Chapter 19

Chapter 19

“Hi, came early?”

“Yeah, I was doing some setting in advance so we can record right away.”

Moon Gayoung wanted Cha Seoha to look at the recording directing.

They will place a professional director, but she wanted to hear the original songwriter and guide vocal’s opinions.

While Moon Gayoung loosened her throat, Cha Seoha looked around the surroundings and immersed in appreciation.

‘This studio after a long time.’

Peanut Studio located in Nonhyeon-dong.

This was the place where Cha Seoha had recorded here when making the first solo album.

“What is that fixed camera?”

“Ah the variety filming team installed and left. Don’t know if they’ll use it, but since it’s external activity for now.”

“Yeah, well. But more than that wait a bit.”

“Why?”

“Because the equipment here is good there’s something to do.”

Cha Seoha completely erased the tracks pulled with stem and moved the MIDI tracks prepared in advance to the session.

A place he had already come before so just in case he prepared and as expected even in this era the built-in instrument quality was decent.

“What are you doing?”

“No, the file I sent you is a format that can’t be modified. It’s in waveform right?”

“Yeah, right.”

“What I separately brought is a MIDI file so immediate modification is possible. I’m going to do some modification with the instruments here.”

“Modification now?”

“Yeah, while you record.”

“...Is that possible?”

“What else wouldn’t be possible.”

Moon Gayoung also took composition class.

She learned a bit then realized she had no talent and gave up, but roughly knows in what way songs are made.

In that sense...

‘How does he say so calmly?’

It seemed like he was showing off but absolutely not that face.

Rather a complexion of being a bit annoyed when throwing this and that questions.

“You’ll know if you see. First let’s enter. I’m busy.”

“Uh, yeah got it.”

Like that Moon Gayoung entered the recording booth and Cha Seoha sat in front of the monitor and prepared recording.

Moon Gayoung and Cha Seoha continued very smooth recording.

“Oh, nice. Very good, you’ve done some recording usually?”

“Yeah, I’m also receiving vocal lessons.”

“Very good. Alright, I’ll take the next part.”

“Yeah!”

Looking from the side it was to the degree both director and singer felt fully excited.

The manager of Moon Gayoung waiting behind if usual would have killed time watching the phone or something.

Today he couldn’t do that.

That guy called Cha Seoha while looking at Gayoung’s recording directing was simultaneously tearing and fixing the instrument tracks.

Replacing instruments or even doing completely different playing.

Or mixing and refining the sound.

Even looking don’t know exactly what he’s doing but anyway the music was becoming better in real time.

Is that possible work?

Cha Seoha immersed in work like a half crazy person and worked quickly.

And that several works at once.

“Okay end! Now come out.”

“Yeah!”

Gayoung soaked in sweat came out of the recording booth.

“Wow refreshing!”

“Hot? Worked hard.”

“No, you worked harder.”

Gayoung used informal speech to Cha Seoha but somehow a respectful posture.

To anyone it looked like a relationship of exclusive composer of one agency and trainee degree status.

“Alright, look here. This is the recording button.”

“Yeah.”

“And if you press the space bar it stops.”

“Oh.”

“And if you click here this time bar comes back. You can also press number 1.”

“Yeah, but why are you telling this?”

“Ah, going to record chorus. I’ll go in and sing so you try pressing the button too.”

“Ah, yeah. Got it!”

He sings too?

“Alright, recording start!”

Like that chorus recording started.

“Wow...”

“Wow...”

Skill that made not only Gayoung but even the manager who has seen many celebrities admire.

As far as he knows chorus recording is heard to be difficult for even decent veterans to finish in one go.

But Cha Seoha who finishes that in one go and comes out.

Looking at the appearance walking out of the booth the body is also very sturdy.

Height is quite tall too.

That being an ordinary person.

But instead of coming straight to the monitor he picks up the guitar from there and comes.

“Why the guitar?”

“No, listening earlier the guitar pattern entering as sub here is quite bad. Going to do again.”

“You really have nothing you can’t do?”

“Just roughly doing what.”

That’s roughly?

Nonsense talk.

All work is pro level and roughly?

Is that guy perhaps living alone in some Cha Seoha universe?

Anyway the manager seemed to have discovered one item today.

* * *

“Worked hard, I’ll go first.”

“Yeah, too thankful Seoha. Really won’t forget this favor.”

“Well, if the deal just succeeds well I’m sufficient with that. Still you know composition fee and directing fee are separate right?”

“Know. And song fee also doesn’t seem like doing for free, I was thinking of sending combining with directing fee.”

“Such conversation is done by messenger after secretly putting in the sleeve.”

After recording together in one space for a few hours, a feeling that each other’s existence became a bit comfortable.

Well, for me Moon Gayoung who had acquaintance in the previous life isn’t awkward.

Like that it was the moment trying to go home.

“Um, student.”

“Yes?”

Moon Gayoung’s manager stopped me.

“This is our company business card. If you have thoughts would you contact once?”

