then.

Then suddenly, a billboard on the wall with a long escalator comes into view.

“uh?”

And Sungjun’s eyes grew wide.

I somehow thought that his handsome face looked familiar, but it was because my face was on a large billboard.

A photo of his face singing faintly, with the date ‘2023.10.XX’ and the nickname ‘D.Voice’.

and,

‘The day the god of music descended from heaven.’

There is a somewhat cringe-worthy phrase written on it:

‘Ah, now that you mention it.’

The date written on the billboard is the day he first started making music, that is, the day he first uploaded his work to Sound Sky as ‘D.Voice’.

Separately from ‘Sungjun’ who debuted on January 1st, the fans also took care of the day he debuted with ‘D-Voice’.

And several people passing by the station stopped and took pictures of the advertisement with their cameras.

I feel a bit embarrassed when I see the advertisements with my face on them all clicking away.

‘I also need to take a certification shot.’

This is the first time I’ve come across an advertisement like this on the subway, as I usually only ride in vans.

A thank you photo for the fans was a must.

Seongjun waits for people to leave so he can sneak a certification shot when no one is around.

I was pretending to wait for someone while looking at the timing on my phone.

‘Why isn’t he going?’

A woman wearing a hat continues to stay in the same spot.

She was the woman who had been standing up to make sure that fans taking pictures of the billboards did not disturb other passersby.

As the woman approached and spoke to them, fans lined up along one side of the wall and waited for their turn, which allowed them to avoid causing too much inconvenience when passersby swarmed in.

‘It seems like you’re a fan…’

It looks like he’ll stay here a while longer and continue to work on management.

As a lot of time had passed while waiting, Sungjun also had to start moving for his next schedule.

It’s a situation where we can’t just wait any longer.

‘Yeah, I guess I should ask that person to take a picture of me instead.’

Because a photo that shows the entire advertisement is better than a selfie that only shows the face.

So he approached the female fan and spoke to her cautiously.

“Excuse me, can you take just one picture?”

A female fan suddenly appeared and looked straight into Sungjun’s face.

But thanks to the outstanding item effect, he didn’t even know who he was.

However, since the fact that he had been asked to take a photo meant that he was also a male fan of Sungjun, he readily accepted the request.

“Then I’ll take a picture.”

Is it to take a nice picture for our brother’s precious male fan?

A female fan is seen kneeling in an unusual pose, with her phone camera turned upside down to capture the angle.

How sincere, almost like a work of art.

Then Seongjun took off his glasses and revealed his bare face.

Then, the jaw of the female fan who was looking at her cell phone screen drops open.

“Huh? Seongjun oppa?!!!”

The woman, who moved the camera aside and directly confirmed Sungjun’s face, covered her mouth and let out an exclamation.

And then a female fan takes off her hat and reveals her face.

“uh?!”

When she took off her hat, Sungjun also recognized her.

Vice President of the My Star Fan Club Management Team.

She was a fan who was nicknamed ‘Bloodless Empress’ at the cafe.

Originally, celebrities were familiar with the faces of their fan club managers.

Moreover, in her case, she was someone we had seen continuously at most music shows, autograph sessions, and event venues.

“So, you placed this advertisement in My Star?”

“yes yes!”

The vice president quickly nodded when Seongjun asked.

He added that as an executive of the management team, he came to check whether the advertisement was posted properly.

“Good. Then let’s take a picture together.”

“Is that really okay?”

“Of course. It was fate that we met like this. And the Vice President has worked hard all day, so I should at least do this much for him.”

As Sungjun said, thanks to the vice president, order was well maintained in the subway without any obstruction to traffic.

Sungjun could hear that the people who saw that were wondering who the fans were.

While there are thoughtless fans who illegally occupy the streets as if they were their living room and cause trouble, Sungjun’s image as an artist has also improved thanks to civic-minded fans.

So this was a small reward for that.

“Then I’ll take a picture, oppa.”

First, he took a solo shot that he uploaded on SNS and a communication app, and then he took a selfie with the vice president making a V sign.

I didn’t realize it when I was taking the picture, but for some reason the vice president was covering my nose and mouth with his hand.

Seongjun couldn’t know that it was to prevent the Blood Empress’s passive skill, ‘Nostalgia Spurt’.

And that evening.

A hot post was uploaded to the My Star fan cafe.

[Title: I went to film the commercial to celebrate the debut of Seongjun oppa ‘D.Voice’.]

Judging from the title alone, this post seems to confirm whether the advertisement was posted properly.

In fact, it even said what time and minute the advertisement was posted, how many people took pictures per hour on average, and what the exposure effect was based on the floating population.

But that wasn’t what made the post a hot topic.

What got fans fired up was the very last part of the article.

[+ Welcome to Sungjun Oppa]

The photo taken by Vice President Bihyeol Yeojeong and Sungjun, showing their close friendship, was the finale.

It was the moment when the subway station became a holy place visited by countless people for about a week.

*

Time passed, October passed and one day, November came.

London, the capital of England and the city of rain and gentlemen, is unusually noisy today.

The most anticipated festival of the year for countless gamers around the world.

Because today is the day when the 2024 Rock Cup finals will finally be held after the preliminary rounds that started in October.

As everyone expected, ‘Pater’ made it to the finals this year as well as last year.

Their opponent is another strong Korean team.

Like archery or ice skating, e-sports have become a domestic rivalry, which is bound to be a cause for celebration for domestic fans and the media.

The O2 Arena, the second largest stadium in the UK and renowned for its beautiful surroundings and spectacular dome shape, was packed with fans attending the final.

The event, which was also broadcast live on YouTube and other online streaming sites in various countries, had 30 million people connected at the same time even before the start of the game.

– This time, Pater wins the game!

n This year might be tough. Chubi Fortress is on the rise.

Is the winning streak broken? LOL

Oh, I wonder! Why don’t you start sooner?

– So who is the artist performing today?

n ‘Breeze’. A K-pop girl group that debuted this year, and Pater is a fan.

N ㅋㅋㅋ I guess he put it in to look good to his father

n You’re a rookie, standing on this big stage? I’m worried. Looking at K-pop artists these days, some teams are terrible at live performances.

N The Breeze kids are good because they came from a survival program.

N Their main genre is easy listening pop. Will it match the stage atmosphere?

N Just shut up and look. Trusky’s beauty alone is worth it.

N crazyㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

It was a time when they were heating up the chat window and raising their expectations.

Stop-

The huge stadium that had been illuminated with brilliant lights went dark.

“Oh! I guess it’s starting now.”

Fans roaring in the darkness.

Gray clouds rose in clumps across the back screen.

A singing voice heard from beyond.

“Run, run.”

Following the voice, a ray of moonlight pierces through the ashen clouds like an awl.

Moonlight that starts from a single point and gradually grows in size.

When a large circle like a full moon was drawn on the stage.

“It’s a breeze!”

There were five girls standing there.