The Road To Glory [EN]: Chapter 1671

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[HALO’s Gift and Tears of the Solar System]

[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Realized]

[Finding the Golden Ticket]

[Limited Edition LP’s Skyrocketing Value]

[The HALO Craze Resumes]

[The Reason His Album Had to Be an LP]

The world was going crazy.

It was like when a person named HALO burst onto the world stage with the song ‘I AM HALO’ last February.

In a way, it was like the French Revolution that February—the day HALO’s identity was first revealed.

And that storm landed in the California desert in April, and everyone thought the long chaos was over.

But the whole world was still swept up in the name HALO. The clothes he wore, the streets he walked, the food he liked, where he lived, his concerts, his music, and now his albums and merchandise were all causing a stir.

To someone who didn’t know HALO well, it seemed like he was born to be a star. He attracted attention no matter what he did.

If this craze was unintentional, it might be a natural talent. Some consider HALO’s musicality his greatest talent, but the ability to attract this kind of attention might be an even greater gift.

But if this craze was intentional…

If he knew how to get people’s attention and led them that way, then that’s really—.

“He’s one crazy son of a bitch.”

That’s all a Hollywood star who liked HALO’s music but wasn’t a die-hard fan, so he had an objective perspective, could say.

But it couldn’t really be called swearing.

The manager saw him in the rearview mirror, grinning as if he was amused.

“Didn’t you say you don’t like cunning kids?”

“I usually don’t.”

“So he’s an exception?”

“Oh.”

The Hollywood star exclaimed as if he was stating something obvious.

“Are you saying he’s a normal person?”

The manager had nothing to say.

He just thought that he thought so too, as everyone else thought he wasn’t.

“By the way, what happened to the ticket?”

“You can’t be satisfied with just a ticket, can you?”

He flicked his eyes as if asking if he would be satisfied.

The manager sighed deeply.

He couldn’t be unaware of the crazy situation right now.

Four in the morning. After the existence of the golden ticket was revealed, the ticket disappeared.

Well, fortunately.

There was enough time for those who had already decided to get it to get it.

The golden ticket sales disappeared, partly because of the shocking identity reveal, but also because those who wanted to buy it had already bought it before HALO’s LA concert.

So, those who can’t stand not getting something special and want to get it no matter how much it costs—tycoons, conglomerates, and stars—are those people.

“I got it.”

“That’s the answer I wanted. Now I can talk to BB comfortably.”

“BB (Brian Berry’s nickname)? Don’t tell me it’s ‘that’ Brian Berry that I know?”

“The most famous Brian I know among the Brians is ‘that’ Brian. He’s also a big fan of ‘that’ Brian. He’s shy, so he doesn’t show it well.”

“Shy?”

The manager asked back at the most unsuitable modifier, and he chuckled.

‘BB also said he did the ticketing himself, so it won’t be a golden ticket. I have to brag as soon as I see it,’ he thought.

As he thought so, he met the manager in the rearview mirror, who was shining his eyes.

“Is there any news about Director Berry’s new work?”

“Not yet.”

“Isn’t it time for him to do it now?”

“Well.”

BB was, for reference, his manager’s favorite movie director. He felt a little strange that he had never appeared in BB’s movies, but he might like it even more because he didn’t appear.

“Even if he makes a new movie, I won’t be able to get in.”

“Well, you can’t sing.”

He just snorted at the scathing criticism and didn’t really refute it. It wasn’t wrong.

He couldn’t sing. Of course, he wasn’t an actor who would be suitable for a music movie, but an action actor. He had reached the peak of his career by playing heroes, agents, police officers, and killers, so he had nothing to regret if he couldn’t appear in a music movie.

“It’s fun.”

After the conversation, he recalled the original topic.

The world going crazy because of one person.

He, who had made the world enthusiastic during his high career, thought about how long this would last, recalling that time.

There was always a protagonist in the world.

Once he was the protagonist, and now the name HALO would be suitable. But the world is not stagnant water, so the protagonist will change at any time.

‘I’m not really disappointed.’

However, he was enjoying the story of the current protagonist enough, so he hoped it would last a little longer.

But the possibility is not high.

There are too many enemies in the world who try to bring down the protagonist.

He could be brought down by anyone around him at any time.

Besides, HALO was only 16 years old.

