Resonance 029

  Yoon Hyun may not care about the Song Awards, but he cares a lot about Infinite Challenge and Coffee Prince.

  Although Yoon Hyun won two Best New Actor awards, he only gave a very sincere thank you speech on stage to his company, parents and seniors, etc.

  He probably has his own private thoughts in this. After all, the last two are considered to be what he truly put effort into. As for the song... well, he still feels a bit guilty towards Birdie.

  So MBC's Entertainment Grand Prize and Acting Grand Prize became Yoon Hyun's most concerned thing at the end of the year.

  The first event was the Entertainment Awards.

  The so-called Entertainment Grand Award is to commend all MCs and guests of variety shows broadcast on TV stations throughout the year, a kind of recognition for their work.

  In 2006, the revamped "Infinite Challenge" exploded with a strong vitality, sweeping away the stagnant state of the first two seasons and gaining increasing attention. It also created a new genre of wild Real variety shows. As a reward for this innovation, main MC Yoo Jae-suk won the Grand Prize in Entertainment last year.

  This year, "Infinite Challenge" went further, and all the MCs were nominated for the final "Daesang", including Yoon Hyun, a newcomer who joined only half a year ago. He also earned his nomination with his outstanding performances in the Song Festival and later in the National Dance Special, which was called the longest cycle of Infinite Challenge.

  So when the 7 MCs of Infinite Challenge appeared together on the red carpet, they immediately received the biggest applause from the audience.

  The most notable among them are Liu Zaiyu and Park Myeong-su, who are known as the No. 1 and No. 1.5 MCs.

  At the end of the red carpet, Liu Zaishi expressed a lot of gratitude and humility during an interview, then still wanting to continue speaking, Yun Hyun and Park Myung-soo, who had been waiting impatiently on either side, lifted Liu Zaishi's arms and walked inside. Jeong Jun-ha and Jeong Hyeon-don immediately reacted, lifting one leg each of Liu Zaishi, haha and Roh Hong-cheol pretended to be security guards, covering their ears with one hand as if listening to instructions from an earpiece, and using the other hand to block reporters from taking pictures, following the five people into the awards ceremony broadcast room.

  This scene was also captured by journalists present and became one of the most classic moments of that year's awards ceremony.

  As this year's most successful MBC variety show, "Infinite Challenge" has been the focus of attention from all angles since its production team entered.

  As the awards ceremony began, this attention continued to rise.

  When the Best Screenwriter award was given to PD Kim Tae-ho of "Infinite Challenge", the ceremony reached its first climax.

  Just like Liu Zaishi was carried into the broadcasting hall, several people grabbed Kim Tae-ho's limbs and lifted him onto the award stage, then heavily "slammed" him onto the stage.

  "His success is built on our hardships." Haha snatched the trophy from the petrified presenter's hand, which was meant to be given to Kim Tae-ho.

  "He's simply a devil of a man!" Lu Hongzhe exclaimed, snatching the trophy from Ha Ha's hands.

  "What he said, we don't believe at all now." Zheng Hengdun also took the trophy and said a word.

  "Although we all still found what he said was done." Zheng Junhe had a silly and kind old man image.

  "But that doesn't stop us from doing it while cursing him for not being able to get married." Yoon Hyun said with a vicious tone, taking over the trophy.

  "Even if I get married, I'll be separated from my wife for a long time." Under Kim Tae-ho's suggestion, Park Myung-soo and his girlfriend being apart for a long time is often brought up as a joke, which he resents the most.

  "But it was also him who made the infinitely selfish 'Infinite Challenge', he deserved this award." Liu Zaishi finally wrapped up and handed the trophy to Kim Tae-ho, who was still lying on the ground.

  The whole awards ceremony has become a laughing stock. To be able to get such "recognition" from the MCs, Kim Tae-ho being the best is well-deserved.

  The next award that made the "Infinite Challenge" program team more concerned is the Best Newcomer.

  Because there is Yoon Hyun in the nomination. Actually, no one has any doubts about Yoon Hyun being able to win Best New Actor. After all, he was nominated for the final award.

  Yoon Hyun was also aware of the situation, so when the presenter walked onto the stage, Yoon Hyun quietly moved his chair back a bit and shifted his body to the side. He didn't want to be lifted up like that.

  As expected, when the presenter smiled and read out Yoon Hyun's name, several MCs immediately wanted to lift him up like they had been injected with chicken blood. However, what was unexpected was that Yoon Hyun reacted even faster, and after hearing his own name, he almost instantly ran onto the stage.

  This scene was also faithfully recorded by the camera.

  The whole scene was filled with laughter.

