After getting the information, I decided to change some of my plans. Initially, I thought about starting a music company and getting funding from a rich person to invest in me.

But now that I know that the Lee family has a monopoly in this field, it seems that cooperating with them is the only option.

However, I need to be very careful; cooperating with such families without power would be very dangerous.

Now, I need to buy expensive clothes and a new phone to present myself well and avoid any disrespect.

An hour later...

Sitting in the apartment after showering and getting dressed, I look at myself in the clothes. I admit that I look very handsome, more attractive than my previous body, which I thought was handsome. My current body looks like this:

In the mirror, I see a younger face than I expected, with soft black hair and deep purple eyes.

After finishing my self-assessment, I prepare some food in the kitchen. After eating, I go out.

I request a taxi to take me to Al-Nojoom Company, the exclusive business of the Lee family.

After fifteen minutes, we arrive at a very large building, perhaps one of the largest buildings in the city.

I pay the driver and step out, noticing two guards at the gate.

They look at me and don't stop me, seemingly ignoring me. Perhaps it's the effect of the good clothes. I think about it while looking for the secretary.

"Hello, ma'am,"

"Hello, how can I help you?" she says coldly.

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"I want to talk to the company president about a certain matter. Can you assist me with that?"

"Who are you? How can I allow everyone to meet President Mei?" she says annoyed.

"Don't worry, tell her that money wants to talk to her."

I say confidently and give her a gold coin. When she sees the gold coin, she takes it calmly and agrees.

I force a confident smile, even though my heart is pounding in my chest. My money is almost gone, but there's no other way. I hope that after she hears the word 'money,' she'll be curious and call me.

After an hour of tension, I see the former secretary.

"Come on, follow me, the president is calling you. She just finished the meeting," she says calmly.

I nod and follow her as we go up in the elevator. After a while, we arrive at a room, and the secretary knocks on the door lightly.

"Come in," we hear a beautiful voice from inside.

"Let's go, my work here is done," says the secretary and leaves.

I enter nervously and see a woman inside drinking something, maybe coffee, and looking out the window. Then she turns around, her sharp black eyes meeting mine, her short purple hair catching the light. She is breathtaking, perhaps the most beautiful woman I have ever seen. Her short purple hair reaches her shoulders, and her black eyes are striking.

"My name is Lu Mei. It seems like you're pretending to be money. It's a good thing I'm in a good mood, so I let you in. Otherwise, I would have told the guards to beat you up before throwing you out. You better have something important."

"Well, ma'am, it's not my habit to bother people. I am a songwriter named Allen, and I've heard about your company's reputation, so I wanted to come here and show you the songs I've composed in case you want to invest," I say, though the name feels familiar.

"Oh, show me what you have. You must be confident," she says somewhat curiously, because some swindlers often come to her with trivial matters, but unlike them, this boy seems confident, she thinks.

"Here you go," I tell her.

I give her two papers containing two songs, one titled "On My Way" and the other "Sing Loud." They may not be the best songs I could offer, but I am confident they will be successful and famous if she publishes them. I review the current songs on the phone and can confidently say they are terrible.

She takes them with curiosity, and after five minutes, she says, "Well, it's good, but I need to consult someone to confirm. Wait a moment."

After a quarter of an hour...

"Well, he said it's good, and we can invest in you, and this is a 30%/70% contract. You get thirty percent, which is a good percentage we only give to big songwriters," she says proudly.

I think for a moment and say, "Madam, make it 40%. Although I am not as famous as other composers, I am confident I will reach their fame and surpass it. I will compose one song per year at most, and they will all be very good. I might compose more than one song per year."

"If I make it 35%, I can't increase it more."

"Make it 40%, and I will write the changes and additions that each song needs, which will save you a lot of costs and time. What do you think?" I say confidently.

"You're right. It will save costs, but how do I know you're good at this since modifications and effects often require a lot of people and work," she says doubtfully.

"Madam, you can trust me. Make it 40%. If it fails and the song doesn't sound good, you can make it 30%. That way, you won't lose anything. What do you think?"

"Mm, your words are acceptable. Wait for me to amend the contract."

After a quarter of an hour...

I complete the agreement with her, and my song will be released next month. I hope to earn enough money to buy the talent stone to determine my magical affinity and start making my plans according to the element I will awaken. I hope to get thunder because thunder in any anime or manga is always strong, so I won't worry too much.

And there's another thing I don't know why I feel that Lu Mei's name is familiar, and there are some other things that feel like I've heard them before. Maybe it's the influence of the original body owner; I'm not sure.