When I Opened My Eyes I Was a Superstar - Chapter 11

# 11

The Beginning of KK (2)

#The Beginning of KK (2)

As it was approaching 3 o’clock in the morning, Do-wook’s eyes opened brightly as he discovered the spring. It had been about three hours since I had waited for him.

A tall man was coming out of the entrance to the Emperor Knight. He was tall, over 190cm, and could be considered a basketball player. Even though it was the middle of winter, he was wearing only a black rider jacket with many studs on it.

‘There was no need to worry that I might not be recognized.’

DJ Yong Soo-cheol. He was the composer of ‘Sorry but I love you’, the song that catapulted KK into the ranks of popular groups, and the producer of that album.

Because he was reluctant to reveal his real name, he used the stage name ‘Brave Only Child’ in each song, so from then on, the public knew him as ‘The Brave Only Child’. His real name and past history naturally became known as he produced hit songs like a machine and rose to fame.

Yong Soo-cheol did not receive formal composition training like other composers. He had such an unusual background that he introduced himself as someone from the streets.

Yong Soo-cheol was originally a night waiter. While working as a waiter, he became obsessed with night music, learned DJing, and even wrote songs in his spare time while working as a night DJ.

The length or shortness of the bag strap or past occupation were no obstacles in the face of outstanding talent. The public became enthusiastic about the songs he wrote for many years. One of them was ‘Sorry but I love you’.

Since KK said that he wrote the song before he even debuted, the song must belong to Yong Soo-cheol now.

Dowook received the song from Yong Soo-cheol and planned to allow KK to debut with ‘Sorry but I love you’ instead of the original debut song ‘You’.

‘With that song, I’m sure I’ll be able to debut with as much buzz as Man to Man! No, it might be more than that.’

Dowook was finally able to let go of the can he was holding. Dowook put the can in the trash can and walked out of the convenience store with a grin.

The face of the female part-time worker, who had just moments ago been looking at Do-wook’s back with suspicion as he was lying in the convenience store with his hat on, turned red.

“Wow, you look like a celebrity…”

The part-time worker muttered to himself without realizing it.

Dowook, who had no way of knowing the situation at the convenience store, focused only on chasing Yong Soo-cheol.

Yong Soo-cheol was on his way home from work after finishing DJing on the night stage during prime time on the weekend. To a stranger, it looked like he was going to take care of someone, but in reality, Yong Soo-cheol was in such a good mood that he was secretly humming a song.

“The response was good again today, hehe….”

He said while admiring his DJing skills that are improving day by day.

Since it was Saturday night, many people invited him to have drinks, but Yong Soo-cheol turned them all down. Yong Soo-cheol was accelerating his work on the song as he was having a hard time remembering melodies these days. After selecting a good song and refining it, I was planning to apply to a composer contest next year.

Yong Soo-cheol was so busy thinking about the song he was working on that he didn’t even notice the presence of a boy who was following him a few steps behind.

***

About a 20-minute walk from Emperor Night, Yong Soo-cheol’s living room and studio was located. It was a place where he ate, slept, lived, and constantly worked on music.

After confirming that Yong Soo-cheol entered the residential gate, Do-wook turned around and left the alley.

If Yong Soo-cheol was an ordinary composer, it would have been easy to find his contact information or email and receive the song. However, no one in the world knew that Yong Soo-cheol was composing music. Yong Soo-cheol’s acquaintances only knew that he started DJing, but they didn’t know that he was also interested in composing and producing.

‘If you just go to someone and ask for a song, you’ll only arouse suspicion. ‘Because it’s so strange to know a song that would only be saved on my home computer.’

Because of this, Do-wook had to come up with another way to receive the song from Yong Soo-cheol.

“Welcome~!”

Do-wook left the alley and headed to the PC room at the intersection he had seen on the way. As soon as I entered the entrance, the smell of cigarettes hit my nose. Sound effects from popular games were coming from all directions. Dowook asked a man in shabby clothes who was playing a game and looking at the counter.

“Can I use a printer here?”

“…printer? Oh, that works. Black and white is 100 won per page and color is 500 won. “Use computer number 10 over there!”

The part-time worker was so preoccupied with the game that he answered roughly without even looking at Do-wook.

Dowook sat down in front of computer number 10, not far from the counter.

“Hmm…”

After booting up, Dowook naturally found the word program and turned it on. I set the image I downloaded and sent by email as the background and started typing.

Come to think of it, it’s been a really long time since I sat in front of a computer and wrote a document. Since changing my body, I have never used a computer except for surfing the Internet.

Tap, tap, tap.

However, once I started tapping on the keyboard, my fingers moved without any obstruction. Still, I have been working as a public relations employee for several years. Moreover, it was an easy task for Do-wook since all he had to do was fill in the information according to the form rather than writing a new plan.

……Competition for the title song of our singer….

Tadak tak! The last thing I wrote down was the email address I had written down.

When I clicked the print button, the printer on the counter started making noises and started working.

***

After printing about thirty pages of notices in color, Do-wook headed to the front of Yong Soo-cheol’s house, which he had just found out about.

Dowook took out the duct tape he had bought at a convenience store from his pocket and began pasting notices on every wall around the house where Yong Soo-cheol lived.

By the time I had almost put up the notice in the dark, leaning against the light of the street lamp, the sun had already risen. It was when the last notice was being posted right next to the door.

Squeak – The sound of an iron door opening in a quiet alley in the early morning was loud. The person who opened the door and came out was none other than Yong So-cheol, a large man.

