Chapter 141

Chapter 141

Park Dong-Jun woke up from the sound of faint typing noises. He had been so deep asleep that he didnt how long he slept. His original plan was to take a short nap, but his surroundings looked dark by the time he woke up. He checked the time and saw that it was already after 7 p.m.; he had napped for four hours. Dong-Jun got up, thinking he had slept enough for the night.

What? He saw then, Tae-Yoon and Do-Seung crouching over a laptop together in the corner of the living room.

Ah, you are awake?

Did you just wake up?

What are you guys doing?

Dong-Jun approached them while rubbing his eyes.

We were making a fan song.

A fan song?

Dong-Juns sleepy eyes burst open. Tae-Yoon and Do-Seung were using a cable that allowed them to transfer sound to two headsets at once while working on the song production. It seemed they were being considerate of the other members sleeping.

You produced a song?

We were planning to present the song after you all woke up.

I just made the core lyrics and left some spaces for you all to fill.nove(l)bi(n.)com

Really? Dong-Jun was about to feel sorry that these two had taken all the burden of the song production themselves but fortunately, that didnt seem to be the case. Dong-Juns eyes naturally turned toward the monitor screen. He saw several screens that he couldnt make any sense out of.

Can I listen to it?

Yeah.

You can use my headset.

Dong-Jun took the headset that Tae-Yoon handed him. Since they worked on this music for only about four hours while he was sleeping, he didnt expect much.

Oh. But the quality of the song was much higher than he expected.

I put the feelings I felt while relaxing here exactly into this song.

Dong-Jun stared at Do-Seung intently. Every time Do-Seung brought them a song, he thought this, but

WowItsreally annoying.

What?

The song is good.

Really?

Though Do-Seung never let him eat late-night food and dragged him to the gym to exercise every day, he really was impressive when making music.

But what are you saying is annoying?

Ah, well, I just got annoyed seeing your face right after I woke up.

Ha, this punk.

But the song is really good.

Really?

Then, Dong-Jun began to tease Do-Seung using the song as a hostage, and after the same scenario repeated three times, Do-Seung caught on to what was happening and Dong-Jun had to take off his headset without listening to the chorus.

***

At Gangwon-do Hongcheon downtown, a part-timer for an old recording studio was watching a video of Siren on her phone. As an Applied Music major who was currently on her leave, one of her greatest perks in life was watching idol videos.

She made self-justifications to herself that watching idol videos wasnt too far from her studies and spent about two hours every day doing just that. Though two hours was quite a long time, it was a huge development considering that was what she used to do all day long.

Her biggest source of interest was currently Siren. She first learned about them through The Showcase 2. They caught her eye when they prepared a refreshing and cute performance while every other group was doing a dark and serious concept. Ever since then, she had been trying to find more videos and content about Siren.

There will be much more content to see after they officially debut, she thought. Since the team hadnt even debuted yet, there was much less content available about them compared to other teams. But since the reality show that was uploaded last week was quite entertaining, she was satisfied for now.

If they are at Hongcheon, I wonder if they are nearby, she wondered and remembered hearing that the shooting site for the reality show was at Hongcheon, but it wasnt revealed exactly where in the city.

Though Hongcheon wasnt a big city, it wasnt so small to the point that someone could deduce where they were just with pictures and videos alone. If she was lucky, she might meet them while walking in the streets. No, if she was really lucky, they could open the doors to this place this instance to record their song

Is anyone here?

Hello?

Our black cat can make such a kind face?

It was a picture where one could feel that the artists were nervous along with their fans. Perhaps, it was because they had amassed popularity and fame instantly through The Showcase, they looked like newbies who hadnt debuted yet.

They are so cute sniff

They look like its their first time meeting a fan

Reply: Wouldnt that be the case, disregarding the times they were performing on stage?

Reply: After realizing that, it makes this picture even cuter

People realized that this was a moment that wouldnt come again and retweeted the post in their feed. But at this point, people also began to wonder.

But why did they go to a recording studio?

Are they going to record something?

Are they recording their debut song?

Reply: Theres no way they would record that in such an old studio.

Reply: Then, what is it?

What was the reason Siren had to go to a studio at this time?

But where is this place?

Reply: It says Hongcheon?

Reply: Did they go there as part of the reality program?

Reply: Seems like the case

People began to put the puzzle pieces together and eventually, reached a very accurate conclusion.

Are they perhaps, making a fan song?

***

While Siren fans were predicting and buzzing with excitement about an upcoming fan song on social media sites, Kang Hyun-Sung sat on the uppermost floor of a modern white building located on Teheran street[1].

Not just Kang Hyun-Sung but all the Only One members were sitting nervously on a sofa. They were at Q Entertainments office building and inside a space used both as a studio and office space for Lamin. Though there was another building for Another One, they decided to conduct their meeting here because the company didnt relocate their office and studio space yet.

However, a bigger reason why they chose this location was to leak an article about their meeting just like how they made news by just having a meal together. At that time, Q Entertainment planned to set up the scene so that journalists could shoot the Only One members entering the companys office space.

Right now, there were five contract papers placed in front of Kang Hyun-Sung and the rest of the Only One members.

How is it? Its a rate much better than the industrys average. The length of the contract is seven years too.

Yes

We checked each of the conditionsand it really is good.

Besides Kang Hyun-Sung, the rest of the other Only One members looked ready to sign this instance.

I will ask our lawyer to review the contract.

You are thorough till the end.

I am grateful that you made a lot of considerations for us and I also want to sign the papers right away, but my past experiences advise me otherwise.

Its fine.

Kang Hyun-Sung took the packet with the contracts and said, Lets keep in touch.

Yes.

If we dont see any problems with the contract, we will sign it immediately.

Im not offended so dont worry.

Yes, sir. Kang Hyun-Sung nodded and ended the conversation.

By the way, would you be able to tell us around what time you all are planning to debut? Since we have to make a marketing plan and come up with a budget with that? Lamin asked Kang Hyun-Sung before he left.

Kang Hyun-Sung hesitated for a bit and slowly replied, I will tell you after thinking about it a bit more. We still have to organize our thoughts.

1. Street in Seouls Gangnam district; many internet-related companies are located here