Godsent Top Star [EN]: Chapter 179

179. The Eve of the Storm (1)

April 28, 2022

“Ugh……”

“My head is still throbbing……”

The few remaining staff members slumped in their chairs, each complaining of pain.

“It’s just riding the rides, how can it be so hard?”

The writer, who hadn’t boarded the rides, was the only one handing out sodas and other drinks to the crew.

The reason they were so exhausted was simple.

“I didn’t know Yeon-woo was such a hardcore rider……”

It turned out that Yeon-woo was incredibly good at riding amusement park rides.

And only the extreme rides with notoriously high difficulty that others avoided.

“It’s fun.”

That was how it started.

‘It’s refreshing. I didn’t know a person could move like this in the air.’

He had suffered severe motion sickness when floating high in the sky in a similar way.

But strangely, roller coasters that twisted and turned so fast they seemed like they could chop off a person’s head were different.

‘Is it because of the speed?’

Perhaps the difference was that he could feel the speed directly with his whole body.

Anyway, Yeon-woo rode roller coasters very well.

Maybe it was because he felt like his chest was opening up and he was getting refreshed as he sped along.

‘It’s a good thing there aren’t many people.’

Fortunately, there weren’t many people, so the lines were short.

Yeon-woo rode the roller coasters to his heart’s content.

Once, twice, three times, until he was completely sick of it.

“Yeon-woo… again…?”

“Ugh, I give up……”

The production crew, who had initially enjoyed riding the rides after a long time, were the first to give up.

“It’s cumbersome to install and remove the camera, so I’ll ride a few more times.”

They were happy when he said this.

‘Why do they look so tired?’

He didn’t expect them to tap out after only five rides.

Originally, after installing the camera, the production crew also boarded to capture a bit more realism.

So, they were supposed to keep riding together, but……

“Okay. Then I’ll go alone.”

Yeon-woo coolly sent them away.

Thump, thump, thump-

The roller coaster climbed the rails, heightening the tension.

It stopped at a point almost perpendicular to the ground and then plummeted straight down.

The thrill he felt at that moment!

‘It wouldn’t be bad to unravel a song in this way.’

He thought of a style that maximized tension and then released catharsis all at once.

The song he had submitted for review was, strictly speaking, a song that progressed in a storytelling manner.

‘I think I know why people like it.’

That was his impression after experiencing various extreme rides, including several roller coasters.

Why there were so many ghosts in amusement parks.

Why those ghosts were so diligently attached to the rides, like earthbound spirits.

He felt like he knew the reason.

He felt a little regretful that he had missed out on this fun.

In the end, the filming was safely completed after the sun had completely set.

“Haha……! I succeeded!”

Except for the main PD [Production Director] and the production crew who joined just before the end of filming, who seemed very tired for some reason.

“Yeon-woo, don’t worry. We’ll take responsibility and properly blow up your amazing news! I knelt for half a day for that!”

The PD assured him, telling him to trust him.

“We’ll put a really attention-grabbing trailer in episode 6. We’ll enjoy the attention for the next week! And if we blow it up in episode 7……! It’ll probably be a win-win! Hahaha!”

“Good. I’m very satisfied.”

Yeon-woo smiled contentedly at the PD’s answer that he would fully participate in the plan.

However.

[Huh? Yeon-woo, did you happen to go to X Amusement Park for the last filming?]

A video uploaded to YouTube was the beginning.

[X Month X Day X Amusement Park Handsome Guy Direct Cam]

The news that Dongja-ryeong told him was, of course, already known to the reality show production team.

It had only been two days.

Since the filmed video was uploaded to YouTube.

“We managed to take it down. But……”

Usually, a direct cam [fan-taken video] taken by an ordinary person gets a few views and is buried.

But for some reason, the direct cam of Yeon-woo had an enormous number of views.

“It seems to have spread quite a bit in communities……”

They had already taken down the original video, but copy videos were rampant.

Fortunately, the uploader didn’t know Yeon-woo, so his identity wasn’t revealed.

The quality wasn’t great, so it was difficult to identify him.

But the fact that it had already spread was important.

They were applying for takedowns whenever they found them, but it was difficult to do anything in a situation where it had already spread as screenshots.

Since many people had watched it, it was practically only a matter of time before the fact that it was Yeon-woo was revealed.

“The person who uploaded it didn’t know Yeon-woo. They said they uploaded it with good intentions, saying that they should promote this singer.”

The problem was that it wasn’t a method that they welcomed.

PD Jung-geom had already contacted him in the morning.

“How about we leave it alone for now?”

Yeon-woo said the conclusion he had come to after first hearing the news from Dongja-ryeong.

“The broadcast isn’t far off anyway. And I’ve done a lot of arrangement, so the feel of the song has changed. They probably won’t even recognize that I’m the drama OST [Original Soundtrack] producer. The writer didn’t even recognize it just by listening to it.”

“Ah, that’s right. That’s true. When Yeon-woo told me, I could definitely associate it with that, but at first, I couldn’t match them.”

Just having a general instrumental.

And adding arrangement to it, adding lyrics and vocals.

These two have quite a difference in feel.

This is also because vocals are emphasized in the latter, and there is a difference in the method of delivery.

The feeling that listeners expect from each version also plays a part.

