Rise To Stardom - Chapter 158

Chapter 158: More Fizz
Like flipping calendar pages, the days went on.

Alongside that, Carl’s mini-tour continued, Kyle still left with two more openings at New York and Vancouver respectively.

As for the other artists whom were going to be opening for Carl’s concerts at Chicago and Seattle, they were both rising artists whom Carl had carefully handpicked himself.

Considering the entirety of the mini-tour was going to occur within the span of two and a half weeks though, Kyle had put in even more effort to polish his dancing while also, reading through the script again and really getting to understand Lance Knight’s character.

Added to that, whenever he had the time, he’d also put in some time to work on the videogame’s soundtrack.

In fact, Kyle was almost done finalizing the main theme, and from thereon out, he could move on to the other ones.

Balancing all three activities wasn’t an easy feat to say the least but then again, Kyle had no reason to complain since he was having a pretty good time overall.

That said, just before the second concert, a viral new meme, soon surfaced on the internet.

The picture of Kyle gesturing with his arms out wide to his friends while asking the question ‘Are You Not Entertained?!’, was the template this time.

The internet had found a fun, new toy to play with and in spades, they made perfectly good use of it:

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Fathers after telling their best dad jokes!

[Are You Not Entertained?!]

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Me in the lobby after demolishing my buddies in the [Call of Warfare] multiplayer!

[Are You Not Entertained?!]

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Hollywood Directors after royally fucking up a perfectly good source material!

[Are You Not Entertained?!]

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Me when my ViewTube comment only gets three likes!

[Are You Not Entertained?!]

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Teachers after a boring lecture!

[Are You Not Entertained?!]

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My parents after getting a rip-off version of a videogame I’ve requested for all year!

[Are You Not Entertained?!]

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Yet again, Kyle had become the poster boy for another viral meme as it made its way across every social media platform, TweetTalk and Jeddit especially.

As if he wasn’t already the most popular celebrity in recent memory, this exact meme, had people who hadn’t even heard of him before, take the time to search up his name, further boosting his ever-increasing fame.

At the exact same time, a ViewTube user had uploaded a clear video recording of how the meme itself had come to be, most of it even showing the rest of Kyle’s interaction with his buddies during the concert.

In just about a day, the clip had racked up a view count of roughly 1.47M, with more and more people either searching up the source of the meme or the video itself being recommended and pushed to denizens of the internet whom had already seen the meme previously.

Kyle’s fan group especially, most of whom were quite shocked yet evidently excited that Kyle had opened a concert for someone as big as Carl Finch, couldn’t help but be even more excited when they saw the video clip.

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WeDoABitOfTrolling: First he opens the show of one of the biggest superstars ever in the coolest way possible! Then he shocks us by landing a perfect backflip mid song! Then he makes a great ballad song with said superstar, one which we all know is effortlessly going to top the billboards once it’s officially released and then, as an added cherry on top, he becomes another viral meme?! Our boy is a superstar in the making I tell you!

Pro_noobs: @WeDoABitOfTrolling; Man, seeing you go from an absolute troll to a legit fan boy has been quite the life-changing experience.

Mamma Mia: Ain’t that you in the stand peaches?! How come you got to sit so close to them?!

Princess Peach: I’m the chosen one @Mamma Mia. Bow, before a fraction of my power!

Trix Or Treat: ‘Or ‘Hello’ as friends typically greet friends’ is such a Kyle thing to say. I just can’t understand how he comes up with such witty responses so fast?! It’s almost like its instinctive for him. I’m so happy right now!

Kyle’s Girlfriend:  Gods! Is it so bad for me to wish that Kyle, looks at me the way he looks at that lady in green dress in the clip?!

WaifuWithARocketLauncher: @Kyle’s Girlfriend; Extinguish your delusions. Here, have a rocket launcher for added impact.

Kuro_uzumaki: @WaifuWithARocketLauncher; I get concerned every time you try to solve things with a rocket launcher.

Wendy_The_Witch: Ah~. I feel so fulfilled right now. [Now & Forevermore] was the only song I’d thought we’d get from Kyle in a fairly long while but hearing the song he and Carl performed together, my heart has reached a new level of nirvana.

Peter_Loves_Fantasy: I have to admit; I’ve never seen a celebrity have such a lively group of other celebrities who look genuinely pleased to be around themselves more than Kyle’s. Beautiful stuff honestly. Also, I’ve been having a blast going through Jeddit. The memes of ‘Are You Not Entertained?!’ on there are gold I tell you!

