Raising a Neglected Singer-Songwriter - Chapter 55



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55. 50 consecutive draws

BJ Changhyuk runs a street karaoke bar.

His day begins with monitoring one channel.

A general singing channel that is a competitor in the same industry.

It is Changhyuk’s job to contact the most talented ones and negotiate their appearance.

So, today too, he was watching the channel as usual.

I clicked on the latest video without thinking,

“Huh? Isn’t that the guy passing by?”

A familiar voice and song selection flowed out.

A passerby.

It was the monster who appeared at his street karaoke two months ago.

In the video, he was busking at Mangwon Hangang Park.

A song by Park Jung-jae that he sang on his own broadcast.

However, even though it was clearly the same song, the quality was different.

Even leaving aside the acoustic arrangement, the appeal has deepened to an incomparable degree.

The ensuing chorus of ‘Burning Sunset’ was goosebumps-inducing.

It was like a small concert hall.

And the golden finish was just like a scene from a movie.

“This is crazy…”

Changhyuk couldn’t help but exclaim in admiration at the overwhelming production that even helped nature.

Meanwhile, there were people who recognized Jihaeng C like himself in the comments of the video.

Since they are channels with similar resolutions, their viewer pools overlapped.

And they all had the same reaction as Changhyuk.

– Huh? Isn’t this Jihaeng C?

N Who is Jihaeng C? Is it a person’s name?

N That, a regular person who appeared at Changhyuk Street Karaoke before. I remember they were tied for first place.

Oh, I remember!

– Wow, what a class you have! I’m dying to hear it!!!

No, what’s with the sunset at this exact moment?! It’s so beautiful!

n He who rules even the sunset. Ji. Haeng. C.

n It’s a passing sunset. I’ll go in after a quick flash.

N If I were there, I would have sung along 100%!

Changhyuk mutters as he reads the comments.

“The timing is absolutely incredible.”

At that time, Changhyuk was preparing the largest-scale content project of the year.

Namely, Street Karaoke Year-End King of Kings Competition!

The content was like this.

We will be recruiting participants who were the most popular and had the highest number of views on YouTube over the past year.

Eight contestants will be selected to compete in the King of Kings competition, and the winner will be awarded the title of King of Kings in 2023 along with a cash prize.

Changhyuk was checking his past videos to figure out those eight people.

I listed them in order of number of views, lining them up from 1st to 8th place.

And finally, the most viewed video is-

[[Super Super Super Special Legend] A truly unknown musical actor vs. a passerby’s most intense singing battle ever! Hongdae Street is scorched earth!]

It was a video of ‘Ji-Haeng C vs. Hong Gwang-Woo’.

Changhyuk called Hong Gwangwoo first.

“Hello. I’m BJ Changhyuk-”

Then he explained about the King of Kings match and asked if I could appear.

Then,

– Is that guy, Gwangwoo? Pedestrian? Also participating? If not, he said he wouldn’t go either.

Isn’t this what Hong Gwang-woo is asking back?

Of course, I planned to recruit him.

These are the two MVPs with the most views this year, so you can’t miss them.

Besides, I was thinking of having the same rivalry structure this time too.

“Then I will ask the pedestrian’s opinion first and then call you back.”

Changhyuk hung up the phone and this time dialed the pedestrian’s number.

The beeping continues indefinitely and soon connects to a sound source.

It seems like he’s busy with something.

– It’s been a while since I’ve greeted you. This is BJ Changhyuk. It’s none other than the King of Street Karaoke King of the Year-End Competition…

For now, I left a message.

And then Chang-hyuk watches the video of the pedestrians singing again.

“···We have to hire him no matter what. Even if it means paying him more.”

I don’t know why Hong Gwang-woo set such a condition, but

Anyway, we have to recruit him in order to recruit Hong Kwang-woo.

And these two people will be the key to the success of this King of Kings tournament.

If you advertise that you can see the results of the previous matches that you couldn’t finish, you’ll probably get a lot of aggro.

If that happens, we might be able to break our own record for the highest number of views for a King of Kings match.

“Okay, I’ll use this King of Kings Tournament as an opportunity to fly again.”

The will to rise again burned brightly in Changhyuk’s eyes.

*

Meanwhile, at that time, in the studio in Yeokchon-dong.

Cha Seong-jun was so lost in his happy thoughts that he couldn’t even hear his cell phone vibrating.

The concern was where to invest the second activity enhancement ticket obtained through the special mission yesterday.

“What activities should we strengthen this time?”

At first, I tried to choose one of the relaxation activities like last time.

Among them, [sleep] activity.

The current [Sleep] activity takes 8 hours to fully recharge stamina.

But if you strengthen this, it’s clear that the time required will be reduced.

The calculation was that then I would be able to turn on idle activities more often for the same amount of time saved.

But after thinking about it a little more deeply, I changed my mind.

Currently, most of the stats/skills are over level 5.

And as confirmed through experiments, the probability of leveling up through idle activities decreases significantly after level 5.

‘I’m talking about about 30 to 40%.’

Since this is a single probability, there is no such thing as leveling up unconditionally as the number of times accumulates.

Therefore, when you frequently perform idle activities with a low probability, the efficiency is relatively low.

It is designed to encourage the use of Song Coins for sure leveling up.

Otherwise, you will level up infinitely due to ignorance.

‘So, I’m going to test my luck with the number of times-‘

It was decided that it would be more advantageous to upgrade the desired idle activity itself to increase the level-up probability or obtain other rewards!

[Choose an idle activity.]