“I checked it too, but the quality and sound quality aren’t very good. It won’t be easy to connect them. The broadcast isn’t far off anyway, so we can reveal it cleanly then.”

What big deal could there be?

If necessary, they could use it as a promotional tool.

‘Oh. I think I caught it from that human.’

Yeon-woo thought of the arrogant company chairman.

Come to think of it, Woo Do-gyeom seemed to like this method too.

What did he call it?

Noise marketing?

“Then…… we’ll watch for now?”

“Yes.”

Even at this time, Yeon-woo didn’t know.

That noise marketing would turn into noise itself, not just a marketing level.

A membership site, a certain community.

The post was uploaded there after a video was uploaded to YouTube.

[I’ve been thinking about it, and something seems a bit strange;]

-Do you guys remember the handsome guy direct cam that was uploaded to X Amusement Park last time?

I’ve been thinking about it since I first saw it because something was strange.

TMI [Too Much Information], but I’m originally good at hearing. Absolute pitch? Something like that.

Anyway, I was very bothered by that direct cam…….

So, I tried to remove the noise as much as possible and extract only the voiceㅇㅇ

I’m sorry in advance that the original video is low quality and the sound quality is bad, so it’s not clear.

But I got goosebumps when I heard this?

Do you know why?

You’ll think of it if you listen to itㅎㅎ;;

The voice is also blurred as the noise is removed, so the lyrics are not heard well

Listen to this and this together

(Video link 1)

(Video link 2)

There seems to be a transformation. First of all, I think the chorus was inserted, a few words were changed, and the tempo is also different, so I think it was transformed……ㅎ

So what.

The melody line is almost the same.

Isn’t it almost exactly the same if you listen to it?

It’s not a patchwork plagiarism, it seems like it’s just cut and pastedㅎㅎ;;

A post that presented suspicions with its own evidence.

It was only natural that people started to flock to the plausible suspicion.

-Huh, it seems really similar.

-The feeling is very similar…… The latter is that, right? The main OST that comes out in Jung-geom?

ㄴㅇㅇ [Yes, yes] That’s right. This song was produced by Jung-geom by hiring a very famous composer YouTuber on purpose. I think the name will be on the credits together?

-There are people who plagiarize in this world these days; Are you crazy to plagiarize at a time like thisㅋㅋㅋ;; You took it off so blatantly with a big heartㅋㅋㅋ Did you think you wouldn’t get caught?

The rumors were easily amplified and reproduced.

It was a natural result because it sounded similar just by listening to it.

There were definitely other parts, but the trend had already tilted to plagiarism.

The problem was that this public opinion did not stay within this community.

[Guys. Have you seen this? A plagiarism rumor came out in the community I go to……]

The embers that had spread out slyly began to burn subtly.

Because the identity of the person in the direct cam who was branded as a plagiarist was not revealed, it was circulating quietly under the surface, but that didn’t mean that people’s interest had disappeared.

-What crazy human took Jung-geom OST?

-He’s my favorite YouTuber, but I’m so upset that the YouTuber is being taken advantage of like thisㅠㅠ

Rather, the more successful the drama Righteous Prosecutor became, the more the subtly burning embers seemed to be waiting to be fueled.

The aspect of the rumor changed slightly before long.

It was from the spread of a post uploaded by an internet user who had checked the content.

[Does anyone remember the song that GYO used to play on Naeti?]

-GYO used to be on Naeti [streaming platform].

He played it on the piano at that time?

I suddenly remembered that when I saw the plagiarism rumor yesterdayㅇㅇ

So, I found that episode again and listened to it, and it felt similar.

At that time, GYO said it was his own song, so people praised itㅋ

When I heard it after this incident, it’s different, but the main motif is completely similar.

There is a part that goes like C# A G G A G, and this is exactly the same in Jung-geomㅇㅇ

Of course, the beat is different, and the melody overlapping on top is a bit different, but this main motif structure is similar.

Just in case, I went to the YouTuber account and it was uploaded as an unfinished version?

It’s short, but that’s exactly the main part?

I think GYO made the current song with reference to that.

But honestly, I don’t think it’s going to be recognized as plagiarism

These days, even if the chord progressions are similar, the other melodies and rhythms must be the same, and a certain section must overlap very similarly to be legally recognized.

So, they take advantage of that and very subtle plagiarism is rampant ㅅ1ㅂ [swear word];;;

I don’t know who the person in that direct cam is, but I feel so sorry for the YouTuber

There are so many people who are trying to take advantage of him here and thereㅠㅠ

As soon as one person was identified, the vague rumor without a target began to swell enormously.

-헐 [Gasp] Then is the man in that direct cam GYO?

ㄴThere’s a possibility that it’s X World there, right? There’s a sighting that GYO is there

-My friend was there, and he said it was GYO. The PD took a consent form saying that he wouldn’t upload it anywhere until the broadcast came out.

ㄴThen shouldn’t we say it here?

ㄴIf he’s a plagiarist, there’s no need to protect himㅇㅇ Rather, shouldn’t we tell the reality show? It’s going to be a mess if that airs?

-Who is GYO? Cute?

ㄴAre you crazy, what’s cuteㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Judge, my cute cat wrote this post!

Where there is light, there is always shadow.