Reset Life with Infinite Talents - Chapter 96

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Infinite Talent Reset Life Episode 96

 

 

27. Promotion

 

 

“Hurry!”

As soon as school ends, Emily grabs his hand and pulls him along.

“Are you really going to sign with Rocky?”

“Of course!”

It’s where Johann is.

It’s where Larry, Johann’s guardian, is, and where she learned about modeling.

Also, Rocky Management has been growing by successfully promoting Joe Walsh, Jimmy Page, and Robin Joel.

There’s no reason not to do it.

“Mom and Dad told me to consider everything carefully before doing this!”

“Oh?”

How admirable.

It was the moment Johann and Emily were leaving the school gate with pleased smiles.

“Student Johann!”

“…?”

“I’m Charlie, a reporter from California Journal.”

California Journal, one of California’s TOP 10 media companies.

“It’s been a while.”

The reporter who was first to write the heartwarming articles about washed-up catcher Andy Clark and the war veterans’ house, greatly contributing to raising Johann’s image and popularity.

Even during Johann’s player qualification revocation issue, this person wrote articles claiming Ray Clemer’s criminal facts and Johann’s self-defense, urging for qualification restoration and continued sponsorship.

Johann had wanted to meet and express his gratitude after seeing the articles, but Andrew Pearson had strongly discouraged contact, saying it might look like Johann had commissioned the articles.

“You came because of the Reader’s Digest cover, right?”

“Wow. You’re really quick on the uptake. So it really is you?”

He knew it would be like this. Among all the Johanns in LA, only the Johann in front of him would do something like this.

“We’re heading to Rocky right now, would you like to come with us?”

Johann points to Emily.

“My friend is signing a modeling contract with Rocky today.”

“I was able to become a model because Johann took photos of me!”

Emily holds out her phone to show her Instagram story.

Then Emily smiles toward Johann.

If it was Charlie from California Journal, he was a trustworthy reporter.

“…Please. I beg you!”

 

* * *

 

“Please take good care of my daughter.”

“Thank you for entrusting Miss Sherman to us.”

Emily signed the contract in the planning team office.

When Andrew Pearson nodded toward the sales manager, the sales manager turned around and picked up his phone.

“It’s me. Get ready to shoot Emily Sherman’s profile right now, and get a coordinator!”

A coordinator who would create a concept for Emily from head to toe.

Sandra Sherman’s eyes widen.

“Is that necessary for modeling too?”

“Models are commonly called blank canvases.”

Since they must be able to pull off any clothes or fashion, they shouldn’t reveal any specific fashion or style type.

“But there are also good-looking canvases.”

Canvases that are cleaner, more sophisticated, and even decorated with gold leaf patterns.

From a client’s perspective, they couldn’t help but be more drawn to such canvases.

This was the know-how of only successful model agencies.

“That’s reassuring.”

“We’ll do our best to meet those expectations until the end.”

Knock knock!

“Can I come in now?”

Outside the planning team office, Johann knocks on the door.

This was Emily’s first contract. Johann had stepped out because he wanted her to fully experience the emotions of joy and excitement from the contract.

Sandra Sherman tightly hugs Johann as he approaches.

“Thank you, really….”

Modeling was her daughter’s dream.

It was Johann who got her to start preparing in earnest, and it was thanks to Johann that she could debut.

On top of that, he helped Emily understand business and investment.

She couldn’t fathom how to express her gratitude.

“Um… If you’re that grateful, please manage Emily’s diet. Strictly.”

Johann places his hand on the stomach of Emily, whose eyes are welling up with tears.

“You’re getting a belly.”

It’s because she eats snacks while sleeping at dawn.

“What’s the point of managing her diet normally? At dawn….”

Thwack! Thwack! Thwack thwack!

“Ah. Ahh.”

“Die. Just die.”

Sandra Sherman and the others burst into laughter.

But Andrew Pearson was different.

‘To debut an ordinary person with just one photo….’

That was never an easy thing to do.

Even pretty and handsome people can’t easily become models.

If it were easy, the world would already be full of models.

But Johann had done it.

Even Andrew Pearson, who had seen countless pictorials and photos, had to acknowledge the level of the photograph.

‘We also received a request for Fairmont School’s promotional materials.’

There was no reason to hesitate.

“Mr. Johann.”

“Yes?”

“Let’s contract you as Rocky Management’s exclusive photographer.”

An exclusive photographer who would take profile and concept photos for affiliated artists and aspiring artists hoping to become one.

Good photographers are fully booked and hard to work with, so they’re forced to look for photographers at lower levels, but if Johann would sign a contract, that wouldn’t be necessary.

They could save tremendous amounts of time and money.

‘And if even one out of 100 people he photographs successfully debuts….’

