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Chapter 335

This time, it's an OST, so we all agreed that it needs a different approach than the songs on the previous album.

"It's not a collaboration like we had with the game, so we just have to adapt it to the movie."

"But it's important to show them the characteristic color of TeSTAR~"

Focus on the movie and base TeSTAR enough for them to recognize it.

There's just one problem.

"Uuh...i-if there was a main melody like in the game, it would be better."

"...Whether we make it or not, they should at least give us some data."

But the film company had not provided much information.

Some of the keywords and scenario summaries provided, which said "Limited to leakage issues," were worse than expected.

TL/N: They didn't give them much detail with the excuse that there might be leakage of that information to the general public.

Let's look at the keywords.

[Universe, Cyberpunk, Supernatural Powers, Battle, Focus]

The plot is on the level of an obvious sci-fi hero movie. There is almost no worldview explanation.

'But this is too much.'

I frowned. They could have written a confidentiality memo, but I think they've given us less information than they provide to the people who went to the audition.

TL/N: He's referring to the scripts they provide to actors who go to auditions to win a role in the film. While they don't give them full scripts and sometimes they are just drafts, MoonDae is complaining that it's unfair that they didn't do that with them to have better inspiration.

"First of all, I will proceed to compose being aware of the fact that this is background music in line with the method of composing the film's OST..."

Although Kim RaeBin solemnly exclaimed and started working, the surplus labor has nothing to take care of.

'We don't know how to make an OST, so what can we do when we have a knowledge base at level 0?'

There are four days left, but it's hard to do anything with what little we've learned.

'At best, we could fix the melody...'

There is no room for brainstorming. In this case, since there are too many of us, we can only give feedback to what RaeBin will do.

'I started the camp to avoid this situation.'

Now that we have to compose the OST, it is a bit bitter to follow the above steps without having made any special choices. I turned and stood up from my seat.

"MoonDae hyung, where are you going?"

"To drink water."

"I'm going too!"

Cha YooJin followed me. For some reason, he seems to follow me every time I go to the kitchen? I don't think it's an illusion.

"Can I eat this?"

"Yes."

I didn't bother to tell him that he'll have to pay half the cost of everything he eats. Anyway, this guy has enough money.

YooJin, who was finding snacks in the hotel's refrigerator and stuffing them into his mouth, suddenly spoke to me.

"Hyung, did you know that I can see the worry on your face?"

"What?"

"This is delicious! Take it!"

I don't need it.

I mumbled while chewing the nuts he offered me.

"Why do you look worried?"

Well, isn't that obvious?

"It's because selecting an OST in four days is a forced march. The company hasn't provided us with much information."

He is not swayed by realistic words, so it's okay to say this.

As expected, YooJin looked fine, and shrugged it off.

And he made a bomb statement.

"That company is doing it on purpose!"

"...!"

YooJin crumpled up the bag of snacks and threw it in the trash.

Tang.

"On purpose?"

"Yes. That's absolutely clear. Hmm, that company doesn't seem to want to give us the job, does it?"

"....."

Let him keep talking.

I leaned against the wall. YooJin also did the same.

"It was probably unpleasant for them that we interrupted them so suddenly. Although, they probably have us under a prejudice."

Ah.

'Wouldn't that be racism?'

He used to live there, so he must know more.

"You say that from experience?"

"Not at all! I'm not!"

Now you're doing a double negative.

Well, Cha YooJin's Korean speaking ability aside, judging by the expression on his face that said he didn't care, it seemed that nothing serious had happened.

"So I know this too. If we do it right, they won't be able to talk."

Oh.

"And we don't need to. We're fine without OST!"

"You wanted to go to America."

"Well, there are always other opportunities!"

You still persist. There's nothing to lose by politely declining.

'It's been a long time since this guy has spoken so aggressively.'

That's kind of interesting. I'll shake it up more.

"I don't want to quit, but what if these bastards take offense?"

"Then, well, let's just shout that we want a 100% proper reference. The stars always do that, and I want to do that too! Have our company send an email."

Hmmm.

Definitely a great way...but it's true that we push when making the request through T1, so there's no need to give the opponent an excuse to openly refute.

I smiled.

"Do you know there is a calmer and cooler way to do it?"

"Tell me!"

Well.

"Hmm...If you look at the fact that these bastards come out unfairly pretending to give us work..."

It's rather a good situation.

I smiled and opened the plastic bottle.

"We can say that indirectly, but you have to pay attention to the way we say it."

