The Road To Glory [EN]: Chapter 1741

< Respect and Courtesy -174>

“Hello, Halo.”

“Halo, good morning.”

Before rehearsal.

The first thing Halo faced upon arriving at Veil was the staff who had come to see him despite it being the weekend.

It’s not common for office workers to give up their precious weekends to come to the company. However, when they heard that Halo might visit the company on Saturday, those who had important schedules or were planning picnics neatly gave up their weekends.

The fact that Veil’s CEO is an unprecedentedly wealthy man, resulting in high wages and easy access to vacation or telecommuting, unlike typical record labels, isn’t the only reason.

The first reason was the chance to see Halo, a partner artist they had never actually seen before.

The second reason was that Veil’s size had grown to an incomparable extent due to Halo alone.

And the biggest reason was that this was England.

If this were France, Italy, or any other country, they wouldn’t have come out to welcome him so enthusiastically. As I said, today was a precious weekend.

But this was England.

Halo’s spiritual home.

Just as Halo couldn’t help but have a special meaning for England,

England also couldn’t help but have a special meaning for Halo.

The home of rock and Britpop.

Which shook the world in the 20th century,

But those were now stuck in the closet like old clothes.

Some missed the old days,

And some had forgotten them.

Halo’s music rose to the surface, and with it, Britpop soared again.

More splendidly with the glory of the past.

Whether Halo was white or black, the British people believed he was British, and Halo embodied the essence of old Britpop.

Of course, it has now been revealed that Halo’s nationality is a country about 13 hours away from England.

Nevertheless, the fact that he revived Britpop, and that the Britpop he revived awakened the souls of the British people again, was clear.

The feeling was different from the airport.

In other countries, the media and fans who came to see the superstar greeted him at the arrival hall, but England was more extreme and courteous. Some people showed respect from time to time.

He was guided to a hotel that mainly served external guests of the British royal family, and there were widespread rumors that a member of the royal family would participate in this concert.

If Halo had been revealed to be British, he would have certainly received a peerage [a title of nobility], and Halo’s significance in England was extraordinary.

Halo burst out laughing when he heard about the peerage, but in that situation, it was not strange for Veil’s employees to come out to welcome him.

Well, the crumbs falling on them couldn’t be ignored either.

“Mr. Halo, have you had breakfast?”

“My daughter is a fan, can you sign something for her? Her name is, uh, Henry.”

How many days would they have to greet and ask about a superstar?

Veil didn’t particularly stop the employees who asked for handshakes and autographs. There weren’t many of them, and Halo readily responded to the requests.

“Are you, Halo’s band members?”

The members behind Halo were also caught up in the impromptu autograph session.

After taking a group photo to be displayed in the lobby on the first or second floor, they left with Halo’s autograph in their arms, their hands that shook his floating in the air, and their cheeks flushed.

The last person asked for a hug, but as if they thought of him as a glass doll, they couldn’t hug him properly, so Halo hugged them tightly. It was nothing special, but they watched him leave as if they were sending off a lover going to war.

“What do you think of the company? It’s very different from when you first came, right?”

The record distribution company, which originally started as a hobby, has grown to a scale that rivals most record labels. All thanks to the name ‘Halo.’ Many people and companies are interested, and above all, countless artists are knocking on Veil’s door.

Originally, talents who would have been snatched by Augustus Records or the world’s top 4 record labels agreed to his contract.

Well, they may have made a better choice in terms of contract conditions, but no one ignored Halo’s name value. Veil, the CEO of this company, is Halo’s first fan.

“It’s definitely different.”

Halo ran his fingertips over the records displayed on the wall.

The photos and records on display had increased since he came before.

Originally, only one side of the wall near the elevator was filled, but now there were shelves for displaying records everywhere.

Veil’s first floor felt more like a store selling records than a company lobby.

“But where’s mine?”

Halo was looking at other artists’ albums and stopped at the end of the wall where Scorpion was displayed. He couldn’t see what should have been there. When he looked back, Veil pointed to the elevator with his finger.

