Chapter 21

Chapter 21

“Gayoung, are you very nervous?”

“I, I feel like I’m dying. Shall I say even now that I can’t go up on stage?”

“Don’t get scared, you have to go and beat the rival.”

“I’m only now realizing what kind of reckless remark I made...”

Moon Gayoung treating Oktap as a rival was all Cha Seoha’s script.

But that doesn’t mean Moon Gayoung’s emotions were all false.

For Moon Gayoung dreaming of being a singer thinking ‘I have to present the best stage today!’ was a natural thing.

And the best stage today was the stage that beats Oktap.

So Moon Gayoung’s words of reckless remark were also sincere.

‘How do I beat that!’

Of course Oktap’s skill seen at Banwol Park was terrifying, but it didn’t seem to this degree...

Trying to stand on one stage, a wall is felt.

‘Can I, do singer?’

Moon Gayoung who was thinking that went up on stage at the host’s call.

The previous stage had well raised the atmosphere and because there was the halo effect of celebrity the students’ reaction was no joke.

Meanwhile, the PD talked with the main writer.

“Contact TM Entertainment right now.”

“Moon Gayoung’s agency? Why?”

“Writer Jeong. Isn’t it a bit strange? Are those guys really ordinary people? Are they really just guys who play instruments a bit in the neighborhood?”

“Honestly... they’ve surpassed that level.”

This PD and Writer Jeong were both people who had rolled as much as possible in the entertainment industry.

In such their eyes the probability that ‘a stage this excellent’ is independent converges almost to 0.

They are clearly ones who received the benefit of capital.

They would be trainees of somewhere.

Or it could be an idol band on the verge of debut.

Then where is their agency?

“100% TM. Through Moon Gayoung trying to naturally expose to the public.”

“But didn’t TM dislike Moon Gayoung’s singer challenge?”

“At first they would have disliked. But they themselves while monitoring the previous episode would have realized right? Ah, that the broadcast can only flow to the singer story in the end.”

“Ah...! So they attached their trainees beside Moon Gayoung’s picture?”

“Yeah. If Moon Gayoung’s side takes a loss then on the other side have to see profit.”

“But why didn’t they notify us?”

“If looking with good heart they handed the choice to us. If in your view usable send out, if not then don’t. Only then is the picture natural too right?”

“With bad heart?”

“Perhaps they didn’t want to pay the rightful price for selling in?”

Gifts going back and forth between broadcasting stations and entertainment under the name of sponsorship is a common thing. It would have been a waste to invest for trainees.

“Send the youngest right now and catch those guys called Oktap. I’ll interview directly. Writer Jeong you call TM and communicate openly.”

“How openly shall I do?”

“Just reveal all cards. We’ll make them stars so show some sincerity.”

“The director will like it?”

“Just write a letter of thanks about today’s envelope on the paper I was going to write the apology letter on?”

Like that things proceeded with the broadcasting station’s logic.

A little later the youngest writer succeeded in making Oktap’s interview happen, and Writer Jeong succeeded in contacting TM Enter’s director.

Meanwhile, Moon Gayoung who sang 2 cover songs just like Oktap presented the last stage.

It was <​Diving> mentioned in the interview.

“Um...”

The song is too good.

Believing that Cha Seoha made that is something only a fool does, clearly a professional composer is attached.

‘Trying to give a self-producer image.’

While PD Lee Yoonjeong calculated how far she could adjust the broadcast picture according to the sponsorship fee.

Writer Jeong who finished the call with TM Enter’s director returned.

“What did they say? How much are they thinking?”

“PD.”

“Yeah.”

“They’re asking who Oktap is...?”

* * *

After all performances successfully ended, according to the broadcasting station’s request we proceeded with the interview together with Moon Gayoung.

In fact I don’t particularly like interviews.

Because in the past life’s life there were too many experiences of getting burned by interviews.

But the first interview together with Oktap also had a slightly anticipated part.

Like that the full-scale interview started.

“Alright, first thank you for working hard performing.”

We clapped together with the production team and encouraged each other.

“First Gayoung, please give post-performance impressions.”

“Uh, in fact I worried a lot if I could do well. The reaction was better than I thought and the live also seemed to have done well as much as prepared so too refreshing. On stage...”

When the long answer ended, this time the PD looks at us.

“How was the stage in the view of Gayoung’s rival Oktap band?”

At the PD’s question Moon Gayoung whose face reddened hurriedly interjected.

“Ah, PD. That rival is just me alone...”

Acting well.

Even though I requested to treat as rival it was acting that could briefly deceive.

If not that, did she really want to beat us?

Thinking that and looking at the friends the gazes were all toward me.

“What are you doing? Not answering?”

“Asking how Gayoung’s stage was.”

“L, leader do it.”

Oh, Heo Junseong stuttering.

A precious scene.

Holding back the heart wanting to tease I elaborated the impressions about Moon Gayoung’s performance.

In honest feelings I think Moon Gayoung’s skill is above ordinary person, below singer.

If the stage atmosphere and song match well she can show a singer’s appearance, but if calculating by average a bit regrettable appearance?

