God of Music

Prologue

"Excuse me, Customer Lee KangYoon? When are you going to pay us back?"
"....."

Big men with wide shoulders and sturdy backs surrounded me. They were all holding long metal pipes and baseball bats, and they had a cruel expression. One of those men placed his face in front of me, and he held out his hand.

"It's the third month already, sir Lee KangYoon. I don't even remember when was it that you said you were going to pay the interest?"
"Just this time... Just let me go this time, then I..."
"Hahahaha. This, sir customer, won't do. Is this the first time you have taken out a loan? Hello? The interest you owe us now is over 30 million! 30 f*cking million (≈26000 USD)! Do you know what happens if you get any more, our dear customer?"
"What, last month it was just 10 million, how can it become 30...?"
"You don't even know our way of calculating, huh? We can't leave empty handed today. Boys, get him."

They were ruthless.
Of course, they didn't touch a single hair on my head.
However...

"No, NO! Not that!!"
"Hey, I told you we can't leave empty handed today, right? Where are you touching?"

*Smack!!* The big man roughly pushed me out of the way. I crashed into the desk; taking that opportunity, the loan sharks took every document they could, such as the building contract. They could use this to earn money.

"No!! You b*tches! I said not that!!"
"This guy..."

*Smack!!* *S-Smack!!*
Regardless of whether it was a desk or a chair, they broke everything. I even clung onto their legs, but the smashing didn't rest. They kept pushing and pulling me around. Still, it was good that I didn't get a bat-massage. However, they already made my heart into a mess.

"Hmm. This should just about cover the interest. Customer Lee KangYoon, we will meet next month. Let's go, boys."

The loan sharks came and went away like a tide, and I was left alone in the office.
Being left alone in this messy office made me feel like I was falling into the pits of hell.

"...F*ck them all!!!"

In the empty office, I screamed like a madman.
The sorrow filled the office.

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Due to the loan sharks having taken away the deposit money, I was kicked out of the office; I had nowhere to go. I even invested the money that I was going to use to buy my house, but the loan that I used, due to low funds, was a source of calamity.

Out of the frying pan and into the fire – perhaps this was that kind of situation?

"President, I will quit being a singer..."
"What, why are YOU even like that, YunHee? You should work hard and become successful."
"I trusted you until now, and I even tumbled around for two years. However, not even mentioning getting into the charts, I didn't even have a proper event. To spend my time like this, I'd rather go to university and learn music properly. There was no cancellation fee in the contract, so there's no problem, right?"

YunHee, the last singer I had, had left me. The other employees were the same. Well, who would want to work under a president who couldn't even pay them properly.
I, who had no office or a house, had nowhere to go. I just walked without purpose. Like this, when it became the next month, the loan sharks would probably want to sell my organs; however, I have already given up on myself.

"Excuse me, young man."

However, when I was walking without purpose, I heard someone call to me.

"What is it, sir?"
"I am hungry, but I have no money; can you buy me rice and soup?"

A homeless person spoke to me. Normally, I wouldn't even give him a glance, but I strangely put my hand into my pocket. Is my end nigh? When I searched my pocket, a piece of paper could be grabbed. I took it out, and it was a piece of green paper. (10000 KRW note ≈ 8.70 USD)
Yeah. What the hell can I do with just this?
I held out the 10000 Won note to the homeless man, and the homeless man's eyes widened.