A New Career Singer Who Can Read The Future [EN]: Chapter 110

Future-Reading Rising Rookie Singer – Episode 110 (110/225)

[@aDION is now following you.]

“……Cough……!”

While tearing into a chicken drumstick, Do-hyun choked on a piece of meat upon seeing the notification on his phone.

The official account of the singer A-DION, whom he had been discussing just moments ago, had started following him.

Consequently, a flood of notifications poured in.

└Is Na Do-hyun really doing a feature with A-DION? ㄷㄷ

└A-DION-chan! Please take care of our Do-hyun!

└Wow, our Do-hyun has become a superstar. I’ve been watching him since he was a baby.

└Honey, let’s be patient. Let’s just wait a little longer, and an official announcement will drop. Then we can rejoice ㅠㅠ Who am I kidding ㅠㅠ It feels official ㅠㅠ Has the A-DION concert ticket sales started? Or is it over?

└OMG ㄷㄷ A-DION is following an Asian singer for the first time

└Hoping for a collab! Please make it happen!

└Look before you leap!

“Hyung…… Is this real?”

Kang-ho asked while eating a dry piece of chicken breast.

“What’s wrong?”

“A-DION followed me…… No, they shouldn’t know yet that I accepted the featuring offer…….”

“Ooh! A-DION, you say? Let’s have a look!”

Do-hyun showed him the notifications on his phone.

“Wow. Our Do-hyun is amazing. This will plaster the news tomorrow, won’t it? The PR team will be swamped. How long has it been since the national tour ended, and already there’s so much buzz?”

“I really can’t believe it…….”

“While we’re at it, why not imagine the two of you performing at the Super Bowl together?”

“Hyung. The Super Bowl? That’s a bit much…….”

“The world’s top rap star is following you; dreaming of the Super Bowl is mild! That rap star’s concert in Korea was secured for 21.5 billion won [approximately $16 million USD]. It’s industry confidential, of course, but I happened to hear about it.”

Kang-ho shrugged his shoulders as he spoke.

21.5 billion won just for the performance fee in Korea. Converting that to dollars…….

Do-hyun was speechless.

“This featuring will be a huge opportunity for you. Once it’s officially announced, the company will seriously plan another US tour.”

“I was upset to see that only about 500 fans came during the last US tour…… It would be great if they increased the tour size this time.”

“So, just! Be excited!”

“Yes, hyung. Ugh…… I can’t even eat the chicken. Just A-DION following me makes me feel full.”

“Speaking of which. After the A-DION collaboration is publicized, how about visiting LA, where A-DION’s agency is located? Even if it’s just for show. I think it would get a pretty good reaction?”

Do-hyun hesitated for a moment, but there was only one answer.

“Okay, hyung. I’ll go!”

“Great, that’s settled. I’ll tell Team Leader Lee that you’ll be going there to record.”

“Yes, hyung!”

* * *

The PR team at Hue Entertainment was incredibly busy from the day after A-DION followed Do-hyun.

It was the first time A-DION had followed an Asian singer, and he was the hottest rap star in the world.

Do-hyun was also flooded with inquiries from acquaintances.

Do-hyun denied it, but no one seemed to believe him.

Even Hyo-seop came to Do-hyun’s studio to ask if the collaboration with A-DION was real.

“Hyungnim! Is it true that you’re working with A-DION? Is it not a lie? He’s my absolute favorite rapper!”

“Hehe…… Well. If we were working together, wouldn’t the company have already made an official announcement?”

Do-hyun felt it was surprisingly difficult to lie.

“That’s because the company isn’t telling me! I asked your manager earlier, and he told me to ask you, so that’s why I came. We’ve even released two duet songs together! Huh? Hyungnim! Please tell me!”

“Can you promise not to tell anyone?”

“We’re in the same company; we can’t leak confidential information. Huh? Hyungnim! Please tell me. I’m dying of curiosity! I’m even thinking of asking you to get his autograph for me!”

Do-hyun laughed loudly at Hyo-seop’s earnest plea.

“Ah, since you put it that way, I’ll tell you. The featuring offer did come in. But you know to keep it quiet until the official announcement, right?”

“Of course! Wow…… Featuring on a song by a billionaire rap star that the whole world envies…… Hyungnim, I’m really jealous. I wish…… I had an opportunity like that.”

“You’ll get a good opportunity too. You’re busy these days anyway. It’s hard to even see your face with all the schedules you’re doing.”

As Do-hyun said, Hyo-seop, the winner of ‘You First Singer’ Season 2, was having a hard time keeping up with all his schedules.

Even his fans were struggling to keep up with his schedule.

For Hyo-seop to say he was jealous of Do-hyun, Do-hyun couldn’t help but laugh.

“Still, I’m not world-class like hyungnim! Ugh! Amazing! You’re the only one in Asia that he follows! And the fact that I can be in the same company, in the same space as such a person! I’m so proud, you know? And when you see A-DION, please get his autograph for me…… Okay?”

Do-hyun nodded.

“Okay. I’ll get it for you.”

“Wait. You’ll get it for me…… Hyungnim, are you perhaps going to America to work? Awesome!”