"Is it different?"

"Yes, different."

I drank some water.

"Because that way, they won't be able to refuse."

They're making unreasonable demands pretending they're not.

"Oh..."

Cha YooJin nodded his head.

"But why do you like it?"

"Because that means our company is using some strength."

"Our company is stronger than Limestone?"

No matter how strong T1 is, it couldn't commit the great folly of going against copyright.

"It's not like that, it's because of the close relationship they have. T1 Entertainment distributes all Limestone films in Korea."

"Oooh."

There's definitely a reason why the film company couldn't refuse. I don't know what it is, but T1 made a better deal than expected.

Maybe T1 saw our proposal as a green light for us to flatter them by saying "Thank you for your cooperation."

"Would he have believed that we bowed when he was angry that the proposal he made for us to be a directly affiliated label was about to fail?"

It's a complete misunderstanding, but it's good to use it.

Anyway, T1 must have wanted to increase the overseas pie of their idol group that won Daesangs, so I think they made a great deal by contacting the film company eagerly.

However, the movie company said it was fine considering the relationship they have with T1, but the staff must be upset that a KPOP idol group, not even American, suddenly stepped in.

I touched my chin.

'Someone, inside the film company, is playing with us.'

Would he have thought it would be okay to act that way since it was only an OST for foreigners?

"It looks like one of the Limestone bosses is disrespecting us."

"That's right! When are you going to tell me how to do it?"

"Now."

How impatient. I smiled.

"Good. So, the explanation I told you before means..."

"Tell me!"

He's proud.

"It means that once we meet the ridiculous conditions these guys have given, they'll have no choice but to tell us it's okay."

"Hmm?"

"It's a situation that all the top bosses agreed on. They won't be able to deny us without justification. I don't know if they will modify their request."

That means we can yell at them.

"Then, the best thing would be...to send the final version of the song well done."

"Boooooo. That's losing."

This guy...

"It's not just about getting it right, it's about adding more than keywords on our own."

I drank water.

"If we add the game's worldview keywords and those of existing heroes from the movie company, it'll be a well-crafted extra job."

"Why do that?"

"We have to make them feel embarrassed."

"Hmm?"

I crumpled the empty plastic bottle.

"When we send it, we have to add sincere words. "You guys didn't send us anything, so we gathered information and made this.""

"Uuuuuh!"

"And the next words are the most important."

"What is it?"

I laughed.

"I don't think the person in charge knows this well, but when requesting an OST demo, they usually politely state the level of information and time frame in which they needed to deliver."

"...!"

I shrugged my shoulders.

"And when we have a meeting, we just need to say that we need to prepare these things, as if we were teaching a kindergartener. That's it."

No matter how many OST songs they have, you can't skip the OST preparation at the first meeting with the strange applicant without informing the higher-ups.

Then, even if we don't know who is the one who played a bad joke on us, he/she will have no room to escape. That person will have to explain to both companies what happened.

"WOW."

Cha YooJin changed his posture.

"Hyung, that's totally badass!"

"Do you like it?"

"I like it!"

I'm glad he likes it.

YooJin asked for a high five and even ran to the hotel lounge and started explaining himself first.

"Let's do the OST and embarrass them!"

"What?"

I knew this would happen.

I completed the explanation complementing YooJin's words. The members looked puzzled, but soon became serious.

"That's a dignified way."

"It's okay~ Even if something goes wrong, we did our best."

This means that even if things go wrong, we can definitely win the battle of public opinion. Yes, I've also taken that into consideration.

"Should we try for a majority vote?"

"Yes."

Immediately, as soon as we got a unanimous "OK," YooJin whistled.

"Our members are great!"

And Kim RaeBin started to get excited again.

"Then we should get to work quickly."

"Okay. We'll hurry up and bring the movie references and the game~ Our RaeBinie, fighting!"

"Yes!"

That's how the surplus labor, excluding RaeBin, also had something to do.

"So, should I tell the company about the explanation I'll send you?"

"Hmm, I think it would be more effective if we used it as well."

It's not like they're going to give us an interpreter who can highlight all the subtle details of the problem in this short amount of time. Rather, it's better for us, the parties involved, to focus and try harder.

'And here we have the right person.'

"Do I?"

"No. Just gather references. You know American culture well."

"OK~"

It's not YooJin. He's active, but to be honest, I don't think he's going to use the vocabulary of official documents well.

I turned my head.

"AhHyun-ah."