Do-wook and Yong Soo-cheol, who were putting up the notice, made eye contact.

“……?”

Even though we only made eye contact, Dowook momentarily felt a sense of threat. The impression of Yong Soo-cheol was that of a threat itself. Moreover, I was tired from working on a song all night, so my face didn’t look good.

Yong Soo-cheol had just come out in front of the house to ventilate his head with the early morning air. Yong Soo-cheol rubbed his red, bloodshot eyes and glared at Do-wook. When I looked around, I saw flyers posted everywhere that weren’t there when I came home.

“What are you putting up messily in front of someone else’s house?”

“Ah… that.”

Dowook hesitated because meeting Yong Soo-cheol was not in his calculations. As the spring approached in front of Do-wook, a shadow appeared over Do-wook’s head.

“what’s this?”

In fact, Yong Soo-cheol was just asking a normal question, but he seemed angry no matter who heard it. Yong Soo-cheol took the paper that Do-wook was holding in his hand.

-HIT Entertainment singer title song contest –

We are looking for talented new composers in the hip-hop/electronic/dance-pop genre

with no restrictions on education, age, or experience .

If selected, the title song of the singer’s album will be released immediately

.

.

I could see the spring gripping the paper tightly. Do-wook cried out in joy. They made flyers and posted them around his house just for Yong Soo-cheol to see.

I was planning on putting it on only when the spring was active over the weekend and then taking it off again. I had been planning to camp in front of this all along, but a spring happened to come out and I discovered it right away.

For KK’s debut song, HIT Entertainment also held a song contest on the Internet. However, it was only a pop-up on the official website, so it was difficult to understand unless you were actively involved in the composition community. The contest was only a formality, and internal efforts were being made to receive songs by contacting famous composers.

Therefore, the contents of the formal public offering launched by HIT Entertainment and the contents of the notice written by Dowook were slightly different. The part about there being no restrictions on education and experience, and the use of the electronic dance pop genre were all aimed at Yong Soo-cheol.

Before becoming a popular composer, Yong Soo-cheol said he entered contests several times. So, Do-wook had faith that Yong Soo-cheol would support him if he saw an announcement that was just right for him.

“Why put something like this here? “This morning too.”

Even after reading the contents of the notice, Yong Soo-cheol seemed a little suspicious and looked Do-wook up and down and asked. This was too quiet a residential area to post a notice for publicity purposes.

“I want as many people as possible to see it…”

“Then wouldn’t it be quicker to post it on the main street over there or post it on the internet? “Is this really true?”

“It’s already up on the Internet. You can find it on the website. And…”

Do-wook took off the hat he was wearing. When he took off his hat, Dowook’s clear features were immediately revealed.

Yong Soo-cheol, who thought he looked rather handsome just by looking at his eyes under the hat, was a little surprised. I thought I had seen all the good-looking faces while working at the night club, but there was more to it than that. Even my hair, which was a bit pressed down because I was wearing a hat, looked natural and even more stylish for no reason.

“Actually, I voluntarily put them up here and there… I don’t even know where to put them, and I have work during the day and evening, so I only have time in the early morning. “I know you may be offended by having something like this posted in front of your house, but I ask for your understanding.”

“Why so much…”

“If you don’t like it, I’ll take it all off right now!”

Yong Soo-cheol fiercely scratched his thick eyebrows that rose toward his forehead.

It was obvious that he was ten years younger than me, but he explained the situation and apologized in such a polite tone that I was rather embarrassed. I wasn’t that angry anyway.

If this conspiracy is true, it was an opportunity that literally rolled in at Yong Soo-cheol’s doorstep.

“no! Leave it alone. Why are you doing this to embarrass people? Why are you wearing this when you don’t ask? “A staff member here?”

Do-wook looked at Yong-soo-cheol with serious and earnest eyes.

“I am not an employee, but actually a singer preparing for my debut at HIT Entertainment.”

“what?! For some reason, it looks like…! No, but that would be even weirder. “Why is the singer doing this?”

“I really need a song to debut… a song… I don’t have a song that I can debut with… I was wondering if doing this would help at least a little…”

A bit of a lie It was mixed, but it was sincere.

If you debut without a good song and become an mediocre singer and are forgotten, you probably didn’t do anything even if you debuted.

Seeing Do-wook dripping with earnestness, Yong Soo-cheol naturally made a sad expression. Do-wook’s hand, which I only glanced at, was red and frozen.

“What a naive friend. Will the song be heard if I put it on something like this? If you’re going to put it there, why not go to Sinsa-dong, where a lot of composers live? Stick it there. No, if the company is HIT, they say spend more money even though it is not small…”

“Are you familiar with this area?”

Perhaps because of the earnestness he felt from Do-wook, Yong Soo-cheol was unconsciously muttering as if giving advice. In response to Do-wook’s question, Yong Soo-cheol cleared his throat a couple of times.

Yong Soo-cheol thought he was not prepared yet. That’s why I set my sights on next year’s contest. However, the pulling power of the handsome boy in front of me was incredible. In fact, I had vague expectations when I thought about how this boy, who may be tone-deaf, would sing his song.

Suddenly, Do-wook grabbed Yong-cheol’s sleeve. It was a desperate gesture rather than a rude one.

“If anyone knows, could you tell me about it? “I’m waiting for a song.”

Although he didn’t know anything about himself, Yong Soo-cheol seemed to be waiting for him, so he was nodding his head without realizing it.