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After sending Chae Yoon-yi to school, Seong-hyeon Jo went to work.
Even though I was a little late for work, I met a friendly face on the first floor.
“Oh, senpai.”
Hyeon-ah Jang smiles and bows her head slightly to say hello.
Seong-hyeon Jo greeted me with a smile.
As we went to the elevator together, Jo Sung-hyun stopped and opened his mouth.
“Hyun-ah.”
“Yes, sir.”
To Jo Sung-hyun’s call, Jang Hyun-ah immediately turned her head and looked at him and answered.
“Is there anything I need to deal with now?”
“Well… no. There is nothing I need to do right now other than to prepare for the next meeting. What are you doing?”
Jang Hyun-ah thought for a moment, then shook her head.
Jo Seong-hyeon opened his mouth as he glanced at the cafe on the first floor.
“How about talking while having coffee for a moment? I will live.”
“I like it.”
Jang Hyun-ah, whose face brightened in an instant, responded immediately.
Jo Sung-hyun smiled and walked to the cafe together.
“Hyun-ah, are you iced Americano?”
“Ah, I’m also a caramel macchiato.”
“Have you ever had a caramel macchiato?”
“No, I usually drink iced Americano, but today I’m just going to try a caramel macchiato.”
Jang Hyun-ah said with a smile.
Jo Sung-hyun nodded his head without thinking and turned to the staff to place an order.
Then, Hyun-ah Jang playfully opened her mouth to him.
“Senior bought it for me, so you have to get something more expensive than an Americano to drink.”
“haha. It’s better to be more expensive. Would you like some cake?”
“I came after breakfast and I was full… I don’t want cake.”
At Jang Hyun-ah’s words, Jo Seong-hyun smiled and nodded her head.
Holding a caramel macchiato together, the two sat down.
There were not many people in the cafe because it was a little past the usual rush hour.
“So, what are you doing? I think it’s a serious story if you’re looking for me.”
“It’s not a serious story.”
“If it’s not like that, I think Chae-yoon will talk about it.”
“… Right. How did you know?”
“Ah, when sunbaenim asks us to talk with that face, ah, something happened, or is there something wrong with Chae-yoon? I have no choice but to think like this.”
Jang Hyun-ah said, shrugging, saying, “Isn’t that normal?”
Seong-hyun Jo raised his hand and touched his face without realizing it.
I want to get a lot of tea on my face like that.
Seeing this, Hyuna Jang giggled and smiled.
Seong-hyeon Jo realized that his appearance was funny, and he lowered his hand and took a sip of coffee.
“Um, what. It’s a little too important to say that it’s not a big deal.”
“yes. I think so.”
“In conclusion, Chae-yoon said that she wanted to sign a contract with Pan Entertainment.”
Seong-Hyeon Cho said.
As soon as Jang Hyun-ah heard his words, he put down his coffee.
His lips twitched, and he looked like he liked it too much.
However, since Jo Sung-hyun is taking a serious look, it seems like he is trying not to show an excited appearance.
“But since Chaeyoon talked about wanting to make money, I’m also worried that her daughter, who has now entered elementary school as a father, is giving up on what she wants to do to earn money.”
Seong-hyeon Cho said softly.
Jang Hyun-ah opened her mouth after making a worried face for a moment.
“Oh, senpai.”
“yes. Hyuna.”
“You already know. My father was very against me joining the company.”
“I heard it last time.”
“Yes, but um… It’s not that I just objected blindly, I could see that I was worried about myself doing this job, but I was happy inside.”
“… It seems like it was.”
For a moment, Jo Sung-hyun remembered the appearance of CEO Jang Pan-seok whom he had met yesterday, and then nodded.
No, not only yesterday, but when Yumi went out to the filming for Me Tube in the past, CEO Jang Pan-seok was there.
Even then, CEO Jang Pan-seok was worried about Jang Hyun-ah, but he was proud of him in his heart.
“The biggest reason I was against joining the company was because I was still young.”
“I was a little surprised too. When I first saw Hyuna. I thought it was a little too early.”
“… Are you senior?”
Jang Hyun-ah looked at Jo Sung-hyun with a puzzled face.
Jo Sung-hyun exclaimed ah.
Unlike the future he knew, he was surprised by Jang Hyun-ah, who wanted to join Pan Entertainment several years earlier.
Since he couldn’t explain it, Seong-hyeon Cho was dumbfounded.
“yes. Apparently, Hyuna is young. Ah, but that doesn’t mean I ignore Hyuna because she’s young.”
“Don’t worry, I know that seniors can’t ignore me.”
At Jo Sung-hyun’s words, Jang Hyun-ah smiled and spoke.
She drank coffee for a while and then continued.
“Anyway, my dad also said he was against joining the company because I was young. I will be in my mid-twenties soon.”
“representative… It is only natural for a daughter to look young in the eyes of a father.”
“That’s it. Sunbaenim, Chaeyoon enters middle school and high school… Even if you go to college, you will look just as young.”
Jo Seong-hyeon paused at Jang Hyun-ah’s words.
That’s right.
No matter how old Chae-yoon gets, it is only natural that in Jo Seong-hyun’s eyes, she just looks like a child.
