Synopsis and Starting Chapter Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Chapter 51
Chapter 52
Chapter 53
Chapter 54
Chapter 55
Chapter 56
Chapter 57
Chapter 58
Chapter 59
Chapter 60
Chapter 61
Chapter 62
Chapter 63
Chapter 64
Chapter 65
Chapter 66
Chapter 67
Chapter 68
Chapter 69
Chapter 70
Chapter 71
Chapter 72
Chapter 73
Chapter 74
Chapter 75
Chapter 76
Chapter 77
Chapter 78
Chapter 79
Chapter 80
Chapter 81
Chapter 82
Chapter 83
Chapter 84
Chapter 85
Chapter 86
Chapter 87
Chapter 88
Chapter 89
Chapter 90
Chapter 91
Chapter 92
Chapter 93
Chapter 94
Chapter 95
Chapter 96
Chapter 97
Chapter 98
Chapter 99
Chapter 100
Chapter 101
Chapter 102
Chapter 103
Chapter 104
Chapter 105
Chapter 106
Chapter 107
Chapter 108
Chapter 109
Chapter 110
Chapter 111
Chapter 112
Chapter 113
Chapter 114
Chapter 115
Chapter 116
Chapter 117
Chapter 118
Chapter 119
Chapter 120
Chapter 121
Chapter 122
Chapter 123
Chapter 124
Chapter 125
Chapter 126
Chapter 127
Chapter 128
Chapter 129
Chapter 130
Chapter 131
Chapter 132
Chapter 133
Chapter 134
Chapter 135
Chapter 136
Chapter 137
Chapter 138
Chapter 139
Chapter 140
Chapter 141
Chapter 142
Chapter 143
Chapter 144
Chapter 145
Chapter 146
Chapter 147
Chapter 148
Chapter 149
Chapter 150
Chapter 151
Chapter 152
Chapter 153
Chapter 154
Chapter 155
Chapter 156
Chapter 157
Chapter 158
Chapter 159
Chapter 160
Chapter 161
Chapter 162
Chapter 163
Chapter 164
Chapter 165
Chapter 166
Chapter 167
Chapter 168
Chapter 169
Chapter 170
Chapter 171
Chapter 172
Chapter 173
Chapter 174
Chapter 175
Chapter 176
Chapter 177
Chapter 178
Chapter 179
Chapter 180
Chapter 181
Chapter 182
Chapter 183
Chapter 184
Chapter 185
Chapter 186
Chapter 187
Chapter 188
Chapter 189
Chapter 190
Chapter 191
Chapter 192
Chapter 193
Chapter 194
Chapter 195
Chapter 196
Chapter 197
Chapter 198
Chapter 199
Chapter 200
Chapter 201
Chapter 202
Chapter 203
Chapter 204
Chapter 205
Chapter 206
Chapter 207
Chapter 208
Chapter 209
Chapter 210
Chapter 211
Chapter 212
Chapter 213
Chapter 214
Chapter 215
Chapter 216
Chapter 217
Chapter 218
Chapter 219
Chapter 220
Chapter 221
Chapter 222
Chapter 223
Chapter 224
Chapter 225
Chapter 226
Chapter 227
Chapter 228
Chapter 229
Chapter 230
Chapter 231
Chapter 232
Chapter 233
Chapter 234
Chapter 235
Chapter 236
Chapter 237
Chapter 238
Chapter 239
Chapter 240
Chapter 241
Chapter 242
Chapter 243
Chapter 244
Chapter 245
Chapter 246
Chapter 247
Chapter 248
Chapter 249
Chapter 250
Chapter 251
Chapter 252
Chapter 253
Chapter 254
Chapter 255
Chapter 256
Chapter 257
Chapter 258
Chapter 259
Chapter 260
Chapter 261
Chapter 262
Chapter 263
Chapter 264
Chapter 265
Chapter 266
Chapter 267
Chapter 268
Chapter 269
Chapter 270
Chapter 271
Chapter 272
Chapter 273
Chapter 274
Chapter 275
Chapter 276
Chapter 277
Chapter 278
Chapter 279
Chapter 280
Chapter 281
Epilogue
Categories Genre: All, Comedy, Completed, Drama, Romance, Slice of Life Status: Completed ______
Total Chapters in book: 283
Estimated words: 482630 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 2413(@200wpm)___ 1931(@250wpm)___ 1609(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 482630 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 2413(@200wpm)___ 1931(@250wpm)___ 1609(@300wpm)
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[TN: A millionaire]
“What… What! You already have a lot of money!”
