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In this Life, I'll be the Biggest Star in the Universe: Chapter 002
Three years is short, but also a long time. Especially for men who'll understand what I mean if they have served in the military.
How can 21 months feel this long? I would've never imagined that 21 months would feel longer than the 6 years I spent as a trainee.
"Military. . . was not it."
I finally understood what Seokhwan hyung meant before we parted at the terminal.
A lot of things have happened over three years. I helped in my grandma's restaurant and as soon as I became an adult, I enlisted in the military. I didn't have any money, so I didn't want to spend it on food expenses.
During that time, I was worrying over my career path. After going through the frustration of wanting to become an idol that I dreamt about since childhood, I finally decided to change my hopes for the future.
That was to become a composer.
Perhaps I inherited it from my parents since they were musicians, but I had my own musical talent hence why I chose to become a composer to make use of it.
If you couldn't become an idol, wouldn't it be okay to make music for idols? I also had these thoughts. I thought it would be pretty cool as a career path if I started off as a composer then later transitioned into a producer.
And so, I started to prepare for the university entrance exam.
It was because I thought that getting accepted into a good music college was essential to becoming a composer. Of course, preparing for the university entrance exam wasn't easy being in the military.
There were many obstacles as well.
For six years I was obsessed with wanting to be an idol that I neglected my studies. This created a challenge studying for the SAT and GED. Even so, if it wasn't for the fact that I mastered English and Chinese when I was a trainee, I would still be preparing for the university entrance exam.
I had started studying from scratch for 2 years. Fortunately, I passed the GED safely and now all that was left was the SAT.
WINTER of 2013. Today.
Now after 3 years since leaving the company, 21 year old Seon Wooju had been discharged from the military and was a test taker ahead of the university entrance exam.
Breathe out air in the cold weather. It was the moment when I knew why there's a saying that it suddenly gets cold every year on the day of the entrance exam.
Brrr, cold.
I was walking down the street browsing the internet with my new smartphone since I got discharged. It was still early in the morning. The time of day where the street lamps light's would still be illuminated.
[ WHO ARE THE STAR THAT ARE TAKING THE SAT TODAY? ]
When I clicked on the article's link in the portal entertainment section, I saw faces that I knew.
TNT HAN TAEHYUN, LA VIE EN ROSE JEON YUBIN, ETC. . .
TJ ENTERTAINMENT would occasionally appear and the faces would be lined up on the screen. They're all faces that I recognized. Among them, the one that caught my eyes was TNT's Han Taehyun.
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In this Life, I'll be the Biggest Star in the Universe
FantasyOne day, a miracle came to the aspiring idol Seon Wooju who has visuals for a visual, singing abilities for singing, and song composition skills for song composition! "I'll become a star who'll shine brighter than anyone else." Finally his terrible...