Chapter 27

Chapter 27

“Worked hard!”

“Ended!”

Band Slam successfully finished this year too.

To fans of the indie scene it was an event like the finish of a year.

They took photos with band members invited as lineup or received signatures.

Like that the seats were all organized and it was the moment the performance team was trying to exit the performance hall.

“Hey, Hyeontaek hyung, how can you talk like that on stage?”

In the end Kang Min couldn’t hold anger and confronted Destruction’s vocal Im Hyeontaek.

“Huh? What did I?”

Im Hyeontaek answering in a tone of knowing nothing himself.

“Idol trainee? How can you talk like that while knowing nothing?”

“Ah, isn’t it right?”

“No.”

“Ah, it wasn’t? Then never mind.”

“Never mind?”

Kang Min flared up.

“Yeah, if not then not why are you heating up so much from earlier?”

Kang Min had an absurd expression.

“Whether idol or not do well in worldly affairs. Aren’t you guys currently fucking eating curses?”

Im Hyeontaek continued the momentum and started pushing.

“On the topic of no roots coming out on variety and doing genius cosplay so eating curses. As you said not even celebrity, and not a band with roots either. For high school band tolerable but that’s all right? Half-assed.”

“Is that wrong? Getting a good opportunity and going on broadcast a bit?”

“Because it’s wrong! Eating curses. Would people cursing you do so without any basis?”

Kang Min’s tightly clenched fist trembled.

“Min, let’s stop.”

“Cha Seoha.”

Im Hyeontaek’s attitude of applying a standard only with public opinion movement without basis was childish.

And disliked Kang Min arguing with such a low-level person.

“Looking carefully seems you don’t like that we with no roots came here.”

Im Hyeontaek’s expression distorts.

An expression of ‘what is this again’.

Watched from earlier but not only this person.

Behind him there are quite people harboring similar emotions.

“Understood. From now on just not joining here is fine right?”

“If know take the friends and go.”

“Yes, understood. We’ll do among ourselves, you side also work hard from now on.”

“You side? Kid has no manners.”

“Ah, sorry. Older than me right? Working hard holding onto something that doesn’t work for a long time.”

“What?”

“I should learn that tenacity a bit. As expected a musician with roots is different.”

In the end Im Hyeontaek started spitting curses that couldn’t be put in the mouth.

The host who couldn’t watch more stopped him.

“Let’s go. Seems no need to be here more.”

“Yeah.”

Like that I took Kang Min and friends and exited Main Hall.

* * *

Our dream Band Slam ended in a mess like that.

The performance was done well but with lingering discomfort remaining.

Wanted to gift good memories to the friends but that didn’t necessarily go as my heart.

The heart was sad but couldn’t be immersed there.

Let’s look a bit farther.

Because ahead we’ll do well.

-Fuck you Idol Band

The next day a short post together with a photo went up on Im Hyeontaek’s SNS.

“Wow, this hyung won’t do.”

“What?”

“Look at this a bit.”

Kang Min showed me the post that went up.

Honestly speaking that person had no particular thought.

Mosquitoes buzzing is annoying but because of that my life doesn’t greatly ruin right?

“Ah, annoying...”

Kang Min grumbled toward the air.

“Mood very not good?”

“Not only that Hyeontaek hyung. When you and that person fought yesterday did you see the surroundings?”

“Saw.”

Just like I discovered not only Im Hyeontaek and Destruction were looking at us unpleasantly.

Not everyone but except one or two teams all nodded at Im Hyeontaek’s words or frowned at me and Kang Min’s words.

“Dirty, dirty. From when did it become a board where even good music is ignored?”

“I was also a bit disappointed.”

Kim Jihu also supported.

Naturally Heo Junseong also said regrettable while saying should have at least cursed at Im Hyeontaek or whatever and come.

Lee Doyoung didn’t add words but seemed quite mood damaged.

“Cha Seoha you as expected nothing?”

“No, how can nothing?”

Heo Junseong is surprised at my answer.

“Huh? Unexpected, if you then again with annoying tone, ‘No, I was rather interested?’ what, seemed like that.”

...Um, was going to do that damn.

“Ahem, well, similar. Didn’t you guys feel something strange yesterday?”

“Strange?”

Didn’t even expect from Kang Min and Heo Junseong.

Even Lee Doyoung and Kim Jihu couldn’t grasp the intention of my question.

“Was there a person we didn’t know yesterday?”

“Seems... none?”

“Why?”

“Ah, because came out on broadcast?”

“Right.”

“Ah, right! That Hyeontaek hyung also clearly talked about broadcast.”

“And what happened coming out on broadcast? Ate curses big time. Everyone saw the community reaction right?”

“Yeah, right! Right!”

“Kang Min, you answer. When ordinary union performance is held how many people recognize a rookie band?”

“Almost none.”

“Us?”

“Recognized all.”

“This is what I intended. We are already quite famous compared to career.”

“Wow...”

Everyone looked at me as if some god.

“Would only have watched broadcast? These small fry bastards would have listened to the songs saying let’s see how well the music is in their own way. Is that all? Would have come to Banwol Park too?”

“There’s reason.”

“Wow, this guy is not ordinary.”

Until a little while ago they were guys angry because of yesterday’s incident.

As soon as hearing the words I give the attitude starts changing.

“Yeah! Later just do well. The moment of being ashamed of all the cursing now will come.”

“Yeah, let’s eat more curses! Become more famous and make those guys all ashamed!”

“Right, since it became like this as Seoha said eat curses to the fullest and flip the board.”

