episode_0063

“Is G the G of Grandpia?“

Yooseol said, resting his chin on the table.

After hearing that, the manager hit the whiteboard with a thud.

“Good! That’s correct. There is 1 store.”

What do you use the stores for?

Yu Seol seemed to have the same question, but the manager didn’t just sit back and watch us ask questions.

“First, focus. As everyone knows, our subculture club has an obligation to successfully complete the Grandpia Cosplay Festival! Because nothing was done in the first half of the year!“

“Isn’t it because I watch anime every day?”

It was the manager who was glaring at me without saying a word.

Seeing the manager’s sullen expression, I decided to keep my mouth shut.

The manager with puffed cheeks pointed at the board with the stick in his hand, and the deputy manager standing next to him took off the sticker on the board.

·Participation in cosplay competitions

·Operating a goods sales booth

“As you can see, we plan to do two activities at this festival.”

As we nodded and understood, the manager moved his hand again and pointed to the side.

·Participation in cosplay competition: Yuara, Seo Yijin

·Goods production: Yoo Seol, Seo Yi-jin

·Booth management: Seong-ho Lim, Ju-yong Kim, Seol Yoo

·Practical processing: Seong-ho Lim, Joo-yong Kim

Yoo Seol, who had been watching silently, raised his hand.

“Speak up!”

“What is booth management?”

Senior Kim Joo-yong, the general secretary who was sitting next to me, answered those words.

“Because you can’t just set up a stand and sell unmanned. We should sell goods at the booth.”

It seemed like there would be good sales if Yoo Seol stood at the booth and sold goods.

“Aha.”

When Yoo Seol, convinced by the general manager’s answer on her behalf, turned her head again, the manager smiled with satisfaction.

“Good. Does anyone else have anything to say?”

I raised my hand in response to the manager’s words.

“I have a general idea about participating in cosplay competitions, but what exactly does making goods do?”

“That’s a very good question, junior.”

The manager who said that made a gesture to the deputy manager.

After seeing this, the deputy director took out a booklet from the corner and handed it to me.

When I took the booklet, Yuseol sat next to me and looked at the booklet together.

“There I wrote down the list of goods to be exhibited this time.”

The booklet depicted the items to be made into goods and a simple guide.

I don’t know who drew it, but it looked like it had been drawn by a child, and only the simple features were recognizable. I somehow guess who it is.

Acrylic stand, acrylic key ring, photo card, illustrated poster.

These were items that could be easily produced as long as there was a picture as a base.

In addition, the concept of art is written in detail at length below, which I think will be of great help in drawing.

“It’s pretty simple stuff, right?”

“Because the number of people working is small and the work period is short. We excluded all items that take a long time to produce.”

hmm. surely.

Even if Yuseol and I only drew pictures, it would take quite a bit of time to actually order and receive the goods, so it seemed wise to focus on producing simple goods in order to fit in with the festival schedule, which is only about a month away.

“Ah! Junior. If you think the workload is too much, please let me know at any time.”

“No. I think this will be possible quickly. I will give it to you no later than the sports day.”

There are two weeks left until the sports day.

It may have been a tight time to work on about ten types of character illustrations from scratch, but thanks to the concept being organized in advance, it didn’t seem to take that long.

The manager who heard me raised his thumb.

“Good! This theory is quite possible, right?“

“Yes. I’ll try.”

With that, we put an end to the talk about goods and returned to the strategy meeting.

“Then, let’s start with a briefing on the most important cosplay competition.”

We moved to the dark room following the director’s guidance.

The beam projector was on in the dark room, and the vice-president rushed over and took a seat in front of the computer.

No, I even prepared some kind of PPT material.

As I sat down in my seat with a dazed expression, the manager approached next to the screen.

“First, I would like to explain the competition of the Grandpia Cosplay Festival.”

To summarize the manager’s presentation and PPT materials:

In the finals held on the day of the festival, each of the 16 teams that passed the preliminary round had to compete to receive votes from the audience both on-site and online.