Ana_MZ_27: You know, ever since that time on ‘Rising Voices’ where the boys performed Kyle’s heavily modified version of [Dancin’ On The Edge], I’d kinda been hoping that Carl would acknowledge their efforts. I am so glad to see that become a reality and even happier to see it happening in the best way possible!

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Considering how long they had all been following Kyle’s career, seeing their favorite celebrity being in the spotlight again, was something everyone in the fan group was genuinely proud of.

All that aside though, the best part about the video of the meme’s origin surfacing, was that Carl’s mini-tour, as if it hadn’t already been promoted enough, got even more free publicity!

Concerts the production team had expected only to host around 50,000 – 70,000 people, ended up almost increasing by an extra 10,000 or more as people, felt that concert would give them an absolutely good time if even well-known celebrities decided to show up – and that too, getting a seat in the audience and not in the VIP tent or section.

All these, contributed even more to the success of the mini-tour and fans, spared no effort in also spreading the word on social media, adding even more fizz to an already effervescent publicity.

Some fans, music lovers and concert enthusiasts, even went the extra mile by calling out a few other popular musicians who had a larger-than-life personality yet had standard tours and concerts for more than a few months that weren’t even half as fun as Carl’s mini-tour of two and a half weeks.

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Having rounded up his last opening for the mini-tour, Kyle and Oliver, having also given their goodbyes and farewells to Carl and Allen the day before, were currently on a boarded plane to Toronto from Vancouver.

Casually resting on a curled fist, a light smile was present on Kyle’s lips as he gazed at a new notification he had yet to view since yesterday evening.

| Dancing has advanced from level 7 to level 8! |

| Keep dancing to improve your skills! |

Considering he already had Oliver contact Director Danny Rock that he was more than willing to take up the role in the dance movie in between the mini-tour, Kyle knew he needed to improve his dancing skills even more.

That was why he was glad, that at the very least, he wouldn’t be a black sheep and a complete noob amongst the cast of possibly great dancers when he finally got around to meeting them.

Closing off the panel though, Kyle watched as the stewardess, offered drinks and snacks to everyone in the economic class, the trolley slowly being pushed towards his and Oliver’s row.

“$750,000. That’s quite a lot, especially for a mini-tour…” Oliver quietly stated, drawing the attention of Kyle who turned his gaze over to stare at his agent with a curious expression.

Currently, Oliver was gazing at the amount Carl’s accountant had sent to them for all of Kyle’s opening acts.

Originally, Kyle was only supposed to receive about $150,000 per opening act.

However, due to how much of a headline level act he had turned out to be, especially with how he had indirectly also bolstered the mini-tour’s success to a certain extent, they had bumped up his pay to $250,000 per opening act.

And in all fairness too, opening acts weren’t particularly paid all that much as the main goal of being an opening act for a tour, was to give a musician more exposure to an even larger audience.

This was why most rising stars who ended up opening for a big star, ended up becoming the next big thing a few years later.

That said, considering Kyle and Oliver too were typically supposed to and had already been planning to sort out their own accommodations, travel expenses, session musicians and what nots for the mini-tour, Carl had essentially waved it all off and had instead, hosted them at his mansion while telling them that his team and production crew would handle all that.

That was why, to Oliver, the fact that Kyle was paid this much after so much hospitality from Carl, came as an unexpected yet very pleasant surprise.

Upon finally reaching their row though, the stewardess whom had been serving snacks, froze for a hot second the moment she noticed Kyle whose agent was currently conversing with him over the pay.

Not wanting to disturb his ambience though, she swiftly recovered and did her job with a professional smile while moving over to the next row of passengers.

“Oliver, I plan on working towards making an album. I’m also, not all that certain but, I think I can have six to seven songs made before the middle of next year.” Kyle casually said with a thin smile, one to which Oliver pleasantly smiled in response too as he also spoke;

“That’s, great! I was hoping you’d bring that up sooner or later.”

“That said, I should also inform you, that it’s high time you have your own team.” Oliver stated, one to which Kyle, had a pleasant smile in response to this time.

He had already noticed that Oliver was already getting over-swamped with managing his career alone, especially when he factored in all the extra burden he had recently placed on his head the moment he became SpawnPoint Studio’s CEO.

“Just say the word and I’ll start scouting.” the agent finally concluded while taking a sip of his tea, eliciting a small nod from Kyle who responded;

“Go for it.”