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  Yoon Hyun returned to Korea but didn't get a chance to rest properly before being summoned back by the "Coffee Prince" team.

  It's not a bad thing that he was summoned so urgently. At least on the way to the film set, Kim Soo-yeon told him it was for something good.

  Just as Yoon Hyun left Korea for a deserted island, "The 1st Shop of Coffee Prince" premiered on MBC.

  The ratings for the first episode have also been released. 15.5% in the Seoul area, which is absolutely a brilliant achievement. Especially since except for the female lead Yoon Eun-hye who just started to gain popularity with "Princess Hours" in 2006, almost all of the cast are newcomers.

  Almost on the same night of the first episode's broadcast, Yoon Eun-hye's portrayal of the beautiful and intelligent female lead Go Eun-chan topped search rankings.

  The sudden success has left the entire crew a bit dazed.

  So it was learned that on the second day after Yoon Hyun returned to Korea, director Lee Yoon-jung personally called him and summoned him back to the drama team.

  Looking at Yoon Hyun who still looks exhausted, Lee Yoon-jeong has an urge to call and scold the Infinite Challenge production team.

  "Director, you called me in such a hurry. Is the shooting schedule tight?" Yoon Hyun remained humble in front of Lee Yun-jin.

  "Do you know about the ratings?" Lee Yoon-jeong nodded and said to Yun Hyun.

  "I know. Yun Eun-hye's performance was so good, it's only natural that the audience likes her. As an actor, I also liked her acting in this drama." Yoon Hyun said calmly, as if the ratings of this drama were all due to Yun Eun-hye's average performance, but his eyes were extremely sincere.

  Lee Yoon-jung stared at Yun Hyun's eyes for a long time before nodding. She was in such a hurry to bring Yun Hyun over because she was afraid that if Yun Eun-hye became popular, Yun Hyun himself would not have any outstanding performances, which would make him doubt himself and affect the subsequent filming. After all, as the male lead, Choi Han-kyul's outstanding parts were in the middle and late stages of the drama.

  Since Yoon Hyun has put his mind at ease, Lee Yun-jung is no longer worried.

  Then naturally started another day of shooting.

  Yoon Hyun also entered the role of a TV drama actor who has nothing to do but watch the play.

  But just a day later, the notification call for Infinite Challenge arrived on Yoon Hyun's mobile phone.

  "Hello, Yoon Hyun-ji, tomorrow there is a new special episode of Infinite Challenge to be recorded, please arrive at MBC headquarters by 8am tomorrow."

  "Aren't we just done with the special episode? Why are we recording another one?" Yun Xian said, somewhat depressed.

  "Because this special feature's cycle may be relatively long, it will take about a month, so we need to prepare as soon as possible. Please make sure to arrive on time tomorrow morning." Before Yeon Hyun could even react, Kim Tae Ho had already hung up the phone.

  Yoon Hyun was left standing alone on the spot.

  The next day, Yoon Hyun-joon arrived at the MBC headquarters early. Because of his previous experience, he knew that the Infinite Challenge MCs had a habit of being late, so he didn't rush to the scene too early either.

  It's a great disappointment for PD Kim Tae-ho who had illusions about his early arrival, learning well for three years and learning badly for three days.

  At the beginning, Zheng Junhe and Lu Hongzhe were not there, so there were only 5 people.

  Yoon Hyun was somewhat perplexed and so continued to diligently play his supporting role.

  Liu Zai Shi only found out after he was caught. In an episode before he joined Infinite Challenge, the MC accepted a challenge where the loser had to get a perm, and the loser that time was Lu Hong Zhe.

  "Lu Hongzhe wouldn't actually go get a perm, would he?" Yun Xian asked in surprise.

  "This is infinite challenge! Real variety!" Liu Zaishi proudly picked up the conversation, "Infinite!"

  Yoon Hyun and other MCs: "Challenge!"

  At this time, Zheng Junhe dragged Lu Hongzhe, who was wearing a cloak with a fist print on it when he debuted, step by step towards the crowd in the distance.

  "Ah! Don't be like this!" Lu Hongzhe was still desperately shouting.

  The scene immediately became lively, and finally, under the command of Liu Zai Shi one two three, the cloak covering Lu Hongzhe's body was lifted.

