3 Buying the first song
*Ding. You completed the mission. Your strength raises by 0.1
*Ding. Daily missions are completed. You receive 10 credits
"Aria, show me the missions list."
Sitting on the bench, near a park, Jun wiped off his sweat while staring at the holographic screen.
Main mission: Pass the audition and become a trainee.
Reward: Depends on the rank of the Company.
"I guess making it into Big 3 would earn me a lot of rewards. But, it isn't easy to get into them with my current skill and age… Even if I'm a past trainee, they won't take me in unless my vocals improved further…"
A while later, he returned to the apartment, "Mom, I'm home."
"Oh! Jun-ah, you are back. Go and fresh up, I'll make some breakfast for you."
Jun went to his room and returned 15 minutes later.
He sat on the sofa and watched the television while his mother is busy preparing breakfast for him.
As he was changing channels, suddenly he stopped as a piece of news on the scrolling attracted his attention.
"Hmm, An audition for "Treasure Campus" jointly by Genesis, Signature & Echo Entertainment?"
He quickly took out his mobile and opened the company's website to see the official statement of Genesis, a publicly acknowledged number one agency in the country that produced so many most popular idol groups and actors.
'Oh! A chance to become a trainee at Genesis? Looks like my 5 points of luck seem to be working…'
But, the excitement quickly went down as soon as he saw the date of the auditions, which is between 14th of September to 17th September for boys, and 18th Sep to 21st Sep for girls.
"Damn, it's so close. I won't have enough time for preparation," mumbled Jun with a frown as his eyes are stuck to the mobile screen.
"What preparation, Jun?" All of a sudden, his mother interrupted him as she brought the dishes to the dining table, and arranging it. "What do you mean you won't have enough time?"
Jun turned his head towards his mom, and answered, "Mom, there is an audition for a new program called Treasure Campus. Those who get selected in the top 21 get to become a trainee at Genesis, Signature, or Echo.
And the top 5 finalists can even choose a company. So, I'm thinking of trying my luck. The only problem is that it's in two weeks."
Upon hearing him, she left the dishes and quickly scurried towards him, "Jun, what are you saying? It's only been three months since you woke up, you need more rest."
Walking towards the dining table, Jun replied casually, "Mom, I'm already 20. I cannot afford to waste more time, doing nothing. You know that idols have less career life, right?"
"You finally got a second life. Why waste time working hard, again? How about living a normal life. Finish high school, go to college, get a job, and marry a girl you like. Isn't it better to…"
As his mother tried to persuade him, Jun interrupted her, "it's not about fulfilling dad's wish anymore, mom. This is for me. If I miss this chance, who knows when such opportunities will arrive again."
Not knowing how to talk to him further, a trace of disappointment appeared on Sa-Eun as she walked to her room, mumbling, "fine, do whatever you want. When you fail, you can still take over the store."
Finishing his meal, Jun returned to his room and let out a sigh while lying on the bed, "why is my situation isn't like those transmigrated main characters in the novels?
Why do I have to receive this Jun's feelings too along with his memory?
Now, I can't help but feel that she's my mother and Dahyun as my sister, even though they aren't related to me."
*Slap*
All of a sudden, he slapped both of his cheeks, and mumbled, "forget it. Just do what you can and forget about the things that you can't anything about it."
Sitting on the bed, he spoke, "Aria, show Character menu." A holographic screen appeared before him.
Name: Han Sung-Jun
Stage name: N/A
Title: N/A
Age: 20 years, 2 months, 27 days;
Attributes:
Strength: 5.3
Appearance: 7.4
Talent: Max
Singing: 6.8
Dance: 4.6
Songwriting: 4.2
Luck: 5
Free Talent points: 1
Credits: 100
Looking at the stats, Jun nodded with satisfaction, "good. Finally, I can buy something with credits. Aria, open the Music store."
As soon as he spoke the necessary words, the stats on the holographic screen disappeared and replaced with two options, "MV and Audio."
Since he doesn't have enough mission points to buy a music video, Jun chose the Audio section and a list appeared with thousands of songs and a search and a filter option. "Hmm, let's see… since this is only a first-round, it's useless to waste a famous song. So, let's go with a normal one.
All I have to show them is that I'm talented in songwriting… As long as I do that, they won't be minding my dancing skills…
And the second thing is the song I choose should also show my vocal prowess. I need to take advantage of the fact that I can hit high notes. I can only buy one song. So, let's look at them carefully…"
Jun, then, clicked on the filter, and set the category to drama, and sorted by popularity before scrolling down the list.
"This song…" As soon as he saw the name, Jun fell into thoughts, "If I pick this, I'm guaranteed to get a ticket but it would be overkill to sing it at an audition. Let's save it for the final audition. I still have 12 days. So, I can earn another 100 credits to buy this, later."
A while later, he paused the scrolling, and a smile appeared on his face as he clicked on a song, "yes. This is the perfect song. I can also show my piano skills to it."
*Ding. You bought, "Here I am again" audio song. Please check your inventory.
