Become A Music Monster Overnight! [EN]: Chapter 154

Music Monster Overnight! Episode 145

However, the situation is different for YC Entertainment, which I created.

It has long since grown to a scale that can’t be handled domestically.

Moreover, YC Entertainment’s U.S. branch is listed on the U.S. stock market, effectively making it a U.S. company.

Aside from YC Entertainment becoming such a huge behemoth, my influence in the United States is also considerable.

Just like when I joined hands with powerful figures in Japan in the past, there are more than a few powerful figures in the United States who want to become close to me.

Among them were many politicians who needed help with their election campaigns.

Thanks to this, even though becoming an honorary citizen of the United States (a title usually overseen by the President) is difficult, I was appointed as an honorary citizen in more than half of the states.

I also tried to become close to those who approached me, regardless of their party affiliation.

After all, if a foreigner wants to do business in the United States, it’s wise to cultivate relationships within political circles.

Anyway, what I want to say is that, from my current position, crushing one or two of these malicious channels is nothing.

“They mistook my avoiding them because they were dirty for avoiding them because I was afraid.”

They must have become increasingly bold because there were no repercussions when they targeted other large entertainment companies. When they started targeting our kids, starting with Kang Ah-young, I mercilessly brought down the hammer of justice.

I mobilized my connections to pressure YouTube headquarters to shut down their channels. I also filed lawsuits in Korean and U.S. courts to show them the true bitterness of life.

Of course, there was a commotion.

I made them cough up several times the amount of money they had earned from the malicious rumors about YC Entertainment’s kids—or rather, the money they had earned by smearing celebrities.

I didn’t just hit them with civil lawsuits. I also spent money generously to ensure they would serve at least some prison time in criminal court.

“Please, just give me one chance.”

“I won’t do it again.”

“From now on, I will only cover positive news about K-pop.”

Naturally, those involved with the channels begged and pleaded.

There were even those who said they would create a new channel and take a completely different path from their previous one.

But will a dog stop eating poop?

In the end, the mutt will not forget the stimulating taste and will try to eat poop again.

I crushed them without wavering at their screams, grinding them into powder.

-As expected, YC! I really didn’t like the way these crazy people were running wild. They’re sweeping it away so coolly.-

└Oh! That’s refreshing. When I think about how much our kids have suffered because of those bastards…….

└I heard that many people say that Minho of 00 Group committed suicide because of these guys in the past.

└They were murderers! It’s a shame that they only got 2 years in prison.

└That’s how our country’s laws are~ I don’t know why the perpetrators are given such lenient sentences.

-Kekeke. Thanks to you, the idol scene has suddenly become clean these days. Even the famous names who are known for leaving malicious comments are not seen these days!

└Hehehe. Malicious comments and whatnot, there’s no match for money!

-By the way, why is YouTube managing things like this? It’s a place that just returns Ai’s [AI’s automated response] saying that it’s been received even if you report it to death.

└I heard from a friend who works at YC Entertainment that YC directly put pressure on YouTube headquarters.

└Wow! As expected, YC class…… amazing.

-Well, he’s a chairman of a large company before he’s a musician.

└That’s not just a domestic level, it’s a level that plays in the world. Look at YC Revolution. Didn’t you say that the number of subscribers is now 4th in the world?

└YC Film has surpassed 200 million users for a long time. If it continues like this, it will catch up with N company [Netflix] soon.

-My heart is pounding. To be the same citizen as someone who is like a cheat character [overpowered character] that is difficult to create even with such a cheat key!

└Actually, thanks to YC, people in the United States and Europe look at Koreans differently. The problem is that the average is set too high, so the problem is that even if you say you are Korean with an average face, they don’t believe you.ㅠㅠ

└This…… I’m going to America next month…… Should I study some Chinese?

└Ni chi fan le ma? (Have you eaten?)[Common Chinese greeting]

The netizens’ reaction to this incident was more positive than I expected.

Whether they were fans or not, they could not be negative about punishing criminals who produced malicious rumors to make money, which caused suffering and eventually led to the worst choices.

Of course, things might have been different if they had dragged it out or played the media, but this kind of media play was on the side of those with a lot of money, which was rather advantageous to me.

That’s why I was able to sweep away those YouTubers who produced such malicious rumors.

“The problem is that this phenomenon is only temporary.”

There are bound to be plenty of trashy guys everywhere in the world.

Of course, the dogs who want to take the poop that they had been eating will reappear.

In fact, not long after they were dealt with, channels that cleverly presented the truth and lies in the form of exposé programs were emerging.

“Well, the first time is difficult. Would the second time be difficult?”

As someone who has had the experience of cleaning up trash like this once, I established a system to periodically clean up the trash when a certain amount of trash gathered.

The process was not easy, but it was not impossible.

Thanks to the fact that I had been continuously purchasing Google stock since the unit price was low, I became a major shareholder, which played a particularly large role.

“If that hadn’t happened, I would have had to go around quite a bit.”

Anyway, it was time to think about the title song for Kang Ah-young’s 2nd full-length album.

I played a few songs for her.

“……”

“??”

I played three songs that I had guided in a row, and I was curious to see which song she would choose, but for some reason, she didn’t open her mouth for a long time.

‘Could it be that she doesn’t like any of them?’

As that thought crossed my mind, I became slightly uneasy.