Practice singing

Playing an instrument (guitar/piano)

Studying Mars

Cycling

Reading

Studying foreign languages ​​(English/Japanese)

“Hmm… Okay, I’ve decided.”

Cha Seong-jun, who was looking at the list of neglected activities and thinking about it, finally made a choice.

[Activity Enhancement Ticket used.]

[[Study Mars] activity is strengthened to [Study Mars (+1)] activity.]

The final choice was to study Mars, which would raise the [Composition] stat.

Because it was most necessary at this point in time to produce an EP.

[Select a detailed reinforcement element.]

Increased probability of stat level up

Shorten the time it takes to end neglected activities

Unlike the last sauna activity, this time the choices were simply divided into two.

Among them, the one that Cha Seong-jun chose was the former.

[[Composition] Stat level up probability increased.]

[0.1% > 3%]

Originally, there was an explanation that leveling up was only possible using silver coins starting from level 10.

That’s why the value before reinforcement is close to 0%, at 0.1%.

However, through this reinforcement, it became 3%.

This was a tremendous strengthening effect.

Even though it’s only a 3% chance.

If you’re lucky, there’s a path open for you to level up through idle activities.

“A single silver coin costs ten million won in stores, so a 3% chance is a lot of money.”

The reinforcement results were quite satisfactory.

Anyway, this concludes the issue of the activity enhancement rights.

Next up is the moment we’ve been waiting for even longer.

“Finally… the Jonber is over…!”

After a long period of patience, finally!

I collected 50 Song Coins!

This was thanks to the fact that I reached 51 viewers yesterday and got 7 coins at once.

“I hope this time we hit the jackpot like last time.”

In the 50th draw, you will definitely get one SSR grade.

And the match will be decided in the remaining 49 rounds.

Last time, I got an SSR grade in the 10th draw.

If I get lucky at least once this time, I’ll have made my money back.

“Okay, let’s begin.”

As Cha Seong-jun turned his clasped hands left and right and clicked the draw button 50 times in a row, a holographic draw machine appeared before his eyes.

however,

“Huh? It’s a vending machine?”

The appearance of the gacha machine has changed.

In the 10th draw, it was clearly the shape of the draw machine in front of the stationery store of memories.

This 50th draw takes the form of a vending machine.

Moreover, it is not an old-fashioned vending machine, but a vending machine with a full glass front that you can see these days.

Inside the transparent glass was a box package wrapped with a ribbon, rather than a capsule.

“What a splendid evolution. Are you looking forward to it?”

The change in appearance makes me look forward to something more.

What more could I wait for? I went straight into gacha.

Since it is a vending machine, you press a button instead of turning a lever.

Bb-

When I press the button, the vending machine vibrates loudly from side to side like a washing machine.

Then, soon, five gift boxes popped out from the outlet at the bottom.

The gift wrapping paper comes in four colors: one rainbow color and four red.

“Ahhh… No way…”

I got the feeling right away.

The color of the gift box is clearly the highest grade color of the capsules contained in the bundle of 10 inside.

So the rainbow box is a box that contains a confirmed SSR grade.

The remaining red boxes are boxes containing SR grade.

As expected, the prediction was right.

When I chose one of the red boxes, the ribbon unraveled and the box lid opened.

And from the space inside the square box, ten capsules rose into the air.

3 red capsules, 7 white capsules.

That is, 3 SR ratings and 7 R ratings.

The capsule has not been opened yet.

Since there are still 40 draws left, I plan to postpone checking the contents for a bit and do them all at once.

Cha Sung-jun broke the next red box and the red box after that in succession.

In the two boxes, a total of 7 SR grades and 13 R grades were obtained.

“Fuck…”

The probability of SR grade appearance is 30%, and the probability of R grade appearance is 69%, so if it was a normal attack, it was a normal attack.

Still, I couldn’t hide my regret.

It was also because I had high expectations since I had drawn an SSR grade in the 10th draw last time.

It was with a slightly resigned feeling that I opened the fourth red box.

Sharara-

Just like the previous three boxes, the ribbon that had been loosening up suddenly turned into a rainbow of colorful colors.

At the same time, a dazzling rainbow-colored light burst out from inside the box.

“Ohhh, is this really the production?!”

A so-called fake gacha motion that provides a pleasant twist to gacha players who are dead tired of expecting a shitty result!

And right before Cha Seong-jun’s eyes, an SSR grade capsule was showing off its form.

Cha Seong-jun clicked the capsule with trembling hands.

The capsule spun around, revealing its contents.

[SSR grade skill [Sampling] acquired.]

“Sampling?!”

Cha Seong-jun jumped up from his seat and shouted.

Sampling.

This is the process of taking a specific part of an existing song and using it as a new melody sound source, or recording it in a different way.

Through this, you can easily create and play back sound sources of instruments, voices, and even natural sounds.

The advantage of sampling is ‘familiarity’.

Because the public more readily welcomes a melody they have heard somewhere before, rather than a completely new melody.

For this reason, it is no exaggeration to say that there is no song that is doing well in the music market these days that does not involve sampling, making sampling a natural, if not trendy, practice.

Especially among idol groups, there is an increasing trend of using it, with some teams hitting the charts with songs made by sampling existing classics.

Cha Sung-jun, who always prioritizes ‘popularity’ when composing, was also interested in the sampling composition method while producing this EP.

“Gachaun is crazy. I have to use it to make the next track right away.”

My body is itching to try out the [Sampling] skill.

But we have to endure a little longer.

There is still one SSR grade confirmed box left.

Raising a Neglected Singer-Songwriter Episode 56