For reference, in the case of the preliminaries, it appears that you only need to submit your application via video one week before the finals.

“For the combination of me and junior Jin Lee, passing the preliminaries will be a given, so I will take the time to learn about the strategy for the finals and the enemies we will face.”

He was a manager who proudly declared.

I’m not very confident… .

However, I don’t plan on taking it lightly.

“First, let me tell you about the strategy for the finals.“

The manager skillfully operated the remote control and flipped through the PPT and pointed to the screen.

Where the manager pointed, ‘We are targeting female fans with a couple concept!’ It was written:

“Granpia is a subculture game with an unusually large number of female users. Their votes had a big impact on both last year’s and the year before last’s events.”

As the PPT progressed, data was displayed on the screen.

“As a result of the analysis, it was found that a lot of female fans’ votes were focused on the male and female couple team.”

There were photos of the winners of the cosplay competition from last year and the year before, and both teams were male and female duos.

“Both of these teams cosplayed the most popular character couplings of the year, and as a result, they won. We will aim to win this year with the same strategy!”

I heard that far and raised my hand.

“What is it? Junior.”

“Then, aren’t there many people other than us who came up with the couple concept?”

The manager who heard me nodded his head.

“That’s right. So I prepared this material.”

The manager manipulated the PPT again.

A table commonly seen on tier table creation sites was displayed on the screen.

The manager fired a laser pointer and pointed in a circle at the four teams in S rank.

“This table summarizes the risk rankings. Thank you for your hard work, General Affairs.”

Just as the manager said, Senior Jooyong’s name was written in small letters at the bottom right of the table.

“It’s so authentic… .”

I heard Yooseol muttering to herself.

That’s what I meant… … .

“The four S-rank teams here are mixed gender teams and are expected to enter the competition with a couple concept similar to ours.”

The manager, who was looking at the photo of the four teams with his arms crossed, turned his head and looked at us.

“And among these four teams… . According to the information I received, there is a team of the most dangerous watch.”

On the next screen, a man and a woman appeared.

The two of them, wearing stylish cosplay costumes, looked like professional cosplayers at first glance.

As if to prove it, the photos that appeared in succession in the PPT material showed off their quality wonderfully.

“The other three teams chose different characters than us… . I got information that these two people are cosplaying as Cloud and Irina.”

Regardless of where that information came from, wouldn’t it be a big problem if it happened that way?

How do you beat a professional cosplayer while playing the same character?

“Can we win…? .”

“Uh huh. Be confident. Junior! We are green young people. Those people must have been in their mid-twenties.”

That’s right. It was the manager who made a rude comment to the two people.

Still, if there’s one consolation, it’s one thing.

It was the presence of a manager.

That Koseo girl is pretty, and she’s probably good at acting, too.

Because objectively speaking, our manager is prettier.

As for acting, well… . Still, the manager also has quite a bit of cosplay experience, so we can look forward to it.

In any case, it was a problem that only I could do well.

“ character. Now, let me tell you about the most important elements of Operation G.”

What is still left?

“This is junior’s acting practice!”

“… Me?”

“Yes. You didn’t just want to go to the competition wearing a costume, right?”

“… … Well, that’s not it.”

Still, it’s acting practice.

Wasn’t it just a matter of roughly posing?

At my words, the manager raised his finger and waved it.

“Tsk tsk tsk. Your junior needs to become a professional course player now. The moment you put on the costume, you have to become the crowd itself.”

What a professional… .

If you participate in a competition and win a prize, can you call yourself a professional?

It’s a bit burdensome, so I hope they do it at a semi-professional level.

With that in mind, I took a subtle approach.

“Even if you say that… .”

“Don’t worry. Because I will make it that way.”

Hehe, I said. To me, it was the manager with a somewhat uneasy smile.

“What exactly are you trying to do?”

“Ah. About that. Could you allocate some time for me this weekend?”

“Yes?”

“Go to an offline meeting with me!”

“Yes??”

“I’m glad I had a good opportunity. Junior!”

“Yes???“