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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Volume 1 / Chapter 24
TL: LightNovelCafe
When it was his turn, Jun Hyuk went into the temporary studio that had been turned into the panel room. The only face he knew amongst the judges was that of Lee Sung Chul.
“Hi Jang Jun Hyuk. It says here that you’re 17 years old.”
“Hm… It says that you’re an orphan in your introduction… and that you’ve never attended school?”
“Yes.”
The female singer took over Lee Sung Chul’s questioning,
“Does that mean you’re living in an institution now?”
“No. I work and live at a cafe.”
“Cafe?”
“Yes. There’s a cafe in Misari.”
The female singer already looked ready to spill tears with a pitiful expression and only needed to hear a bit more of this sad story to do so.
“It says here that you wandered the streets after you got lost at age 5…..”
Jun Hyuk stared blankly at the female singer. She continued to speak because she thought that they had not understood each other.
“Tell us how you lived while on the streets…”
“Excuse me.”
“Yes.”
The camera had already closed in on Jun Hyuk’s face and the mic had been lowered to catch his wretched and sad childhood story.
“Isn’t this a place where we’re judged by our music? Why are you asking me about my past?”
Everyone in the room froze. The three judges and the production crew could only blink while the audition contestants sat with their jaws dropped.
All of their expressions were saying the same thing.
How could he be so daring in front of the judges?
Only the producer in charge of the program balled up his fists.
‘That’s right. This is it. This is what we need. Something new. Fresh. Spunky!’
There had been no need to request a chic personality from him. He was naturally chic, though he was not sure if it was due to his looks, music, or rough childhood.
Unlike the other children who suffered under the pressure, he had made everyone nervous within 5 minutes.
The female singer was speechless at Jun Hyuk’s bold retort and so veteran Lee Sung Chul took the mic.
“That’s right, music is everything. I am expecting your talent to be as great as you are bold.”
Brother, drag it out a big longer.
The producer’s desperate request came through the earphones, but Lee Sung Chul ignored it entirely. He had seen countless children who mistakenly believed that they had a great talent. He thought that things like this kids’ attractive looks, advanced piano skill, and mediocre arranging skills had made him arrogant.
It was necessary to judge these types of kids ruthlessly so that they would look back at themselves and try harder. Though of course there were many kids who could not even do that.
Lee Sung Chul readied himself to give criticism and invective.
“Judging by the guitar you brought, it seems like you’ll be singing a folk song… Okay, what song did you prepare?”
“Jung Tae Chun’s ‘Poet’s Town’.”
Upon hearing the name Jung Tae Joon, the 3 judges and the young contestants watching the waiting room monitor began to murmur.
“Jung Tae Chun?”
“Who’s Jung Tae Chun?”
“I don’t know.”
Even in the studio, there were not very many people who remembered Jung Tae Chun. Lee Sung Chul and the composer were the only people to remember Jung Tae Joon’s lyricism that had stirred up the 70s.
Producer Kim pushed the staff urgently,
“Look it up quickly. What year is this song from?”
“It was released in 1978.”
As soon as the staff searched the song’s history on the internet, the producer quickly spoke into the mic,
“Brother, it’s from 1978.”
Lee Sung Chul who had heard the information via the earphone needed to provide lip service to the viewers.
“Was it 1978 for Jung Tae Chun’s ‘Poet’s Town’? I think it was released around then… A teenager singing a song that’s almost 40 years old? Wow.”
The composer continued with Lee Sung Chul’s light banter,
“Will you be able to capture the emotion of a song that was created more than 20 years before you were born and is 10 years before your generation? We look forward to it.”
Jun Hyuk started playing the guitar after placing it on his lap and breathing in gently.
Everyone’s expressions were full of expectation as the soft guitar prelude came out. Could this teenager remake this song that only their parents’ generation could know? How would he express Jung Tae Chun’s heavy tone of longing? This kid’s voice did not have the suited huskiness to it yet.
However, everyone’s expectations collapsed.
As the 10-second prelude ended, the suspense-filled judges became bemused. Instead of singing the lyrics ‘Open the window hm – and look out,’ his 10 fingers started dancing smoothly on the guitar strings.
