Chapter 129
Chapter 129
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 129
Chapter Title: Beta Tester Recruitment
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“Ah...”
Two hours had passed since he submitted his resume.
Gilbert couldn't tear his eyes away from the gallery, feeling increasingly anxious.
But deep down, he knew.
The chances of getting selected were slim.
“They're only hiring 100 people...”
100 people.
It seemed like a huge number at first glance.
But that was if the poster wasn't Judak.
Not just from Kellerton, but Adrian, elves, and dwarves might have applied too.
Gilbert gritted his teeth and muttered to the sky he didn't even believe in.
“Aah, please just help me out this once. I won't cause trouble for anyone and I'll live a good life...”
The hourly wage was a whopping 9.86 quadrillion units!
That was about ten Tuna Cans.
There were times when people got paid like that for a full day's work, not even hourly—this was absurd.
The job details and location were confidential, but who cares?
“Please, please, please...”
With his hands clasped desperately, the moment he squeezed his eyes shut and opened them again, blood running cold—
[Notification arrived!]
[Judak*: Yeah, let's work together.]
“Uwaa... Uwaaaah!!!!!”
Gilbert's eyes widened round, then he let out a scream-like cheer.
-Bang!
“What is it? What's going on!”
“Wh-what happened?”
His usually quiet scream brought his little sister and mom rushing in.
Instead of answering, Gilbert just showed them the gallery.
Their eyes widened like rabbits', dropping the bread they held for breakfast.
“O-oppa got hired?!”
Gallery part-time job.
The job everyone called god-sent, one you had to be chosen for.
After a long freeze, Gilbert's mother rubbed her eyes and peered into the gallery.
“S-so, what kind of work is it?”
They said the tasks would be revealed upon hiring.
Even for a job paying 10 quadrillion units per hour, it couldn't be worth your life.
The moment she checked the tasks with bated breath—
“...Gallery beta tester?”
An unfamiliar term was listed.
So-called gallery experience squad.
Reading the description only confused her more.
Judak*: Just try out stuff launching in the market beforehand and leave reviews, yeah.
Gilbert: Pardon?
Judak*: Eat and drink what I give you.
Gilbert: Pardon???
Just eat that expensive market food for free?
And they pay you for it?
“Why...?”
All three stared blankly, blinking at the job description.
*
[Title: Gallery PT Job Details Dropped!!!]
(Part-time hire notice)
Lol, it dropped so posting.
Job is gallery experience squad.
Eat and rate products or food going up in the market first—what even is this?
[Recommendations 6231] [Disrecommendations 2202]
- Fucking haters
- But what does it even mean?
ㄴ Idiot, it means eat and drink as written
ㄴ That's what I'm asking, fuck
- I don't get it either. So they're paying you to eat tasty stuff and enjoy?
ㄴ ?
ㄴ Did I read that right?
The part-time recruitment was a success.
Resumes surpassed thousands within ten minutes of posting, and selecting took three hours.
“No way, this is real?”
He had no choice but to admit it.
Gallery-related jobs had top preference.
No, beyond high—it was the undisputed number one, surpassing even the knight class that existed before.
- So what do we do?
- Don't get what eat and drink means
- ㅇㅇ Got hired too, feeling great, but no clue
The part-timers I hired were a kind of beta testers.
Exactly as it sounds: try things in advance and leave evaluations.
“Honestly, I needed them.”
So far, the market had been dominated by survival items.
I usually sold those matching shop ratios.
But now it was time to consider selling products purely for profit.
Still, listing in bulk and not selling would mean losses.
So I wanted to do a preference survey for sampling...
“Why don't they believe it?”
- Just giving food and paying?
ㄴ Weapon or poison effect testing?
ㄴ Hmm, makes sense
The hired testers themselves didn't understand the tasks.
They started speculating among themselves—weapon tests, clinical trials, chatter everywhere.
“Why twist the words?”
I had explained clearly.
1. Get market products for free in advance
2. Eat, drink, use them, and leave ratings
“Is that hard to understand?”
Before more twisting, I appeared in the confused chat room.
Judak*: Hi
ㄴ Oh, Lord Judak
ㄴ Biological male and female distinction
ㄴ Thanks a ton for hiring
ㄴ But what do we do?
Judak*: Trying to make some profit now
Judak*: Bought stuff that might be popular, but not sure if it'll sell
Judak*: Your job: try what I give or eat and rate it
Judak*: Out of 5, cool?
[Voting in progress!]
[Delivering products... Votes completed so far: 0/100]
“Start simple with pizza.”
Pizza, super popular food.
But in medieval times, who knows.
Maybe too greasy or strong flavor—some might hate it.
Sent a light starter.
