Raising a Neglected Singer-Songwriter - Chapter 69



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Raising a Neglected Singer-Songwriter Episode 69

69. Which number am I?

As the saying goes, “Your clothes get wet in a drizzle.”

There is a saying that Song Coins accumulate through ignorance and neglect.

As of today, Friday, Song Coin holdings.

1 silver coin.

25 bronze coins.

I was so busy releasing EPs and stuff that I became a coin millionaire.

“I need to use my coins as efficiently as possible.”

So instead of rolling the lottery twice,

We decided to distribute the coins appropriately through one draw and a designated investment.

First, use 1 silver coin to [Composition Lv.12].

Next, complete SSR grade skills [Sampling] and [Producing] at level 10 with 6 bronze coins.

Lastly, I invested 8 bronze coins in the SR grade stat [Appeal] and [Association] level 10.

“Okay.”

This leaves 11 bronze Song Coins remaining.

Leave one for emergencies, and use 10 for gacha.

Pung pu pu pu pu pu pu

The claw machine spit out ten capsules like popcorn.

3 red, 7 white.

That is, 3 SR ratings and 7 R ratings.

[Guitar Playing Lv.8 > Guitar Playing Lv.9]

[Piano Playing Lv.8 > Piano Playing Lv.9]

[Casualty Lv.6 > Causalty Lv.7]

[The clarity index has been increased from Lv.2 to Lv.3.]

Some stats and skill levels have increased.

In addition, two R-rated henna stickers will appear.

The draw ends with 4 Silver Coin Fragments obtained from level 10 duplication.

“Ugh, the new product didn’t show up this time.”

Of course, you can’t always expect something like that.

It’s true that I feel a little disappointed, but it’s okay.

Coins will continue to accumulate anyway.

Besides, I’ve already accumulated 20 stacks out of 50 total draws with confirmed SSR grades in today’s gacha.

As always, I opened the status window, drew, and calculated the growth.

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[Cha Seong-jun Lv.6]

Stats: [Vocal Lv. 10] [Range Lv. 10] [Rhythm Lv. 7] [Appearance Lv. 8] [Composition Lv. 12] [Appeal Lv. 10] [Association Lv. 10] [Stamina Lv. 7] [English Lv. 6] [Japanese Lv. 5]

Skill: [Chest Breathing Lv.7] [Abdominal Breathing Lv.7] [Chest Voice Lv.7] [False Voice Lv.7] [Guitar Playing Lv.9] [Piano Playing Lv.9] [Myeonggyeongjisu Lv.3] [Sampling Lv.10] [Producing Lv.10]

Items in stock: [Henna stickers – 8 types] [Doraji-flavored candy X 11] [Hopi pattern panties] [Face-hugging BB cream]

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“That’s great.”

A smile comes to my face.

Even the ones who were lagging behind in stats/skills are gradually getting closer to level 10.

Now, a hexagonal singer-songwriter who really doesn’t miss a single one.

Meanwhile, an ironic situation arose because of this…

The range of activities to choose from is somewhat limited!

You cannot roll back stat/skill related idleness that has reached level 10.

Thanks to that, I was able to raise both stats to level 5 by alternating between [Foreign Language Study – English/Japanese].

‘It’s almost like, ‘Raising an Idle Interpreter’.’

If it had been a time when foreign language skills were needed, such as when I was a high school senior preparing for college entrance exams or a job seeker, I would have cheered.

Well, anyway, back to the status window.

We’re currently experiencing a temporary stagnation in growth, but I’m not particularly worried.

If you just have a little patience, this problem will be solved quickly.

To grow to level 10 or higher, you can use 10 bronze coins worth of silver coins, or upgrade your idle activities through [Activity Enhancement Tickets].

‘Because both Silver Coins and [Enhancement Tickets] can be purchased at the [Shop]!’

So, all you need to do is receive the settlement amount.

I signed a contract with MXM Entertainment for monthly settlement.

So, all it takes is January.

‘I’ll FLEX you properly as you’ve waited!’

When Cha Sung-jun was turning the happiness circuit.

dripping-

Someone knocked on the studio door and peeked in.

A hush cut with strangely open cat eyes.

It was Yuna who came to see Cha Sung-jun to film the ‘DMLC’ challenge.

“Yahoo, Sungjun oppa, it’s been a while. How have you been? You must be very busy these days. The response to ‘LOVE CYCLE’ is crazy.”

“I hope you’re doing well, Senior Yuna. As for me, I’m doing better than I expected.”

Let me add that it is because of the concept of mysticism.

Yuna nodded, saying, “Ah, that’s right. That’s right.”

Cha Seong-jun handed something to her one by one.

“Wow, this thing sold 200,000 copies in its first week!”

It was a DMLC album.

And on it was engraved the signature of Cha Seong-jun, who had put his heart and soul into the design.

