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4 – I Do What I’m Told Well (1)

4 – I Do What I’m Told Well (1)

“If things go well today, we might hit the jackpot…?”

I tilted my head, unable to understand what the Boss was saying.

“What’s going to be a jackpot?”

“Ah, that, . With you putting in so much effort, I think it’s really going to be a hit.”

I nodded, relieved.

I was worried that if I, a black hole, was standing among the talented first-generation members, the game would be too easy. But if our Boss acknowledged it, it meant it wasn’t that bad.

Anyway, does this mean my practice paid off?

It’s my first time voicing on a broadcast, so I prepared really hard.

Feeling good, I couldn’t control the twitching corners of my lips.

“Hehe. I’ll work hard since I have to play the game with the Boss.”

* * *

I didn’t want to make a fuss, so I glossed over it.

In fact, Cheon Do-hee was utterly shocked and froze upon hearing Jia’s impression.

“She unexpectedly has a knack for this…”

Who was she?

Before Cheon Do-hee hired her, she was just someone who barely made a living with part-time jobs, spending her time watching Virtual Youtuber broadcasts and causing trouble.

But when she was assigned to be a manager as punishment, she surprisingly did well.

And when she was brought into the company, she always finished whatever she was assigned to do.

In other words, she wasn’t the type to actively seek out and do things on her own, but she was exceptionally good at what she was told to do.

She was the type who shined when she met a good Boss.

So, after much deliberation, Cheon Do-hee entrusted her with the most difficult task in the company.

Could she do this too?

And she solved that as well.

Just seeing how the first-generation members treated her as an indispensable presence showed how hard she worked at her assigned tasks.

But that effort was always within the general range.

In other words, Dohee thought that she wouldn’t be able to conquer areas that were generally considered to require ‘talent.’

Like broadcasting, entertainment, singing, and impressions.

So, Dohee had dinner with Jia and asked her directly.

“Jia, you. Have you ever done impressions before?”

“No. This is my first time.”

“First time?”

“Yes. If the Boss hadn’t told me to participate in the content, I wouldn’t have even prepared.”

First time?

It was an impression that required the ability to observe people in detail, analyze them, express them identically, and the talent to show it all without hesitation.

She accurately imitated the expatriate’s unique intonation and accent, and even the parts where Rain actually got angry, making it a complete replication beyond imitation, except for the innate tonal differences.

‘You can’t do this kind of impression with just effort.’

Jia was simply showing the talent she had been hiding all along.

She just hadn’t done it because she hadn’t been told to.

She was someone who could do it if she did it.

In a way, she was a hidden genius.

“Did you perhaps prepare a song too?”

“Since it’s Rain, I prepared a rap. But I’m hoping the viewers won’t ask me to do it.”

“You prepared that?”

“I had to? When you told me to prepare for the content, you said I should prepare in case someone who matches comes and asks me to sing.”

“Ah, that’s right. Yes.”

In the meantime, the ordered Tendong came out, and Jia immediately put half shrimp tempura and half vegetable tempura on the fluffy rice and stuffed it into her mouth.

Her mouth opened as wide as before, but because her jaw itself had become smaller, it took a long time to chew.

She thought it was uncomfortable because it took her a long time to chew, but to the person sitting across from her, it was incredibly cute.

Thinking about how diligently she was eating with her small mouth.

Dohee imagined Jia singing in her head.

‘…Come to think of it, there’s no data at all.’

Dohee knew that her vocalization was clean.

It’s just that not many people noticed it because she deliberately slurred her words to correct her habit of speaking toxically as she socialized.

When she spoke comfortably, she was just cute.

It wasn’t a forced sound, so it was easy to listen to, and the sustainability was also good.

What should I say? A cuteness that doesn’t get boring because the highs and lows are clear?

But Jia often went to karaoke with the company gatherings, but she was always busy playing the tambourine without even holding the microphone, as if she had no interest.

And now she’s prepared a song, even a rap, so how can I not be curious?

“Maybe, should I check if your song is okay?”

“No, thank you.”

“Why?”

“Because I’m embarrassed to sing in front of the Boss. What I practiced alone is enough.”

Today’s content has an expected viewership of ten thousand people?

Is it okay because you can’t feel the gaze anyway?

Or, is it because the Boss told you to do it?

“Would you have sung a song if I had told you to sing one at the gathering?””

“Yes.”

“…Why?”

“Because the Boss told me to.”

I can’t hate this character.

That’s why Dohee has dinner with her every day.

She’s already so skinny, and I’m worried that she’ll suddenly collapse from malnutrition.

However, at this point, Dohee is also curious about something.

How far does this crazy loyalty go?

“At this rate, you’ll even do Virtual Youtuber if I tell you to.”

At those words, Jia paused for a moment.

Her lower jaw, which had been moving diligently, also stopped completely.

Soon, she swallowed the half-chewed food roughly, and muttered.

“I’d do it if you told me to. But knowing the Boss’s personality, you’d never say such a thing.”

…So you’d do it anyway?

“What are you talking about.”

“You were so picky when you were screening the first-generation members. It doesn’t make sense to just pick a Virtual Youtuber to be the face of the company.”

