The Road To Glory [EN]: Chapter 2161

[Bonus] 18. Welcome to My Class

Today was the day ‘Well-Made World’ Episode 3, ‘Welcome to My Class,’ aired.

This content, streamed after work hours, had many viewers waiting an hour in advance, like the Little Prince taming the fox [a reference to the patient and dedicated process of building a relationship].

Of course, waiting didn’t necessarily mean enduring suffering.

An hour was plenty of time to review the previous episode, discuss it, and even debate it.

[Is Halo (Noh Hae-il) Really in a Slump? (+253)]

└ When will this debate ever end?

└ Probably not until ‘Well-Made World’ ends.

└ Now I don’t even know if the people who say Halo is in a slump are the real fans, or the ones who say he isn’t.

└ Everyone who’s over-invested is a real fan, lol.

[But Am I the Only One Getting Attached to Halo’s Members?]

When others are like, ‘Why are you in a slump? You’re too comfortable,’ the members are really comforting him and seriously trying to help him solve it.

└ It’s like older siblings doting on their youngest.

└ That’s because there’s a real age gap of about ten years.

└ It’s easy to develop feelings of inferiority or something, but it’s nice to see them acting like a real family.

└ Everyone’s skills are amazing, so there’s no room for inferiority.

From a keyboardist who graduated from the piano department of Korea National University of Arts [a prestigious arts university], to a bassist who was as famous as Shin Ju-hyuk’s band vocalist (Shin Ju-hyuk) back in the day, and a percussionist who’s super famous in the industry (famous singers offered him gigs, but he joined Noh Hae-il’s band and then Halo).

[If ‘Well-Made World’ Aired on Terrestrial TV Instead of YouTube, What Would the Ratings Be?]

└ (Clip) The reason why broadcasting stations are kicking themselves and feeling jealous.

