Become A Music Monster Overnight! [EN]: Chapter 72

When the music video teaser views approached 20 million and pre-ordered albums exceeded 100,000,

Black Tiger’s first album was finally released.

It goes without saying that on the day of the music release, YC Entertainment was in a state of emergency.

Although Blue Rose was a huge hit, even to the point of being called a syndrome, Black Tiger was still the main act of YC Entertainment.

So, they were monitoring the reaction to the music and preparing for any possible issues.

For example, articles from reporters who had already agreed on the story being uploaded incorrectly, or warning malicious commenters who continuously leave hateful comments.

In addition to catching these issues, the employees were prepared to stay up all night.

“The first results from Lemon are in.”

At the sound of the real-time ranking results from the music site, all the employees looked at him at the same time.

They had expected a certain ranking based on the music video teaser and pre-sale album sales, but the problem was the major idol group that had made a comeback last week.

It was LDL, a top-tier boy idol group known for its strong fanbase.

Moreover, their agency was MS Entertainment, one of the top three entertainment companies.

Since they were good at managing public opinion and their fandom, even other top-tier idols postponed their comebacks upon hearing the news of LDL’s sudden comeback.

In fact, they were sweeping all the charts as soon as they made their comeback.

However, there were rumors circulating among entertainment industry insiders regarding this LDL comeback.

-This LDL comeback is to target Black Tiger.-

-If Black Tiger’s comeback after the success of Blue Rose becomes another huge hit, YC Entertainment can virtually be considered one of the top four entertainment companies. For MS Entertainment, whose main focus is the Japanese market, they have no choice but to keep YC Entertainment in check, as their market share overlaps.-

-Above all, there are even rumors that Black Tiger is aiming for the Chinese market after G1 Band, so they must be getting impatient.-

-Most of all, in this day and age, 100,000 pre-sale album sales are really scary.-

It was a time when even a successful top-tier boy idol group was said to be doing well if they sold over 50,000 albums.

Even this was the result of hardcore fans spending millions of won [Korean currency], so you can see how frozen the album market was at this time.

In this situation, 100,000 pre-sales were truly an absurd phenomenon.

Of course, if you go into more detail, it’s not something you can’t understand.

Unlike idols who value performance, Black Tiger is a band that competes with music alone.

Usually, the culture of buying CDs was still maintained for these bands.

This is because it is one of the important sources of income for indie bands.

In addition to the Black Tiger syndrome, ‘Legends of Rock’ Season 2 was also successfully leading, and more people were enjoying rock.

Considering these points, 100,000 pre-sales were not entirely surprising.

However, that’s why it was even more threatening.

Because they didn’t know what to expect, it was difficult to predict how it would go.

In this situation, there was no way there wouldn’t be concerns amidst the intense interest.

Knowing the thoughts of such employees, he hurriedly continued after checking the music chart results.

“We pushed LDL’s title track and took first place with ‘Brilliant Struggle.’ In addition, half of the songs on the album succeeded in entering the top 10.”

-!!!-

Everyone couldn’t hide their surprise at the results.

Knowing how much the LDL fandom was focusing their efforts on this Black Tiger comeback, the current results were unbelievable.

The results that were unbelievably good were not just on Lemon.

Other music sites also announced similar results, and in the case of small-scale music sites, they completely pushed out all the LDL songs and decorated them with Black Tiger’s title track.

No matter how high the expectations for Black Tiger were, the current situation was definitely far from common sense.

“Hmph! LDL from back in the day. Is our Black Cat a joke?” [Black Cat is the name of Black Tiger’s fandom]

Lee Da-hye, who used to be in EX 1st generation and moved over through the Black Tiger music video and is now active as a named member, checked the music site where streaming was being played with a dumbfounded face.

Although the LDL fandom was great, Black Cat, Black Tiger’s fandom, was also as good as any top-tier fandom.

Above all, the public’s pick was Black Tiger, which had already been verified several times, rather than idol music that was like their own league that was hard to relate to.

In this situation, as Black Cat focused their efforts, Black Tiger’s music inevitably pushed out LDL’s music faster.

“No, focus more on streaming on Lemon!”

Lee Da-hye gave orders to her older siblings who were fumbling because this was their first time doing fandom activities, and once again showed the majesty of a one-woman army.

Like that, the activities of girls with a lot of experience like Lee Da-hye were amazing.

The LDL fandom desperately tried to win first place with at least one title track, but the atmosphere had already shifted.

“Kyahaha! Justice prevails!”

Black Cat stayed up all night with dark circles under their eyes and fought a bloody battle, resulting in all the LDL songs being pushed beyond 10th place.

The hunter who came out aiming for Black Tiger ended up becoming the prey.

For hyena-like reporters, the last war was enough to write articles about, and they were already pouring out articles saying that LDL was eaten alive by Black Tiger.

It seemed that MS was moving quickly to block the articles, showing a hesitant appearance, but it seemed that they could not completely stop the flow.

Just as Black Cat had stayed up all night and fought a bloody battle, Youngchan also had to spend what could be called a bloody time last night.

