People in Zongman are masters of copying romance novels

The price of renting this room is low and the location is not too bad, but Apartment 1r is not very comfortable to live in - the space is crowded and you will feel squeezed if you move around a little. There is not even room for a decent bed.

After I have enough money in a while, I must move to a better apartment.

After silently complaining about the size of the room, Aokiji stopped thinking about it...

After finishing my homework, I went to a nearby convenience store and bought a half-price bento. After eating, I studied math in my room for a while.

It continued until it was completely dark. Aoki looked at the time and it was ten o'clock in the evening.

After a quick wash, cleaning up the trash, and making the bed, Aoki Jie turned off the only incandescent light in the room and lay down on the bed.

When he opened his phone, he suddenly noticed that Yamada Ryo had sent him several messages twenty minutes ago.

[Strange bassist: Suki-san, is this you? ]

【Strange Bassist: (Picture)】

[Strange bassist: I've finished listening to the music, and it turns out to be you.]

After reading a few messages sent by the other party, a 'read' sign will appear after the message.

Aoki Suke did not deliberately conceal his voice or the school uniform he had worn before, so it was not surprising that he was recognized by acquaintances. However, he was somewhat surprised that only a few days had passed and Yamada Ryo had discovered this original music he had released.

Think about it, Aokijie replied briefly,

【it's me. 】

According to the message above by Yamada Ryo, after Aoki Suke admitted it, normal people would probably comment on the music "Lemon".

But Yamada Ryo is obviously not an ordinary person.

After receiving Aoki's reply, Yamada Ryo first replied with an extremely weird white-faced geisha laughing emoticon, and then sent the message.

[Strange Bassist: So, Suki-san, I'm pretty good at coming up with nicknames, right? But since you used the nickname I gave you on social media without my consent, I'm going to charge you 5000 yen for the nickname royalties. Please pay it to me next time we meet.]

Ms. Liang in the line is somewhat different from Mr. Yamada in the real world.

When Aoki Jie thought of Yamada Ryo saying these words with that expressionless face, he always felt a sense of inexplicable disharmony.

But considering that she had previously asked him to lend her money to buy a bass guitar, he suddenly felt that this statement was quite consistent with Ms. Liang's personality...

Anyway, looking at this message, Aoki Jie couldn't help but chuckle, and then replied,

"Yamada-san, it's getting late. I'm going to bed. I hope you can dream of bass and 5000 yen."

I was planning to turn off the phone screen and go to sleep, but as soon as I sent the last message, Yamada Ryo replied.

【Strange bassist: Good night.】

Just two simple words, and then, after a few seconds, another message popped up on the screen.

[Strange bassist: By the way, Suki-san, "Lemon" is very nice.]

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P.S. First update, I actually fell asleep, I will be working all night tonight, if all goes well I should be able to catch up, I currently owe four chapters

Chapter 20 Conception, Planning, and Emergencies

On May 27th, with only a few days left before the rainy season began, the air in Tokyo suddenly became humid.

With the idea that everything should be prepared in advance, Aokisuke brought an umbrella with him when he rushed to school early in the morning.

But unfortunately, even after a whole day, the umbrella prepared by Aokisuke was not used.

In fact, this umbrella has rarely been used since Aokisuke bought it. When he goes out with an umbrella, no matter how cloudy the weather is, it rarely rains. On the other hand, when he goes out without an umbrella, even if the weather is scorching hot one second, it may suddenly rain the next due to some unexpected situation.

Feeling somewhat depressed, he boarded the tram with an umbrella, and rushed to his rented apartment, feeling unhappy because it didn't rain.

Because he did not participate in club activities, Aokisuke finished school very early, at 3:20, which was still some time before he had to go to work at the convenience store on time.

After a bumpy ride on the tram, Aokisuke got out of the station and returned to his 1R apartment.

He opened the door with his key, put down his backpack, and planned to take a break. But after turning on his phone, he noticed the YouTube app installed on his phone. Aoki suddenly remembered the video he had left for several days.

With some curiosity, he clicked on YouTube and went straight to the personal background of the account.

Because the account 'suki-san' has only posted one video so far, after opening the personal background, Aoki Jie noticed the number of views of that video at first glance.

【Original music performance "Lemon"】Number of plays: 240 million.

