Become A Music Monster Overnight! [EN]: Chapter 47

15. The Second Settlement

Royalties from sources other than commercials were also substantial.

Typically, about 6% of the music revenue is distributed to the singer or performer.

The music revenue that fell to Black Tiger’s share alone amounted to 1.8 billion won.

Dividing it among the members would mean each receiving 300 million won.

This alone is a huge sum, but the real deal was separate.

As mentioned earlier, excluding the 6%, the music revenue is divided as follows: 40% to the distributor, 44% to the production company, and 10% to the lyricist, composer, and arranger.

Naturally, I would receive 54% of this, excluding the distributor’s and performer’s share, which amounted to a whopping 16.2 billion won.

And that’s not all.

Album sales were also a significant amount.

Due to the craze in Japan, album sales surged, reaching a total of 210,000 copies sold to date. Additionally, my version of the mini-album sold 100,000 copies, putting billions of won in my hands.

In addition to this, after combining the revenue from ‘Snow Lady’ and the YouTube revenue, which is approaching 2 million views, and deducting taxes, I had 26 billion won immediately available.

I could have scraped together more, but anything beyond this could potentially be considered illegal use of company funds, so I couldn’t operate any further.

As these funds came in, I invested them in Bitcoin.

And currently, combined with the funds I put in earlier, the value of the Bitcoin I’ve purchased is just over 50 billion won.

“Really, it’s as crazy as Kwak Do-hoon uncle said!”

Around this time last year, I had to scrape everything together to make 100 million won, but in just over a year, my personal assets have become 50 billion won.

Perhaps if it weren’t for the experience through the imprinted memories, I, who was just an ordinary citizen, would have had a hard time handling it.

After staring blankly at the Bitcoin price chart for a while, I calmed my pounding heart and muttered.

“Is it two weeks left?”

April 10, 2013.

If the imprinted memories are correct this time as well, Bitcoin will surge this time no less than it did two years ago.

Bitcoin, which was $15 at the beginning of the year, will hit $268.59 on this day.

That’s a surge of almost 18 times.

At the current price of $30, it’s 9 times, but of course, it’s almost impossible to sell everything at this high point.

That’s because the reaction is significant, as befits a strong upward trend.

The intraday drop was also enormous, with the lowest point being a whopping 55% lower than the high point.

So, from the point when it exceeds $240, I had to gradually sell it off without being greedy any further.

Even if I do this, I will still make more than 8 times the profit.

“Now that things have turned out this way, going to Plan C wouldn’t be bad.”

Plan A is literally the standard for small and medium-sized entertainment companies.

It involves receiving investment and making each project of the affiliated artists successful one by one.

If I hadn’t formed Black Tiger, if my music hadn’t succeeded unlike in the world in my memories, I would have proceeded with Plan A.

Now that I’ve achieved tremendous success, I wonder why I even set up such a Plan A? But at the time, I wasn’t confident.

There are several reasons.

The biggest one is that, unlike the guy in my memories, my life hasn’t been going so well.

No matter how well I make music, if it gets buried due to unexpected issues, it will eventually fail.

It’s not for nothing that there are songs that are called hidden masterpieces and see the light of day late.

In addition, I wasn’t sure if the coins would flow as they did in the imprinted memories at the time.

However, this has already made Plan A meaningless by confirming that the coins are flowing the same way in the first settlement.

Plan B is naturally a plan that takes into account a better environment than Plan A.

The idea is to grow the entertainment company by investing in and recruiting musicians, and of course, the ones I would recruit were the girl groups I was rooting for.

Of course, since there are as many as six girl groups I want to help, I can’t bring them all.

That’s because it takes a tremendous amount of money to successfully launch a girl group properly.

The success rate varies depending on the amount of money invested, and it costs 10 billion won to get to the top tier.

Even this is only possible with luck, so realistically, it was impossible to bring them all in and make them affiliated artists.

So, in the case of girl groups that are in better circumstances, I considered producing or giving them songs.

But now I can make a better choice than this Plan B.

From the point when I formed Black Tiger and hit the jackpot with Snow Lady due to an unexpected issue with the G1 band kid, Plan B gradually became meaningless.

And now that Black Tiger has become a huge hit, I can choose the next Plan C.

Plan C is nothing special.

“Bring them all. Launch them all properly.”

If this second Bitcoin settlement is successfully completed, it was something that could be done at any time.

From the point when I handle capital that even large entertainment companies have difficulty with, it was not an impossible task.

“Of course, I’ll have to recruit talent before that.”

That can also be solved with money.

For those working in the South Korean entertainment industry, famous for its 3D [Difficult, Dirty, Dangerous] jobs, there was no reason not to switch jobs if they were given a huge amount of money.

In addition, although it’s embarrassing for me to say it myself, an entertainment company with a rising star called Black Tiger in both Korea and Japan at the same time as its debut was even future-oriented.

Because of what happened after the success of Snow Lady, there have been dozens of inquiries a day from people who want to receive songs from me recently.

If they just receive a song, they can definitely attract attention whether the song is good or not.

“Then I have to hope that the second settlement goes well.”

-Beep beep beep!-

I stared blankly at the screen again, then belatedly came to my senses at the ringing phone.

It was Hee-jung.

“Oppa! Buy me drinks. Drinks!”

“Why suddenly drinks?”

