Chapter 28
Chapter 28
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 28
Chapter Title: Operator Channel Transmission!
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There was one post that consistently popped up in the Girls Memorial community.
📰 Post Nickname: OperatorManagerPrayer Title: Operator Manager Prayer Day 45 [Image of the Operator drawing a hand heart with an expressionless face] Honestly, I'm not asking for anything difficult.
Does it make sense that we can't even promote the game's mascot character?
I wouldn't even dream of getting her to Manager! Just let me give Operator-chan a Bond gift!!!!
💬 Comments — Anonymous Aw, this crazy lolicon bastard is at it again lololol — Anonymous Please hold your breath for just 3 minutes lololol — Anonymous But honestly, isn't he kinda right? — Anonymous ↳ Reply For real. — Anonymous She always ranks high in popularity polls, so yeah, it's a bit pitiful lololol It was a prayer post for promoting the game's mascot, the Operator, to Manager, just like the one above.
Not just these prayer posts, but among Girls Memorial gamers, there were tons of people hoping for the Operator to reach Manager level.
Jaehyun was one of those gamers yearning for it too.
Truth be told, Jaehyun hadn't picked the Operator as his favorite character from the start.
Originally, at Tokyo Game Show, he'd thought Karin—who had guided him to the booth—was his top pick.
He'd even prioritized pulling for Karin during his Reroll Marathons.
But the more he played the game, the more his heart pulled toward the Operator instead of Karin.
It was that striking appearance—the mascot's signature platinum blonde hair paired perfectly with her starry white eyes.
And the gap between her elementary school girl's looks and her utterly emotionless personality had perfectly struck Jaehyun's tastes.
But even now, quite a while after open launch, there was still zero info on anything Operator-related.
As time dragged on with no news, leaving fans of their favorite character in agony, a video was uploaded to the official Girls Memorial YouTube channel.
📰 Post Nickname: Anonymous Title: What's this on YouTube? Operator Channel? [Screenshot of Girls Memorial official YouTube channel] [Link to video site with red icon]
Thumbnail looks like there's an Operator-related video up?
I just grabbed this, heading to check it out now.
💬 Comments — Anonymous Whoa, finally Operator Manager? lololol — Anonymous Operator boom has arrived lololol — Anonymous Heading to watch now too... — Anonymous Where'd that Operator Manager prayer guy go? lolol ↳ Reply Seems like he's attained happiness lololol Seeing this post, Jaehyun clicked the video link as if entranced.
Instead of the usual Enson GT or SFLAG logos, the video opened with Girls Memorial's world tree logo.
The Administrator's office that Girls Memorial users see first upon logging in.
With gentle BGM playing, the camera slowly panned around the office, highlighting every corner, until it zoomed in as if discovering something.
What appeared on screen was the Administrator's chair where they handled work—
More precisely, the Operator dozing off, curled up in that chair.
At first, facing away from the camera, only her hair poked out from behind the chair.
As the camera slowly rotated toward her, the Operator's figure gradually came into view.
Once it stopped, the sleeping Operator filled the screen completely.
Was it the camera's presence that stirred her?
The Operator slowly woke, half-opening her eyes to scan her surroundings.
Spotting the camera, she rubbed her eyes and spoke.
"Connection confirmed. Good morning... Administrator."
The screen cut abruptly to the office with the chair back in place and a now fully awake Operator.
"Did my sudden appearance in the office startle you, unlike usual?"
With no response around her, she stepped closer to the screen and whispered softly.
"You were startled, right?"
A choice window popped up on screen, and the "Yes, startled" option auto-selected.
Of course, it was just an auto-choice since it was a video, but it seemed answer enough for the Operator.
"Satisfaction acknowledged. Then, I, Operator, will now begin transmission of the new project: Operator Channel."
With those words, the expressionless Operator set off fireworks.
"The reason for this project is to energize Administrators who find mere support from me, Operator, insufficient. This is a 'continuous program series' prepared just for you."
As her lines ended, the screen transitioned again.
Now the Operator was right up to the screen.
She grabbed the camera with both hands to steady it and said,
"How about it, Administrator? Excited?"
