Chapter 75 – Such a Command Is Fine
As she returned home and lay down, the words Minji said earlier ran through her head.
“Master… At this rate… I think I’m really pregnant…”
With those words, Minji’s eyes looking up at me were strange.
Should I say it’s scary, or should I say it’s pitiful?
‘I’ve been doing it for a while, so I’m excited to say it, but… Why did you sound expectant?’
There’s no way a young, no kid, would think that way, and Min-ji is taking her medicines and getting tests well.
Putting her mind aside, she thinks there is no possibility of that, but…
‘It’s a possibility.’
It’s a really big deal to say that a current idol is pregnant.
I would be socially buried right away, and it would be impossible to hide it considering the performance attire.
‘Conversely, what if I just proudly reveal it?’
So-Ye, Ha-Eun, and even Min-Ji are all full-time and go on stage…
Just imagining it makes me feel dizzy and go crazy.
‘It’s okay to have such a lunatic delusion!’
Shaking her head vigorously, she hurriedly brushed her thoughts away.
This is an early sight for mankind.
Of course, sooner or later, it will be a sight you will never see in front of your eyes forever.
‘Contraception should be continued thoroughly…’
It’s good to have fun, but I’ll always be careful in the future.
Minji also wants to succeed as an idol.
‘…Isn’t it?’
Suddenly, a question popped into my mind.
Minji really wants to succeed as an idol, right?
‘Um…’
Strangely, Minji’s ideal idol image was not drawn well.
The other two members are well portrayed as successful idols.
‘I can picture Soye finishing her performance from the stage to the center and coming down with a satisfied face. I can imagine Haeun giving the best performance and people talking about her. But why is Minji not drawing anything?’
It might be because, unlike Soye and Haeun, she is always passive.
Minji is greedy like the two of them and doesn’t reveal her aspirations again, because she has a strong feeling that she just follows them.
Maybe she doesn’t mean much to being an idol.
‘No, it can’t be. Then she would have quit right away…’
What kind of idol award does Minji want?
First… She likes to play games and she likes to be inside… She might want to be a streamer or something.
‘No, she’s not an idol.’
Then, only Minji falls into the cute route and turns single, and while she goes out like a variety show, she takes the national sister route?
‘It’s not bad, but it’s entertainment… Will she be able to handle it well?’
Minji’s personality makes it a bit difficult.
‘Something else he might like…’
I continued to draw Minji’s ideal type while lying down.
***
Three days later, at a recording studio in Seoul.
At the studio where we arrived with Ha-eun, an employee of the game company we saw during the last commercial shoot, and a consignment manager were waiting for us.
“Oh, hello~!”
“Hello, Chief Song.”
“Ayu, thank you for accepting me right away. Thanks to you, I can fit into my schedule.”
As soon as he saw me, he shook my hand and was happy.
“I want to thank you. Thank you for accepting the proposal I said.”
Covering the game’s opening and character songs and sending them quickly was the correct answer.
A few hours after I sent the email, I got a reply from the game company as I expected.
I want to entrust the recording of a commercial song to Ha-eun, but is it possible in 3 days?
It was a bit disappointing that only Haeun received the request and not The Queens.
“How about the opening with The Queens? Since it’s a commercial, I think the opening will go in unconditionally…”
“Ah, that’s a bit… We’re pulling out three commercials for each character separately, but each has to stand out differently… We’ve already recorded that side.”
Unfortunately, I stabbed it one more time, but it seems that only one Ha-eun is needed, not a group.
If that’s the case, this recording, Ha-eun should do well.
It has to be sung much better than other commercial songs to stand out to arouse curiosity, ‘Who is that cosplay model?’, And that will lead to interest in the group.
‘If the group recorded it, it’s a little more comfortable because you can openly put the name of Queens on it, but…’
“Then we’ll start recording right away.”
I confidently told Director Song and entered the waiting room right in front of the recording studio with Ha-eun.
“Haeun-ah, we’re going to start recording right away, isn’t it okay?”
“…Uh.”
At my words, Haeun scratched her head.
“What’s wrong? What’s wrong? Is your neck not feeling well?”
“No, no. My throat is sore.”
“Then why?”
“…”
Haeun scratched her head.
“Is this really true? Call me whatever you like… You know my singing style, right?”
“You know. Cool and powerful.”
“But this song, the original song, was cute.”
As Ha-eun said, the original song we had to cover now had very cute vocals.