Shaken by the surroundings, or unable to withstand it and collapsing on his own. That’s usually how it goes.

He stretched.

‘So this is just the opinion of someone who doesn’t know HALO well.’

:

Time passed.

It’s been a day and a half since HALO’s album was released.

It’s been about a day since HALO’s concert ended.

And it’s been ten hours since the identity of the golden ticket was revealed.

People who cried over the sold-out LP—even though they had bought expensive turntables!—were temporarily healed by HALO’s concert and the after-reviews and concert fancams [fan-captured videos] that were released afterward. The golden ticket was enough to hit people on the head.

It wasn’t just hitting, it was closer to the feeling of being hit on the back of the head with a baseball bat while being doused with cold waterfall water.

Anyway, their singer was definitely a great taxi driver. He sent them to hell and heaven, and then back to hell.

It’s not that they didn’t imagine that the watch might be merchandise. Especially Korean fans had already experienced it, so they wondered if it might be.

However, rather than giving luxury watches as merchandise, they thought it was more likely to be a collaboration with Arvo or other G brands. Looking back now, they might have wished it was.

[Info: HALO has never sold music boxes in the merchandise shop after giving them at a fan meeting. There is no merchandise shop]

[Fans asked the music box maker directly, and they said that only about 1,100 were ordered…]

└ ㅅㅂ Then sell the remaining 100라도!!!! [Korean slang expressing frustration: “Then at least sell the remaining 100!”]

└ What about the watch…?

[I missed the LP album and I’m so pissed…]

└ Won’t they sell CD albums?

In fact, it was enough for the fans to turn black [become extremely angry].

It’s surprising that the comments are still mostly tame(?). The LP album and limited edition merchandise situation were intense.

It might have been a little less intense because they gave other merchandise except for the limited edition merchandise.

No one has gotten everything they wanted, so everyone has become sensitive. It hasn’t exploded yet, but if someone touches it, it will catch fire.

And that ‘touch’ will explode in an unexpected place.

[Breaking│He originally intended to produce CD albums]

[British CD Pressing Company Collusion]

[CD Factory’s Abuse of Power, Target is HALO?]

The article about the CD pressing factory’s collusion spread all over the world, starting with the British mainland. The reason why the article, which could have been a bit noisy only in the UK, spread all over the world was the name ‘HALO’.

The fact that HALO originally intended to release a CD album, and the process of having to detour to LP due to collusion.

And the fact that their singer, who is currently the most loved star in the world, and a 16-year-old minor boy, was abused, became a bigger incident than what actually happened.

Fans who were already angry for various reasons. The trigger was pulled and the bullet hit the target.

[I came after reading the article, aren’t you crazy? Are you abusing HALO, not some unknown 잡놈? [Korean slang: “Are you abusing HALO, not some nobody?”]

[HALO’s album will sell so well, did you collude this?]

└ You didn’t think they wouldn’t make it, did you? They were trying to get more, but when there was no answer, Veil turned to LP

[I like vinyl, so I liked that the LP came out… Ha, I’m so pissed]

[Hailey, who was happy to release the album, must have been shocked, right?]

└ Veil wouldn’t have told you because he knew you’d be shocked, right?

└ I didn’t know because he was always smiling, but as soon as I saw the article, my head was dizzy

└ Why does the child always get hurt because of the adults’ greed?

└ Wasn’t England a country of gentlemen?

As the collusion incident grew, the newspapers excitedly printed newspapers, and the news bureaus created dramatic stories by adding some emotional interviews.

The sorrow of an indie singer.

Young fans crying because they couldn’t buy HALO’s album, etc.

The album pressing company definitely didn’t think this far. It ended before they even showed the ‘abuse of power’ that people were talking about. If they knew things would get this big, they would have done as they were told.

Even overseas record companies were excited and said, [It would be an honor if we could produce HALO’s album]

[Please give us your grace]

They started sending love calls.

From the United States, France, Germany, and even Korea. Each country said how well they could print.

[You bastards, pay for my turntable]

[I’m so pissed that they’re ignoring Hailey because he’s young]

[Isn’t HALO something that should be protected on a national level???]

[I’m so pissed that I failed to get a ticket, I really want to kill them]

[I’m sorry we couldn’t protect you]

In fact, this first round was a limited edition set including albums 1-13, so the quantity itself was small, but even that arrow went to the collusion company. The company said that it had nothing to do with us, but people wouldn’t listen properly.

