Rockstar Again - Chapter 122



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Episode 122. Game Changer (2)

‘What is this person’s identity?’

Park Soo-chan, manager of Blue Porcelain, would often think about that whenever he saw Lee Dong-ha.

of course.

In terms of physical condition, Lee Dong-ha is the only one in this band who is normal… … .

-Brother Schan? Are you going to eat? What do you want to eat?

-Huh? Uh… … Uh. But Roemer… … Should I call him Brother Las? Anyway… … Shouldn’t that brother decide on the menu first?

-It’s okay. People like it if you mix it with food.

―… … .

From treating a rock legend like a neighborhood mutt.

– Lots of radish.

―… … Dongha-ya… … Did I hear wrong? Just now, Roemer… … I think my brother said in Korean, “A lot of danmuji…” … Is that right?

-That’s right. Isn’t that the kind of thing that only a little bit of Korean can do?

Even the looked down upon rock legend treats Dong-ha so nonchalantly.

The strangest thing is that the child’s grammar is different.

“Yes. Dong-ha just finished recording. Send me the entire audio file to my company email… … No… … I’ll take care of it and send it to you and get back to you.”

– Yes. Team Leader Park, you’ve worked hard. Now the pace will pick up. Oh, and even though public opinion has died down a bit, Team Leader Park, you know that it’s still hot air, right? Be careful. Let’s make sure they don’t go outside as much as possible. Got it?

“Haha… … Yes, I understand.”

The fact that the grammar is different means that the patterns are also different from those that Park Soo-chan has dealt with so far.

Or about to debut.

Or just debuted.

Then, if the manager team leader tells you not to go out, you can’t go out.

After hanging up the phone, I went back into the recording studio, but Dong-ha Lee was about to leave the studio.

“Dong-ha, where are you going?”

“Ah. Right. Do you want to go with me, Schan?”

“… … Where?”

“I’m going to give my nephew a set of three-color crayons as a gift.”

“……haha.”

I just laugh bitterly.

I’ve given up on trying to understand this kid a long time ago, but wouldn’t it be nice to be a little more general?

However, that doesn’t mean he suddenly cancels his schedule or acts unreasonably arrogantly like other celebrities sometimes do.

He’s just a character whose direction is impossible to predict.

Besides, the man I spoke with on the phone with earlier is the head of Cheong-ah’s A&R headquarters.

A&R is the department in charge of everything from determining the direction of the music to the overall planning of the songs, but even the head of that department is only looking at Lee Dong-ha’s mouth.

There may be complaints, but it is not easy to tackle the situation when the company’s CEO, Koo Se-ryeong, fully trusts Lee Dong-ha.

The brand power of the child who moved also supports that.

A new artist who has been given full authority over recording and album production.

How many newcomers like that are there?

Even the legends who showed off their top talents in Korea had a difficult time getting approval for each and every piece of work at the beginning, but this guy doesn’t have anything like that.

But that seems reasonable because he has already shown his capabilities as an album producer.

“Then… …Should I just send this and go?”

“This? What?”

“The files you recorded. The songs from your first album.”

“Ah, okay. Hyung, you can do it yourself. If you don’t know, I’ll do it for you.”

Because I know that my computer skills are poor compared to my song production and mixing skills.

Park Soo-chan silently wrote an internal email.

But… … I have that thought.

I said this child’s grammar is different.

Don’t you think that the average producer tends to be pathologically obsessed with his or her own creations?

Rather than being obsessed, should I say that I don’t trust others because I worry that the files I’ve worked so hard to record might be damaged or leaked?

For example, the current manager team leader is directly sending files from the computer to the company email. Even though he is the team leader, he is not involved in music production, so it is just leaving this to him… … .

It’s just sitting there on the desktop, without any password or anything.

“Dongha-ya.”

After calling his name, I quickly looked back and saw Lee Dong-ha lying on the sofa playing with his cell phone.

“huh?”

“What if I leak this or accidentally delete it?”

It was a somewhat childish question, like, “Do you trust me, oppa?”

I guess I was expecting something sticky.

