It Was Too Much Money to Refuse

The League of Legends Ladies Tournament hosted by New Continent TV.

It was a game tournament where only women could participate.

Of course, it couldn’t be compared to the pro league, but it was a platform-sponsored tournament with prize money and viewers.

The gist of what 19girl was saying was simple.

She wanted to participate in this tournament aiming for victory, and especially from the position of a top laner, she wanted to have a skilled jungler as a teammate.

I felt good about having my skills recognized by 19girl, but it wasn’t an issue I could decide easily.

For now, I decided to put it on hold and convey my decision after thinking about it more.

Because an even more urgent problem appeared before me.

“No, isn’t this honestly too much? Huh? Student, think about it a bit. I’ve already endured for two months.”

“I’m sorry.”

“No, last time there was a commotion and reporters came, and YouTubers or whatever came too, and spectators, it was the worst, the worst!”

“Yes, that’s right. I’m sorry. I’ll resolve it as quickly as possible.”

It must be an inevitable fate that no BJ can avoid.

The ‘noise between floors’ problem.

Finally, an unavoidable obstacle approached me too.

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It was clearly my fault.

I started broadcasting without proper soundproofing facilities and didn’t pay much attention to that aspect.

If I had broadcasted until dawn and disturbed the sleep of people around, complaints would have come in earlier and the problem would have grown.

They must have endured until now because I usually start at 5 PM and end the broadcast around 11 PM.

But even that has reached its limit now… It seems I’ll have to move quickly.

Because it would be impossible to set up proper soundproofing facilities in the studio apartment I’m living in now.

‘Even if I move, I don’t know anything about soundproofing…’

When I have concerns related to broadcasting, I have an omnipotent cheat key.

Help me, Mia-emon!

Just in case, I decided to invite Yoonjae and Yerin to the Discord chat room too and talk.

“……”

“……”

Oh no!

I realized after doing it.

What hardship I went through by inviting both Mia and Yerin to the chat room at the same time.

As expected, after dry greetings were exchanged, the two beasts showed their sharpness.

“I really enjoyed watching Mia-nim’s joint broadcast. Lark-nim personally put on the necklace for you. You looked really good together like a ‘couple’.”

“Ah! Come to think of it, you participated as a team when playing games, right? But didn’t you fail to get even one question right? If it were me, I would have known the situation just by looking at Hani unnie’s expression.”

“Well, anyone can say that easily. But would it really turn out that way if you actually tried?”

“If it’s about Hani unnie, I can do it anytime. Are you not confident?”

“Um… kids?”

“Yes, unnie!”

“Did you call?”

“……”

Sometimes the two of them feel scary.

Anyway, since that wasn’t the core of today’s issue, I talked about what I wanted to get help with.

“Lark oppa, Clearmumu oppa, and I all hired the same company for construction. The price is reasonable and they do a thorough job. Unnie should use them too!”

“Hmm, I’ve heard of that place too. I remember hearing a few times that they do a decent job in the industry.”

The company to entrust with soundproofing was decided more easily than expected.

In the first place, it wasn’t such a big industry, so there weren’t many companies, and since most people I know used this one, I gained trust.

“Then the important thing is the house. Do you have any areas in mind?”

“Well, it goes without saying, but I’ll move within Seoul first, and if possible, I’d prefer the familiar east Seoul area.”

Having lived in this neighborhood for over 20 years, I naturally hesitated to leave.

Hearing my statement, Mia shouted in great disappointment.

“Ah, unnie! Just come over here. Huh? If you live near me, we can do joint broadcasts often and eat together, how nice would that be.”

Mia, who lives in Eunpyeong-gu, tried hard to persuade me, saying housing prices are cheap there too.

“I think it would be good to look around this area too. You’re moving because of broadcasting, so if your surrounding living environment suddenly changes too, it might be hard for you to adapt.”

Yerin, who lives in Gangnam-gu, tries to persuade me that a familiar place is good.

Well… personally, I agree with Yerin’s opinion.

I’ve lived around Seongdong-gu and Gwangjin-gu all my life, so moving to Eunpyeong-gu would just be awkward, what would I have there?

