Cellix Punk #1
Cellix Punk #1
To receive infrastructure (business site) support, you must submit a detailed business plan and get it reviewed by the teacher.
Support varies depending on the type of business, but usually, they say they provide an outdoor container box as both an office and a business site.
"The company name will be 'Sellex Punk'. It's a brand for those who live free and strong lives."
"Hmm... I see."
"In the documents, you'll be listed as a business partner, not an investor. You don't have any complaints, do you?"
"Like a dummy CEO?"
"No, you'll actually have a lot to do. You just have to do as I tell you."
"So, not a dummy CEO, but a subordinate..."
'...I don't like it.'
I wanted to live as proactively as possible. Once I get the chance, I plan to do whatever the fuck I want.
"The initial quantity will be handmade, so it will take a lot of time until we officially start selling."
"Aha."
She seems to be planning to make the clothes herself. I don't know if an individual can handle it, but since she's a Hiroin, I expected her to have some Cho-in qualities. If not, then whatever.
Chae-a looked at me with a serious expression.
"...I'm thinking of doing promotions during the downtime."
"Promotions? What kind of promotions when there's nothing to sell?"
For a new business, price competition or quality competition is meaningless. Especially in highly competitive fields like the apparel industry, marketing battles are crucial.
Even if you say, 'Why not just sell products so good that buyers want to promote them themselves?', it's nothing more than an idealistic notion.
Who would buy a product whose existence is unknown? More importantly, in a competitive society, other products were certainly not to be underestimated.
Consumers are much pickier and more discerning than one might think. At the same time, they can also become like live fish swept away by trends.
The more insignificant a company is, what it needs is not fame. The ability to catch live fish swept in by the waves is most important. A fledgling company shouldn't delude itself into thinking it has options.
"The promotional method I thought of is SNS. You can help, right?"
"Well... if needed?"
There are various ways to promote. You can pay famous bloggers for posts, hire part-time commenters to leave fake reviews, or even hold events that incur short-term losses.
"Do you have an SNS account you're using?"
"...Probably not?"
I don't know if the body's previous owner used SNS or not.
"Make one now, I'm thinking of having you wear the product and upload photos."
"Does that actually work?"
"...Someone like you should be able to attract some attention."
I created an Instagram SNS account. I followed Shim Chae-a, who had already created an account. It was the official account called 'Sellex Punk'.
'So the name was already decided.'
"I brought a few outerwear pieces, so try them on first."
The clothes she handed me were trendy denim jackets. I was a little dissatisfied, but once I put them on, I liked their unique style.
Overall, it was a stable and stylish vibe.
"But... aren't you going to wear one?"
"...Why me?"
"I think uploading your photos would get a better response than mine? Your body is insane, too..."
"...I'll upload my photos later. More importantly, what about blurring?"
"Blurring? I don't mind if my bare face goes up."
Shim Chae-a showed a flustered expression for the first time. She squinted, as if trying to gauge my true intentions, then nodded, perhaps having calculated the promotional effect.
"As expected, you're not approaching this lightly either."
'It's not like I'm crazy for success and revealing my face... Anyway, this conversation is fun...'
Shim Chae-a's true self was bright and lively. I couldn't understand why she hid herself at school.
Click! Click! Click!
Charrarararak.
A typical shutter sound and continuous shooting mode.
After taking about 70 photos, she finally stopped shooting and started choosing pictures.
"...This one seems the best."
"Really? Uploading it right away?"
There was no objection. To me, one photo was just like any other.
"Add 'Sellex Punk' to the tags."
"Got it."
I chose appropriate tags. #DenimJacket, #UnreleasedNewProduct #LegendaryClothes... Finally, I added the promotional tag '#SellexPunk'.
Since I was doing it anyway, with the intention of drawing attention, I secretly added '#QueenValtzFemaleStudent' to the tags without Shim Chae-a knowing.
I pressed the button, and the post went up. ...Even after 3 minutes, the post had no reaction.
"Hmm... Is this really effective?"
"...Expecting attention from the very first post is excessive greed."
"Oh! A like just got added!!"
"...I pressed it."
" ... "
I scratched the back of my head awkwardly.
* * *
The largest internet community, 'Ddatjwiddatddatjwi'.
As there were many users, there were many influential named users within the site.
Among them, a user named 'Ddatjwidongkkonaedongkko', famous for his unique baseless deductions (making assertions without special evidence), was wasting time as usual.
He was watching his old school friend playing with his girlfriend on SNS.
"I want a girlfriend too!!"
Although he had been unemployed his entire life, he had some influence on the site, and occasionally earned money from covert advertisements.
A typical shut-in, a man with a shabby appearance, was experiencing the "heat period" that men supposedly go through once a day.
'Sex... Sexxx...' The dick-headed beast, crying out like a cicada, if he was so desperate for women, he could just go out and try to pick someone up, but his life was so invested in the community that he didn't even try.
'Everything's boring these days...'
He had played the latest games until he was sick of them, and the community bored him too. With dull eyes, he aimlessly scrolled through SNS.
After briefly criticizing the "egg ghosts" plastered with filters, he discovered a beauty that made him doubt his own eyes.
"C-crazy!... I-is this even a real face?!"
He let out an exclamation close to a gasp. He quickly clicked on the profile. Contrary to his expectations, it was an account with only a single photo, almost like a barren wasteland.
'This is an unedited photo!!'
After only seeing photos plastered with makeup and filters, seeing such an excessively pure photo made excitement explode within him.
'...Is this an opportunity for some baseless deductions after a long time?'
If he uploaded this photo to the community as 'SNS Legend without Edits', it was obvious that the comment section would turn into a fighting arena.