After rubbing his eyes and confirming that he was not seeing things, Aoki Jie was suddenly shocked.

I thought that the 300,000 or so views a few days ago was almost the limit when there was no promotion, no traffic, and the video quality was not too high. But Aoki Jie really didn't expect that in just a few days, the number of video views would surge again and reach this level.

If nothing goes wrong, with 240 million views, this video of mine will definitely be on the ranking list of a certain section of YouTube.

Without any publicity, relying solely on the quality of the video, it reached 240 million views in just a few days...

Aoki was slightly surprised, but after a while he suddenly realized that the revenue from the video must be quite high.

As he expected, the revenue from this video was also amazing;

The revenue of Youtube videos is closely related to the number of views. The higher the number of views, the higher the revenue will be, and vice versa.

At present, Aokisuke's first video has reached more than 200 million views, so at this time, there is a full 20 yen available for withdrawal at the bottom of his personal background.

20 million yen.

Aokisuke's total monthly salary is only about 18, but the income from this video is roughly equal to his entire month's salary.

Working part-time takes up a lot of time, but playing and singing a song, shooting a video and uploading it to YouTube only takes more than ten minutes.

It is obvious which one is easier, but looking at the data in his personal background, Aoki Jie thought for a moment.

In fact, before releasing this video, Aokisuke had already thought about the feasibility of making money through music without having to work part-time, and after thinking about it, he did have a general idea in his mind.

Aoki Jie couldn't guarantee whether the cheat code of his game called "Love Simulation Game" would suddenly disappear in the future, and he was not sure whether this "Love Simulation Game" would suddenly stop giving him points as rewards; he was even less sure whether YouTube viewers would still pay for his videos after he had no new original music.

It is true that you can make a lot of money by exchanging points for large amounts of original music and publishing them online, but it is obvious that this will not last long.

According to Aoki's original idea, he would make a name for himself with his first video, then become popular on the Internet through his second video, then establish himself as a talented original musician, and then earn enough money by selling music scores and lyrics at extremely high prices.

Although this plan is not very moral, it can at least ensure that he will have enough food and clothing for a period of time.

However, plans are always just plans - Aokisuke really did not expect the popularity of "Lemon", nor did he expect that "Lemon" would make him famous in such a short time.

In just less than a week, the number of views exceeded one million and reached 240 million, and there were too many private messages to read. The vast majority of the private messages used all kinds of words to praise his guitar skills, original music, and lyrical insights.

The plan was slightly disrupted, and Aokisuke had to consider whether to prioritize the creation of the character.

However, although he said so, while thinking about it, Aoki Jie took a quick look at his private message background and found that except for a few vups or personal anchors who were not very famous and wanted to negotiate with him to buy original music from him, no one else extended an olive branch to Aoki Jie.

Although the number of views is very good, it is a pity that Aoki Jie's current fame is still not very high.

If you want to accumulate popularity and get noticed by some well-known musicians, it is obviously impossible without a certain amount of accumulation.

After thinking for a while, Aokisuke sighed.

He withdrew all the 200,000 yen in the backstage. Considering that it was not very stable to devote all his energy to shooting videos at the moment, he looked at the time and withdrew his thoughts.

He closed his personal backend and was about to return, but before he completely closed YouTube, a video caught Aoki Jie's eye.

Probably because he had recently browsed videos related to the music section, a video titled [Be original/rock band plan] was refreshed on Aoki Jie's homepage.

Looking at the video with a strange name in front of him, Aoki Jie was a little curious. He temporarily put aside the idea of ​​going to work at a convenience store and clicked on the video instead.

The video contributor is not some personal blogger, but the official account of JVCmusic, Japan's largest record company. As for the video content -

Simply put, JVC Records is holding a project to select original music for bands. The requirements for participation are simple: a band of at least three people, completely original music, and after the project starts, the music created and performed by the band must be submitted to the official email address of JVCmusic.

If you win the competition, the rewards will be very generous.

Let’s not talk about the extremely high bonus for now. Looking at this video, Aoki Jie was in deep thought for a moment.

If he could participate in this 'Be original/rock band project' and achieve success, then it would come as no surprise that the ideas that Aoki had just come up with and the plans that he had in his mind would definitely be greatly improved.

