Chapter 77 Part 1: Hiring an editor

#[Today Too, Gu Jisu Kidnaps a New Recruit]

(Discord Screenshot)

=As expected of a livelihood-type kidnapper ㄷㄷ (shivers)

-ㄷㄷ (shivers)

-Gu Jisu/Controversies and Incidents…

ㄴlol

-Livelihood-type kidnapper, f*ck lol.

ㄴ Jangbiso (Cheongha) gave him that name.

ㄴ That name is so well-coined lol.

-Evil CEO ㄷㄷ (shivers).

 

#[Japanese Person’s Reaction When Their Japanese Sword Broke]

(Kim Cheongha’s Infinity Returns Play Screenshot)

=??? : Kujikanesadaaaa—!!!

Aaaargh!!

-??? lol.

-What is that;;;

-She got ganged up on and died after that.

-This is the first time I’ve seen her scream like that, crazy.

-F*ck, she wasn’t even like that during horror games.

ㄴ Back then, she couldn’t even scream and just fainted lol.

-I’m going crazy lol.

-A true warrior dies with their sword.

ㄴ That would be a captain, you crazy b*stard.

-This isn’t the streamer I knew…

ㄴ Ah, she can’t resist the romance lol.

 

#[Honestly, Kujikanesada is the Truth]

(Anime Screenshot)

=Ah, it has its roots lol.

-Crazy, Boundary of the Void lol.

ㄴ Truly the ‘roots’.

-But is that work famous?

I’m young, so I wouldn’t know.

ㄴ You little punk.

ㄴ How dare you not know the legend of urban fantasy, Boundary of the Void.

-Ugh, old fossils…

ㄴ Ugh, smells like a f*cking otaku.

ㄴ You f*cker.

-We’re not curious about that crap lol.

-But doesn’t Kim Cheongha’s voice sound strangely similar to the female lead there? lol.

ㄴ For real, she even likes Kujikanesada the same way.

ㄴ And even there, the sword breaks, huh…?

-But our boss doesn’t have lines in her eyes…

ㄴ Instead, because she’s a snake, she’s equipped with thermal vision in her eyes.

ㄴ Crazy lol.

ㄴ RP here?

 

#[But I Looked Up Her Voice Earlier]

=It’s exactly the same?

So she really was the daughter of a Yakuza family lol.

-Red pill ㄷㄷ (shivers).

ㄴ You think so? lol.

ㄴ Successor to a Yakuza family, crazy.

-Why would someone like that be a Vtuber? lol.

-Actually, isn’t she a voice actor there?

It feels similar to a Vtuber, so it seems quite possible.

ㄴ I heard an idol recorded that, not a voice actor.

ㄴ Ah, then no.

ㄴ Why would a Japanese idol do this in Korea? lol.

-But since she’s Japanese, isn’t there a possibility, for real?

ㄴ Don’t be ridiculous.

ㄴ Vtubers are super underground even in Japan, f*ck lol.

ㄴ YourLive is also going bankrupt because it’s in the red, what are you talking about?

ㄴ Ah, really?

ㄴ Yeah, the company itself just can’t get investment.

ㄴ At this rate, it’ll definitely go bankrupt next year.

 

#[Hey, Excuse Me]

=If you’re old, then what does that make us, f*ck.

-lol.

-Kuaaak.

-Triggered?

-How dare a 22-year-old.

-Rupyung was super triggered then.

-Bubugi was completely out of his mind then.

ㄴ??? : It’s true that you’re old, ma’am.

ㄴ I wonder every time I see him, what kind of guts does he live with…

ㄴ He’s really the type to drag others down even if he suffers a loss himself, fr.

#[But the Vtuber Market is Totally Screwed lol]

= F*ck, the only ones who survived, combining Korea and Japan, are two indie Vtubers.

One Kim Cheongha, one Kitsune.

Peol-leok (Flutter – referring to Korean flag).

-Fluttering, you crazy b*stard lol.

ㄴ That one is also Japanese in the end.

ㄴ??? Ah, right lol.

ㄴ Going to edit it right now.

-Almost all the other ones are in the red right now.

-Meanwhile, why is Kim Cheongha included lol.