  Then almost everyone laughed on the spot. His golden hair turned into a small curl.

  "Wow, I'm so envious of Lu Hongzhe's face," Yin Xian quipped at the right moment, "It's really not easy to be mismatched with this hairstyle to such an extent!"

  After a burst of laughter, the recording got down to business.

  "Today's theme is: Special Feature: Gangbyeon North Road Song Festival!" PD Kim Tae-ho said from behind the camera, "Everyone has to sing their own original song at the song festival."

  "What's going on?!" The scene immediately erupted.

  "Except for Yoon Hyun, can you find anyone else who can write songs here?" Jung Hyeon-don said in anger.

  The scene then fell into chaos. Immediately, haha and Lu Hongzhe led the thick-skinned faction to pester Yin Xian, begging him in a low voice to help them write songs.

  Yin Xian pretended not to hear anything, watching with a keen eye.

  So haha and Lu Hongzhe had no choice but to join in the action of condemning the production team again.

  The production team finally invited renowned lyricist and composer Yoon Il-sang and Ahn Jung-hoon, whom they had contacted in advance.

  Then all the MCs started flattering the two writers again.

  The song festival officially kicked off like this.

  The entire shoot was over in just a little more than three hours, leaving Yun Hyun, who had taken the day off, feeling somewhat at a loss.

  "Are you going to film some songs and the preparation and writing process?" Yoon Hyun directly found his exclusive PD Kim Tae Hee.

  "Yes. How, Yoon Hyun-ji, is your song ready? Is it the one you wrote on the deserted island last time?" PD Kim Tae-hee seemed to be prepared as well, "If so, we can film the scenes of you writing songs and preparing, which will reduce a lot of pressure for the subsequent filming here."

  "It's not that song, but I think I've basically prepared enough." Yoon Hyun thought for a moment and chose a song in his mind.

  "Now we can continue filming." PD Kim Tae-hee also looked excited and signaled Yoon Hyun's exclusive photographer to prepare for the continuation of work immediately.

  "Let's go then, to our company." Yoon Hyun smiled and nodded at the manager Kim Soo-yeon who was waiting on the side.

  In the car, Yun Hyun was sitting comfortably in his chair, while PD Kim Tae Hee took this opportunity to ask questions and supplement some broadcast content.

  "Have you been preparing this song for a long time?" Kim Tae-hee asked.

  "This song is actually the second song I wrote independently when I was learning to write songs. I just thought it would fit this special edition, so I decided to bring it out." Yoon Hyun replied seriously.

  "Are you confident about this song?" PD Kim Tae Hee continued to ask.

  "I'm not sure if I can do it, but I should be able to satisfy PD Kim Tae-ho's idea." Then Yoon Hyun suddenly pretended to be fierce and pointed directly at the camera as if he was talking to someone, "PD Kim Tae-ho! Aren't you just trying to get a theme song? Do you have to go to so much trouble? With all these specials and song festivals, it's too much hassle! Believe me or not, I'll tell everyone about your little scheme and let's all take care of you together?"

  Kim Tae-hee PD and the photographer were instantly petrified.

  Kim Joo-hyun, who was sitting in the passenger seat, laughed so hard that her stomach hurt.

  Kim Tae-hee PD followed the photographer into her own recording studio located in LOEN company.

  "Yoon Hyun OPPA! Aren't you supposed to film Infinite Challenge today?" Yoon Hyun had just opened the door and was startled by Lee Ji-eun who was singing in the recording studio, Lee Ji-eun was also startled and almost shouted out the words.

  "Am I not recording right now? What are you doing?" Yoon Hyun had figured out that Lee Ji-eun was secretly using his recording studio to practice singing while he wasn't around.

  "Me..." Lee Ji-eun looked a bit embarrassed, like an adorable little thief caught red-handed.

  "Perfect timing! Since you're here, help me out!" Yun Xian roughly grabbed the little girl who was trying to slip away by hugging the wall.

  "What does Yoon Hyun OPPA want me to do?" Lee Ji-eun thought, lowering her head like a student waiting to be scolded by the teacher.