  Breathlessly receiving the trophy, Yun Hyun pretended to be still in shock and pointed at the round table where the "Infinite Challenge" program team was seated, saying seriously: "Okay, I've already got the trophy, you can all sit down now."

  The whole scene burst out laughing again.

  "This rookie award is more important to me than the grand prize." Yoon Hyun began his acceptance speech. "Okay, I admit it, because I was facing six other seniors, and even a senior like Lee Soon-jae, I didn't have any ambition for the grand prize."

  Yoon Hyun's honesty earned laughter from the audience once again.

  "I want to say thank you, first of all I want to thank my agent. If it wasn't for that day when you held a knife and forced me to participate in the variety show, I would never have made up my mind to accept the infinite challenges. Next, I want to thank Liu Zai Shi Xi, the entire Infinite Challenge was led by you, united as one, long live Teacher Shi!"

  The scene was filled with laughter again. Haha and Lu Hongzhe also responded from below, shouting "Long live!" together.

  "Next are the other five hosts, thank you for taking care of me. Especially in the standard dance special, secretly tearing my clothes, Park Myung-soo, I will remember it forever. Lastly and most importantly, I want to thank MBC for giving me the opportunity to participate in Infinite Challenge, thank you!"

  Applause erupted, and Yoon Hyun also walked off the stage with his head held high.

  However, after stepping down, he was immediately attacked by Park Myung-soo...

  The subsequent awards ceremony was relatively dull. The "Infinite Challenge" program team also gradually faded out of the award-winning lineup.

  Just like the calm before a storm, everyone is waiting for the release of the grand prize.

  In fact, other MCs of "Infinite Challenge" all know that this big prize can only be considered as a competition among two and a half people.

  Liu Zai Shi vs Li Shun Zai, the battle between National MC and National Grandpa. Eh, Park Myung Soo barely counts as half?

  The rest of them were there to accompany the prince in his studies.

  But this still gets everyone excited. After all, even if it's just a nomination, for these comedians, it's already an extremely high honor. This feeling is no less than that of actors who have been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor.

  Finally, the moment of the final battle has arrived.

  The whole scene entered the most tense state of the entire evening party.

  Two cameras, one focused on the still smiling National Grandfather Lee Soon-jae, and the other on the gradually stiffening smile of Yoo Jae-suk.

  The head of MBC's Entertainment Bureau, who was in charge of the awards ceremony, announced in a low voice: "The winner of the 2007 MBC Grand Prize is... Lee Soon-jae!"

  Almost instantly, several MCs of "Infinite Challenge" looked a bit lost.

  "...and the Infinite Challenge Team!" The minister's loud gasp made several people instantly return from hell to heaven.

  Although the 7 individuals were extremely excited, when facing a senior like Li Shunzai, they still showed enough restraint and invited Li Shunzai to walk in front of them on stage to receive the award.

  "I'm grateful for the big award given by MBC, but I think today's main character isn't me, so I won't say much." Lee Soon-jae received the trophy and said a few words with a smile before walking off the stage amidst the Infinite Challenge MC group's applause.

  The next stage belongs to infinite challenge.

  Each MC came up to the microphone and gave a speech of their own, at this moment the awards ceremony really became a celebration of Infinite Challenge.

  The celebration went from MBC's broadcasting hall all the way to a restaurant and then to KTV...

  When Yoon Hyun woke up until noon the next day, his memories in his head were completely fragmented.

  In a daze, there was only a group of big men together laughing and crying while drinking wine.

  Both lives as human beings, Yin Xian couldn't quite understand this state.

  But there is a heartfelt emotion and blessing.

  Suddenly, he remembered the melody in his mind when he first participated in Infinite Challenge recording and gazed up at the starry sky over the sea. He wanted to record it.

  After overcoming the hangover headache, Yin Xian got up and washed his face, took out the papers with music scores from the bookshelf that he had found on the deserted island to go to the recording studio.

  Just as Yin Xian was about to leave, the phone suddenly rang.

  Yin Xian picked up his phone and saw an unfamiliar number, furrowing his brow.

  "Hello." Yin Xian still politely answered the phone.

  "Hello, is this Yoon Hyun?" a female voice came from the other end of the phone.

  "Yes. May I ask who you are?"

  "Yoon Hyun OPPA, hello. I'm Taeyeon from Girls' Generation. I got your phone number from Yoon-ah and I'm sorry to bother you."

  "Oh, Taeyeon, what brings you here?"

  "I don't know if you still remember, OPPA Yoon Hyun, but didn't you write an OST for a TV drama before?"

  "Ah?" Yun Xian furrowed his brow, then suddenly remembered: "The Fast Sword Hong Gil-dong? Are they looking for you to sing?"

