Chapter 17
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The next day started like usual, Sam woke up and took a shower, prepared breakfast for Em and then took her to school. After all that happened yesterday it was weird that the day started so normally but Em seemed to have forgotten about it so Sam didn't say much and just left her be after a reminder, even if she spoke about what happened yesterday who would believe that Sam had a gun ? If someone believes her and called the police they wouldn't find anything so everything was fine. He was a bit worried about Tony and Leo trying to take revenge but they were just small time gangsters, of course they'll be too afraid to try him when he could be carrying a gun all the time. Back at the present Sam dropped Em at school, he greeted teacher Rose on his way and left for school. As the bike was way faster than the subway it took him way less time to arrive.
"Hey Sam you got a bike ?"
"Yo Eric, cool right ?"
Eric came closer to take a look and then looked at Sam weirdly...
"This sticker..."
He was speaking about a half torn Yamaha sticker on the front.
"Did you steal this from Tony ?"
"What do you mean steal ?! I'm not a thief ! I bought it from him."
"Come on man he would never sell it, you shouldn't steal even from villains man..."
"I told you I didn't steal it, he gave it to me... from his own volition."
Eric kept looking at him weirdly, would someone really give away his beloved bike to someone he hate?
"Let's go or we'll be late for class."
Said Sam, the weird look Eric threw him really made him uncomfortable. When they arrived in the class Tony was already sitting in the front row, he looked back and slowly took a piece of paper from his bag. He walked with shaking legs toward Sam and then gave him the piece of paper with misty eyes, it seemed like he was gonna cry. He just wiped his eyes and left back to his seat, meanwhile Sam was checking the paper. Now the bike was his, he'd just have to change the name on the paper and everything was done.
After school Sam picked up Em and went toward the recording studio, he directly went into Keith's room without knocking.
"Yo Keith, I wanna do an original song. Can you help me ?"
Keith was sitting in front of his computer and playing a game, he looked at Sam and smiled
"Do you have anything ready ?"
"Yeah I've worked on the guitar melody, I'm busy with the lyrics at the moment and I'll need you to do the post prod work."
Em was already sitting on the couch playing a game on Sam's phone, she never cared much about what they talked about. Whenever they came here she just sat on the same couch and played the same games.
"Yeah I can help you..."
Then they started working on the song, the instruments, the pace, the rhythm...
They were finally done around 7 pm. Em was tired and wanted to go home so he left Keith do the rest of the work, he gave him the instructions and now just had to wait for him to get done with his job.
Keith was a very nice guy, he didn't ask for anything in exchange and just helped him. They were getting closer for sure and Sam felt like they already were friends.
Time went by slowly, Sam had tons of works to do. With the help of Keith they came closer and closer to a satisfying result, since Sam couldn't keep Em with him everyday she'd spend a lot of time at Annie's place playing with her friend Rika.
Right now the song was written, recorded and produced. Sam's fulfilling feeling was accompanied by a confused one, 'what next ?' He thought, what was the next step ?
"Yo Keith, what's the next step ?"
He was sitting on a second chair in front of Keith's material and both of them were eating a sandwich they had bought from a convenience store not too far.
"What do you mean ? The song is ready, you'll have to publish it on streaming platforms I guess ? I don't know much about this."
"You don't know either ? I guess I'll just keep going on YouTube for the moment, opportunities will present themselves."
After a long week of work the song was done, during this week Sam had skipped at least half his classes. School was useful for normal people but with the system it was just a loss of time, if he used the system to get top grades he could end up with a good job in 4 years but that would be a waste of a god sent opportunity, if he used the system the right way he might even end up richest, strongest or even most famous person in the world.
Well this will be in the future, in the present he went and took Em home before once again sitting on his old computer's chair. Usually he would have images to go with his covers, they were the videos of him singing. This time also he had shots of him, and Keith working on the song but he wanted to make it look better so he opened the video editing software. This was actually the most expensive software on the market and of course he didn't buy it, a while ago he dowloaded illegally it but never tried it.
