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Chapter 106 The Chosen One Tarot Fulfills His Talent
In the frame, Zhang Yixing, wearing a blue sweater and a white knitted hat, slowly steps onto the tracks beside a snowy train station. The camera follows his gradually kneeling form, zooming in on his profile beneath the brim of his hat. His reddened ear gently buries itself in the snow, resting on the rails, as if listening for a sound. Then, from the silent frame, the sound of a train whistle breaks.

The condensed snowflakes gathered at the bottom of the screen to form "Spring Day", as well as the words "lyrics", "composition", and "Tarot".

"Are you crazy?" Jin Youzhen rubbed her frozen fingers, somewhat confused by Zhang Yixing's actions in the MV.

When she saw the passersby, she quickly stood up from the table and handed over a company flyer: "Aningha Saiyo, please take a look."

Only after the uncle took the flyer did she sit down, breathing out the hot air.

I don’t know why, but the weather in Seoul this year is exceptionally cold.

What the hell, this company is just as bad! They're making people sit under a tree handing out flyers in the freezing cold!

However, as a part-time college student, she didn't have much choice.

Sitting back in his seat, Kim Yoo-jin clicked on the MV of "Spring Day" on the screen again.

As the train whistle gradually grew in volume, a prelude to the melting of ice and snow and the revival of all things sounded in the vast snowy sky.

"This prelude is amazing!" Jin Youzhen's eyes flashed with surprise: "It sounds great."

"I miss you~"

"After saying it, I miss you even more~"

As Gong Cheng's voice introduces the story, the camera pans to a train traveling on a snowy track. Gong Cheng, wearing a white turtleneck sweater with black and white stripes and a matching earring in his left ear, exudes a melancholy.

The pair of eyes under the scattered white hair were bright and quietly gazing at the car window covered with mist, as if seeing the distant past and missed friends through the hazy fog.

"Looking at your photos, it's hard to relieve the pain of missing you~"

"Time is too cruel, it hates the word 'we'~"

He stretched out his slender index finger wrapped in a ring, and wrote something like "Tarot" faintly on the foggy car window with his fingertips.

"Oh my god!" Jin Youzhen felt a ripple in her heart as she watched this scene. She seemed to be able to feel Gong Cheng's longing and helplessness through the screen.

She suddenly felt that the weather was not so cold anymore.

How could this song be so heartwarming? But as she watched the images fade away on the screen, she didn't quite understand what the music video was trying to say.
Maybe it’s friendship, maybe it’s growth, maybe it’s youth…

She didn't quite understand, but she always felt that what this song and MV wanted to express was not that simple.

The sad singing voice and melody collide to create a sound that can heal people's hearts and warm all things. This is very contradictory, but it is also what she thinks is the greatest.

And the melancholic temperament that emanated from Gong Cheng's body. He didn't try to act cool in front of the camera, but it made her unable to take her eyes off him. She even wanted to take a screenshot and use it as a screensaver.

After reading this, just do it!

Jin Youzhen nodded secretly.

In the fragmented clips, Lin Yingxiong is wearing beach pants, looking back and smiling between the blue sky and the sea. His healing smile is like a flower blooming in spring, warm as spring.

Park Jae-bum stood inside the train, searching for the figure of his companion. His lost, confused eyes gradually dimmed as each carriage became empty.

"Hoping winter will end soon~"

"Missing you is like snow, how much will it fall~"

"Spring is coming~"

"Frieng~"

Inside the station, Zhang Yixing, who had been kneeling in the middle of the snow track, slowly stood up. He looked expectantly at the train coming from afar. Steam was gushing out, and snowflakes were splashing on the rails, but the train passed by him sideways.

No one got off the bus. He reached out his hand with a feeling of loss, and a snowflake landed on the tip of his nose...

"If I were the fluttering snowflake~"

"It will accelerate and fall next to you~"

"The snowflakes are falling and going away little by little~"

"I miss you~"

"I miss you~"

"..."

The car window was frozen into ice, and Gong Cheng was still writing and drawing on the icy drawing board with his fingers, but it was impossible to tell what the words he was writing were recording.