“Mom wants to have a drink.”

“Mom?”

I tilted my head for a moment at Hee-jung, who was asking for drinks as soon as I answered the phone, and then said I understood.

That’s because I realized that it had been a long time since I had a drink with my mom and sister.

I immediately closed the laptop that had been catching my eye for a long time and got up.

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“Ugh!”

“Why do you drink so much when you can’t even handle it?”

Young-chan couldn’t help but say a word to his sister, who was groaning from a hangover. Hee-jung pouted and said.

“When else will oppa buy me drinks at such a fancy bar? I have to drink as much as I can when I can.”

-Slap!-

“Ouch!”

“You ungrateful girl! How can you say that! Leaving such a useless thing alone….”

“Ugh. Stop it. Mom. My head is pounding.”

Hee-jung, who was twisting her body from her mom’s back slash, grabbed her throbbing head and whined, and only then did her mom’s nagging stop.

However, apart from stopping the nagging, Hee-jung’s mom’s eyes were full of worry.

That’s because she could clearly see how her precious daughter had been living in this foreign land of England.

Unlike other families, if she could at least provide enough financial support….

She couldn’t do that. If it weren’t for the money that her son, Young-chan, had prepared for his sister’s marriage expenses, her worries would have been heavier and bigger.

Then, when her daughter showed her the room she was staying in the day before, her worries became a ton.

It was just frustrating that her precious daughter had lived in a shabby room that was not even as good as a small studio apartment.

That’s why she wanted to tell her to quit studying and come back to Korea right away, but she didn’t know what to say since she couldn’t do anything for her.

Young-chan saw his mom’s worried eyes and scratched his chin, then asked his sister.

“Hey, how many more years do you have to study to finish?”

“….Suddenly?”

Hee-jung thought for a moment at her brother’s words and held up three fingers.

“If it’s fast, 3 years? I think I only need to study for 2 more years, but if I want to gain experience such as internships here, I think I need at least 3 more years.”

“Oh my…”

Da-suk sighed deeply at her daughter’s words.

She felt suffocated as if she had indigestion, thinking that she would have to leave this immature girl here for another 3 years.

Not knowing her mother’s feelings, Young-chan counted on his fingers and then shook his head.

“3 years? It looks like it will take 5 more years.”

“…..Ugh. Why are you so clueless?”

“…..”

Did Hee-jung not know her mom’s heart?

Rather, every time she made a phone call, she wanted to quit everything and go back to Korea because of her mom’s worried voice.

But every time, she cried alone but never gave up.

That’s because the opportunity she had was too big to give up here.

If she suffered a little more, if she could endure here, she, who had only received, would now be able to give a lot to her family.

That’s why she couldn’t give up.

It was the path with the highest probability of success for her, who is often referred to as a ‘dirt spoon’ [someone born into poverty].

Young-chan was able to vaguely understand his sister’s heart this time.

He stared at his sister for a moment, then raised his voice brightly.

“Don’t be silly, take a good rest and let’s go out. There are still many places to tour today.”

“Ugh. I will repay this grudge someday~.”

“Kekeke.”

Hee-jung, who had eaten the honey water that Young-chan had brought as room service, recovered her condition enough to walk around when it was lunchtime.

This trip, which Hee-jung named ‘Hee-jung Family England Tour’, was progressing at a rapid pace almost every day.

They had been to all the famous landmarks in London and explored most of the restaurants.

After that, they moved to Edinburgh and toured everything from Edinburgh Castle to Holyrood Palace.

Finally, they visited Birmingham and toured the Shakespeare Center, Victoria Square, and finally entered Cadbury World.

Only then did they return to London, and no one complained during this arduous tour.

That’s because this is the first time they’ve been on a family trip like this.

Moreover, the hotels they stayed in were always luxury hotels, and they received care through massages there, so it wasn’t unbearable.

“Ugh. Our mom has great stamina!”

“I think this is due to a difference in personality rather than stamina?”

The most energetic of the family was surprisingly Da-suk, the mom of Young-chan and Hee-jung.

Unlike her introverted son and daughter, she was surprisingly extroverted.

Perhaps if her personality hadn’t been like that, it would have been difficult for her to suddenly become the head of the family and lead the family.

Anyway, due to that personality, the trip brought her a lot of energy.

She was happy just to have gone to unfamiliar attractions, and she was energized by meeting new people. In addition, she had no reason to be tired because her daughter and son, whom she loved the most, were with her.

However, this long trip was now coming to an end.

His England trip, which he had initially planned for fifteen days, had already passed two weeks.

As it was the last day.

They didn’t go around sightseeing separately today.

Instead, they rested at the hotel and organized the photos they had taken, and they were busy talking about their trip.

Young-chan enjoyed the time with his mom and sister, and checked his smartphone from time to time, and then got up from his seat as his eyes changed.

“I’ll go to my room for a while.”

“Okay. Bring me Melona when you come back.”

“How can I get Melona here?”

“I don’t know. I don’t know. Buy me Melona. Buy me Melona, oppa [older brother/term of endearment for a male].”

“Ugh. Why is she getting more childish as she grows up?”

“Hahaha.”

Young-chan smiled for a moment as he watched his sister joking and his mom laughing, and then left the room with a nervous face.

That’s because today’s date is April 10, 2013.

It’s time for the second settlement that he had been waiting for so long.

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