└ I haven’t thought about it, but if it did air…

└ Top star + self-made chaebol [a wealthy business owner] + modern Mozart + composing + healing + youth + daily reality <<< Isn't this combination just cheating? └ The keywords are crazy, lol. It's a combination that makes Koreans go wild. └ Even though people don't watch TV much these days, they'd look this up out of curiosity. [It's a Rule That Communities Go Crazy on Days When 'Well-Made World' Airs] [Well-Made World) Let's Watch Episode 3 Together!!!!] Since 'Well-Made World' is streamed before being uploaded to YouTube, you can watch it together on YouTube, but many people don't prefer that. This is because there's no barrier to entry on YouTube, so there are really diverse people. Thus, posts like this were opened in communities that shared similar interests. [It's Starting, It's Starting] If the last episode ended with Halo standing in front of Hongdae Street [a vibrant and artistic district in Seoul], this episode started in a lecture room. [A School?] [It's obviously a school.] [It looks familiar for some reason.] In the darkened lecture room, only the whiteboard and clock were faintly visible. Time-lapse showed time passing quickly. The lights turned on, and soon a person entered. The man, carrying a heavy bass, was in his 50s or 60s. Just as he sat down, the door opened again. This time, a young man and a middle-aged woman entered. While the young man handed over the bass, the middle-aged woman and man talked. One by one, people filled the lecture room. "Did you practice a lot?" "I didn't practice at all. I was busy making food for my son." "I practiced a little." "Oh, should I look forward to the performance?" The age range was diverse, but it seemed that not practicing and just chatting was the same in any class. [They're saying they're worried about the performance, but lol, no one's practicing] [It's like watching myself] [The time before class starts is always the most fun] And one by one, they began to realize why the academy lecture room appeared at the beginning of 'Well-Made World.' Why was the title of Episode 3 'Welcome to my class'? [Does 'class' mean that class, like 1st class, 2nd class?] [Wait, that looks like our academy. Could Halo be... a student?] [They wouldn't be teaching a Grammy winner, so did he go as an instructor?] [There's an academy where Halo is a classmate or instructor?! I want to go!!!!] [Seriously, how much would you have to pay for an instructor like Halo?] └ Don't music professors get hundreds for one lecture? There would be a lot of people who would say okay even if Halo asked for hundreds. └ Just watching him make music next to you is worth more than all your assets. As much as the viewers were anticipating, the students were also excited and started talking about the filming. "But what kind of filming is this time?" "I heard it's for a YouTube channel. Is Teacher Jin-young starting a YouTube channel?" "Aren't celebrities coming? Teacher Jin-young knows a lot of celebrities." "Could it be..." As someone raised their finger and spoke, even the viewers became nervous at this moment. "Shin Ju-hyuk?" "Or an idol?" "Who's a good player among idols?" "An actor... wouldn't come, right?" [Wow, no one even thinks it's Halo, lol] [Halo was supposed to be abroad at this time] [At first, I thought I found the wrong video, but now I understand why they included it. It's so funny, lol] [I wonder what will happen when Hae-il comes in] At that moment, the camera's point of view changed, showing the hallway outside the lecture room. Someone was approaching from afar. Instructor Han Jin-young was zoomed in on first, with an introduction like subtitles. Han Jin-young – Halo, Noh Hae-il Band Bassist – ## Practical Music Academy Instructor And a black figure following behind him. [ ! ] Even though he was wearing a hat and mask, it was obvious who it was, Halo. Following Han Jin-young, the boy looked around, peering into a lecture room, and his eyes slightly crinkled. You couldn't see his mouth covered by the mask, but viewers wondered what he was looking at with his soft gaze. Soon, Han Jin-young opened the door and entered, receiving greetings from the students. Halo revealed himself. And the reaction was, well-. It was as everyone expected. "Who is it?" "Wait-" "Isn't that Halo?" "Halo?" "Why is Halo here?" But here he was. Halo took off his sunglasses and mask, and the students' expressions were revealed in real time. [ㅇㅂㅇ] [Ah, I want to be there] [Wait, I went on the day they said they were filming, was that the day Hae-il came???] Someone dropped a pen, and the climax was when Halo picked it up. "C, can I receive this?" "?" The contrast between the happy and embarrassed expressions was the highlight. [lololol it's not merchandise] [I would have been thrilled too] [The most expensive Monami pen in the world, lol] [Monami is a popular and affordable pen brand in Korea, making this a humorous exaggeration] "Hello, I'm Noh Hae-il, and I'll be a one-day instructor today. Nice to meet you." Han Jin-young gathered attention, and then Halo greeted them. His slightly smiling face looked like a young professional, but the specs inside him were not those of a young professional. The students welcomed the top star with beaming faces. Then, Halo gave a playful smile and announced. "I'm looking forward to