The Road to Glory Chapter 121 - Spring Again

[Roh Haeil Donates 1 Billion Won on His Birthday]

[Arbor Releases First Fashion Photoshoot with Ambassador Roh Haeil]

└ Black hair VS platinum blonde Haeil

└ No no no no no

└ This is his first photoshoot…?

└ Wow, the atmosphere… This is really different…

└ Is this really a minor?

└ Seriously, the design is good. The coat has a fusion hanbok feel and overall the Oriental painting style is very luxurious. Was Arbor always like this?

└ The designs all changed when they got a new designer

└ There’s a rumor the head designer majored in Oriental painting

└ But is it that Roh Haeil pulls off the clothes really well or that the designs are good?

└ Looking at the custom Stella before, Roh Haeil pulls things off really well. His white face and long limbs seem to suit flashy things well

└ …But is there possibly a purchase limit on this too?

└ It’s pre-order sales;;;

While the fan cafe was buzzing with successive news articles,

‘Storm Haeil Watcher’, the president of the ‘Do We Look Like Jaws to You?’ cafe who had organized the goodie sales and donation accounting details, was trembling nervously in a cafe meeting room close to Roh Haeil’s label, despite her fierce nickname.

In fact, she couldn’t help it.

It was her first time meeting her idol in his right mind(?). The staff who were supposed to attend the meeting with her felt the same way. When they created the unofficial fan cafe, they never imagined something like this would happen.

Even if they met someone, they thought it would be someone from the PR team or a manager or administrator, not a meeting with their idol like this.

‘Ah, I see…’

The fact that they had been upset about not being able to communicate because Roh Haeil’s label had no employees became the reason they could meet him directly, as life is full of unexpected turns.

Soon, a man’s silhouette was reflected in the meeting room.

The entire cafe staff tried to reassure themselves that it could just be a passing customer, but with a knock, the one who gently opened the door and entered was-

“Hello everyone. You all came early.”

It was their idol, smiling as he removed his mask with one hand. They thought they might achieve enlightenment right then and there, staring blankly at him without even being able to greet him.

Of course, there were a few matters that needed to be discussed.

The issue of continuing the unofficial fan cafe.

The sales records of goods prepared for this day.

They had even prepared accounting documents since they had recently raised and spent a large sum of money on donations. They wanted to prove to the boy “We’re this clean.”

However, after buying them new drinks and desserts and engaging in small talk for a while, the boy dropped a bombshell:

“A, a fan meeting?”

Ah, she could see it.

The president felt dizzy.

A small piece of bait thrown into the middle of an empty ocean.

A school of Jaws rushing in from all directions at the sight.

Long, long ago, in ancient times, they used to call their idol the moon, and fans were called stars or cosmic dust or something like that.

That has long since become obsolete, and all that remains is Jaws. Only fierce things like shark packs remain.

At first it was used self-deprecatingly, but soon fans were the first to request changing the cafe BGM to “Baby Shark.”

“That’s great, really great, but how are you thinking of handling ticket sales?”

The fan cafe president and staff members clutched the back of their necks when they heard he was originally planning to do first-come-first-served on site, but fortunately they heard the members objected and it would be done through Watermelon in a few days on the 21st. It was right around the corner.

“I have something prepared so many people can be satisfied-“

As the conversation progressed, the boy excitedly laid out his fan meeting plans, and the president felt happy but also wanted to cry. Her lips trembled as they curved upwards as if being drawn.

With this pure and white face, he gives out cruel orders.

‘Kill each other and survive.’

The president’s reaction was the same as the fans when the fan meeting notice was posted on the fan cafe.

└ Please do it half-heartedly…

└ Let’s just sing one song and end it;;;

└ Don’t give out goods, just increase the audience seats

└ Universal Art Center seating capacity: 1052 seats. Damn it

└ It did increase from 830 haah

└ It’s fine to just add two more zeros to the ticket price too

└ I was planning to see the new musical coming out, but that’s not happening now.

└ Why does the fan meeting have to be on a Sunday ㅜㅜ

└ You damn devil bastard. I really hate you. I’m grateful and happy you’re doing a fan meeting. But did you really have to do it like this

Moreover, when the boy mentioned in advance that there was “a gift I’ve been working hard on since before the small theater concert” regarding the goods, the staff and president became of one mind.

Last time it was handwritten letters,

What on earth is coming out this time.

