Godsent Top Star [EN]: Chapter 351

351. Angel Investor (2)

2022.10.17.

-Ding!

[Mission completed perfectly!]

Yeon-woo blinked at the sudden message.

‘Why is it popping up here of all places?’

‘I’m glad, but… why so suddenly?’

He had been thinking the time was coming.

There were two conditions for the mission’s success.

First. The complete revival of a musician in a slump.

This naturally meant Trevi escaping his slump.

And second. Achieving a public favorability rating of 70 percent or higher for the result.

‘Actually, I thought the second condition would be more difficult than the first.’

But after reaching number one on the Billboard chart.

The second condition was surprisingly easy to achieve.

‘Judging by the amount of lifespan coming in, well…’

The amount of lifespan being renewed every day was enormous.

The amount harvested from each individual was small, but when those small amounts gathered, they became quite substantial.

‘I was right to target the overseas market.’

Moreover, there was something he had been feeling lately.

‘It feels like I’m following a certain route…’

It was as if turning his eyes to the overseas market wasn’t entirely Yeon-woo’s own idea.

Come to think of it, something was a bit strange.

Just when Dramatic Tempest started tasting the overseas market with its Onflix export.

Too coincidentally, the mission for UTT [Unidentified Talented Trainee, likely a survival show] came in.

Moreover, that competition program was even planned from the beginning to actively attract overseas fans.

‘I had a hunch back then.’

A mission to help an idol out of nowhere.

It was short, but considering his career up to that point, idols were a really unexpected direction.

‘But after that, I got connected with Trevi.’

After UTT, he was connected with Trevi as if it had been waiting for him.

The system even gave him a mission with a crazy penalty of cutting 50 percent of his total lifespan.

‘Did they perhaps deliberately make me target the overseas market?’

But what benefit would the system get from doing that?

Why would the system specifically make him come overseas?

And not only come overseas but also achieve the item of public favorability through a mission?

[Yeon-woo, you worry too much. If those old geezers are really managing the system, do you think they’d answer you? Still, seeing what they’re doing to you, it doesn’t seem like they’re leading you in a bad direction, so that’s a relief…]

The child spirit, who had once heard Yeon-woo’s questions, said that.

Strangely, he seemed suspiciously eager to deflect and sugarcoat things.

[Aaaani. Why are you looking at me like that? Could it be, could it be that you’ve fallen for my cute charm too? Right?!]

The child spirit, who was actually a ghost who had died a long time ago, but was wearing the guise of a cute kitten, flailed his front paws.

Right.

What answer was I even trying to get from that guy?

Yeon-woo regretted trying to probe the child spirit for a moment.

Anyway.

The direction of the missions that had been given continuously was strange, but the important thing wasn’t that.

‘Public favorability has been achieved for a long time. So, is Trevi still lacking?’

Well, it doesn’t matter as long as there’s no notification that it failed.

But still, he was a bit concerned because the completion notification hadn’t popped up yet.

-Ding!

Finally, the long journey of the mission seemed to be coming to an end.

‘Ah… I had to instill a sense of purpose, too?’

The first success after ending a long slump.

It seemed insufficient to call that a complete revival.

But the moment Trevi was impressed by the concert and conversation with Yeon-woo and decided on his own path.

[Mission completed perfectly!]

This notification popped up.

-Ding!

[Congratulations! A random roulette will be awarded as a reward!]

[Congratulations! 10 percent of the total lifespan has been additionally awarded as a reward!]

“Yeon-woo? Why are you suddenly spacing out?”

Seeing the golden letters shining beautifully in front of him, he felt inexplicably proud.

“Ah… no. I was just thinking about what Trevi said for a moment.”

Yeon-woo composed himself and answered.

He couldn’t exactly say that a roulette wheel was floating above his head, could he?

“I was thinking about what Trevi said.”

“Ah… it was a bit embarrassing. But I felt like I had to say it now. My heart was so full, and I really wanted to let Yeon-woo know. It was none other than Yeon-woo who helped me come here when I was wandering.”

The sparkling eyes were full of life.

They were the eyes of someone full of hope and anticipation, thinking about what to do and how to do it in the future.

Trevi no longer had any wandering, conflict, or questions.

That self-assured look was something that couldn’t be faked.

‘I guess it’s hard to call it a complete revival just by being successful.’

He knew from experience.

The system wasn’t such an easy opponent.

It seemed to treat him well, but it would sometimes stab him in the back.

‘The 50 percent reduction in total lifespan upon failure is still shocking.’

He had succeeded this time, but at the time, he was so dizzy that he couldn’t see straight.

The shock was even greater because he thought the system was giving him a freebie.

‘Still, I can understand it this time. It’s not all about the success of one song.’

It’s ambiguous to use the success or failure of a song as a criterion.

What if the next song fails?

Then wouldn’t Trevi fall into a slump again?

“I really don’t know how to thank Yeon-woo enough. It’s not just about the music. I feel like the path of life has become clear because Yeon-woo is here.”

That’s true.

The system had already guaranteed it.

“Really, if Yeon-woo hadn’t been here, I would still be sitting in a pit, wallowing in depression. That’s for sure. It’s all thanks to Yeon-woo.”

Trevi’s face, with his firm determination, looked brighter than ever.

“I’m grateful that you see it that way, but Trevi, you shouldn’t belittle your own efforts.”

“But it’s clear that I wouldn’t have been able to come this far without Yeon-woo.”

