Chapter 90. You Should Have Checked the Contract Thoroughly
Chapter 90. You Should Have Checked the Contract Thoroughly
The commercial shoot wrapped, and the final cut came out.
Today was the day "Saintess Foot-Wiper" would make her grand debut, so to speak.
"Laila... but are you really okay with this?"
"Of course~ I even had the foundation's legal director review it."
'What a terrifying woman...'
But honestly, I was enjoying it too.
After all, we'd filmed an entire commercial just for her grand nationwide public shaming.
[ Zl-Jonssen-Hero : Everyone, let's go watch the ad ]
The moment I turned on the stream, people came flooding in.
But I didn't play the commercial right away.
'I wanted as many people to see this as possible.'
"Nice to see you all~"
[ hihi hihi hihi ]
[ Is today the ad day? ]
[ Can we see the Saintess on TV too? ]
"I'll give you all a little spoiler—Laila appears in a school uniform."
A school uniform truly was a devilish piece of clothing.
To a minor, it was just a daily uniform—but to an adult, it was something else entirely.
My viewers were buzzing with anticipation at my words.
[ Gasp... ]
[ Back in my school days there were always a few girls who were healing just to look at ]
[ The Saintess has a different vibe from the popular mean girls though ]
"I'll be closing donations for a bit."
I closed donations and played the final ad file the PD had sent me.
It was a short commercial—under a minute.
'Still, the response had been good, so that's a relief.'
It didn't feel like a typical donation foundation ad.
If I had to compare, it was bright—like a bank or food commercial.
[ Saintess in a school uniform hnnng ]
[ Whoa... that's insane ]
Not only were they raving about Laila in her uniform, but they were also curious about Lee Chae-hyun, who appeared alongside her.
[ Who's that person? ]
[ Huh? Isn't that the graphics card? ]
[ A foundation employee lolololololol ]
I'd been a little worried that negative comments might start pouring in.
But contrary to my concerns, everyone was praising her looks.
[ lololol she's so damn cute ]
[ Even her slightly awkward acting is adorable ]
[ But using an employee as an ad model is a wild idea lol ]
- We will walk together with someone toward a new path.
And with that, the short commercial came to an end.
[ What the heck, why's it so short ]
[ Show us more of the Saintess in a school uniform!!! ]
"Commercials are supposed to be short..."
I closed the video. There was another file in the folder.
[ Wait, what's that other one? ]
[ You filmed two ads? ]
"No, that's a behind-the-scenes interview video I put together."
It was an interview where actual regular people shared their thoughts on participating in the commercial.
There were people with physical disabilities, elderly veteran Heroes who had served in the war.
And then, finally...
[ Her name's Lee Chae-hyun ]
[ Just like her face, even her name is cute... ]
[ Number please ]
Her introduction continued, and subtitles appeared at the bottom.
Unlike the other captions that only showed name and age, hers had extra text attached.
[ ?????????? ]
[ She's the MANAGER???? ]
[ It's not even April Fools' Day yet? ]
[ Wait, does this even make sense? ]
[ Damn it, I thought she was a loner just like us ]
[ The betrayal is unreal, seriously!!!! ]
[ Strip her of her mod badge!!!!! ]
The moment Lee Chae-hyun's face was revealed, the chat window burst into flames.
And Lee Chae-hyun, who always showed up whenever things were on fire, stayed quiet.
"Whoa, whoa, everyone calm down."
[ Overflowing Holy-Power Pouch has donated 50,000 Watts! ]
- Wait, I thought she was one of us and she turned out to be a cool beauty girl??? Number please...
[ Ah damn, Yongpyeong lololol ]
[ Yongpyeong really never misses lololol ]
[ And he's trying to shoot his shot in the middle of all this, ffs ]
[ But seriously how did you even find her lololol ]
The viewers were curious about a lot of things.
How she got caught, why she appeared in the ad, and so on...
"You all know I said I'd catch her no matter what, right?"
I gave them a rough explanation, leaving out the details about the Türkiye incident.
I told them that while checking employee personnel records, I discovered her email matched.
[ Dumbass lolololololol ]
[ She didn't even have the basics of trolling down lololol ]
[ Should've used a separate account for malicious stuff lololol ]
"Still, our manager is a regular person, so please refrain from excessive criticism."
[ I was gonna beat the crap out of her but after seeing her face I just wanna tease her lol ]
[ The loser energy is off the charts lololol ]
[ Acting like Saintess Foot-Wiper with a face like that, fcking hell lololol ]
Just as I expected, everyone was loving it.
It was a genuine festival.
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The festival wasn't limited to the stream—it spread across online communities too.
Scenes of her appearing in the commercial were shared as clips and screenshots, and she was paraded around everywhere for public mockery.
[ Author: Anonymous ]
[ Title: Troll Manager 'Saintess Foot-Wiper' Red Pill ]
[ Content: (Ad clip) The hope of red pills, goat lolololololol ]
└ Whoa... she was going around viciously attacking people with a face like that???
└ That's the person who donates in other streams sometimes too
└ My opinion of her suddenly skyrocketed lolololololol
└ Yeah, thinking about how she's not just some unemployed loser but cusses people out with that face, huuuung...
