Become A Music Monster Overnight! [EN]: Chapter 50

Staring intently at his face, I noticed something unexpected.

‘He’s handsome?’

Though life had weathered him and age had faded his youthful good looks, he must have been handsome enough to dream of being a celebrity when he was younger.

‘No… maybe he really did.’

Among those who came from manager backgrounds, it wasn’t uncommon to find former trainees who had once dreamed of becoming actors or idols.

Having only known this industry, some of them often ended up taking this path, unable to let go of their lingering aspirations.

Of course, nine out of ten couldn’t withstand the unexpectedly tough work and ended up dropping out.

“Maybe he was an idol trainee.”

Perhaps he created Good Night to find someone who could fulfill the dreams he couldn’t.

“Hmm…”

At my unconsciously uttered voice, the man seemed to belatedly notice someone was there and snapped out of it.

“Wh-who… oh?”

His eyes, barely able to open, widened for a moment as he looked up at me. It was as if he was seeing something unbelievable.

He rubbed his eyes a few times, then lay back down, muttering.

“Ah… I guess I’m not fully awake yet. Yeah, I’m getting old; three bottles of soju [Korean distilled rice liquor] is too much for me.”

“Haha…”

His behavior of naturally acting as if I wasn’t there made me let out a hollow laugh without realizing it.

“Huh…? Huh! Really? Really YC!”

Startled by my laughter, he looked up at me no less than four times before belatedly realizing he wasn’t dreaming.

However, that didn’t mean his confusion subsided.

Rather, his confusion seemed to deepen.

‘If I woke up in the office and saw a celebrity I’d only seen on TV in front of me, I’d be surprised too.’

Apart from my memories as a world-class musician, my original life as an ordinary citizen was the foundation, so I could well understand his surprised reaction.

I waited for him to calm down, and after a while, he regained about half of his composure.

“Oh, what brings you here? YC-nim [term of respect]. No… Please, sit here.”

While offering the sofa opposite him, his body instinctively folded the blanket he had been covering himself with.

‘Impressive?’

Without even a glance at the blanket, the folded blanket looked perfectly squared as if it had been ironed.

He quickly folded the blanket, pushed it under the small table in front of the sofa, and asked with trembling hands.

“W-w-would you like some coffee?”

“Yes. I would appreciate that.”

“Ah!”

At my words, he flinched with an exclamation and quickly filled the coffee pot with bottled water to boil it.

Then, he tore open one of the few remaining instant coffee packets into a cup that looked like it was bought from a dollar store.

-Beep beep beep!-

Even while the water was boiling, he couldn’t stay still.

He kept pacing around anxiously, and in between, he was busy glancing at me.

I could sense that he was quite a pure person from his behavior.

Knowing how hard it is to remain pure after being in the entertainment industry for several years, I found him to be a very interesting person.

‘Well, I’ll know for sure once I talk to him.’

The water had already boiled, and only then did he carefully offer me the coffee he had made.

“I-I’m sorry, this is all I have.”

“No, I like instant coffee too.”

I usually drink Americano because I’m worried about gaining weight, but instant coffee, which I had become accustomed to since my days as an engineering student, was my excellent go-to.

Unlike me, he had brought a cup of bottled water that he had just taken out, but he didn’t readily drink the water even though he must have been thirsty from drinking the day before.

That meant he was that nervous, so I drank the coffee he had made first.

‘Hmm. Not bad.’

Making good instant coffee was harder than you might think.

Even if the water control was slightly too much or too little, it was difficult to achieve the right taste.

At this level, you would have to make at least thousands of cups to reach this skill.

I enjoyed the coffee while idly turning over unnecessary thoughts in my head, and he carefully emptied his glass of water when I had almost emptied my cup.

Only then did I put down my coffee cup.

“I’m sorry for coming here so suddenly. I’m Park Young-chan, the president of YC Entertainment.”

