Gamer Superstar

Chapter 117 [Bonus ] 117 - Quit Your Job

The opening of the second show was practically a repeat of the first.

If I could put a difference between the two shows, it would be that at the second show, not only was I more comfortable interacting with the audience because I had received another level of Stage Presence, but I was also lucky enough to have more people in the audience who knew me, so it was even more fun to play because there were more people who knew my songs.

When Lila came on stage and we sang our song together, the reactions of shock and excitement were even more fun.

Since it was our second time doing this, our rapport on stage was much more natural this time, and we even joked around a bit for the audience and my vlog camera.

When my part of the show was over, I left without waiting for the end of Lila's show, as I had already seen her full show once and was so tired that I didn't want to see it again, so we just left after splitting the payment money between our parts and everyone was happy.

To create hype for the vlog and the music we were going to release, Lila and I recorded some stories for our Instabrams at the show and in the studio and made a post with a photo of us that Jason took while we were recording in the studio.

When I got home and looked at how much engagement this generated, I was surprised to see that my Stories had over 20k views!

With the 75k followers I currently had, my stories only got between 8 and 12k views, but this story with Lila was already over 20k!

Surprised, I went to read the messages that fans were replying to, curious to know what they were thinking.

[Are you going to record a country song now, BlackVelvet?!]

[Are you having an affair with Lila Brooks?]

[Who is she?]

[Focus on one style of music... I don't like country music...]

[Come to Brazil!]

[You're going to record a duet? How cool!]

Although there were some negative reactions from people who were worried that I would release a bad song because it was country, the vast majority of people were positive about the song and excited about when it would be released.

Seeing that my audience was taking it well, I got curious and clicked on Lila's profile to see how her audience was reacting.

[Damn, that boy is hot!!!]

[Heyhey, who is he?]

[Are you going to record a rock song, Lila?!]

[I think I know this guy from somewhere...]

[How can a rock singer collaborate with a country singer?]

[Do you know BlackVelvet?! I'm excited for your collab!]

[A song for me not to listen to]

[I wonder how much he paid to record with her?]

[My cousin went to the concert today and said the music was really good!]

[Wait, is that the singer of All Of Me?!]

Just as I imagined, the response to her post was more negative.

Mainly from the audience who were hardcore country music fans and hated any other style of music, these people had no hope that the song would be any good, but I was prepared for that.

That was the kind of fan base I didn't want to create, but I know that's the fan base of over 90% of singers.

Usually singers grow up focusing on just one style of music, which means that their fanbase usually just accepts that they sing that style of music and thinks everything else is garbage.

But with my fanbase it was different. My fans were already used to seeing me sing a different style of song every week, so when they saw that I was singing a different style again this week, it didn't surprise anyone, it just made them more curious to see how it would turn out, but they already imagined that the song would be good.

The next day I woke up early and while I was having breakfast with my dad he told me something important.

"Noah, I texted my parents to tell them to have a family dinner at their house so we can pay everyone I owe". He told me a little embarrassed, but proud of me for being so successful and excited to finally be rid of this debt.

Smiling, I nodded. "No problem Dad, we can go. But I'm going to need you to do something for me." I said in a serious voice, catching him off guard.

"Sure Noah, I can do whatever you need, champ. With how much you already help out at home, it's the least I can do." He said worriedly.

Smiling, I shook my head in denial to calm him down. "It's nothing to worry about Dad, I just want you to give up one of your jobs and spend more time with the family."

Hearing my request, my father froze.

"Noah... but how am I supposed to pay the household bills?" He asked me uncertainly.

Smiling at him, I pulled out my phone and showed him my MeTube and Spokify account, which showed how much money I had available to withdraw next week when the month ended.

Looking at the more than $17,000 I would have available for withdrawal, my father froze.

"Are you going to get $17,000 from these Internet accounts of yours?" He asked.

"Yes, that's not counting the $16,000 I have from the shows I've done in the last few weeks and what I'm going to make this week from the channel and the shows." I replied.

Hearing that I would have over $30,000, my father was shocked as he looked between his cell phone and me, not knowing how to respond.

"Dad, I can help pay the bills at home...we miss you, especially Ethan...he always loves it when you play football with him, but you work so much that he gets tired of not being able to spend so much time with his dad..." I knew that using such a reason was like a foul play because it would be impossible for him to refuse such a reason, but since it was for something good, I didn't feel bad.

Just as I imagined, when my father heard this, he was embarrassed and lowered his head, not knowing how to act, but after a few seconds he answered.

"Okay... I'm going to ask to quit my second job today." He said as he looked at me and smiled.

I saw his red eyes, which he was probably controlling to keep the tears from falling, and I just smiled as I nodded at him.

For the rest of breakfast, we just sat in silence, enjoying each other's company, until I left to do my exercises and he left for work.

Unfortunately, he didn't want to just stop going to work because that would put his boss in a bad position, but he would try to stay at work for just one more week while he helped his boss find a replacement.

Since it was a simple job, he wouldn't have to find a specialized person to take over, which made things easier.

Knowing that my father was going to quit his other job, I went for my walk quite happily.

When I got home and saw the hours of footage Jason had sent me, I was shocked.

There was enough footage for at least three videos!

One about the wedding, one about the musical battle, and one about the concert with Lila.

I could decide to edit these three videos together into one long video or try to release three separate videos.

Since I thought I could use the musical battle video and the concert with Lila video to create hype for the song "A Bar Song," I decided to split the videos.

This week I'd post the two vlogs to create hype for the song and on Saturday I'd post the song, while next week I'd post the wedding video, the vlog I'll do next weekend and I'd already post the video for the song "Bailando".

This is the first time I've ever had so much to post, and since I had to post 6 videos in the next two weeks, 4 of which were vlogs, I could already see the money in my bank account going up fast.

With that taken care of, I went to school and started to feel more and more that going to school was becoming more and more pointless...

Although I could use the time to develop some skills and rest my mind, I could do that at home without wasting so much time coming here five times a week.

So I started to think about graduating early.

With the level I had in my school subjects, I already had more than enough knowledge to graduate with ease, not to mention that with how much I was earning from my career, going to college at this point would just be another waste of time.

Time that I could put to much better use.

Thinking about it, I decided to ask Selena, who may have more experience with this than I do, what would be best for the other AJP artists.

Maybe she even knows a way to stay enrolled in school and not have to go every day?

So I took out my cell phone during class and sent a message.

[Hey Selena, I'm thinking that staying in school might be a big waste of time, do you think it's worth it for me to try and graduate early?]

She replied in a few seconds.

[Maybe I have a better alternative for you.]

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