Reset Life with Infinite Talents - Chapter 86
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Infinite Talent Reset Life Episode 86
24. Commission
-What did I just… see?
└The reincarnation of El Toro
└The great bull has returned to the Dodgers!
-Wow… was Little League at this level?
-Dodgers what are you doing!
└Padres what are you doing!
└Angels what are you doing!
└Giants seriously what are you doing!
└Athletics I’m gonna kill you, seriously!
└Yankees what are you doing!
└Everyone get lost! He’s the future Dodgers ace!
-Are our front office bastards walking around with their eyes somewhere else!
└Didn’t you know?
-Ah, throwing screwballs at that age will ruin his arm…
└Even adults get ruined. Someone needs to stop him from throwing that quickly.
-Breaking news! Dodgers front office bastards are finally working!
Link-http…
└Even a dog wouldn’t believe that nonsense… it’s real?
└What’s gotten into that idiot McCourt?
LA Dodgers considering sponsorship contract with Little El Toro Johann Jefferson!
Little Leaguer greeting Frank McCourt!
Baseball fans who saw Johann’s ceremonial first pitch video began focusing on the news.
* * *
The bells of Jerusalem ring
And the chorus of Roman cavalry can be heard!
Even backstage, the group singing reverberates through the entire body.
It’s suffocating.
I want to run away.
‘Jo, Johann… Father…’
Pat!
A rough hand lands on her head.
Joe Walsh grins mischievously.
“Scared?”
“I didn’t know I’d be debuting here…”
America’s largest music festival, Coachella Festival.
Today’s attendance alone is a whopping 50,000 people.
She has to sing in front of 50,000 people.
Moreover, the band before them is Coldplay.
“Oh, that’s disrespectful to us?”
“Ah, no that’s not what I meant!”
“Robin.”
Robin Joel, who had been flustered, looks at Joe Walsh who has become serious.
“How was it when you first went on stage?”
Her first debut stage.
A park concert held at Whittier Narrows Park in LA.
“…I was nervous.”
She was nervous then too.
Because it was her first time singing while looking into other people’s eyes.
“And it felt good.”
“…Yes.”
If it hadn’t, she wouldn’t have accepted Joe Walsh and Jimmy Page’s guest vocal offer.
“There’s no difference between the stage you first went on and this one, Robin.”
There are just a few more audience members.
They’re just a bit more passionate.
“Don’t be afraid. They’re all idiots anyway.”
“What?!”
“In these difficult times, they came all the way to this distant desert just to hear these old men’s guitar sounds – if they’re not idiots, what are they?”
“That’s too harsh. That’s exactly why they’re more precious people…”
“That’s right. They are precious people.”
There’s no reason to be afraid of them.
“So devour them.”
So those precious people can take home good memories.
Put them in your mouth and roll them around to your heart’s content.
That was Robin’s role.
“If it gets tough, you can lean on us, miss. We’re a team, aren’t we?”
“Joe… Jimmy…”
Robin’s hunched shoulders straighten.
“Oh, it’s time to go up!”
“Oh.”
“Shall we have some fun after a long time?”
Joe Walsh and Jimmy Page, along with the drummer, piano player, and bassist they brought as guests like Robin, leave the backstage waiting room.
Then they stop and gesture to Robin, asking if she’s not coming.
“I’m, I’m coming!”
And so beneath the stage they stood on.
As Coldplay, who had been looking this way with regret, went down, staff urgently gestured for them to go up.
Clang clang clang!
The ringing of metal stairs echoing in her ears.
Her heartbeat also doubles in speed to match it.
And when she stepped onto the stage, an unforgettable sight unfolded before her eyes.
“Waaaahhhhh!”
“Jimmy-!”
“Joooe!”
50,000 spectators packed densely together.
Everywhere her eyes could reach was filled with people.
“Hello there, idiots-!”
“Waaaahhhhhhh!”
“Take me-!”
‘Ji, Jimmy?’
Robin, who never expected the gentle-imaged Jimmy Page to say such things, stares blankly at the crowd responding to those words.
‘Why do they like it even when he says things like that?’
Something feels strange.