With those words, he took out his business card, and the man accepted it with trembling hands, then hurriedly took out an old business card case from his pocket, took out a business card, and greeted me politely.

“I’m Jang Dae-hoon, the president of J Entertainment. It’s an honor to meet you like this.”

“??”

I couldn’t hide my bewilderment at his reaction. He was more welcoming than I had expected.

As if knowing my thoughts, Jang Dae-hoon continued with an excited face.

“Actually, I used to play rock music when I was young. Then I even became a trainee.”

“Ah…”

Although it wasn’t much information, I could roughly guess his past. As I had guessed, he also seemed to have been an aspiring celebrity. I asked to find out more about him.

“If you were a trainee, are you talking about an idol?”

“Haha. Yes. I was briefly a trainee at MS for a while.”

The fact that he had been a trainee at MS, one of the top three agencies, was impressive, but I wasn’t particularly surprised.

He would have built up some musical talent through his rock activities, and his visuals were probably top-class as well.

No matter what, a celebrity’s appearance was more than half of what they needed.

“Well… I ended up being pushed back from my debut and went to Yoo Kang Entertainment, but eventually became a manager. Still, I think it was really for the best now.”

Unlike his words that it was for the best, his lips were full of bitterness.

It wasn’t hard to understand.

Good Night, which he had created with everything he had, had failed miserably.

Judging by the fact that their third album hadn’t been released for almost two years, it wasn’t hard to guess his situation now.

“So… what brings YC-nim to our company? No, more than that, aren’t you in the middle of a busy period right now?”

“….”

At those words, I was momentarily speechless.

Just the thought of the past month, which had been so busy that I hadn’t even had time to blink, made me shudder.

As soon as I returned from my vacation, I had to forcibly jump back into activities.

I had to go back and forth between Japan and Korea to appear on variety shows and music programs, and this wasn’t just because of their appearance requests.

Rather, it was to 본격적으로 [in earnest] increase the influence of YC Entertainment.

If the previous activities were to increase the influence of Black Tiger and me, this activity was to increase the influence of the entertainment company.

To be more specific, we mainly moved with so-called bundling activities.

In Japan, we promoted the G1 band, which was about to start its activities in Japan in earnest, and in Korea, we made joint appearances with Lee Na-eun, who would be debuting next week, to promote them.

The response wasn’t bad.

Among them, G1 band had already built up some recognition through the Black Tiger concert video, which is now called a legend.

In addition, the fact that they won the runner-up prize at ‘Legends of Rock’, which was a big hit in Korea, naturally led to the modifier of musical geniuses.

Although the expression was exaggerated, they were only teenagers, but they beat those fierce professionals to win the runner-up prize, so if you only look at the results, it wasn’t entirely wrong.

Above all, the point that they were a band raised by me, Black Tiger’s vocalist and producer, received certification as geniuses and became a hot topic.

“Ugh~. I feel like I’m going to die from the pressure. Master!”

“Me too. I’m going to die.”

Thanks to that, the G1 band was dying in real time.

‘Actually, with that skill at that age, they have the right to be arrogant.’

Rather, that was normal.

However, perhaps because they were next to me, a ridiculously monstrous musician, even I myself thought it was absurd, they didn’t realize it.

Whether they did or not, Ichiro, who became the head of YC’s Japanese branch, warmly welcomed the G1 band.

With a keen ear for music, he saw great potential in the G1 band. Above all, he saw even greater potential for success in that I was helping with the arrangement.

“It won’t take long for them to go major.”

I shook my head at Ichiro, who answered that way.

“Let these guys experience everything they can. They’re not ripe yet.”

“…..I understand what you mean. I’ll do my best.”

I felt a little embarrassed at Ichiro’s answer.

Unlike his words, his face showed that he was thinking, ‘From the CEO’s point of view, wouldn’t everyone be like that?’

If that was the case with the G1 band, then Lee Na-eun was also smoothly building up her recognition.