As the camera turned, the pair of sad and heartbroken pupils reflected the car window glass covered with ice flowers; the camera moved closer and closer following his trembling eyelashes, and the pair of sad and gray eyes gradually expanded on the screen, and the reflected picture suddenly had some more colors as if time was going backwards.

"How long do I have to wait and how many nights do I have to endure~"

"I can finally meet you~"

"I can finally meet you~"

"..."

"Oh my god, this scene transition!" Jin Youzhen exclaimed, covering her mouth. She had watched Bombardment Meteor's previous music video, and the part that impressed her most was the opening. Gong Cheng's expressive eyes, like fluttering butterflies, could evoke a thousand emotions.

These eyes are not only beautiful, but also can speak...

"Tsk tsk, the director really likes to use these eyes for special performances."

She now finally understood why Tarot had so many crazy fans before his debut.

"Wait until the cold winter ends~"

"Wait until spring is in full bloom~"

Gong Cheng's eyes reflected another world: a giggling Zhang Yixing, wearing a birthday hat and grinning widely; Park Jae-bum and Lim Young-woong, arm in arm, shoving each other, smearing cream on each other's faces; and Gong Cheng, hiding behind Lay, smiled brightly at the camera and smeared the cake in his hand on Zhang Yixing's cheek. The warm and unrestrained scene, in the dim and blurry hue, resembled a yellowed diary...

As the diary pages turn.

In the dull and narrow spiral staircase corridor, Zhang Yixing leaned against the wall with an expressionless face; Lin Yingxiong looked at the quarrel between the two people in front of him, wanting to say something but hesitant; Gong Cheng and Park Jae-bum, standing at the window of the corridor, seemed to have started an endless quarrel.

The biting cold wind caressed the two people's excited faces.

"It's you who has changed~"

"Or maybe I've changed~"

“But everyone is like this~”

"..."

Gong Cheng and Park Jae-beom, two parallel and intertwined rap voices, with different rhythms, yet blending perfectly. The anger that should belong to the quarrel sounds a little powerless, or fragile, or unwilling.

The next second, the four boys each ran down the spiral staircase, but each of them was heading in a different direction.

Finally, the overlooking image freezes on Gong Cheng's lonely, melancholic face. Standing at the bottom corner of the stairs, he glances up with a wistful air, his eyes, shrouded in longing, taking in the backs of the three departing ways. He extends his slender index finger, gesturing for the camera.

"Blaming you is more painful than forgetting you~"

"..."

Listening to Gong Cheng's sad yet warm, fragile voice running towards the light, Jin Youzhen suddenly understood.

It turns out that behind youth and growth lies farewell and loneliness.

She couldn't help but wonder, behind this song full of hope and light created by Tarot, could there be a metaphor for the final ending of the group Bombardment Meteor, just like the scenes in the MV?
Suddenly, Jin Youzhen remembered that this limited-edition group, which had just released its first album and was like a heavy fog, only had a six-month validity period...

As the MV draws to a close.

The next second, Lin Yingxiong woke up from his dream. He straightened up from the train dining table and looked out the window at the snowy scene with trepidation until the train whistle sounded. He put on his woolen hat, took off his headphones, and paused the scrolling music cover.

"'Spring Day'?" Kim Yoo-jin looked at the close-up shot by the camera.

Her restless heart began to beat restlessly. She thought of Lay, who was staying at the station, the boy who listened to the train whistle in the snow with hope. Will they meet?

"How long do I have to wait and how many nights do I have to endure~"

"I can only meet you~"

Park Jae-bum packed his luggage in the train compartment, preparing to get off. After searching through the baggage, he realized that all he had was an album with a fiery red wing printed on it. On the back of the album, there was a photo, like a small card, of the four young men, standing under a sky full of fireworks, their smiles radiant.

"The cherry blossoms are about to bloom and winter is about to fade away~"

"I miss you~"

"..."

"Boom!" Gong Cheng rested his head against the window, pulling back his fingers from the glass. A tired, lonely look crossed his eyes. As the train entered a dark tunnel, the entire screen fell into darkness.

"Wait a little longer for me to survive a few more nights~"

"I will come to see you~"

"..."