The choice window reappeared.
"Excited" selected, and a faint smile ghosted across her expressionless face.
"I'm looking forward to the time we'll share ahead, just like you, Administrator."
With that, she nodded her head.
"Since it's the first day, this is just a greeting, but from now on, expect various info and glimpses of me, Operator. Please look forward to it."
She waved both hands.
"Until next time. Administrator."
The video ended with her final line.
Having watched it to the end, Jaehyun stared blankly at the screen, mind empty for a while.
Then he snapped to, rushing straight to the community.
He wanted to share these feelings with everyone.
The community was abuzz with fellow Administrators who'd had the same experience, going wild in unison.
📰 Post Nickname: OperatorManagerPrayer Title: I Can Die Happy Now.... [Image of Operator sleeping from the video] They could do THIS!!!!! But why'd they wait so long!!!!! lololol
I'm seriously ascending...
💬 Comments — Anonymous This guy's finally ascending lolololol — Anonymous Ascension confirmed lololol 📰 Post Nickname: Anonymous Title: I'm in video production and after cooling off, the quality is insane [GIF of Operator approaching the screen] The Operator's 3D model itself is such top-tier quality it blows the illustrations away, I was impressed.
Converting original 2D to 3D modeling is pretty tough work.
But as someone in video production, my eyes went straight to the motion more than the modeling.
This level of naturalness? It's not animation—feels like full motion capture...
If it's real, Enson must be pouring massive reinvestments in.
[Motion capture studio video link]
Usually, you set up multiple cameras, strap devices on a person, capture their movements to produce it like this.
Costs a fortune, obviously?
I knew it's mainly used in Hollywood for movies, never dreamed it'd show up in game promo videos.
💬 Comments — Anonymous Dunno what you said but yeah, Enson is killing it, right? ↳ Reply For real lolol 📰 Post Nickname: Anonymous Title: Public Sentiment Test...jpg [Photo of Ji Hojin in a suit bowing his head] Ji Hojin << If you wanna be Girls Memorial Director for life, upvote lololol
💬 Comments — Anonymous Upvote lololololololol — Anonymous Don't tempt us with upvote bait Seeing the community's reaction, Jaehyun gave up thinking and surrendered to the madness.
It was early November.
◇◇◇◆◇◇◇ A month had passed since the Operator Channel project—that had tormented us—wrapped up successfully.
In that time, four episodes had uploaded, and each new one skyrocketed views thanks to the die-hard lolicon Administrators.
SFLAG, the planning team who'd proposed it, and even Seol were all stunned.
Hell, Episode 1 had even surpassed my apology video's views to become the official channel's top hit.
Did that mean our main game, Girls Memorial, lost steam?
Not at all.
First, the smash success of the Android version launch.
Riding the hype from the first event and then Halloween, we held the top spot in both markets' monthly revenue rankings.
Just as the game was charging full steam ahead, what was I doing?
Sitting in my personal office, playing a game on my smartphone.
The game in question: Idol Fairy: Cinderella Lady, or Sindere for short.
A social game that exploded using the root idol game's IP before regression.
From pre-regression memory, it wasn't set for official mobile launch until a couple years later...
But Girls Memorial's mega-hit must've wafted the honey scent to the mobile market, so they rushed it out early.
Like Inmila, but... no real worries there either.
Sindere was already mostly mobile users even without official release.
But since Girls Memorial dominated mobile market stats for popularity and revenue,
I doubted the official mobile launch would change much.
Just casually enjoying Sindere without a care, when Yerin entered my office.
"Senior, you called?"
"Yeah, come in?"
"I came since you called, but... what're you doing?"
"This? A game. Wanna try?"
"What's it about?"
I handed her my phone in the middle of playing.
"Oh, Sindere. Were you a Producer too, Senior?"
"Nah?"
"Then why..."
"Heard the official mobile version dropped, so I gave it a shot. Pretty fun, actually."
Yerin tapped the screen a bit before handing it back, interest gone.
"More importantly, you still haven't said... why'd you call me?"
"Oh, right. Yerin."
"Yes?"
"Sorry to ask, but... wanna do one more cosplay?"