Reset Life with Infinite Talents - Chapter 185

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Infinite Talent Reset Life Episode 185

A short woman crouches down in front of a crying boy, dusting off his knees while singing to him.

The boy’s face gradually relaxes.

‘What am I doing?’

Here in LA, on the opposite side of Britain.

In this place I came to as if running away.

Why am I dusting off the knees of a child who fell and was about to cry, singing to him?

Why did a song naturally come out when I saw the crying child’s face?

She knows.

The answer to this.

‘I love singing so much… I love to sing… but why do people…’

She wants to cry.

Because of all the situations surrounding her.

Because of all the people.

“Oh my God, Jack!”

“Mom! Thank you, miss!”

“…Take care!”

“Yeah!”

Had she lost sight of the child for a moment?

The short woman’s face contorts as she waves her hand dismissively at the woman who picks up the boy, her face pale, bowing repeatedly.

‘I miss Mother.’

But she can’t go back. Because she would worry tremendously.

She can’t go to Miami, her second hometown.

The short woman sighs and looks out at Venice Beach.

Tap tap!

“Hik?!”

The short woman turns around in shock, her eyes going blank. She even makes a dumbfounded sound as if seeing a hallucination.

“Huh? …Huk?! Jo, Johann Jefferson?!”

“Oh, hello. I’m Johann Jefferson. I heard the song you were just singing, are you by any chance a singer…”

Johann tilts his head while speaking.

“Are you perhaps not a singer?”

It’s definitely a face he’s seen before.

“The band name was…”

“Ah, hello! I’m Camila Cabello from Fifth Harmony!”

‘Right. Fifth Harmony.’

The girl band that reached 12th place on Billboard Hot 100.

Johann’s face turns bright red.

* * *

“Puhahahaha!”

“He didn’t recognize her. He didn’t recognize her.”

“He didn’t recognize his colleague!”

“Ah, all of you shut up.”

‘Who am I? Where is this?’

How did it come to this?

He had only nodded absentmindedly when she suggested eating together if he hadn’t eaten, but he didn’t expect to be surrounded by as many as 16 people.

Camila just rolls her eyes around.

“I’ll apologize on his behalf. He’s like this sometimes.”

“Oh, no!”

Camila waves her hands at Emily’s words.

It wouldn’t be strange if he didn’t recognize her. Johann is a genius singer-songwriter who has worked with legends like Aerosmith.

Moreover, Johann is a rock star.

An avatar sent down by the god of rock.

The founder of Saint Rock.

It wouldn’t be strange at all if he didn’t recognize a rookie band from a different genre. Rather, it’s a tremendous honor that he remembered their band’s name.

“Let me introduce myself again. I’m Johann Jefferson.”

“I’m Camila Cabello!”

“I know.”

Now he clearly remembers.

“Among the Fifth Harmony members, you sing the best, so you particularly stuck in my memory. I thought you would succeed even as a solo artist…”

Rather, Fifth Harmony’s songs were a case that didn’t fully bring out Camila’s charm. Hearing her voice comforting the child just now makes it even more certain.

“What?”

Camila’s head snaps up. Her eyes shake.

“Wh, what did you just say…”

“Ah, was my expression too much? Of course, I wasn’t trying to disparage the other Fifth Harmony members’ singing abilities…”

“Huuk!”

Camila suddenly covers her face with both hands and collapses, and Johann frantically waves his hands at his friends.

‘I didn’t make her cry!’

* * *

Camila Cabello had loved singing since she was young.

She loved singing so much that she sang when crossing the ocean by boat from Cuba at age 6, and even when Father came running with open arms a year later.

Mother who sang while cooking in the kitchen or cleaning.

Father who hummed on the sofa during his days off.

When singing with family, it felt like fireworks were exploding all over the world.

Perhaps because of this, she always participated first in school events and local stages, and achieved high results.

For her, who was nurturing her dream of becoming a singer, The X Factor USA was a very good opportunity.

An opportunity she could never miss.

But…

Thunk!

“Oops, sorry.”

Camila looks at the handbag that hit her head.

“…It’s okay, Lauren.”

“Of course it should be okay. It was just an accident.”

Camila bites her lip at member Lauren’s condescending gaze.

“Camila, Simon is calling!”

“Okay…!”

She smiles brightly with effort and heads to the office where Simon is.

Simon Cowell.

A famous producer and benefactor who not only advanced her to the main competition when she should have been eliminated in the preliminaries, formed the band Fifth Harmony, but even signed a contract with them after they placed 3rd.

Fifth Harmony, formed by gathering five solo contestants from that time.

Thanks to that, she, Fifth Harmony, was able to become a singer who achieved the tremendous result of 12th place on Billboard Hot 100.

Knock knock!

