A Musical Genius Who Plays Memories - Chapter 88

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Chapter 88. New Future (1)

So to summarize the situation, it was like this.

It was just full of problems.

Honestly speaking, it might be even harder than in the past.

‘That person also started from the bottom like me at first.’

But now it was different.

Sasinhyeok was already standing up there.

He’s probably still climbing up even now.

“Uhm.”

I was at a loss for words.

Looking at reality, perhaps I was like fighting a bear naked.

Or not.

Am I fighting a dragon?

Anyway, my situation was tangled beyond repair.

“But I think it’ll be okay.”

“…Why?”

“Aunt Sujin and Uncle Sooyeol are very good people. They’ll let Heeseong do whatever he wants to do.”

“Really?”

“Yeah. But it won’t be easy.”

Where in the world is there an easy task?

I had no choice but to accept it.

– Wow~♪

Then music started playing in the cafe.

“Got it!”

“Hehe… I did it!”

It seemed like the children had been struggling to take some album and put it in the CD player.

The children were rejoicing as if they had opened an old treasure chest.

‘What did they bring? It was animation music?’

Original Soundtrack.

It was a music compilation commonly called OST.

It seemed like the children wanted to listen to it because they were interested in the animation they had been watching.

‘I want to try it too.’

Thanks to the children playing cheerful and cute music, my heavy thoughts became a little lighter too.

‘Right, there’s no need to think urgently.’

There were no problems I could solve right away anyway.

So now was the time to cool my head.

“I want to talk with Aunt!”

“Hmm… Should we? That would be the fastest way.”

Father pondered for a moment.

Since it was related to me, he seemed to be thinking carefully.

I would have worried too.

‘Thinking about this and that will give me a headache.’

Even I was like this right now, so how much more so for Father?

For him, this was something that happened suddenly.

He might have talked about Grandfather Manbok and Sasinhyeok, but the fact that I had a conversation with him would be quite shocking.

Moreover, when Lumos said they wanted to take me, his expression was definitely like that.

‘I wonder if Father is also under contract with Aunt’s company?’

I became curious about that too.

I also had many things to ask about.

“Alright. Dad will ask Aunt about it.”

“Yes!”

“Right, Dad will handle the difficult things. Heeseong should do what he wants to do.”

Father said that while patting my head.

It was always a touch that made me feel good.

I thought there would probably be time, so let’s just enjoy this moment for now.

‘But I should do what I can by myself.’

My body was a child’s, but my mind wasn’t.

So I would do what I could by myself.

Of course, I would also receive help.

“Chicken is here!”

“Chicken! Chicken!”

“Kids! Don’t run!”

Before that, I need to eat chicken first.

The drumsticks are mine!

***

Late at night.

Among the people Heeseong knew, the person he could confidently say was the best at composing.

The person who could always provide solid support for Heeseong.

Hwang Su-jin was sitting in front of her computer today as well.

She was dressed slovenly, her hair roughly tied up, crunching on snacks.

The work she was doing now was more important than anything else.

“Aaaahhh! Why did you use your ultimate there!!”

Win-lose-win-lose-lose.

The desperate cry of a beast who had just been demoted in a game ranking match continued.

Since she was human too, she couldn’t just be composing every day.

Hwang Su-jin, who had been staying at home every day, became deeply absorbed in games while looking for something to do.

“If I had won, I would have been promoted… Why, why did I get matched with such a teammate?”

But unlike composing, she had no talent for games at all.

No matter how much she tried, she couldn’t rise above Silver rank.

Today too, she had no choice but to blame her teammates who had similar skills to hers.

– Just quit. My dog Poppy would play better than you.

– For real lol

“What…?”

At the chat that was clearly targeting her, Hwang Su-jin was about to lose her temper.

Buzz-

Her phone rang at just the right time.

Hwang Su-jin was saved from a week-long chat ban.

“Huh? Young-hoon? What’s this about at this hour?”

It was a call from Yoon Young-hoon, her precious younger brother and music colleague.

She answered the phone without hesitation.

“Oh, hello. Young-hoon, what’s up?”

– Sister Sujin, do you have time?

“I always have time.”

– Let’s talk for a moment. It’s about Heeseong.

At the mention of something related to Heeseong, her expression changed completely.

Since he was her precious nephew, Hwang Su-jin had no choice but to become serious.

Her head, which had gotten hot from the game, also began to cool down.

“What’s going on?”

– Heeseong says he wants to join your company.

“…What?”

At that moment, she was flustered.

Because she had heard a similar story not too long ago.

When she was writing the lyrics for ‘Blue Night’ at Heeseong’s house.

Hwang Su-yeol couldn’t hold back and had made a proposal to Heeseong.

‘He definitely said he wanted to compose just like now back then… Is there some reason for this?’

Suddenly wanting to join a company.

From Hwang Su-jin’s perspective, it was bewildering.

“I don’t recommend it.”

– Why? Is there some problem?

“Of course there is! Heeseong belonging somewhere isn’t right. That’s really not right.”

– Lumos wants to take Heeseong.

“…What?”

No other words were needed.

Those mere three syllables ‘Lumos’ completely shut Hwang Su-jin’s mouth.

Her heart pounded, and her breathing became rapid.

At the same time, unpleasant thoughts from the past began to flood in.

“Why? What happened?”

Yoon Young-hoon told her everything that had occurred.

His voice was calm.

Hwang Su-jin listened to the entire story.

And at the same time, she was organizing her thoughts.

– I have no intention of sending him to Lumos. I know someone who was wronged by Lumos’s CEO.