“I’ll listen carefully. Oh, I’m suddenly curious. Which signed CD am I?”

Yuna, who received the album, expressed her gratitude and asked a surprise question.

‘Which number was it···.’

I gave it as a gift to my family first.

Next, I gave a small thank you to the various people who helped me release the EP.

Oh, and I also relayed this to Monsta Z who helped with the challenge.

So, if you look at the order, it’s… way behind.

But it’s not something you can say so bluntly.

Five years of work experience. I have a knack for making the same thing sound plausible.

“I prepared the album to be given to senior Yuna first, but because our schedules didn’t match up, the delivery was delayed. So, if you think about it, senior Yuna should be the first.”

“Wow… goosebumps. Oppa, where did you go to school to learn such comments?”

Where is it? I learned it at work.

To please the bosses.

Well, anyway.

Yuna seemed to be disgusted on the outside, but inside she seemed to be in a good mood.

When I see someone stretching, I think, ‘I need to put some effort into today’s challenge.’

Then suddenly,

“Oh, and oppa. When we’re alone, you don’t have to call me senior. It just makes it more awkward.”

“No, but he’s my senior…”

“I beg you as my senior. No, senior, just call me Yuna like you used to… No, just call me Yuna comfortably. I’m much younger than you anyway. So please don’t use formal language either. It’s annoying.”

Yuna frowns and expresses her disgust.

From Cha Seong-jun’s perspective, it couldn’t have been anything but a welcome offer.

At that time, for some reason, he also felt awkward calling Yuna ‘senior’.

Is it because our first meeting was at the Paradise Shopping Mall?

Well, anyway.

Of course, you should be careful about your title in a vacant position, but

In private, since Yuna gave her permission first, I think it would be okay to speak a little more comfortably.

“Then I will do that···yes, Yuna···ssi.”

“I think it’d be a lot more natural if you just took out the ‘yo’ and ‘ssi’ there. Right? Haesu?”

“Ah, ah, yes.”

Oh Hae-soo, who had been absentmindedly listening to the conversation between the two, stutters at the unexpected question.

In that misunderstanding, a sense of awe for Sungjun was welling up.

South Korea’s top star Yuna calls him ‘oppa’ without hesitation?

And don’t even use polite language.

What kind of great person is Seongjun hyung···!

Leaving the misunderstood misunderstood behind,

Cha Sung-jun and Yuna started talking about the challenge.

“You filmed the challenge in the choreography practice room with the Monsta Z kids, right? Then let’s change locations. Hmm… where would be good?”

“How about the lobby? It’s a place where the company’s celebrities’ profile pictures, awards, and albums are all displayed.”

“Wow, that’s great! Since my brother’s photo and album are hanging up, I can take a picture with that as the background!”

And then we immediately moved to another location and started filming.

DMLC song is playing,

As Yuna started to move to the rhythm, Cha Sung-jun’s eyes widened.

‘What, why are you dancing so well?’

Of course, Yuna also started out as a singer-songwriter like me···.

The flowing dance lines are not ordinary.

Just like my appearance, I digested it with my own cat-like feeling and showed off my talent to the fullest by saying, ‘This is what a top star’s talent is.’

The filming continued a couple more times to get a better shot.

What the two people paid attention to during the process was the ending pose.

In most dance challenges, the final ending pose is filmed differently depending on who the opponent is.

In Yuna’s case, she decided to do her signature pose, the ‘Choo~’ pose where she puts a heart on her palm and blows it.

“To get the feel of it properly, you and I have to face each other and do it.”

The ending pose was decorated under the experienced Yuna’s lead.

Two people making palm hearts toward each other.

“Hmm~ I think it came out well.”

Yuna smiled as if she was satisfied,

The challenge video filmed in this way was immediately sent to the marketing team.

“Then, oppa, I’ll contact you again later.”

Yuna left for her next schedule with her coordinator, ‘Suzy’, who came to pick her up.

I took on a challenge and I feel like I’ve lost all my energy.

However, I can’t rest yet.

“Brother, then shall we go too? To film the ‘Next’ challenge.”

Two challenge shoots were double booked for one day on Friday.

We took a van to Hapjeong to meet the second challenge runner.

The place we arrived at was a Halloween concept party room.

As I carefully opened the door and went in, a woman wearing a durahan helmet was dancing while looking at herself in the mirror.

– Drink me like coffee~

Because he was practicing hard with the volume turned up loudly on the speakers, he didn’t even realize that Cha Seong-jun had come in.

Suddenly, I felt like teasing him, so I cautiously approached him and touched his shoulder.

“···Hye-yoon?”

“Whoaaah!!”

Only then did Durahan Helmet notice Cha Seong-jun’s presence and Seol Hye-yoon let out a short scream of surprise.

