The Road To Glory [EN]: Chapter 224

[Extra] 26. The City Where the Sun Rises with Song

The musical genius Mozart, no, Halo, no, Mozart…

PD [Production Director] Na Hye-ju, who hadn’t been able to distinguish between the two since yesterday, answered her phone as soon as it rang. It was a call from a close senior colleague at the broadcasting station.

“Scheduling? Our scheduling is fine, why do you ask?”

She wondered why they were talking about scheduling as soon as she answered the phone.

Soon, an unexpected voice came through.

“Is that Senior Kyung’s, no, PD Kyung’s program?”

“Seriously, I was so dumbfounded when I heard about it. Do you know that the scheduling is on Saturday? Even in the same time slot as PD Na. Connections are really scary.”

“It’s not exactly the same time slot; mine is on Sunday, so it’s a good day.”

“Is a good day the problem? PD Na, please don’t lose to PD Kyung. If you do, even by a small margin… wow, that’s really scary. PD Kyung is getting scheduled early, but PD Na, you can win, right?”

PD Na was more nonchalant than expected.

Her close senior was getting worked up as if it were her own problem, and she would have been annoyed a month ago.

“Wow, that bastard is talking big now.”

“What do you mean?”

“No, he’s been telling reporters that a super-special cast is coming out. But if you say it like this-”

“He did an interview with a reporter?”

“No, you know, ‘according to sources’.”

“Ah, so you’re the source there.”

“Yeah, he should be more subtle. There’s no one else PD Kyung can talk about.”

But if you say it like this, can’t it be misunderstood?

Before her close senior’s muttering could be completed, PD Na opened her mouth.

“Senior, do you know who the musical genius is?”

“Suddenly? Uh… Mozart?”

“Believe in Halo Mozart Ro.”

“…Are you crazy?”

“You’ll go crazy too when you come, senior.”

Because it’s so good.

PD Na hung up the phone when she was told that filming was ready. PD Kyung’s news was not important at all, and she didn’t care what her senior did anymore.

PD Na was more interested in the stories of the cast members who were creating something amazing without being told.

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He showed an unbelievable performance, but it wasn’t like Halo was good at everything.

He would pile up the inventory at the only corner store in Baekun-do and knock it down, or when he was told to send back the children gathered in front of the game machine, he would go and play with them.

“How do you do this?”

“Hyung [older brother/male friend], you’re so bad.”

“…Come on in.”

“Bring it on.”

He was even worse at cooking than expected.

As the color of the ramen gradually darkened, Kwon Jae-ik asked seriously.

“Halo, have you ever cooked ramen before?”

This wasn’t even Han River ramen [referring to instant noodles sold at the Han River parks, known for being delicious], it was polluted Han River ramen. If other food fails, you can add ramen seasoning, but when ramen fails, there’s nothing you can do to save it.

“It’s delicious.”

“…What do you usually eat?”

I know you’re not picky, but this is too much.

You must buy a lot of delicious things usually.

Kwon Jae-ik made ramen again.

The ramen with bean sprouts and kimchi was spicy, and the supermarket owner, who was smiling like a sage, gave a thumbs up.

Then he took out snacks and drinks for the boy to eat.

Writer Do Min-hee was really amazed.

Usually, if someone can’t do their job like that or is doing something else, you’d be annoyed, but she wasn’t annoyed at all; she was just happy.

Kwon Jae-ik, who went to find Halo who hadn’t returned after being sent to work, ended up rolling up his sleeves and playing fighting games, and Lee So-ra sighing, ‘Men are like that,’ was also funny.

Lee Jung-min, who was assigned to take care of Halo, was also enjoying the fact that he sympathized with the increasingly ruined dishes and said they were delicious.

Even now, he’s making music with the barcode machine, and everyone is gathering to watch.

Lee So-ra tears open a snack and puts it in Halo’s mouth,

Lee Jung-min is recording with the supermarket owner’s phone,

Kwon Jae-ik is lying on a supermarket plastic chair, enjoying his leisure.

“Halo, you should live making music.”

At the sudden sincerity, Lee So-ra laughs heartily in agreement.

“Didn’t I cook ramen well, though?”

“…Are you serious?”

“Jung-min hyung said it was delicious.”

When Lee Jung-min gave a thumbs up, Kwon Jae-ik’s expression turned cold.

“Jung-min, you have to say the right thing sometimes. You’ll develop bad habits.”

When Halo laughed, Kwon Jae-ik glared, saying, “Look at that.”

“What about So-ra noona [older sister/female friend]?”

“Me? Me… It was really good. Isn’t Halo’s cooking a genius too?”

Lee So-ra, who is picky about her taste, didn’t eat a single bite.

“Wow, seriously. Is there no one on my side? I can’t live like this; it’s so sad. Director, tell me honestly.”

Kwon Jae-ik pointed to the camera director in charge of his camera.

The camera director looked at Kwon Jae-ik once, then at the boy, and shyly lowered his head when their eyes met.

“Wait.”

Kwon Jae-ik had a bad feeling.

“Don’t say it.”

He had found a fanatic of the Sun Worshippers.

Kwon Jae-ik was instantly creeped out by the sight of him making the sign of the cross.

Is this some kind of cult?

Halo smiled and replied.

“I’ll definitely do it for you later.”

He must have seen that polluted Han River ramen, but the camera director liked it.

“This place is crazy. I miss Darin.”

That’s how a refreshing day began.

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Halo’s weekend morning broadcast.

And there was one thing they had to do for those who came to the corner store and played until lunch.

Cleaning up the corner store was just a chore.