today." The expressions of the students, who seemed to have lost their souls, instantly stiffened. [;;;; no, that's a bit] [I don't think you should look forward to it...] [So, you have to play Halo's song in front of Halo...?] [Wow... how can you do it without being nervous;;;;] [I've already shown it in front of the original singer, so I won't be nervous at the performance, lol] [I still want to be there] "Then, who should we start with?" The opening had just ended. Episodes 3 of 'Well-Made World' were divided into the first and second parts, showing episodes and interviews that took place at the academy. Since it wasn't terrestrial entertainment [traditional broadcast television], there was no need to be conscious of the programming, and the length of the video was simply determined by the editing. It might be difficult for a web entertainment show, not a movie or drama, to keep viewers sitting for more than an hour. In particular, 'Well-Made World' flowed gently without any special broadcasting exaggeration or clickbait. But why? Why does it feel like you're constantly being sucked into the video? "How is it?" "It's good." "Really? You can be honest." "It was really good. It doesn't sound like my song, though-" "!" The office worker chuckled at the innocent honesty. "And there's a section I made to be wrong, but you didn't get it wrong." "! You made it that way on purpose?!" "Yes, for people who didn't practice." How mean! I sympathized with the letters passing over the student's face for a moment. [No wonder it was difficult...] [Our teacher said it was artistic interpretation, but was it just put in to be wrong?] [It worked as intended. It's a section where lack of practice is immediately revealed] [More than that, you said you were a beginner;;; you chose a difficult song, but you're so good. What's the name of that academy?] It just looked like Halo was having fun tuning the guitar and playing the bass. To the point where I thought about learning bass. It's so strange. Unlike some entertainment shows, there's no game to win meals or accommodations. There's no thrilling chase, no reasoning, no comedy, but I don't know why I want to be in that video. Above all, the reason I put down my beer and stared intently at the video was from the moment a student confessed to stage fright while everyone was talking about how they started making music. Halo's appearance, listening to it seriously and talking about it, was an appearance that viewers couldn't easily access. "First of all, I've never thought that people aren't interested in others." "Yes?" "Rather, there are many. Especially if you're on stage. Whether you come to see me or not, you'll see me." Up to this point, it was just amazing, but gradually-. The comments decreased. "If a stage fails, it's not because of a mistake. It's because I didn't show everything I prepared." "Isn't that really disappointing? I practiced the bass really hard. Even if I'm not good, I know how to finish. People might think I didn't prepare anything, but I really tried." My stomach churned at that one word. Is it because the gaze looking at the college student who was afraid of making mistakes was warm? I felt healed by a word from someone I didn't know would understand. It felt like I was getting something unexpected from a program I was just going to enjoy. Then, Halo started playing with the college student. The dissonance and occasional broken sounds were finally connected. It might be a sound that's inferior to the original song, but it was a complete song. Q. How was today's class? The students' interviews followed briefly to that question. Some people were happy to meet their favorite singer, some people just asked to have their faces blurred, and then asked to show them, boasting to their friends that they met Halo. They've only appeared in one episode, but I think I've already grown fond of them. The office worker wondered if their performance would be in the next episode. I thought that was the end of today's episode 3. Black screen with static noise, then the camera light came on. A desolate field, and behind it, a sparsely populated mountain. Halo, looking at it blankly, said. "We're going here?" Then, a middle-aged man wearing heavy equipment turned around and asked. "Aren't you coming?" [?] [??] [Halo's hiking??] [lololololol Halo's expression = my expression] [Mountains should be viewed from afar...] And then the camera started shaking wildly. It was clear that a disaster had come to the world. The viewers, who thought it would only be like that for about 5 seconds, gradually complained of motion sickness and were purified by being hit head-on by the sunlight. [When did an earthquake hit our country??] [으아아아아ㅣㄴㅇㄹㄷㅇㄹㅎ] [Korean gibberish expressing shock and discomfort] And the screen clicked and purified, showing Halo on a large rock. When Halo put his hand on the guitar while standing there for a while, Click. The screen turned off, and a poster came up. 'You are invited to [The sound of world]' -Exhibition Location: Cheonsang (### Dosan-daero, Gangnam-gu, Seoul) -Exhibition Period: 34.03.15~34. 03.31 -Exhibition Time: 11:00~18:30 -Admission Fee: Free I was going to just pass it off as a promotion for a unique exhibition, telling me to enter 'sound exhibition' in the search bar. I found a familiar name in the exhibition table of contents. 