Raising a Neglected Singer-Songwriter - Chapter 76



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Raising a Neglected Singer-Songwriter Episode 76

76. Store FLEX

I checked the settlement details sent by MXM Entertainment’s finance team.

Unlike the evil agencies that prey on artists,

In order to ensure transparent accounting, income and expenditure details are detailed.

About 2.1 billion based on 500,000 album sales.

50 million won for the healing concert event.

The new fragrance Homme model fee is 75 million won as a down payment.

The combined revenue from YouTube’s DeVoice channel advertising and copyright fees is 30 million won.

Etc. etc.

The entire cost of album production and activities is covered there.

And the production costs and taxes for two music videos were deducted.

As a result, the final settlement amount was 1.5 billion.

He became a super high-income taxpayer, paying a whopping 600 million won in taxes!

“This is crazy!”

Cha Seong-jun let out an exclamation.

When I saw the amount of money I had never seen before on my bankbook, I suddenly thought of my mother and father.

“Mom, Dad, your son is so successful.”

Oh, now that I think about it, my dad’s car seems really old.

The bag my mother carried around was also very frugal.

“I’ll change everything.”

After 30 years, I was able to be a filial son.

I should treat you well, as you have trusted me.

“Oh, there was a tea ceremony too.”

Since they already know how to do it well, I skipped it… I got a massage chair.

Well, I guess I’ll have to find a suitable gift.

In addition, I allocated about 1,000 won as a budget to give as gifts to people around me.

If you give to those around you, that much will come back to you.

one side,

After waiting for about a month… the long-awaited moment has finally arrived.

[Shop] Charge!!! Cash!!! FLEX!!! The moment to do it.

“I earned 1.5 billion won, so should I spend about 300 million won…?”

If you burn 300 million on an ordinary mobile game, you’re crazy, but

At least Bangsingki is not your average mobile game.

“It’s a game that can change your life.”

In fact, it changed a person’s life 180 degrees in just three months.

So, the 300 million was an investment that was worth it.

Besides, since it’s money earned thanks to Bangsingki, shouldn’t some of it be returned?

[Store] I opened the window and looked at the list.

A list of items spread out in a jumble.

“Khuu, I can buy all of these~”

It’s true that people change when they have money.

Products that were previously considered new grapes are now so colorful and tempting that they make my mouth water.

However, that doesn’t mean you should avoid unnecessary spending.

First, I decided to buy the items on my wishlist.

And this is the long-awaited first product!

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[SSR Grade Item Popular Music Encyclopedia]

Selling price: 100 million won

Chapter 1: Popular Music by Era

Chapter 2: Popular music by genre

Chapter 3: Popular music by country

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As the name music encyclopedia suggests,

This is a crazy item that will give you all the knowledge about popular music by genre/country/era.

“Even without that, what I lacked the most was knowledge of music.”

Because I had a gap of about 10 years after I turned 20, when I stopped doing music.

Moreover, even back then, I only focused on the vocal part.

But this item can solve all those shortcomings at once.

However, the only content currently available is ‘Chapter 1: Popular Music by Era’.

Because the effect of the music encyclopedia was so fraudulent, it had its own limitations.

The content was unlocked in stages, requiring certain conditions to be met before it could be viewed.

So, it’s the same system as promotion.

Meanwhile, the specific conditions were not specified separately in the skill description.

I think it’s probably a similar mechanism to ‘achievements’.

You just have to try this and that.

Well, anyway.

[Purchased the SSR grade item [Encyclopedia of Popular Music].]

A new item is created in the status window along with a system message.

At the same time, the cell phone rings.

[Payment has been completed.

– Where to buy: Raise an idle singer-songwriter

– Product Name: Encyclopedia of Popular Music

– Payment amount: 100,000,000 won]

Just like the first time I used the store, 100 million won was withdrawn from my account as a bank transfer.

Since the amount is large, it may be difficult to get used to it right away, but I guess I’ll get used to it little by little.

I clicked on [Encyclopedia of Popular Music] in the item window, my heart pounding with excitement.

A thick holographic book with an octave note drawn on the cover floats in the air.

Next, let’s turn the page of the encyclopedia,

Whirilirik-

As the pages turned automatically, countless letters floating between the pages dug into my mind.

“Whoa?!”

