# Chapter 69
He jokingly said he could get the most comfortable and perfect rest when I was beside him, but he really did stick to me earnestly as if he meant it.
While doing so, they divided up the tasks I had to do among themselves.
And scenes where they seemed to be pestering me, saying I should quickly come up with an innovative plan, were frequently staged.
“Hyung. How about this? ‘God Hyunshin Cover Contest.'”
Among the various seemingly meaningless wordplays that came out, Yeonwoo casually threw out this idea, and I looked at him.
The other members all stopped talking at once.
Yeonwoo himself might have just blurted out whatever came to mind without thinking, as he immediately apologized, flinching as if afraid we might criticize him.
“No… Please forget I said anything. I won’t speak up. I’m sorry.”
Immediately, the members began to criticize me.
“Hyung, seriously. How much have you crushed Yeonwoo’s spirit that our Yeonwoo is so intimidated and cautious now?”
I wanted to refute Seo Irun’s words, but seeing their opportunity, Jeong Chan and Lee Dagyeong joined in, and before I knew it, I was apologizing to Yeonwoo.
“But I think that’s not bad. And you guys will participate too. If it’s known that you’re participating, there might be professional singers who want to join as well. That could be fun, right?”
God Hyunshin.
Hyun’shin’.
The naming was good, and the buzz it would create was undeniable.
“Should we create a pilot first? We’ll put it out there, and if the response isn’t good, we can just quietly bury it.”
Han Sijin’s eyes lit up, and the members each took out their smartphones and started looking up Ki Hyunshin’s songs.
“December is off-limits. Wow… could the range of choices be this narrow? I might not even have any songs I can sing. The vocal range is just, this is… wow…”
Most of the conversation proceeded in this manner.
They would eagerly search for songs, but as soon as they learned about the vocal range, they would repeatedly pass.
“Even with December, it was successful because Irun hyung and Sijin hyung divided the lower and higher registers. Irun hyung couldn’t do it alone either, right?”
When Yeonwoo landed a heavy strike, Seo Irun couldn’t refute and just groaned.
“I can’t do the low registers either. I can’t even dream of doing the low notes like hyung and Senior Hyunshin.”
When Sijin said this without anyone asking, everyone looked at him wondering what was going on.
“Who are you? Our Sijin isn’t like this. Who are you and what have you done with our Sijin, huh?”
At Jeong Chan’s words, all the members nodded in agreement and pestered him to quickly bring back the real Sijin.
I also earnestly pleaded.
Give us back our Sijin.
Sijin wailed about what kind of image they had of him all this time, and we said we were just telling the truth.
“Hyung. It’s good that you’re the CEO. If you were just a lower-level employee with no power, even if you came up with a good idea, it might not go up the chain and could be discarded, but that’s not the case for you.”
Jeong Chan said, but I didn’t think that was right.
These guys were Crop Five.
If Crop Five wanted to do something, no matter how strange it seemed, it had a high chance of being realized.
I could suggest trying something else if I thought the response wouldn’t be good.
But if Crop Five was set on something and refused to do anything else, the company would have no choice but to accommodate them.
With Crop Five’s current status, even if the five of them just sat around kneading flour, there would be people willing to watch.
“I don’t think this is something we should drag out trying to perfect it. I think it would be better to ride the current wave of interest while it’s naturally catching fire and attention.”
I completely agreed with Seo Irun’s words, and with that, I went to see hyung.
“God Hyunshin Cover Contest?”
His eyes lit up as if he immediately understood what I was talking about just from hearing the name.
Adding that the Crop Five members would also participate, he probably had a sense of how it would proceed.
“All the members will participate? As solos?”
“We haven’t decided that yet. I don’t think anyone can cover December alone, so like before, Irun and Sijin might go together. December is especially difficult, but other songs aren’t easy either.”
“What about rearranging the songs?”
“Ah. I should tell them to think about that too. So, is the idea good?”
