Chapter 608:


    <b>Trantor: MarcTempest</b>


    <b>Editor: AgRoseCrystal</b>


    Chapter 608


    “Has the tform not beenunched yet?”


    Seo-jun asked, and Ahn Da Ho handed him a proposal and answered.


    “It’s scheduled for the second half of this year, but the exact date hasn’t been announced yet.”


    “The inte is also buzzing about when it wille out…”


    Seo-jun smiled faintly as he recalled the memes of people waving money and saying ‘Please take my money!’ attached to the article titled [Marina Studio, OTT tform Launching Soon].


    “It must be even more so since the other tform works are being taken down.”As Ahn Da Ho said, there was amotion as the Marina Studio works that had ended their contracts with other OTT tforms like [Plus+] were being terminated one by one.


    -Where the hell did Shadowman go?


    -Redbone! Redbone! Give me Redbone…!


    -Over the Rainbow…???


    -But why did ‘We Are Now/In the Sea’ disappear? That was a TV documentary, right?


    =The broadcasting station that made it is a subsidiary of Marina Studio.


    =Damn. It’s all Marina Studio, huh?


    =22 I guess everything I watched was Marina Studio. They all disappeared??


    -Only the Survivors (a work by Bearound) seem to have survived.


    =??????n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om


    Many people were surprised to see the movies and TV programs that had ended their contracts and said ‘This was a Marina Studio work?!’


    Seo-jun read the part in the proposal for [Over the Rainbow 2] that said ‘Scheduled to be released on our OTT tform’ and said.


    “I wonder if it wille out with Over the Rainbow 2 after the filming is over.”


    “That’s what I’m saying.”


    Ahn Da Ho nodded.


    He recalled the Marina Studio employees who came to see Seo-junst year. They looked like they wouldunch it right away in the first half of this year, but theunch was dyed due to technical or internal problems.


    ‘Well, it would be good for us if it came out with Over the Rainbow 2.’


    The original works that came out with the tformunch would surely be promoted in all directions for the tform’s publicity. It would be enough to attract attention as Seo-jun’s first work after his discharge.


    “Did they decide on a name?”


    He had seen the article that the OTT tform wasunching, but he hadn’t seen the tform name yet.


    “They said it’s Universe.”


    “Universe.”


    Seo-jun repeated Ahn Da Ho’s words.


    Universe, space, gxy.


    It was a name that suited a filmpany that connected movies and movies to create another world like [Assemble].


    “It’s a fitting name.”


    Seo-jun thought of thepanies rted to Marina Studio.


    Marina Studio, which produced and distributed superhero movies like [Shadowman] and [Assemble].


    Season Studio, which produced and distributed animation movies.


    Whale Studio, which produced and distributed music movies and romanticedy movies like [Over the Rainbow].


    ABS Broadcasting, which produced the TV documentary [We Are Now/In the Sea].


    They had so many works that eachpany owned that they could be called ‘space’. He thought that it might be natural that it took a long time to prepare.


    “Over the Rainbow 2 will be filmed ording to schedule regardless of the tformunch, so you don’t have to worry too much.”


    “Okay.”


    As Seo-jun nodded, Ahn Da Ho continued.


    “The filming will start as nned in August, and we’ll move from New York to LA. The director is Sarah Roth, the same as the first one, and the assistant director is Emily Is…”


    Seo-jun checked the schedule as he listened to Ahn Da Ho’s exnation.


    It was a long distance from the east coast of the US where New York was located to the west coast where LA was. It seemed that they would film in real locations rather than on sets, as they nned to film with a documentary technique.


    “Thest filming location is LA Music Academy’s Brad Hall.”


    “Oh. There.”


    Seo-jun smiled brightly at the familiar ce he heard after a long time.


    LA Music Academy’s Brad Hall was the concert hall where he thanked the audience in thest scene of [Over the Rainbow]. It was also the first stage he stepped on with a violin.


    “That’s nice. It’s rted to the first one since it’s thest one. Are they making souvenirs likememorative tickets this time?”


    “I don’t know. It might be hard since it’s a work that will go on the tform.”


    “Oh, right.”


    ‘It wasn’t a movie that was shown in theaters.’


    It seemed difficult to sell souvenirs since it was not a movie that was watched in theaters, but at home.