  "I'm currently preparing for a special episode of Infinite Challenge, called 'Riverbank Northern Road Ballad Festival', which is being filmed right now. Ah, this shot, say hello to everyone." Yoon Hyun introduced with a very host-like manner to Lee Ji-eun, then pointed to the camera following behind him.

  "Hello everyone, I'm a trainee under LOEN and a junior and student of Yoon Hyun OPPA. My name is Lee Ji Eun."

  "Now I'm going to record a song here. To be honest, this song is really suitable for Infinite Challenge... " He said with a slight disdainful gaze at the photographer and PD, "A program that has no musical cells at all."

  "Ha...!" Lee Ji-eun couldn't hold it in and burst out laughing, trying to apologize to the camera, but was stopped by Yoon Hyun.

  "What I said is the truth, you don't need to apologize." Yin Xian said with disdain, "But the soul of this song actually lies not entirely in the singing, but in the dancing. Before coming here, I was thinking about who could be my dance partner. Since I met you, then you count as one."

  "Yoon Hyun OPPA, I'm not very good at dancing..." Lee Ji Eun said with some embarrassment.

  "Ah, who else in the whole company knows you better than me? I say you're fine, then you must be fine." Yoon Hyun-soo waved his hand nonchalantly and continued to speak to Lee Ji-eun: "Go get a few sheets of music paper and a pen, I'll write down the song first."

  "Yin Xian, haven't you written down the melody yet?" PD thinks it's a bit messy.

  "It's all in my head, I can write it anytime." Yin Xian pointed to his own head with a "how could you ask such a stupid question" expression and said: "Although this is my second completed composition, it was the trigger that made me want to learn composition. That day, I started learning composition because of the inspiration from this song."

  PD and photographer, speechless at each other.

  Before long, Li Zhen had prepared paper and pen, and Yin Xian began to write down the score on the table.

  "Yoon Hyun OPPA, what is this...?!" Lee Ji-eun wasn't a PD and photographer who didn't understand music sheets, but looking at Yoon Hyun's composition method which looked like an alien code, Lee Ji-eun was about to collapse.

  "Ji-eun ah, you should know that OPPA's instrumental skills aren't very good, right?" Yoon Hyun said while writing.

  "No, OPPA's guitar playing is pretty good." Ji Eun said with a comforting tone.

  “…Don’t be polite to me. You play the guitar better than I do. Because I'm not good at playing instruments, many of my composition demos are synthesized on a computer. Later, I thought that instead of writing sheet music and then converting it into commands that need to be inputted into the computer, it's better to write it directly as commands from the start…”

  "But can Yin Xian hum out the tunes he wrote himself when facing his own score?" Even the photographer who never spoke up couldn't help but ask.

  "They are all scores, just with different coding rules. If you have learned computer programming languages, you will be able to better understand what I am doing now..."

  Later on, PD added a few big words "Seoul National University Master's Degree" to his face...

  Before long, Yin Xian had finished writing the score and opened the computer in the recording studio to start generating a demo in the program.

  Looking at Yoon Hyun's fingers flying across the keyboard, PD added in post-production: Fingers with this level of dexterity can't play the piano... Before long, the song was complete.

  Then, a song with strong electronic music style started playing in the recording studio.

  Li Zhen, who had been quietly watching from one side, couldn't help but move her body along with the swaying...

  "This is really a great dance song." Li Zhi En looked at Yoon Hyun with admiring eyes. "What's the name of this song?"

  "Jiangnan Style." Yoon Hyun also started swaying his body. After the music played from start to finish, Yoon Hyun corrected a few more mistakes, and the music preparation was basically complete.

  "Is the cameraman interested in helping me out for a bit?" After revising the song, Yin Xian listened to it again and found that there were basically no problems.

  "What? Help with what?" The photographer was taken aback.

  "This song needs some harmony, come on!" Yoon Hyun said with a smile.

  "Me? Okay?" The photographer was a bit excited and tense.

  "It's not a very complicated part, just some things like 'hey', 'ha', and some things that I sing along with. If you're interested, it's fine." Yoon Hyun noticed the photographer's interest and decided on this, then turned to Lee Ji-eun, intending to say something, but suddenly remembered something and picked up the phone to make a call.

