Peninsula: Starting with the nation's first love, the white moonlight

Three days later, Li Luran officially started working.

As a junior intern in the planning department of LOEN Entertainment, I didn't experience the workplace bullying I had imagined, nor did I encounter the melodramatic scenes in TV dramas where senior employees make new employees run errands like buying coffee.

Everyone was so busy that some people didn't even know when a new intern had arrived.

Li Luran's task was to assist in organizing music demos and processing the dry audio feedback from artists' live performances.

This can be very difficult for interns, especially those without relevant experience.

However, for Li Luran, it was like a fish in water.

After retiring from the entertainment industry, Li Luran went to learn piano and classical guitar to pass the time and reflect on himself.

Li Luran is extremely talented in terms of pitch; he could even be described as a monster.

The music teacher joked that he might have perfect pitch and could become a master in the music world someday!

However, things didn't go as planned. While God opened a window for him, He also welded the door shut.

He sings off-key!

Several times before, when Li Luran went to karaoke with Zhang Kai, he would confidently and passionately sing tunes that made Zhang Kai painfully cover his ears.

In fact, Li Luran had also considered developing his career as a singer, but unfortunately, while his hardware was up to par, his software was far from adequate.

Nowadays, all he's good at is talking; he's definitely a theoretical master.

On Friday evening during my second week at the company, a light drizzle began to fall outside the window.

Almost everyone in the office had left, leaving only Li Luran and the senior colleague who had interviewed him earlier, whom everyone called Lao Pu.

Since Li Luran had nothing to do at home anyway, and he also had a lot of work to do, he stayed to work overtime.

At this moment, Old Park was wearing headphones, listening to something, and occasionally frowning deeply.

Li Luran stood up, stretched, poured himself a glass of water, and stood by the window quietly watching the street.

He has been in the peninsula for more than two months, and occasionally he still can't help but think of the girl named Xiuzhi.

Perhaps it's the unforgettable first love, or perhaps it's the rainy autumn days that make people's emotions fluctuate.

Lee Luran knew that Suzy was an artist and had thought about searching for information about her, but after receiving the text message telling him not to contact her again, he completely cut off all information about the Korean Peninsula entertainment industry.

He didn't search for the name "Suzy" online. He was afraid to see her glamorous appearance, and even more afraid to see himself as a joke, trapped in a relationship that didn't exist.

"You should be doing pretty well now, right?" Li Luran said softly, looking at the autumn rain outside the window.

Li Luran shook his head, gave a self-deprecating laugh, and then turned back to his seat.

"Holy crap! How did they do this mix?!"

As soon as Li Luran sat down, Lao Pu suddenly took off his headphones, rubbed his hair in frustration, and complained.

"What's wrong, senior?" Li Luran turned his head and asked casually.

Old Park glanced at him. After spending the past two weeks together, Old Park had gradually become familiar with Li Luran.

He discovered that this Chinese student named Li Luran was a real gem.

He is decisive and efficient in his work, unlike a newly hired intern.

On one occasion, he let Li Luran listen to the demo, and he quickly found a few minor flaws that were easy to overlook.

Therefore, Lao Pu has always been very glad that he recruited Li Luran into the planning department.

"Lu Ran, come here and listen to this."

Old Park waved to him and handed him the monitoring headphones. "This is the audio from IU's event yesterday. Something doesn't sound right to me, but the comments under the fan-taken videos are all praising it as perfect. Can you listen to it for me?"

Li Luran put on his monitoring headphones, which were playing "Good Days." The intro was upbeat, and IU's voice was as sweet as ever, with flawless technique.

It wasn't until the last third of the song, which was the climax and high notes, that things started to get interesting.

IU's voice resonated throughout the venue, and the audio could be heard with screams and cheers from the audience.

Old Park looked at Li Luran: "Did you figure it out? Is everything alright?"

A few seconds later, Li Luran took off his headphones and briefly reviewed the information again.

"The high notes were hit, and the pitch was also fine."

"Fans can't tell the difference, and non-professionals can't tell the difference either."

"But? Your tone definitely implies there's a 'but,' right?" Old Park knew he had something to say next, so he immediately pressed for an answer.

Li Luran suddenly smiled and placed the headphones on the table: "I say, senior, aren't you being too demanding? Commercial performance venues are noisy and the equipment isn't professional enough. The effect you achieved is already very good."

"What do you know, kid? Our job is to find shortcomings and strive for excellence, and Ji-eun is also a perfectionist."

"Our job is to identify problems; the rest can be left to others to solve," Old Park said earnestly.

Li Luran pondered for a moment before expressing his opinion: "Objectively speaking, the performance at this event was already quite good. However, compared to her peak performance two months ago, it was far inferior."

"The breath control in the high notes was slightly unstable, especially the last note of the highest note, F5, which sounded a bit weak."

"I think it might be due to vocal cord fatigue. She's probably been performing a lot lately, singing high notes all the time, and her voice definitely can't take it."

"If she continues singing like this, her voice will definitely have problems within half a month."

Old Park stared wide-eyed at Li Luran as if he were a monster.

He listened to it repeatedly, but it didn't sound as smooth as before. However, he could never do what Li Luran did, being able to hear even the flaws in the ending notes.

"How did you grow your ears like that?!" Old Park exclaimed, taking a deep breath.

However, neither of them noticed that a few meters away, behind the glass door, Lee Ji-eun and her assistant were quietly standing at the doorway.

The assistant looked at Lee Ji-eun in fear, afraid that she would push the door open and start arguing with the intern.

Actually, Lee Ji-eun had just finished recording a radio show and originally came to the planning department to get a copy of tomorrow's schedule to confirm.

Therefore, she heard every word of Li Luran's evaluation of her.

This is the second time!

But this time, she didn't feel the same anger she had felt outside the interview room that day.

Because she knew the intern was right.

For the past two weeks, she has been on a tight schedule almost every day, and so far, she only has one song that can be called a hit. In order to cater to the market, the continuous high notes have almost brought her voice to the brink of collapse.

But she was unwilling to accept it, and dared not say it.

The company worked so hard to get her to this position, she doesn't dare to stop and rest.

She could only rely on her skills and sheer grit to hit the high notes and maintain her perfect persona.

She thought she had concealed it well, and even her vocal coach hadn't noticed any major flaws.

But now an intern has seen through it all.

"Who exactly is he?"

Lee Ji-eun bit her lower lip tightly, staring intently at the young man's back through the crack in the glass door.

She quickly calmed down, realizing that impotent rage wouldn't solve anything.

Lee Ji-eun has always been a proud person. Since you say that, then I will prove you wrong!