Perhaps because of his influence, which had earned him a considerable amount of money, the price of Bitcoin was rising faster than expected.

It broke through $1,000 faster than he knew in history, and even after exceeding $1,000, Bitcoin’s rise did not stop.

“…It seems a bit dangerous.”

He was going to sell from $1,100 or higher, but seeing the current situation, he couldn’t just wait like that.

In the end, Youngchan started selling from the $1,010 mark.

He threw it in small amounts of 0.1% so that the upward trend would not be broken as much as possible. As a result of staying up all night, he succeeded in selling all 10% of his holdings at the highest price of $1,050.

-Thud-

Youngchan, who had cleared all his holdings, collapsed as if he was falling down.

“Oh, I guess I’m dead today.”

Even though he had steadily increased his physical strength through regular exercise, Youngchan was not confident whether he would be able to handle today’s schedule well.

This was because the mental exhaustion was no joke, as a huge amount of money was changing hands every second.

-Thump, thump-

Listening to the sound of his heart beating wildly, Youngchan couldn’t stop the corners of his mouth from rising.

This is because the money he earned while finishing this third settlement was astronomical.

“1.372 trillion won…” [Approximately 1 billion USD]

This is the amount of money earned as a result of clearing the remaining Bitcoin last night.

Including the Bitcoin he sold off ten days ago, it was over 4.54 trillion won [Approximately 3.4 billion USD]. This was even without considering the money earned from stock investments.

Since he had such an astronomical amount of money in cash, it seemed that he no longer had to worry about money, whether it was for business or investment.

“I’ll have to stop Bitcoin for a while.”

This was because he knew that Bitcoin would continue to decline for the next two years and fall to $200.

It will not show an upward trend again until 2016, but even this will not reach the current level.

Then, in 2017, it will recover and start to show an unprecedented rapid rise from then on.

That’s why he decided to bring most of the money he earned this time to Korea.

There are many places to invest in, including Korea’s largest company, S Corporation, as well as promising companies and real estate.

“The top three entertainment companies in Korea alone are worth investing in.”

There is a lot of talk that entertainment company stocks have a lot of bubbles, as much as IT, so from a simple investor’s point of view, it is not a very good investment.

Nevertheless, Youngchan was planning to push ahead with the investment.

Since the domestic market is small, there is no choice but to constantly clash like this time’s MS and LDL situation.

In this case, if he could exercise his power as a major shareholder, they could not openly antagonize him like they do now.

“Above all, it’s time to start preparing for revenge.”

There was more than one place involved in his father’s death.

Starting with the insurance companies that swallowed the death benefit, the police officers who were in charge of the investigation at the time, and the perpetrators who mercilessly sent Youngchan’s family to hell until the end, had to be sent away somehow.

Among them, the insurance companies were one of the main reasons why Youngchan had endured until now.

At the time, the insurance companies painted his father as a villain in order to avoid paying the insurance money.

This is because the insurance company can refuse to pay insurance money even in cases caused by immoral actions or actions that violate public order.

In other words, there is insurance fraud or fraud aimed at insurance money, as well as malicious accidents.

This exemption clause is largely divided into three categories.

The first is when the insurance beneficiary (the person receiving the insurance money) intentionally harms the insured (the person covered by the insurance).

However, in this case, if there are multiple insurance beneficiaries, the insurance beneficiary who caused the injury or death must be deducted and the remaining insurance money must be paid to the other insurance beneficiaries.

The second is when the policyholder intentionally harms the insured (the person covered by the insurance).

In simple terms, it means intentionally taking out insurance and then harming the person.

The last third is when the insured (the person covered by the insurance) intentionally harms himself.

Self-harm or suicide is the case, but insurance money is paid after 2 years have passed.

This is because it is difficult to determine whether the purpose of harming oneself is to obtain insurance money after that period.

At the time, the insurance companies framed his father under this third case.

This is because the insurance policies that he had taken out one by one with a particularly weak heart for his acquaintances did not make sense.

In addition, as the police investigation concluded that Youngchan’s father was the main cause of the traffic accident, they thought that there was a high probability of intentionality.

The only insurance money he could receive was general death insurance money.

Originally, it was right to give disaster death insurance money after 2 years had passed, but they claimed that this clause was just a mistake and that suicide was not a disaster.

Considering that the difference in the amount was twice as much, it was too big of a loss for Youngchan’s family, who were short of money at the time.

“I guess this is inevitable because of the statute of limitations.”

If only general death insurance money is received and 2 years pass without a separate lawsuit, the insurance company considers the statute of limitations to have expired.

In any case, trying to correct the incident at the time would inevitably lead to a clash with the insurance companies.

In that respect, funds to deal with them were essential.

It looks complicated when you put it this way, but the answer is actually simple.

In any case, if you can prove that the cause of the accident at the time was not Youngchan’s father but the other party, there will be a way to solve these problems naturally.

Youngchan, who had been suppressing the hot flames in the darkness, soon shook his head and got up.

Whether it’s for revenge or for his dreams, it was time to work as a musician.