Become A Music Monster Overnight! [EN]: Chapter 173

Music Monster Overnight! Episode 164

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The terrible pandemic finally began to subside.

Of course, there were concerns about the emergence of variant coronaviruses due to large-scale religious events in India, even during this situation, but the statement that it had subsided was not false.

At least, that was the case domestically.

The vaccination rate, which had been fraught with controversy, became one of the highest in the world, significantly reducing its transmission.

Moreover, with masks and hand sanitization becoming commonplace, there were even talks of many ENT [Ear, Nose, and Throat] clinics closing down because even the common cold was not prevalent.

“It’s not comparable to the domestic situation, but…”

The situation overseas had also improved significantly.

In particular, the United States faced a truly terrible year in 2020, overlapping with the flu season.

The hospital system was overwhelmed with coronavirus patients to the point where it was difficult to even handle the bodies.

This happened because the method of handling bodies was fixed.

Unlike the way they are handed over to the bereaved families, bodies of those who died from infectious diseases were themselves a mass of viruses and had to be incinerated.

The problem was that there were not many crematoriums to handle them.

Because of this, even the body storage in hospitals could not handle it, and they were separately searching for refrigerated trucks to pile them up inside.

“Even so, there were more than a few who made a fuss about not wearing masks…”

What was truly terrible were the politicians who dragged this matter of life and death into political issues.

That’s when I realized that the devil wasn’t somewhere else.

“I guess that’s what sociopaths are like.”

As time passed, even the nightmare-like COVID-19 situation gradually faded away.

Since the dreaded COVID-19 was ultimately a virus, it mutated in a direction favoring transmission, reducing its danger.

As a result, the economy and culture, which had been almost at a standstill, naturally began to regain vitality.

That also meant that I was about to emerge from my period of rest.

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As if knowing that I was about to decide to end my break, the release date for the second ‘King of Arrogance’ story was confirmed.

Naturally, there was talk about the filming of the third ‘King of Arrogance’ story, which had been postponed, and the filming was scheduled to take place at the end of this year.

This was partly because most of the background for the third story is in winter, but more importantly, it was to avoid overlapping with my music activities.

If that weren’t the case, the filming date would have been set no earlier than the second quarter of next year.

Fortunately, the ‘King of Arrogance’ production team readily agreed to this.

They were also struggling due to the lack of revenue caused by COVID-19, so they wanted to film quickly and advance the release date of the third ‘King of Arrogance’ story.

Of course, the second ‘King of Arrogance’ story had to be successful before that, but Director Bell showed no signs of worrying about this.

“Hahaha! The second ‘King of Arrogance’ story is bound to be more successful than the previous one. Didn’t the first story already cultivate countless fans around the world? Moreover, the completeness of the second ‘King of Arrogance’ story is superior to the previous one.”

“…That’s true.”

I had felt it while filming, and the story I saw in the comics also became more interesting as it moved on to the next story.

Perhaps the story that audiences will find most enjoyable will be the final third ‘King of Arrogance’ story.

“Because the Genius League is formed from the third story onwards to confront me.”

Heroes active in various parts of the world, like dark knights, gather to confront the King of Arrogance.

In this process, they had to sacrifice a lot, so the process was not easy, but in the end, they had no choice but to gather.

If things continued as they were, a dictator unlike any other in human history would be born through the ‘purification’ process.

Of course, ‘Jin’ was closer to the concept of a king rather than a dictator like Hitler, but to them, it was the same thing.

Above all, it was obvious that hundreds of millions of lives would disappear in the ‘purification’ that subverted the social system to achieve that.

They had to gather to save that enormous life, which could not even be compared to World War II.

The heroes who gathered in this way were mostly those who surpassed the dark knight in terms of individual combat ability.

This is because they are superhumans with their own superpowers.

But even so, the center of this Genius League was the Dark Knight.

This was not only because he initiated and supported the formation of the Genius League.

Rather, the Dark Knight’s ability was actually closer to that of a tactician and strategist than individual combat ability.

Moreover, if they faced his noble beliefs that did not change even after a long hero life, even superhumans had no choice but to acknowledge him.

“Perhaps that’s why he can confront ‘Jin’ even after facing him several times.”

Perhaps most other heroes would have faltered at their first encounter with ‘Jin’.

In addition to this, there were things I had to do as an actor.

Following the hit ‘Squid 2’, I had to appear as a new mastermind in the filming of ‘Squid 3’. Moreover, my role was almost as important as the main character, with a higher profile than the previous series, so there was a lot of filming.

In addition, as a new mastermind, I had to make a cameo appearance in the Squid spin-off overseas version, so I actually had a busy schedule as an actor.

But before this filming, I had to spend a busy time.

This is because LITTLE LADY began to gain popularity in the Billboard charts and the UK.

“If it hadn’t been for the COVID-19 situation, I wouldn’t have thought of this project.”

In fact, if it hadn’t been for the counselor’s recommendation that I, who runs a huge empire called YC Entertainment, should take up a hobby, I would not have thought of a new survival method that only small and medium-sized entertainment companies would consider.