  "Yes. I'm recording this song in my company's studio now. Knowing that this is your work, so I'm being quite presumptuous to ask if you have time to guide me a bit..." Kim Tae-yeon's words were very polite, so polite that Yoon Hyun basically couldn't bear to refuse.

  "This...alright. Now?"

  "Do you have time? That's great. I'll wait for you at the entrance of our company." It can be heard that Kim Tae-yeon is very happy.

  "Alright, I'll be there in about 15 minutes." Yoon Hyun said, glancing at his watch.

  Entertainment company. As a giant in the Korean music industry, Yoon Hyun had heard of its name from his previous life. Although Yoon Hyun has lived in Gangnam for so long and passed by the entrance many times, he has never been inside before.

  This was Yoon Hyun's first time entering this outwardly shabby but famous star-making factory in all of Korea.

  If there's one thing that's different from LOEN, it's the fact that at the entrance of the company, there are always many fans waiting for their idols to appear. Especially with TVXQ's return to Korea, the power of Asia's largest fan club is no joke.

  So when Yoon Hyun arrived in the car, it also caused a stir among these fans. However, thanks to the selfies taken by M backstage, these private fans did not make too crazy moves.

  "Yoon Hyun oppa, you're here." Yoon Hyun had just entered the hall when he saw Kim Tae-yeon standing respectfully on one side.

  If it weren't for Soo-young's past life, Kim Tae-yeon would be considered half a fan of hers, allowing him to have a clear understanding of her personality from the start. He might really think that this little girl with a doll-like face is like Hyun, a well-behaved and polite girl...

  But now Yin Xiancai won't be deceived!

  "Sorry, I made you wait for a long time." Yoon Hyun naturally wouldn't show an attitude like "I saw through your disguise a long time ago", and it was a very polite response. After all, among the large number of fans outside, there might be SNSD fans.

  Then Yoon Hyun followed Kim Tae-yeon to the recording studio.

  In the recording studio, Yoon Hyun met Yu Yong-zhen, a famous musician known to everyone. The company's true behind-the-scenes pusher, who wrote countless popular songs that are on everyone's lips.

  "With Yoo Young-jae sunbaenim here, Taeyeon, why are you still looking for me? Isn't this making me lose face in front of my senior?" Yunhyeon seemed to be scolding Kim Taeyeon, but in reality, he was secretly sucking up to Yoo Young-jae.

  "Yin Xian, you're too polite." Yu Yongzhen also seemed happy to accept Yin Xian's kindness. "Taeyeon, get ready to go in and sing this song."

  "Alright, teacher." Kim Tae-yeon bowed obediently.

  It's obvious that Kim Tae-yeon is afraid of Yoo Young-jin from the bottom of her heart...

  After about one minute of preparation, Kim Tae-yeon went in and sang.

  Yin Xian was on one side, wearing a listening earphone, and seemed a bit distracted.

  Although his past life's memories of this little girl's good impression came from her singing, Yin Xian did not expect that the song he wrote, which seemed a bit rough and immature at the time, would be sung by her without any of the decadence and despair he had previously felt.

  It's a girl who is quietly pouring out her own longing feelings.

  Yoon Hyun's eyes were getting a bit distracted as he listened and looked at Kim Tae-yeon's gaze.

  At this moment, he felt that he seemed to have fallen in love with the girl, and if you count the previous life, it would be another time.

  The song ended. Kim Tae-yeon seemed to have not noticed Yoon Hyun who was spacing out and walked out of the recording room.

  "What does Yoon Hyun-ji think?" Yu Yong-jin's words were relatively calm, but a hint of pride and confidence could be detected.

  "Alright." Yoon Hyun-ji slowly came back to his senses and simply said two words.

  "Can Yoon Hyun OPPA give some specific advice?" Kim Tae-yeon suddenly said.

  "Damn it, is this little girl starting to get paranoid and find fault with herself?" Such a thought immediately popped up in Yoon Hyun's mind.

  Then she looked at Kim Tae-yeon's slightly wandering eyes and immediately confirmed her own thoughts.

  Then Yin Xian took a deep breath and began to think seriously.

  "If I may offer a suggestion, although Yu Yongzhen's arrangement of the instrument is perfect, I still insist that the prelude and the second half should be mainly piano." Yin Xian said somewhat hesitantly.

  Yu Yongzhen nodded slightly, neither affirming nor denying.

  "As for singing...” Yoon Hyun looked at Kim Tae-yeon and mischievously said, “Can you be a little less low-key and more lively?”

  "Whispers... lively... what does it mean?" Kim Tae-yeon couldn't understand.

