Chapter 12

The time passed in a blink.

The first day of the month of July came and ended uneventfully, and for the next few days, nothing much happened.

In the morning, he does his chores and completes his morning run, and at around eight, he starts recording his fifth song cover.

At around two in the afternoon, the recording ended, and in the apartment, he either spent most of his time reviewing the video he shot or texting with friends in the middle.

Before dusk, he began preparing dinner for his parents, and after dinner, he spent the rest of his time watching TV.

On the third day of the month, the recording of the fifth song cover finally ended, and the rest of the work will be put together through editing.

This process lasted for an hour and a half, and after playing it several times to make sure that nothing was wrong, he finally decided to upload it.

After adding the song title, descriptions, and keywords, he also turned on the ad placement features to allow his videos to accept advertisements.

The type of ads that will be put on his video will be automatically chosen by the website's algorithm based on its content.

Most of which are the products that are sought in the Philippines, such as local brands.

(PS. Advertisements in various countries are basically different because of many factors such as language, norms, culture, etc., and basically, advertisers only advertise their product in the targeted countries or regions depending on the market situation.)

In any case, Edward doesn't really care about what ads YouTube will put on his videos.

Most viewers at this time are still not as resistant to ads, and some even enjoy them, unlike in the future.

After uploading the song cover, Edward clicked it through and played it again and just as he expected, an ad played at the beginning.

For a moment, he felt lucky.

You know, there are not many local brand owners who want to put ads on Youtube at this time, and to be able to become one of the many content creators to accept ads just after he joined the 'Partner Program', means that Youtube recognized the traffic his channel generated.

Shaking his head, Edward put away the arrogance that was starting to build up in his chest and began thinking rationally.

As a newcomer, being able to receive an ad is indeed amazing, but considering that the number of local content creators and the high-quality contents is not too many at this time, it's quite normal.

Manila, Quezon City

In a certain high-rise condominium building, Andrew had just returned from work.

Dragging his body inside his unit, he changed his clothes and washed his face in the sink.

Afterwards, he sat in front of his computer and read the emails sent by the team leader of the group.

Minutes later, Andrew stopped his urge to swear and smashed his computer.

As a member of the marketing department of a telecommunications company, his work only involved researching and studying the market.

But as a newcomer in the industry, people think that he is ignorant.

It was okay at the beginning; at the time, he really had no idea what to do, and as a newcomer, he was enthusiastic.

But as time goes on and he becomes more familiar with his duties and responsibilities, he finds that others are taking advantage of him.

At first, Andrew thinks that it's okay; after all, he's just a newcomer, and the workload that they passed on to him is not a lot.

Also, he was thinking that maybe if he showed them that he knew what they were doing, they would feel ashamed.

Alas, he was wrong, and things did not go as he expected.

Instead of being ashamed, they became even more shameless, and instead of stopping their workload for him, they even increased it.

And from their expression, it was as if he was taking the initiative to help them.

Shaking his head, Andrew felt helpless, but complaining wouldn't do him anything good and would only make things worse, so he forced himself to calm down and began working.

This time, the additional task took him another two hours to complete.

After completing it, he did not bother to double-check it and immediately sent it to the team leader.

Anyway, it wasn't his fault if there was something on it; if there was someone who would be scolded, it was them.

Shaking his head, he logged in to his YouTube account to watch the videos of his idol.

It's been two months since he subscribed to him, and ever since that, his music has become his stress reliever.

Andrew himself doesn't know why, but whenever he's tired or feeling stressed, he only has to watch his videos, and he will basically feel better after that.

And since then, he has become his loyal fan, and just a while ago, he created a fan group for him and even invited him into the group.

The corner of Andrew's lips couldn't help but curl up whenever he remembered his chat with his idol.

Although it was short and the thing they talked about was nothing personal, being able to have a conversation with your idol is always exciting.

Shaking his head, Andrew put away his messy thoughts and clicked through the "Edward M." account in the "subscribed section".

This time, when he was thinking of rewatching his previous videos, he suddenly found one that had just been posted for three hours.

This time, when he was thinking of rewatching his previous videos, he suddenly found one that had just been posted for three hours, making his blood boil with excitement, and without further ado, he immediately clicked through it and began playing.

Unlike the previous videos, this time an advertisement was played at the beginning, which made Andrew's eyes widen in surprise.

As a marketing practitioner, he was also familiar with the Partner Program of Youtube; as far as he remembers, only big YouTubers can join it, and even after joining, the process of receiving ads has to meet certain requirements such as traffic, subscribers, etc.

'Doesn't that mean that he has become a big YouTuber already? ' Andrew thought and felt excited for his idol.

No way; as far as he remembers, it has only been two months since Edward created his account, and to be able to become a big YouTuber in that short time span is already great at this time.

Andrew's eyes were shining brightly, but before he could think further, the ads had already ended, forcing him out of his daydreaming.

The beginning was the same as usual.

A black screen and a title description in the middle.

"Summer Song by Silent Sanctuary, song cover, split screen (multi-screen) by Edward M."

Then, without any warning, the intro sounded, and the picture on the screen changed.

At first it was only a close-up of the ADLIB, but soon the picture on the screen became three all of a sudden.

"Damn, this kind of style is really unique." Andrew nodded his head while vibing at the instrumentals of the song, and from time to time he couldn't help but to bang his head along with the beat.

Soon, the first verse sounded, and the moment the lyrics were dropped, Andrew felt like he was floating.

"Oh shit, this is so good!" Andrew exclaimed, and without caring about the meaning of his words, he started singing along with the music.

Soon, the second verse came, and from time to time, the ADLIB and BASS split screen would pop up.

The refrain came, and at this part, the tone changed again, as if accumulating energy.

And just as he expected, as soon as the chorus came, the accumulated energy dropped all of a sudden.

The picture changed; the one in the middle was still the main rhythm and vocals, but every once in a while a split screen of ADLIB, bass, and a second voice sounded.

The whole picture was chaotic; the transition was too fast, but somehow, it did not mess up the quality of the song at all.

On the contrary, he even felt that Edward's version of Summer Song was even better than the original.

Hiss.. This is crazy.

Has he reached this level already?

The speed of improvement is so fast that even he can't catch up.

End.