“You’ve been practicing very hard.”

“No, I mean, this is, that······.”

Seol Hye-yoon, who took off her helmet, crossed her legs here and there in embarrassment.

Then, soon, her ears turned bright red and she began to vomit out her shame.

“Well, I’m actually a body shaming person!”

“Ah, so that’s why you were practicing, even though we were supposed to meet at 7:00, and you took half a day off in the afternoon···”

“Ughh …

Really, honesty is the most important thing.

But on the other hand, a strange sense of delusion began to creep in.

‘It’s a meeting of body and mind······.’

I wonder what kind of content will be created, and in another sense, I am looking forward to it.

Well, this time, we put more emphasis on the conceptual aspect of a ‘Durahan couple’s challenge together.’

That’s why we rented a Halloween-themed party room and why we wore the same costumes we wore when filming the last DuRaHan couple content.

So, it’s okay even if you can’t really dance.

Since it’s a durahan, it might be more appropriate for it to be squeaky.

one side,

“Hey-yoon, but wouldn’t the helmet be heavy when you dance?”

When Cha Seong-jun asked, Seol Hye-yoon raised the corners of her lips.

“I’ve improved everything. Would you like to see it?”

Seol Hye-yoon passed the pitch lightly like a basketball.

A strange light appears in Cha Seong-jun’s eyes as he receives it.

“Oh. It’s light.”

The shape remains the same.

They said they custom-made it to be light and well-ventilated by changing only the material.

Seol Hye-yoon is happy that she can be more active now that she no longer has to worry about revealing her face.

Meanwhile, Oh Hae-soo, who was watching the scene,

‘Wow, you’re friends with such a beautiful influencer?’

This time too, I was simply amazed.

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After a lot of practice,

“Thank you for your hard work.”

After many twists and turns, we finished filming the challenge.

Honestly, as expected, the dancing was awkward.

It looks like two people are working very hard.

But the ending pose alone was incredibly well chosen.

After the song ended, the video was exquisitely cut to the scene where ‘SHYine’ was about to take off his helmet.

This is the pinnacle of hooking.

This work was designed by Deputy Manager Seol, who is from the marketing team.

“Haha, if we do this, we’ll probably get more subscribers on YouTube, right?”

Ambitious Seol Hye-yoon’s eyes light up after seeing the video.

She currently has 600,000 subscribers.

There are 400,000 left until the 1 million that Cha Sung-jun promised to write a song for.

The high ground wasn’t far away.

Meanwhile, the one who was on the verge of reaching 1 million faster than that was none other than Cha Seong-jun.

The number of subscribers to the ‘D.Voice’ channel was approaching 990,000.

Even though there has been little activity since the recent jewelry brand PPL content upload!

‘After all, I can’t just leave it alone.’

Periodic content uploads are required.

For existing cover songs, PPLs under the name D.Voice, and content that is not regular music activities, it seems like it would be better to use the ‘D.Voice’ channel instead of ‘Sungjun’···.

I need to discuss this with the marketing team and come up with a detailed content plan.

“Hey, thank you for helping me with the challenge today. And this is a gift.”

Cha Seong-jun handed over a signed CD.

When Seol Hye-yoon sees the words written ‘To. Seol Shin Hye-yoon’, the corners of her lips go up uncontrollably.

“Thank you. Oh, but if I had known I’d get a signed CD as a gift, I would have brought the album from home.”

“Oh, you helped me with my first 200,000 copies. Then, would you like to sell me the ones you originally purchased?”

“No, I’ll have them both.”

Seol Hye-yoon said, hugging the album to her chest.

“I’ll use the signed CD for display. The other one for storage.”

“For display and storage? That’s a bit too much… No, that’s a maniacal remark.”

“···You were going to call me a nerd just now···?”

Seol Hye-yoon’s eyes narrow.

The Eye Technique Sharingan, or rather the ‘Hye-yun-an’, is activated!

Cha Seong-jun’s body froze at the sight of Joo Park’s cold gaze.

A life or death crisis.

Fortunately, however, there were no subsequent casualties.

Thanks to Seol Hye-yoon who saw the album in my book, I was able to get the hang of it.

“Well, since you gave me a gift, I’ll let it slide this time.”

“Whew. I survived.”

Cha Seong-jun breathed a sigh of relief.

It’s fun to tease Seol Hye-yoon, but sometimes you have to risk your life like this.

Well, it’s so thrilling that I can’t stop teasing!

After that, the two talked a little more and then parted ways.

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And three days later,

Next Monday.

“Brother, they’re all here.”

At Oh Hae-soo’s words, Cha Seong-jun looked out the window.

A tiredly familiar building exterior comes into view.

This is the main entrance of my former workplace, ‘Saehyang Cosmetics,’ located in Sangam-dong.

It was a visit for a healing concert meeting.