He could hear Lim So Mi’s short shouting over the phone.
“This is from album sales, these are track revenues… So this is what copyrights are. Performance fees? But… What’s this?”
Lim So Mi was murmuring when she spoke again.
“Jun Hyuk, what’s Violon?”
“Violon? Oh, that’s my friend’s band. There’s some music that I arranged for that band.”
“I see. So that band gives you arranging fees.”
Lim So Mi looked through the history for a while and discovered something new.
“Jun Hyuk. There are investments in the U.S. Treasury and stocks with the money that you made… Did Lawyer Baek do this?”
“I don’t know that kind of stuff. Oh, that’s actually probably from my boss.”
“Who? Your boss? Mr. Yoon Kwang Hun?”
“Yes. He said that he used to be quite successful on Wall Street.”
“No wonder… Lawyer Baek doesn’t know about these things. Oh right. All of it comes to a little over $3 million. Hey, so you’re rich.”
Jun Hyuk was speechless when he heard that he had $3 million.
“You earned this much in half a year. You’ll be getting royalties from this new album too… They said that album is going to do even better. This is big. You’ll have to get a tax lawyer first. I’m not on the tax side.”
Jun Hyuk had thought that he had made a couple tens of thousands since jazz is not a genre that sells hundreds of thousands of albums. However, America is taking care of its music distribution.
The more thorough music distribution is, the greater profits there are for the creator and those profits increase taxes. Though there might be measures from the U.S. protecting the creator’s interests, it makes sure to scrape out taxes to the last cent.
In these circumstances, royalties come in to Jun Hyuk every time Stanley Clarke performs the songs, and headquarters of large franchises like Starbucks sign contracts to use the tracks.
Jun Hyuk checked how much money he has, went for a walk in the forest, and thought about matters other than music for the first time.
2 days later, Jun Hyuk revealed his intentions to release the rest of the score for ‘Inferno’ to the 16 maestros. He sent Lim So Mi the information she would give to the press, and he sent messages to Yoon Kwang Hun and Amelia as well.
When he told them that he would get a camping car and travel around Europe for a year, Yoon Kwang Hun started.
“Hey! Won’t it be dangerous? Even though it’s Europe, I’m iffy about you staying on the street.”
“Sir, who am I? I lived on the streets for 10 years since I was young. I’m telling you there’s no problem. Ha ha.”
Yoon Kwang Hun was at a loss for words. He had not even thought of that and felt like he had said something he should not have. He did feel better that Jun Hyuk talked about that period of his life as if it were nothing.
It could be that Jun Hyuk’s wounds from the past have healed and there are now only traces. Yoon Kwang Hun tried to act as if it were nothing and complained,
“Someone is locked up in the cafe, and you’re saying you’ll be having fun all over Europe? I resent it.”
“If you’re jealous, do you want to close the cafe and go with me? I have a lot of money. He he.”
“Forget it. Kid. A man has to make his own means.”
Amelia also started up, but she had to accept it as she is also tied down with touring.
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Lawyer Lim So Mi faced her first ever press conference with excited tension. Most of the reporters in the conference hall are American. She needed to check the mirror several times to make sure that her makeup had turned out well. She could be appearing on TV.
“Hello. I am Catherine Lim, attorney to Jun or full name Jun Hyuk Jang.”
