Raising a Neglected Singer-Songwriter - Chapter 174



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Raising a Neglected Singer-Songwriter Episode 174

174. Proposal

“PD, I love you.”

An idol who was crowned global innocent beauty yesterday.

Jin Ha-neul confessed her love.

And the producer who confessed on the other side was none other than Sungjun.

It was a shocking scene that would have been on the main news and front page of the newspaper right away if reporters had seen it.

Even if it wasn’t an ordinary love, she would have been flustered by the sudden confession of love from her idol disciple.

Being able to laugh at moments like these is what makes you first-class.

Seongjun looked at his cheeky disciple and smiled.

“The comment is good now.”

The camera director surrounding the two also raised the corners of his mouth, saying that a good scene came out.

Yes, that’s right.

Sungjun, Jin Ha-neul, and the members of Breeze were filming Season 2 of ‘Star Friend’.

The place is one of the few restaurants in downtown London.

It is a stylish brunch cafe that has been awarded a Michelin star.

The second floor is reached by climbing the cafe’s trademark unique rotating staircase.

Seongjun and the girls are seated by the window with a good view of the London streets, and in front of them are the cafe’s signature menu items, truffle toast, French toast with crème brûlée, and coffee.

To celebrate the successful completion of the Rock Cup final performance, Sungjun lightly shoots a special meal.

At the table next to us, Shin Jin-hee, the ‘Breeze Mom’ in charge of Breeze Care, is sitting and watching the filming.

“Hello. It’s been a while since I’ve said hello. This is Sungjun. Thanks to the many people who missed me, the Odd Friends are back for Season 2.”

Following the introductory comments, Sungjun introduces today’s guest.

“The first guest to open the door to Season 2 is none other than my beloved students, ‘Breeze’.”

“Hello! This is ‘Breeze’.”

Five girls greet each other brightly while looking at the camera.

Foreign guests nearby were amazed to see this sight.

Some of them widened their eyes in surprise when they recognized Sungjun and Breeze as the artists who heated up the celebratory stage at the O2 Arena last night.

After that, full-scale filming began.

As mentioned in the introduction, these five members have been mentor Sungjun and mentees since the days of ‘My Favorite Girl’.

Of course, I can’t help but tell a story from that time.

“When PD Sungjun asked me if I wanted to be a singer, I was really scared.”

“But thanks to that, I was able to pull myself together.”

“That’s right. And it was touching that you gave us feedback one by one even after the cameras were turned off.”

“Everyone. I’m not telling you to do this. Please don’t misunderstand.”

Sungjun and the members of Breeze show off some pretty good teacher-student chemistry.

Then, just like in Season 1, we had a Q&A session about things that the Breeze fandom has been curious about.

“Our members’ MBTI is-”

“The member who sleeps the most in the morning is-”

“The member who doesn’t clean up the least is surprisingly Hye-min.”

“Ahhh, it’s not that I’m not cleaning it up, I’m just saving it to clean it up later!”

The girls’ conversation clearly shows how close the five members are.

At that sight, a pleased smile appeared on the lips of Breeze’s ‘parents’, Shin Jin-hee and Sung-jun.

And then the topic of conversation shifted to the celebratory performance stage for this year’s Rock Cup.

“How was this celebration performance? Was it probably the biggest stage you’ve ever been on?”

“Yes, that’s why everyone was really nervous. Oh, except for Haneul.”

“Oh, the sky. As expected, you have a strong heart.”

“I, of course I was nervous. But still···”

Jin Ha-neul said, seeming embarrassed.

“Because the song is so good. I just wanted to do this concert without making any mistakes, if only for the sake of the PD who gave me this song.”

As a singer, Jin Ha-neul listened to and analyzed the song countless times.

The ‘moon’ and ‘you’ referred to by the person who wrote the lyrics of this song.

It was so similar to Sungjun.

It was clear that the lyricist probably wrote the lyrics by placing himself in the role of the speaker in the song.