'The []' -Noh Hae-il (HALO), Special Exhibition # At that time. Halo, who had returned to Seoul, was at the label. Sitting at the round conference table in front of him was Jang Jin-soo, who was about to die as school started. "When will your assignments end?" "I don't know, they won't end. You really shouldn't go to college." "Why?" He wasn't planning on going anyway, but Halo asked without much thought, and Jang Jin-soo said while doing his homework. "The professors are weird. They act like we're only taking one class. How long has it been since school started, and they've already given us all the assignments?" He's already become a college student even though he's a freshman. Employees who came out to the lobby for a break laughed at them. "So this is what you do at school." I don't plan on going to college, but I was curious about what they learn. Halo nodded, looking at the assignment. Rather than being difficult, it seemed like his fingers would hurt from typing. "This isn't all. I heard there will be team projects and individual classes soon, and the seniors say that's the real deal." "Isn't it more fun to do it together?" Jang Jin-soo was speechless at Halo's words. But he couldn't refute it because Noh Hae-il had also done team projects before. Not school team projects, but featuring, duets, and collaborations. Numerous singers who had made songs with Noh Hae-il flashed by. Those singers weren't people who would freeload, and Noh Hae-il wasn't the type to be intimidated, so it would be fun. "You'd have fun doing it." And what would happen if Noh Hae-il entered college and did a team project? It was obvious without looking. Who would freeload? It wouldn't just be rumored in the school, it would be rumored all over the world. Even if he met a really weird guy, Noh Hae-il doesn't have the mentality to be shaken or hurt. Jang Jin-soo decided to just work hard on his assignments. Not knowing that, Noh Hae-il asked again when it would end. He seemed free. 'Free... is he really free?' He said he was preparing an album. Jang Jin-soo belatedly recalled the meeting and looked at Noh Hae-il. "But is it okay for you to be playing like this?" "?" Since he said he was in a slump, I couldn't easily bring up the album. What if he gets stressed? Jang Jin-soo just opened and closed his mouth. Then, fortunately, an employee came to find Halo. "Mr. Halo." "Yes." "The proposal you mentioned has arrived. It's been sent to Mr. Halo's personal email, but-" "Proposal?" "That, the proposal from Na Hye-joo PD [Production Director] from MNC. The project plan is attached." When Halo returned from Baekundo, he decided to read the recruitment proposal as Na Hye-joo PD had requested, but the recruitment proposal did not arrive for a week. During that time, the label brought rumors related to Na Hye-joo PD, that is, rumors that a senior had stolen a junior's program. It's a secret within the broadcasting station, but the senior who stole the junior's program was subtly blabbing about it, so the rumor spread. 'Na PD's ideas are still good' 'The prodigy you found is said to be ordinary according to singer Kim Seon-cheol. Hey, I taught you so much, but you still don't have an eye for talent.' It was a ghost story that existed everywhere. "Are you going to do it?" Jang Jin-soo, who had shown curiosity after hearing all sorts of rumors while interning at the company. "I don't know." "Why? You said that kid was talented. Hyung Jin-young said so." I still don't know how to teach anyone. When I heard Na Hye-joo PD's program plan in Baekundo, it was close to dislike. The prodigy education program felt stuffy for some reason. Doesn't it remind you of the old public school? I don't really like kids, and I don't know about teaching someone. If I hadn't promised at that time, I wouldn't have read the project plan. Halo unfolded the project plan without much expectation, and the movement of his eyes, which had been roughly glancing, slowly slowed down. At some point, Halo smirked. "Why?" "No, just." "Just what?" "I just thought they used their head well." Even Halo thought that the senior had no hope for the program. If the planning meeting had already taken place, the higher-ups would have allowed it, and there wasn't much a PD who hadn't even made their debut work could do. So, they inevitably had to create a new program. [(Tentative Title) Wise Island Life] 'Baekundo, an island with beautiful white clouds. In this quiet place where guests are rare Perfect spring unfolds. Old things into new Fill in what's lacking Present a bountiful time Friends' romantic island life filling a leisurely daily life with happiness and music' Halo realized that this is what it means to be different. This kind of thing seemed fun. Of course, there are some things that are a bit visible in the planning intention. -'The prodigy you found is said to be ordinary according to singer Kim Seon-cheol. Hey, I taught you so much, but you still don't have an eye for talent.' I don't know who it is, but I didn't like it, so I thought it was good. "Suddenly interested?" "When did I say this?" "What?" "My childhood dream was to be a hero." "?" "A righteous role to punish the villains. Doesn't it suit me well?" ...I don't know about a hero, but he just seems like a villain. Jang Jin-soo swallowed his words, sensing the situation.