The sudden attack of the letters made my head throbbing for a moment, but then the headache gradually subsided.

In terms of alchemy comics, it’s like opening the door to truth, but I don’t really feel like I’ve realized anything.

“Is it applied well?”

I have doubts, so I decide to take some time to verify them.

I searched for random pop music from different eras on YouTube and played them.

As the first verse of the accompaniment flowed, Cha Seong-jun’s mouth opened.

“19XX. Singer YYY. Song title ZZZZ.”

It automatically scans the song information as if it were a tree wiki.

In the next song, and in the song after that.

Naturally, information about the song was printed in my head.

“Haha, crazy···!”

Cha Seong-jun, who saw the effect, lets out a hollow laugh.

If you appear on a TV show like ‘999 Song Challenge’, you’re guaranteed to win.

No, more than anything, the important thing is that the number of songs to reference has increased tremendously.

If chapters 2 and 3 are unlocked here, it will increase almost infinitely.

“I’m satisfied.”

With the clown rising, he turned his eyes to the next product.

This time, it’s a killer skill for composing idol songs.

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[SSR Grade Skill Hook Making]

Selling price: 100 million won

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100 million won for one skill.

At first glance, I couldn’t help but be shocked.

But now that I look back,

“If this kind of fraudulent skill were worth 100 million, it would be a huge benefit!”

Hook making.

Simply put, it’s about creating a ‘hook=chorus’.

In particular, idol songs, if we were to define them with exaggeration, are ‘hook songs’.

A song with an easy and addictive chorus that gets stuck in your ears and is repeated over and over again.

Of course, now it has made some progress from the blatant hook songs of the past, but in any case, even if the form has changed a little, the fundamentals are the same.

So, it can be said that composers who are good at making hooks are optimized for idol songs.

“It doesn’t end here.”

The most prominent part of most music, not just idol songs, is the ‘hook’.

In other words! Regardless of genre! It was like having a universal cheat key that could be used to compose any song.

[You have purchased the SSR grade skill [Hook Making].]

I put leveling up and experimenting on hold for a while and continued shopping.

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[SSR Grade Stat Force]

Selling price: 50 million won

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In other words, ‘celebrity force = aura.’

There is something I felt when I first entered the industry.

That’s right, the singer doesn’t just deal with fans.

The public, company people, industry insiders, entertainment industry seniors and juniors, directors, PD’s’ staff, etc.!

You have to face a lot of people.

One third of them will be favorable to Sungjun.

A third will be indifferent,

On the other hand, it can also be hostile.

Having the unrivaled force and dominance in all such relationships.

That’s the purpose of buying stats.

Meanwhile, the next purchase is an unusual item.

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[SSR Grade Item Plagiarism Reading Scout]

Selling price: 50 million won

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It looks exactly like the one in Dragon Ball.

If you read the description, it says that if you put on the Scout and play a song, the screen will list whether it’s plagiarized and similar songs and phrases.

This is a very useful item in these times when plagiarism is a hot topic.

To summarize, today’s shopping list and spending amounts were as follows.

1. SSR Grade Item [Popular Music Encyclopedia] / 100 million won

2. SSR Grade Skill [Hook Making] / 100 million won

3. SSR Grade Stat [Force] / 50 million won

4. SSR Grade Item [Plagiarism Reading Scout] / 50 million won

“Um… something feels a little disappointing?”

I spent 300 million won, but since there are only 4 of them, I feel like it’s not enough.

“I don’t know, let’s just spend 100 million more.”

So I bought a few more skills and items.

This really concludes my shopping for today!

After I finished all my store purchases, a message popped up.

[Thank you for visiting our store today.]

[The accumulated usage amount has exceeded 400 million won.]

[You will receive 4 Activity Boost Tickets as a Payback.]

“That’s right, payback!! If you spent a lot of money, you should get something back!”

It looks like it’s 1 activity enhancement ticket for every 100 million won.

I put all 4 reinforcement tickets into [Martian Studies (+1)].

[[Strengthened by Study Mars (+5)] activity.]

[[Composition] Stat level up probability increased.]

[3% > 15%]

The probability of leveling up through neglect has exceeded 10%.

If you turn [Martian Studies] 10 times, you can level up at least once.

Then, there is no need to use silver coins for composing.