It is a clear feeling of ‘love’.

And Jin Ha-neul, who glimpsed the longing contained in the song, also looked back on his own heart.

Looking at it objectively, I realized that my feelings toward Sungjun were more of admiration and respect than love.

It started from the joy of reuniting with a singer I met by chance at a convenience store.

After that, it was a desire to be recognized by him.

But it cannot be denied that there was definitely a little bit of room for love to sprout within it.

However, for Jin Ha-neul, the future she will achieve as a singer and the members who are like real sisters are more precious than those uncertain feelings.

Jin Ha-neul digested the last stage as if sending off all those emotions to the moon in the night sky, and thanks to that, he felt relieved.

Still, I had to properly express my gratitude to Sungjun.

To Sungjun, who gave her dreams and courage when she was exhausted and wanted to collapse several times during the survival game, a girl who only happened to pass by him at a convenience store.

“PD, I love you.”

Jin Ha-neul smiled with a beautiful smile that I had never seen before, even on TV.

“I love you, PD-nim!!”

And following the leader Jin Ha-neul’s lead, the other four members also made hearts above their heads and shouted.

“Okay.”

Seongjun smiled faintly at his admirable disciples.

*

After finishing filming ‘Star Friend’, I returned to my accommodations.

The Breeze members will stay in London for a few more days to take photos separately.

Seongjun, who is busy preparing for the concert, is the only one scheduled to return home tomorrow.

dump-

I was lying on the hotel bed, which was a large bed spread out on top of a neatly arranged pure white blanket, checking my phone.

Messages from people who watched the Rock Cup stage yesterday continued to arrive today.

The most excited one was, of course, Kang Seung-wook.

– Ah, thinking back on it, I’m so jealous that I got to see the final stage with Pater and Chubby.

Yesterday he praised the performance, but today he is expressing envy at my intuition on the final stage.

That’s really guy-like.

Then, Seongjun checks the other messages one by one.

‘There was no message from Justin Bobby this time.’

I checked just in case, but there was no message from ‘Tutu’.

He said he would contact me soon, but there hasn’t been any news.

‘Well, if I wait, I’ll get a call.’

As I promised before, the moment I show signs of impatience, I end up handing the initiative over to the other person.

Right now it’s right to focus on preparing for the concert.

“And anyway, we’ve secured one more clue regarding the identity of ‘Bangsingki’.”

Breeze achieved both his group mission and his own mission, breaking the record for the most concurrent viewers in Rock Cup history.

Thanks to that, I finally got my hands on one of the only two remaining music box springs.

“As I gained a lot of guild fame, my guild level also rose to 4.”

As you level up, the number of guild members you can recruit increases by four.

While I’m at it, I brought up a list of available recruits.

[Artists available for guild recruitment]

▶ Ain [Subtle Girl]

▶ Sohee [Subtle Girl]

▶ Minju [Subtle Girl]

▶ Yuri [Subtle Girl]

▶ Oh Jin-woo

There are currently five active names in the list.

The worry didn’t last long.

“Jinwoo, I’m sorry. Please study hard under senior Ryu Youngseok for the time being.”

The number of members of Mimyosoyeon is currently four.

A group mission was created when all five Breezes were recruited.

This time too, it was a rational choice to aim for that.

[Ain (Subtle Girl) has been registered as a new guild member.]

[Sohee (subtle girl) has been registered as a new guild member.]

···

When all members of ‘Subtle Girl’ are registered as guild members, four new avatars are created in the guild background studio.

At the same time, an exclamation mark (!) appears above the heads of the four people.

Then, just like with Breeze, an interaction occurred where the exclamation mark turned into a heart and a system message was displayed.

[Guild member combination set effect occurs.]

[In addition to the guild member individual missions, the ‘Subtle Girl’ group missions will be opened.]

“Okay. Now it will be even easier to receive compensation.”

Actually, I have enough spare coins now, but the more missions and coins, the more the better.