"Yes...?"

"Can you give a description of our job in English?"

Seon AhHyun's face lit up.

"Yes...!"

He has studied abroad at a prestigious private school and his English vocabulary is advanced, so he would be the best. Ultimately, I can have an expert review it before sending it.

Also, AhHyun is not good at producing, so he seems to be happy to have something he can do.

"I'll do my best...!"

"All right."

I think AhHyun put some pressure on his mind with this.

Keun SeJin smiled.

"Ah~ I think everything is organized, so should we cheer up again and get started?"

"Yes!"

The atmosphere became lively again.

And in that atmosphere, RaeBin muttered as if he had just realized it.

"So, considering the explanation and the translation? The deadline has been shortened by one day."

"....."

"....."

Kim RaeBin gave a thumbs up.

"The scheduled time for the camp was originally three days, so it seems to fit perfectly!"

Yes, if it's fine with him, then we're good.

* * *

"Ah...I'm tired."

A worker on duty at T1 ENT's Foreign Cooperation Department sighed.

Overseas contacts were arriving even at dawn on Korean time, so the worst thing was to be on standby for some urgent matter during a weekday.

He took a nap and watched Netplus, but he was still bored.

'I don't even understand why I have to be here when I'm not allowed to read everything that comes in right now.'

There was nothing to do but contact them quickly if there was an emergency from some of the requested customers. The worker sighed and checked the company's ERP system.

Then he saw a document.

[TeSTAR film collaboration (테스타)]

Since this is a popular idol group, he had heard rumors in the department.

'I first heard that they would work with Limestone.'

And he seemed to have heard that they had sent their actual demo the day before yesterday.

He had no right to read it, so he looked over his shoulder a bit, but he could see that the explanation attached as an appendix was very carefully done.

TL/N: In computer security, "looking over your shoulder" is a social engineering technique used to obtain information from a particular user. Simply put, he spied on the contents of the document.

So he was a bit embarrassed.

'Something like this...'

To be honest, it made them look a little subservient.

'For an idol group that won Daesangs in Korea, they seem to be ignoring them...'

Could it be that the company ordered them to do that?

Somehow, he felt that his pride had also been hurt, so the worker enthusiastically cursed the company as an excuse.

And based on the timing, he made a little prediction of what might happen in the future.

'This damn company, if they gave them the thumbs up sign as if they were doing them the favor of having chosen them, they will say something about it again...'

At that instant.

A new email arrived.

[Fw: In response to your request of.....]

The sender account caught his attention.

'Limestone!'

Hurry up and click...it was what he wanted to do, but he had no authority. Then, in the eyes of the worker who was sorry to see only the surface and not the whole content, something appeared...

Attachment size.

'Ah...'

What arrived was a stack of files the size of the ones TeSTAR had sent...!

'What the hell did that company send?'

If it was a simple sign of approval, it couldn't be that big, and even the contract clause would be the same.

'Oh, come on!'

It was frustrating not to be able to see it because he didn't have permission to read it...! The watchman sighed.

And when the day was already bright as the sun had risen, the watchman learned of the circumstances of the email.

It was a gesture of voluntary tax payment and reconciliation returned.

'Wooow!'

He felt like he was drinking an impressive cider.

'What the heck did they send? No, how well did they do the song?'

* * *

"We received a suitable request."

"Oh."

It worked.

Of course, I don't know what else I'll say when I go to a meeting.

'No, in this case, we can just exchange emails without meeting.'

Still, I didn't bother to stop the members from laughing and high-fiving.

'A win is a win.'

Ryu CheongWoo smiled and continued the briefing.

"There are almost no revision requests, just some arrangement requests regarding the song structure."

"It's not difficult!"

RaeBin is almost flying. He shows incredible activism by drinking caffeinated beverages like water for three days.

'He must be having fun.'

Then, CheongWoo showed a puzzled look.

"Besides...Do you guys want us to sign a cameo contract?"

"...?"

"Really? A movie cameo?"

"Yes."

I was impressed.

These bastards...

Now that this has happened, they're really trying to make a hit at the Korean box office.

"You mean this movie, right?"

"Yes. I guess we'll just come out in the background, like we'll pass."

"If that's the case..."

"Will it be okay?"

And, naturally, we all looked at the same guy.

"W-Why...?"

"We trust you, hyung. "

"...!?"

We looked at Bae SeJin, the cool child actor. The time has come for him to challenge Hollywood.

"Don't trust me!"

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