The word “idiot” that Joe just said flashes through his mind.
“And-! The guest vocalist for our collaboration album, Robin Joel!”
“Ooh…?”
“Wow….”
The guest vocalist for Joe Walsh & Jimmy Page’s collaboration, who had been shrouded in mystery until now.
The spectators’ eyes shake with confusion and bewilderment.
‘What am I!’
A completely different reaction from just moments ago.
It’s natural if you think about it, but it still hurts a little.
‘What am I!’
This is the same person that Johann praised, that Bruno Mars praised, and that Joe Walsh and Jimmy Page praised.
“Clap, you bastards!”
“Waaaah!”
The cheers got a bit louder at Joe Walsh’s shout, but they’re still small.
Jimmy Page approaches from behind.
“Little lady, are you ready?”
Ready to shock those idiots who are already disappointed without even hearing the song.
Ready to present Johann’s song to the world.
“…Yes!”
“Good. Then let’s have some fun!”
Screeeech!
The desperate wailing of a loser that silences tens of thousands of spectators.
But that’s only for a moment.
Boom! Boom!
Clang clang clang clang clang!
Clang clang clang clang clang!
“…Waaaaaaaaaah!”
An intense guitar riff that pierces the eardrums.
From now on, it’s the story of a winner.
An unstoppable sprint toward victory.
The spectators begin to heat up at the performance of two legends that they thought they could only see at a concert.
Robin grabs the microphone.
‘That’s right! It’s a song Johann made!’
My star. My love.
She absolutely couldn’t make a mistake.
Robin shouted toward the spectators.
“Hello? Hello?”
Were you waiting for us?
The eyes of tens of thousands of spectators widened.
The reporters who came to cover the long-awaited comeback were the same.
* * *
Click! Click!
“Please take good care of the future Dodgers.”
‘I didn’t know he’d be worth this much.’
When he called Johann to the VIP room for Mayor Antonio a few days ago, it’s not like he didn’t think about the Dodgers fans.
He definitely thought the spectators would like it if he called a young player who showed a good first pitch to the VIP room to praise him.
He thought they would praise him, even if just for a very brief moment.
But the fans’ reaction was more than expected, so he hurriedly ended up making this sponsorship contract.
‘Coach Mattingly said he had a tremendous impact on Kershaw’s victory, but… it must be a coincidence.’
It was impossible for a young child to not only notice a professional player’s problems but also suggest improvements.
Whether Johann knows Frank McCourt’s feelings or not, he stares blankly at the contract.
‘3 centimeters….’
He had grown taller. A whole 3 centimeters.
‘No wonder I was sleepy!’
It seems he was sleepy because he was trying to grow taller.
The day after the first pitch, the torrent of emotions he felt when measuring his height washes over Johann again.
Tap!
Johann comes to his senses at the tapping touch and smiles brightly.
“Yes!”
“Wahahahaha!”
The reporters burst into laughter at his cheerful response and photograph Johann holding the Dodgers uniform and Frank McCourt with his hand on Johann’s shoulder.
“Haha. Now that everything’s finished, let’s go have a meal!”
Once the ceremony is over, Frank McCourt ignores Johann as if he’s no longer needed and leaves the room with the reporters.
Johann also glances at him and looks at the uniform with number 34.
‘So this is what a sponsorship contract is like….’
The contract felt like a player signing ceremony.
Frank McCourt is still unlikable, but it’s quite interesting.
Even though it’s just a youth prospect sponsorship contract, it feels like becoming part of the Dodgers.
‘Is this what sponsorship contracts are aiming for?’
A sense of unified belonging.
If it had been another child instead of him, they might have even felt indebted.
He agreed because it was a new experience, and he ended up having an interesting experience.
“My goodness! Did you plan this? Or are you really a fan of El Toro?”
Front office staff Donald spits as he speaks.
The semi-permanently retired number 34, which hasn’t been given to any player since Fernando Valenzuela transferred in 1991.
When the team asked what number he wanted, Johann specifically requested this number.
“Let’s say I’m a fan.”
It was ‘El Toro, Fernando Valenzuela Anguamea’ who was extremely happy just to be able to throw the ball again.