Veil quietly watched them, announced the second sale of LP albums—this time individually—and said that he just needed to find a good CD pressing company.

The call from the CEO of Augustus Records scatters with cigarette ash.

-We have no intention of maintaining a contract with an unreliable company.

The CD pressing company would now know that the contract they last believed in had been broken. ‘Now I don’t have to worry about anything.’ Veil closed his eyes and listened to Frau’s new song.

At that moment.

쾅 [Sound of a loud bang].

A noise that breaks the silence.

‘It doesn’t give me a break.’

Veil knew who it was from the sound of the door opening.

He clicked his tongue and greeted the young man in front of him with a nonchalant face.

He came in full force for once.

The one who wants something comes closer.

“Reel.”

He was always the same.

#

Meanwhile, in Hamilton, Canada.

It was two days before the second performance in Hamilton.

HALO finished the LA concert early and moved straight to Canada. In the meantime, he received a watch authentication photo from Olivia.

Olivia, who was wearing the watch given as a guest gift, left a message of thanks and wrote her contact information on a note again like before.

“Oh my god.”

Seo-yeon Moon, who was watching it quietly, looked at him with a very interesting face.

“Are you going to contact her?”

She’s looking at him with eyes that want him to contact her.

HALO liked the members very much, but that didn’t mean he had to give her the answer she wanted.

“I don’t know.”

“It’s a problem that can be answered with Yes or No.”

“Then-.”

HALO raised the corners of his mouth.

“No comment.”

That answer was enough to stimulate the members’ imagination.

Those who couldn’t give up tried to hear his answer somehow, but…

In fact, HALO didn’t know either.

He may contact her someday, or he may not.

Even if he contacts her, it may be a private contact that the members think of, or it may be an official contact. I don’t know now.

Anyway, this was after the LA concert, and now he was having dinner with a couple.

The couple, who he had seen once in Switzerland, came to Canada to meet him in person, and the members were also at the dinner.

Jin-young Han was the first to bring the news.

“Hailey, about your watch.”

“Yes.”

“You said you only made a thousand because you couldn’t afford it.”

HALO blinked.

Originally, he wanted to give it to everyone who came to the concert, but he fixed the quantity due to time constraints. He thought it wouldn’t be bad to see people happy with the luck that came by chance.

“But if possible, you want to keep making it, right?”

“Of course.”

It was Jin-young Han who introduced the Swiss watch company.

He said he found out by chance, but while choosing from several artisans, they, who were friendly to Jin-young Han, offered good conditions first and even suggested drawing it himself.

Since they said they knew each other, it wasn’t strange to contact them. Rather, HALO, who sensed some good news, waited for Jin-young Han’s next words.

As a result, a meeting was created in Canada, and they came with the design right away.

They were already paying close attention to HALO’s golden ticket and watch, and they had finished discussing their business.

If the last thousand products were just custom-made, this time it’s a direct collaboration offer.

“Of course, it won’t be exactly the same. We need to make some changes.”

The designs they brought were almost similar.

The fact that two beads play the role of the hour and minute hands.

And the fact that the background is a universe studded with jewels.

The only differences were the presence or absence of jewels to be embedded there, the design of the universe, the watch strap, and a few parts. The quality of the product didn’t drop, and it was said to be a device to reduce production time.

Strictly speaking, it’s an entry-level model, but is there really an entry-level model worth millions of won in the world? It was still worth a luxury watch, so it was ambiguous to call it an entry-level model. So this can be seen as HALO Watch MK 2.

“And-.”

They brought HALO’s first design.

That stuck chocolate.

‘Why this?’ HALO’s eyebrows twitched, but the couple seriously suggested releasing a limited edition watch in its original form.

“That’s okay-.”

“Of course, it’s a matter of a distant day, so you can decide later.”

‘I don’t like it even then.’

He looked at the watch he was wearing and his painting alternately and shook his head. The couple looked at him cutely and skillfully passed it on to him to decide next time.

Good news will arrive for fans soon.

Of course, it’s a similar but different watch, so I don’t know how satisfied they will be.

The next day after a satisfactory meal.

Frau arrived for the concert.

Wearing the watch on his wrist.

“Hey, Bro.”

They were wearing the same outfits as in the music video.