Chapter 17
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Translator: Wjin
Chapter: 17
Chapter Title: Boram Channel? Kangyul Channel!
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'Well, well... I never knew Young Master Kangyul had this side to him.'
For a full thirty minutes, Kangyul ate his chicken without his smiling expression changing once.
The sauce smeared on his plump lips was so cute it made Jang Deokcheol want to wipe it off right away.
"...C-cut! Perfect! That was flawless!"
"Phew, not bad for my first shoot, right?"
Kangyul rubbed his slightly bloated belly and asked.
He'd ended up eating more than usual in his effort to make it look delicious.
Not that it was anywhere near what Deokyul or Jiyul normally packed away, though.
"It was the best. You a child actor or something?"
Park Gyusu lavished praise on Kangyul as he approached the vice president.
"Where'd you find a kid like this, sir?"
"...The chairman brought him. Shooting's over, right?"
"Yes. We'll finish editing the video by the end of the week and send it to the chairman's email!"
"Got it. Good work."
"We'll be off then! Take care!"
Kangyul bowed his head deeply one last time in farewell.
The entire film crew saw him off with affectionate smiles.
"Whew, that was more fun than I expected. Uncle Jang, wanna give content creation a shot?"
"Me? Oh, no, I couldn't."
Jang Deokcheol shook his head vigorously.
Kangyul chuckled and gazed out the window.
The gentle spring breeze and sunlight felt utterly peaceful.
'Skipping school sure does wonders for peace of mind. Now, off to the company to duo some League with Secretary Kim Min-a?'
A few days later, Kangyul spent his mornings filming mukbangs at the studio and his afternoons gaming with Kim Min-a.
"Argh! Frog's running! The frog's on the move!"
"Got it!"
Kim Min-a shouted toward the office, and Kangyul replied.
At the same moment in Sudden Attack, Kangyul aimed at the frog and fired his silencer-equipped TRG-21.
Pfft!
The suppressed rifle spat fire with a hiss of escaping air.
"Half-shot!"
Kangyul swapped to his pistol and attacked the enemy simultaneously.
Bang!
Bang!
The enemy died to Kangyul's pistol shots, securing the win.
"We won! Nice shot, boss!"
[Charming Girl Mina: Yes, boss. ^^]
Kim Min-a absolutely loved company life.
The workload wasn't heavy, and she spent half the day gaming with the boss.
Of course, she sometimes felt a twinge of guilt compared to the film crew or other employees, like they were slacking too much.
'This has gotta be what they call salaried Lupin.'
She'd put on a show of hard work whenever new hires or the vice president dropped by, but that was it.
Ding―
A message arrived from the boss.
'Ugh, still not used to the emoticons.'
Kim Min-a clicked the link in the message, and a video began to play.
―Yoo-ha! Kangyul here! Today we're eating chicken, which you all love so much!
It was a mukbang video featuring an adorable little kid.
Kim Min-a had occasionally watched mukbangs on AfreecaTV, so she adapted quickly.
'Kangyul, huh... Same as the boss's Sudden Attack ID. His grandson maybe?'
Kangyul grabbed a chicken leg and devoured it with relish.
Munch munch―
Every time his tiny mouth wiggled, Kim Min-a unconsciously mimed chewing and swallowed her saliva.
'Man, he eats so well. He could be a BJ.'
The video was worlds apart from the AfreecaTV ones she'd seen. The quality was broadcast-level, with editing and everything.
―Wow! So chewy! So tasty!
'Kyaa! So cute!'
After finishing the chicken, Kangyul shook the bones and spoke.
Kim Min-a found herself blankly staring at Kangyul's chicken mukbang for a full twenty minutes without realizing it.
Kangyul sent her mukbangs of seaweed, macarons from a famous bakery, and more besides the chicken one.
He'd been filming daily for a week, so there were already over five videos.
Kim Min-a watched them all before lunch.
Kangyul wasn't displeased by Kim Min-a's overly enthusiastic response.
'Good, she likes it. Was worried the editing was too much.'
Kangyul felt upbeat.
'Alright, time to go live for real.'
The YouTube channel was already set up under the company name.
He'd hired a designer to customize everything from thumbnails to backgrounds for mukbangs.
Kangyul scheduled the five videos to upload one each Tuesday and Friday evening.
'Just uploading and waiting feels too hands-off, huh?'
He considered a promo agency but figured it was pointless for now.
'Let's grow the subs first.'
Less than a week after uploading, reactions started trickling in.
Someone who stumbled on Kangyul's mukbang shared it on their favorite community site.
Wow, insane. Kid eating chicken had me ordering late-night snacks too.
What's this? Just a kid eating chicken, right?
Yep. But the kid eats so cutely. I just zoned out watching. lololol
Damn. You cost me 20 minutes.
That aegyo at the end begging for subs—is it just me going crazy?
22222
Yep. Subbed and liked. lolol
Broadcast TV? Quality's too good for YouTube.
New company apparently. Yeah.
The link spread across communities in a flash, spiking views and subs.
It happened in just half a day.
Kangyul woke up and checked the numbers, stunned.
[Subscribers: 13,732]
[Views: 78,293]
'Huh? Why the explosion in one day?'
Subs had barely hit 200 yesterday. Now nearly 14k overnight.
'Not bad at this rate.'
Kangyul upped uploads to three per week to capitalize.
'Mukbangs can coast like this. Time for other content?'
The studio and crew had cost a fortune.
Unless he was running a charity, he planned to squeeze every won back.
Kangyul pulled up the company messenger and found the recently hired manager.
"Ex-road manager for a Big 3 agency, right?"
He clicked Kim Donghwan's name and messaged.
'Haha, total uncle vibe.'
Kim Donghwan was just entering his late thirties, still young.
He'd tasked Kim Donghwan with sourcing talent for content right after hiring him.
Not full bookings yet—just get to negotiations.
Unlike Kangyul's expectations of easy pickings, it was rough going.
'Wary?'
Basically, they'd book if the "level" matched.
Kangyul bristled at the snooty celebs. Not like he was lowballing—ditching talks over company name stung his pride.
He even named specifics.
Barrage of messages left Kim Donghwan flustered.
'Money talks, after all.'
Kangyul smirked and fired off one more.
Kim Donghwan immediately put in for a business trip and headed out.
One mil per person—five would be five mil.
'Wife's nagging for an overseas vacay this break anyway. Time to hustle!'
Smack!
Kim Donghwan slapped his cheek to fire himself up.