Damn Idol - Chapter 166



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Episode 166

Thanks to Min Hee-young’s strong will, the OST contract was signed.

The OST created by a singer named Miro will be released in line with the webtoon’s serialization cycle, and the music distribution will also begin at the same time.

There are 5 days left until serialization.

Every morning, as she listened to the song, Min Hee-young felt her heart pounding.

There have been many attempts to add songs to webtoons, and in some cases famous singers have participated.

However, the songs that were colored by webtoons were not of good quality, and in cases where the songs were good, it was difficult to find a strong connection with the webtoon.

So, this time, the OST that will be included in his webtoon will be the first and the best.

‘The webtoon community will be in chaos?’

Min Hee-young thought about it like that and realized for the first time that it was fun to meet a deadline.

Five days passed like that and the serial publication date arrived.

As she predicted, the community was in an uproar.

-Wow, I love this song!!

-ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠThe emotional line is felt just as it is. The lyrics are also very well written.

-Aren’t these lyrics taken from episodes 12 and 17? First Encounter.

-There is also dialogue from episode 35.

-Look at the sincerity

-Wow, I usually turn off the OST when I watch it! As soon as I heard the intro, I was entranced.

-But doesn’t that voice sound familiar?

-ㅇㅇㅇLike a famous singer

The ripple effect of Monday’s #1 webtoon was so great that, for a brief moment, my name was at the top of the real-time charts.

Monday Webtoons aren’t only read on Mondays.

Some people watch it on Tuesday, while others watch it on Sunday.

So, if this topic continues to be a hot topic, something better will happen.

but…….

The next day something amazing happened.

A different OST was released in a different webtoon.

The OST being released itself is a common occurrence, but the problem is that it is as good as .

Besides, although the singer’s name was different, the feeling the song gave was strangely similar.

As if a composer had composed the music.

Even the next day, and the day after that, the songs were uploaded.

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday.

A total of 5 songs were uploaded over 5 days.

Ironically, this fact didn’t spread because the agency kept it a secret as a surprise because the song was so good.

Or, writers without agencies might hire them individually.

At this point, the webtoon industry speculated that a company specializing in producing webtoon OSTs had begun word-of-mouth marketing.

But after just five songs, they disappeared.

There were rumors going around that they were a take scene or a drop out, but the facts were not revealed.

Someone searched for the copyright holder, but this was a new composer with no record.

If Han Shion had decided to hide his identity, there would have been no way of knowing.

* * *

If Onsemiro created the OST of a webtoon he enjoys reading (I composed the music, and Onsemiro wrote the lyrics), Choi Jae-seong focused on the game.

Personally, I thought that game companies would not be interested in OSTs because of the size of the industry, but Choi Jae-seong chose a novel method that even I had never thought of.

This game is a mobile game that Choi Jae-seong enjoys playing, and he said that it is currently the most popular game in Korea.

The game company is also a major company with a very high market capitalization.

Choi Jae-seong started composing with the game’s play sounds.

Tta-tta-tta-!

The sound of a sword striking a shield creates a hi-hat.

Drumroll- Drumroll!

I made a kick drum with the sound of hitting a world boss.

In addition to that, I started making music through gameplay videos, using numerous in-game sounds as instruments.

“Will this become a hot topic?”

“100% sure. There are some great tips in here.”

“A tip?”

“There is a setting that adds extra damage when hitting the World Boss, but it seems like only veterans know about it. And there is also an easy way to summon the thirteenth Golden Goblin Boss.”

“If there is something like that, shouldn’t you write an explanation?”

“No no. Users will know right away when they see it anyway.”

To be honest, I’m a complete novice when it comes to games, so I don’t really know what you’re talking about.

All I did in the past was become an advertising model for a console game in the US, play it, and make music for it.

Choi Jae-seong brought a draft version that he had created without my help.

“This is my best. Please help me, hyung.”

Surprisingly, the members of Sedalbaekil had no desire to compose music.

I’m willing to teach you as much as you want, but no one except Choi Jae-seong is interested.

I once asked him why, and he said that he originally wanted to learn composition from me.

Just in case I ever fall into a slump.

But after seeing the past few months, I’ve stopped thinking like that.

You said you couldn’t imagine me being in a slump.

That’s true.

Even if I’m in a slump because of something unbelievable, if I just take out the songs in my head, I’ll have 100 songs that will be number one on the Billboard Hot 100.

I think I’ve lived for over a hundred years, but in reality it could be much longer.

Even if I think about the very minimum, my regression number would be 50 to 60 times, and if each time is 5 years, it would be 250 years.

So how many Billboard #1 songs do I know?

So what the members say is also reasonable.

However, Choi Jae-seong has a desire to compose, and it’s not because he’s trying to beat me.

To convey to me the clear feeling in his head.

Honestly, from my perspective, it would be easier to convey it through a song.

“hmm…….”

After listening to the song Choi Jae-seong sang, I nodded inwardly without showing it.

It is true that Choi Jae-seong is of classical blood.

The way the sound is used is slightly different from popular music.

But there are also parts where I tried to make it something that was pleasant to listen to because of my influence.

“Come here.”

“Can you show me what you’re working on?”

“Okay. Say hello to the camera.”

“hello!”

I sat Choi Jae-seong down and explained to him step by step everything except mixing while I fixed the song.

The reason I excluded mixing was because it was a technical area.