"Is it over?" Jin Youzhen murmured a little disappointedly. She felt that the ending should not be like this.

As she wandered around feeling sad, the dark screen turned into bright colors.

On the snowy platform, three trains slowly approached. Zhang Yixing, who was about to leave, seemed to sense something and retracted his steps, turning back to gaze at the three trains, covered in thick snow and emitting steam. His silent eyes flashed the final scene of the music video.

Inside a train carriage, the foggy glass reflected the four names written with fingers, 'Tarot', 'Lay', 'Jay Park', and 'Lin Yingxiong', all with different strokes.

Behind these names, through the misty car window, you can vaguely see a smiling face. This face, once filled with sadness and fragility, now smiles like a blooming cherry blossom.

"Wait until the cold winter ends~"

"Wait until spring is in full bloom~"

"Wait for me there when the flowers bloom~"

"Wait for me there~"

At the end of the MV, on the icy window pane, water vapor and water droplets slowly roll out the words "Bombardment Meteor"...

"So, is this the end?" Jin Youzhen put down the phone with some reluctance, stunned for a few seconds. After hearing this song, it seems that Seoul this year is not so cold?

Bombardment Meteor, the group that announced the bombing of the Peninsula music scene, will it still exist in a few months?
"Haha~ Please don't be like a shooting star, flashing across the night sky..."

The ending of the MV is ambiguous. Kim Yoo-jin suddenly feels a certain fondness for this limited-edition group, pretentiously named "Bombing Meteor," yet fears their fleeting existence. She eagerly searches the internet for all possible information about them.

What touched her heart the most was the boy named Tarot.

Even though she doesn't have much right to choose her job, she can decide which boy or group to like.

……

"Fireworks are eternal" first day sales: 170293 copies!

Bombardment Meteor! The first album "Fireworks are eternal" is so cool! #1

Peninsula Entertainment News: [Bombardment Meteor's "Fireworks are eternal" sweeps major music charts!]

[Photos]

As of midnight on October 26th, Bombardment Meteor released their debut album "Fireworks are eternal," 24 hours prior. One of its title tracks, "Fake Love," topped the charts on major music websites, including Genie, Mnet, Bugs, Soribada, and Naver Music. All songs from the album "Fireworks are eternal" swept from first to sixth place on major music websites like Melon, Genie, Mnet, and Naver Music, achieving a perfect all-kill performance on domestic music sources.

[Attached photos (real-time data: 1, "Fake Love" 2, "Spring Day" 3, "Fallin' Flower" 4, "DNA" 5, "Blood, Sweat, and Tears" 6, "(Maybe)")]

[As of now, Bombardment Meteor's first album pre-sale sales, plus the first day sales, "Fireworks are eternal" is about to break the 50 mark]

Bombardment Meteor once again breaks the record for the fastest MV to reach 10 million views!!!

Peninsula Music News: [Bombardment Meteor's debut album, title track "Fake Love" and "Spring Day," both received over 10 million views within two hours of their release. As of now, "Spring Day" has become the second most viewed song in the past 24 hours, with the title track "Fake Love" in first place, having topped the iTunes Global Music Chart...]

Bombardment Meteor, fulfill the promise! Bombard the Peninsula music scene from all angles!

Kpop is about to face its biggest reckoning in history!

Peninsula Sports News: Tarot, the chosen one, fulfills his talent!

False prosperity? False love! Tarot proves everything!

Music critic: [Three months ago, Tarot debuted as a solo artist and released his first album. He was ridiculed, abused, his album burned, and dubbed the biggest joke in K-pop. Just when everyone thought the name Tarot was about to fade into obscurity, he carried a shower of meteors and announced it to the world! Bombardment Meteor! Listening to one of the title tracks, "Fake Love," Tarot explained his journey of blood, sweat, and tears. It was a grand and mutually hopeful connection between Tarot and the Arcanas, a question of whether love could still exist behind masks, a final blow in despair, a fog that followed the shredding of the masks! A performance that will leave a lasting mark in K-pop history, a battle for survival initiated by Tarot!]