They could reduce investment risks.

“Rocky will provide the studio and staff.”

Thanks to Joe Walsh’s promotion, they had the money for it.

“Oh.”

That would be interesting.

Johann nodded.

Behind them, Charlie was beaming.

Story material was pouring out.

 

“How do you feel?”

“I don’t know.”

It’s complicated.

She feels dazed yet happy, and happy yet worried about whether she can do well.

This is definitely a moment she’s dreamed of, but her chest feels crushed with fear.

Johann, unusually, hugs the frightened Emily.

“You’ll be able to do well. I guarantee it.”

“…Yeah! Thank you!”

“See you tomorrow. Don’t let your belly stick out.”

“Hey-!”

A smile appeared on Johann’s lips as he turned around and kicked off the ground.

 

* * *

 

-Did anyone hear today’s news?

-About the vice president making her modeling debut?

 

The chat room of Wolf Wife, Johann’s fan club.

 

-Does anyone know the details?

-Vice president, come out!

-I know roughly!

Someone attending Fairmont School explains the story.

-It’s probably circulating on LA teen communities too?

-My goodness.

-I’m really envious….

-Tch. She gets opportunities like this because she sticks around with him.

-So annoying. Does being friends mean everything?

-In the end, wasn’t it the vice president who prevented us from sending letters and gifts?

 

The reason was that Johann would feel burdened if too many gifts were delivered. But she herself was benefiting through the back door.

While receiving the greatest privilege of being Johann’s friend.

The girls’ malice slowly began to emerge.

Crack!

“Robin Joel also debuted thanks to Johann….”

She’s touring all of America with incredibly amazing singers called Joe Walsh and Jimmy Page.

Why doesn’t such luck come to her?

Should she break the fan club rule of not seeking out Johann?

The girl named Josh, who had been absorbed in chatting, sighed and continued pondering.

“Josh! Josh-!”

“What!”

“A package came!”

‘I didn’t order anything?’

Puzzled, she went downstairs and came back with a small box in her hands.

She urgently yet carefully opens the box.

Because the sender was Johann Jefferson.

“How did Jo, Johann…?”

Something tightly wrapped in bubble wrap.

“Whew! Whew!

It was the moment she struggled to open it, worried about damaging even the wrapping.

“My goodness….”

It’s a badge.

A badge half the size of her palm with a wolf drawn on it.

A rough texture as if drawn by hand.

Even with coating applied, it’s obvious it was hand-drawn.

And below it lies a single postcard.

 

To. Wolf Wife

This is a badge of which only three exist in the world.

I wanted to make a unique badge just for you, but I apologize that I couldn’t due to creative limitations and lack of time.

Please continue to give me lots of love and support.

Johann Jefferson

 

Wolf Wife, fan number 9 who has been active since the beginning of Wolf Wife, picks up her mobile phone with trembling hands.

Click!

“Sob!”

Tears suddenly surge up.

Her love has been reciprocated.

Even though she’s never met him once, never had a single conversation.

Even though she’s never sent a proper gift.

She roughly wipes her tears and logs into the fan club.

And uploads the photos.

Starting with that, verification posts pour in one after another.

Wolf Wife clicks on one of them.

And is shocked.

“Mine is different from this?! This one too! That one too!”

The face shape and angle, posture, fur color – nothing overlaps. Even the recipient names written on the postcards are all different.

Johann wrote each one personally.

‘Wait!’

Her eyes turn to the text on the postcard.

“Co, could it be that only three exist in the world means?”

The current Wolf Wife fan club membership is about 19,000 people.

“He drew over 6,000 drawings all by himself?!”

All different wolves.

And the other two seem to have been commissioned to a company to draw identically.

With goosebumps all over her body, she quickly logged into the chat room.

Then….

 

-We need to reconsider our vice president’s story.

-Johann took photos for her so she debuted. Then?

 

The chat room atmosphere had clearly changed from just moments before.

 

-Everyone knows that Rocky’s representative is Johann’s guardian, right?

If Larry does well, it’s good for Johann too.

-…Spread this story!

-Let’s go to Rocky too!

-Yeah! Let’s register too!

-Send gifts too!

-Clean out H&M!

 

Wolfies went into a frenzy.

Beyond LA, California’s teen communities were ablaze with this story.

 

* * *

 

Ring ring! Ring ring!

“Yes, this is Rocky Management!”

“Singer class?”

“We don’t guarantee debut!”

“Could you send us a video first?”

“Who’s calling?”

All phones were ringing at Rocky Management.

Larry, sitting in the CEO office, grabs his forehead.

“What in the world is happening…”

Over 5,000 people contacted them today wanting to register for directing studio classes.

80 percent were teenage girls and boys.

