Chapter 52

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Translated by Jinmu

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“…Recruitment offers?”

He had somewhat expected that Yeon-woo would bring this up.

The problem lay in the sheer quantity of it.

“You’re saying all of these are recruitment offers? Isn’t this way too much?”

“Look back on what you did, Hyung. I filtered it as much as I could and there are still 100 left, you know? If I reduced it more, I’d be in a situation where I’d have to cut out large corporations.”

Yeon-woo vented his grievance saying he did his best.

Observing that conversation, his mother threw a question.

“What does this mean?”

“Ah, Mom, this is…”

“I’ll explain it to you. You hurry up and check them, Hyung.”

Interrupting him, Yeon-woo started to explain the situation to his mother.

Watching him in disbelief, Han-bit pulled the documents in front of him.

‘There’s a filthy amount.’

A long, lined-up roster of corporations, streamers, and individual players.

The conditions proposed by each were neatly organized to be easy to view.

Important sections were even highlighted in different colors with comments attached.

‘Are you a mother bird or what.’

From this document, Yeon-woo’s final bit of stubbornness could be felt.

Because it was natural that the conditions from colossal factions would be better than the newly established company he was going to set up.

Of course, while he probably wanted to take Han-bit with him, watching his plays must have gradually changed his mind.

It was an un-businessman-like thought that he had to let him go to bigger waters.

Since it was a personality far too like Joo Yeon-woo, a hollow chuckle escaped him.

“This is the reason they’re trying to scout you, Hyung. In sports terms, you’re an incredibly promising prospect.”

In the meantime, Yeon-woo’s passionate explanation concluded.

Remaining silent for a moment, his mother turned her gaze to the documents and said.

“So, you’re saying all these people are trying to recruit Han-bit?”

“Yes. There were even cases where multiple offers overlapped from the same company. They must really, desperately want to scout him.”

“…Is that so?”

At a situation far too unfamiliar, his mother also carefully inspected the documents.

Content that was hard to understand precisely because gaming terminology was mixed in.

However, something that strikingly caught her eye was also clear.

“100 million for 150 million? What is that?”

An amount continuously attached behind the proposal from a corporation named Gold Bird.

Because there was no other memo written, it was difficult for his mother to understand.

“It means 100 million won for the signing bonus, and 150 million won for the annual salary. The part attached at the back is an incentive clause… To put it simply, it’s the ratio at which Han-bit Hyung splits the treasures he finds with the company. But it isn’t a good condition compared to other places.”

“…?”

What intuitively approached her from Yeon-woo’s explanation were the signing bonus and annual salary, as expected.

However, a momentary confusion struck because it didn’t feel realistic.

“Mother, I personally checked every single one and only filtered down to the solid places. You see a lot of names you know here too, right?”

Knowing that worry, Yeon-woo pointed to several items on the list with his finger.

Major domestic corporations famous even within the country, and even the names of celebrities were there.

Rather, because they were names far too well-known, various worries sprang up, but Yeon-woo read even those inner feelings.

“For your reference, the contract will officially proceed inside their headquarters building. For those operating as individuals, the contracts will be made fairly so there are no legal issues, so you don’t need to worry too much. Since my family is in the legal field for starters, I’ll take responsibility and connect them.”

An airtight explanation gradually mollified his mother’s worries.

Yeon-woo’s parents are co-CEOs of a law firm ranked in the top three domestically.

Though he himself wasn’t walking the path of a legal professional, thanks to being the youngest child, he was able to draw a somewhat unrestricted future for himself.

Rattle-

While they shared such a conversation, the course meal dishes came in one by one.

Han-bit greedily read through the documents while slowly tasting the food.

‘Yeonhwa is here too.’

Before the incident involving Rashten’s monopoly occurred.

The company that most actively showed intentions to recruit him was Yeonhwa Gaming.

Although that proposal fell apart while suspecting Han-bit and Yeon-woo, ever since they realized it was a misunderstanding, they had been pouring out donations in the millions of won.

The condition they presented right now was a 200 million won signing bonus alone.