But we were together for quite some time.

“If you have a gun, won’t you shoot?”

“……what?”

“Don’t worry, there’s no gun. If you erase it, I’ll just record it again. If you leak it, I’ll just harass you with your nostrils for the rest of your life. Is that important?”

“… … It’s not important.”

I can’t help but laugh out loud.

I was flustered when he said something about guns, but in the end he said he believed in himself, right?

So it’s important.

Managers and artists basically need mutual trust, so this is a sign that shows that he trusts you.

Of course, there are more than a few celebrities who have been stabbed in the back of the head by managers they trusted… … .

“… … I… … Chairman… … No, brother? What’s the matter?”

I felt a faint gaze from my opposite shoulder and turned around to see it was Yoon Tae-joo.

“My belief starts from the fact that I am Yoon Tae-joo.”

“……yes?”

“It means to remember the faith you have now. On that day, when the moment of choice may come at any time.”

“Ah… … haha… … yes.”

I buried my face in the computer monitor again.

Honestly, Ido is the weirdest, but if you’re going to judge it by its scariness, it’s the lowest. It’s the growler, but would it be right to say it’s the weakest in the neighborhood?

Of course, the scariest person is Chairman Yoon Tae-joo. The pressure he subtly displays naturally makes me call him Chairman.

Send the completed files to your company email.

“Are you done? Then let’s go.”

I followed Lee Dong-ha, who was leading the way.

When I glanced back, the two older brothers didn’t seem to care, perhaps because they thought they couldn’t stop me anyway.

‘How can I stop something that even my brothers can’t stop?’

okay.

This is the decisive reason why the grammar is different.

He doesn’t realize that he is a celebrity.

Even so, I don’t do anything wrong or bad, but I feel better when I do what I want to do.

I entered the address that Lee Dong-ha had mentioned and asked when I arrived.

“Here… … But where is it? Why did you come here in the preview?”

“Niece’s school.”

“Nephew’s school?”

“Yeah. Do you want to go with me, hyung? If Dongsik is your daughter, isn’t she also your niece?”

Dongshik’s brother’s daughter?

Let’s express it with our eyes full of questions, and as always, Lee Dong-ha smiles with a mischievous face.

“Oh, I should have changed that diaper too. Now you’re all grown up and you can see it.”

But… … should we simply dismiss this as a playful face?

It might be because his job is as a manager assisting celebrities.

I think I felt that way because I thought I had become close with the child who was moving around quite a bit.

“Are you… nervous?”

Surprisingly, Lee Dong-ha nods his head slightly at Park Soo-chan’s words that suddenly came out.

“Nervous? Um… … Oh, really? A little nervous, I guess? Maybe because I’m excited?”

Is it possible to be this excited just to see my close brother’s daughter?

Dong-ha is a kid who doesn’t get nervous even on stage.

In the midst of those thoughts, a school security guard appears walking towards a car stopped at the school gate.

“You, sit here. I’ll talk first.”

Park Soo-chan unbuckled his seatbelt and got out of the car.

Even if you try to stop it, it won’t be any better, so you’re meddling.

Would it be an exaggeration to say that Lee Dong-ha looked extremely lonely?

Since it would be school time, I wasn’t sure if I could get in, but I thought I would do everything I could to help him get in.

As the company warned, I also thought that I wanted to let him do what he wanted to do, even if it meant causing a bit of a commotion because of the person he was asked to move to.

In the end, the fact that he ended up entering the school was a result of the synergy between his special traits and the person he was told to move to.

* * *

“Wow… … crazy… … .”

“Why are you here?”

“What are you filming here?”

“Do you have a nephew in our class?”

Unlike her friends who had thrown away their instruments and moved around, Kim Do-ah remained frozen in her seat.

It was a scene that was unimaginable.

Through the open door and glass, students from the school can be seen continuously crowding in.

“huh.”

Kim Do-ah has big eyes like her mother. Her big eyes have gotten even bigger.

He’s clearly laughing at himself.

Following that gaze, even friends and teachers who were still awkward around each other began to see themselves.