└ Oh, ffs
└ LOL gotcha
[ Author: LeeChae-hyunFootWiper ]
[ Title: From now on I'm Lee Chae-hyun's foot wiper ]
[ Content: Title says it all ]
└ Ah damn, that nickname got sniped, ffs
└ Dumbass lolololol
└ LeeChae-hyunFootWiper as a fixed nick was kind of precious though
└ Saintess Foot-Wiper : Change your nickname -_-
└ The person herself showed up, mega upvote lololololololol
└ It's fine lolololololol
And in the midst of it all, the actual Saintess Foot-Wiper herself—Lee Chae-hyun—posted too.
[ Author: Saintess Foot-Wiper ]
[ Title: Seriously, everyone take down the screenshots and clips ]
[ Content: I'm going to sue every last one of you -_- ]
└ lolololololololololololol
└ Dumbass lolololol
└ Threatening us with a face like that isn't scary at aaaall~
└ The cutesy act, wtf lolololol
└ Favorable fixed nick lololololol
└ Favorable (fact) fixed nick (fact) lolololol
└ For real, after seeing her face you couldn't help but find her likable lol
Fortunately, since she had never actually crossed any lines, people took it in good humor.
Her fairly pretty face probably played a part in that too.
I uploaded both the commercial and the interview video to my Nutube channel as well.
And there was one comment that got the most upvotes.
- You're so screwed. I was bored anyway lolololol
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And naturally, I couldn't pass up the chance to get the person in question's reaction.
"Hey, you're watching this, right?"
But no donation or chat message came up.
"How dare you ignore the Chairman calling you?"
[ Seriously, what an insane boomer lolololol ]
[ "How dare" lmao listen to yourself lolololol ]
Faster than I could react, Laila grabbed the mouse and clicked on her message.
Then Laila grinned.
"Chae-hyun, say something~"
[ Saintess's Foot Wiper: Yes, Big Sis... ]
[ ??? What the hell ]
[ Was that the Saintess talking? ]
[ I'm gonna call her Big Sis too, damn!!!! ]
"How do you feel right now?"
[ Saintess Foot-Wiper : I want to disappear off the face of the earth right this moment... ]
Watching their exchange, I held back the clown ascending inside me and snickered.
But Lee Chae-hyun must have found me an easier target than Laila, because she directed her words at me.
[ Saintess Foot-Wiper : Mr. Chairman... I did the commercial, but why did you reveal my nickname?? -_- ]
Heh, I knew she'd bring that up.
I casually pulled out the contract we'd drafted before filming the ad.
"If you look right here..."
- Article 9: The participant agrees that their past nicknames, aliases, social media history, and other publicly available personal information may be naturally incorporated into the advertisement and related content.
"Our manager personally stamped this, didn't she?"
[ Saintess Foot-Wiper : ... ]
Lee Chae-hyun seemed flustered and wasn't typing anything.
She was probably frantically searching for her copy of the contract after seeing that clause.
"What, you think the words are going to change if you keep staring at the contract?"
[ lololololololol ]
[ That's why you should've checked the contract carefully before stamping it ]
[ She's gonna cry, go easy on her lololol ]
[ At this rate, isn't she going to quit? ]
Quit?
Not a chance.
Laila had already sweet-talked Lee Chae-hyun's parents and older brother.
She'd used an overwhelming gift offensive and the weight of our reputations.
'You're under a lifetime contract...'
A torrent of questions kept pouring in from the viewers.
[ But how does a new hire have that much money to donate? ]
[ If she has that much money, why is she working? ]
[ What did she do before? ]
"Alright, alright, please calm down for a moment."
I cooled down the chat that had overheated with questions about her.
"I'll take questions one person at a time."
[ Saintess Foot-Wiper : Boss, I never agreed to this... ]
I lightly ignored her message.
Then I lowered my head and sent a text from my phone.
[ Saintess Foot-Wiper : ...??? ]
"You saw my text, right?"
[ What the hell, why are you two secretly texting!!! ]
[ Tell us too, dammit ]
The message I'd sent her was nothing other than a summons.
"If you saw it, get to my place quickly."
[ Saintess Foot-Wiper : Mr. Chairman... I may be an employee, but isn't this a bit too much!!! ]
Nope, not too much at all.
I pulled out the contract once more.
Then I flipped it over and showed the clause on the back to the screen.
- Article 10: Participant Direct Appearance and Content Cooperation Clause.
1. The participant shall faithfully comply when requested to appear in content directly planned and produced by the Foundation (personal streams, talk shows, etc.).
[ Saintess Foot-Wiper : .........??? ]
I'd used an employee as the foundation's ad model and built her a positive image.
You won't find a boss like me anywhere else.
[ Saintess Foot-Wiper : No... no, this is... ]
[ You're so screwed, you little shit ]
[ Hurry up and get here so you can answer our questions lololol ]
[ Come here and do that thing, you know that thing lololol ]
[ We will walk together with someone toward a new path (she actually said this) ]
I thought about how she had provoked Laila and me.
She still had a long way to go before her karmic debt was paid off.
'I was going to wring every last drop out of you...!'
I shrugged my shoulders as I spoke to her, still unable to form a response.
"That's why you should've read the contract more carefully."