She had built up some recognition by uploading cover videos on her YouTube channel in between ‘Snow Lady’.

However, she had only left behind music and had not revealed her face.

Then, when she revealed her face this time, the reaction was hotter than I had expected.

-Real? The owner of that voice is that girl?-

-I imagined a mature figure in her late 20s with that overflowing sensibility, but she’s such an insanely cute being!-

-Unique tone and crazy cuteness! The way she’s nervous is like watching a trembling rabbit!-

-This isn’t right! This is cheating!-

-Look at how she relies on YC! Even a lost baby lamb wouldn’t be that pitiful.-

-Such a heart-harming existence!-

Her youthful and lovely appearance, which was hard to believe that she was 21 years old this year, seemed to have given people a big twist.

Thanks to that, several memes were created and spread throughout the community.

As these recognitions accumulated, the teaser for her debut song ‘Bunny Bunny’ was finally released yesterday, and the reaction was explosive.

This is because the music video itself contained the epitome of cuteness that they could only hope for.

People who had expected a ballad style through Na-eun’s cover songs, including Snow Lady, would feel like they were being hit in the back of the head out of nowhere.

And most of them must have felt like they had been pleasantly hit in the back of the head.

In addition, I was busy 본격적으로 [in earnest] growing YC Entertainment.

I bought a building to use as YC Entertainment and recruited people, and in the process, I searched through my imprinted memories and started preparing to scout them.

“It won’t be easy.”

I thought that finding them would be difficult, let alone bringing them in.

That’s because the people I was trying to bring in were the ones who had been certified for their abilities while creating the enormous dinosaur entertainment company called YC Entertainment.

As such talented people, it was obvious that they would be greatly highlighted in their current positions and would be in high positions.

It wouldn’t be easy to bring them to YC Entertainment, which was now entering the ranks of mid-sized entertainment companies.

In addition to this, there were several other things.

After briefly recalling the terribly busy past, I belatedly replied.

“There are still some recorded broadcasts left, but officially, I’ve been on vacation for three days.”

“Ah! I see. YC-nim has been on TV so much these days. Um… If it’s okay, could I ask for an autograph?”

“Yes. It’s okay.”

“Th-thank you.”

With that, he hurriedly found five A4 copy papers hidden between the scrap papers and brought them.

“I’d like to ask for one for me, my younger brother Min-gi, and our kids. Ah. They’re a girl group called Good Night……”

“Yes. I know. Good Night. Would you like me to sign for Yuna-ssi, Jiheon-ssi, and Ari-ssi as well?”

“Huh? Uh… Yes.”

He was surprised that I knew Good Night, so I smiled at him and signed the autographs.

After signing for President Jang Dae-hoon and his younger brother Min-gi first, I felt new when I signed for the Good Night members.

‘I never imagined that the day would come when I would sign autographs for Good Night.’

Thinking about the past when it was difficult to even get an autograph, I thought that life was unpredictable and finished signing, then said to him.

“I would also like to receive an autograph from Jang Dae-hoon-ssi.”

“Yes? Yes? My autograph?”

“Haha.”

I couldn’t help but laugh at his flustered appearance, and I took out a contract that I had prepared with a lawyer from the briefcase I had brought.

Ah, I had prepared two contracts in the briefcase depending on the situation, and the one I took out was Plan 2.

If Plan 1 was a contract to take only the members, Plan 2 was a contract to acquire the entire agency.

I handed him the contract and said.

“As you can see if you take a look, to put it simply, I want to acquire J Entertainment.”

“Yes? You want to acquire our company? Why?”

Jang Dae-hoon looked like he had misheard, and I easily told him the reason.

“I want to make the Good Night members successful.”

“Yes? Wh-why?”

It’s no wonder that he reacted as if he was broken, since a top star who caused a syndrome and topped the charts in Korea and Japan suddenly wanted to take Good Night, who wasn’t even in the third tier.