“Are you looking forward to the future?”

Then, I made [Hook Making Lv. 10] with the bronze coin that I had left. Then, I added 1 silver coin and reached level 11.

With this, everything is ready.

Get ready to test the capabilities of today’s featured products.

First up is a demonstration of the new item, the ‘Scouter’.

When you put on the Scout, a green hologram screen different from the status screen appears before your eyes.

The detailed item effects are as follows.

The plagiarism risk is measured by comparing other similarities including the three major elements of melody, rhythm, and harmony as follows.

Plagiarism Risk: Abstract

Plagiarism Risk: Yellow

Plagiarism Risk: Red

That is, the color of the scouter screen changes depending on the risk of plagiarism.

So, I made three practice pieces just to test them out.

Based on the song [Today is Mysterious] by Mimyosonyeo, composed by Yonggo,

One is a direct copy of the 8-bar hook,

One of them skillfully followed only four lines,

One was 100% pure creation.

“Then I’ll turn on the reader~”

First, the complete copy version.

Beep be …

The screen turned red with a warning notification.

And the song title, composer, singer, and verses of the copy song were displayed.

Song title: Today is strange

Singer: Mimyeo Girl

Composer: Brave Cat

Similarity: 99.9%

Plagiarism risk: High

“Wow, is this a good performance?”

In the two subsequent exercises, 50% similarity with the yellow screen and 3% similarity with the green screen were displayed, respectively.

Meanwhile, the last creative version is played again.

♪~ ♬~

[Hookmaking Lv.11] The result was amazing.

It’s just an 8-beat melody that makes your shoulders move and keeps ringing in your head and ears.

“Honestly, it’s kind of awesome.”

It might be a bit harsh for Yonggo, but… this is much more trendy and exciting.

Next time, if you go to Yonggo’s workshop and learn some know-how and check out Mimyosonyeo’s specs and feel,

I am confident that a really good song will come out.

“Then, until then, should I make a few more practice songs? Oh, and also use my knowledge of popular music from each era…”

A lot of ideas were running through my head.

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From mid-November last year, over a period of 10 weeks, until the last week of January.

There is a program that has made South Korea crazy.

A survival audition to find the singer-songwriter who will become the king of the new era.

It’s ‘Who’s the King’.

The day has finally come to decide the final winner.

The candidates who made it to the TOP 5 through fierce competition were as follows:

Number 7, ‘Zeke’, co-composer of the 4th generation entertainment company ‘SMP’.

Number 15, ‘Mark’, a synth-pop and city-pop expert.

Number 18, ‘Oh Jin-woo’, a music college composition major.

Number 30, the hottest singer-songwriter in the indie scene, ‘Simon Kim’.

Number 31, ‘Yoru’ from a two-member visual band from Japan.

Four of them were expected to advance to the finals as they were first-time All Crown winners.

The advancement of Jinwoo Oh, number 18, who had only won three crowns, was amazing.

Thanks to overcoming his shortcomings pointed out by the judges as being ‘overly experimental composition style’, he was able to present songs that were a compromise between popularity and popularity.

Of course, it was partly due to luck in the draw, but it was after the 2:2 battle mission that he started to grow rapidly.

Oh Jin-woo said that his eyes were opened thanks to his partner at the time.

Anyway, thanks to the fact that all five are very skilled, ‘Who’s the King’ fans were excited about who would be the final winner today.

Meanwhile, at the same time, there was another exciting point of interest on stage today.

That’s right-

“I heard that there was an eliminated contestant on the special live stage today?!”

“Then it’s definitely Sungjun?!”

“But I’m busy these days. Can you come out?”

“Miss, to be honest, I applied for the audience just to see Sungjun!”

The only candidate in the program who refused to participate in the loser’s bracket was candidate number 49, Sung-Jun.

As such, many fans still miss Sungjun, who left an unprecedented impact on the program.

As evidence, his songs ‘Star’ and ‘Walk’ are still at the top of the Kiwi charts.

Someone else also said that if Sungjun had stayed, not only would the current TOP 5 positions have changed, but he would have also had the highest chance of winning on the final stage today.

Amidst expectations that Sungjun might appear as a special singer,

“Oh! The broadcast is starting now!”

The final live broadcast of ‘Who’s the King’ has begun.