- ? What the fuck, this is insanely good lol
- Wow sax
- Damn... feels like I'll cry for real
- This taste makes my shitty life feel a bit forgivable...
[Vote completed! 1. Pizza 5/5]
Full marks came soon after.
“Well, pizza makes sense.”
Moved to next.
For food: mint choco, sushi set, yogurt, etc.
Products: humidifier, umbrella, glass cups, pottery stuff.
“Money is always right.”
With survival somewhat solved, listing these for profit.
[Vote completed!]
2. Mint Choco 2.3/5
3. Sushi Set 5/5
4. Sashimi Platter 5/5
5. Yogurt 5/5
6. Umbrella 5/5
.
.
“? What the.”
Of tons of votes, only mint choco was normal.
Everything else full marks.
I went back to chat.
Judak*: Wtf, honest?
Judak*: Vote properly. Rate coldly!!!
Even as part-timers, all 5s was useless.
Then what's the point of hiring?
Suspecting they were sucking up, I messaged—handshakes flooded.
- No wtf;
- Bro, you sent insanely delicious food only, why give 5s? What now???
- Really wanna kiss you?
- Pretending not to know? Or know and wanna marry me?
ㄴ Fuck, why would Judak marry you
ㄴ Line up, you punk
Chat exploded into chaos instantly.
I was the stunned one.
“No, all sincere?”
Not even 4.5s or 4.6s—all 5s, thought it was rigged.
Sent more pre-selected stuff after.
Ratings: all 5s.
Hours of repeated full marks made me realize.
“Ah, right. These are the kids who love waterlogged rice.”
Just months ago, anything filling hunger was fine.
Surveying preferences here was wrong from the start.
- So what did we do?
ㄴ Um, heaven experience?
ㄴ Eat, play, get paid
ㄴ Yeah
- For real Judak, that's all?
- ㄹㅇ Nothing else? We can do anything
- Like go to war or drug tests or...
ㄴ Judak* Nah; why would I make you do that?
Now they suspected me.
But beyond prefs, nothing to survey.
Modern trial-and-error already guaranteed them—why redo here?
[Delivered 69.02 quadrillion units per person!]
Judak*: Nothing more, yeah
Judak*: Good work, bye
ㄴ Love you
ㄴ Call again ㅇㅇ please
ㄴ We keep what you gave?
ㄴ Judak* ㅇㅇ Just keep
ㄴ Sigh... really...
ㄴ Judak, don't show your face anywhere. If I meet you in the city...
“Eek.”
Stay longer, who knows what I'd hear.
Targeting gallery for preference survey was wrong.
“Just list anything, it'll sell.”
Confirmed now.
Gallery jobs are truly popular.
I messaged the affinity addict galsam.
Judak*: ㅇㅇ Super popular
Galsam: Obviously. Gallery is life—who hates it?
Judak*: So about that gallery academy you set up...
Galsam: Gasp
Time to decide its fate.
It started as a check on the gallery academy.
Left tense galsam, messaged casually.
Judak*: Do as you like
Galsam: Gasp, no shutdown order?
Unexpected, shocked reaction.
But no dilemma anyway.
“If shutting this down, close all academies and tutors in modern world too.”
Popular jobs naturally sprout branches.
Issue was hiring frequency and picks were my whim.
But if parties don't mind...
Judak*: ㅇㅇ Free rein
Galsam: Sniff... Thank you... really...
Galsam: Thought you'd rage and shut it down...
Galsam: Truly worship Lord Judak
Judak*: ?
Galsam: Accept my tribute—40% of fees monthly!
Judak*: Ah lol
“Thought worship as in worship.”
Fees? Don't need.
Taking them causes issues.
Instantly, hiring picks could spark rumors.
Judak*: Donate that to slums instead
Save hungry, let them gal.
Galsam: Absolutely!!!
Gallery academy issue resolved.
Not really an issue—didn't know it was such hot topic among gallers.
“Well, maybe obvious.”
Here, even minimum wage jobs hard, many gallers struggle with basics.
Obvious on reflection.
Good thing: problems visibly improving bit by bit.
“Medieval? Normalization incoming.”
Eat well to gal more.
Right when feeling gallery PT popularity firsthand.
Soon-to-Die Vampire: Judak, Judak
Ping from Padak, Soon-to-Die Vamp.
Judak*: ㅇㅇ?
Sent this week's blood, right?
Casual blood donation vibe, health-conscious, weekly Wednesdays.
Today's blood went fine, thought—unexpected gift.
[Soon-to-Die Vampire sent 'Mystery Box'!]
Judak*: What's this
Soon-to-Die Vampire: Good stuff
Soon-to-Die Vampire: Wanna check?
A box screaming suspicious.