But there are a few difficulties at the moment -

First, Aokisuke did not have a band and did not meet the competition requirements;

This problem is relatively easy to solve. He is quite familiar with the band. Several girls in the band have invited him to join the band. Except that their skills are not very high, they perfectly meet the requirements of the band.

But Aokisuke was somewhat hesitant about the second difficulty——

Right now, even if he added together the scattered cash rewards from the system and the money he earned from submitting to "Lemon", Aokisuke only had about 30 yen left. If he wanted to participate in this project, he would need a lot of time to practice...

Aoki was very sure that if he wanted to succeed in this project, he would have to give up his part-time job or part of his study time to get in touch with the band and train for at least a month.

This is the best scenario made with the agreement of several members of the band.

I'd give up my part-time job, rely on the remaining funds, and work hard for the remaining month to exchange for a chance to win the championship...

Sighed softly.

After thinking for a while, Aokisuke couldn't come up with any result.

It was still early for the project to start, so he shook his head and didn't come to a conclusion immediately. After saving the video, he put away his phone.

It was almost four o'clock and Aoki was about to be late for his convenience store job, so he packed up quickly and walked out.

Although the weather was still somewhat humid, he did not bring an umbrella this time.

I bought the ticket and got on the tram, my eyes fixed on the distant view outside the window. After a while, I saw raindrops falling outside the window.

Chapter 21 Putting aside the shortcomings...

Let's put aside for now the question of whether to make up his mind to give up his part-time job and try to participate in JVC's original rock band project. Although he is very tempted, Aoki is still somewhat hesitant at the moment.

In short, after saving that video, Aokisuke temporarily put [Be original/rock band project] behind his mind.

After finishing work at the convenience store and the bar, Aokisuke returned to the apartment in the drizzle.

After a quick wash and hanging up his half-wet uniform, he went to bed.

One night without words, the next day.

The humidity in Tokyo was lower after the rain, and the temperature was even a bit cooler than usual.

However, as a victim of the rain last night, Aokisuke was somewhat resentful of the weather.

With this resentment, he walked into Xiuhua Private College yawning.

It turns out that most of the fairy-tale love comedies in light novels are all lies - even though Aokisuke arrived at school on time for two consecutive days, he never ran into Kita-chan or Pochi-chan at the school gate.

It would have been fine if we hadn't met by chance, but I happened to run into Hikigaya Hachiman early in the morning for the past two days.

The God must have confused the person he met by chance with Hikigaya-san... No, it's unlikely that he'd confused them two days in a row, so the God might actually be a man with a bad taste like Sakata Gintoki...

His thoughts, still not fully awake, were a little distracted. While he was daydreaming about random things, Aokisuke yawned and glanced at Hikigaya Hachiman, who was not too far away from him.

After hesitating for a moment, thinking that they were the front desk staff after all, he greeted the front desk staff he was not familiar with.

"morning."

In front of Aokisuke's side.

Hikigaya Hachiman was still thinking about what flavor of bread to eat for lunch when he suddenly heard a brief greeting.

He was stunned for a moment, but he had no intention of looking back and just continued to move forward.

"There's no subject, and it looks like a greeting someone you know well would use. I don't have any acquaintances at school, so this greeting isn't directed at me."

Thinking quickly in his mind, after simple reasoning, Hikigaya Hachiman made a conclusion.

"But speaking of which, this voice sounds familiar... Who is it? Oh... That's right, it's Aoki Suke, who looks like a socially anxious person but is actually a very popular person."

After thinking for a while, Hikigaya Hachiman quickly recalled it, and then paused. Because he was wondering who this classmate was greeting, Hikigaya Hachiman turned his head slightly and looked at Kiyonozawa with curious dead fish eyes.

Then, he met Aokisuke's eyes, who had a puzzled look.

"Good morning." Aokisuke repeated.

"Gah!? Is this guy the type to be so approachable? What should I say when he asks me how many people are in my family..."

"Oh, good morning." Hikigaya Hachiman nodded and responded.

Aoki also nodded, without saying anything else, and the conversation ended.

She kept guessing why Aokisuke suddenly greeted her until they reached the classroom door.

I thought the conversation was over, but as I was about to enter the classroom, Aoki suddenly started talking again.

"Hikigaya-kun, tell me...why have I never run into a first-year student on my way to school even though I've been transferring here for so long?"