“…I guess not.”

“And as the Boss said, you shouldn’t debut as a Virtual Youtuber if you’re not prepared.”

“I did? When did I say that?”

“When you were interviewing the first-generation members, you shouted it out loud for the interviewees who came drunk the day before to hear.”

“Ah. That’s right. Um…. Yeah, you’re right.”

Even if you pay them to come, Virtual Youtubers quit easily due to mental problems.

If their will is weak, it’s difficult to overcome all kinds of online attacks and slanders that come during the broadcast and have a long run.

As Jia said, even if she did it because the Boss told her to, there’s a high probability that she’d get tired and fall off quickly.

‘I should give her a bonus if she finishes the content well.’

Since she’s made her refusal clear, I shouldn’t bother someone who already has a clear job to do.

Unless people start an online protest saying ‘Free Majiya’ after she shows her face once.

* * *

So, at 8 PM.

— Open the doorrrrrrrrr

— Rain noona, I’m so dry I’m about to crack

— Squeak squeak squeak squeak squeak squeak

, which as many as 5,000 people had been waiting for even before the broadcast, announced its start with the appearance of first-generation member Aoyagi Rein.

[Oh hell yeah! Can you hear me!]

— Vidaaaaaaa

— I thought I was going to die of thirst ㅠㅠㅠ

— I can hear you well

— Hellyeah~

— Reha~

— What, noona, your voice is weird

[Ah, today’s actors, uh, use a voice changer? So I, did a little bit of this fabrication too. Got it? Puddles?

— Acknowledgment of fabrication

— I thought there was some mechanical sound haha

— Look at the sophisticated word choice

[Anyway, what’s today’s content! It’s right right right Find Rain——!

— The Boss is crazy

— The first Virtual Youtuber to give away pizza by the truck

— Oh come on, pizza doesn’t fit in the sleeves

As you can tell from the reaction in the chat, the viewers are actually expecting Rain’s wallet to be emptied.

The community’s reaction was that because Rain’s tone is so unique, it’s inevitable that it will eventually show if you keep talking to her.

So, I have to work harder to make it even more fun content.

“Hoo…. Haaaa…….”

In the one-person broadcasting room attached to the company’s Motion capture studio, I took a deep breath and suppressed my nervousness.

I’m not nervous about standing in front of people, but I’m worried about not doing the job the Boss told me to do properly.

My Favorite trusted me and entrusted me with such an important job.

Failure? There’s no way.

I’m going to show everything I’ve prepared today.

I finished my meditation and focused on Rain’s ment.

It was almost time for the actors to appear.

[— So, one pizza will be given to the person who guesses correctly! Okay, does everyone understand now? No one’s stupid, right? Then shall we call the actors? Today, B-Rain, C-Rain, and D-Rain will imitate me, A-Rain. Let’s go!]

Following Rain’s signal, I pulled up her Live2D, which had been hidden below the screen.

— Wow, the screen is full

— Crazy, four cutting boards ㄷㄷㄷ

[Four cutting boards, what a bastard.] You banned. Puddles! I’m B-cup. How many times do I have to say it?

— Denggyeong

— Four cutting boards and four knives, so fast~

— So… Honestly, I think even B-cup is a cutting board…

In the meantime, I checked if the Rain character I had raised above the screen was moving well.

It felt a little strange that Rain was moving as I moved.

What should I say, my evil instincts are awakening?

If I say something funny like this, can I slander Rain?

‘…I have to hold back.’

If Rain’s colleagues do it, it becomes content, but I’m an employee, so people might take it seriously.

Even if it seems somewhat unreasonable, that’s the weight that the operations team has.

If you’re a shadow following the stars, you should never go ahead of the stars.

While I was fighting with my inner mischief, it was my turn.

[Okay. D-Rain, let’s introduce yourself?]

What I showed the Boss earlier was ‘How Rain talks when she plays games.’

I practiced Rain’s opening ment separately.

Energetically. As if scratching my throat a little—it’s not accurate because I learned it from YouTube—with the feeling of opening a path to the outside of my body and my lungs!

“Oh, hell, yeah. Puddles! Rain is dropping from the sky. I’ve come to wet the dry land today too!”

But practice is practice.

It wasn’t easy when it came to the actual performance.

Just looking at how sweaty my palms were after doing the impression.

That’s why I can’t help but respect our kids.

How do they do these embarrassing ments every day without a care?

Virtual Youtuber, it’s really not easy.

‘…But why is it so quiet.’

The real Rain, who couldn’t help but laugh and giggle when B-Rain and C-Rain introduced themselves, is silent for some reason.

Even the chat, which was busy laughing along, saying that they could see the person inside too transparently, is now all.

— ?

— ???

— ??

— ?

— What

— ??

— ? Huh?

— Wasn’t A the real Rain?

— Puddles I’m scared

— Suddenly hitting with a serious punch

— D looks like the real cutting board

— Ah, is it 1 person 2 roles?

— What’s with the difficulty? Haha

— Wow, that’s surprising.

— No, it was definitely a gag up to C. Hahaha

Author’s note

Can I have a chubby face?

Puu~