  "Yoon Hyun-ji, why are you calling me all of a sudden?" It was Lee Ji-hyun on the other end of the phone.

  "Zhi Xian, what are you busy with?"

  "Me? I'm in the dormitory. What's up?"

  "Do you still remember two years ago when we went to the interview together, I said I wanted you to help me transcribe the song, and then you told me to go find my sister?"

  "Ah, I remember, back then you used to call me OPPA!" Lee Ji-hyun said with a teasing tone.

  "Uh... what I wanted to say wasn't that. That day when we chatted, it triggered my idea of learning to write songs myself, and then there would be the later 《可爱颂》and 《baby》, but this song written for you has never been fully completed..."

  "Have you written it down now?" Li Zhi Xian's tone carried a special implication.

  "Yes, you also know that I'm recording Infinite Challenge, right? This song is going to be performed on a special stage under Infinite Challenge and I need two backup dancers. I've already asked Ji-eun, and for the other spot, I think it should be you. Do you have time?"

  “……”

  The phone fell silent on the other end.

  Yoon Hyeon also felt a bit awkward because the camera was currently filming.

  "Yin Xian, thank you." Li Zhi Xian's voice became somewhat hoarse, "But the song written for me shouldn't I be listening to it under the stage? So don't look for me anymore."

  "Oh..." Yun Xian's tone was filled with suppressed disappointment.

  "I can recommend someone to you. Little dinosaur. She dances very well." Li Zhi Xian probably also heard Yun Xian's disappointment, and without hesitation, he sold Park Ji Yeon...

  Yoon Hyun could only helplessly hang up Lee Ji-hyun's phone and then dialed Park Ji-yeon's phone.

  "Uncle Seo, what made you think of calling me? Are you thinking of asking me out to do something bad?" Park Ji-yeon answered the phone without even a hint of hesitation...

  ".... Jiyeon-ah, I'm filming a program." Yoon Hyun felt like he wanted to find a gap and slip away.

  "Ah!" A sharp cry came from the other end of the phone.

  "What are you busy with?" Yoon Hyun decided not to bother with this girl over the phone.

  "In the company, I'm practicing dance, oh right, Color Oppa, ah, Yun Hyun OPPA, in that model contest I participated before, I got second place!" Park Ji-yeon was like a child showing off their excellent student award to their parents.

  "You come to LOEN's recording studio now and wait for me." Yoon Hyun said before hanging up the phone.

  Then he didn't care about the weird gaze from his PD, and directly said to Lee Ji-eun: "I'll go in now to record the accompaniment, you stay here and listen, get familiar with the song."

  Then walked into the recording studio.

  For photographers and PDs who are not very familiar with music, it is almost impossible to hear the accompaniment part.

  Then the photographer also went in and sang a few sentences under Yoon Hyun's guidance, even he himself didn't know what he was singing.

  "What's this, Sexy Lady? Is it another English song?" PD was confused listening to the accompaniment recorded by the photographer.

  "Well, basically, I think that's enough for my part of the broadcast, right?" As Park Ji-yeon arrived, Yoon Hyun had the idea to hurry her along.

  "Yoon Hyun-ji, I'm really curious about this song now." PD Kim Tae-hee said: "Okay, I'll turn off the camera, and you let us listen to it here?"

  Yoon Hyun looked at Park Ji-yeon, who was somewhat inexplicable, and Lee Ji-eun, who had a hopeful expression on her face, and nodded hesitantly.

  The photographer finally put down his camera and sat on the sofa in the recording studio to watch the excitement.

  "Uncle, why did you call me?" Park Ji-yeon also figured out that Yoon Hyun was recording Infinite Challenge and spoke more carefully.

  "Can't you speak properly when the camera is rolling?" Yun Xian couldn't help but laugh and cry, "I asked you to come over and be my dance partner. Ji Hyeon said you're good at dancing, so I recommended you to replace her."

  "Oh." Park Ji-yeon nodded briefly and didn't say anything else, Yoon Hyun really liked this girl's straightforwardness.

  "You two watch here, I'll go in and record the song now. I'll dance while singing, you can follow and learn." Yoon Hyun said to the two girls before walking into the recording studio.

