Chapter 14 : Start broadcasting!

Department Head Cha, who had been taken to the emergency room, regained consciousness the morning after he was admitted.

As a PD, he often went to the hospital for IV drips when he was bored, so it took him a while to realize he was hospitalized after seeing the strangely familiar worm-patterned ceiling.

When he heard from the doctor on his rounds that he had been admitted with symptoms similar to a myocardial infarction, he let out a hollow laugh.

“Ha, haha. Seriously, what is this, some kind of martial arts novel…”

How could a person shoot killing intent with their eyes and stop someone’s heart?

Department Head Cha knew he had a bit of a weak heart, as he was often told he lacked energy when he went to get his fortune told.

‘But this is like some kind of superpower…’

Honestly, he was afraid to go to work.

Shouldn’t he just resign and run away right now?

It was that kind of day.

However, Department Head Cha soon changed his mind.

It wasn’t just because of his annual salary of 270 million won.

Of course, the salary did have some influence.

Just a little bit?

‘She was very, very sincere.’

The inner feelings that Seongwon revealed were truly sincere.

A declaration that she would become the world’s best internet broadcaster.

‘That was definitely not a joke, nor was it said in jest.’

The way she pressured him, as if to kill him, was not the typical abuse of power by the nouveau riche.

It was righteous anger that arose because she felt her goal had been disregarded.

‘The world’s best internet broadcaster, huh.’

Honestly, it’s a bit incredibly stupid, but.

“…It’s kind of cool.”

Department Head Cha recalled that moment once again.

Seongwon’s face, staring intently at him amidst the pressure that came crashing down like a huge tidal wave.

‘I will aim for this and I intend to keep running with all my might, to the point where my heart bursts.’

‘I have chosen you as the navigator to accompany me on this journey. If you’re going to say such wishy-washy things, get lost.’

‘I need someone who will go all the way with me.’

Why was that?

Department Head Cha was reminded of the old days.

Before he was marked by the production director.

Before he presented two hit works to the world.

Before the painful days as an assistant director.

Back when he had just started, fresh and full of enthusiasm.

The time when he was passionate and believed he could do anything.

“…”

Department Head Cha ripped up the resignation letter he had written and threw it into the trash.

Then, he opened his notebook and began to write something diligently.

*

Department Head Cha was discharged about a week later.

Even though they offered him paid leave to rest a bit longer after his discharge, he reported that he would return to work immediately.

I, along with Miley, greeted him at TS Media.

“Good morning, Chairman.”

Department Head Cha, his eyes shining brighter than before, greeted me and, like before, dragged the whiteboard over.

“While hospitalized, I re-envisioned the direction of the broadcast.”

A look filled with much more passion than before.

Maybe I could look forward to it a little.

“I hope this time it’s closer to the goal than before.”

At my words, Department Head Cha replied confidently.

“You will absolutely not be disappointed.”

And then, Department Head Cha wrote the word ‘hack’ again.

Was that damn hack explanation still going to be included?

“That hack thing is still there.”

“It’s a bit different. The idea of using the hack controversy for viral marketing is still the same, but we won’t have a separate explanation broadcast. After all, that kind of marketing is only for domestic use.”

Domestic use.

At those words, I slightly raised the corner of my mouth.

“Hmm.”

“Based on your previous criticisms, I’ve determined that you intend to become the ‘world’s best internet broadcaster,’ including not just the domestic market, but the overseas market as well.”

“So?”

“Of course, this word ‘best’ is too vague to be a goal. So I’ve converted it into specific numbers.”

Department Head Cha wrote two numbers on the whiteboard.

8 million.

And 310 million.

“These are the world’s highest average viewership peak and the world’s number one YouTube subscriber count, respectively. For individual broadcasters, that is.”

“Isn’t there also a peak viewership count?”

At those words, Department Head Cha shook his head.

“You should consider that virtually impossible to surpass. It’s over 200 million. How can you possibly match the number of viewers of the live stream during the revolution in Beijing?”

Well, I didn’t think that would be possible either.

Maybe if I had brought the power of this world with me.

How could I match a live broadcast of a nation’s destruction?

My thoughts were interrupted by Department Head Cha’s declaration.

“And if your goal is to surpass these numbers, you must go overseas. It’s impossible domestically. However, we can build some foundation in Korea.”

“Hmm.”

Indeed.

He was right.

Still, Korea had a decent population.

“Now, this is the data I’ve analyzed.”

Department Head Cha said this and handed us a stack of documents.

On the cover, in large letters, it said [Strategy to Become Number One in the Korean Internet Broadcasting Industry].

“This is data that I’ve analyzed after obtaining it from an external research company using my connections. Although it wasn’t analyzed for a long time, I believe this is the best route.”

I slowly read the report.

A detailed report that was hard to believe was prepared in a hospital.

Both the details and the content showed that Department Head Cha had worked hard.

As I was flipping through the pages, my gaze was drawn to a certain phrase.

Noticing this, Department Head Cha’s eyes sparkled as he spoke.