“How are they? Such as Yeonhwa and others, there are some conditions that really catch your eye, right? Actually, it’ll only be certain once the episode results come out, but we can just put a retroactive application into the contract clause for that.”

Yeon-woo asked while emphasizing the conditions.

Scanning the list, Han-bit threw a question back instead.

“Why isn’t your company here?”

“Ayy, I haven’t even properly established it yet. You just have to look at the conditions here and pick one, Hyung. I also excluded black corporations to the best of my ability, so don’t worry about that.”

“Do you think black corporations get filtered out just because you try to exclude them.”

It must be the result of him doing his own research, but the inner workings of companies are hard to know from the outside.

Even if there are rumors circulating in office worker communities, there would surely be companies that even manage those.

“Yeon-woo runs a company?”

Continuing her meal while looking at the documents, his mother spoke up.

Receiving that gaze, Yeon-woo scratched his head and answered.

“It isn’t anything amazing. It’s a feeling of gathering people who do game broadcasts and forming a team together. Of course, I’ll be able to properly generate profits.”

“Really?”

Listening to his explanation, his mother fell into deep thought about something.

In the meantime, Han-bit, who had finished checking the list, closed the file folder.

“I decided.”

“Oh, already? Where are you going to go?”

“I’m not going anywhere.”

“…Yes?”

At an unexpectedly absurd result, Yeon-woo’s movements stopped.

Pondering whether he had heard right, he asked once again.

“You aren’t going anywhere?”

“Why are you surprised? I already told you before anyway.”

“No, this is different from back then! When they’re laid out completely like this! Do you know how hard it was to organize this?”

Yeon-woo appealed while raising his voice as if he was treated unfairly.

However, nothing changed.

Because he absolutely did not want to receive outside interference inside RP.

“You can put this document to good use. You should quickly prepare your company too. Coz I’m gonna do whatever I please there.”

“Wow, really? Thank you so much! Did you think I’d say that? Mother, Mother, don’t you also want Hyung to enter a good workplace?”

Yeon-woo quickly requested reinforcements from his mother who was eating.

“Workplace?”

Hearing the question, his mother turned her head and looked at her son’s face.

The list of companies written on the document and the tremendous conditions.

Naturally, considering her son’s stable future, picking the best place out of these might be the correct answer.

However, the answer to such agony had been determined since the day Han-bit was born.

“Why, do you want me to pick one from here, Mom?”

At his mother’s appearance looking deep in thought, Han-bit casually threw a question.

Retracing her old memories, his mother calmly stated while turning her gaze to the food.

“Do whatever you want to do. That is what makes you the happiest. With Yeon-woo alongside you, Mom won’t be worried either.”

“That’s my Mom as expected.”

“Mother!”

The reactions of Han-bit and Yeon-woo were completely opposite.

Since it was not a surprising answer for Han-bit who already knew his mother’s mind.

However, Yeon-woo simply put on a dazed expression.

“If someone saw this, they’d think I rejected your company.”

“Hyung, you don’t understand how I feel. The burden set upon my shoulders isn’t just heavy, it’s honestly terrifying.”

Turning down the good conditions and picking his own newly established company.

If he failed to produce satisfactory results, it would solely be his fault.

Such thoughts naturally sprung up.

“So, you don’t like it?”

“…There’s no way I wouldn’t like it.”

Even amidst such burden, anticipation swelled up tremendously.

In the first place, the list and conditions organized in the document were offers given to the Han-bit of yesterday.

When today passes, and tomorrow, the day after, 1 week, 1 month flow by, what kind of situation would unfold?

Looking at a playstyle far too fresh and stimulating, he couldn’t even imagine it.

“Thank you. I’ll work properly and make both Hyung and Mother rich.”

“Thanks for the thought alone.”

At his resolute determination, his mother let out a small chuckle.

Naturally, Yeon-woo had nothing but thoughts of genuinely making it happen.

“How much preparation do you have left? It’ll take a bit longer, right?”

“I’ve finished preparing the incorporation, but there are minor decisions left. I’m receiving help from my father for this part.”

Even if he was the adored youngest child, public and private matters must be separated.

That was also the ironclad rule of Yeon-woo’s father.