Calls were coming not just from LA, but from San Francisco, San Diego, Sacramento, Oakland – all across California.

Even from neighboring states like Oregon, Arizona, and Nevada.

That wasn’t all.

-Boss! We’re running out of space! That’s already the tenth delivery truck!

Ten delivery trucks had emptied their cargo holds full of packages.

“…Rent a warehouse.”

-Yes! Look for nearby rental warehouses!

Packages that had been arriving since early morning.

All gifts addressed to Johann.

“It started with Johann’s fan club, the Wolfies?”

“More precisely, Johann’s thank-you gifts seem to have unleashed their restraint.”

Originally, the Wolfies had respected Johann’s wishes, conveyed through Emily, not to become famous and lose his freedom.

That restraint was broken by his handmade thank-you gifts.

About 19,000 Wolfies posted about their thank-you gifts and stories about Emily and Robin Joel’s debuts on the community, which caught the attention of teens interested in singing, acting, and modeling.

Including aspiring performers in their 20s and 30s, as well as bit players and extras.

Go to Rocky and you can debut.

You can succeed.

With success stories like Robin Joel and Emily Sherman, their hearts couldn’t help but flutter.

Thanks to this, the Wolfies fan club membership was exploding daily.

“And there’s also this article.”

 

A Boy’s Kindness Becomes a Poor Couple’s Honeymoon Gift.

 

Front page article in the California Journal.

The closing sentence about how the boy’s kindness helped fulfill a former model girl’s dream captured the hearts of teens who weren’t interested in communities, and even readers of Reader’s Digest who had been looking for photographer Johann.

Larry looks at Johann.

Johann, who had evacuated to avoid being buried under packages.

“Didn’t you say you didn’t want to become famous?”

“I didn’t know it would turn out like this either.”

What started from gratitude had returned as overwhelming love.

He admits it.

He had underestimated the power of teenage girls too much.

No, he had acted without even knowing communities like this existed.

It was an oversight.

“But even if I went back to the past, I would do exactly the same thing.”

Even if in a different form, he would send gifts.

That would be his way of repaying those who liked Johann Jefferson, a complete stranger.

“No SNS or YouTube for a while.”

“Okay.”

For a while, it seemed he’d really have to quietly just go to school.

Honestly, just checking the gifts sent to him would probably take a full month.

“I’ll just paint murals with Jamie.”

The mural of Nike, the goddess of victory, that Ada had commissioned.

By the time that was finished, it would be vacation.

Since there were no special schedules during vacation, this commotion would soon be forgotten.

“But what are you going to do? Will you contract with everyone who inquired?”

“That’s difficult.”

There wasn’t enough space.

They had moved the model class to an additionally rented building and barely created space to use as the planning team office.

If even 50 more students enrolled, Rocky wouldn’t be able to conduct business properly due to the noise they’d make.

“It’s unfortunate, but there’s nothing we can do.”

“How about just buying a building instead?”

“A building…?”

“The Star Model Agency building is on the market.”

Star Model Agency, which had been LA’s top model agency.

Victims who suffered from CEO Beck Kurtz’s schemes had filed lawsuits, and Beck Kurtz had put the building up for sale to reach settlements, but no buyers had appeared due to the economic crisis.

“The location is in a safe neighborhood, and it’s 8 stories.”

Not just height, but width was twice that of Rocky’s current building.

They could make it their second headquarters.

“I’ll invest.”

“Hmm.”

It wasn’t that he hadn’t considered buying a building.

However, as promotions proceeded successfully, they had to hire more staff, and he couldn’t readily spend funds not knowing what might happen.

He didn’t know how many of the inquirers would actually register, and they might quit after just a month.

But if Johann was investing, he had to seriously consider it.

“Let’s take this opportunity to completely crush that annoying person’s nose.”

Flinch!

“Oh, you shouldn’t use such bad words, Johann.”

“You’re smiling right now, Larry.”

“Ahem. What do you think, Team Leader Andrew?”

“I think it’s the best decision.”

Even if all the inquirers attended for just a month and quit, they’d still have the building as real estate.

Also, that would save the studio rental fees they were planning to pay for Johann.

‘If Johann’s studio is in the same building, the intensity of their desperation will be different too.’

If even one or two out of thousands succeeded, they’d cling on for life. That’s the nature of hope addiction.

‘I really made the right choice joining.’

Rocky Management seemed to be growing faster than lightning.

Andrew Pearson, once again praising his past decision, looked at Johann with gleaming eyes.

 

Meanwhile, at that moment.

At a restaurant in Irvine, Orange County.

“Grade skipping! Who decided that on their own-!”

The principal of Fairmont Elementary School erupted at the two principals of middle and high school.

 

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