    Seo-jun said with a regretful face.


    “Thememorative ticket for the first one was really nice.”


    “I know. It was a thrill that you could only feel in theaters.”


    Seo-jun and Ahn Da Ho had expressions as if they were recalling that time.


    The conversation went off track for a moment.


    Ahn Da Ho opened his mouth with a smile.


    “How’s theposition going?”


    Composition.


    Like Seo-jun’s [(Dream Fairy, Goblin,) Gray’s Violin Solo No.1] that was in the ending credits of [Over the Rainbow 1], his ownpositions were expected to be in [Over the Rainbow 2] that he was filming this time.


    ‘I want to put it in the movie, not in the ending credits. I’m not forcing you. It’s more like ‘I’d like to ask you if Jun can do it’.’


    Last year, when Nelson, an employee of Whale Studio, heard that Seo-jun’s schedule was full until next July, he went back to the US and came back to Korea with the answer ‘That’s okay!’ and had a conversation.


    ‘I can tell from Gray’s Violin Solo No.1 and the Concerto for Two Violins that Jun’sposition skills are not ordinary.’


    Nelson exined with an excited face, mentioning the two still popr songs.


    ‘Jun, or Gray Vainy, willpose and show us his performance. Doesn’t it sound like a real documentary and a movie at the same time?’


    And Ahn Da Ho delivered that story to Seo-jun, who was in the army, and Seo-jun dly agreed.


    That’s how Seo-jun’s threepositions and the songs of Professor Benjamin Morton, who also agreed to join this movie, were included in [Over the Rainbow 2].


    Seo-jun answered Ahn Da Ho’s question with a smile.


    “I finished one song and I’m going to finish the other two during the vacation. I recorded it at home, do you want to listen, Da Ho hyung?”


    “Yeah. Let’s do that.”


    Seo-jun connected his phone to the speaker in Ahn Da Ho’s office.


    [Gray’s Violin Solo, No.2], which Seo-jun yed at home on the first day of his vacation, flowed out of the high-quality speaker.


    The tranquil violin melody filled the office where the conversation was going on.


    It was a bit echoey because it was recorded on a phone in a practice room, not in a properly soundproofed recording studio, but he was naturally focused on the smooth and gentle melody.


    He closed his eyes and listened without knowing.


    Ahn Da Ho didn’t know much about music, but he thought the violin skills and the song were wless. And Seo-jun didn’t miss the most important part either.


    “It’s good. I can picture the scene exactly.”


    The most important point whenposing music to be inserted into a movie was ‘Does it fit well with the scene?’ It was even more so for a movie with music as its theme.


    “Right?”


    Seo-jun smiled brightly at Ahn Da Ho’s impression, not missing that point.


    “Should we send this song to Whale Studio first?”


    Ahn Da Ho asked, listening to the violin melody that repeated once more.


    The day Seo-jun’s military service was revealed.


    It was natural that he got a call from faraway America.


    ‘Ahn! I heard the news that Jun is in the military…!’


    ‘It’s true. The schedule that was full until July was because of the military.’


    ‘OMG…!’


    He could feel the breathlessness from the other side of the phone, as if he was shocked.


    Well, he would be surprised too if he knew that an actor who was about to film was in the military. Besides, the military in the US and Korea were different, so the feeling that Nelson, an American, had was very different from that of a Korean.


    ‘So, the filming will go as nned, right? You’re not injured anywhere, right? Is theposition okay? Do you have enough time? The military… oh my…!’


    Ahn Da Ho calmly exined to the flustered Nelson.


    “Nelson seemed okay, but the other team members seemed a bit worried. If we send them one song first, they can rx and prepare for the filming.”


    Seo-jun nodded after thinking for a moment at Ahn Da Ho’s words.


    “Then how about recording it properly and sending it? There’s a violin in the singer team, right, hyung?”


    “We have most of the instruments.”


    Ahn Da Ho contacted the singer team at Seo-jun’s words.


    “The recording studio is empty.”


    “Then let’s go now.”


    “Let’s do that.”


    They were actors and managers with definite execution.


    ***


    Seo-jun and Ahn Da Ho came down to the lower floor by elevator from Ahn Da Ho’s office on the 10th floor.