Since he was going to make a sponsorship contract anyway, he just thought it would be nice to get his number too.
“Huh?”
“Well, I’m busy so I’ll be going now.”
He has to go to City Hall right away.
To receive a commendation.
“Rick!”
“This way.”
The still cool corridor of the stadium.
Johann looks at Manager Rick Bottom.
“You can ask if you have any questions.”
Rick Bottom nods gratefully and looks at Ada.
She participated as Johann’s lawyer today.
“Are there any poison clauses?”
“What do you take me for?”
That kind of thing was already coordinated in advance.
A basic sponsorship contract that provides unlimited baseball equipment for training and monthly support of $3,000 for tuition and living expenses.
Even while providing this support, the LA Dodgers don’t require anything from Johann.
Because it would be illegal the moment they require something from a player under 16.
“I’m sorry.”
“No. Actually, it’s reassuring.”
It’s comforting to have someone who examines things so meticulously by Johann’s side. Larry chose the right person.
“Johann, you’re going to donate the tuition and living expenses like you said yesterday, right?”
“Yeah. Find kids with talent in baseball and support them.”
Those kids who are overflowing with talent but can’t play baseball because they don’t have money. A total of 10 kids, even just supporting them with $300 each month would prevent them from having to quit baseball.
“You want me to find the kids who’ll receive support too? I’m expensive, you know?”
“I’ll paint a mural in the Lewis & Boris lobby.”
“Would that be okay?”
After the success of Silver Lake, Rocky Management officially put in a mural commission.
Edward Sherman’s BlackRock LA Branch also tried to put in a commission, but unfortunately, the building they’re currently using as a branch is rented.
Since there was no need to unnecessarily increase the building’s value, the commission inevitably fell through.
“Plus, you have your own separate thing going on…”
“It’s fine.”
Jamie Valin agreed to work together.
Besides, Mother’s Day is coming soon.
“You already decided to give her a song for that.”
A dedication song that Johann made, the same as what he gave to Giselle Buncheon.
So she was very much looking forward to it.
“It’s good to have lots of presents. Just decide on the concept you want and let me know.”
“…Thank you.”
This must be the joy of raising a child.
Though the quality is incomparable to other kids his age.
“Then we’ll be departing.”
They headed to the city government building, city hall.
* * *
Shocking debut, Robin Joel! Who is she!
The diva who dominated Coachella!
The moment her voice flowed out, everyone fell silent!
Who is the main composer of Joe Walsh and Jimmy Page’s collaboration album?
Who is Bruno Mars & Johann!
Sorrowful guitar melody! A legend was indeed a legend!
“I really should have gone…”
It’s not even far from LA.
About an hour and 30 minutes by car. Closer than going to San Diego.
“Absolutely not.”
When Ada spoke firmly, Rick Bottom, who had been hesitating, added a word.
“The Coachella Festival… I think I did well not to go either.”
A friend’s daughter had a one-night relationship with a man she met at such a music festival, and despite being a minor, she ended up pregnant.
The guy even cut off all contact.
The friend’s daughter became an unwed mother despite being a minor.
It was better not to go to such places where desire and excitement run wild from the start.
“You understand what I’m saying, right? Be careful.”
‘Wolves don’t mate with just any female though…’
“But isn’t Ada busy?”
Johann awkwardly changes the subject.
“Wow, so now that you’re done with your business, you’re telling me to disappear?”
“No, that’s not what I meant…”
“I have to work hard to become a lead attorney.”
“…Wow.”
When Johann’s eyes widened, not knowing she had such ambitions, Ada pinched his cheek.
“Thanks to you, I’ve gotten one step closer.”
Not only the contracts for four technologies including diabetes relief and aramid fiber technology, but also the kidnapping damage settlement.
This alone already exceeded the sales she generated in the first half of last year. Including the other lawsuits she handled, her performance had already far surpassed last year’s.
“Really? I’m glad I could help.”
Then Rick from the driver’s seat interjected.
“We’ve arrived.”
After parking in the parking lot, they headed to the city hall briefing room.
The reporters lick their lips upon discovering Johann entering through the door.