Her voice kept trembling at the cameras that had been flashing ever since she walked into the conference hall. She needs to look at the cameras, but her eyes kept shifting to the side.
“I will talk about what you are most curious about first. We have decided to release the score for Symphony No. 1 in A Major, ‘Inferno’, which was premiered by the Berlin Philharmonic, as soon as possible.”
The cameras flashed again and reporters raised their hands high to ask their questions.
“I will take questions after telling you one more thing.”
Lim So Mi cleared her throat and took the mic again.
“Inferno’s composer, Jun, will be focusing on composing for over a year in a quiet place. He will be taking a year off from Clayton-Hoffman School of Music… and there may be people who already know, but an 80s heavy metal tribute album he produced with LA Sound will be released at the end of this month. Jun composed all of the songs on this album, but he will not be taking part in any of its promotions.”
She had put in a bit of advertising for the album as per LA Sound’s request. As soon as her announcement was over, questions poured in but there was nothing that she could answer to clearly.
“Can you explain the distinction of the song ‘Inferno’?”
“I have never heard Inferno and I have not yet seen the score. Only the Berlin Symphony and a few members of the audience who had been in the Salzburg concert hall on August 1st know the song.”
“To our understanding, Jun only released those 2 albums with LA Sound. Are there plans to release any more?”
“No. As I said, he will be focusing solely on composition for at least 1 year. Ah, I do know that he released a first album in Korea before coming to America.”
“Does he have an exclusive contract with LA Sound?”
“No. Jun has not yet signed on with any record labels or management agencies.”
Lim So Mi ended the press conference with this. She thought that reporters would no longer camp outside her house or ring her phone.”
However, her phone rang incessantly once more. This time, they were professional music publishers asking to meet.
Performers would not be the only people to purchase the score for Inferno, but also people who know how to read scores. No score has ever received such media attention, and tremendous sales were guaranteed. She also received a ton of mail containing similar information.
Lim So Mi had doubted that a score could bring in much money, but was shocked by the amount of advance royalties one publisher offered.
Eventually, she contracted with the publisher that offered the most in advance royalties and people who could not even read music rushed to pre-order the 1st edition. As time passes, the price will increase because of collectors.
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When one internet media outlet published articles from foreign press, Yoon Kwang Hun grabbed his clothes.
“I won’t be coming in to the cafe for a while, so don’t slack off and take care of business. And reporters might come swarming in today or tomorrow. If they look for me, tell them I went to Africa to buy coffee beans. And tell them it’ll take a few months.”
“Excuse me? Are you really going to Africa?”
The eyes of 2 employees grew large. They are not even coffee importers, but to go to Africa for a cafe?
“Whatever. Just don’t play hooky and work hard.”
Yoon Kwang Hun glared at the employees, left his car, and headed to the bus terminal. He was going to decide on where to go once he was at the ticket box.
Reporters went to the cafe as Yoon Kwang Hun had expected, but it was all for nothing. They released articles on Jun Hyuk as if at war with each other. Most outlets used foreign articles to cover the internet with obvious but provocative headlines like ‘Genius composer recognized by the world’ and ‘A young world-renowned composer from Korea’.
Thanks to this, Jun Hyuk’s album started flying off the shelves again and people gathered to the Taste Room to buy Jun Hyuk’s jazz album. The low stock ran out quickly and the impatient people ordered it themselves on Amazon.
The songs in Jun Hyuk’s first album dominated music charts again.
Jo Hyung Joong smiled from ear to ear with the news on the album sales and looked through the internet to read every single article on Jun Hyuk.
He could also be certain that the work that all of those maestros abroad were calling impressive was the score that he had seen.
Jo Hyung Joong picked up his phone.
Total Chapters in book: 283
Estimated words: 482630 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 2413(@200wpm)___ 1931(@250wpm)___ 1609(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 482630 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 2413(@200wpm)___ 1931(@250wpm)___ 1609(@300wpm)
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