    The 8th and 9th floors were the actor team, the 7th floor was the PR team and other offices, the 6th floor was the cafeteria, and from below (except for the 1st floor) to the basement, the singer team used them all.


    “The violin is in the basement. It’s in the 3rd recording studio. I’ll get it.”


    “Okay.”


    Seo-jun nodded at Ahn Da Ho’s words.


    Seo-jun got off at the 5th floor where the recording studio was, and watched the elevator that took Ahn Da Ho go down to the lower floor for a moment, then moved his steps.


    It seemed like the first time he came here since he visited the singer team’s offices with the Blue Moon members when they moved to the new building two years ago.


    It was quiet all around, as soundproofing was especially important here.


    “Oh, it’s Seo-jun!”


    “Seo-jun.”


    “Yo! Mr. Soldier!”


    …Just a moment.


    As the saying goes, speak of the devil, the recording studio door opened and the Blue Moon members appeared. The people who were in the recording studio peeked out behind the Blue Moon members at the sound of Seo-jun.


    He greeted them lightly and weed the members with a smile. (He pressed the side of Park Ee-deun, who called him Mr. Soldier, hard.) It had been a long time since he met Blue Moon in person, as their schedules ovepped every time Seo-jun was on vacation.


    “Were you recording?”


    “Yeah. We’reing back soon. What about you, Seo-jun?”


    Ignoring Park Ee-deun, who was whining that his side hurt, the leader Choi Jae-won asked with a smile.


    “I’m recording too.”


    “…Wow! Are you debuting?”


    Park Ee-deun eximed,ing back to life.


    “If Seo-jun debuts… it’ll be a big deal, right?”


    “First of all, the other teams will die from the buzz, right?”


    “Please avoid oureback date.”


    Seo-junughed at the sight of the Blue Moon members talking exaggeratedly with yful expressions.


    “I’m not debuting, I came to record a violin song.”


    “Oh! Violin!”


    They nodded as if that made sense, and moved their steps together. Seo-jun blinked his eyes as he walked naturally.


    “…Why are you following me?”


    “It’s our break time.”


    “We want to see.”


    Park Ee-deun and Jung Eun-sung, who were the same age as Seo-jun, answered with a sly smile. The other older members had the same expression.


    He couldn’t help it.


    Seo-jun shrugged his shoulders and moved to the 3rd recording studio with the members.


    “How’s the military? Is it bearable?”


    “Ugh. I have to go in a few years too…!”


    “Should we enlist together?”


    “No way. We have to take turns to enlist so that the group doesn’t have a military gap.”


    The Blue Moon members chattered.


    Seo-jun, who answered the questions asionally, thought that the difference between walking alone and walking with the members was this noise.


    “They’re debuting a boy group next year.”


    “Really?”


    This was news to him.


    Kim Si-hoon nodded at Seo-jun’s question and told him the story.


    “They debuted a girl group earlier this year. Amber.”


    Seo-jun knew that the female trainees who were recruited when they moved to the new building debuted earlier this year with the name ‘Amber’.


    “The male trainees who came in with them are debuting next year.”


    “It’s a bit shaky, but by next year, we’ll have been debuted for five years.”


    Baek Yi-hyun said, and Jung Eun-sung nodded.


    “It’s time for a new boy group toe out.”


    “They’re all nice and kind, but they also practice so hard that it’s scary.”


    “Ourpany has a good eye for members!”


    “Hmm. Ee-deun. Isn’t that self-praise?”


    “Right. Why don’t youpliment us indirectly?”


    As Choi Jae-won said, Baek Yi-hyun joined in with augh, and Park Ee-deun quickly shook his head, his face turning red.


    “No! That’s not it… Honestly, there’s no one in ourpany who causes trouble, right?”


    “That’s true.”


    As he listened to Blue Moon’s story, Seo-jun thought of who was among the male trainees. The manager, Choi Tae-woo, who found the giarism of [Fire], had been in charge of idol members at his previouspany.


    “Eun-sung. Do you know who they are? The debut team.”


    “Well…”


    Seo-jun smiled brightly as he heard the familiar names among the seven trainees that Jung Eun-sung told him.


    Fortunately, it seemed that all four of them were debuting.