  "This can only be understood and cannot be explained." Yin Xian said with a very old and mysterious tone.

  "Yoon Hyun said it makes a lot of sense." Unexpectedly, Yoo Young-jae nodded on the side, "No wonder you're the songwriter of this song. I've also listened to Taeyeon sing it several times, and I always felt that there was something strange about it, but I couldn't find the right way to describe it. Now that you mention it, it really is like that."

  Kim Tae-yeon looked at Yoon Hyun with a somewhat incredulous expression. She had also worked with Yoo Young-jin for a long time, and even saw him produce an album for BoA, but she had never seen him so seriously affirming someone else...

  "Let me put it this way, have you ever had a one-sided love?" Yoon Hyun thought for a moment and organized his words.

  "No..." Taeyeon cautiously looked at Yoo Young-jin and shook her head firmly.

  Oh, right, it's a well-known company that doesn't allow its artists to date...

  "That... so, you put yourself in a role. You secretly like a boy, he doesn't know, and you don't dare let him know that you like him. Even if you feel that he might have a slight liking for you, but you don't dare ask, afraid of losing everything... right, this is the feeling you've already found, so next is when he occasionally shows some care for you, you'll be slightly moved, thinking there's a bit of small happiness."

  "Oppa, you think I sang with a bit of sadness?" Taeyeon thought for a moment and made a summary that she could understand herself.

  "Sorrow and resentment are not wrong, but they lack a bit of no regret. Without that little bit, you will always have the strength to persist." Yoon Hyun-soo said along with Kim Tae-yeon's train of thought, "No one will unconditionally give out, even love. It's always for a little bit of return that one will persist."

  "Wouldn't that throw off the feel of this song?" Yu Yongzhen suddenly had a bit of concern.

  "So I suggest using the piano," said Yoon Hyun.

  Yu Yongzhen immediately understood.

  Then use computer to generate new composition.

  "It's really a company! This is the latest software for generating!" Yoon Hyeon looked at Yu Yong-joon operating the software with a bit of envy. This thing is very expensive.

  "This is the latest one. How, Yoon Hyun-ji, do you still have research on this?"

  "I'm basically clueless about musical instruments, and I rely almost entirely on computers for composition." Yoon Hyun said with some embarrassment.

  Yu Yongzhen was chatting with Yoon Hyun on one side, but his hands didn't stop working for a moment.

  Before long, the composition was finished.

  Kim Tae-yeon, who had grasped Yoon Hyun's intentions for nearly twenty minutes, re-entered the recording studio.

  "If I walk close"

  I walk towards you

  What would you think

  I don't have the courage

  If you leave

  You left me

  How should I bid farewell to you?

  Can't help but feel scared

  ……“

  Yoon Hyun was stunned by Kim Tae-yeon's singing voice coming from his earphones and stood still on the spot.

  After finishing the song, Yoon Hyun remained silent.

  "This song will be a hit." Yoo Young-joon looked at Kim Tae-yeon with a hint of jealousy, then glanced at Yun Hyun. Although he was confident that his songwriting skills were absolutely not inferior to the young man in front of him, something like this had never happened to him after doing music for so many years.

  It's just a simple melody, simple lyrics, but this little girl has brought out an effect that even the author couldn't have imagined. He can fully understand Yoon Hyun now, who is spacing out. That's true happiness.

  Perhaps Yu Boya felt this way when he met Zhong Ziqi?

  As for Kim Tae-yeon, Yoo Young-jin also had a bit of jealousy, he himself was not without trying to get her to try out some of the songs he wrote, she never sang with such feeling like today.

  What's going on here?!

  "Taeyeon." Yoon Hyun also dropped the honorifics, "From now on, when I write songs, I'll look for you to sing them. You can't refuse, okay?"

  "Yoon Hyun OPPA……” In fact, Kim Tae-yeon herself couldn't calm down either. For the twenty or so minutes before recording, she had been trying to find the emotions that the two producers were asking for, but just couldn't get it right. But as soon as the piano accompaniment started playing, she almost instantly understood the feeling that Yoon Hyun was talking about. And then she naturally sang out the whole song like that.

  What's the result? Even her own tears were left behind in the end, what do you say?

  "Taeyeon-ah, you really have to thank Yoon Hyun a lot." Yoo Young-jin noticed the state between the two and suddenly felt a bit worried.

  "It's not necessary to thank me." Yin Xian looked at the recording being generated on the computer with a hint of melancholy. "When a song meets a singer who can sing it like this, it's just like when a girl meets a man who truly understands and loves her - it's hard to say who should be thanking whom." Then, suddenly remembering something, he turned to Yu Yongzhen and said: "Senior, since I'm already here, could I borrow your recording studio for a bit?"