It was natural because it was a song that expressed the character Freya as cute as possible, but now I was instructing Ha-eun to sing the song on her own.
“It’s me, but… I don’t think advertisers will like it.”
As Haeun said, advertisers will hate it when the original song and image change.
However, it is appropriate to use a new method when it is not easy to sing.
In the world of entertainment, it’s better to gamble when it’s obviously vague.
“It’s an order. Show your skills using your style, okay?”
“It would be nice if it was an order like that… Yes, okay.”
Finally, Ha-eun entered the recording studio.
Now, Ha-eun will take care of herself… It remains a matter of how well I do.
***
Meanwhile, Deputy Director Song, who was next to Lee Se-jin, was full of thoughts of ending the recording as soon as possible.
‘I’m going to finish the recording and go home soon.’
When he heard the song Lee Se-jin sent as a sample, he was impressed.
The quality is similar to the original song.
You sang hard for an idol.
It’s okay for a voice actor’s schedule to explode, so it’s okay to tinker with it.
So I didn’t expect more than that.
Just choose a song without difficulty, quickly give an ok sign, and hand it over to the commercial director, and that’s it.
He thought it was just a normal thing.
“Chief Song, you can look forward to it.”
That is until Lee Se-jin came next to him who thought so and threw a word.
“Yes? Wait?”
“Yes, you will be surprised when you hear the song. The quality and the different taste will be very surprising.”
“Uh…”
The song you sent me as a sample was just okay, right?
“Okay, I’m looking forward to it.”
He’s a producer who works really hard to appeal to his idol.
Deputy Director Song thought so and passed Lee Se-jin’s words.
However, Song’s interest has already begun to shift to Lim Ha-eun.
The curiosity of ‘what the hell am I trying to show you?’ Unconsciously made me do that.
〈 seup…〉
Inside the recording studio, Haeun Lim took her position.
She takes a deep breath and adjusts her mic.
‘As expected, the visuals are awesome. I can feel it right from the way he prepares for the song.’
Song Cha-jang admires Ha-eun Im’s appearance once more.
So while she looked at her face –
“Five.”
At the same time as the prelude passed, Im Ha-eun’s eyes changed.
***
As Ha-eun’s eyes changed, the atmosphere in the recording studio changed in an instant.
I feel that everyone who has seen her is startled by the change in her eyes.
〈 Over there, in this white world-〉
Receiving all those gazes, Ha-eun started her song.
According to the original song, it should have started with a pitiful and cute voice, but unlike that, the song starts with a lonely yet cool voice.
“Uh…”
The conductor next to him tilted his head.
It is a natural reaction since she started singing in a completely different style from her original character song.
〈 Meet you~ The strength to move~〉
But he showed no further reaction.
I quietly listened to Ha-eun’s song.
〈Even in front of ruin~ I’m not afraid if I’m with you~〉
Ha-eun’s voice continued to resonate.
A cool and powerful voice that was different from the manuscript resonated.
And the song was better than the original song.
‘Okay, I’m doing well, Ha-eun.’
Originally, Ha-eun’s vocal skills were quite excellent.
She is in charge of dance in The Queens, but her vocals are also her best, and she sings songs that suit her style to the point where even her vocal trainers are quite impressed.
However, The Queens’ selling point was limited to sexiness, and her best point was her visual, so that point was not highlighted.
‘Kim Soo-hyeok, that stupid bastard, didn’t make good use of it. Why did that bastard do that?’
So, if you ask her to sing according to her style, even though she has a limited style, she is Haeun who can pull out the vocals of a 1st tier idol.
〈 far beyond…〉
Silence passed as Ha-eun finished singing.
From the staff in charge of her music to her deputy manager Song, everyone was looking at Ha-eun without saying anything.
It was clear that Ha-eun’s singing left an impression.
After giving me some time to enjoy the lingering sound, I spoke to Director Song.
“How is it?”
“…That’s awesome, oh… It’s impactful.”
“Yes?”
“Yes. That’s the way…”
Deputy Director Song hesitated as he stroked her chin.
“Originally, this character song… I thought it was a bit cute…”
“You’re saying it’s different from what you thought.”
“Yes, that’s right. First of all, the basic policy is to match the original Japanese song.”
“Yeah, that’s really important when publishing… By the way.”
Ha-eun did as she asked.
Now it’s my turn to brush my teeth.
