Chapter 111 [Bonus ] 111 - Victory?

    ??Looking at the audience, I had a big smile on my face. Even though I didn''t win, today''s show was a great experience that helped me improve a lot as an artist.

    "To determine the winner of today''s musical battle, we''re going to calculate your screams using this device that calculates the noise in the room. So if you want one of the artists to win, make as much noise as you can!" The manager said smiling as she picked up a small piece of equipment in her hand.

    Which I thought was a good idea, because if someone decided who shouted the loudest, it was very likely that the noise would be very similar between the two and the winner wouldn''t be clear, but with a device like this it was easy to know who won.

    "If you think Fedrick Davis was the best singer of the night, make some noise!" She said.

    As soon as she said this, a large portion of the audience began to make noise, causing the device in her hand to read 110 dB on the screen.

    Seeing this, the confident smile and contempt on Fedrick''s face grew even wider, and he stared at me laughing.

    But I was undaunted and waited my turn.

    "Fedrick Davis has reached 110 decibels! Now... if you want BlackVelvet to win, make some noise!" She said.

    As soon as she said that, the audience started screaming and clapping, making a lot of noise.

    Even though the difference wasn''t that big, I felt that the noise this time was actually louder than when it was Fedrick''s turn.

    "According to the machine, you made 120 decibels for BlackVelvet!!! BlackVelvet is the winner of today''s musical battle!!! As a reward, the winner gets free drinks on the house tonight!" The manager said, causing the crowd to cheer loudly and I had a huge smile on my face.

    Seeing Fedrick''s sour face made the victory even sweeter!

    I hadn''t even thought about the compensation, I thought that recording with Lila would be a good opportunity to promote myself, I already accepted that this would be a good compensation.

    But since Selena doesn''t think it''s enough, I think it''s best to just wait and let the two of them work it out.

    Looking at Selena, the man was surprised and gave an embarrassed smile, maybe thinking that he could get this without spending anything because I''m a small artist.

    "Of course we thought about compensation, my idea was about $10,000 for the BlackVelvet feature in the song and the lyrics." He explained, but when Selena heard this, she frowned.

    "You want BlackVelvet to be a guest artist on Lila''s song that he wrote himself?" Selena asked.

    "Yes, isn''t that the best way? He can appear on her channel, get more of her fans, and speed up his growth." He explained as if it were normal.

    But Selena didn''t take it well.

    "I don''t think you''ve done enough research on BlackVelvet, in just two months he''s gone from unknown to near Peak E Rank, it''s not like his participation in a song he wrote for someone else''s channel is going to change his career as much as for someone like Fedrick... we need to weigh these participations with different weights." Selena began to explain her point of view, and I began to feel the alcohol pounding in my head, making her words confusing to me.

    When I heard a woman''s voice on stage, I realized that Lila was starting her show, and that became much more interesting to me than the two agents'' discussion going on next to me.

    So I turned around and focused on the stage, regretting that I did not have enough mana to watch Lila on stage and learn as much as possible from her.

    Since she was already a C-Rank artist, it was quite possible that she had much greater skills than Fedrick.

    Although I knew that there were artists who didn''t have skills that matched their rank and only grew through marketing, Fedrick and Lila weren''t like them, so even though I couldn''t use the observation skill, I still observed normally to try to learn something from her.