In the afternoon, what they officially agreed to do with the village children was to beautifully decorate the monotonous gray walls.

Before painting the village murals, there was something to do.

The first step was to clean the walls.

Tape, stains, and impurities had to be removed. Fortunately, the residents had finished cleaning last night.

So what they had to do was apply primer to the walls so that the paint would adhere well.

“Then, we need to divide into teams.”

“Kids, do you want to be with uncle?”

At Kwon Jae-ik’s words, the children looked at each other and then stuck to Halo.

Kwon Jae-ik looks at them with a betrayed face.

“I’ll do it alone.”

Lee So-ra laughed heartily at Halo’s words.

“Should we just divide into adult team and kids team? First, Jae-ik and I, and the director too, work. You know you can only eat if you work, right?”

“And Jung-min and Halo are on the same team.”

Lee Jung-min was puzzled by the division.

The boy was just twenty years old, so it was okay to call him a kid, but he was the same age as Lee So-ra and Kwon Jae-ik. If you divide by age, he would also belong to the adult team.

“I’m an adult too.”

“I’m with the kids-”

However, Halo and Kwon Jae-ik were the first to object. Lee So-ra shook her head at the two of them and sincerely asked.

“Please take care of them, Jung-min.”

That’s how the teams were divided with the alley in between, and the filming crew was also divided into two.

There were two people who were dissatisfied with the team, but both guardians took them away.

If you only see this far, you’ll think you can see what will happen.

In the future, viewers will also think that the adult team will finish their work and go to the kids team to finish the work.

But life is unpredictable, and people are even more unpredictable.

Thus, an unexpected result unfolded.

First, the adult team situation.

Kwon Jae-ik crossed his arms and tapped the floor with his foot.

“Oh my, isn’t this so pretty?”

“It’s pretty.”

“Wait, this is prettier.”

“Oh, the wings are cool too.”

“Kids?”

The adult team was gathered in a buzz.

At Kwon Jae-ik’s call, everyone turned their heads.

“Aren’t you working?”

Shouldn’t they choose the design later and apply the primer first?

Kwon Jae-ik, who was trying to finish the annoying work as quickly as possible because he couldn’t play with the kids, felt his patience running out after spending nearly an hour deciding what mural to draw.

“Let’s do some work.”

He never thought he would say let’s work through gritted teeth.

He could see why his sister nagged him every day when she saw him lying on the sofa.

“Okay, let’s work. We have to work.”

Lee So-ra jumped up.

The production crew was also embarrassed and picked up their brushes.

Now the work is showing progress.

Kwon Jae-ik started painting the wall faster and more efficiently than anyone else.

“They probably haven’t even started over there, so we should work hard.”

“PD, how’s the situation over there?”

PD Na, who had just received the report, said in embarrassment.

“…They’ve almost finished and are playing?”

“?”

“What?”

Kwon Jae-ik turned his head.

But there’s no way he could see the alley across the street.

“They’ve almost finished?”

Lee Jung-min is there, but it must be hard.

He couldn’t understand at all.

“No way.”

The adult team has just started.

Meanwhile, back in time fifty minutes ago.

The time when everyone predicted that the kids team wouldn’t be able to apply the primer properly.

“Teacher, what are we doing?”

“Teacher, when are we going to draw?”

“Teacher, what is this?”

“Teacher, can we eat this?”

“Teacher, why is the sky blue?”

Lee Jung-min and Halo were caught in a barrage of children’s questions. It was a chaotic start as predicted.

But unexpectedly,

“We’re going to apply primer from now on.”

“Let’s draw tomorrow.”

“We’re painting so we can see Tae-woong’s picture for a long time.”

“You’ll die if you eat that.”

“The sky is blue because of the scattering of light. Light with directivity is scattered in all directions by scatterers. Here, the scatterer is-.”

Lee Jung-min showed his skills by answering kindly.

He showed patience by answering the same questions many times without getting angry.

“Shall we start then?”

Halo admired Lee Jung-min’s patience and picked up a brush.

He swept the rough wall, sweeping it down, drawing a line,

A kid famous for being a prankster in the village suddenly approached.

“Hyung, what are you doing?”

“You do it too.”

“I already did it.”

He showed one wall, saying that he had already painted it.

It was a messy wall that was roughly drawn.

It looked like a child’s work with a lack of thoroughness.

The kid who painted it like that spread his shoulders wide and said.

“Hyung, you’re really bad. Should I tell you how to do it?”

Halo, who was trying to pretend he didn’t hear, stopped.

“You say I’m bad?”

Lee Jung-min wondered if he was angry because his eyebrows twitched.

“Halo-ssi [Mr./Ms. Halo], you’re not angry at the kids’ jokes, are you?”

“Of course not.”

Halo smiled.

Then he says to the kid.

“How well did you do?”

Well, he must be upset because he’s angry.

“Look, I did better.”

“I did better?”

“No, I did better.”

Why are they fighting so seriously?

Lee Jung-min, who is normal, laughed ha ha ha.

“Hyung doesn’t have talent in art. It’s okay; my mom said the world is fair.”

These days, kids are so precocious that they speak so well.

Other kids were also amused by Halo’s reaction and went to comfort him.

It’s okay, hyung.

You can do better if you try harder. Cheer up, hyung.

It would be refreshing if Kwon Jae-ik, who was attacked by Halo earlier, saw this scene, but unfortunately, he was on the adult team.

“But hyung is good at singing, so it’s okay.”

“That’s right, let’s play dice again, hyung.”

“Can you teach me how to sing?”

At the last child’s words, Winter flinched.

‘He said he didn’t want to teach me.’