‘If I had known he would cause such a stir, I should have somehow gotten an interview back then!’
Johann, who accomplished tremendous things in just a few months.
The reporters’ eyes gleam with greed.
Johann ignored those gazes and walked forward.
“Mr. Robert, Jamie.”
“You came?”
“You’re here?”
They greet him with smiles, but their expressions don’t look good.
No, they look like they don’t understand why they’re here.
“It’s work for people in need.”
“Still, that work is entirely yours.”
The ‘Story of the World Watched by Stars’ mural, known to the public as a collaboration between Robert Burton and Jamie Valin, Hugo Ballin’s great-granddaughter.
Their pride as artists wouldn’t allow it.
The one who should receive attention wasn’t them, but Johann, the real owner of the mural.
“Instead of being known as one of Robert Burton and Jamie Valin’s assistants like now.”
“No.”
It would be a lie to say his feelings weren’t hurt.
But…
“If they said an 11-year-old kid painted it, the interest would disappear quickly, wouldn’t it?”
Then the Hispanic people living there, Mr. Kellner who made a huge investment, and the BlackRock LA Branch would also suffer great damage.
That’s why he didn’t respond at all to the media promoting Robert Burton and Jamie Valin.
“That’s…”
It was true.
“I’m not asking you to keep lying forever.”
Just until Mr. Kellner and the BlackRock LA Branch make some profit, until the Hispanic people’s pockets become full.
It wouldn’t take too long.
At most 10 years.
That would be enough.
“Please.”
“…Sigh.”
“If that’s your intention…”
“And when I become an adult, how surprised would people be if I said that was my work?”
Today’s silence is the foundation for tomorrow’s surprise.
At Johann’s mischievous wink, the two burst into laughter.
“Haha. Alright. Let’s do that.”
“The mayor is entering.”
As Mayor Antonio entered the briefing room with his secretary, the reporters began raising their cameras.
“…For making great contributions to regional economic revitalization and job creation in the Silver Lake area, this award is presented to the above two individuals. Also, for the same reasons, the Model Student Award is presented to eight assistants. Mayor Antonio Ramon Villaraigosa.”
Clap clap clap clap clap clap!
‘Model Student Award….’
Usually an award given monthly to students with high academic performance and volunteer hours.
It means being a model student officially recognized by LA City Government.
“I’m a model student?”
‘Me?’
Unlike the sponsorship contract just now, he feels bewildered yet questioning.
He finds himself reflecting on all his actions up until now.
‘Hmm. I guess I might deserve it….’
So why couldn’t they give the Certificate of Commendation then.
“Now we’ll take questions.”
Swoosh!
Johann turns his head and smacks his lips at the sight of reporters staring intensely at him, Robert Burton, and Jamie Valin.
* * *
“Wow.”
Johann looks at the business cards piled up in his palm.
These are business cards left by reporters who couldn’t ask questions due to the short ceremony time, asking to schedule separate interviews.
“Here, Rick.”
Filtering out reputable reporters among these is manager Rick Bottom’s job. Since Andrew Pearson’s Planning Team is incredibly busy promoting Joe Walsh & Jimmy Page & Robin Joel’s album, this is something he must handle entirely alone.
“I’ll organize them within 3 days and schedule appointments.”
“About two places should be enough.”
More than that would be troublesome.
“Understood.”
Just as Rick Bottom nodded and was collecting the business cards.
“Fortunately you haven’t left yet. Mr. Robert Burton, Ms. Jamie Valin, student Johann Jefferson. The mayor is calling for you.”
“…?”
Is there more business left?
Johann and the others were puzzled.
“Haha. Please come in.”
Mayor Antonio, who was slightly late due to talking with reporters, apologizes for being late.
“Everyone must be busy, so I’ll get straight to the point. Is that alright?”
“Yes. That’s more comfortable for me too.”
“Me too….”
Mayor Antonio nods as if relieved and takes a step forward. Then he kneels in front of Johann to meet his eye level.
“LA City Government would like to formally commission a mural from you. Would that be alright?”
Thump!
Johann was startled by Mayor Antonio looking at him, not Robert Burton, while speaking.
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