ㄴ The Cheongha fans are overhyping her like crazy, f*ck.

ㄴ But don’t these guys have a name or something?

ㄴ The official channels haven’t decided on one, so there’s nothing to do right now.

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The unintentional age-triggering incident.

There were various other incidents besides that, but.

“You all worked hard~!”

“Byeom.”

Our Inri collab, which started unexpectedly, ended with great success.

“Hoo····.”

After finishing the main game and the follow-up content, and everyone had left the Discord room.

I slowly leaned back in my chair.

‘One collab is exhausting…’

As expected, my stamina seems to have dropped a lot with age.

Should I start exercising again soon?

Since I retired, I haven’t been to a proper gym even once, so I felt like I needed to create a regular exercise pattern again.

Well, still.

If there’s one thing I realized through this collab…

“I really need an editor.”

Game scenes and chit-chat.

Looking at it now, there are an insane number of moments that would make for interesting videos every time I do a collab.

If I try to edit everything that’s piled up so far, our editor.

Wouldn’t they really collapse from overwork?

Well, this was filmed before that, so it’ll probably just be uploaded as a VOD.

‘Come to think of it, should they have arrived by now?’

To check the sample videos sent by the editor applicants, I cautiously logged into the email account my manager had created for me.

Of course, not everyone who applied was suitable.

[I’m not good at it, but I’ll try applying once.]

[Is this much enough?]

Please pick me.

When I checked the videos attached to these kinds of posts, most of them were just the original video with subtitles added.

Even if they went further, the quality was often poor.

How should I put it, it just looked like they rushed the deadline.

“Oof.”

There are many strange people too.

Just looking at them is enough to make my head feel weird.

Right, I’m a small-timer, so I’m an easy target, is that it?

They say if five people gather, one of them is bound to be trash.

Today too, our great sage, Jiraiya-sensei, has chalked up another loss.

Why, you ask?

Because it wasn’t that one out of five was trash.

It was that everyone except one out of five submitted trash.

There were some who were somewhat watchable, but most of them were too expensive for me to hire.

Isn’t it a bit burdensome to bring in such a big shot from the very beginning of channel operation?

As I kept scrolling down the screen.

“Huh?”

I found a strangely familiar name.

[Jumin A applies for editor position]

[Park Jumin]

Who is this?

Isn’t this the active high school senior and our stream’s VIP?

He knew how to edit too?

Out of curiosity, I clicked on the attached video and played it.

Then, the videos unfolded.

“Oh…”

After the 3-minute sample video finished, I quietly marveled.

A video of reasonably good quality had been uploaded.

The subtitle style was also good, and the sound effects and zoom-ins were inserted in just the right places.

Traces of deliberation on where to cut for comedic effect were also evident.

It was worlds apart from the strange videos I had been watching until just now.

‘Has he tinkered with this kind of thing before?’

Perhaps his career path was in this direction.

How can one person be good at games and editing?

What kind of bug is this?

If it were up to me, I wanted to decide on this one right away.

“But can a high school student even do this kind of thing?”

Setting aside contractual and legal issues, Korean students would be incredibly busy with college entrance exam preparations and school grades.

I wondered if it would be okay.

Well, still, if he’s a high school senior, he’s not a child anymore.

He must have committed to it knowing he could handle it somehow.

Besides, I wouldn’t be uploading videos to YouTube that frequently anyway.

Editing skills that just make it look reasonably stylish would be sufficient.

In that sense, rather than a full-time editor for other streamers, would it be closer to the feel of a fan’s kirinuki channel?

Of course, this is official, so it’s slightly different in nature, but it means it’s similar if you really get down to it.

I’m not sure how to express this exactly.

“For now, should I send a message once?”

Anyway, I was quite pleased with the editing content.

I cautiously began to write an email to Jumin.

Ah, whatever.

It’s good if it works out, and it’s a shame if it doesn’t.

After sending the email, I logged into my YouTube account.

[Kim Cheongha’s Replays]

Well, even without an editor, I can still upload VODs for the replay channel.

I just need to download the recorded version from Live Stream and upload it.

‘For now, would it be better to upload starting from the first broadcast?’

It’s a replay channel anyway, so I don’t think it matters much.