After a double click a short window appeared, the loading bar kept going until his screen went black and the computer turned off.
He finally remembered why he went to the pc room to do his video edits until now, this computer was really an antique... It was finally time to buy a new one, he didn't know much about computers but he could at least guess that the more expensive it was the better it will be.
He turned on the computer again and just went on a simple web site, Amazon. He knew that at this day it was the best online store, you could find anything you wanted on there.
After a bit of research he was hesitating between an Apple product or the last laptop by Acer. Both were excellent and had their pros and cons, thinking back to the students taking out Macs laptops in class he couldn't refrain from choosing that. Mac had top notch design, it looked so pure and clean that no other brand could rival them on that point.
Finally he decided to buy a silver MacBook Air for the insane sum of 1400€. Now that he had money he wouldn't mind wasting some on his own pleasure. With this purchase he had used up almost all the money he got from the sponsorship, he'd need another video with their Logo on it to make money so he'd do his best to make the guitar look better in his next video.
After making the purchase he went to sleep, the computer will be arriving in less than 24 hours and tomorrow both him and Em didn't have class so he wanted to rest because she'll probably want to do some crazy stuff as usual.
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The next morning when Em woke up breakfast was already ready and sitting comfortably on the table only waiting for her.
Sam was sitting in front of TV watching a french movie, the acting was terrible but he thought he could learn a thing or two from them in case he had to act one day, it wasn't a rare occurrence that singers or rapper are invited to act in a movie or a series, for exemple if you watched attentively you can see Ed Sheeran as a guest in Game of Thrones.
"Why are you watching this ?"
Em' asked while holding her breakfast and sitting near him.
"What do you want to watch ?"
"Cartoon !"
She said with her mouth full, she even spat a bit on Sam.
"Aaah i told you to don't speak with your mouth full !"
He didn't yell at her and just rebuked her a little, he had to teach her some things but he loved her way too much to yell at her. Then he did as asked and put cartoons on TV.
"Hahah sorry!"
She said after slowly chewing and swallowing her food.
"Anyway, what do you want to do today ?"
The last time they had some free time together was when he took her to film him doing the outside "show". Today he wanted her to have a real fun day, not to help him.
"Whatever I want ?! Hahah ok then let's go shopping !"
At the same time he got a message from Roland saying : "Hey Sam, taking your time for a new video huh ? The boss is becoming impatient."
He finally remembered that the boss originally didn't want to make a partnership with him, his mind was changed by the luck stats so he must probably be wondering why he changed his mind.
"Coming soon, stay tuned."
Was the short answer Sam sent him.
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The next day started like usual, Sam woke up and took a shower, prepared breakfast for Em and then took her to school. After all that happened yesterday it was weird that the day started so normally but Em seemed to have forgotten about it so Sam didn't say much and just left her be after a reminder, even if she spoke about what happened yesterday who would believe that Sam had a gun ? If someone believes her and called the police they wouldn't find anything so everything was fine. He was a bit worried about Tony and Leo trying to take revenge but they were just small time gangsters, of course they'll be too afraid to try him when he could be carrying a gun all the time. Back at the present Sam dropped Em at school, he greeted teacher Rose on his way and left for school. As the bike was way faster than the subway it took him way less time to arrive.
"Hey Sam you got a bike ?"
"Yo Eric, cool right ?"
Eric came closer to take a look and then looked at Sam weirdly...
"This sticker..."
He was speaking about a half torn Yamaha sticker on the front.
"Did you steal this from Tony ?"
"What do you mean steal ?! I'm not a thief ! I bought it from him."
"Come on man he would never sell it, you shouldn't steal even from villains man..."
"I told you I didn't steal it, he gave it to me... from his own volition."
Eric kept looking at him weirdly, would someone really give away his beloved bike to someone he hate?
"Let's go or we'll be late for class."