Because there might be future content from Bangsingki.

Seongjun was saving some coins separately from the ones for converting into gold coins.

“A man saving for an uncertain future. Hmm, kind of cool, huh?”

Seongjun, who is feeling self-absorbed for the first time in a while, strokes the tip of his chin.

one side,

Inside the guild I visited after a long time, there was a display case I had never seen before.

Perhaps it was because the guild reached level 4 this time, and inside the display case there were shiny trophies on display.

“What could it be? I can guess what it is.”

When Seongjun clicked on the display case, the display case door opened and an enlarged interior appeared before his eyes.

As I select the first one among the many trophies, a description comes to mind.

[Encounter 1st Place Trophy]

▶ Activity song: Drink me like coffee

▶ Date of acquisition: 2024. XX. XX

“also.”

It reflected the music show trophies I received in reality.

So far, Sungjun has won a total of 6 first place trophies from two music shows each for one week of activity.

‘Breeze’ won 12 trophies in 4 weeks of promotion as their debut song.

If MXM Entertainment had only appeared on the music shows of the three major broadcasting companies, the number would have been much higher.

Of course, it didn’t stop there, there were about thirty more trophies.

The loot that the newly joined ‘Subtle Girl’ obtained ‘slyly’.

And it was a trophy that originated from Sisters’ ‘I Like the Sea’, written by Seol Hye-yoon.

“It makes me proud to see everything gathered together like this.”

Seongjun muttered with satisfaction as he looked at the guild crowded with avatars and the shelves packed to the brim.

one side,

▷ Preliminary

▷ Yuna

▷ Ariel Grande

The recruitment button for industry top-class players Ye-seon Ha and Yuna is still inactive.

Ariel Grande’s name, who worked with him on the last Billboard song, was added there.

“Will these three people become active next time I level up?”

In terms of gacha character grades, there are three people who are above SSR grade, as well as UR (Ultra Rare) and LR (Legendary Rare).

Going forward, if your goal for running a guild is to recruit three people, it will be quite enjoyable.

In addition, we cannot leave out the fact that we are actively expanding our list of potential recruits through collaboration and production with other artists.

“There’s still a long way to go.”

Seongjun closed the guild window.

Then, as he opens a new window, his expression becomes quite serious.

Floating before my eyes is the [Broken Music Box] and its driving mechanism, the [Mainspring].

Seongjun would normally turn the clock without hesitation, but for some reason his hands wouldn’t move easily.

It’s the aftermath of the last ‘Cheong-eum’.

This time, I needed to prepare my body and mind in order to face a similar or different mystery.

I sat in the center of a large hotel bed so that I wouldn’t get hurt no matter when or in what pose I fell, and I placed water, snacks, and my cell phone within arm’s reach.

“This should be fine.”

Finally, Sungjun took a deep breath and put the spring back into the music box with a solemn expression.

Kikrik-

As the wind-up began, the record slowly spun and Orpheus’ voice flowed out.

– First of all, congratulations on coming this far. It seems like you’ve received and are making good use of the ‘gift’ I gave you.

The gift that Orpheus spoke of clearly meant ‘hearing’.

Even though Orpheus was annoying, he couldn’t deny that it was a gift.

From the next level of melody creation to understanding string instruments.

Because I gained a truly incredible ability.

– Anyway, thanks to that, it seems like it won’t be long before the door opens. It’s much sooner than I expected. Thanks to that, I’m hurriedly packing my bags to prepare to go home.

Orpheus, as usual, spouts out pointless jokes.

However, Seongjun, who had experienced Orpheus’ way of speaking, was rather nervous.

Because he always gave a nuclear bomb-level shock behind his jokes.

– It seems like you’ve grown into a pretty good musician. That’s why I’m saying this –

And Sungjun’s prediction turned out to be correct.

– Wouldn’t you like to become a resident of ‘Story’ with me?

Orpheus made a proposal.