Gamer Superstar

Chapter 167  [Bonus Chapter] 167 - Motivation

When I answered Selena's call, I noticed that her voice was more animated than usual.

[Hey Noah, how was it, did you enjoy your part in the finished episode?" she asked.

[I really enjoyed it, it's quite different to see yourself playing a character on TV instead of acting naturally on MeTube, it's quite nice to see how people just call me Jack on the internet haha]. I replied as I got into the car.

[I thought you'd have this reaction. You know, with your participation in the show, your market value has gone up a lot, since you've gained a small foothold in the acting public while still remaining stable in the singing space, the likelihood of the public knowing you now has gone up, both because of the show and because of your music. Not to mention that your idea of releasing the song after the episode was genius, which very well converted the audience that was talking about Jack on Twipper to the BlackVelvet audience]. Selena said in an approving voice.

I was happy to hear that, since it was my idea and it worked out so well, it was a great thing for my career. [I'm glad you liked it hehe].

[With the increase in its popularity and price came a lot of different gig offers, which also means that we don't have to do as many gigs in bars as we used to]. Selena said a little relieved.

[Really?! That's cool!] I replied.

Even though I liked singing in bars, the amount they paid was very low. The biggest advantage for me was that I could record vlogs with Jason and make a few thousand dollars more by recording the backstage of the shows, but for Selena it was a complete waste of time as she only got a few hundred dollars per show.

[For this weekend we have three gig offers that I've accepted for you, the first offer is for tomorrow, it's a 15th birthday. The girl's family is Latino and they were already interested in calling you after hearing your song 'Bailando', but that quickly turned from interest to certainty when the birthday girl saw your performance on Duncan Family and begged her father that she wanted Jack Storm to sing at her birthday...]. Selena said as I could feel her facepalm on the other end of the call.

I laughed when I heard that. [Does she want Jack Storm with black hair or Black Velvet with bleached hair? Because I don't want to dye my hair black again...]

[She said she prefers bleached hair, so don't worry. The price of the show was $4,000 for the night, which is above par for someone of your current rank, what do you think?"]. She asked, her voice also slightly giggly. n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

[Wow, 4k for one night's show?! That sounds great to me.] I replied excitedly, even if I had to pay some of that to Selena and Jason, there would still be $3,000 left for me, a great amount for just one night's show.

[I thought you'd like it, that was the standard amount I was charging for the first two shows of the weekend, Saturday's show was a nightclub that invited you to be the only singer of the night and do a longer show, while Sunday's show would be a benefit show that I thought I would use to further enhance your image and popularity]. She explained.

When I thought that I could make $6,000 profit in a single weekend, I was very pleased. [No problem, tell me more about this benefit concert.]

[Sunday's show is at a barbecue festival to raise money and clothes for the local orphanage. They actually called AJP and asked if there were any F-rated artists available to do a one-hour show for them, even asking how much, where they wanted to pay, but after doing more research on them and seeing that it really was a serious orphanage that needed donations, we looked for higher-rated artists to participate and in the end we decided to let you go because this is a great time for you to get good publicity and I know you wouldn't feel bad about singing for free, unlike some of the problem artists that work for the company]. Selena explained.

I was surprised to hear that. Even though I've never been to an orphanage, from everything I've heard about how the kids suffer and how much help they always need, I looked at my bank account with $15,000 that I was just going to spend on bullshit and I started to feel a little bad.

I'm already getting so much money... so much money that I don't even have much to spend on other than luxuries I don't need, I guess it wouldn't hurt to make a few donations now and then to help those in need, right? I thought as I felt a tug on my heart.

I didn't want to donate all my money, but a part of my money, which I didn't think was much, could be the amount needed to keep the children in the orphanage from freezing...

Just as I was deciding to use the opportunity of the barbecue to really help and not just try to get more popularity for my career, I heard a message.

I recognized the sound, it was the one I heard every time I got a new point in the stats.

But when I saw what I had gotten, I was completely shocked, because I had never gotten that before.

[+1 Lucky].

I quickly opened my profile to see if anything had changed.

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| Character Status

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| Name: Noah Black

| Title: Endurance, Tuned Ear.

| Level: 01

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| HP: 150/150

| MP: 150/150

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| Weight: 72 Kg

| Strength (STR): 14 -> 15

| Dexterity (DEX): 13 -> 14

| Constitution (CON): 15

| Intelligence (INT): 15

| Wisdom (WIS): 12 -> 13

| Charisma (CHA): 15 -> 17 (16 + 1) | Agility (AGL): 12 -> 14

| Luck (LUK): ??

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Unfortunately, the value in (LUK) was still just a question mark, preventing me from seeing what the real value was...

But looking up at the sky, I thought of the old man who brought me into this world, and I felt a good feeling come over me, as if he was happy to see how I was doing.

This gave me the motivation to prepare something special for Sunday...