"Honestly, the entire album is produced entirely by Tarot. It's shocking. Isn't this Bombardment Meteor, a joint release by four companies?"

"As an Arcana, when I first heard 'Fake Love,' tears welled up in my eyes, following the guitar and Miya Makoto's hoarse voice at the beginning. Most people, including passersby, would think it was a story of betrayal in love, but the lyrics and the music video constantly remind Arcanas of a journey filled with slander and abuse. Oppa, you must have been tormented too, right?"

"Promise me that after you're reborn from the ashes, you'll walk on the path of flowers, Oppa!"

"I'm totally hooked. The instrumental for 'Fake Love' is incredible, setting a tragic and grand tone. It's incredibly tear-jerking and relatable. Especially after watching the music video and understanding the story behind Tarot, I finally understand why I cried."

"I agree with the blogger's review. A piece about Tarot and the dazzling PUBG! I'm so happy to witness a boy turning the tide and the birth of a group with dazzling fireworks!"

"I prefer the song 'Spring Day'. The prelude really makes me feel like spring is coming, but with the MV, it makes me a little sad. I hope Gong Cheng oppa, after all the 'blood, sweat and tears', can welcome the cherry blossoms blooming in spring, so let's walk the flower path, oppa!"

"I'm seriously ill and still in the hospital. My mom told me I need a daily IV drip. When I heard the song 'Spring Day,' it felt like the beginning of the four seasons and the revival of all things. Everything will be fine. I hope my next spring day will arrive as promised. So, Gong Cheng oppa, can Bombardment Meteor not disband in six months? When spring comes, my illness will be better too. Can we meet then?"

"Oh my! I really like "(Maybe)" and "Fallin' Flower"~ Does anyone know~ Gong Cheng oppa's voice is so sususus?"

"Fallin' Flower" is a divine song~"

"While you all think this is a great work, as an Arcana who has been with Oppa all the way, my heart is like that fire a few months ago, burning more and more..."

"Rapper star Park Jae-Bum, cosmic god Gong Cheng, dancing machine Zhang Yixing, international sweet-voiced Lin Yingxiong, and Bombardment Meteor's productions are bound to be top-notch. With blood, sweat, and tears along the way, the young man finally becomes king!!!"

"I became a fan before Oppa debuted, and after the album was released, it was really suffocating. The past few months, Arcana and Oppa have been under a lot of pressure. From debut to now, there has only been one radio station for major and minor activities. Even though the personal album has received good reviews, I still encountered a lot of unwarranted hostility and obstacles. I haven't even had a stage to promote my music. Along the way, Oppa really cherishes Arcana, and Arcana also cherishes Tarot. We appreciate each other..."

"..."

Amid the outburst of public opinion, the names Bombardment Meteor and Tarot became famous throughout the peninsula.

The next day, September 10th.

Gong Cheng came to JYP with a hangover.

He walked through the crowd of people shouting "Tarot" and countless cameras refreshing film under the building, and then staggered into the company surrounded by security.

"Senior, your new album is a big hit!"

Huang Lizhi, who hadn't seen Gong Cheng for a while, greeted him with admiration when he saw him.

In the past two days, rumors about this senior in the company have intensified with the release of Bombardment Meteor's first album "Fireworks are eternal".

However, compared to the previous gossip and scandals, the trainees this time were full of admiration and envy.

As soon as the album was released, she decided to spend her pocket money to queue up in major record stores in Seoul, as the supply could not meet the demand.

In the end, she had no choice but to go back to the record store in Gwangju and grab an album from the shelf where there were only a few left.

"Let's go practice?" Gong Cheng yawned and smiled.

He was naturally happy that his new album was a huge hit and that he'd made a comeback. Those three guys from last night were still drunk and hadn't gotten up yet. I guess their schedule for today will be delayed...

But when he thought about his upcoming death journey, he felt a little unhappy.

Thinking that Park Jin Young was still waiting for him upstairs, he said hello to Huang Lizhi and got into the elevator.

Suddenly, Gong Cheng thought of something and poked his head out to ask, "Are there still rumors that I'm pursuing Lim Nayeon recently??"

(End of this chapter)