Chapter 17: Successful Recruitment

Choi Bom, who was taking a rare break at home, lazing around. She always used to sit in front of the TV and watch dramas or movies, but recently she’s been hooked on YouTube videos, spending all day with her phone in her hand.

Her manager, who is also her mother, looked at her with a slightly worried expression, but thought that her daughter was all grown up now and would make her own decisions, so she continued folding the laundry.

As she continued to watch the uploaded videos, Choi Bom expressed deep disappointment when the video ended.

“It’s already over…. Huh, what’s this.”

Just as she was about to press the back button after the enjoyable video ended, a notification informed her that a post had been uploaded to the community.

When she clicked on the notification and saw the community post, her eyes widened in surprise.

‘They’re not going to upload videos anymore?! Ah, no. Are they moving channels?’

She was greatly surprised for a moment, but was relieved to hear that they would be uploading the same content on another channel.

Since the same person would be editing, Choi Bom naturally clicked on the link and subscribed to Osorin’s channel.

‘I’ve watched a lot of other people’s videos, but this person’s videos were the most enjoyable.’

Having become addicted to broadcast editing videos, she had gone to other broadcasters’ YouTubes as well, but she couldn’t feel that they were more fun than the videos uploaded to the Dancing Raccoon channel.

Moreover, Osorin’s broadcasting style was exactly to her liking, so she naturally became her fan.

She wondered what the first video on this channel would be. She was humming while thinking about that.

Her mother, who was folding laundry, answered the phone and called her.

“Bom-ah, can you take the phone?”

“Who is it?”

“It’s Lee Seongbeom PD.”

“Wh-what, really?!”

Lee Seongbeom PD is looking for me?

She jumped up like a spring from lying on the sofa and rushed to her mother to answer the phone.

“H-he-he-hello?!”

She was so flustered and excited that her breathing was heavy and she stuttered, but she didn’t have time to be embarrassed. A call from the person she dreamed of! Her heart feels like it’s going to explode.

However, the voice coming from the smartphone was very different from what she expected.

-Ah, hello. Senior Bom? It’s me, Sua.

-Something bad happened?

“Uh…, no. It was….”

She’s Lee Seongbeom PD’s niece, right…… It could happen, yes….

I wondered at Senior Bom’s tone of voice, which seemed somehow listless, but I didn’t care and continued the call.

“Did you do the homework I gave you?”

-What…. Ah, you mean to watch the YouTube video? Well, I watched it.

“Was it fun?”

-Fun…. W-well, it was interesting?

“That’s good.”

Unusually for kids these days, she was skeptical about internet culture, but it’s a relief that she was at least interested. Judging from her tone, it doesn’t seem like it will remain a simple interest.

“I also watched the drama you starred in. You were good at acting?”

-Really?

“All the other works were good, but I liked <Playground Childhood Friends> the most. Especially, in the first-person flashback scene in episode 1, Senior Bom single-handedly takes over the screen with her acting…”

-Y-y-you saw that?! I called to check if you did your homework, not to talk about that?

Senior Bom was flustered and stuttered. And she hurriedly shifted the focus to another story, as if she didn’t want to talk about that topic any longer.

“Well, it’s both. Ah, I also enjoyed <The Moon That Rises in the Day>. You were good at historical dramas too?

-Can we stop talking about childhood dramas now…? It’s embarrassing….

“What do you mean, an actor doesn’t like talking about their past career?”

-For me, the past where I couldn’t act is a dark history…. Aren’t you like that too?

“Me?”

-If you debuted in your childhood, everything would be recorded. Seeing those days, you get goosebumps or get chills. Ugh, I feel that way just thinking about it.

“I don’t know. I don’t have any old records in the first place.”

-Don’t you have a video taken when you debuted?

“I haven’t debuted.”

“Huh?”

Senior Bom’s words stopped. After a long pause, she asked me hesitantly.

“Were you not… someone in the entertainment industry…?”

“I am, right?”

“Then, why are you calling me senior…?”

“Senior Bom told me to call you senior.”

Silence again. She probably remembers holding me in the broadcasting station waiting room and talking about this and that. The awkward silence is broken by Senior Bom clearing her throat.

“K-k-hm. Then, let’s make the address comfortable. Like Bom….”

“It’s already stuck in my mouth. Give up.”

“Sigh………”

I somehow felt like Senior Bom’s face over the receiver would be bright red. Imagining that image, I changed the subject with consideration and got to the point.

