Second Meeting (1)
Second Meeting (Part 1)
Park Ah-reum, Selena Kim's security chief who also handled her dirty hobbies.
Though she possessed all the elements required of a beauty, her sharp eyes alone made all those elements fade into insignificance.
Having followed an elite path since childhood and grown up unaware of the world's dangers, she met Selena Kim—her current superior and object of admiration—fifteen years ago, realized there was a sky above the sky, and swore loyalty to her.
Whether it was academics, athletics, or even that beautiful appearance.
Her flawless superior had until recently been relieving her sexual desires and stress by cycling through numerous men, and Park Ah-reum felt a certain thrill in being the one to handle her boss's sole dark side—something no one else could do.
But...
"Hehehe~ Chief Security Officer, isn't our Kang Cheol-ssi truly beautiful? He looks like he only drinks morning dew for sustenance, yet his appetite is something else entirely~"
"Y-yes, Selena-nim. But what should I tell the broadcasting company executives about tonight's dinner meeting? It's already getting late..."
"Just make up some excuse and send those hags who've only grown older without gaining any sense back~ Watching Kang Cheol-ssi's broadcast is more important to me right now~"
"B-but Selena-nim...!"
"Chief. Security. Officer? Just do as I say."
"...Understood."
Grind!
As she bowed her head in acknowledgment and left the office to deal with the executives on Selena Kim's behalf, a chilling sound of teeth grinding echoed through the room.
"Kang.Cheol..."
He was a beautiful man.
Even after assisting Selena Kim and encountering countless men described as handsome or beautiful, his unreal beauty made her doubt if he was even the same species, and simultaneously...
"He's an obstacle...!"
Her superior Selena Kim was a flawless existence.
Even if Selena Kim had dark hobbies, it was enough for Park Ah-reum to step in and handle them without dirtying Selena Kim's hands, and indeed, she herself had kept Selena Kim's name spotless without a single scratch until now.
But then that man Kang Cheol appeared and everything fell apart.
Selena Kim's sole dark hobby came to a complete halt with his appearance, and simultaneously, Park Ah-reum herself was reduced to nothing more than an ordinary security chief!
If that were all, it would be regrettable but she could simply obey the commands of Selena Kim—her sky and master—as she had always done, but as she just witnessed, Selena Kim abandoning even company business to watch that man's broadcasts was definitely not good.
That's why.
Although Selena Kim had explicitly ordered her to stop observing Kang Cheol, Park Ah-reum had independently collected everything about him—his private life, etc.
She was well aware of the information that he was secretly dating a female streamer named Tangtang, and that he needed to establish a YouTube channel for his growing broadcasts and hire a manager and editor to manage it.
"And I know just the team to ruin male streamers like him...!"
Walking down the corridor, she took out her smartphone and made a call somewhere.
"You want us to ruin a male streamer named Kang Cheol?"
"Yes. He's a bit different from ordinary men but has the kind of looks you'll enjoy. You can ruin him or play with him as you please. ...But! Please be extra careful that nothing leaks outside."
"Aigoo~ If it's a request from our regular customer, the Chief, of course~ We'll handle it with strict security so it doesn't reach the ears of important people~ As long as the payment is good~ Kehehe..."
"5 billion upfront. The remainder will be sent after the job is complete and you show me the results. Well then..."
She would simply eliminate anything that disturbed her sky!
Unaware that this dark shadow was approaching him, Kang Cheol...
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"You want me to set up a YouTube channel?"
"Uh-huh. Usually, it's streamers who've been broadcasting for about half a year with a certain scale who establish YouTube channels, but oppa's broadcast is anything but ordinary..."
As Ye-rim, who had come to visit my place after a long time, advised me while we ate a meal full of Father's cooking, I recalled the scale of my recent broadcasts.
Average viewer count: 5,000.
I'd only streamed about 9 times so far, which made me a hakko in terms of broadcast count, but the scale itself rivaled that of major corporations.
"Is there really a need to bother with YouTube? The broadcast income alone is enough to live comfortably."
Even though I set the maximum Water Balloon donations at 500, the Water Balloon donations alone exceeded 2 million won per day, and with that amount, I could not only pay the loan interest but also repay the 2 billion won principal.
"That's because oppa doesn't understand what internet broadcasting is really like. Right now, viewers are flocking because of oppa's beautiful appearance and that uniqueness that sets you apart from ordinary men, but soon viewers will adapt and start dropping off one by one, then you'll plummet endlessly without any support!"
"R-really?"