Neither the girl in my memory nor I have ever experienced such a rejection, so I wondered if this was the agony that other composers experience. In the midst of thinking this, she finally opened her mouth.

“Um…… Can I sing this?”

“……What?”

I couldn’t understand what she was saying, which was suddenly absurd.

Perhaps it was because she had reached the position of master in her respective field, whether it was acting or trot [Korean pop music genre], at an early age, she sometimes said such absurd things, so I wondered if this was one of those times, but fortunately, it didn’t seem to be the case.

In my eyes, full of questions, Kang Ah-young shook her head greatly and continued to speak with difficulty.

“I…… I can’t sing like you, CEO.”

“Huh? What are you talking about…… Ah!”

Only then did I understand why she had said that.

‘I must have gotten too excited without realizing it.’

Perhaps it was because I had spent so much time acting, I was enjoying making music too much without realizing it.

Well, even putting the terrible movie music on last year felt like a pretty fun game, like putting together a puzzle, so it wouldn’t be wrong to think so.

Thanks to this, I sang the recordings that I had to do as a guide with all my heart, not just at the guide level.

Well, even so. If it was 2 years ago, that is. If it was in the early days when I was seriously dealing with trot, Kang Ah-young wouldn’t have said that either.

However, since the inspirations that surround me learn and develop on their own like Ai, trot has also reached the end of the master level.

To what extent is this? It meant that even if Kang Ah-young, who can be said to be a trot genius and has now established her own style, tried her whole life, she would have reached the level she might reach at the end.

In rock, it was the level that Marvin had achieved.

Since someone who had reached that level was drunk with excitement and showed off his singing rather than guiding, it was natural for Kang Ah-young to be intimidated like this.

‘No, it would have come to Ah-young even more greatly because she is who she is.’

Ah-young, who has a genius talent that has become more expressive in acting, knows the difference.

‘This has become difficult.’

It has really become difficult.

In other words, I had given this girl, who was preparing for an album without even resting, a true education.

-Clap-

After thinking for a while, I clapped loudly and said, grabbing her shaking gaze.

“This is a mistake. Just forget about it.”

“Yes?”

“Um…… so. It’ll be hard, but erase the song you just heard from your head. It won’t be beneficial for you right now.”

“……How can I forget it? Don’t tell me! You’re not going to erase this song, are you!”

“Um…… I was going to.”

“Yes? No! Absolutely not. How can you think of erasing such a treasure? Even if you’re the CEO, you absolutely can’t!”

“……Wow.”

I couldn’t help but let out an exclamation.

This is because I have never imagined that she, who is so docile that she can slap the cheeks of a capybara, would be so excited.

However, as much as a gentle person is scary when they get angry, so was Kang Ah-young.

“Oh. Okay, I understand. Calm down.”

“……Yes.”

The girl, who was so angry that her face turned red, immediately returned to her original docile appearance when she said she wouldn’t.

“Kekeke.”

I felt like I was seeing a new side of this girl, so I laughed for a while, but when she was about to blush again, I hurriedly hid my laughter, feeling like I was burning.

Thanks to this, as a result, I ended up releasing a completely new song as the title song.

“If it was just this, it wouldn’t matter…….”

The problem is that I also ended up playing the role of a trot singer without even thinking about it.

This is because Kang Ah-young was obsessed with releasing the song that I had guided to the world, and as I was making her work without a break, I ended up giving up.

“However, I’ll decide when. I can’t suddenly release trot songs before the world tour.”

“Hehe. Yes.”

I chuckled at the girl who was smiling like a fool, happy that things had gone her way, and showed her one of the title candidates.

“The title is ‘Tears,’ and unlike the title that seems sentimental, the song itself has a cheerful atmosphere.”

“……The lyrics are too sad.”

“Originally, life is ironic. Sometimes, the tears you shed suddenly in a cheerful daily life really pierce a place in your heart.”

“……I think I know what you mean.”

“……Oh~”

I couldn’t look at the girl who immediately understood what I was saying with admiration.

Rather, I had to quickly turn my gaze elsewhere for fear of showing her pity.

That’s because the fact that she immediately understood the feeling of tears that I mentioned meant that she had shed those tears at least once.

“…….”

A heavy silence flowed for a moment, and only then did I carefully turn my head to her and see tears welling up in her eyes.

The moment I saw her eyes, I knew what emotions she was looking at me with.

‘Compassion…….’

Pity and compassion are the same in that they feel sorry and pitiful for the other person’s situation, but the inherent aspects are different.

Pity is a really cheap emotion.

It is an ostentatious emotion in the form of extending a helping hand to the other person.

On the other hand, compassion only means the pure emotion of feeling sorry for the other person. It is a feeling of genuinely worrying about someone, and it is also a feeling of hurting together.

She was showing me that emotion.

The fact that she wrote a song containing the emotion of ‘tears’ meant that she knew that it was possible because she had shed those tears.

Thanks to this, I felt like my hidden feelings had been revealed, so I felt embarrassed and also felt that the moment was not bad.

Anyway, just knowing that we had felt the same pain made me feel an unexpected sense of camaraderie.

“Ahem. Well~ that’s what it is. Anyway, now that you know that feeling, the work will be easier.”

“Yes. I’ll work hard.”

Both she and I made unnecessary noises and shook off this awkward and strange feeling.