Synopsis and Starting Chapter Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Chapter 51
Chapter 52
Chapter 53
Chapter 54
Chapter 55
Chapter 56
Chapter 57
Chapter 58
Chapter 59
Chapter 60
Chapter 61
Chapter 62
Chapter 63
Chapter 64
Chapter 65
Chapter 66
Chapter 67
Chapter 68
Chapter 69
Chapter 70
Chapter 71
Chapter 72
Chapter 73
Chapter 74
Chapter 75
Chapter 76
Chapter 77
Chapter 78
Chapter 79
Chapter 80
Chapter 81
Chapter 82
Chapter 83
Chapter 84
Chapter 85
Chapter 86
Chapter 87
Chapter 88
Chapter 89
Chapter 90
Chapter 91
Chapter 92
Chapter 93
Chapter 94
Chapter 95
Chapter 96
Chapter 97
Chapter 98
Chapter 99
Chapter 100
Chapter 101
Chapter 102
Chapter 103
Chapter 104
Chapter 105
Chapter 106
Chapter 107
Chapter 108
Chapter 109
Chapter 110
Chapter 111
Chapter 112
Chapter 113
Chapter 114
Chapter 115
Chapter 116
Chapter 117
Chapter 118
Chapter 119
Chapter 120
Chapter 121
Chapter 122
Chapter 123
Chapter 124
Chapter 125
Chapter 126
Chapter 127
Chapter 128
Chapter 129
Chapter 130
Chapter 131
Chapter 132
Chapter 133
Chapter 134
Chapter 135
Chapter 136
Chapter 137
Chapter 138
Chapter 139
Chapter 140
Chapter 141
Chapter 142
Chapter 143
Chapter 144
Chapter 145
Chapter 146
Chapter 147
Chapter 148
Chapter 149
Chapter 150
Chapter 151
Chapter 152
Chapter 153
Chapter 154
Chapter 155
Chapter 156
Chapter 157
Chapter 158
Chapter 159
Chapter 160
Chapter 161
Chapter 162
Chapter 163
Chapter 164
Chapter 165
Chapter 166
Chapter 167
Chapter 168
Chapter 169
Chapter 170
Chapter 171
Chapter 172
Chapter 173
Chapter 174
Chapter 175
Chapter 176
Chapter 177
Chapter 178
Chapter 179
Chapter 180
Chapter 181
Chapter 182
Chapter 183
Chapter 184
Chapter 185
Chapter 186
Chapter 187
Chapter 188
Chapter 189
Chapter 190
Chapter 191
Chapter 192
Chapter 193
Chapter 194
Chapter 195
Chapter 196
Chapter 197
Chapter 198
Chapter 199
Chapter 200
Chapter 201
Chapter 202
Chapter 203
Chapter 204
Chapter 205
Chapter 206
Chapter 207
Chapter 208
Chapter 209
Chapter 210
Chapter 211
Chapter 212
Chapter 213
Chapter 214
Chapter 215
Chapter 216
Chapter 217
Chapter 218
Chapter 219
Chapter 220
Chapter 221
Chapter 222
Chapter 223
Chapter 224
Chapter 225
Chapter 226
Chapter 227
Chapter 228
Chapter 229
Chapter 230
Chapter 231
Chapter 232
Chapter 233
Chapter 234
Chapter 235
Chapter 236
Chapter 237
Chapter 238
Chapter 239
Chapter 240
Chapter 241
Chapter 242
Chapter 243
Chapter 244
Chapter 245
Chapter 246
Chapter 247
Chapter 248
Chapter 249
Chapter 250
Chapter 251
Chapter 252
Chapter 253
Chapter 254
Chapter 255
Chapter 256
Chapter 257
Chapter 258
Chapter 259
Chapter 260
Chapter 261
Chapter 262
Chapter 263
Chapter 264
Chapter 265
Chapter 266
Chapter 267
Chapter 268
Chapter 269
Chapter 270
Chapter 271
Chapter 272
Chapter 273
Chapter 274
Chapter 275
Chapter 276
Chapter 277
Chapter 278
Chapter 279
Chapter 280
Chapter 281
Epilogue
Categories Genre: All, Comedy, Completed, Drama, Romance, Slice of Life Status: Completed ______
Total Chapters in book: 283
Estimated words: 482630 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 2413(@200wpm)___ 1931(@250wpm)___ 1609(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 482630 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 2413(@200wpm)___ 1931(@250wpm)___ 1609(@300wpm)
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[TN: This is 3 of 8! What does the staff member have to say?]