Just like Cho Sung-hyun’s father and mother see him as just a son.
In the end, Seong-hyeon Jo nodded and agreed with Hyun-ah Jang.
“That’s right.”
“I have wanted to become a manager since I was really young. I can’t even remember. I am sure that I wrote manager in the hope for the future written in elementary school.”
“You have wanted to be a manager since you were young.”
“I grew up watching my dad next to me. I just thought my dad was cool back then, and I wanted to be that kind of person too. That was my dream, and I’ve been keeping that dream for decades, and I’ve only recently achieved it.”
What Hyun-ah Jang wanted to say, Jo Sung-hyun understood.
No, unless you were an idiot, it was something you couldn’t understand.
I have had a dream since elementary school, and Jang Hyeon-ah followed that dream and came here.
look what she is doing now
I opened a me tube channel with Yumi and it was a perfect success.
He made his artist, Yumi, no longer called a rookie.
The time when Jang Hyun-ah came in was when Yumi was making her comeback, so there may have been some good times… .
It was also thanks to Jang Hyun-ah’s outstanding ability.
She made her dream come true, and maybe… You must have a new dream
He said he wanted to be like his father.
The dream I have now… .
“I want to be the person who can lead this company now.”
“… … .”
“It’s really grand and you can see it as the aspiration of a young person who is just starting out in society. But I am sincere.”
Jang Hyun-ah was talking.
Just as she was sincere like this, I think Chaeyoon would be sincere too.
“In my opinion, Chaeyoon is really serious about music. Seriously, I love music so much that I don’t know what to do.”
“Chae-yoon likes music.”
“But the thing that Chaeyoon likes more than music is her father and seniors.”
“… … .”
Cho Sung-hyun couldn’t answer easily.
Jang Hyun-ah smiled and continued.
“Money… I do not know. Do you think it’s just that you don’t like your seniors suffering? And he said he wanted to sign a contract with Pan Entertainment. I think that Chaeyoon really expressed her desire to do music seriously.”
As he listened to her words, Jo Sung-hyun felt that his mind was gradually being organized.
Even if Jo Sung-hyun lived 10 years longer than he is now.
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Musically, even if you have more experience than others in this industry.
He was a rudimentary father.
A father who cannot fully understand his daughter’s feelings.
Speaking of how Jang Hyeon-ah felt as a daughter, Jo Sung-hyun felt like she had a clear decision on what to do as Chae-yoon’s father.
The child talked about making money, but it probably wasn’t the money that really mattered to Chaeyoon.
That’s understandable.
Because Chae Yoon-yi was for Seong-hyeon Jo, and Jo Sung-hyun was also for Chae Yoon-yi.
It just made my thoughts a little more complicated.
Jo Sung-hyun smiled with a light heart.
“That’s right. Thank you, Hyuna.”
“What. When I think about what seniors did for me, it’s not enough.”
Jang Hyun-ah said.
Jo Sung-hyun opened his mouth with a smirk.
“Now, would you like to hear more about Chaeyoon’s contract terms?”
At his words, Jang Hyun-ah nodded and got up from her seat.
“You go to the office and talk like that. father.”
Jo Sung-hyun laughed at Jang Hyun-ah’s playful remarks.
Jang Hyun-ah, who laughed together, took a sip of the caramel macchiato in her hand.
“Okay, that’s it.”
She said.
It was with a gentle smile.
* * *
After talking with Jang Hyun-ah and discussing the contract, Jo Seong-hyun returned to his studio before lunch.
Because there was no time to relax.
“You have to focus.”
Concentrate, quickly finish today’s work, and let’s go pick up Chae-yoon.
With that thought in mind, Jo Sung-hyun sat down on a chair.
However, his plan went awry from the start.
woo woo.
As soon as Jo Seong-hyeon sat down, his smartphone vibrated to notify him of an incoming call.
The name that came up on the screen of the smartphone was ‘Seo Ye-na’, so Jo Sung-hyun answered the call right away.
– It’s me.
“Yes, Jena.”
-I think I should ask for your opinion on the feature I mentioned last time.
Seo Ye-na carefully speaks out.
Since she wasn’t the kind of person who usually speaks out cautiously, Jo Seong-hyeon made a slightly puzzled face.
“Have you thought about it?”
– No matter how much you think about it, there is only one person that comes to mind.
“yes.”
-If that person does it, the actual song itself will be more complete, and I think it would be great.
“Are you the type of person who finds it difficult to ask for a feature?”
-… It’s kinda like that.
Seo Ye-na hesitated for a moment before answering.
If she asked for a feature, no one would refuse, but seeing her being so careful, I thought it would be a really difficult opponent.
Jo Seong-hyeon opened his mouth casually.
“If you talk to Team Leader Woo once, you can contact us even at the company level… ”
– No, it’s not like that… .
As if feeling a little frustrated, Seo Ye-na cut off Jo Sung-hyun’s words.
At her actions, Jo Sung-hyun couldn’t help but be even more puzzled.
And, Seo Ye-na’s next words.
Jo Sung-hyun made me feel embarrassed, not puzzled.
– That’s it.
“Yes?”
– That’s it. A person who wants to ask for a feature.