  As the first Korean song to truly go viral across China, even as an otaku, he had once learned the entire choreography of Gangnam Style. So for this performance, he didn't need to find anyone to help him with the dance.

  "Brother is Jiangnan style"

  Gangnam Style

  The first line of lyrics came out and the whole recording studio fell into a state of frenzy.

  A warm and humane woman during the day

  A woman with the temperament to know when to take a break and have a cup of coffee

  A woman who sets people's hearts ablaze at night

  That kind of woman with a twist

  The faces of the two girls stiffened.

  I am a man

  Daytime is as warm as you, a gentleman

  Even drinking coffee is a heroic man who drains his cup

  If by nightfall the heart will erupt out of control man

  That's what a real man is like

  Beautiful

  Cute

  "This song is actually pretty good." Park Ji-yeon had already found the essence of this song and started dancing along with Yoon Hyun.

  "Ji-young, are you serious?" On the other side, Lee Ji-eun was left behind in thought.

  Yoon Hyun did not interrupt his performance because they were chatting. Soon, the horse riding dance appeared as the soul of the whole song.

  "What is this!" Park Ji-yeon burst out laughing and jumped up along with it.

  Li Zhen on the other side also burst out laughing and then followed suit in learning.

  Soon even PD Kim Tae-hee and the cameraman couldn't help but jump up together.

  Soon even songs can be sung together.

  The song ended and the whole recording studio became lively.

  "How was it? Not bad?" Yin Xian walked out of the recording room with a proud face, and he also saw the situation outside clearly through the glass of the recording room.

  "Oppa, is this song really written for Ji Hyeon-eoni? It's so well-written!" Ji Hyeon said with a hint of sweat on her forehead and excitement all over her face.

  "Written for Zhi Xian Jie?" The little dinosaur's gossip immediately unfolded.

  "You'll know when you go back and watch the TV show." Yoon Hyun waved his hand, interrupting Park Ji-yeon's sparkling gaze.

  "Yoon Hyun-ji, isn't this song a bit wasted on Infinite Challenge?" PD Kim Tae-hee deliberated for a moment before saying, "This song will definitely win first place."

  "It doesn't matter. I'm singing this song, not to win a prize." Yoon Hyun waved his hand, "Let's just say whether this song is suitable for Infinite Challenge or not."

  "I think PD Kim Tae-ho will definitely try his best to make this song the theme song of Infinite Challenge." The photographer on the side said with a slightly sinister smile.

  "You also heard that this song is a gift to my friend, so the copyright I will not let go of no matter what. Maybe I'll put it on my second album too." said Yoon Hyun.

  "But isn't this a waste?" PD Kim Tae-hee still had some regrets.

  "It doesn't matter, many people also watch Infinite Challenge." Yoon Hyun said again.

  "Let me go and discuss with the leader, whether we can get a chance to perform on the special stage of Music Center for the first place in this song festival..." Kim Tae-hee thought for a moment and said seriously.

  "Really? It seems like PD really likes this song." Yoon Hyun also felt proud.

  After listening to the song, PD Kim Tae-hee and the photographer said goodbye, and then Yoon Hyun took the song he had just recorded and went to the dance studio with Lee Ji-eun and Park Ji-yeon to practice dancing.

  Maybe because Birdy Uncle himself was a chubby in his previous life, so the choreography of this song is very funny but not complicated at all. With just one afternoon and one evening, the dance moves were basically done.

  "You guys go back and remember to practice," Yoon Hyun reminded, "Next week we'll officially perform on stage. Although I estimate that there won't be too many people at the scene, but don't make fools of yourselves like Lu Hongzhe and Park Myung-soo sunbaenims."

  "Got it, uncle." Park Ji-hyun indeed had a talent for dancing and was already better than Yoon Hyun. Plus, with her slowly developing figure, she still had quite a bit of power when she swayed her hips.

  "I'll practice hard." Lee Ji-eun's dancing talent wasn't that great, so she still needs to practice a lot...

  "Oppa..." Park Ji-yeon suddenly turned back to Yoon Hyun just before leaving.

  "What's going on?" Yun Xian's heart skipped a beat.

  "Jiangnan Style!" Park Ji-yeon shouted with a laugh, then turned and ran.

  Leaving behind petrified Yoon Hyun

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