“Ah. Um, sorry but I still have no thought of doing celebrity.”

“...Huh?”

“Sorry.”

The person called manager had a too unexpected expression.

“No, not doing celebrity?”

“Yes, because there’s something preparing with friends. Sorry.”

“Uh, yeah can’t be helped. Still take the business card. Because don’t know how human affairs will turn out.”

“Yes, understood.”

One refusal is decline but two refusals might go against courtesy.

First decided to take the business card.

Like that I greeted Moon Gayoung and the manager again then exited the studio.

* * *

If the semester ends this winter vacation if possible we decided to try performing at a performance hall not busking or school festival.

Our song <​Rendez-vous> together with <​Your Time>, that had currently gone over to the distributor.

Still under review and release schedule hasn’t come out but it will be soon.

In the meantime we diligently prepared the school festival, and Moon Gayoung sent a large sum of 3 million won.

If thinking of the song fee I last received it’s pocket money, but to a nameless minor composer this degree is not a small amount.

Like that time flowed diligently and the school festival day came.

From morning each class started decorating classrooms and selling food or providing play things.

The highlight of the festival the performance was scheduled to start after evening time passed.

An event every year, but this year the whole school seems particularly noisy.

Because the Star Observation Cam filming team to film Moon Gayoung enjoying the school festival together with Yoo Yeongeun was striding inside the school.

Not only necessarily filming only Moon Gayoung, B team and C team were busy and making effort to film the whole school festival.

A bit funny story, but I know why there are so many filming teams.

And, this was the core of my plan.

Moon Gayoung was a no-fun cast with almost nothing to gain filming amount from the Star Observation Cam production team’s position.

Now she is the assistant director of Star Observation Cam, but a story directly heard from the person who later becomes star PD.

In the end even the 3 week broadcast amount except the first week becomes broadcast centered on Moon Gayoung’s singer challenge.

Because if no fun at least narrative is needed.

So in the original history, the Jeongun High festival with nothing particular to gain was handled quite weightily while subtitles like ‘youth’s fresh smell’ were tightly stuck.

But you see...

Now there is something to gain right?

If the broadcasting station’s eyes aren’t crooked.

Exactly, us.

The problem was that illuminating the whole festival and illuminating a specific team are completely different problems.

No matter no broadcast amount can’t illuminate us out of nowhere.

So an justification was needed.

The relationship between us and Moon Gayoung.

“Act close with us. And want to beat us. Saying we are a high school band dominating this neighborhood.”

“That’s not wrong words so nothing difficult... Where do I beat you guys?”

“School festival.”

“You guys also come out to Jeongun High festival?”

“Right. So, we become a kind of goodwill competitor. Moreover I am a person who even composed your song right?”

Moon Gayoung seemed to think it nothing special, and in some ways seemed bewildered but...

This is a string.

A string connecting Moon Gayoung and us.

If that string is quite appropriate in the eyes of broadcasting station related people, Oktap’s performance is not someone else’s performance.

It becomes ‘our’ performance needed for cast Moon Gayoung’s narrative.

And in my judgment this was reasonable.

Of course how much the broadcasting station will judge the persuasiveness of that string is completely unknown.

It could lightly use as a passing picture, or try to suck even to the bone marrow.

Whatever it is doesn’t matter.

Because both have my plan.

So what is most needed now...

* * *

“It’s makeup.”

“...”

“Um...”

“Hmm.”

“Hand na...”

As expected the guys’ expressions are not good.

“Why are the expressions like that?”

“Hey, we’re not some celebrities what do we do that much?”

“Yeah Seoha, wouldn’t natural appearance be a bit better?”

“Rocker makeup is humiliation.”

“I also that is a bit...”

As expected bandmen standing on stage doing makeup rejection can arise.

But well.

Persuading these kids or something is sufficient in 1 minute.

“When receiving a gift if possible pretty wrapping paper is better right?”

“Um, that is right.”

“We are a gift. Our existence will make this ordinary and obvious high school festival the start of legend.”

“Uh...”

“That memory will be recorded as one page of youth that all students can never forget forever! But going up with bare face? Is that really courtesy toward one page that will become legend?!”

“Uh...”

“Jackson changed the meaning itself of the word Super Bowl half time. How much inconvenience do you think such he endured? Hot lighting, uncomfortable outfit, thick makeup. Because he endured and bore all that one page of popular music history changed!”

The members’ faces changing to ‘so how much is that roof tile’ was in an instant.

However...

“Good, Kim Jihu you don’t have to. The expression is quite not good.”

Kim Jihu failed persuasion.

Chet, smart guys don’t fall easily.

“Really?”

“If you dislike I have no thought of forcing. And since you’re the best looking among us. Even if only you don’t it’ll be similar similar.”

“Uh, um, then well...”

“Alright! No time so let’s prepare quickly.”

Like that I put the clothes prepared in advance on the friends and quickly entered preparation work.

Don’t make me laugh Kim Jihu.

A situation where you also can’t help it will definitely come.