Become A Music Monster Overnight! [EN]: Chapter 7

3. Bitcoin at $5?

I sold all the Bitcoin I had bought for $5 as soon as it hit $15.

“It feels like a lie.”

The 100 million won I invested returned as 300 million won.

I had brought home a decent amount of money one way or another, but it still took me 10 years to make that 100 million won. But after investing for just a few months, I had earned 200 million won.

I felt like an idiot.

But such a troubled mind was only temporary.

“Hahaha. I wasn’t wrong! I wasn’t wrong!”

I couldn’t hide the joy that burst out of me.

It was because I had confirmed that the coin prices in my engraved memories and the coin prices in this world were proceeding without a single error.

That means I can make a decent profit next year when the first coin craze hits.

Originally, I was going to leave this Bitcoin alone until the end of November next year.

Even if it’s hard to believe the small coin flows, I thought the big flows would be correct, so I thought I would make the highest profit around that time.

Even this alone would earn at least 200 times my initial investment.

But as I said before, now that I know that even these detailed prices are not wrong, 200 times is now child’s play.

“Let’s take out only 20 million won [approximately $15,000 USD] for the studio first.”

I didn’t want to use this either, but now was the time to use it.

The remaining 280 million won [approximately $210,000 USD] was invested in Bitcoin again two days later when it crashed.

“It’s creepy.”

The fact that Bitcoin, which had fallen due to the halving [a process where the reward for mining new blocks is halved, reducing the supply rate] and then risen again for more than two months to $15.3, plummeted to $7.6 in just two days is truly chilling.

Even though I knew it would happen, those who invested in coins without knowing it must be feeling like their blood is drying up now.

But from now on, it will slowly rise again, so they may be able to endure it with that small comfort.

“There will be two more events like this next year.”

And those events will create a level of price difference that is different from this one, so I was already excited.

Fear and excitement, two heterogeneous emotions, came together, so it was difficult for me to escape from the strangeness.

Anyway, after successfully completing the first Bitcoin event, I decided to find a studio to work on my YouTube channel and improve the quality of my music.

Since I would be recovering a huge amount of money during the second event early next year, it didn’t matter if I spent all the money by then.

So I looked for a studio that could be rented for a year, and luckily I was able to find a studio that I liked.

It was a large-scale music studio created for aspiring music students, but there were not many students due to the limitations of being in the provinces.

Thanks to this, I was able to rent a soundproof booth entirely.

There was also a recording studio that wasn’t great, but it had everything I needed, and after negotiating with the director, I was able to compromise on 1 million won [approximately $750 USD] per month.

It wasn’t a small amount of money, but considering that the recording studio could be used unlimitedly on weekends or late evenings when there were no special events, it was quite cheap.

Of course, there would be additional costs for receiving help from an engineer, but I could do it alone if I endured a little inconvenience.

No, rather, the quality would be much better in the latter case.

While producing world-class top stars for money and fame, my engineering skills have naturally improved tremendously.

The proportion of senses and inspiration is greater than you think for sound engineers, and I had a talent that I could call myself second to none in the world in this area, so my skills increased too quickly.

Even Jones, the top sound engineer in the United States who taught me, eventually shook his head.

“Oh! Jesus! It’s such a waste that Chan is a musician.”

Jones’ reaction was by no means exaggerated.

Depending on the skill of the sound engineer, the quality of the same song can be significantly different, so working with a top-notch engineer is worth the price.

Anyway, thanks to unexpected luck, I saved a lot of money, so I decided to buy equipment to run the composition program that I had been holding back on.

I invested 5 million won [approximately $3,750 USD] here to purchase the product. However, compared to my system in the previous era, which poured in a lot of money, it is a miserable level.

“Well, still, everything that needs to run will run with this.”

It would be ridiculous to be dissatisfied when I think about the days when I couldn’t even think about running it.

After finishing work, I decided to do what I had been putting off.

I decided to visit the Sussia band club that uploaded the coin karaoke video.

“Let’s see…”

After seeing the last unusual rise, I fell into creative activities and didn’t check the video, so I turned on YouTube and looked for the video after a long time.

And…

“!!!”

I almost doubted my eyes for a moment.

The number of views far exceeded the number of views I had vaguely thought of came into my eyes.

-72,452,211-

I doubted for a moment whether it was 7 million, but after reconfirming that the number of views exceeded 70 million, I swallowed the saliva that had formed.

There were 500,000 comments, so it must have been very hot in the meantime.

“…What the hell happened in the meantime?”

Two days later, I arrived at Seodong High School, where the Sussia band club is located.

Because it was Saturday, there were no students, so the school was very quiet.

“Wow~ it’s real. I don’t go to school on Saturdays.”

I heard that the 5-day school week has been implemented since last year, and I was so envious of that fact.

If it had been implemented during my school days, I would have been able to work one more part-time job.

The regret was even greater because the part-time jobs that students could do were limited.

Anyway, it was difficult to get to this point.

I thought it would be rude to visit without notice, so I was embarrassed from the moment I called to inquire about visiting.

As soon as I called the school, I had to face the hysterical voice of an administrative office worker with a high octave.

