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)
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Volume 8 / Chapter 259
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Editor: Isleidir
Jun Hyuk and Amelia stayed in Switzerland until the end of summer. They started each day while listening to the CDs Tara sent over as they ate breakfast and talked about the music.
There were terrible songs and great songs. There were even songs that were so surprising they forgot that they were eating.
They enjoyed the Switzerland spring and summer at noon and when it got dark, Jun Hyuk drew notes on scores and Amelia played the piano accordingly.
When they arrived at the airport in New York, the first place they went was the studio.
The only moving elevator in a music hall under construction. That elevator only went to the basement.
Jun Hyuk entered the studio on the 3rd floor basement and burst out in admiration. The studio of his dreams was before his eyes.
The regular recording booth was good too, but the booth that could fit more than 200 performers was made as if a theater stage had been moved into a booth with a high ceiling and sturdy walls and floor so that not a single sound could escape.
There were 2 people waiting next to President Stern, who was making sure that Jun Hyuk was satisfied.
“Jun, say hi. This is the manager who will take over operations for the studio and the senior engineer. They’re the best in New York – no – America.”
The first thing that Jun Hyuk said after exchanging brief greetings showed the 2 people their rough future.
“Then shall we start this studio’s historical first recording?”
“Excuse me? Now?”
“Yes. I’m sure you’re keeping it in a state where we can record at any time?”
“Of course. It’s just that this is so sudden…..”
“You’ll have to become used to this kind of abruptness if you’re to work with me.”
The 2 men were flustered as they began to prepare for recording.
“But what will you be recording?”
“Amelia, are you tired?”
“Not at all. I’m always ready.”
Amelia shook her fingers and went into the recording booth.
“Okay. Then how about Piano Sonata D Minor?”
President Stern was also flustered.
“Jun, what piano sonata? What song is that?”
“Oh. It’s a series I made while in Switzerland with Amelia. 8 piano sonatas. They express Switzerland from January to August.”
“Didn’t you promise you would forget music and rest?”
He frowned because it is not even 1 song, but 8.
“Isaac. This is a gift I made for my girlfriend. I don’t think of such things as work.”
Jun Hyuk laughed and was looking delicately at Amelia in the recording booth.
“These 8 songs are subtitled Amelia in Switzerland. We’ll record first, so discuss matters over albums or shows with Amelia and her manager.”
When the engineer signalled okay, Amelia started playing the piano.
An expanded chord appearing at the start, arpeggio. The first theme showed a scattered chord, and flowed into a second theme that was more melodious.
It started with a slow and lyrical 1st act, with a continuing breath of pianissimo of cold Switzerland covered in snow. The frozen Alps spread out before them and the jazzy 3rd act ended the song.
When Jun Hyuk checked the recording with a satisfied expression, the engineers let out a sigh of relief.
“Amelia. The 2nd act was a little strong, right? Let’s try it again a bit more softly.”
He repeated doing it again five times before they finished recording.
“Let’s go with the 4th take of the Act 2.”
When a piano sonata was completed all of a sudden, the studio staff were able to witness Jun Hyuk’s abilities, which they had only heard rumors about. It is hard to believe that a new record might come out everyday, but it is something that they have to accept.
“It’ll get noisy if this comes out as a record. I think this will become part of the fixed repertoires of all pianists all over the world.”
President Stern showed no traces of getting mad that Jun Hyuk had worked instead of resting, and clapped for Amelia as she came out of the recording booth.
“No pianist is going to just listen to this kind of music. Their fingers will be tingling because they’ll want to play it too.”
“Isaac. I told you these songs are a gift I’m giving Amelia. Does it make sense to share a gift with the world?”
“What?”
“No one other than Amelia can perform these. Same for albums and shows.”
President Stern burst out in laughter.
“Damn. It would have been nice if I had a boyfriend like you too. I wonder what it feels like to receive a piano song that only I can play. I can’t imagine it.”
“Do you want to start learning the piano now? I’ll take care of lessons.”
Amelia smiled heartily and pat President Stern’s shoulder.
“Oh right! And I want to meet these people.”
He took 3 CDs out of his backpack.
“This is… The albums I sent you?”
When Tara saw the CDs, her eyes grew wide. They are singers who released albums with Jun Hyuk’s music. Looking at the CD labels, two are women and one is a band.
“They were great. I listened to them with Amelia over breakfast, and we focused until the end of the CD tracks. We even forgot we were eating breakfast.”
President Stern took the CDs and looked all over them.
“Honestly if they had met proper producers and a good session, they could have won the Grammy award for Best New Artist this year. They’re much better musicians than the winner in the pop section.”