The president, who had just handed over the accounting ledger for now regardless of the fan cafe’s continued existence, thought she absolutely couldn’t give up while posting the “Roh Haeil Fan Meeting Notice”.

It was the same for others.

└ I’ve been training for this day all along.

└ Huhuhuhu is it starting again?

└ (Turns neck) The day of reckoning has finally come

└ 5252 Everything will be decided that day (cracks fingers)

└ The one who seizes supremacy over the sea!!!

Halo put down his pad after monitoring the always lively fan cafe with a smile on his lips.

He felt proud that the reaction was good.

Sunlight streaming in through the window. And from the music box placed on the table, the melody of “Welcome to my World” plays.

The boy sitting against the brick wall holding a guitar and playing, and the figures passing by around him were simple, but not bad.

This music box was a gift that took several months to make.

Seeing how the members who checked the gift first chattered on about how pretty it was for a while, he thought the fans would like it too.

The fan meeting preparations were going well too.

Now all that’s left is-

As he waited for the members, he recalled his conversation with August Veil.

-If you’ve looked for answers nearby and couldn’t find them, going a bit further might be the answer. There’s a reason people travel to refresh themselves. Sometimes long-standing problems get solved in an instant.

-It might end up being ‘Roh’s’ last trip.

“A trip, huh.”

Travel was something he had wanted for a long time.

He felt he needed new stimulation, as good as communicating with fans and performing were.

Any kind of trip, with any companions, would be fine.

It would be fun to go fishing in the sea with fans and have a campfire on the beach, and it would be enjoyable to wander around the country for about a week in a camper van with the members.

The more he thought about it, the more strongly drawn he felt to August Veil’s suggestion.

It would be good to go even farther.

He was setting out to find new stimulation.

To find the reason he hesitated between ‘Roh Haeil’ and ‘Halo’ in that far-off place,

The new music he had been searching for.

He wanted to create powerful music that stirred others’ emotions, not just focused on his own feelings. He wanted to grow even more than he was now.

And so Halo decided right away.

That he would go on a trip.

There was no need to worry about costs or anything else.

He could leave right now with just his guitar slung over his shoulder, taking nothing else. It wouldn’t be the first time he left without looking back.

Of course, he wasn’t going to leave right this moment.

He couldn’t give up current joys for the sake of other pleasures.

After savoring how his music had been completed through the fan meeting he had organized, HALO’s album,

And the musical premiere, he would set out in search of new joys.

As he wound the “Welcome to my World” music box, the crowd revolved around the boy playing guitar. The monotonous hair of the crowd members shone with various colors as it rose up.

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[Roh Haeil Fan Meeting, Ticket Pre-Sales Open on Watermelon on 21st at 8 PM]

“Wow, this guy seems to have no schedule but then everything comes rushing in at once.”

“It means he can create a schedule whenever he wants. Look at that confidence.”

“Doesn’t he have reason to be confident? If Roh Haeil suddenly said he was busking today, wouldn’t you go? If Roh Haeil suddenly filmed I’m Alone on My House tomorrow, wouldn’t you watch? You would, you’re curious.”

At the time when fans were facing their life-or-death moment,

A variety show with the catchphrase “Music is the Language of the Gods” was being produced inside the JTC Entertainment Division on Sangam-san-ro in Mapo-gu.

It was a show that was said to be successful from when the PD first proposed it.

They say trends cycle every 10 years at most, and this had a similar format to a show produced about 10 years ago. With the four elements of travel, music, stars, and national pride, it seemed impossible to fail.

The name of this reality program was,

[Spring Again]

It took its title from HALO’s 2nd full album, and the opening theme was also “When We Meet Again”, the title track from Spring Again.

As it was a program about performing busking concerts abroad and singing our songs again, the PD took great pride in the theme song and program name.

“Who appears is more important though. How’s the casting going?”

“…”

The response was lukewarm.

It wasn’t going well, he could tell right away.

It’s not that there weren’t people who wanted to appear on their program. Rather, there were many.

Entertainment companies were stepping forward to recommend their singers for this anticipated show from the JTC Entertainment Division. -Though he wasn’t sure why they were recommending- Even models and actors who couldn’t play any instruments were being recommended, so casting shouldn’t be difficult.

If it was difficult, it must be because they strongly desired a particular singer.

Roh Haeil.

That name everyone in Korea was looking for! They wanted him too.

In their view, Roh Haeil’s music would definitely work overseas. No, it could do even more than just work.

Young age, genius, live performances and unique sensibility, etc. There were mountains of things foreigners would like.