“I’m coming in.”

“You’re here?”

When she opens the door and enters, Simon Cowell looks up and tells her to wait a moment while typing on his computer.

How long had she been standing there awkwardly for several minutes?

“Sorry. I’ve been busy with work.”

“Oh, no it’s fine.”

“Sit down.”

As she sits demurely on the sofa, Simon approaches with a cup of water and sits across from her.

“It became quite disappointing.”

Fifth Harmony’s single, Worth It, could have had at least another month of activity if Johann Jefferson hadn’t drawn away all the attention.

Since it was the single released after Sledgehammer, the ranking might have been even higher than now.

“No, if you had received Johann Jefferson’s song, you might have achieved even higher results.”

Because no matter what anyone says, Johann was one of last year’s main figures.

‘Johann Jefferson…’

I’ve seen him. At the Grammy Awards.

Since Sledgehammer reached 40th on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2014, they also qualified to participate in the Grammy Awards.

But I couldn’t even approach him.

Johann, who mingled with Aerosmith, U2, Black Eyed Peas, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar and others.

I had to be satisfied with just watching from afar without even being able to speak to him.

“Really disappointing. Was it because your charm was mediocre?”

Not you all, but you.

Simon’s cold eyes were saying exactly that.

Camila’s head drops, and Simon lets out a short snort.

“What do you think about what I mentioned before?”

“Th, the breast surgery?”

“It’s a band. The other members shouldn’t suffer because of you, right?”

If you’re short, shouldn’t you appeal with other charms?

“B, but!”

“Of course, this is just a light suggestion from a producer. It’s up to you, Camila, whether to accept it.”

“…”

Camila closes her mouth, and Simon drinks water as if he means it, then changes the subject.

“The next album production will probably be delayed a bit.”

“W, wait a minute!”

“Don’t worry, it has nothing to do with what we just talked about.”

Nonsense. Anyone can see he’s forcing breast surgery on her.

“I’m serious, Camila. You’re the member who gets the most attention in the band anyway. No matter what anyone says, you’re a star I discovered.”

The warm tone strangles her throat. He’s forcing his will on her.

Simon’s words approach insidiously, shaking her head.

“I’ll… think about it.”

“Oh, I’m absolutely not forcing you. Even if you refuse, your parts won’t be reduced or changed.”

“Yes.”

“Haha. Yes, think about it deeply like that. Oh, how are things with the members? With Lauren?”

Camila and Lauren Jauregui, who show such good chemistry that there’s even a word called Camren. Strange rumors are even circulating in the underground.

Flinch!

Camila’s lips twitch and then close.

“It’s good. Not bad.”

“Good. I understand. You can go. Oh, look at me. Starting tomorrow, you have a month’s vacation, so tell the members too.”

“…Yes.”

Camila closes the door, lets out a long sigh, and heads back to the practice room.

‘They’re not here. Where did they go?’

I don’t know. They probably went to a cafe together again.

Camila fidgets with her phone and then stops.

She knows they won’t check even if she contacts them anyway.

If they just went to buy coffee, they’ll be back soon.

She sighs and heads to the restroom.

“Did you see Camila earlier? She was so happy when Simon called for her and ran over?”

Flinch!

“It’s really strange. Isn’t Simon a bit scary? Is it just me?”

“Me too. Simon is a bit…”

“Because he’s like a robot, right?”

“Right, a robot! A psychopath!”

“Hahahaha!”

“Sigh. Why else? Can’t you tell from how she only gets the intro and chorus parts?”

Thud!

‘Lo, Lauren.’

Lauren Jauregui’s voice.

‘How did you and I end up like this? We were close.’

We met on The X Factor USA and became inseparable friends, building strong bonds through hardships together.

Camila had thought so. Until she started distancing herself from her at some point.

“Well, seeing the member with the least skill among us taking center stage is really…”

“Wow, I expected it would be like this… She really is a disgusting bitch.”

“Our ranking ending at 14th is all because of her. If she had sung with more impact, or if she at least had bigger breasts, we wouldn’t have ended at just 14th, right? That’s why Simon only says she’s the most popular member.”

“Ah, fucking bitch.”

‘Gasp!’

She can’t breathe. Her head turns white, and the ground seems to be getting closer.

Camila hurriedly turns around and rushes out of the building, finally able to breathe only after entering the back alley.

“Gasp! Huk! …Uweeeeek!”

She vomits everything in her stomach and collapses.

“I see.”

That’s how it was.

The reason Simon Cowell was urging breast surgery.

The reason the members were ostracizing her.

“Why did I want to become a singer?”

I don’t know anymore.

Beep beep! Vroooom!

Her eyes were dead as she headed toward the street.

* * *

She went to the airport like that, picked any flight and boarded it, and when she arrived, it was LA.