“Well…… After discussing it with A-DION’s side, that’s what happened. They said we could work via email, but this is an opportunity. My manager hyung suggested I consider going in person, so I agreed.”

Hyo-seop’s expression was blank as he listened to Do-hyun’s story.

His face was filled with envy.

“I’m really jealous…… Meeting world star A-DION. Working with a rap star who dominates Billboard and everything else once he releases a song is so enviable…….”

Do-hyun just laughed at Hyo-seop’s words.

He was scheduled to leave for the United States soon, and the featuring was confirmed, but it all felt unreal.

He was still dazed. A collaboration with a rap star recognized by the whole world.

“Hyungnim, when you go there, you have to get his autograph for me. Got it?”

“I will. I still can’t believe it either. Actually, I was touched that there were fans who came to see me during the last US tour…… I never imagined that A-DION would follow me and offer me a feature…… I couldn’t have imagined it during ‘You First Singer’ Season 1.”

“I watched the show that came out before hyungnim’s tour. ‘Mysterious Night.’ But your grandfather was a shaman and opposed you becoming a singer. I don’t understand. Why would he oppose such a promising talent?”

“Sometimes I think about that too…… Well, he must have had his reasons. There’s a saying that the fate of a shaman and the fate of an entertainer are only a hair’s breadth apart.”

Do-hyun recalled the moment his grandfather appeared in his dream.

He remembered his grandfather’s nagging in the dream if the Grim Reaper hadn’t come to take him.

His grandfather told him to live, that this was not his place.

Do-hyun survived the attack, and in a way, he wondered if he had reached this position thanks to his grandfather, who was protecting him even from the afterlife.

“Anyway, hyungnim. Please take care of me!”

* * *

On the day of Do-hyun’s departure.

Hue Entertainment did not release a statement regarding the collaboration with A-DION.

Moreover, the departure schedule was also kept private.

However, entertainment reporters stationed at the airport spotted Do-hyun.

“Na Do-hyun-ssi! Where are you going for your overseas schedule! There are rumors that you’re collaborating with A-DION! Are you leaving because of that?”

“Is it because of A-DION?”

Reporters swarmed Do-hyun like hyenas, bombarding him with questions.

However, Do-hyun only smiled without answering any questions.

“I’m leaving because I have a schedule! Reporters. Please take good pictures!”

“Please tell us the reason!”

A photojournalist shouted loudly.

“I’m sorry. It’s a private schedule. It will be revealed later, so please wait until then!”

Kang-ho apologized on his behalf, pushed through the reporters, and took Do-hyun away.

Even after boarding the plane, there were glances at Do-hyun.

Some fans, somehow finding out, boarded the same plane as Do-hyun.

They were so-called sasaeng fans [obsessive fans who invade the privacy of celebrities]. He hated attaching the word ‘fan’ to them.

Anyway, they seemed to have bought the immigration information.

Kang-ho frowned and told them not to take pictures of Do-hyun, but they didn’t listen.

They pretended to take selfies, capturing Do-hyun’s face and sharing it on their accounts, as if they had coincidentally boarded the same plane as Do-hyun.

It was a headache to pay attention to each one.

As his popularity increased, so did these kinds of people.

Do-hyun put on his headphones and closed his eyes.

Hoping for a comfortable long flight.

* * *

As soon as Do-hyun arrived at LA Airport, he snapped to attention.

He took a limousine sent by A-DION’s agency and moved to the studio.

The sasaengs who had been on the same plane as Do-hyun caught a taxi and followed the limousine Do-hyun was in.

When Do-hyun arrived at A-DION’s studio, they also got out of the taxi.

Somehow knowing, local paparazzi were also camped out in front of A-DION’s studio.

Do-hyun thought about ignoring them, but after hearing that paparazzi would stick around even more persistently, he gave them a light wave.

And to the sasaengs as well.

Do-hyun entered the studio.

He nodded when asked if he wanted a cup of coffee.

It was a moment of great tension.

Although there was an interpreter next to him, he wanted to communicate as much as possible on his own.

‘Ah…… When I looked at the tarot cards before coming, good cards came out.’

The card that came out when he looked at the tarot cards in the car heading to Incheon Airport was [Queen of Cups]. It was a card full of emotional abundance and affection.

The card that came out was one that made him believe without a doubt that this collaboration song would be successful.

Recalling that memory, Do-hyun waited for A-DION to appear quickly.

“Do-hyun, are you nervous?”

Kang-ho yawned and asked. He grumbled that he hadn’t adjusted to the time difference yet.

He also complained that this schedule of moving directly to the studio was too much for the singer.

It was then.

A sound of footsteps was heard.

Do-hyun’s gaze turned towards the entrance.

And the door opened.

Do-hyun naturally stood up from his seat.

“Hey man!”

A-DION shouted towards Do-hyun.

Then he approached Do-hyun and offered a handshake.

Do-hyun inadvertently reached out his hand.

After shaking hands, Do-hyun was stunned by A-DION’s following words.

“Do-hyun-ssi? A-DION is talking to you…….”

Do-hyun came to his senses at the interpreter’s words.

─So glad to meet you. I’ve been waiting for this day.

A-DION replied to Do-hyun’s words.

Do-hyun could clearly understand his words.

What came out of A-DION’s mouth was unexpected.