“What? Age? Do you listen to classical music with age?”
“No. Should I say there are cultural differences by generation? Anyway, it is the difference between whether or not it is familiar.”
“Is there anyone here who isn’t familiar with classical music? It’s your jobs.”
“What I’m trying to talk about isn’t classical. I’m talking about the characteristic of this song. Isaac, think about movies.”
“Movies?”
The young staff member used movies as a way to express what he is thinking.
“Yes. Movies are the icons that represent their generations.”
“Take out the introduction and get to the point.”
Isaac Stern lit a cigar and cut him off.
“Let’s think about the movie Batman. Compare Director Tim Burton’s 1989 Batman and Christopher Nolan’s 2008 Dark Knight.
Isaac Stern could not compare them because he had seen Tim Burton’s Batman, but not the Dark Knight. He did not say anything because he thought the staff member would go on about age again.
“I’m not talking about a larger scale or incredible special effects. Think about the number of shorts or cuts. Today’s movie changes screen every 4 minutes on average. They edit the action parts by second units.”
The people in the office could understand what he is trying to say.
“The people of this generation get bored if there aren’t changes that are this fast. If Beethoven was a modern man, his song would have been more flashy than Jun’s. People who are used to the whirlwind of angles used in Spiderman don’t see it as excessive. They are able to enjoy it.”
The world has changed over the past 200 years. There is more rapid change in 10 years in the 21st century than there is in 100 years of the 18th century. The Porsche that James Dean died in in 1955 boasted speeds of 180km/h, but Porsches now can go up to 300km/h.
Speed of change is not something that is learned, but something that becomes acclimatized throughout life.
“Your Beethoven wrote a revolutionary song and it was of a diabolical difficulty. It would have been no different from Jun Hyuk’s song at the time.”
The premiere with the Vienna Philharmonic in 1824 made quite a lot of money but it was not as much as Beethoven thought it would. The 2nd performance saw a deficit and it was criticized.
The format of Jun Hyuk’s song is faithful to the classics, but the style is a classical matched to the contemporary. It is just that it is a classical suitable to the modern person. It is too extreme to grab people who are used to the classical of the past.
“I’m pretty sure even the youth who don’t go near classical music will say that they like this song. There’s not a boring moment.”
“Damn. Am I now too old to find the essence of music?”
Isaac Stern grumbled, but his face was bright without any doubts.
“But Jun wants to submit this to the Queen Elisabeth Competition.”
“What? What absurdity is this? Why a competition so randomly?”
The word competition is as shocking as this song is. He wants to fight Beethoven in an arena of young rookies? The right place for it is the New York Philharmonic’s Lincoln Center Avery Fisher Hall.
“Yeah, but will anything become bigger news than this?”
If the New York Philharmonic performs it in Lincoln Center, it fits the song’s character and scale. But they cannot help but agree with the news that Isaac Stern is talking about. How many people in New York know about the philharmonic’s performances?
With a worldwide competition however, Europe and the countries of the finalists receive reports on its progression. A competition is much more advantageous in becoming news.
“That’s true, but we need to think about the problems after.”
“What problem?”
The staff member looked at President Stern and hesitated, looking for a way to explain.
“Are you thinking that the results might not be good?”
“Isn’t it a problem that can be predicted?”
He has no question about Jun Hyuk’s work, but he worries about the judges. Not their ethics, but their actual ages. Even the staff of Stern Corporation is out of breath with a music that they are not familiar with, but judges of the old competition could be worse.
