Gamer Superstar - Chapter 187

Chapter 187: 187 – New Point of View
With everyone’s help, my focus during the week was on writing and perfecting the script.

The problem I found myself in was at a crossroads because of a question Selena asked me…

[I talked to my aunt about our problem and she gave me another point of view, Noah…] She told me over the phone.

When she heard that I was confused, what viewpoint?

If I’m not mistaken, her aunt was the director of AJP, at least the San Francisco headquarters of AJP, so her opinion was very important.

“What happened?” I asked, confused.

[I explained to her everything that had happened, as well as our haste and concern to get this mini-documentary done as quickly as possible, so as not to let Dark Pistol surf too much on the hype of their music]. Selena explained. [When she heard my explanation, she was as angry as we were, but she quickly calmed down and thought of something we hadn’t thought of… you know how artists’ careers are full of drama and conflicts that come up along the way… an artist can be on the rise, and because of a drama, it can affect that artist’s career to the point where it disappears overnight…].

As I listened to this, I began to understand what she was suggesting, but I just kept quietly listening.

[Instead of focusing on trying to stop Dark Pistol’s growth, we can allow it, let the music go viral, use that time to make the documentary in high quality, and use the popularity of Dark Pistol and In The End so that the documentary goes viral and the damage done to them is greater, and the popularity that BlackVelvet gets is even greater]. Selena finally explained it all.

Listening to her, I felt it made sense, but I still had my doubts. “But do you think we could do enough damage to the Dark Pistol with just the documentary to sink them as much as your aunt imagined?”

[That was also a doubt I had, but when I asked my aunt, she said that when you signed with AJP, it wasn’t just about us getting shows for you and taking 20% of your earnings, you just need to focus on making the documentary quality and leave the rest to us]. The way Selena said that brought a smile to my face.

This support from a big company was exactly what I wanted when I signed with them.

Ideally, I’d never have to wear something like this, let alone have to wear it less than four months into my career, but since I did, I can be carefree and just focus on my quality.

“Okay, now I’m excited. Let’s slow down and focus on quality.” I replied with an excited smile, even though she couldn’t see my smile.

But I could tell by her reaction that she might have a smile on her face, too. [Yes, their growth is already roaring, so let’s just keep going while we do our quality work, when it’s really ready, we’ll release the documentary and use the popularity they’ve received to their advantage… in the meantime, AJP will make sure that your documentary attracts media interest and curiosity, and you can let us do the rest].

With that decided, I communicated our decision to Frank, Jason and Mark, and we began to focus on doing it the right way.

Without rushing to get it done as quickly as possible, I could focus more time on just improving my writing level, which by Tuesday was already at Lv 15, the level I wanted.

Unfortunately, Tuesday also saw the release of the video clip for In The End, sung by Dark Pistol, which showed that they had even recorded it before letting me sing the opening of their show.

Seeing the views of their music video skyrocket gave me even more motivation to make the documentary and get back at them.

Especially when I saw that the song had over 1 million views by the end of the night…

Looking through the comments on the song, there were luckily a few people who commented that it was my song.

[Isn’t that BlackVelvet’s song?]

[Did you buy the rights to this song from BlackVelvet?]

[I heard that BlackVelvet opened a Dark Pistol show, they must have negotiated it there!]

But although these comments showed some people’s doubts, they were quickly deleted by the channel’s moderators…

They’re even trying to hide the fact that it’s my song from the people who know it’s my song… I thought, even more frustrated.

To channel that frustration into something really practical, I called my mom and Liv down to the basement and we started to formulate how we were going to make the first episode.

[Writing Mastry Lv 15

Effect: Develop an enhanced understanding of writing techniques, increasing your confidence and skill by 15%. This level includes advanced skills in narrative structure, character development, and the use of figurative language. It also improves retention of writing theory and practical application to composition by 15%. Gain a tangible advantage by mastering the fundamentals of creative and expressive writing].

With my Lv 15 skill, I already had 2 years of experience writing scripts and knew that this level of quality was more than enough for MeTube, especially considering that I wanted to do something more amateur and informal, as I imagined that something like this would attract even more sympathy from the public, rather than just showing something made with large investments, as if it were made by a company.

“Since the message of In The End and Numb are very similar, I thought I’d mix in a bit of the story of why you used to fight… so I’ll tell you how I made Numb and In The End because of you and how it helped our family become more united again, how about that?” I suggested it to both of them first, because they were really the protagonists of those songs, so it made sense to talk to them about it in more detail.

Even though they said they wanted to help me, I realized how ashamed and regretful my mother was about the way she treated Liv, and how ashamed Liv was that she didn’t realize our mother cared so much about her.

“It’s okay with me…” Liv said in a low voice, making me shift my gaze to my mother, now waiting for her answer.

“I think it’s fine too… since you helped us improve our relationship, it’s only fair that we use this improvement in our relationship to help you now.” My mother said with a focused and determined look on her face.

Smiling, I hugged them both and began to explain how I wanted to make the script.

Since it would be a documentary rather than a movie, I would have the three of us testify on camera and show staged scenes of the two of them fighting while I listened from a sad distance to show how it happened.

The big problem was that they knew nothing about acting.

But what we were lucky with were two of my skills.

[Teach Lv 34] and [Acting Mastery Lv 30].

34 levels of Teach meant that I currently had 7 years and 4 months of teaching experience, in addition to the powerful 34% buff to the learning of those I taught.

[Teach Lv 34

Effect: When teaching others, as long as you know what you’re teaching and what you intend to teach, the person has a 34% greater chance of understanding what you’re explaining and increases the speed of learning that content by 34% during that learning session].

As I practiced this skill every day while helping Ethan with his homework, it kept going up a level, and at a time like this, it showed how useful it was.

[Acting Mastery Lv 30:

Effect: Develop an enhanced understanding of acting techniques, increasing your confidence and skill by 30%. This level includes advanced skills in technique, emotional expression, and character interpretation. It also improves the retention of theatrical theory and its practical application in performance by 30%. Gain a tangible advantage by absorbing the fundamentals of agile and expressive acting].

And Acting Mastery at Lv 30 may not have given me an important buff in teaching others, but it did give me more knowledge and understanding of the acting techniques needed for them to perform convincingly for the documentary.

When they heard that I was going to teach them how to act so that they could perform the scenes I had in mind, their reactions were completely different.

Liv was excited, curious about what real acting would be like.

My mother was shy, embarrassed that she might embarrass herself in the documentary.

But knowing how well I acted and how quickly I learned, they were both more confident that I had managed to teach them a tactic for learning faster, or something like that.

Even if their learning speed wasn’t as fast as mine with the system, it would certainly be much faster with me teaching them than if they were left to learn on their own or with a normal teacher.

The skill of teaching depended on the difference in the level of knowledge between me and the person I was teaching, and considering that their level was zero and my level was 30 in Acting Mastery, the bonus they would get from it would be gigantic.

So, in addition to writing, teaching them to act had become part of my routine, and the week passed quickly.

And before I knew it, the day had come for my Duncan Family episode, the fishing episode, to air.