Right now, he was standing on a testing ground awaiting judgment.

“Anyway, since Hyung said he’d join me, I’ll immediately try connecting it to work. I had already been preparing to grow your channel.”

“Preparing to grow?”

“Such as editing clips, or refining the information you publicly disclosed to communities, Hyung, and re-uploading them to the channel. I’ll show you this gradually.”

Yeon-woo explained several plans one after another.

The meal that continued alongside the shifted atmosphere ended satisfactorily.

“Thanks for the meal. We lived in luxury thanks to Yeon-woo.”

“Next time I’ll treat you to something even more delicious.”

The greetings exchanged as they left the restaurant were no less than a mother and her second son.

“You’re going to look around more with Mother, right, Hyung?”

“I’m going to look at RP gears. There seemed to be a pretty big store inside the department store?”

“Gears? You’re going to use the next tier already?”

Yeon-woo’s doubt was natural.

A playtime not even reaching 1 week.

To Han-bit who was already using a level 2 gear, the next tier of gear was objectively a premature consideration.

“I need it for the remaining main quests. You wanna come too?”

“Oh? Is that okay?”

“Of course it’s okay. Let’s go.”

Together with the two people, Han-bit moved to the department store’s RP section.

Amidst a wide array of various goods, a display stand lined with gears could be seen.

“Welcome. Is it your first time with RP?”

A female employee quickly approached and assisted them.

Somehow she is glancing at Han-bit’s face, but he didn’t care much.

“No. We’d like to look at Level 3 gears.”

“Ah, I see. Level 3 gears are in the second block. Would you come this way?”

The employee kindly took the lead and guided them to the location.

Inside the glass display stands that followed, gears of various shapes were placed.

“As you are aware, RP gears show unique characteristics depending on the manufacturer. We can recommend suitable products based on the specific requirements you want, such as visual, auditory, olfactory, movements, sensitivity, etc.”

The core technology of gears publicly disclosed by the game company.

Based on that, various manufacturers added renewals fitting their own unique identities.

Depending on the product’s competitiveness, it was a structure where one manufacturer could sweep in all the money.

It was natural that Han-bit’s company cast covetous eyes on it.

“Which one is the best overall?”

“The product released by Core Company shows the most outstanding efficiency overall. The price has been formed in the 30 million won range.”

Listening to the explanation, Han-bit looked at Yeon-woo.

Confirming that gaze, he nodded his head and said.

“It is true that there’s no company that makes it better than Core. Their global market share is also #1.”

Unlike Yeon-woo who didn’t pay much attention to his plays, Han-bit was properly utilizing even the smallest movements.

If so, increasing the gear’s performance was not largely different from increasing the game character’s specs.

“Then I’ll go with this one.”

“Ah, yes! I will assist you with the payment right away!”

The employee who was looking at Han-bit answered a beat late and guided them to the checkout counter.

Yeon-woo was looking around the display stands, saying he wanted to explain this and that to his mother.

“…”

The employee who was checking the gear’s condition finished her work while glancing at his face several times.

And when the checkout process concluded, she slyly asked.

“By any chance… aren’t you Streamer Black Dragon-nim?”

“…Excuse me?”

At first, he thought he misheard.

Because even if he was found out by Lee Min-ho, it was flustering for such a situation to happen at a department store’s shop.

“Black Dragon?”

At that time, an unfamiliar man’s voice was heard from behind.

Turning his head, he met the gaze of a tall man in a suit.

It was right after that when the other party’s eyes opened staggeringly wide.

“Oh? That face is…! Are you really Black Dragon-nim!”

The man who called out with a loud voice approached with long strides.

He continued speaking in an excited voice.

“So you set your appearance to be exactly identical to reality! No wonder I felt a tremendous sense of intimacy!”

An overly affectionate attitude, but they were definitely meeting for the first time.

Han-bit, who had instinctively taken a counterattack posture, asked as if on guard.

“Who are you?”

“Ah, I apologize. I ended up getting far too excited.”

The man rummaged through his suit pockets.

Then, handing over a refined business card, he continued.

“It is an honor to meet you. I am called Streamer Avant-garde!”