Said Sam, the weird look Eric threw him really made him uncomfortable. When they arrived in the class Tony was already sitting in the front row, he looked back and slowly took a piece of paper from his bag. He walked with shaking legs toward Sam and then gave him the piece of paper with misty eyes, it seemed like he was gonna cry. He just wiped his eyes and left back to his seat, meanwhile Sam was checking the paper. Now the bike was his, he'd just have to change the name on the paper and everything was done.
After school Sam picked up Em and went toward the recording studio, he directly went into Keith's room without knocking.
"Yo Keith, I wanna do an original song. Can you help me ?"
Keith was sitting in front of his computer and playing a game, he looked at Sam and smiled
"Do you have anything ready ?"
"Yeah I've worked on the guitar melody, I'm busy with the lyrics at the moment and I'll need you to do the post prod work."
Em was already sitting on the couch playing a game on Sam's phone, she never cared much about what they talked about. Whenever they came here she just sat on the same couch and played the same games.
"Yeah I can help you..."
Then they started working on the song, the instruments, the pace, the rhythm...
They were finally done around 7 pm. Em was tired and wanted to go home so he left Keith do the rest of the work, he gave him the instructions and now just had to wait for him to get done with his job.
Keith was a very nice guy, he didn't ask for anything in exchange and just helped him. They were getting closer for sure and Sam felt like they already were friends.
Time went by slowly, Sam had tons of works to do. With the help of Keith they came closer and closer to a satisfying result, since Sam couldn't keep Em with him everyday she'd spend a lot of time at Annie's place playing with her friend Rika.
Right now the song was written, recorded and produced. Sam's fulfilling feeling was accompanied by a confused one, 'what next ?' He thought, what was the next step ?
"Yo Keith, what's the next step ?"
He was sitting on a second chair in front of Keith's material and both of them were eating a sandwich they had bought from a convenience store not too far.
"What do you mean ? The song is ready, you'll have to publish it on streaming platforms I guess ? I don't know much about this."
"You don't know either ? I guess I'll just keep going on YouTube for the moment, opportunities will present themselves."
After a long week of work the song was done, during this week Sam had skipped at least half his classes. School was useful for normal people but with the system it was just a loss of time, if he used the system to get top grades he could end up with a good job in 4 years but that would be a waste of a god sent opportunity, if he used the system the right way he might even end up richest, strongest or even most famous person in the world.
Well this will be in the future, in the present he went and took Em home before once again sitting on his old computer's chair. Usually he would have images to go with his covers, they were the videos of him singing. This time also he had shots of him, and Keith working on the song but he wanted to make it look better so he opened the video editing software. This was actually the most expensive software on the market and of course he didn't buy it, a while ago he dowloaded illegally it but never tried it.
After a double click a short window appeared, the loading bar kept going until his screen went black and the computer turned off.
He finally remembered why he went to the pc room to do his video edits until now, this computer was really an antique... It was finally time to buy a new one, he didn't know much about computers but he could at least guess that the more expensive it was the better it will be.
He turned on the computer again and just went on a simple web site, Amazon. He knew that at this day it was the best online store, you could find anything you wanted on there.
After a bit of research he was hesitating between an Apple product or the last laptop by Acer. Both were excellent and had their pros and cons, thinking back to the students taking out Macs laptops in class he couldn't refrain from choosing that. Mac had top notch design, it looked so pure and clean that no other brand could rival them on that point.
Finally he decided to buy a silver MacBook Air for the insane sum of 1400€. Now that he had money he wouldn't mind wasting some on his own pleasure. With this purchase he had used up almost all the money he got from the sponsorship, he'd need another video with their Logo on it to make money so he'd do his best to make the guitar look better in his next video.
After making the purchase he went to sleep, the computer will be arriving in less than 24 hours and tomorrow both him and Em didn't have class so he wanted to rest because she'll probably want to do some crazy stuff as usual.