“It’s great! Let’s not prepare for too long—once the framework is in place, let’s launch it right away. Creating a pilot shouldn’t be difficult. The hardest part is casting, but we already have both Crop Five and Ki Hyunshin.”
Everyone would understand how remarkable that statement was.
And yet, we had become people who could casually say such things.
“Are you going to talk to Hyunshin hyung?”
“I’ll call and ask him right now. Will Hyunshin be a judge? How will the judging work?”
“We haven’t discussed that. You and Hyunshin hyung can figure that out.”
“Alright. I’ll call Hyunshin first.”
Thinking about it, that was also quite an extraordinary thing.
It wasn’t natural to imagine from the start that hyung would get along so well with Ki Hyunshin.
If it were Ki Hyunshin, even if hyung was the CEO of a currently successful agency, it would have been difficult to comfortably call him anytime, but hyung called Ki Hyunshin right there without any hesitation.
Only after making the call did he check the time and made a face as if wondering ‘Could it be difficult for him to answer now?’
But he didn’t hang up and waited.
“Hello.”
A voice of someone barely alive came from the other end.
“Were you working until dawn again? You didn’t seem to be sleeping when I left.”
“Ah. Yes, hyung. Did I wake you up by going back and forth to the kitchen at dawn?”
“No. I woke up to go to the bathroom and heard noises outside. I’m a heavy sleeper, so don’t worry about it.”
“Ah. That’s nice. You have a bathroom in your room, hyung.”
I wondered what Ki Hyunshin was talking about.
He seemed to have become really comfortable with hyung.
I never imagined he would speak like this, almost whining to hyung.
Meanwhile, I tried to imagine myself whining to hyung.
How would hyung look at me then?
It wasn’t hard to imagine.
I thought he would probably look not much different from the hyung standing in front of me right now.
“Then use a room with an attached bathroom. Are you stupid?”
“Hey! I’m hurt. How could I do that without the owner’s permission? You should give permission before saying that.”
His grumbling sounded cute.
“Ah, shut up. My brother had an idea, listen.”
He told Ki Hyunshin to shut up.
Told Ki Hyunshin to shut up.
Thinking that no one but hyung could say something like that, I was genuinely impressed.
“What do you think about holding a God Hyunshin Cover Contest? The Crop Five members will each participate too. Is it okay to rearrange your songs?”
“God Hyunshin Cover Contest? Wow. Each Crop Five member will come out separately? Wow. Amazing! Um, wait a moment. I’ll wash up and come to the company right away. Is Crop Five there too? This sounds really fun. Will only professional singers participate? Can’t ordinary people join? No, don’t answer yet. I’ll come over there.”
“I’ll send a car. Will you be ready in 20 minutes?”
“I can be ready in 5 minutes. 5 minutes.”
Then he hung up first.
Hyung sent Ki Hyunshin’s road manager there and looked at me.
“This feels good. It seems like it’s going to be a huge hit. Let’s first talk to the people in our company who are known for singing. We could do it like a Grand Tamer unity event.”
There were several people at Grand Tamer who had finished their activities and entered a preparation period, with fans wondering whether they were still alive.
So if they wanted, it would be good for them to show their faces, briefly share what they’ve been up to, and build anticipation for their new albums.
The idea had become much more solid during the few exchanges of dialogue.
“But the songs are so difficult and the original versions are so intense that there might not be many participants.”
“What if Hyunshin calls and asks them himself? Hyunshin could request singers he thinks would match well with specific songs to cover them.”
Wow. That’s amazing!
Just imagining it was exciting.
If none other than God Hyunshin asked someone to sing his song, regardless of my singing ability, I would consider it a family honor.
“Good. Good. We can announce it on Crop Five’s channel.”
Hyung nodded as well.
“It seems like you coming here was the right choice after all. Having you beside me, ideas just keep popping up.”
“…Huh?”
Why would hyung think that?
Still, seeing hyung, who had been depressed for a while, regain his confidence made me happy too.
Now we just need our kids to do well.