  "Recording studio? What's going on?" Yu Yongzhen was stunned for a moment.

  "It was like that, I was about to go record a song in the recording studio before Taeyeon called me. Yesterday, 'Infinite Challenge' won the Grand Prize for Entertainment at MBC, so I wanted to record a song I wrote earlier as a celebration and thank you."

  "Oh? Is it that song you wrote on a deserted island, OPPA?" Kim Tae-yeon immediately reacted.

  "Really? Do you watch 'Infinite Challenge'? " Yun Hyun didn't think Kim Tae-yeon knew.

  "Is it that song you wrote while lying on the surface of the sea?" Yu Yongzhen seemed to have heard of it too, and showed great interest.

  "I don't know if it's possible?" Yun Xian still spoke politely.

  "It doesn't matter, do you have a score? Do you want me to help you with the song?" Yu Yongzhen probably still thanked him for the song "If", and was very proactive.

  "Don't bother, I think I can do it myself." Yin Xian nodded and walked to the computer where Yu Yongzhen had just composed the music, pulling out the score from his pocket.

  "This is still a manuscript written on a deserted island!" It seems that Kim Tae-yeon is indeed a loyal viewer of Infinite Challenge...

  Because this song has been going on for a while, Yin Xian still used about half an hour to finally generate the song.

  "What's with the concert effect?" Yu Yongzhen almost immediately noticed Yoon Hyun's choice of accompaniment and direction.

  "Originally, I thought just playing the guitar solo would be enough. But with such advanced equipment, not trying out the most luxurious effects would feel a bit wasteful, heh." Yin Xian rubbed his head, looking slightly embarrassed.

  Kim Tae-yeon and Yoo Young-jin both burst out laughing.

  The brightest star in the night sky

  Can you hear clearly?

  The one who looks up

  Deep down, loneliness and sighs...

  Yin Xian slowly began to sing in the recording room.

  "Yoon Hyun-ji's singing skills are really perfect." Through the monitoring headphones, Yoo Young-jin could clearly hear any flaws, and in the past, these flaws would have made him frown, becoming an obstacle and resistance in his post-processing. But with Yoon Hyun-ji, he suddenly felt that her producer must be very happy.

  I pray to have a transparent soul

  With eyes that flow with tears

  Give me the courage to believe again

  Crossing over lies to embrace you...

  The high-pitched vocals in the chorus are also very clear.

  Yu Yongzhen felt such strong jealousy for the first time, why wasn't Yoon Hyun his company's person?!

  The song ended. Yin Xian walked out of the recording room.

  "Yoon Hyun OPPA, are you done recording this song just like that?" Kim Tae-yeon looked at Yoon Hyun with a bit of incredulity. This time's "If" was already considered quick for her, and they had been working on it for over a day, but Yoon Hyun had finished the composition and singing in 40 minutes...

  What is this!

  "It's better to listen for now. I'm not sure if it's satisfactory." Yoon Hyun knew that Yu Young-jin was here, and if he acted too arrogant, he would be slapped in the face... Yu Young-jin was notorious for being difficult to talk to, and even the tyrannical Lee Soo-man showed him some respect...

  Then Yin Xian put on his headphones and listened to the section he had just recorded again.

  "As expected, the high note was a bit off." Yoon Hyun muttered to himself.

  "Is it still low? I think if it's high, it might be a bit too loud." Yu Yongzhen expressed his opinion.

  "It should be fine, can I try again?" After all, this was someone else's recording studio, so Yoon Hyun-joon still asked Yu Yong-cheol for his opinion.

  Yu Yongzhen made a gesture of invitation.

  He is also curious about what Yin Xian can do.

  Then Yin Xian went into the recording room and sang again. Sure enough, the high notes were a bit higher than just now.

  Yu Yongzhen was completely speechless.

  When Yoon Hyun-joon left with the well-made demo, Yu Yong-sung didn't say another word.

  "It's clear that he appreciates you. Interacting with him more will be beneficial for both you and Girls' Generation." Yoo Young-jin added, "He's a genius, a real genius."

  As for Kim Tae-yeon, she was already suppressed by Yoon Hyun. She had always envied Jessica's high notes and felt sorry that she couldn't sing such high notes, but today... compared to Yoon Hyun...

  Yin Xian actually had a little regret in his heart, the music festival version of "The Brightest Star in the Night Sky" was recorded and sounded good, but it seemed to be missing something...

  But now he may not have much time to consider this issue here. The most important thing for him now is to go to the beauty salon to make up, and then attend tonight's MBC Acting Awards.