In that sense, Happiness, or rather, LITTLE LADY, was a new K-pop style idol group born out of the COVID-19 situation.

After successfully reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100, I began to feel a strange sense of pleasure and accomplishment, and as a result, I no longer had to cling to hobbies.

“DK will be able to manage LITTLE LADY well in the future.”

I was planning to take charge of the title song for the next official album, but I was going to entrust all other songs and subsequent album work entirely to DK.

Having already proven his capabilities as a producer, the guy who received 5% of P Entertainment’s shares also took on the position of director.

That also meant that LITTLE LADY’s growth would be of great benefit to him.

Of course, I had no intention of keeping a monster producer like DK tied to P Entertainment alone. His musicality, which had a different color from mine, had many interesting points.

“But the world is really wide, and there are so many monsters.”

Who would have known that Jaehee of LITTLE LADY would be a monster with that much potential, let alone DK?

It was hard to believe that such a monster was the object of pity just a few months ago.

“It would be better for P Entertainment to go in a direction that YC Entertainment doesn’t touch.”

YC Entertainment already accounted for nearly half of the domestic music market.

This is having a negative impact on the market, so it should be avoided.

Above all, President Kim Seung-jae will be able to create a new type of large entertainment company in Korea through LITTLE LADY and DK.

In that sense, it will create diversity in the market and will be a symbol of the miracle of small and medium-sized entertainment companies for a while.

“Of course, even if you know it, it’s hard to imitate this type of K-pop project.”

Small and medium-sized entertainment companies are less likely to take risks.

“Then, since there’s still about a month left on the schedule… shall we start preparing for a comeback?”

As the Black Tiger, who had been asleep for a while, had to show his face to the world, there were many things to do.

“Everyone seems to have been doing well.”

After a long time of being immersed in hobbies, I met my uncles, and I couldn’t help but feel a sharpness in my voice.

That’s because they all looked like they had gained weight.

It’s probably inevitable because of the COVID-19 situation and because they’re belatedly devoted to their families.

Even though I knew that, I couldn’t help but get angry.

If they were young, it wouldn’t matter, but at the age of my uncles, who were celebrating their sixtieth birthdays, their bodies change every day.

Even if they manage themselves thoroughly, it’s hard to go on stage, which requires a lot of physical exertion, let alone if they don’t manage themselves.

“…This is going to be a problem.”

In the end, I had no choice but to say a word, and the uncles coughed and mumbled.

They looked like children about to be scolded, and I almost laughed, but I tried my best to hold it in.

Now that I have to make them manage themselves thoroughly again, it was clear that things would go wrong if I burst out laughing.

“…Let’s go to the practice room for now.”

“Khuhm. Okay.”

“Come on, let’s move.”

“You come quickly. Don’t fall over again and end up in the hospital.”

“Is this old man crazy?”

“…Can you please be considerate today, you bastards.”

“……”

As always, I could hear Uncle Jang Tae-shik and Uncle Kwak Do-hoon bickering, but today, since I was setting the mood, Uncle Kim Il, who usually doesn’t get involved in these things, stopped the two uncles.

Fortunately, the two uncles had committed a sin, so they quietly entered the practice room and finished preparing without further ado.

I watched the uncles tuning their instruments and breathed a sigh of relief.

‘…Fortunately, they haven’t let go of it.’

If they had put down their instruments for a while, they wouldn’t have been able to tune them so easily. That means that apart from managing their bodies, they had been steadily practicing with their instruments.

Of course, I couldn’t know how much they had practiced unless I was a god, so I waited for the uncles to finish preparing.

Perhaps because they were watching me, the uncles finished tuning faster than I thought, and I stood in front of the microphone with a nonchalant face and said.

“The first song will be ‘Old Soldiers Never Die’ as always.”

Then I looked at the uncles for a moment, and surprisingly, they all didn’t look bad.

At that sight, I felt an unknown sense of anticipation rising from deep within my heart, and soon I couldn’t help but be a little surprised.

-Thump! Thump! Thump…!-

-Jijijijing! Jijing!-

-Dadadang! Dang! Dang!-

Because of the sound of the uncles’ guitars and bass, starting with Uncle Kwak Do-hoon’s drums.

‘When?’

When did you change like this again?

It goes without saying, but the fact that they had changed did not mean that they had changed for the worse.

The sound of the uncles that I heard after 8 months had grown from the previous performance of the uncles.

I was so surprised that I almost missed the first note.

Thanks to that, ‘Old Soldiers Never Die’, which I sang for the first time in 8 months, was truly the best performance ever.

I was so sorry that this wasn’t on a concert stage.

-Jajajajajang!-

I wasn’t the only one who felt that way.

The uncles also felt that I was starting to get greedy little by little throughout the performance, and they didn’t know what to do.

-Thump, thump-

After the storm-like stage was over, I looked back at the uncles, feeling the sound of my heart beating like crazy.

“Again?”

“…Of course!”

The uncles, who shouted