To get to my level of mixing, you don’t need talent or inspiration, only experience.

About 3 hours passed like that.

“The end. Should we play it again?”

The work is finished.

Choi Jae-seong’s face became strangely ugly when he heard the song I played.

“Why are you so ugly?”

“No, this is a scam.”

“Fraud? You told Ion-hyung?”

“Even Ion-hyung would say this is a scam. Is this really a song I made?”

“The main melody is still the same.”

“Oh.”

“Play that game again in front of me. It’s a finished version, but I’ll see if there are any additional sounds.”

However, since the sound I wanted wasn’t in the game, I had Choi Jae-seong perform it.

I was lying down playing a game on my phone and it fell on my face and I screamed.

“ah!”

“Please pronounce it more correctly.”

“ah!”

“Do it with an Ahaah!” feeling rather than an Ah! feeling.”

“What is that?”

“It is. It will come out if you keep at it.”

In just three days, he completed what he wanted, and Choi Jae-seong even recorded it with lyrics that game users could relate to.

Then he uploaded the video to YouTube and the game’s fan cafe.

The reaction is… … .

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋNo, the lyrics are so funnyㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-Ha, the potion part is okay lol

-Yeah, I told you that automatic potion is secretly inefficient.

-But why is the damage that goes into the monthly report like that? Looking at the equipment, it doesn’t look like it’s a ranker’s, but it goes into the ranker’s level?

-ah?

-How did you summon that boss? There’s no scroll in the item slot.

-This is a great tip. Drop it on top of the jewel you got in the previous phase and eat it and spit it out repeatedly, and the Yellow Boss will appear.

-Huh? Really?

-ㅇㅇㅇ That’s because according to the settings, he’s the next phase boss.

-Wow, awesome.

-But why do I like the song so much?ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

It was huge.

He immediately took first place in game-related popularity, and then took third place in all video popularity within 24 hours.

All YouTubers related to the game mentioned the video made by Choi Jae-seong, and a 1-hour long infinite loop video also appeared.

And then I got a call from a game company.

“uh?”

What Choi Jae-seong wanted was for game companies to use his videos and songs for internet promotions.

Because that alone is enough to get a sufficient guarantee.

But, ironically, the game company wanted to use Choi Jae-seong’s video for a more proper advertisement.

First, let’s try it out in Korean TV commercials, and if the response is good, we’ll roll it out worldwide.

However, the song was sung by a different celebrity.

Because I thought Choi Jae-seong was unknown.

But in the end, Choi Jae-seong ended up calling.

“Oh, then this is… … .”

“Yes. It’s a project that was carried out on a variety show we were filming.”

“Wow, it turns out that skill is everything. The marketing department was in an uproar because of the video. Our games have been known to encourage too much spending these days, but this is perfect.”

“It’s not the image, it’s the direction of the patch… … .”

The actual user, Choi Jae-seong, tried to grumble, but Lee Ion stopped him appropriately.

In this way, Choi Jae-seong received separate fees for appearing in advertisements and composing music.

The advertising appearance fee was not included in the revenue of Self-Made since it was a result of taking advantage of the fame of Se Dal Baek Il, but the composition fee and video usage fee were included in the revenue.

Around that time, I had a meeting with producer Kang Seok-woo.

“Umm… … .”

“Why are you like that?”

“I’m surprised that I’m making so much more money than I expected.”

“is it so?”

“Yes. I thought I would earn much less than this. There are still forty days left.”

But what Kang Seok-woo forgot was that I hadn’t done anything yet.

A few more days passed like that.

While Koo Tae-hwan and Lee Ion participated in the competition, they were too lazy to wear special makeup and busked wearing masks.

The team name is .

The reason they didn’t get caught was because Lee Ion took charge of all the introductions and Koo Tae-hwan sang the highlights.

Until now, Koo Tae-hwan has never sung the high notes in a song for 3 months and 100 days, and Lee Ion has never sung the introduction.

He was so obsessed with the masked robber concept that he even wore strange chains and accessories.

But if it were a real masked robber, wouldn’t they try to eliminate their individuality as much as possible?

Onsemiro seems to have leaned towards webtoons once again, but it didn’t go well.

The planning itself is good, but the music also needs to be unique.

Since five songs have already been released at once, webtoon agencies no longer invest a lot of money.

Choi Jae-seong started making videos and uploading them to YouTube.

It seemed like there was a lot of revenue from views, but I’m not sure if that’s the right amount of money to make from music.

Oh, I also participated in composition competitions and won a few prizes.

That’s how much money we made in two months.

“and!”

“oh my god.”

It was 18 million won.

To be honest, we earned more, but after seeing how much money we were making, producer Kang Seok-woo became very strict about the production costs.

Even the money paid to create the webtoon OST was all put into production costs.

We also calculated the appropriate rental cost for using the studio that we already have for 3 months and 100 days.

Well, that’s true, but should I say that it’s a bit obvious because it’s happening all of a sudden?

It seems like they are trembling with fear that the production cost will be too high.

but…….

Now it’s my turn.

“Everyone, come together and look.”

“why?”

“I’m going to quit everything I’m doing and start working on these two projects.”

“What is this?”

The best big shot I know who can do it with only skill, without connections or fame.

“Do you want to do this?”

The members were surprised and I agreed.

“I can do it.”

If you are confident.

A month passed by so quickly… … .

When we finished all the missions, the long-awaited first broadcast day arrived.