“Are… Are you thinking of recording again?”
“No. How can we do it again when the albums are already out? I prepared some songs that are perfect for these people.”
President Stern frowned again. How many songs did he write while in Switzerland?
“Oh, relax. It wasn’t a big deal. I only worked on it for about 2 days. We really did get rest in Switzerland.”
“We need to delay working with these people we don’t even know. We need to go to Berlin.”
“Berlin?”
“You don’t remember your symphonies? The 5 pieces.”
“Aha. They got back about that?”
“Of course. Everyone was over the moon about them. I lied a little. That Jun created these symphonies especially for them. The 5 maestros were happy like children. He he.”
Jun Hyuk shook his head. How old will he get before he stops joking like that?
“But Berlin’s Serill Petrenko said that he would rather see you conducting. What do you think?”
“No. I want to work on these albums first. And I won’t be conducting orchestras for the time being.”
Jun Hyuk cautiously announced what he had decided while staying in Switzerland.
“Isaac. Once this music hall is complete, what do you think about making an orchestra that will represent it?”
Everyone in the studio, including President Stern, were shocked. They are smart enough to understand this as his saying that he wants to create an orchestra that he can call an instrument of his own.
“Orchestra? Are you serious?”
“Yes. We can’t let JS Center stay idle.”
Jun Hyuk was saying it in a roundabout way, but President Stern knows what he truly means.
“Then we’ll have to get a recruiting advertisement out first. We need to hurry up and hold auditions.”
“Oh, no. Didn’t you say that it would easily take 3 years for JS Center to be completed? I don’t think we need to recruit members yet.”
“There are 2 and a half years left now. And we need to hurry up and gather them. They’re people who will have to learn songs that they’ve never heard before, no?”
Jun Hyuk was unable to respond and his face flushed. He looked like his true thoughts had been completely found out.
“Why? Isn’t that the purpose? That you want to play your songs as much as you want? The desire to hear the melodies that are only in your mind?”
Jun Hyuk scratched his head in embarrassment.
“Is it that obvious?”
“Yeah. Anyone here could tell that much. Ha ha.”
President Stern laughed refreshingly and pat Jun Hyuk on the back.
“Fine. I’ll get started on it as soon as possible. But you need to know one thing. You’ll need to promise incredible conditions because they’ll need to be prepared to perform in front of empty seats.”
This time, everyone except Jun Hyuk blinked at President Stern, not understanding what he said. No audience at Maestro Jun’s show? Isn’t he the person who made top news every time he performed?
“Aren’t you thinking of giving the soft songs people tend to like, whether they’re songs you already made or ones that you will make in the future, to other philharmonics and putting out only the works that you want to perform? The complex, sophisticated, even violent ones?”
Jun Hyuk did not deny it when he had already been found out.
“We’ll need a lot of money.”
“Of course. If you can’t take care of bonuses for album sales and shows abroad, you need to offer that additional payment. On top of that, you’ll act like a dictator with your high standards until you get the results you want… Thinking of the complaints including all of that, don’t you think you’ll need to give twice as much?”
“Twice…..”
“Is there a need to worry? There are still 80 songs that you haven’t even released yet. If you release all of those, there will be enough money to pay all of the orchestras in the world.”
President Stern did not worry about money from the beginning. He just feels burden that it will be an orchestra of different character than the others existing all around the world. Will fitting people try out for it? Will people gather in out of curiosity and quit because it is too difficult?
President Stern tried to get rid of his complicated thoughts, and smiled
“Money won’t be a problem even if you say that you want to go out into space and perform on the moon. The only problem is that the science can’t keep up.”
Jun Hyuk’s face changed for a moment. He blinked with a new thought, and President Stern quickly yelled.
“Look here! Don’t look so serious. It’s a joke!”
“Oh, I know. What performance in space where there’s no oxygen… I know that much about the transmission of sound.”
President Stern pushed Jun Hyuk and Amelia.
“There there. That’s enough for today. Isn’t it too much to get to work as soon as you get back from Switzerland? Go home and relax. Amelia, you worked hard too.”
When they left the basement studio and came to the ground floor, a helicopter was waiting for them.
“Is there a helicopter landing pad on the apartment building’s roof?”
“No. Not the apartment, but our new house. There’s still some small construction to finish up, but it’s enough to live in.”
She must have had the construction of the new house in mind the entire time that they were in Switzerland from the way she appears to know everything going on. Jun Hyuk wrapped his arm around Amelia’s waist and they boarded the helicopter.
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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