“Yours is on the 7th floor. Would you like to see it?”

I wondered why they kept it separate.

Halo chuckled when he discovered that one floor was decorated like a museum for him.

From Halo’s LP [long playing] albums to Roh Hae-il’s first edition album. Photo books and Roh Hae-il’s merchandise, and the notes Halo used to prove himself when he first visited Veil were displayed in the showcase.

A vinyl was spinning on the turntable, and his music was playing from speakers worth tens of millions of won [South Korean currency].

In fact, having a Halo floor in the company was clearly preferential treatment that would make other partner singers feel deprived. Of course, after Halo’s album cover frame – just a large print of the cover – was stolen last year, they moved it, but Veil did not deny the preferential treatment.

As the CEO of a music distribution company, he tries to handle things fairly, but it was also true that he had more affection for Halo.

But so far, no artists have expressed dissatisfaction with this. There were many people who often came to Halo’s floor to get inspiration and energy. Even if they sometimes looked at the merchandise with greedy eyes, they didn’t show inferiority. Rather, Halo’s floor seemed to be another motivation for them. A desire to create their own floor like Halo’s floor someday.

Soon, Halo arrived at the CEO’s office and waved to Caroline – Halo’s manager – whom he hadn’t seen in a while. Then he went inside and had tea.

Around that time, Lily barged in.

I don’t know where he heard the news, but Lily, who kicked down Veil’s door with his long work boots, became a docile dog and sat next to him as soon as he found Halo.

“Don’t you have anything to say to me?”

“….”

I never thought I’d hear these words from a man.

Fortunately, before Halo could say anything, Lily spoke.

“I didn’t say your name until the end.”

Only then did Halo realize what he was talking about.

In the end, as he wanted, Lily hid his identity and gave him the stage he wanted.

“I kept my mouth shut, so give me a reward.”

“Reward?”

Veil’s eyes looking at Scorpion changed to ‘you’re going too far’, and as a strong adult man whined to a much younger boy, the members’ expressions gradually soured.

Whether they did or not, Lily was the owner of a brazen face.

Halo crossed his arms, looking at the whining fan.

“Let’s hear it first.”

That was the result.

Halo granted the request to have the watch put on directly.

In front of everyone.

Scorpion showed the watch on his left wrist to the people, and when he heard the cheers, he seemed even more excited and rolled up his sleeves to show off the watch to the world.

“Okay, everyone, look at this! Do you know what this is?”

“Fuck you Lily! You never even wore an Apple Watch because it was annoying!”

Lily, who finally heard the audience’s shout that was clearly angry, chuckled and retorted.

“What are you talking about? My hobby is collecting watches.”

Even if he exchanged the watch for expensive alcohol or used it as bail, the people in this place were hearing it for the first time. No one believed it. Even if they didn’t know all the lives of celebrities, Scorpion’s Lily had never worn a watch, let alone a leather bracelet.

Ah, there was one time.

When he used a Rolex watch like a knuckle.

Anyway, the audience who was in front and suffered as it was was about to go crazy.

If this was Scorpion’s stage, not Halo’s stage, they might have jumped up.

“Please invite me next time. I’ll go anywhere.”

Lily, who properly pranked people like that, became courteous again in front of Halo. It was a change that made me suspect he was a double personality.

With the same comment as at Scorpion’s Korean concert.

“My respected friend.”

This time it was Halo, not Roh.

It wasn’t new, but it made me sure that he knew Halo’s identity early on. Until the time they didn’t know.

It was later revealed that this comment was what he said during his visit to Korea, which turned the audience’s hearts upside down once more. But this is a later story. Halo answered Lily, who was boasting in front of the stage right now.

“I’ll think about it.”

“Why!”

“Because, I might have made better friends by then?”

“Better friends than me!”

As Halo smiled and didn’t give a definite answer until the end, Lily whined and was dragged off the stage. Thanks to that, the audience’s anger was relieved. Also, Scorpion showed a guitar-oriented stage this time as much as he showed during the opening stage, igniting another flame and subduing the anger.