“Again! That damn YouTube video! We have nothing else to say, and the students don’t even know who the person in the video is. How many times is this!”

“….”

I was unpleasant, but after knowing the situation, I understood the employee’s feelings.

The coin karaoke video was more famous than I thought, and it seems that they had suffered a lot because of it.

When I looked it up, there were short articles from overseas and even entertainment news in Korea. It was not unreasonable to react like that.

Thanks to this, I had to make a few more calls, and eventually I was able to contact a member of the band who was there when this video was taken.

“Is it real! Are you the God Singer?”

“….”

God Singer.

It was a nickname given by foreigners who watched the video and searched for God.

I was momentarily embarrassed to hear that cringey nickname in a voice, but I quickly regained my composure and continued speaking.

“Yeah. That’s right. I have a favor to ask.”

“…A favor?”

“I’m going to open a YouTube channel this time, and I’m going to get some help.”

“Wow! Ahem… I understand what you mean. Then would you come to our club on Saturday? I have something to talk about this part anyway.”

I was intrigued by her attitude as if she had been waiting for this call, so I visited Seodong High School today.

One of the members said he would come out to meet me, and I saw someone I could guess.

“She looks very easygoing.”

It was an impressive girl with short green gym pants and a sky blue summer uniform that looked like a school uniform on top, tied in pigtails.

By the way, seeing a student wearing a school uniform even on the weekend made me realize that this was a school.

I gestured to her and approached her, but for some reason, she blushed and glanced at me, then turned away as I got closer.

“Hasn’t she come out yet?”

I thought that she might not be the one, but I asked just in case.

“Aren’t you from the band club?”

“…Who are you?”

“I’m the one who made an appointment with the band club at this school today.”

“???”

She looked confused at my words, but I was just as confused as she was. I think she’s a member of the band club, but I don’t understand why she’s reacting like that.

“No? You’re not God Singer.”

“I don’t know God Singer… but I’m the one who sang in that video. Ah! Yeah, I lost some weight, so you might not recognize me.”

“Lost… some weight?”

“Um. I lost a lot of weight to say a little.”

Unlike me, who was proud of succeeding in a difficult diet, the girl still didn’t believe it.

It was an unexpected reaction, but considering that I was covering my face at the time, I thought it could be, so I revealed an embarrassing fact to persuade her.

“I don’t know if you were there at the time, but I sang girl group songs before singing Bohemian Rhapsody.”

“!!!”

The girl seemed very surprised at those words, and she rolled her big eyes and looked at me.

“Are you really that old man?”

“Wow.”

I was more dumbfounded than happy to hear the word ‘oppa’ [a Korean term used by younger women to address older men they are close to] from a kid who was a dozen years younger than me. Not knowing my heart, I smiled and said to her, who was hovering around me like a curious cat.

“That’s right. That’s right. Now, won’t you take me to the club?”

“Oh..yes.”

For some reason, she nodded in a shy manner, with no trace of her previous appearance.

And she guides me in a modest manner like a new bride, and I felt a sense of fatigue from her fickle self.

‘Hmm. Teenage girls are really difficult.’

Seeing this, I am grateful for how beautifully my proud sister has grown up.

In the band club that I found in fatigue, I had the time I had faced with the girl again.

“Are you really… God Singer?”

“No? You’re too different.”

“He’s on a diet.”

“No matter how much you diet, you’re too different.”

“He was definitely an old man… Why is he a celebrity?”

“If you shoot a drama like this, you’ll get cursed.”

It was difficult to answer all the suspicious questions that poured out, so I shook my head and said.

“I’ll make you believe it with music. Can you lend me a guitar over there?”

I pointed to a bespectacled man who was as tall as a kite.

The reason I pointed at him was none other than that his face was easygoing unlike his big build, and above all, I recognized that his guitar was a Gibson.

It was a standard 50s, which was a safe one.

It’s a safe one, but the price is by no means far from safe. As expected of Gibson, even products that are not customized cost 4 million won [approximately $3,000 USD].

This Standard 50s is also a good one for beginners to Gibson.

‘I also started Gibson with this guy.’

When I grabbed him after a long time, memories that were not memories but engraved memories came to mind. Of course, it wasn’t a bad feeling. It was when I was learning instruments from my teachers, giggling.

Maybe it was the most comfortable time of my life.

“I’ll help you.”

“I’d appreciate it if you did.”

“Hehe.”

The girl who guided me said that and stepped forward, and the stage was set in an instant.

While half-doubting, they prepared in earnest, so I was able to stand on a stage like a stage after a long time.

‘One two three… twelve people.’

Even though it was a small audience of young children, I felt my heart flutter for some reason.

Yeah. I’ve been feeling something lacking.

Even though I reproduced amazing arrangements in the room for about 4 months, I felt stuffy somewhere.

At the time, I just thought it was because of my tiring daily life, but now I don’t think that’s the case.

‘You have to have an audience.’

What’s the point of making good songs and singing them? There is no listener to listen to it.

-Jijijing!-

I lightly flowed the guitar sound as if to loosen my fingers, and the children who had been a little distracted began to focus on me.

‘The kids seem to recognize great music.’

I thought I knew why that stupid guy was always praising himself, and I decided to enjoy the stage after a long time.

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