Hwang Su-jin wanted to say that she had experienced the same thing.

She too had been deceived by Lumos.

Despite being called the nation’s top music company, that place was nothing but a giant pit.

“Still, it’s fortunate that he’s not going to Lumos… But why our company of all places? You know our situation.”

Her company was embarrassing to even call a company.

She had coincidentally obtained a decent recording studio and music studio, and had simply rented them for expensive money.

The problem was that the music studio and recording studio were quite far apart.

Argo’s working environment was that poor.

An employee they had recently hired had also left, so things were quite busy right now.

– You could go to another company, noona. Not just Lumos.

“They’re all connected to Lumos. Annoyingly so.”

It was a fact that industry insiders didn’t know well.

Currently, most songs in the music market were published by Lumos.

Of course, there were a few independent companies, but they were soon absorbed by Lumos.

– Really?

“Yeah. A few years ago, we got contacted by them too. We refused then though.”

Hwang Su-jin decided not to mention what happened right after the refusal.

It was too dark a story.

‘Still, I guess it’s fortunate that I’ve overcome it now.’

She had overcome the crisis thanks to Hwang Su-yeol.

Now, fortunately, they were making enough profit to operate the company.

“Let me summarize. You want to develop Heeseong at our company?”

– Yeah.

“What about the composition credits? For reference, it has to be under Heeseong’s name.”

– I was thinking of doing that. Why?

“The moment you release music that Heeseong composed under your name and profit from it, you’ll become a criminal.”

– Oh my?

Hwang Su-jin thought of her father rotting away in prison.

Of course, he had made considerable money with his talent, but he had done crazy things with that money.

The knowledge she had gained was acquired through real experience.

“So you’ll do it under Heeseong’s name?”

– Yeah, of course.

“That’s a relief. I also submitted it under a pen name for this competition just in case.”

– Thank you… no, that’s not it.

“Huh?”

– That CEO person heard the song noona composed. He asked me to tell you that he enjoyed it!

“This is crazy.”

How?

How did he find out that she had made it?

She grabbed her head violently.

She had changed all her information as soon as she left Lumos.

Not just her phone number, but even her email.

She had even moved.

So it shouldn’t be easy to know her information.

‘What kind of place is it… really.’

It might not even be a company.

The person called Lumos’s CEO.

The thought that it might be that individual’s personal power flashed through Hwang Su-jin’s mind.

It was an absurd thought, but she thought it was possible.

“That could be it…”

– Huh? What could?

“That CEO person. By any chance, does he… look like a snake?”

– Oh, oh! That’s right. How did you know?

“I’ve seen him before.”

She had seen him when she worked at the company.

Just once.

She had created and submitted a song at the company, and he said he liked the song and wanted to talk.

That’s how she directly saw Lumos’s CEO, Sasinhyeok.

‘He did look like a snake. Even his room was so dark for some reason.’

The CEO’s office was dark.

It was a somewhat creepy place.

Perhaps that’s why Hwang Su-jin at the time thought that the CEO’s office was the only place where Lumos’s CEO could be.

“He knew all my songs. He even knew the music I uploaded to my personal NewTube account. It wasn’t even under my real name.”

– How? No, how on earth did he know?

“He said he knew from habits I wasn’t even aware of.”

Whether painters, novelists, or composers.

Anyone who creates had personal habits.

Some painters use paint thickly when coloring, things like that.

There were people who could identify painters from those minor habits.

Lumos’s CEO was like that.

– That’s crazy… Does that even make sense?

“I don’t know either. But it must be possible since he said that to you.”

– Sigh, what should I do?

“Hmm…”

She began to worry.

What should she do?

How could she protect her precious nephew?

‘This won’t be easy.’

It really wasn’t easy.

They couldn’t protect Heeseong with their own strength.

Then they had to nurture Heeseong.

Safely.

“Phew… Let’s focus on teaching Heeseong for now.”

– How? Isn’t that the problem right now?

“I’ll teach Heeseong to compose on his own. With purely the child’s own style, untainted by my influence.”

– Will that be okay?

“It’ll be fine. And I need to expand the company’s scale.”

– How?

“Why do you think my brother went overseas? He’s going to sell the songs I composed to the overseas market. That’s why he’s been so busy.”

Yoon Young-hoon was at a loss for words.

There was a reason why he hadn’t heard any songs composed by Hwang Su-jin in the domestic market recently.

The plan was more meticulous than expected, making Yoon Young-hoon look at Hwang Su-jin with new eyes.

She had seemed like a neighborhood sister who casually threw around profanities while gaming, but now she was completely different.

“But whatever happens, Heeseong’s opinion is what matters.”

– Right, I’ll bring him tomorrow.

“I’ll tell my brother too. He’ll be pleased.”

The two ended their call like that.

Hwang Su-jin found herself desperately craving the cigarettes she had quit.

***

“Hmm…”

I had a lot to think about.

The weekend that came after the competition ended.

After lunch, I found myself at Aunt’s studio.

It was probably because of the conversation we had at Kim Sang-jin’s cafe last night.

And that was exactly right.

‘Hmm… So to summarize, that president is amazing.’

He listened to the song I submitted to the contest and immediately said it was similar to the piece I performed at the competition.

This was the problem.

It wasn’t an easy problem.

“Still, there shouldn’t be any issues if you release it under a stage name…”

Aunt said.

Then I got caught on one word.

‘A stage name… Huh? A stage name?’

Then a pretty good idea came to mind.

Perhaps, an idea that could break through this situation.

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