Also, the recent theory that Roh Haeil = HALO was attractive from the production team’s perspective.

Honestly, the production team had some expectations.

Looking at the broadcasts Roh Haeil had appeared on so far, they were all music-related shows, and judging by Roh Haeil’s actions, he clearly preferred busking.

So when they suggested busking in Europe, they thought they’d get a more positive response.

“Could he possibly have other schedules?”

“Or maybe he’s going to release his 2nd full album.”

It was said jokingly, but everyone there shuddered. The possibility was low, but there was still a chance.

“He must be busy with the fan meeting for now.”

“We need to start filming in early January, so we need to finalize casting by early December.”

“Um, PD-nim.”

As people were struggling to cast Roh Haeil somehow, the youngest writer raised her hand.

“PD-nim, aren’t you close with PD Jang-nim?”

“PD Jang, you mean Senior Jang?”

“Couldn’t we ask PD Jang-nim once?”

The writer calmly added.

“Actually, since PD Jang-nim is the one who made Roh Haeil a star, I think he’d probably agree to PD Jang-nim’s variety show, but PD Jang-nim has a program he’s preparing now. The casting is done too. So how about asking for advice on how he got Roh Haeil for his rendezvous?”

Since PD Jang was a star PD in KDS’s Entertainment Division, it wasn’t proper for a PD from another broadcasting station to ask him for something. But such talk was coming up because there were rampant rumors that PD Jang was coming to either JTC or TDN first.

And even if that wasn’t the case, JTC and TDN had many PDs from KDS. PD Park of Spring Again was also from KDS, and had once worked under PD Jang.

“Hmm, should I try contacting my senior?”

It was pathetic, but PD Park wanted to get Roh Haeil even if he had to do that. The boy who would become the flower of his program.

;

Time passed from then.

On the last Sunday of November, 9 days after the news that Roh Haeil’s fan meeting sold out in 1 minute,

Many people gathered at an art center in Gwangjin-gu. One peculiar thing was that there were many people wearing school uniforms.

Since there was no age limit for ticketing, it wasn’t just real students who came, and in fact, not many people looked like students externally. Most were adults who had graduated long ago.

Adults who had pulled out school uniforms that had been stuffed away in closets like on April Fool’s Day entered the art center happily while feeling embarrassed.

The reason they wore school uniforms was because of today’s dress code. An enquête was conducted for the dress code of Roh Haeil’s fan meeting today, and school uniforms received the highest number of votes.

It wasn’t that they wanted to wear them, but rather they wanted to see Roh Haeil’s small theater concert outfit. But that was fine.

Coming three hours early and looking around the art center, there were many things prepared like banners with Roh Haeil’s photo stuck in flower pots that someone had brought, and a goods shop.

People looked at the goods shop with interested eyes or willingly opened their wallets. Though it wasn’t an official goods shop, the quality of the Roh Haeil fan cafe goods surpassed that of most celebrities.

This time, not only light sticks but also accessories to attach to the light sticks were sold, with a new shark accessory that everyone in the fan cafe had talked about. The fierce Jaws-like shark was made into a keyring that could be attached to the end of the light stick.

Fans who received arm stamps, tickets, and for some reason, goods in enormous shopping bags, huddled in corners to open their Pandora’s boxes.

The shopping bags were too big to ignore, so they had to open them.

And the eyes of those who opened the large boxes widened.

“This is… crazy.”

They could only say it was crazy.

Those who thought it would be postcards this time since the gift at the small theater concert was handwritten letters felt like they’d been hit on the back of the head.

What celebrity in the world gives out music boxes as fan meeting goods? Their hands were already trembling, afraid it might break.

Moreover, the quality was incomparable to those sold in the children’s section of large stores.

How much must it have cost to order these? They naturally became curious. For one thing, it was clearly more than the fan meeting ticket price.

And the goods didn’t end there.

There were also everyday photo cards of Roh Haeil that seemed to have been taken by someone, and postcards with crescent moons printed on them. The postcards were holographic, so they looked like the moon from some angles, and even like the sun from others.

It was an amazing reverse gift even for people who came to Roh Haeil’s concert, no, fan meeting without thinking much.

It wouldn’t have been disappointing to go home like this.

But the fan meeting wasn’t over.

This is just the beginning.

The dress code is school uniforms.

If today’s fan meeting theme is conducted like a classroom,

There was one more concept for the fan meeting.

“Hello, everyone?”

Informal speech.