As reality gradually becomes more apparent, it feels even less real.

“Teacher, can I come in for a moment?”

“Ah… … yes, yes.”

Gu Mi-yeon nodded, momentarily embarrassed.

It’s also a preview, and since the school is in Seoul, it’s a place where current idols also attend.

The school grounds are famous for their beauty, so they are often used as filming locations. Perhaps that is why it was easier for Lee Dong-ha to enter the school.

Anyway.

Lee Dong-ha, who had been walking slowly, puts down a large guitar case in front of Kim Do-ah.

“I wouldn’t have known if I hadn’t seen the picture beforehand. Dong-sik doesn’t look like hyung at all.”

“ah…….”

“That’s fortunate. Right?”

“Ah… … no, ah… … .”

I heard that you are close with your father. But I can’t understand it when I see the person calling you “hyung” like this. But I don’t have the heart to ask how close you are.

Lee Dong-ha slowly stroked Kim Do-ah’s head.

“ah……!”

“We’ve been seeing each other since we were little, but I had some circumstances. But let’s meet often, shall we?”

“……yes yes?”

“Let’s meet often. The guitar is a gift. I came here suddenly because I thought of you, but I’m sorry if I caused any inconvenience.”

What’s wrong?

I feel blessed by God.

Kim Do-ah glanced around, avoiding Lee Dong-ha’s eyes.

Friends who haven’t even properly announced their names yet.

From the teacher who said things like “Alini” to students from other majors and seniors.

Look at yourself with eyes of admiration.

Although people cannot originally be free from others, students are even more sensitive to the gaze of others.

Especially these days, arts and physical education have become a battle between parents’ financial power, so many of the students who go to arts high schools have rich parents.

The level is determined early on by the car you drive, the clothes you wear, and the value of your musical instruments.

It felt like the stamp was stamped there with a bang.

I was stubborn and had some talent so I went to college, but once I got there, I was obsessed with the idea that I was below average.

If you think about it, it’s probably similar to the Cinderella we imagined in dramas and movies today.

“If you’re hungry, call me. If you’re bored, call me. If you can’t sleep, call me. I’ll play with you. Okay?”

He keeps emphasizing that he’s my uncle, but honestly, he doesn’t feel like an uncle to me. He’s just an older brother. And he has everything.

“……yes…….”

Dong-ha is barely able to answer with his face red, when an old man who appears to be his manager grabs his arm.

“Dong-ha. This is already on SNS. Let’s go now… … The company keeps calling me. Asking why I went there… … .”

Was that so?

Or, in fact, there was no particular reason for Dong-ha oppa to stay there any longer.

“Teacher! I’m sorry and grateful for today. I’ll go and see. Next time, I’ll come back to greet you formally.”

Unlike the story about him being a cheapskate on TV, Lee Dong-ha bowed very politely and left.

Students and teachers followed him out of the music room.

“Da-da-da! Who are you? What’s your relationship with Dong-ha oppa?”

“Hey, are you Doa? It’s me, Minju! Can I take a look at the guitar that oppa gave me?”

“What did your nephew say? Didn’t he say Dong-sik hyung, Dong-ha oppa?”

“If it’s Dongshik, isn’t it a blue porcelain drummer?”

“Is your dad a member of Blue Porcelain? Or is he a real family member?”

Even the teacher opens his ears and waits for Kim Do-ah’s answer without even thinking about stopping her.

“Ah… … Oh. Right. The drummer… … My dad… … .”

“Dog, doo doo doo doo! This is crazy… …!”

“Do you know Yoon Tae-joo? Have you seen him?!!”

I feel like I went from being a bystander to a star on stage overnight.

Perhaps… … school life from now on will be very enjoyable. It can’t help but be enjoyable.

The hottest celebrity of the moment came to visit us in person and left a certification mark.

It’s not like I’m bragging to people like, “My dad and Dong-ha oppa know each other.”

It was just for a moment, but I felt that way too.

I had a thought that the gift that Lee Dong-ha gave me wasn’t just a guitar…

Rockstar Again Episode 123