“And according to the route, your first broadcast will be a game skill broadcast that can showcase overwhelming physical prowess. And the game you should play is…”

…Soul Frame.

*

Soul Frame.

After the V-BAT era, finally, with the emergence of numerous virtual reality games, the gaming world changed to resemble the Warring States period.

It was a time of chaos.

Now, even if you had a popular IP from the past, you couldn’t be treated as a prestigious name.

Because that IP might not be very suitable for virtual reality.

Many game companies collapsed or were absorbed, and new game companies emerged in their place.

Amidst the chaos, many masterpieces emerged like stars.

Soul Frame was one of those games.

It was a hodgepodge that mixed the battle royale genre popular in the old PC days with the bizarre and exhilarating action that only virtual reality games could provide, and sprinkled in numerous ‘heroes’ with different abilities like an AOS.

But, it’s a hodgepodge, but it’s delicious!

As a result, Soul Frame was a globally popular game.

‘The start must be with Soul Frame.’

I recalled Department Head Cha’s words, smacking my lips.

Soul Frame was not only known for its excellent gameplay, but also for the overwhelming virtual reality technology of its parent company.

It was to the point where it was commonly said that they established a game company to show off their technology.

Therefore, they created heroes with strange technologies attached, some of which were sufficient to show off their technological prowess but had a negative impact on the gameplay.

They were ‘trash characters’ that were sufficiently fraudulent according to their ‘ability’ settings but were actually unusable by ordinary people.

‘Minder’ was one of those trash characters.

He was a psychic hero who uses telekinesis based on some nonsense about human reason through his incredible genius brain and thinking ability, but putting aside the miscellaneous settings, the characteristic of this guy was simple.

Cognitive acceleration.

This was a technology discovered around the early days of virtual reality.

After all, implementing full-dive virtual reality means directly inputting and outputting to the brain, which means being able to analyze the human brain map and thought circuits.

Then, scientists went one step further.

‘Can’t we also accelerate the thinking speed then?’

‘But wouldn’t that fry the brain?’

‘Oh, you crazy bastards. Let’s do it right away.’

Thanks to scientists who bothered innocent cats, humans could also accelerate their thoughts.

However, it wasn’t a very useful technology.

Because accelerating for too long would literally cook the brain.

In the gaming world, this technology was used quite well in single-player games for dramatic effect.

Of course, online was out of the question.

A two-way real-time communication game where only one side accelerates brain activity?

Should we catch and torture aliens?

But Minder in Soul Frame succeeded in doing just that.

Of course, they just succeeded in bringing it online.

Among Soul Frame users, there is no one who properly uses Minder’s cognitive acceleration.

There aren’t many people who play Minder in the first place.

Minder isn’t even for entertainment, it’s for trolling.

That is, until now.

–Chikang!

The ranked game queue popped, and soon four users appeared in the waiting room.

Each wearing the suit of their chosen hero, or wearing costumes obtained from paid gacha, the users looked at each other, checking which heroes were on their team.

And soon, one of them doubted their own eyes.

“…What, Minder?”

As if hearing the name of ‘He Who Must Not Be Named’, as soon as the word Minder was heard, the heads of the three users turned towards me.

“f*cking hell!”

“Ah, is it a thrower? Again?”

Simultaneously, the screams of the three users filled with rage were heard.

Hmm, I guess so.

But their language is a bit harsh.

Do they want their tongues ripped out?

But I can’t say anything.

‘The chairman’s gender should be revealed at an important moment later. Just don’t say anything.’

Because Department Head Cha said it would be more helpful if I didn’t speak.

For some reason, Miley also agreed with this opinion.

Apparently, a bit of mystery creates charm.

So, I deliberately wore a mask to cover my face.

A cute bear doll head costume obtained by 열심히 뽑기를 돌려.

It cost about 400,000 won.

It was hard to get.

“Ha, what a f*cking costume…”

“Is that bear-head crazy?”

When the cute yellow bear doll costume I personally chose was insulted, rage surged within me.

But I have to stick to the concept.

I calmed my mind by reciting the character for patience three times.

I can just carry, anyway, can’t I?

“Hey, aren’t you going to talk?”

“No, just someone dodge.”

I looked at the confused lambs and recalled Department Head Cha’s words again.

‘But, how will you communicate with your team? This is a team game.’

‘Uh, um.’

After 고민ing for a long time, Department Head Cha soon gave a clear answer.

‘Just turn on cognitive acceleration and type, right?’

I immediately turned on cognitive acceleration.

Then, in an instant, everything in front of me stopped, and it felt as if everything in the world stopped.

I don’t feel that much pressure.

I immediately opened a virtual keyboard with an external program and quickly typed.

[Sno.1 is live streaming on Pachichik.]

“What are you doing, seriously. Not turning on voice? Speak.”

“Talking about broadcasting, f*ck.”

“What kind of broadcaster throws games? If we lose this game, I’ll post the replay later. I mean it.”

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