For the 4 minutes following, there was no voice to be heard and only the melody of the acoustic guitar. When the last of the steady fingering came to an end, the only sound in the studio was the rustling of Jun Hyuk placing his guitar back in its case.
While the three judges sat blankly unable to speak, the producer could be heard shouting urgently through the earphones,
“What are you all doing? You have to talk!”
The first person to speak was the female singer.
“Isn’t there someone on the internet who plays the guitar similarly? Jung Sung Hwa? It sounded to be at that level.”
“We’re very different.”
“Excuse me?”
“I said that we’re very different.”
The singer could not speak, baffled by Jun Hyuk’s snappy replies, and the composer took the mic,
“It is the finger style, but you put in a lot of sliding.”
“Yes.”
“I also get a much rougher sense… I think it would have been better to play this on an electric guitar.”
Jun Hyuk formed a small smile as though he appreciated that there was a person who could hear properly.
“First off, the guitar technique is top level. Most teenagers concentrate on playing the faster components, but Jun Hyuk focused on saving the sentiment of the music. We could say that you were gifted as a guitarist. It was a good performance.”
Lee Sung Chul was the last to speak after the composer’s commentary ended.
“Performing an instrumental is taking a great risk. You are starting with a limitation by forfeiting the delivery provided by lyrics and relying solely on the sound of the instrument. Why did you choose to do an instrumental when it’s such a disadvantage?”
“Because I handle the guitar much better than my voice.”
“You’re saying you play the guitar better than you sing?”
“Basically.’
The producer discovered the smile that had momentarily appeared on the monitor.
‘That kid. He’s being cocky. To the judges and the evaluation.’
He pressed the switch on the mic and yelled,
“Brother, push him more. We need to get a full idea of how cheeky he can be.”
“It isn’t that you can’t sing?”
“A classic guitarist can perform for an hour merely with a guitar, but there is no vocalist who can sing for an hour without accompanying music. There needs to be a piano playing at the bare minimum because the human voice is an imperfect instrument.”
Lee Sung Chul, who had proudly been lauded as the best vocalist throughout his entire life, was left speechless.
“John Lennon’s music can be considered masterpieces, but John Lennon doesn’t sing so well that he gives people goosebumps, does he?”
He had never heard of such insolence. How could a teenager like this pass judgment on John Lennon?
Lee Sung Chul however showed a completely different reaction to Jun Hyuk’s assessment of John Lennon because they were the exact words that he had said on air.
“That’s right. Anyone who wants to make music needs to have his own set of standards. I would like to hear another guitar performance from you, except on the premise that you play in a wholly different style. What do you think? If you pass this round, can you show us a completely different performance?”
“I can play the ‘Poet’s Town I just played in a different style right now. Do you want to hear it?”
“Producer Lee, let’s stop for a second.”
Lee Sung Chul asked to stop recording at Jun Hyuk’s provocative actions. The monitor that the contestants were watching as well as the mic were turned off.
“Wow. That bastard is trouble, isn’t he?”
“Yeah. Arrogance to that extent is an illness.”
Producer Kim Ki Sik who had been watching the stunned contestants outside came running in.
“Alright. Let’s hear it. Let’s see how good you are. Go ahead and play it.”
At Lee Sung Chul’s order, Jun Hyuk pulled out his guitar and started playing again.
Lee Sung Chul and the other judges, the producer and staff did not realize that 30 minutes had passed until after they had heard eight different versions of ‘Poet’s Town’.
The composer was the most astonished. He did not have the confidence to create eight completely different versions of a song even if he were given a month’s time.
This child however, accomplished this difficult task impromptu. Moreover, without modifying once. Even if he had anticipated this situation and come prepared, each song was impressive.
Lee Sung Chul wanted to work with Jun Hyuk as an arranger for his next album, the composer wanted to see his ability to create music, and Producer Kim had the feeling that he had caught the biggest fish of the season.
Jun Hyuk found them inadequate as they were showing such excitement and surprise over such a simple and easy feat.
What is going on?!
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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