“No. It’s Trevi’s effort that got you here. We did it together, didn’t we? It wasn’t like someone was leading, we collaborated.”

Although Yeon-woo did the composing and writing.

The inspiration came from none other than Trevi.

Trevi was in charge of all the recording and engineering, except for the writing and composing.

‘And if it was someone who was really being carried by me, they wouldn’t have realized it themselves.’

Trevi grew.

Through collaboration with Yeon-woo.

Moreover, through the collaboration, he finally found the path he should take in the future.

‘But why is he looking at me with such a burdensome look?’

Yeon-woo said something perfectly natural, but

[Yeon-woo. He’s really touched. His heart is about to burst?]

The child spirit sitting on Trevi’s shoulder interpreted.

He seemed to have misunderstood again.

“…Going back to the plan, I’d like to donate the entire amount. Not all of it to this center, but divided to use the money for other underprivileged children or children with rare and incurable diseases… would that be okay?”

“Absolutely! Of course. Ah, you’re talking about a donation different from the amount paid for the venue rental, right?”

“Yes. But I heard that the settlement hasn’t come in yet, so I’d like to proceed with my own money first.”

“Oh. Wow. Oh my gosh. I never thought of that. If Yeon-woo does it, I’ll participate too.”

“No, I’m not saying let’s do it together…”

Dream Walker is not a song made alone.

So, Trevi’s consent was necessary to donate all of the profits.

The problem was that the settlement from the streaming site hadn’t come in yet.

‘I could hand over a contract to permanently and continuously donate 30 percent of the Dream Walker copyright royalties… but that feels a bit lacking.’

In any case, it doesn’t feel right without actual money.

But there was quite a bit of money in his account.

“I think the account is wrong.”

That’s what Yeon-woo said when he first checked the account.

It was natural.

‘…? How many zeros are there?’

He looked again, thinking he had misread, but the number of zeros didn’t decrease.

He’s not the type to be attached to money, but

Nevertheless, this amount was quite surprising.

‘…Did Kwon Seong-hyeon do some kind of magic?’

In fact, Yeon-woo didn’t know how much money he had.

Kwon Seong-hyeon managed it all for him anyway.

But he didn’t know what he did, but his wealth was enormous.

-“That’s Yeon-woo’s account.”

A low laughing voice was heard over the receiver.

-“But why did you suddenly check the account? Do you need money?”

“Ah. I wanted to make a personal donation this time. Can I use this money?”

-“Of course. It’s all the money Yeon-woo earned, so you can use it as you please.”

However, the procedure was a bit complicated if it was overseas rather than domestic.

There were complicated stories about taxes and whatnot, so he asked just one thing.

“The concert is scheduled for X day, will it be ready by then?”

-“Whose order is it that it shouldn’t be done even if it’s not possible?”

Kwon Seong-hyeon really did some kind of magic and prepared and sent the perfect amount the day before the concert.

Trevi, who heard the story, also emptied his account coolly.

The donation prepared separately from the copyright royalties.

That was the story that was decided.

‘I didn’t know it would become such a big issue.’

[Warm hands of love to the little angels! Who is the big hand who threw a large sum of money?]

The news that spread around the world through a program dealing with hot issues received a lot of attention.

But there was another thing that seemed to add fuel to the fire.

It was the so-called online concert, which uploaded the video of the concert held at the center to YouTube.

[Yeon-woo. The reaction is completely crazy.]

The cat, the child spirit, who is more knowledgeable about online reactions than anyone else, delivered the news in a very surprised voice.

The reaction of the staff watching was not much different.

This online concert was planned for the purpose of sharing and recording the children’s appearances with their guardians.

And to publicize places that need more people’s attention.

Of course, there was also some purpose of promotion to let people know what the first concert was like.

“It doesn’t matter if we don’t get promoted, but I hope people will pay a lot of attention to the children.”

The online concert was also a kind of service for fans.

“Wouldn’t it be better to just hold a formal concert instead of doing this in the early stages of the announcement? Image consumption from the beginning will affect future activities. Won’t the number of people who go to the concert to see your live performances decrease?”

Trevi’s publicist seemed to say that, but Yeon-woo and Trevi’s decision was firm.

“If we were going to make money anyway, we wouldn’t have said we would donate the entire amount.”

The publicist was a very calculating and rational person, but the child spirit said.

[Hey, on the way home, he suddenly called his child and told them to go out on the weekend. Isn’t it amazing? A person who worked without family or weekends is doing that.]

Anyway, the publicist must have been influenced by working with Yeon-woo.

The online concert that started like that…

[Subscriber: I can’t accept watching this good online concert for free, so I’m paying for admission]

[IWantToEatKoreanBeef: Our Yeon-woo is doing good things abroad too ㅠㅠ I can’t be of much help, but I hope this will be delivered to the babies!]

Some of the subscribers who were watching in real time started sponsoring, and the heat started to rise little by little.

Without anyone telling them to, people who watched Yeon-woo and Trevi’s performances began to send helping hands to the children as their hearts dictated.

Numerous donations adorned the chat window.

People from many countries were mixed together, so the languages were different, but the hearts they held were all the same.

They shared stories in each other’s deep hearts, comforted each other, and were healed.

Then, suddenly.

“…?”

The chat window stirred greatly.

‘100 million won in donations?’

A notification popped up that an ID with VIP donated a whopping 100 million won [approximately $75,000 USD].

But strangely, the ID looked familiar.

‘KSH7…?’

I’ve seen that ID somewhere…