novelzi Chapter 12: Interviewing Kyle
Chapter 12: Interviewing Kyle
Chapter 12: Interviewing Kyle
(A few minutes ago...)
"Well this was certainly unexpected!" Howard, Creative Producer spoke aloud in the production room with widened eyes as he watched Kyle's emotional performance.
Even the other staffs in the room were visibly surprised by it.@@@@
A few contestants had actually made them feel like this over the past two days since the second auditions began but this was truly among one of the best.
It was also an original song to boot!
However, something else entirely was what was running through the chubby-looking man's mind.
'The ratings! The ratings of the show will soar with this types of performances!'
Howard could already picture it in his mind, branding Kyle as the underdog that everyone would want to root for.
Even just releasing a clip of his performance on ViewTube by the time the show finally began to air would guarantee a few million views if they promoted it well-enough.
He had already planned to do the same with Lily, Steven and Katie's monster-like performances but this was clearly just an added cherry on top.
Swiftly, he walked out of the production room to meet Chris who was near the foyer of the stage but still hidden away from the audiences' view.
"Chris!" he called out and immediately, the host turned around to respond.
"You must get an interview with him this time no matter what. Get him to tell you everything about himself if you can" Howard quickly said and Chris just shook his head in resignation.
Although he understood why Howard was behaving like this since he was the one heralding the main production, he couldn't help but be concerned about how the Creative Producer only had figurative dollar bills running through his head.
"I'll try my best but you know we can't push contestants if they're unwilling to share anything regarding their personal matters. It's in our policy" Chris calmly explained.
"Screw the policy. At the very least, just make sure to get an interview with him!" Howard swiftly replied, all of Chris's words flowing through one ear and immediately out the other.
"Alright..." the host reluctantly sighed and agreed.
* * *
'What the hell did I just witness?!' Oliver thought to himself as he watched Kyle walk off the stage after his performance was done.
That was the one singular question that kept ringing inside his head.
As the question kept surfacing in his mind, he continuously also felt chills run down the entire length of his spine.
This was the same busker he had seen just three weeks and a few days ago!
A busker he had told would improve in due time if he kept practicing!
He had never expected said busker to improve so much in just a span of mere weeks though!
'Was he holding back then?!' Oliver couldn't help but question himself.
'No! That doesn't make sense. His voice wasn't as refined as it sounded just now!' he quickly answered his own question.
Thinking to himself for a few more minutes, Oliver finally began to feel like he had found whom he had been searching for throughout the past few weeks!
'Kyle Kestis... I want to be his agent!' the man inwardly declared!
* * *
-Ding!
| You have performed another original song and impressed everyone |
| As a bonus for your first performance using the skill [Resonance], extra exp. points will be awarded! |
However, whenever he did, Kyle would just give him the same secretive smile without saying a thing.
Eventually, the host gave up on trying to get the answers out of him and focused on just asking about a few other questions.
"You used a guitar in the first round and now a piano for this round?"
"Yes. I've always liked the piano more but I figured there was also no harm in learning how to play the guitar too" Kyle truthfully replied.
"I see. Well then, I hope you make it to the very end. I'm rooting for you" Chris then offered a handshake to which Kyle replied while answering with a light smile.
"I feel like you say that to everyone but I still appreciate it nonetheless"
Chuckling at his words, the host watched as the young man left the room, while thinking to himself;
'What a breath of fresh air. Very mature for his age...'
Kyle on the other hand, who was now back in the waiting room, decided to take a seat at the very end while planning to watch the rest of the auditions for the day.
Although he was feeling the very intense glares that was directed towards him from the other contestants, all of whom had successfully made it to the next rounds, he ignored it.
Since they would all still be transported back to the hotel, losses or wins, most of the contestants were still in the waiting room.
The only exceptions were the people who had already been eliminated and could leave the set as they pleased after signing out at the lobby.
One of such contestants was Mike who had already stormed off the set angrily the moment he lost to Kyle.
However, just as Kyle took his seat, he watched as Jeremy quickly walked over and profusely began to thank him, much to his confusion and bewilderment.
The man then explained how he had lost his wife just recently and he had decided to just try his hand at singing again because she had always told him he could be a musician.
He had decided to fulfil her dreams as a sort of a coping mechanism for himself but after hearing Kyle's song, despite not winning, he was grateful he gave it a shot.
This was because hearing Kyle's song had given him the strength to move on from her but at the same time, made him realize that he could still pursue singing without the tag of just a coping mechanism on it.
Happy that his song had inspired someone because this was what he had always wanted, the young man then gently wished Jeremy the best in all of his future endeavours.
Watching as Jeremy walked out the waiting room with a light smile and a short wave, Kyle then proceeded to sit back down into his chair.
"He was right you know. Your song truly was a lovely one" the lady who was sitting just in front of him turned her head over and said.
"Thank you Katie" Kyle replied, and then the black-haired lady spoke again.
"After all this is over, you should make time to join the theatre club if you can. It'll be fun... granted there's only a few months left till graduation though"
"I'll think about it" the young man responded with a meaningful smile.