But since can’t say like this I packaged moderately.

Seeing me proceeding the interview without incident whether tension released, Heo Junseong interjected and also threw a joke that he was seriously considering vocal replacement.

After that the interview continued throughout.

Natural talk, but most of the questions that flew to us were related to Moon Gayoung.

What was Moon Gayoung’s first impression.

What is Moon Gayoung’s school life.

How did it come to write Moon Gayoung’s song.

What feeling when hearing the words of doing singer etc.

It can’t be helped, from Star Observation Cam’s position Oktap is not a personality.

Just one symbol representing keywords like ‘ordinary school days’, ‘singer’s dream’, ‘youth’, ‘youth’s festival’.

That is, merely an extra that smoothly expresses Moon Gayoung’s narrative.

In the original history there was no element to bundle such keywords into one.

So showed the boring school festival scenery until right before channel change.

Packaged the boring festival stage as if tremendous.

Even grabbed a few Jeongun High students and added impressions about Moon Gayoung’s stage.

However in my this life that all Oktap playing the role as device added validity.

No, it would be more than that.

We did the stage very well, and even looks are for broadcast.

While thinking that, somehow the interview started flowing with a strange complexion.

“Did we only talk about Moon Gayoung too much? How were our Oktap people’s performance impressions? Keyboardist?”

“Uh, our Oktap has only done busking until now. The opportunity to perform on a hot atmosphere stage together with friends arose so too thankful and the performance also seemed to have ended well so happy.”

“Aigo, thank you for the framed answer. What student council president election impression kind of answer?”

“Uh, this friend is the student council president.”

“Ah? Jeongun High president?”

“No. This guy is another school...”

The friends with tension released are chattering disorderly.

Looking carefully the flow of the interview is a bit strange.

The PD who should cut sharply riding the flow of going aside after our answer was strangely sympathizing and continuing the interview.

Not about Moon Gayoung, content about Oktap.

“You won the nationwide drum competition? As the youngest?”

“Uh, yes. At the time youngest. Not that tremendous and just because liked and did it good results seemed to have been.”

Kang Min’s appearance restraining human otaku speech was funny, but couldn’t just laugh.

Because don’t know the PD’s intention.

‘But no way they’d do something like devil’s editing with us? What source are they picking?’

Devil’s editing also needs a role to be able to do.

Moreover here is public wave observation variety so no reason to do such a thing from the start.

‘Thinking of more actively granting image inside variety?’

But for that the directionality feels none.

Just a feeling of pulling out all usable interview sources.

But, my question was soon solved.

“Then are you guys doing among yourselves without something like agency?”

The PD throwing the question was not looking at us.

Eyes are toward us but consciousness is toward Moon Gayoung and Moon Gayoung’s manager.

With a very suspicious gaze.

‘Ah, what, it was that?’

The PD was suspecting whether we might be TM affiliated.

‘My mistake.’

I knew that Oktap is a band for broadcast.

Then the PD’s thought reaching there is an obvious thing, but because didn’t keep in mind at all.

The head started spinning tightly.

PD Lee Yoonjeong who misjudged our identity would clearly have contacted TM and demanded something.

TM would have counter-questioned with absurd feelings.

Because TM and Oktap are no relation at all.

But PD Lee Yoonjeong is probing Oktap’s affiliation once more.

That means...

‘Suspecting.’

The feelings are understandable.

Did we do a bit well?

Not a quality that a few high school students gathering can make in a snap.

Moreover self-composed song.

Of course this suspicion if PD Lee Yoonjeong properly contacts TM is a thing that will be solved soon.

If so exactly the result of the amount I originally aimed for will come out.

Caught on broadcast with an amount not too excessive, and not too lacking either.

Appropriate as the start of the plan to announce our name in the band scene.

But...

Wouldn’t it be better if a bit excessive?

‘Shall I add a bit more?’

Anyway there’s nothing we’ll lose.

Let’s get caught a bit more on broadcast.

Immediately I acted a high school boy whose interest was stolen and interjecting.

Putting forward ‘setting’ surpassing student council president and competition champion.

“I was a taekwondo athlete.”

Even Kang Min’s DMC story not properly ending when I hooked and interjected the members float question marks on their faces.

Originally I’m not this style.

“Taekwondo athlete?”

“Yes. National representative was right in front... Quit because wanted to do band.”

“Oh, athlete grades seem to have been good?”

“Of course. But not only that.”

Without giving gap for the members’ reactions to enter I continued the words.

“As said this guy is student council president, this guy dropped out and won the drum competition right? On top of that this guy is class president, this guy is the delinquent that every school has one of. But now personality is good so not a thug.”

“Hey! Delinquent!”

“We are such worldview, that is concept, no, students.”

At the words ‘worldview’, ‘concept’ that popped out out of nowhere the members look at me with absurd complexion.

Those guys are probably looking because really absurd, but in PD Lee Yoonjeong’s eyes it will look different.

Wouldn’t it look like surprised because said words that shouldn’t be said?

Originally people finding it not easy to deny the thought they first recalled is the law.

Somehow a fun situation seems to have been directed.