A New Career Singer Who Can Read The Future [EN]: Chapter 195

American paparazzi are notorious for being a nuisance once they start following someone. They’re especially known for deliberately provoking celebrities to get sensational photos.

Sure enough, explicit curses could be heard coming from the cars tailing Dohyun’s.

“Ugh… typical capitalist country. Listen to those curses. They’re trying to get scandalous photos on purpose.”

“Haha… don’t worry about it. They’re the kind of people who would criticize me no matter what I do. I was instructed to just ignore them in preparation for this.”

Before getting off the plane, another staff member gave a stern warning.

“American paparazzi are relentless in their provocation and selling of photos, so just ignore them. Especially if they’re after Dohyun, they’ll be even more racist and try to provoke him even more.”

“Seriously… it’s so fortunate that we don’t have those kinds of people in Korea.”

“Right. It’s a relief that there aren’t such people in Korea. Or rather, well… we do have similar yellow journalism [sensationalist or biased reporting]. Is that the same thing?”

The staff member on the bus with Dohyun said.

“Still, the Korean media doesn’t provoke to that extent. They don’t sell stories, damage images, or try to provoke…”

“I guess so. Anyway, I’ll keep it in mind. Indifference is the best approach to paparazzi.”

The paparazzi followed Dohyun until he arrived at his hotel.

The bodyguards who came from Korea had a hard time dealing with the paparazzi who stuck to them, spewing all sorts of provocative words.

Nevertheless, Dohyun and the staff team consistently responded with indifference.

“Ugh… this is no joke. Thanks for your hard work, everyone.”

Dohyun greeted the staff. The staff members who gathered in front of the hotel room said they were okay and stepped back.

Only then did Dohyun enter the room.

Dohyun lay down on the bed and stretched out his stiff body from the long flight.

* * *

He came all the way to the United States because of FIFA [Fédération Internationale de Football Association, the international governing body of association football].

FIFA recognized Dohyun’s influence and invited him to promote the World Cup.

Without even having time to adjust to the time difference, Dohyun got up and headed to the recording studio.

Dohyun went to the recording studio.

Some of the staff said they had seen him at the Grammy Awards and were happy to be working with him.

“Thank you, Jane.”

“While you’re at it, could you sign this for my daughter?”

“Of course. That’s an easy task.”

Dohyun accepted all the staff’s requests for autographs one by one.

He didn’t find it annoying.

Rather, he was just grateful to be treated this way.

“Okay, Dohyun. Let’s start recording.”

Dohyun took the lyrics and entered the recording studio.

He had already perfectly mastered the song.

He wanted to do his best to complete a wonderful World Cup song.

In particular… he imagined the moment when this song would be played for the national team players who would advance to the semi-finals.

‘It’s great just thinking about it… I hope it turns out that way. Of course, my tarot won’t be wrong.’

With that thought, Dohyun energetically started recording.

“Oh… that singer from Korea seems to have better English pronunciation than us.”

One of the staff members who was listening to Dohyun singing from outside muttered.

“Actually, I was most concerned about the pronunciation… but the pronunciation was perfect.”

“I know, right? Now I can see why he won eight Grammy Awards.”

While the staff were having a heartwarming conversation.

Dohyun’s recording was reaching its peak.

The title of the World Cup song was ‘We are One.’

In other words, ‘We are all one.’ It was the World Cup held in North America, Canada, the United States, and Mexico.

It was composed with the hope that the World Cup would be successfully held, with North America united and the whole world united as the number of teams increased to 48.

Dohyun’s voice repeated the chorus, and ad-libs were added.

The engineer who was in charge of the recording repeatedly exclaimed.

“Wow… he’s really a singer with a natural voice. How could such a singer have lived an unknown life for so long in Korea? How fierce is that place?”

Dohyun showed off his skills to the extent that the engineer questioned him.

He saw the engineer’s sign that he didn’t need to record anymore and came out.

“Good job, Dohyun.”

The manager greeted Dohyun.

Dohyun’s forehead was covered with beads of sweat.

He could feel many staff members looking at him.

“Thank you, everyone.”

“We’re more grateful, for completing such a wonderful song. After the mixing is finished, there will be a music video shoot. Please get plenty of rest until then.”

* * *

There was one more thing Dohyun was concerned about.

It was manager Kangho’s wedding.

Kangho’s wedding will be held after recording the theme song for the North American World Cup, filming the music video, and returning to the country.

It seemed like a tight schedule, but he was concerned because it was the wedding of a partner who had taken care of him for a long time and got along well with him.