“Location is important, but we should check the budget first. In the end, money is the most important thing.”

Yoonjae brought up a realistic topic.

Right, location aside, you need money in the first place to move or not.

So I checked my account balance after a long time.

After paying this month’s rent, utilities, management fees, communication fees, and taxes classified as a sole proprietor, the final balance is!

“Huh?”

“What’s wrong, unnie? Is it so much that you’re thinking of buying instead of jeonse or monthly rent?”

“If your goal is to buy outright, I think Gangnam area wouldn’t be bad either. You can make a nice profit if you sell it later.”

The kids throw jokes and banter at my surprised reaction while checking my account.

Certainly, it’s understandable they thought that way since I had consistently ranked in the Top 100 water balloon calculator since my debut.

Moreover, after fully revealing my face, didn’t I receive tons of water balloons to the point of threatening the existing top 3 female streamers?

My YouTube is booming too.

So they must have imagined my account would be full.

But reality is cruel.

“There was… but now there isn’t.”

“What?”

“???”

A red light came on in my account.

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Money.

People often say this.

That money isn’t everything for happiness.

But there’s a continuation to that saying.

Even if it’s not everything, most happiness is possible with money.

If we calculate the ratio, probably about 99% is possible.

Money, which can be said to be that important in living!

That very money has hit rock bottom.

It was a shock.

I expected it to be getting dangerous from last month, but I didn’t think it would fall this much.

Forget moving, I have to worry about living expenses right away.

‘Money! I need to earn money.’

With tears in my eyes, I give up on obtaining points through water balloon missions for the time being.

At this rate, looking at the momentum of water balloons pouring in recently, I could probably earn about 15-20 million won in a month.

But this is far from enough.

I have a 20 million won deposit for the studio apartment, but if it’s a house where soundproofing facilities for broadcasting will be installed, I need to move to a slightly larger scale than now and need construction costs too.

“Ah, what should I do?”

[Stay calm. If you think carefully, there will be a way.]

“There might be a way. But it’s urgent. I don’t know when they’ll come back to complain again.”

Should I just stay put and broadcast for a month?

Probably, the neighbor next door who came to complain directly might not come again, but the person downstairs who has been quietly accumulating complaints won’t stay still.

[Then how about speaking honestly and getting help?]

“I don’t like that! I have pride, how can I think of begging from young siblings?”

I left the chat room saying I had an urgent matter as soon as I checked the balance.

Money problems really give me a headache.

Just in case, I checked my stock account, but it’s only a small profit.

Even if I liquidate everything right now, would it be about 7 million?

“Ha… money, money, money. Isn’t there a way to earn in a short period somewhere?”

No matter how much I think about it, there’s no way to earn money in a short period unless I win the lottery or do something illegal.

I lightly despair, banging my head on the desk.

Should I look into getting a loan?

Ding-!

While I was seriously contemplating, a notification sound suddenly rings from the League of Legends client window.

“Hm?”

I check without much thought, and it was 19girl.

-19girl: Hani-nim, I’m sorry if it seems like I’m rushing you, but the tournament registration deadline is this Friday. It seems you need to decide a bit quickly.

“Oh!?”

Suddenly, an article about the Ladies Tournament flashes through my mind.

1st place prize money 30 million won+@.

MVP receives a special prize of 3 million won.

Here, @ was the incentive according to the number of viewers and attached advertisements.

Didn’t they say the 1st place team from the last tournament took home about 8 million won per person including incentives?

Moreover, the Ladies Tournament has a total of 16 teams in the bracket and all schedules end in 2 weeks, so it was sufficiently attractive time-wise too.

“This is an opportunity.”

At first, I was planning to refuse considering viewer fatigue.

I already did only League of Legends broadcasts for a week to promote to Master tier, wouldn’t that period be even longer if I participate in the tournament?

Of course, many people like League of Legends, but not everyone plays that game, so there could be viewers who feel left out.

With that in mind, I was going to refuse if possible and proceed with other content, but if things turn out like this…

-HaniHani: I’ll do it! Let’s try to win once.

It was too much money to refuse.