Chapter 31

                                    

                                          
Seon Myung-joo.
That was the name of a world-famous pianist who was popular 15 years ago.
Ah!
Exclamations came from various places in the audience.
He was that well-known.
Most of the reactions came from the audience members who were over 30 years old.
Seon Myung-joo.
Strictly speaking, he was not a typical pianist.
His specialty was jazz.
He was a legend in the jazz world, starting from winning the best performer award at the International Jazz Competition.
He was selected as the musician of the year at various awards, and his face appeared on the covers of prestigious music magazines.
His life story was also sensational.
He was an orphan who struggled to survive, but discovered his talent for piano and rose to become a global figure.
He was unknown when he was active in Korea, but his name became known in his homeland as he gained tremendous popularity in the US and Europe.
Especially in the late 90s, when the nation was suffering from the IMF crisis, the people who watched baseball and golf to forget reality also paid close attention to his whereabouts as he toured the world.
Seon Myung-joo, who played the piano on the most dazzling stage in the American continent, was a hope and a pride for many people when the whole of Korea was depressed.
But that brilliance did not last long.
Seon Myung-joo, who left the country for an overseas tour, lost his life when the plane he and his wife boarded crashed.
It was a shocking news for those who lived in the late 90s.
Thats why it was natural for people to sigh when Seon Woojoo revealed his father.
They met a singer who was the son of a famous person who was once loved by the people.
Not everyone knew Seon Myung-joo.
Who is Seon Myung-joo?
Some of the young couples who came to watch the music cafe with a light heart were unfamiliar with the name.
Due to the nature of the music cafe, where people who are interested in music come to watch, there were many people who knew Seon Myung-joo, but on the contrary, some secretly took out their phones and entered Seon Myung-joo in the search bar.
Soon, they widened their eyes as they checked some of the contents on Wikipedia or similar sites.
The faces of the people who took pictures with Seon Myung-joo were extraordinary.
They were the US president at the time or world-famous artists.
They wondered if it was a photoshop, because they were such amazing people.
They couldnt even imagine what his actions meant to the people at that time.
As expected.
The PD who was sitting in the control room whistled.
He has a lot of buzz.
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The story about my dad was not a secret.
I thought it would be revealed someday, so I was surprised when Ha Seung-joo asked me, but I soon calmed down.
I expected this day to come.