Chapter 31: Talking Big!
"Trust my song! Even if it competes with the same level of song as 'STAY', it would emerge victorious. Moreover, the winner is voted for by the audience. The number of fans of newcomers is nothing compared to the number of fans that you two have. I believe that victory is already in our pockets."
Composer Jules said confidently.
The basis of his confidence was not only because his song was good but because of Jun and Mina's popularity. Especially, Mina who debuted 2 years ago, is one of the most famous idols with over 5 million followers on TwitFlick.
With them singing his song, he believed that winning over some rookies would be easy even if their songs were really good. Anyway, he believed that there would be no chance that another song at the level of 'STAY' would pop up in the contest.
Jun nodded vigorously and said.
"I understand Mr. Jules!"
He immediately believed in Jules and was very excited. Ever since the humiliation that he received from getting pushed out of the Top 20 in the Weekly Ranking, he was set on getting revenge on Irina and Cecilia.
He believed that the reason why he achieved such a low position in the Weekly Ranking was because of Cecilia and Irina who had taken all the resources assigned to him. He never thought of his singing or his song as average and blamed that he wasn't promoted enough for the people to appreciate his song.
They were having this conversation and suddenly Jules thought about something and then turned toward Jun's manager.
"Manager Siman!"
Jules called out to Siman who is Jun's manager. She was having a conversation with the manager of Mina.
Manager Siman glanced at him and smiled, "What's the matter, Mr. Jules? Is there something you want?"
Jules chuckled, "It's nothing. I just want to ask about the manager of those rookies. I think his name is called 'Alan' or something."
His eyes were filled with anger as he said this. He knew that asking the manager about another manager is the right way. Jules knew Jun and Mina would not know about a manager.
"Can I ask you to find information about their manager?"
"Certainly, I will get it done! But can I ask why?"
Manager Siman asked confusedly. She was from the management side of the company and knew that the manager of Irina and Cecilia is completely new to the industry and that he is very young. She thought that there shouldn't be any interaction between him and Mr. Jules, much less a conflict.
And she didn't have much interest in the new manager. Even if Irina and Cecilia were becoming very popular, none of them thought that it was because of some newbie manager. Manager Siman was confused about why a prominent composer like Jules wanted to know about a new manager.
"At the beginning, my good brother Kaito was assigned as the songwriter for those two Idol Trainees!" Jules continued, "However, because of his relationship with Star Luna, he refused to work for them. I didn't expect that he would be fired because of that."
Jules was one of Kaito's close friends. Kaito was not as talented as him but he knew that Kaito would not be just fired because he refused to work for some Idol Trainees.
"I got some insider news from someone that their manager filed a complaint with Director Zayden and made him fire him. Even though he doesn't have any authority, he has a connection to that unknown composer."
Jules said. The rumors were a result of Director Zayden calling Alan to his office. They thought that Alan was the one going to his office and filing complaints and making it so that Director Zayden fires Kaito. With the prospect of having a talented composer behind his back, Jules thought that Alan might have used that to have Director Zayden fire Kaito.
If one were to choose between Kaito who doesn't have many popular songs and Ellipse Shadow whose five songs are all on fire, then if you are not an idiot, you would know which one to choose. And Jules thought that this is what happened.
"I want him to experience the same thing. After winning the contest, I want to ask for him to be fired and have them bring back Kaito."
He wanted to have revenge for his friend and wanted to expel Alan from the Idol Industry forever.
Observing Jules's expression, Manager Siman smiled and replied, "With Mr. Jules by our side, I know that we would be able to. Don't worry, we will also pressurize the company to fire that manager."
Manager Siman said. She knew that pleasing and making connections with composers such as Jules would be beneficial to the career of Jun.
Jules nodded, wearing a satisfied smile.
"Yes, I wanted to ask you to help me to apply pressure to the management side."
Mr. Jules said with a smile.
"That kid is so naive? Just because he had some connection to some composer, he thinks that he could do whatever he felt like."
Jules added.
"Haha… Mr. Jules that is for sure. What is a manager in front of me? I can get him fired now if Mr. Jules wants to."
Jun said arrogantly. As a C-List Idol, he was indeed very arrogant. For him, managers were not as valuable as him. He thinks that the company would choose him over some managers.
"Haha… Mr. Jun, I appreciate your intention. However, I want to first crush him in the upcoming contest to show him that his backer is nothing in front of him. I want him to learn that 'Beyond every mountain, there is another mountain; beyond the sky, there is another sky'."
Jules said.
Mina who was with them didn't say anything. For an idol of her status, it was not worth doing such things. As for making a connection with Jules, though it would be good to have a connection with him, it was still not something that she needed.
As a B-List Idol, there are many composers at the level of Mr. Jules who would eagerly provide a song for her.
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I heard them but didn't spend much time listening as I wasn't interested. As for that Kaito guy, I didn't even know that he was fired from the company until I heard their conversation. Anyway, a guy like him doesn't really deserve to be a composer and deserves to be expelled from the company.
Even though they were talking about having me fired, I didn't care much as they would first need to have the capabilities to do that. Secondly, I was not under the contract of the company but Irina. And if she wants to, I can always stop being her manager.
They can get all excited and talk about whatever they want. It would mean nothing until they showed the results. For that, they need to wait for the start of the contest.
Ignoring the arrogant chatter of Jun and Jules, Alan decided to focus on his work and headed straight to where Irina and Cecilia were practicing. Even when the guy they were talking about just passed by, they didn't know.
Gifts
-- Gift
received Weekly Power Status
-- Power
Ranking 
-- Power
stone