/
/
/
The next morning when Em woke up breakfast was already ready and sitting comfortably on the table only waiting for her.
Sam was sitting in front of TV watching a french movie, the acting was terrible but he thought he could learn a thing or two from them in case he had to act one day, it wasn't a rare occurrence that singers or rapper are invited to act in a movie or a series, for exemple if you watched attentively you can see Ed Sheeran as a guest in Game of Thrones.
"Why are you watching this ?"
Em' asked while holding her breakfast and sitting near him.
"What do you want to watch ?"
"Cartoon !"
She said with her mouth full, she even spat a bit on Sam.
"Aaah i told you to don't speak with your mouth full !"
He didn't yell at her and just rebuked her a little, he had to teach her some things but he loved her way too much to yell at her. Then he did as asked and put cartoons on TV.
"Hahah sorry!"
She said after slowly chewing and swallowing her food.
"Anyway, what do you want to do today ?"
The last time they had some free time together was when he took her to film him doing the outside "show". Today he wanted her to have a real fun day, not to help him.
"Whatever I want ?! Hahah ok then let's go shopping !"
At the same time he got a message from Roland saying : "Hey Sam, taking your time for a new video huh ? The boss is becoming impatient."
He finally remembered that the boss originally didn't want to make a partnership with him, his mind was changed by the luck stats so he must probably be wondering why he changed his mind.
"Coming soon, stay tuned."
Was the short answer Sam sent him.
The next day started like usual, Sam woke up and took a shower, prepared breakfast for Em and then took her to school. After all that happened yesterday it was weird that the day started so normally but Em seemed to have forgotten about it so Sam didn't say much and just left her be after a reminder, even if she spoke about what happened yesterday who would believe that Sam had a gun ? If someone believes her and called the police they wouldn't find anything so everything was fine. He was a bit worried about Tony and Leo trying to take revenge but they were just small time gangsters, of course they'll be too afraid to try him when he could be carrying a gun all the time. Back at the present Sam dropped Em at school, he greeted teacher Rose on his way and left for school. As the bike was way faster than the subway it took him way less time to arrive. "Hey Sam you got a bike ?" "Yo Eric, cool right ?" Eric came closer to take a look and then looked at Sam weirdly... "This sticker..." He was speaking about a half torn Yamaha sticker on the front. "Did you steal this from Tony ?" "What do you mean steal ?! I'm not a thief ! I bought it from him." "Come on man he would never sell it, you shouldn't steal even from villains man..." "I told you I didn't steal it, he gave it to me... from his own volition." Eric kept looking at him weirdly, would someone really give away his beloved bike to someone he hate? "Let's go or we'll be late for class." Said Sam, the weird look Eric threw him really made him uncomfortable. When they arrived in the class Tony was already sitting in the front row, he looked back and slowly took a piece of paper from his bag. He walked with shaking legs toward Sam and then gave him the piece of paper with misty eyes, it seemed like he was gonna cry. He just wiped his eyes and left back to his seat, meanwhile Sam was checking the paper. Now the bike was his, he'd just have to change the name on the paper and everything was done. After school Sam picked up Em and went toward the recording studio, he directly went into Keith's room without knocking. "Yo Keith, I wanna do an original song. Can you help me ?" Keith was sitting in front of his computer and playing a game, he looked at Sam and smiled "Do you have anything ready ?" "Yeah I've worked on the guitar melody, I'm busy with the lyrics at the moment and I'll need you to do the post prod work." Em was already sitting on the couch playing a game on Sam's phone, she never cared much about what they talked about. Whenever they came here she just sat on the same couch and played the same games. "Yeah I can help you..." Then they started working on the song, the instruments, the pace, the rhythm... They were finally done around 7 pm. Em was tired and wanted to go home so he left Keith do the rest of the work, he gave him the instructions and now just had to wait for him to get done with his job. Keith was a very nice guy, he didn't ask for anything in exchange and just helped him. They were getting closer for sure and Sam felt like they already were friends. Time went by slowly, Sam had tons of works to do. With the help of Keith they came closer and closer to a satisfying result, since