Chapter 41: Opening the Ztube Channel!
"....Yu-ri. By the way, this Desire Energy... Can it only be obtained through attractions?"
With a gentle smile, Ji Yu-ri countered with her own question.
"Hmm... If the boss is saying that, it means you've thought of a way to obtain energy other than attractions?"
The boss explained without hesitation. "Exactly. In short, Desire Energy accumulates simply from satisfying desires through our theme park. So, even if you don't use attractions directly, as long as you use them indirectly, energy should still build up. Doesn't that make sense?"
Clapping her hands like a teacher praising a clever student, Ji Yu-ri replied with sparkling eyes.
"Wonderful! You've reached the answer faster than I expected, Boss! Most people are stuck with the fixed idea that you need to use attractions to accumulate energy, but as expected from you, Boss!"
"Then, Boss... what exactly do you mean by using them indirectly?"
"You already know, yet you're asking on purpose."
"Aigoo... If the secretary just hands over all the answers, what's the fun in the game?"
She winked while making an excuse.
"It's not that complicated. I'm thinking of doing AV and video streaming. It fits this era perfectly."
"Indeed! Using such media will promote the park like crazy, and it can even give those who couldn't make reservations a sense of vicarious satisfaction. Plus, since the AV and streaming are just byproducts of the theme park, there's no problem acquiring Desire Energy from them. As expected from the Boss! This is truly a one-stone-three-birds solution. It's the perfect policy... but."
With a subtle smile, as if handing over a new challenge, she asked.
"If we do that, male customers' faces will naturally end up exposed, right? There are probably customers who hate that. Do you have any countermeasures for that?"
"Customer management app. I've been ignoring this until now, wondering where I'd use it, but now it seems perfect for exactly this."
"Exactly! As expected from the Boss!"
The customer management app was a unique feature of the theme park that allowed direct manipulation of customers' psychology and physical states, separate from venue or employee management. Up until now, customers had only been treated as service recipients, so it hadn't been used much. But using this app more actively could achieve far more than expected.
"If we give customers sexual exhibitionism, they'll want to show off their sexual abilities. That alone should be enough for AV filming. On top of that, if we minimize their yearning for adult video actresses or fear of their personal information being leaked..."
"Even men who would never normally want to film AVs will happily do so."
"How is that? Isn't this a brilliant idea?"
"As expected from the Boss!"
"The energy needed to reach the next level-up is ten thousand, and new hires get more expensive the more we hire. At first it was twenty per hire, now fifty. It will probably keep increasing. Of course, we'll fill it through grinding, but it's no fun in a game if you just sit there and clear conditions without doing anything."
"Well said."
People who enjoy idle games are those who have no time to immerse themselves in life because it's so tough. Chan-ho was in the exact opposite position.
"So, who do you think would be good as our first showcase? Starting is important, after all."
"Hmm... Let me think... Ah, right. There was a woman among the employees the Boss hired who broadcasts on Ztube. Do you remember her?"
"Was there such an employee? I don't remember well."
In the past, Chan-ho paid close attention to each employee, but as their numbers grew, it became harder and harder to do so. These days, he simply selected employees by face, took appropriate measures after they started working, and turned a blind eye if they didn't cause trouble. It might be cold, but that's just how companies get when they grow large. Personal interest naturally decreases.
"Well, she's not a particularly influential Ztuber. No fresh ideas, just a decent face. That alone seems to attract enough men, but her content is only thin clothes and gossip."
"Really? In this saturated Ztube era, isn't that a bit lacking?"
Chan-ho lifted his smartphone as he always did, puffing out his chest as if he'd done something great.
"I think I need to help a little."
"Haa... How am I supposed to do this? My viewer count has plummeted."
After finishing her broadcast as usual, Ji Yu-ri was devastated by the sharp drop in viewers. She had always known she wasn't a big broadcaster, but whenever she felt that way, she told herself she hadn't been putting in her full effort yet and that she could recover if she really tried. That was her daily excuse.
Even so, this viewer count was dangerous. Even the regulars who usually followed her had dropped by nearly half. The viewers who hadn't been increasing were now worried they might drop further.
"It's not my fault..."
To someone who had been unemployed until recently, a new job had suddenly appeared. The way she phrased it was because the job hadn't been her own choice.
One day, a man called the boss had come and assigned her the job of sex entertainer. She couldn't refuse. That was all. She didn't know why she couldn't refuse, but...
This sex entertainer job was embarrassing and something she could never tell others about, and it drained her physically. She had no problem completing the work itself, but after it ended, she had to stream, which left her on edge.
If she could comfortably talk about this job in front of her viewers, she might have enjoyed the increased topics. But that wasn't possible. If her existing viewers learned that Ji Yu-ri was a sex entertainer, the already low numbers would crash to the bottom. It was a terrifying scenario, though she didn't want to think about it. If someone who had over-immerged into a similar romance caused a ruckus, how much trouble would that bring?
"Haa... I should just quit streaming. I can't quit the sex entertainer job, though."
Like other bottom-tier broadcasters who had awakened to reality, Ji Yu-ri felt a sense of futility toward her broadcasting and skill, considering quitting. It was a sad and cruel reality, but it was the truth.
This wasn't limited to broadcasting. It was happening to novelists, cartoonists, animators... and if you looked at the broader picture, it was happening everywhere in this world.
Considering that, Ji Yu-ri might actually have been lucky.
"Y-yes? You want me to become the PR streamer for our theme park?"
"Exactly as I said~"
With a bright smile, she delivered the absurd request.
She remembered the former department head who had been indecisive about hiring anyone, thinking "since the internet is full of similar people, just grab a young woman and assign her something." In the end, he had quit in despair.
"E-eh. I was actually thinking of quitting broadcasting. I'm really sorry, but maybe look for another suitable candidate?"
She didn't want to say she was thinking of quitting, but this request was out of the question.
Why did she have to upload videos of herself having sex?
Even if it wasn't her personally having sex, it was the same. It was completely different from the broadcasting she had done so far. That went against her principles.
...If they paid her a lot of money, maybe things could change, but...
"Is that what you're saying, Boss?"
"Hmm. It's a person's freedom, after all."
Doing as one thinks is freedom. Nothing can be done about that. Therefore,
"I need to change your mind."
It suited the theme park's situation perfectly.
Management: Videos of the sex entertainer in the theme park are legal as long as only the 19+ mark is attached.