After walking wherever her feet took her, she arrived at Venice Beach.

But she ended up hearing those words.

That’s why tears burst out.

Because it was the recognition she had longed for so much.

Because it was an evaluation that looked purely at her skills alone.

But she couldn’t tell these strangers about such circumstances.

“Sniff!”

“Are you feeling a bit calmer now?”

When Johann offers her a handkerchief, Camila’s face turns red.

“I, I’m sorry. Suddenly I couldn’t help myself…”

“It’s okay. That can happen. Wait a moment. I’ll go get something to drink.”

The drinks that came out earlier spilled over, so he needs to buy new ones.

“Ah! N, no it’s fine!”

“It’s okay.”

Johann patted Camila’s shoulder and headed to the counter, with Emily following behind.

“It’s likely because of the members.”

“Discord?”

“Even when taking official photos, she was standing slightly apart from the others.”

There’s a subtle sense of distance that only women can feel. That feeling came through in the official photos.

Fifth Harmony’s fans are desperately trying to ignore it though.

“Hmm. Just order and wait.”

“Of course, I might have seen it wrong!”

“That’s why I’m going to find out.”

From industry insiders.

“Ah.”

Johann went to the restroom, took out his phone, and called Andrew Pearson to explain the situation.

-Hmm. There are definitely rumors like that.

Fifth Harmony, who charted twice on the Billboard Hot 100.

Naturally, all managements and labels have to keep their antennas up for them, and their stories are delivered to industry insiders in real time.

Besides that, the rumors floating around are quite something. Rumors that only industry insiders can hear, passed along by word of mouth only.

-Plus Simon Cowell is also…

Johann chuckled at him trailing off mid-sentence. He could roughly guess what expression he was making right now.

“You seem interested?”

Otherwise, there would be no need to ramble on about all this.

-Ahem. I mentioned before that there was a composition request from Fifth Harmony. Do you remember?

“Yes. You said someone named Camila Cabello had good skills?”

-She’s a coveted gem.

A massive gem that hasn’t been fully cut yet, but would shine brilliantly if properly cut.

-If you had heard their songs, Johann, you would have thought the same.

Fifth Harmony’s Worth It.

“I know her skills.”

He had clearly realized it through the situation just now.

The voice she used to stop the boy’s crying and her voice in the song were so different you could believe they were different people.

Her true voice that had to be forcibly restrained because of the other members.

‘Director Andrew must have seen through even this.’

“If the General Director thinks so too, then there’s no need to think about it further. I was just needing a voice like that anyway.”

-…What?

“I’ll call you back later.”

-Wait, what do you mean by that…

Johann ended the call, came out, and placed the drinks that had just arrived in front of Camila.

“Th, thank you.”

“Are you really grateful?”

“Huh? Yes…”

“Then would you help me out? I was just needing someone to do featuring. Exactly a voice like yours.”

This was exactly the kind of voice he needed.

“What?”

“Wait! Wait, wait, wait!”

Unlike Camila who couldn’t immediately process it, Emily urgently shouted.

“You, you don’t mean… you’re planning to produce a single track?”

“It’s a full album though?”

Johann Jefferson’s first full album.

“Cl, classical?”

“Pop music. I showed you the lyrics after coming back from the Grammy. Will was interested but I also said I would sing them.”

He thought they would have understood by now.

Thud!

“You, you don’t have enough songs!”

“The competition gave me a lot of inspiration.”

Inspiration for lyrics and melodies.

Thanks to that, he was able to fill the 15 tracks he had planned for the full album. All that remained was recording.

“The, the general public will be expecting a cl, classical album though?”

“Ah, I’m going to release that too.”

The list for that was already complete too.

“My goodness. So you’re saying you’ll release both a classical album and a full album?”

“Right. Is there a problem?”

‘Release an album and go on a national tour!’

From west to east.

Now that he had found the last piece that had been blocking album production – the featuring – he could go to Littlefield anytime. Officially.

Of course, he’d have to be a bit forceful about it.

This was Johann’s plan that came to mind while looking at Camila.

“There isn’t… no, there isn’t…!”

Emily looked at the Flashes as if asking them to say something, but they had nothing to say either.

“Then it’s settled? Shall we go after finishing our meal, Ms. Cabello? There’s a studio at the company.”

“What? What?”

“Guys, sorry but…”

Buzz!

Johann glanced at his suddenly ringing phone and checked it in surprise.

“What? What’s wrong?”

“Uh, it’s from Andrew… Warner wants to produce a documentary about me?”

Starting today if possible.

So it was a message asking him to hold on for just five hours, though they didn’t know what he was about to pull.

“…Wow.”

He even got a way to promote the albums for free.

Johann and the Emilys’ eyes sparkled.

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