Sam couldn't keep Em with him everyday she'd spend a lot of time at Annie's place playing with her friend Rika. Right now the song was written, recorded and produced. Sam's fulfilling feeling was accompanied by a confused one, 'what next ?' He thought, what was the next step ? "Yo Keith, what's the next step ?" He was sitting on a second chair in front of Keith's material and both of them were eating a sandwich they had bought from a convenience store not too far. "What do you mean ? The song is ready, you'll have to publish it on streaming platforms I guess ? I don't know much about this." "You don't know either ? I guess I'll just keep going on YouTube for the moment, opportunities will present themselves." After a long week of work the song was done, during this week Sam had skipped at least half his classes. School was useful for normal people but with the system it was just a loss of time, if he used the system to get top grades he could end up with a good job in 4 years but that would be a waste of a god sent opportunity, if he used the system the right way he might even end up richest, strongest or even most famous person in the world. Well this will be in the future, in the present he went and took Em home before once again sitting on his old computer's chair. Usually he would have images to go with his covers, they were the videos of him singing. This time also he had shots of him, and Keith working on the song but he wanted to make it look better so he opened the video editing software. This was actually the most expensive software on the market and of course he didn't buy it, a while ago he dowloaded illegally it but never tried it. After a double click a short window appeared, the loading bar kept going until his screen went black and the computer turned off. He finally remembered why he went to the pc room to do his video edits until now, this computer was really an antique... It was finally time to buy a new one, he didn't know much about computers but he could at least guess that the more expensive it was the better it will be. He turned on the computer again and just went on a simple web site, Amazon. He knew that at this day it was the best online store, you could find anything you wanted on there. After a bit of research he was hesitating between an Apple product or the last laptop by Acer. Both were excellent and had their pros and cons, thinking back to the students taking out Macs laptops in class he couldn't refrain from choosing that. Mac had top notch design, it looked so pure and clean that no other brand could rival them on that point. Finally he decided to buy a silver MacBook Air for the insane sum of 1400. Now that he had money he wouldn't mind wasting some on his own pleasure. With this purchase he had used up almost all the money he got from the sponsorship, he'd need another video with their Logo on it to make money so he'd do his best to make the guitar look better in his next video. After making the purchase he went to sleep, the computer will be arriving in less than 24 hours and tomorrow both him and Em didn't have class so he wanted to rest because she'll probably want to do some crazy stuff as usual. / / / The next morning when Em woke up breakfast was already ready and sitting comfortably on the table only waiting for her. Sam was sitting in front of TV watching a french movie, the acting was terrible but he thought he could learn a thing or two from them in case he had to act one day, it wasn't a rare occurrence that singers or rapper are invited to act in a movie or a series, for exemple if you watched attentively you can see Ed Sheeran as a guest in Game of Thrones. "Why are you watching this ?" Em' asked while holding her breakfast and sitting near him. "What do you want to watch ?" "Cartoon !" She said with her mouth full, she even spat a bit on Sam. "Aaah i told you to don't speak with your mouth full !" He didn't yell at her and just rebuked her a little, he had to teach her some things but he loved her way too much to yell at her. Then he did as asked and put cartoons on TV. "Hahah sorry!" She said after slowly chewing and swallowing her food. "Anyway, what do you want to do today ?" The last time they had some free time together was when he took her to film him doing the outside "show". Today he wanted her to have a real fun day, not to help him. "Whatever I want ?! Hahah ok then let's go shopping !" At the same time he got a message from Roland saying : "Hey Sam, taking your time for a new video huh ? The boss is becoming impatient." He finally remembered that the boss originally didn't want to make a partnership with him, his mind was changed by the luck stats so he must probably be wondering why he changed his mind. "Coming soon, stay tuned." Was the short answer Sam sent him.