"Uh-huh! Oppa might not know, but there are so many fox-like male streamers. Unlike oppa, they don't hesitate to create provocative content to attract viewers, and you have no idea how bloodthirsty they are to tear down fellow male streamers they see as threats!"
So that's how it is... Internet broadcasting is such a scary place...
"That's why you need a YouTube channel to prevent that! It's a channel to attract viewers who can't watch at oppa's broadcast time and new viewers who don't know about oppa!"
YouTube had that kind of function?
"Broadcasts can be as short as 2 hours or as long as all day, but not everyone can invest that much time, right? But YouTube makes it easy to watch with just 20-30 minute highlight edited videos, and you can attract more viewers with simpler videos like Shorts. Plus, if you add the income from video views, only a fool wouldn't set one up!"
"Oooh~! Let's make one right now, Ye-rim!"
To think I didn't know about such a good thing until now!
I smiled brightly at Ye-rim for telling me this now and suggested we set up a YouTube channel immediately.
"No no~ But setting up a YouTube channel right away would be foolish!"
Wait, didn't you just say only a fool wouldn't set one up?
"If oppa does the broadcasting, video editing, and manages the YouTube channel all by himself, when would you even have time to sleep?"
"...I wouldn't, would I?"
"Exactly! Real hakkos would do their own video editing and channel management, but oppa's a monster rookie who can't be called a hakko, right? Even I have my YouTube channel under my name, but my manager unnie handles the management and my editor unnie does the editing, you know?"
"So that means I need to hire a team to manage my YouTube too...?"
"Ding dong dang~ Correct answer!"
"But even if money isn't an issue, when would I find a manager and a decent editor, and when would I actually set up the YouTube channel?"
It was hard enough to find one decent person, but now I needed a team of at least two people.
Plus, though I didn't watch internet broadcasts in my previous world, as someone who enjoyed YouTube videos, I knew that high-quality video editors weren't common, and simultaneously understood how crucial it was to find an editor who understood my broadcast concept well.
"I don't think you need to worry about that. There are already recruitment videos on YouTube using edited clips from oppa's broadcasts asking to be contacted? Even I thought the quality was pretty good."
It was already unbelievable that someone edited videos using my broadcasts, but there were people uploading them to YouTube asking to be hired?
If it were the usual me, I would have been suspicious first, but since nothing but good things had been happening lately, I let my guard down. After checking the YouTube video Ye-rim showed me, I made contact, and that day I unintentionally started a yabang (outdoor broadcast)...
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Numerous monitors and dozens of women positioned before them.
The women were all massive thugs with tattoos covering their bodies—so-called gangsters who were human trash.
Team Scratch
A shadow team known only to those in the know, they primarily loaned money to penniless men, then bound them with outrageous interest rates, forcibly making them appear on provocative internet broadcasts like Panda TV to extract money, and took requests from high-level MVPs to ruin the lives of male streamers who offended them—a team of vicious trash.
And last night.
They had received a request from their regular customer and top-tier MVP, Security Chief Park Ah-reum, and were targeting a certain male streamer.
"Oh? Team Leader! The target has taken the bait!"
"Really? What did the message say?"
"Let me see... 'I saw the video posted on YouTube. I'm interested, can we talk?' it says?"
"Hehehe... Of course he liked it! That video was made by an editor worth millions! His manner of speaking is polite too, different from nowadays men. Quickly write back with a meeting place and time!"
"U-um, I already sent it but he replied 'I'm a bit hesitant to meet at a place with only women, can we discuss the contract over the phone instead?'"
"You stupid bitch! Just take a picture of that guy we threw on Panda TV last time for failing to pay interest and send it saying there are men here too! This isn't my first job!"
"Understood!"
These trash who eventually secured the meeting with Kang Cheol by attaching a photo of a Panda TV streamer—who had resisted because he didn't want to create another pitiful victim like himself—after beating him and covering his bruised, swollen cheek with heavy makeup!
And that afternoon.
Selena Kim, who had been waiting for Kang Cheol's broadcast—which had become the sole joy in her life—could hear his outdoor broadcast that started earlier than usual, and his urgent, beautiful voice coming from beyond the black screen.
"This is OO Cafe on the outskirts of the city! Some gangsters are oppressing men... Aah! Get away from me!"
Crash bang boom!
"..."
In an instant, Selena Kim shot up from her seat and ran toward the parking lot.
Her expression as she ran was filled with a rage and bewilderment that even Park Ah-reum, who had assisted her for over ten years, had never seen before...