Cecilia was very stunned while Irina was not so much. It is the first time for Cecilia to see Alan angry and yelling curses. He would, most of the time, tolerate Irina even when she is being really annoying to Alan.
She thought that Alan does not get angry at all. But then she thought it must be because of Irina that Alan had become angry.
Kaito had thrown over whatever professionalism he had and was literally harassing them. Cecilia thought that Alan had seen that and became angry at Kaito which was understandable considering their relationship.
On the other hand, Irina didn't seem surprised by Alan's outburst. Alan would do anything if his fuse blew up. He does not get angry at her, not because he cares or is nice to Irina. But Alan learned to tolerate or ignore Irina's annoying antics over time. He knows that it does not yield anything other than him getting angry. So, he does not respond much when Irina annoys him.
However, it was much different when Alan was little. Irina just had to egg him a little for him to get angry. He would then do anything in order to take his revenge.
Alan at the moment was extremely nervous because of the thought that Cecilia might dislike him or show disgust because of his anger. However, contrary to what he thought, Cecilia looked kind of relieved and smiled at Alan.
"Now what?"
Irina asked.
"What?"
Alan replied.
"You chased away our songwriter. I hope you have the plan to get our songs in some other way."
Irina said. She does not really blame Alan for what happened. She would have also kicked the old man if Alan had not come. It was Alan who saved her from getting her reputation ruined because of this event.
If she did act violently, Luna and Kaito might have done everything to spread rumors about her behavior and whatnot.
She was a very revengeful person and swore that when she became popular, she would take her revenge. Be it the songwriter, Luna, or the company's leader who is helping Luna, she will make sure they suffer.
"There are so many songwriters in the world. I think that obtaining a song is nothing difficult."
Alan said confidently. He left the scene after saying that. Irina and Cecilia also didn't ask more but judging from how confident Alan was, they thought that maybe he had some way.
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Few hours from then.
"F**K! What a coward! Everyone is a coward."
Alan yelled angrily. He thought that there might be some songwriters willing to help him. However, none of the songwriters from the company could be recruited because they all wanted to avoid Irina and Cecilia.
Moreover, Kaito, the songwriter that he scolded, had already told others not to help Alan. He twisted his words and told how Alan does not respect songwriters and kicked him out of his office without reason when he had gone to help them.
Alan also thought about contacting songwriters from outside the company, however, he lacked the connections to actually ask for help. Not only that, but it would also cost a lot of money that he didn't have.
Alan had really dug a hole for himself.
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Another hour went by as he continued searching for a songwriter. However, there was no one that was willing to help me.
( Humph! So what? I would beat him if I was to get another chance. How dare he ask Cecilia to drink with him? )
I regret nothing. If I was to go back in time and get another chance, I would have done the same or maybe worse.
That kind of attitude towards Cecilia even though he is just a songwriter. Humph! I will make sure that Cecilia and Irina become the greatest Idols and that their enemy regrets ever crossing them.
I still have my last trick.
[ "System!" ]
It had been around 10 years since the last time I saw this System screen. A game-like structure that only I could see. I had already verified that others do not see this System screen and it is exclusive to me.
The System's first screen showed my information.
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Name: Alan Sterling
Profession: Student of XXXX
Idol Manager
Appreciation Points: 1,152,268
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From the information shown, Appreciation Points are the most important. Appreciation Point is like the currency for using the System.
I had already found out about how I could gain Appreciation Points for the System, back when I was a kid. It is very simple.
I just need to get appreciation from the people for me or my work. Whether someone likes me or whenever someone admires my football skill, or it could be appreciation for answering the right question in class, whatever I do, when I get appreciation, my Appreciation Points in the System increase.
In the system, I have two functions.
Number One: I can buy skills from the System. The system has a wide variety of skills from cleaning plates to drawing. And the prices depend on what level I need those skills. There are five skill levels; Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, Master, and finally World Class. The price of the skill for them is usually like 10,000 Appreciation Points for Beginner skills, 100,000 for Intermediate skills, 1,000,000 for Advanced skills, and so forth.
Number two: I can buy various items. It can range from certain foods to books. The prices are different for different things but there are billions of things that I can purchase. There are also options to see items in each category, of which one of them is for songs.
Today, I made use of my System in order to help my crush and my childhood friend.
"My Appreciation Points have really increased."
Back when I had last used the System, I had around 100,000 Appreciation Points. During that time, I used System to buy songs and singing skills and gained appreciation from others. They thought that I was a genius even though I was just getting help from the System.
Anyway, ever since then, it seems that I have managed to accumulate more than a million Appreciation Points which should be more than enough to buy good songs for Cecilia and Irina.
I went directly to the item shop and selected the Song section where various songs are displayed. The items displayed in the item shop seemed to be brought from different worlds.
Every item has its origin in different worlds. And I guessed that most songs are in a different language than what I am speaking, however, the System automatically translates that and gives me in my language which is nice.
I know all that because I also used to like Idol. And using the System, I bought songs and used to sing those songs. Though among the songs that I bought from the Item shop, the ones from the world called Earth were really good.
Anyway, I began to search for songs. Even songs have their values depending on the quality. Similar to skill level, there are five skill levels; Amateur, Intermediate, Advanced, Master, and Icon.
However, their prices were different. The prices of the songs are usually like 100 Appreciation Points for Beginner skills, 1,000 for Intermediate skills, 10,000 for Advanced skills, and so forth.
I then began to listen to the songs. I can listen to their preview for 30 seconds and to know more than that I would need to buy it using Appreciation Points.
So began my search for songs that fitted the image of Irina and Cecilia from songs throughout the universe.