Isaac Stern smiled while listening to the staff’s concerns. He felt good that none of them had read his thoughts.
“What I think is – and I’m 100% sure – he won’t be able to win. The reason is that like you all said, the judges are too old to enjoy the music. Like me.”
When one of the staff members was about to speak up, Isaac Stern put up his hand to stop him.
“Isn’t the case where he doesn’t win where we can shine our light best?”
The staff members’ eyes changed. They realized President Stern’s intention.
“I see. If we’re thinking only of becoming a hot topic, not winning would be better.”
“A misfortunate 2nd place tends to receive more spotlight.”
The staff started calculating the advantages of not winning.
“Right? On top of that, we can mobilize powerful reinforcements.”
If President Stern shows Jun Hyuk’s score to maestros all around the world and gets their thoughts on it, the spotlight will be even stronger.
Isaac Stern is able to have such confidence because he is so sure of Jun Hyuk’s song.
However, Isaac Stern needed to change his thoughts. He realized what Jun Hyuk wants while talking to him over the phone. He wants to conduct in Brussels, Belgium. And Isaac Stern had agreed to do whatever Jun Hyuk wants to do.
To keep that promise, he prepared to spread the image of Jun Hyuk conducting and his work as widely as possible.
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“Sir.”
“Yeah.”
“I’ll be going now. I rested enough.”
“Sure. This was a good enough vacation, right?”
“Yes.”
Jun Hyuk talked about going back to America over dinner. Yoon Kwang Hun’s face showed disappointment for a very short moment, but it quickly calmed down. Jun Hyuk’s visit had been like a surprise present. It would be harder to see him from now on.
There was something that he did regret, so he spoke up,
“That’s that. You don’t have any thoughts on performing with Fine Philharmonic?”
“No. I do want to hear Han Ye Ji’s piano again, but I don’t know about doing an official concert. I’d rather see her at her own recital.”
“Alright. There’s nothing to do if you don’t feel like it. Now, I’ll have to go see you when you perform. When do you think your first performance will be? Belgium?”
“I’m not sure. Do you think I’ll be able to win?”
“I thought President Stern said he would make you the winner? I’m going to go ahead and reserve my flight and hotel to fit the finals period. Oh right. Send me 5 admission tickets to the competition.”
“What? 5 of them? Why?”
“How can I go alone? I need to take everyone. It’ll be boring if I go alone. There’s nothing to do in Europe once the sun sets.”
“He he. Alright. I’ll prepare them right away if I win.”
Jun Hyuk finished up his last meal at Yoon Kwang Hun’s cafe.
“How about the apartment in New York? Are you going to move to the apartment that President Stern prepared for you?”
“Yes. I was told that they already moved all of my stuff and took care of the apartment I was renting. It really is comfortable that I don’t have to mind anything else.”
Since signing on with a management agency, moving was the first realistic convenience that he experienced. As Yoon Kwang Hun brought up the New York apartment, he thought of someone.
“But hasn’t it been a long time since you’ve seen Amelia? Are you two okay?”
“She’s going to come in the summer. She’s performing and recording with the BBC orchestra right now. Why? You think we might break up?”
“You don’t know the saying, out of sight out of mind? It’s an immutable truth.”
“We FaceTime every day. It’s okay.”
“I don’t mean seeing physically when I mean out of sight. It’s because you lose the opportunity to make an effort itself.”
Jun Hyuk did not know what Yoon Kwang Hun meant by effort.
“Affection is bound to die down as time passes. If you don’t make the effort to fire the affection up again, it’ll eventually die. I mean that if you stay apart this long, it’s impossible even if you make the effort.”
Jun Hyuk stared at Yoon Kwang Hun and spoke cautiously,
“Is that so? I don’t think that’s something that someone who has lived alone forever should be saying. Ha ha.”
Total Chapters in book: 283
Estimated words: 482630 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 2413(@200wpm)___ 1931(@250wpm)___ 1609(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 482630 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 2413(@200wpm)___ 1931(@250wpm)___ 1609(@300wpm)
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