Still, it would be better to upload them in order, right?

So, for now, I uploaded a few videos, including those from my Battle Field days.

Dinosaur games like CreWar or The Island Survive are quite niche, so it’s a bit much to upload many of them.

As an added measure, I only uploaded a few impressive ones from that category for now.

A few days after that.

[Yes, it’s possible.]

Fortunately, an affirmative reply came back from Jumin.

=[Then, please prioritize editing the footage from the last shoot.]

The deadline doesn’t matter much.

Anyway, before my video gets uploaded to the official channel.

So, as long as it’s properly completed within two months, it’s fine.

Fandom is fandom, but one has to live their real life properly, right?

After finishing the conversation with our stream’s VIP-nim and editor-nim, I sent a message to my manager via Discord.

=[I’ve found an editor.]

-[Ah, congratulations!]

Cheongha-nim!!

Perhaps because it was currently business hours, the reply arrived very quickly.

-[Hmm, but the editor is a high school student…]

=[Yes, that’s right…]

At the manager’s momentary hesitation, I unknowingly became nervous.

I don’t know much about Korean labor standards.

Usually, people this age earn money through part-time jobs, but you never know, right?

-[Hmm, I think it should be fine as long as you don’t do anything illegal.]

Like not writing a labor contract, or something like that.

=[Ah, then there’s nothing to worry about.]

Honestly, I didn’t really need to worry about this.

And why is that?

Am I not Sakamiya Ren, the former celebrity who got thoroughly burned by her previous employer?

If I hire an editor, I become the boss now.

I had not even a speck of thought of ripping off an employee in this kind of contract.

-[Oh, come to think of it, Cheongha-nim, your advertising fees and donations should have been settled by now.]

Have you checked?

=[Ah, really?]

Has it already been that long?

Indeed, thinking about it, since it’s heading towards the end of April, it wouldn’t be strange for the settlement to begin.

It’s just a bit earlier than I thought.

“Oh…”

I was inwardly impressed seeing the amount printed on my newly made bankbook.

Was it said that tiny drops make a mighty ocean?

Perhaps because it was income earned after overcoming all sorts of obstacles, it felt different.

Certainly, perhaps because advertisements came in addition to donations, the pay is more than I thought.

It was a slightly smaller amount compared to an office worker’s monthly salary.

Still, it was more than enough money to support myself.

If it continues to come in at this rate in the future, I might be able to pay the editor a better salary than I thought.

Of course, that’s under the premise that the income will be similar in the future.

Anyway.

Since this is my proper first income, I decided to use the remaining amount, after excluding living expenses and channel budget, for something meaningful.

Ding-dong-

Simultaneously, the doorbell of the studio apartment rang.

After waiting for the delivery driver to leave, I cautiously opened the door.

Since there was the stalker incident, I’m a bit hesitant to go outside recklessly.

Kkiiik-

Placed in front of the door was a small paper box in a plastic bag.

When I carefully opened the paper box, damp from steam, fried chicken coated in yellow batter revealed itself.

A visual that made my mouth water just by looking at it.

“As expected, bone-in chicken is the best for fried chicken.”

I grabbed a visible drumstick piece with my hand and carefully put it in my mouth.

It’s been a while since I held a chicken leg.

“Delicious···.”

I can taste the unique flavor of Korean chicken.

I couldn’t go in Japan because there were only a few stores.

KFC is cheaper than Korean chicken franchises, so people don’t go there much.

If the Hallyu wave hadn’t become popular, wouldn’t they have all gone bankrupt and pulled out due to the price long ago?

About 30 minutes passed like that.

“I’m full····.”

More than half of the chicken still remained in the box.

I couldn’t eat as much as I thought.

My stomach is definitely different from when I was a man.

Since I’ve been strictly managing my figure until now, that must have had an effect too.

After being quiet for several years, it would be surprising if something so greasy suddenly came in.

Well, anyway.

I should seal this in the refrigerator and eat it later.

I wrapped the leftovers well and put them in the small refrigerator that came as an option.

It would be nice to have an air fryer here.

Unfortunately, that was an additional option for the studio apartment.

What can I do, I have no choice but to use the microwave, even if it’s a bit disappointing.