“Hey, Cha Seoha, is there a place where we can eat more curses?”

When Heo Junseong asked looking at me in a moment the feeling of dopamine bursting in the head arose.

“Oh... Is that so? You guys want to eat more curses?”

Good, let’s properly grow the board once.

* * *

Hearing the guys’ request of wanting to eat more curses the head busily turned.

Around now even if we prepare a good album again and prove skill it doesn’t matter but as the friends said decided to go down to the bottom a bit more.

When flipping the board the more dramatic the better the effect.

There are various plans.

There are also things like audition programs and can go on variety again like Moon Gayoung time.

Around this summer one singer floats and can contact that hyung.

Now unknown but soon famous producer receiving a song method too.

But such things seem not fun.

Anyway going on ‘some broadcast’ seems good.

I naturally intended to utilize media.

To appear on ‘that broadcast’...

Have to contact the producer first but that process seems not easy.

Have to use Moon Gayoung again.

Since there are various plans let’s think well toward the side that can contact the fastest.

As the performance of Band Slam the year-end event of the indie scene lowered the curtain a year set.

The story that Oktap appeared at Band Slam spread to the entire band scene in just one day.

Naturally criticism toward us would grow bigger.

The sun of the new year rose between buildings without caring about the world’s noise.

Like stage lighting illuminating the audience the world’s silhouette became clear.

That brilliance seemed to hint the start of someone’s flashy stage.

As the new year brightened we became full-scale exam students.

Naturally Kang Min had nothing particularly different in life, and me and Heo Junseong also not greatly different.

Lee Doyoung resolved to do music in earnest.

Still a bit regret remained at the thought of discarding what was built until now.

Because that guy’s grades were so good.

Kim Jihu still hadn’t revealed a particular position.

Because worry exists in an uncertain future.

There were differences in each position but the heart of continuing Oktap was the same for everyone.

Thanks to everyone’s cooperative attitude the days we gathered at the practice room didn’t decrease.

Ah, and today’s gathering had a special guest.

“Can I enter?”

Moon Gayoung visited the practice room.

“Yeah, enter. But what is all this?”

Appearance of holding full full something in both hands.

“Ah, bought chicken and pizza and this and that a bit. You like hamburger right? This is yours.”

“Wow, crazy! Thanks!”

Received contact in advance saying would come play once but didn’t know would bring so much bought.

Like that we sat spreading food full in the middle of the practice room.

“We’ll eat well!”

“I’ll eat well.”

“Yeah, eat a lot, if lacking I’ll order more.”

Definitely because a kid who rolled society from young knows how to repay, and adult-like aspects more than our kids were visible.

“Hey, why did you buy so much like this?”

6 people can’t even eat all the amount why alone brought like this.

Was that thankful?

Received song fee sufficiently.

“Not particularly just sorry.”

“Sorry? What?”

Including me the guys looked at Moon Gayoung with puzzled expressions.

“These days your reactions are not good. Because of me seems like bad influence was exerted for no reason.”

“Hey, I requested to direct like that so what are you sorry about? Don’t mind.”

“No, originally I asked for the song so the thing that arose.”

In fact me asking Lee Doyoung to call Yoo Yeongeun and Moon Gayoung to the busking place was earlier.

Naturally wouldn’t have known such facts but the kid is quite kind.

“Enough, we like being cursed.”

“Like?”

“Right, band has to have a bit of that taste too.”

Hearing Lee Doyoung’s unsuitable answer Moon Gayoung is quite surprised.

“Yeah! We like being cursed? Have to have this kind of ordeal to grow too! Not right Kim Jihu?”

“Noisy, lower the voice a bit.”

“Anyway don’t worry about us everyone is nothing.”

“You guys are really amazing. Wouldn’t be easy to endure. Anyway my sorry heart can’t be helped.”

“Yeah? If sorry later appear in our MV or something.”

“Yeah, if it becomes like that it would really be good.”

“Well, later if we do well.”

“Then I’ll definitely act once. Have to do that degree for the heart to be comfortable.”

“For free?”

“That talk with the company...”

Like that we conversed just from the position of friends while asking about broadcast talk or music talk, recent status.

“By the way. Thinking about it shouldn’t we be more sorry? In Star Cam part 2 our amount was too much.”

As expected quick-witted Kim Jihu asked Moon Gayoung.

Because stealing the main protagonist’s amount could clearly be rude to the person concerned.

“Ah, what is that your fault? Heard from manager oppa before there seems to have been some incident between our company and the broadcasting station.”

“Huh? What incident? Serious incident?”

Unable to hold curiosity Heo Junseong asked.

“No, not particular and the broadcasting station side seems to have thought you guys were our company affiliated.”

“Eh? Why?”

“Hey, why this idiot.”

“Eh?”

Kim Jihu scolded but Heo Junseong’s thinking seems not to have reached there.

Does this guy not know what curses we are eating now?

Moon Gayoung roughly explained the circumstances of how the broadcast flow became like that.

Seems not to know up to the detailed parts.

“So? How is it between your company and the broadcasting station now?”

“First it became vague. Our company has no relation with you guys so just passed. The broadcasting station side seems to be looking at later. Seems to think you guys will definitely debut from our company.”

That’s right, if we later debut from TM side then at that time they’ll move.

But such a thing won’t happen right?

Well, anyway no big problem seemed in the situation over there so that was enough.

“Ah, and in fact there is one more reason I came here today.”

“What?”

“While talking about broadcast thought of it.”

“Yeah?”