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!]

    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.]