'I can never pass up such high-quality material!'
His community-pickled brain created a post with the photo. Detailed and logical reasons from a "dick-expert" were added, claiming it was unedited. When it comes to inciting the masses, the logic of a "dick-expert" is the best.
Ddatjwi! Ddatddatjwi!
Countless notification requests!
As expected, less than 10 minutes after uploading the post, it went up on the real-time hot board with a lot of attention.
Comments started pouring in like crazy.
[Comment Section]
- Are you fucking telling me it's unedited?
┖ Seriously, that baseless-deduction-fucker came back after a long time and is spouting bullshit.
- Damn, she looks like my old fuck buddy.
- Obviouslyeditedobviouslyeditedobviouslyeditedobviouslyedited
- Edited or not, isn't it fine as long as she's pretty? It's not like she's going to meet us anyway.
┖ Us?
┖ You're a fucking clique-forming bastard, aren't you? Your sense of community belonging is insane.
┖ You bastards ahah It's true, but you're fixated on one word and cursing like hell lol
- Hey, wait, isn't the inner clothing a Queen Valtz uniform?
┖ ?? Whoa, holy shit, it's real???
┖ Elite academy girl omg So hot
┖ I fucking want to bang her.
┖ Go kill yourself.
┖ I'll bang you too.
┖ Wow... not only is she pretty, but she's also a woman with a good head on her shoulders... My asshole is twitching.
┖ ;;
- I just found the SNS account, what's '#SellexPunk' in the tags?
┖ You outcast bastard, you don't even know that? lol
┖ What's with the outcast joke... It doesn't even show up when I search.
┖ Maybe it's because there are only losers in this community lol It's been an hour and there are no replies lol
- As expected, real hot... The comment section is fucked.
'Ah... this is it...'
'Ddatjwidongkkonaedongkko' smiled contentedly. This was the smile of a successful Ddatjwi!
...Normally, it would have ended as a small issue, but the photo's ability to draw attention was immense.
[Controversial in a certain community...]
[Am I an entertainer? Is the 22nd century the golden age of ordinary people?]
Thanks to the trash journalists who used internet posts without verifying their authenticity, Lee Ji-yoon's follower count soared at Mach speed.
In fact, the reason Lee Ji-yoon readily agreed to reveal her face was because of a skill called 'Bamkkot Chechwi'.
She didn't know that the skill only affected reality, and had no effect on photos.
* * *
After school, Lee Ji-yoon, who was eating dinner, put down the spoon she was holding.
'W-what the fuck...'
So many notifications came in that her phone seemed about to explode. Although she belatedly opened Instagram settings and turned off notifications, the disquiet didn't disappear.
'Why are there so many requests?'
From sponsorship requests to various free coupons and more sponsor requests... Everything was fine, but the sponsor requests made her feel disgusted.
'...I will never mess with sexual minorities again.'
It was a time for deep reflection on her ignorance. No wonder the BL genre was strangely popular...
Lee Ji-yoon casually had thoughts that would make a real homosexual cough up blood if they heard them.
The angry shouts of gay fundamentalists, screaming 'BL is not gay!!', were buried in the air. May Van Darkholme's blessing be upon them...
I called Chae-a to let her know the news.
Ring-ring, ring...
- ...Hello?
"Can you talk?"
- What's up?
"The photo I uploaded on SNS went viral, is that okay?"
- ...Just a moment.
As if checking Instagram, her breathing faded.
- ......Crazy.
As long as the silence, the word carried weight.
- ...Before the interest cools down, we should release a small quantity as a limited edition.
"How? We don't even have a website to sell from yet, do we?"
- You can sell through your SNS account.
"Aha."
We couldn't find an outsourced programmer + designer to build a website for us. We were also looking for a factory to mass-produce clothes, but there was no good news yet.
"Now, you wouldn't be able to do anything without me, would you?"
- ....
"Just kidding, just kidding."
- ...Anyway, since interest is high right now, let's focus on uploading photos starting tomorrow.
"Got it."
The call ended.
Business luck, which was close to 0% probability, had found them. Although the foundation wasn't properly established yet, success was already shimmering before their eyes.
'Right, there's no way a lucky person like me could fail, is there?'
Inexperienced entrepreneurs easily fall into arrogant pride.
'...But why did the comment 'Unedited verification go go' appear?'
In a fit of pique, I opened the camera app.
Click!
I took a photo from an angle where my nostrils were visible from under my chin. A faint smile was a bonus.
'If I take a picture like this and upload it, there won't be any complaints, right?'
Without much thought, I uploaded the fresh, bizarre photo I had just taken.
Because I didn't think much of it, I couldn't imagine the ripple effect the photo would bring.
The next day, overnight, the meme 'The Most Likable Older Sister of This Era' circulated across various communities, and she began to be worshipped as a goddess in 'Ddatjwiddatddatjwi', the largest community.
'Ddatjwidongkkonaedongkko', who first uploaded the post, entered the golden age of his community life.
* * *
"Uh... isn't that woman the Likable Older Sister?"
"Uh... uhh??"
Two elementary schoolers holding butterfly nets whispered.
"Did you see Instagram yesterday?"
"Yeah, she seemed like a freshman in the same grade."
"Wow, there's already a celebrity among our peers? That's crazy..."
'What's going on, the way to school is noisy today....'
Perhaps because I hadn't fully woken up in the morning, the sound ringing in my eardrums was unwelcome.
I wiped away the sleep from my eyes. The liquid from my eyes caught on my fingernail and flicked away like a booger. My mouth opened wide, and I yawned as if my jaw would break.
Ziiing... Ziiing...
'...?'