“Let’s stop the conversation for greetings. Senior Bom, are you busy right now?”

“……I’m not busy. I finished filming all the child actor parts, so there’s no drama schedule now. If anything, preparing for auditions for other dramas?”

“It’s good that you’re not busy.”

“It sounds sarcastic”

“No way. Senior, you’re good at drawing, right?”

“Suddenly? Ah, you saw that variety show”

“So, would you like to work on something with me?”

“What work…. Don’t tell me it’s with Lee Seongbeom PD?!”

“No, it’s not that.”

“Aww..”

A voice of great disappointment came through.

“I’m doing something, and I need a drawing for it. Your art style and drawings would fit perfectly, so I called to ask you for a favor. Of course, I will pay you.”

“My drawing? But money…. It sounds like you’re serious.”

“That’s right.”

Realizing that my request was not simply a request but a commission, Senior Bom immediately changed to a serious tone. Then, after thinking for a while, she apologized to me as if she had no choice.

“I can’t decide on money-related things on my own. And if I’m acting, but I’m making money from something other than being an actor, I feel like my current identity will collapse. I’m sorry, but I’ll refuse.”

“That’s a shame…. Ah, then what if I set a condition other than money?”

“Something else? I’ll listen and decide.”

“Hmm…. Anything I can do within my ability, I’ll grant you one wish?”

“What can you do………”

“And in a few months, that mister…unc, uncl…e is doing a program, and I’ll ask him to invite you as the first guest.”

“I’ll do it.”

Senior Bom spoke before I could finish. And she says again in an even more determined voice.

“I’ll do it. How many, no, how much do you need me to draw? Just tell me anything!”

Okay.

The call recording went well.

The illustrator’s recruitment is complete.

And that too without pay.

Of course, I offered a wish and an appearance on Mister’s program, but this is a cheap price. I can just say I can’t grant the wish, and the appearance is not a TV broadcast but a YouTube content program that will be made later.

A YouTube program is also a program. I didn’t lie.

I matched up Senior Bom and Sorin, and although I received numerous protest chats from Senior Bom—

[Bommeranian]: You said it was going to be YouTube?!

[Bommeranian]: You are Dancing Raccoon?!!

[Bommeranian]: You’re working with Osorin?!!!

[Bommeranian]: Uwaaaaak!!!!!

I neatly ignored it and did my job. You can’t run away because I’ve made a verbal contract. Well, it doesn’t seem like Senior Bom hates it either.

Even though she said that on the phone, it was obvious that she enjoyed Osorin’s YouTube videos. Moreover, when she talks about Osorin, she seems particularly cautious, and it felt like seeing a fan who met an idol.

It seems that she has already come to like Osorin a lot after watching the video.

It’s a good thing that if you do something you like rather than something you’re not interested in, your efficiency will increase.

‘Now, how to show the first video…….’

It doesn’t mean showing excellent directing. The first video of a new channel is an indicator of the channel’s direction and the face of the channel.

If you upload a regular broadcast video from the beginning, there may be some barriers to entry for first-time viewers.

Therefore, the first video must be a video that can immediately inform the concept and direction of the channel and the broadcast.

And there was one piece of content that was best suited to contain that information.

“Sorin, did you have a good conversation?”

“Yeah, she said she couldn’t talk on the phone, so we talked by chatting, but she was very polite. She was like a complete adult.”

“Adult…. She’s had a lot of social life.”

Senior Bom has already debuted 5 years ago. It was understandable that she felt that way.

“But what’s the matter? Is it related to YouTube?”

“Ah, yes. I’ve thought of the content that will be uploaded as the first video.”

“Oh, what is it?”

A way to clearly inform yourself and those who are watching the broadcast for the first time.

“Sorin, would you like to go on an audition?”

Participating in large-scale broadcast content.

A certain large-scale broadcast that about 12,000 people watch.

A character in a cute badger onesie is displayed on the screen decorated like an audition set.

[Then, we’ll bring in the next person. Participant number 9. Osorin?]

[Ah, ah-eueua! Y-yes! I’m participant number 9, Osorin!]

[You’re very nervous. Shall we relax for a moment? Osorin-nim, can you tell us why you chose the nickname Osorin?]

[Ah, th-that, uh? I, I like honey badgers….]

Seeing Osorin, who was revealing her awkwardness to the fullest, unlike usual, I thought.

This…..

Can it be used as a video?