Kangho, who said he wanted to hear ‘One and Only’.

Kangho was already full of expectations for Dohyun.

Dohyun practiced and practiced the ‘One and Only’ song, playing the guitar from time to time even in LA.

“Dohyun. Aren’t you going to have lunch today? It would be nice to go out and sightsee. FIFA has requested that you show them your sightseeing.”

“Ah… can I skip it today? I want to, if possible. I feel like the work will go well… I want to focus on that. There’s also Ho-ya hyung’s [older brother or close male friend] wedding song.”

“Okay, then. The mixing results won’t be out for three days, so let’s do that until then, as they asked us to show our faces while sightseeing.”

After the manager conveyed those words and left.

Dohyun started practicing ‘One and Only’ again.

It was a song that he was so familiar with that it was almost boring through several tours, but Dohyun did not stop practicing.

He wouldn’t say Kangho was his favorite person…

Anyway, it was the wedding of his beloved staff, so he wanted to fully celebrate with a good performance.

“Hoo… let’s just sing it 10 more times today.”

Dohyun sang it 10 times.

He recorded it the tenth time.

After listening to the recording, he finally put down his guitar as if the practice was complete and stretched his stiff shoulders.

“Haa… it’s my first time practicing this much for a wedding song… I’m worried… but I’ll be able to do well, right?”

Dohyun was newly worried.

It was even more so because it was the wedding of people he cared about.

His tarot reading was also what bridged the gap between the two.

Wasn’t it the tarot reading that created the opportunity for the youngest to like him first and get closer to Kangho?

“…I hope they’re happy.”

Dohyun earnestly hoped.

* * *

From the next day, he had to go sightseeing and shopping.

As soon as Dohyun came out of the hotel, foreign fans who were waiting in front of the hotel greeted Dohyun.

“Dohyun! Won’t you look over here?”

“Dohyun! I love you!”

“Where are you planning to go today? We’ll join you on your schedule!”

Dohyun was planning to go to Koreatown first today.

Originally, he didn’t go to Koreatown often even when he went on trips.

However, he suddenly wanted to eat Korean food.

He also thought it would be quite nice to have Korean culture known through Koreatown.

“Wow… there are so many fans. Shouldn’t we give them autographs?”

At the manager’s question, Dohyun smiled and just smiled at the camera.

“Hey! Singer from the land of strangers! Look here and smile!”

Paparazzi were also 끼어 in the gap [wedged themselves].

Of course, the paparazzi had no choice but to back down due to the fans’ fierce reactions around them.

“What? From the land of strangers? Do you even know who you’re filming right now?”

“Apologize for that rude remark!”

“Paparazzi, get out! We’ll protect Dohyun!”

At the fans’ voices, Dohyun waved his hand far away and got into the car.

“If we give autographs, the situation on the scene will be even more chaotic. The staff will also have a hard time dealing with it. So I think doing this much is the best fan service we can do.”

“I see. All the staff and bodyguards have boarded, so let’s get going.”

The car Dohyun was in was followed by a car with only bodyguards.

After starting like this, there were fans who got into taxis waiting and chased after them.

The manager was checking this in the car.

“Wherever we go today, people will have no choice but to follow us. So many people are chasing us….”

“I hope there are no big problems. For example… no, if I say unlucky things, it might really happen, so I’ll shut my mouth quietly.”

Dohyun thought of many possibilities in his head, but he didn’t say them out loud.

He didn’t think it was a good thing.

Of course, the thoughts that came to his mind were not good thoughts.

Words spoken out loud will surely have an effect.

That was the thought he believed in.

Dohyun arrived in Koreatown like that.

As soon as he got out of the car, the fans poured out of the taxis that were following him.

“Dohyun! Won’t you look over here and say hello?”

“Dohyun! Here, here!”

“It would be better if you looked over here and said hello!”

At the shouts of many fans, Dohyun looked over there and greeted them once before moving with the staff.

He was thinking of going to a famous tteokbokki [spicy stir-fried rice cakes] restaurant.

Dohyun entered the tteokbokki restaurant and ordered rose tteokbokki [tteokbokki with a creamy rose sauce].

Thanks to Dohyun, many fans came into the store.

The store owner, who had an unexpected stroke of luck with customers, cheered and asked Dohyun for an autograph.

The moment Dohyun received the paper and was about to sign it….

“Don’t move! Everyone put your hands above your head!”

Some people at one of the tables took out guns and threatened them.

‘What… happened?’