So, it was when they wrote a review that people who hugged Halo’s merchandise tightly and returned home remembered this again. As I recalled, I remembered Lily showing off to them openly again.

[Go to hell, Scorpion]

[I’ve never seen Scorpion wear a watch in my life, what? A hobby is collecting watches?]

[Are you showing off this?]

[Looking for a watch expedition to take the watch from Scorpion (1/5000)]

Above all, the royal family who attended the event became a hot topic.

The Queen didn’t come, but the fact that the royal family came to enjoy the glory of Britpop was noisy in itself, but it wasn’t strange as it was a family that could be seen occasionally at soccer stadiums.

However, what came up in the community was when Scorpion committed the atrocity at the time.

The family’s expression was captured at the moment when Halo showed off the watch he had put on himself.

The princess, who claimed that she was frowning because of the lighting, and Prince Arthur’s expression, which resembled a Tibetan fox, although he didn’t openly rot, came to mind on the first page.

[Scorpion’s atrocities that even Prince Arthur cannot accept]

[Your Majesty, please banish Scorpion from the British Empire]

[Halo concert entry and Lily guest stage expression change···JPEG]

It was rare for such an expression to appear on the first page, where only smiling faces usually appear. However, Scorpion, who had done such a great job, was currently gathering at home to examine public opinion.

“Wow, Lily, the people’s reaction is no joke?”

“Everyone tells you to go out and die.”

“Our fans are also angry.”

“I can stand everything else, but I can’t stand this.”

So, the scorpion’s head is okay, but the legs.

“They’re jealous.”

The scorpion’s head, who committed such a terrible act, was busy looking at his wristwatch. Lily’s wrist, who hadn’t showered since Halo put on the watch yesterday, still had the same watch on it.

“I can’t do this.”

“Why, what are you going to do again?”

“Please, can’t you just stay still? I’m really scared that an assassin will come today.”

“People are really pissed off, you can really get killed.”

Lily turned on Byeolgram [Korean social media platform] without paying attention.

He smiled, posting a video of Halo putting on his watch on Byeolgram as if showing off, with only one hashtag without extra comments.

#Catch_me_if_you_can

#

-Someone has come to see Mr. Halo.

Meanwhile. Halo, who was spending a leisurely afternoon the day after the concert, received a call. Halo, who received a call from the hotel room phone, raised the corners of his mouth at the following content.

“What kind of call is it?”

Seo-yeon Moon was showering. Gyu-hwan Nam had gone out to buy alcohol.

Jin-yeong Han, who was left in the drawing room, asked.

“Someone is asking if they can see you.”

“Who? Mr. Veil?”

“No.”

Then who can tell Halo to come down on the hotel phone? Jin-yeong Han thought about other possibilities. At that time, Halo, who seemed to be contemplating, got up from his seat.

“I’ll go down for a bit.”

“Is it an important person?”

“Well, they’re not important to me, but maybe?”

Jin-yeong Han found his cell phone.

“I’ll be right back.”

“If you’re going to be late, contact me. We’ll go too.”

August Veil said that he might contact them, but Halo didn’t believe it. In the past, let alone a peerage, there was no chance to meet them personally.

Putting on his hat, Halo went down and found the quiet lobby.

It was quiet originally, but it was especially quiet.

In addition, a black limousine was parked across the lobby window.

It was luxurious, but not the kind that stood out.

It was obvious that it was the car waiting for him, so Halo approached slowly.

The bodyguards in black on both sides greeted him and opened the door.

Except for the courteous attitude, Halo didn’t get in, feeling like he was being kidnapped, and watched inside.

There was one person inside, whom he thought would be no one.

“Did you enjoy my concert?”

“Of course.”

He went to his concert yesterday.

“It was a sudden request, but I wanted to meet you in person like this. Please forgive my rudeness.”

“I’m glad to meet you too.”

At the call following His Royal highness, the prince answered with a faint smile.

“You can call me Arthur.”