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A few days later, Minji showed me something strange… no, cute.

“What is this?”

“I’m going to use this as the official channel title image. My friend drew it for me.”

In another trailer, he said he was a friend who majored in art.

“Isn’t it cute?”

“It’s cute, but we weren’t even elementary school classmates. Isn’t this setting the age range too low?”

“No no, this is one of the camouflage strategies.”

“Camouflage strategy?”

“Yeah. If we put up cute and childish stuff like this and upload videos of us just talking amongst ourselves, they’ll think this is a social channel with no purpose.”

I felt like the interpretation was better than the dream, but I listened in silence.

“But think about the fact that the quality of the videos that are uploaded like that is all the same. People are crazy about high quality or useless waste of talent.”

“That’s right. Even if there’s no content, if you fill the eyes, the number of views will go up a lot.”

Beomjun agreed.

“I’m really good at making stuff like that. In that sense, the concept of our channel is ‘the content is trivial, but the videos are high quality.’”

He sticks out his burdened chest and says hahaha.

This time, I looked at her without thinking and got hit on the back by Eugene.

“Hmm, what should I name this cute guy?”

I guess they’re even thinking of giving it a name.

But no matter how I look at that character, he resembles a fairy from the Teeny Ping series that was popular before the return.

It was to the point where I wondered if the friend who drew it later participated in the work.

As I was thinking about that, I ended up saying the name without realizing it.

“Seorimping.”

“Seorim… What?”

Minji tilts her head.

“The channel name is Seorim Genius Club, and the character you showed is pink. That’s why it’s called Seorim Ping.”

“And you’re pinging me? Childish.”

Eugene doesn’t seem to like it.

“The character is pink and pink. Wasn’t it our goal to make it look childish?”

“I’m good? It’s cute when it’s fluttering. Isn’t it? Eugene Ping.”

“Don’t call me that!”

Although Eugene was disgusted, Minji was not one to give in to it.

On the spot, he created Jonjalping (Hajin), Jonyeping (Eugene), Manneungping (Minji), and Jjuggulping (Beomjun).

“I’ll ask my friends to draw one each, so look forward to it.”

I accidentally brought up the ○○ping meme 10 years early.

But this was just the beginning.

*****

[Seorim Genius Club]

— The video editing is finished. We’re going to have a screening, so come meet me at my house after school.

– Why don’t you just upload it to the channel? (Annoyed emoticon)

— The video is definitely on a large screen, so just come and watch without any further ado!

Actually, I was curious about how well the editing was done.

Everyone gathered together, Minji confidently connected her laptop to the TV.

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It was a short video, less than 10 minutes long.

“This, this… Minji, you made it?”

The best compliment came out of Eugene’s mouth.

Eugene, who lives in self-importance, is stingy with praise.

The quality of the video was so overwhelming that even Eugene was surprised.

The footage was shot from four directions and cross-edited to a degree that it was difficult to follow.

It was a fast-paced experience, like watching a car chase scene from a Hollywood blockbuster.

The quick slow motion of the scene where Seoktae Oh and I exchanged punches felt like an elaborate game cut scene.

When throwing a punch, a cartoon-like effect was created by placing a missile or shell silhouette.

The intense beat BGM and heart-pounding sound effects were also amazing.

Most movie trailers weren’t even worthy of a business card.

“This is amazing. It’s incomparable to the one you took in middle school. You’re really talented.”

“Hehehe. Now you know my worth, Jonjalping.”

“But can’t you just take out those subtitles? Tomahawk punch, stun gun, hurricane kick… It’s too childish, right?”

No matter how well it is made, it cannot avoid Eugene’s dissatisfaction sensor.

“That, that… I was the one who suggested putting it in.”

Beomjun said in a crawling voice.

“Ah, I keep looking at it and it seems okay. Let’s just use it.”

Eugene is the only one who is generous to Beomjun.

He said that he felt sorry for her because her expression when she was single was similar to that of Nurungji Junior (Eugene’s pet dog living in the villa).

“One more. I got a drawing of Seorimping and his friends from my friend.”

Then he showed me pictures of John Jal Ping, John Ye Ping, Manneung Ping, and Jjuggul Ping.

“Isn’t it cute?”

“Cute.”

“This is a little better.”

“… … .”

Even Eugene, who thought Seorimping was childish, acknowledged that it was an extremely cute character.

It was a design that seemed like it would sell like hotcakes if made into emoticons or goods.

‘Is this really the Tiniping designer? They look so similar?’

If you ask without knowing the gender, you might get your back smashed by Eugene.

I put it on my list of questions to ask secretly later.

“Beomjun, Hajin, and I don’t have our own channels, so we’ll upload all the videos here and Eugene will share them with your channel. However, for the time being, we’ll cooperate to increase the number of views on this channel.”

“Okay.”

“I’ll upload this sparring video and our character making film later.”

“Making film?”

“It’s a live painting. A video showing how to draw a character.”

It is said that some people want to see the process of completing a painting.

I was impressed by Minji’s meticulousness in taking the video in advance, even thinking about these things.

He’s a true all-rounder, good at everything.

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[These days, the level of high school sparring]

This is the title of the video edited by Minji.

The final part was cleverly edited so that the scene where Seok-tae Oh faints does not appear.

범준이를 괴롭힌 개새끼이긴 하지만 고퀄로 쪽 주는 건 아닌 것 같아 빼달라고 했다.

“I was thinking of doing that anyway. If you push too hard, it could backfire.”

It looks like the video was uploaded just to show off editing skills.

So that you can have anticipation when you make a movie later.

After uploading the video, they promoted it on their respective social media accounts.

It’s been a while since I posted a video on Instagram.

As soon as Eugene, who has millions of followers, posted the video, there was an immediate response.

— What the f*ck, this is f*cking shit. You could use this as a movie trailer.

— I had an inkling of this, but the tomahawk punch really sucked.

└ Aren’t they both athletes? What kind of high school student’s body is that?

└ The fallen guy is the best in school. The stun gun is new.

— What kind of prediction are those fucking idiots good at fighting like that?

└ Why are you fighting in a ring? It’s sparring.

└ I know it’s legal, you s**t

└ What the heck

— Are you a newbie? Did you use a filter? How can you see a person’s face?

└ He’s a student at Seorim High School, and he’s even more handsome than he looks on screen.

└ Don’t you want to do Ista? I want to see more pictures.

└ There is one, but he only uploads pictures of little bastards

— I can’t close my mouth while editing. It’s not the work of a kid.

— Does anyone know where the background music came from?

In just one week, it surpassed 5 million views.

Since the video was mainly shot with Seok-tae Oh and me, famous people like Eugene don’t appear.

However, it spread everywhere and the number of views reached a new high every day.

Eugene started out as an Ista, but word of mouth spread about her amazing video quality.

Because there were endless questions in the comments asking how I edited certain sections.

“Hahahaha, as expected, the all-rounder. My editing skills aren’t dead.”

“What’s with the dog talk in the comments? It’s Hajin’s Ista.”

“Haven’t you been to my esta?”

“Uh, yeah. I’m not good at that kind of thing.”

I opened my Ista with my phone and showed it to him.

Since I didn’t have any pictures to post when I first made it, I uploaded a few pictures of the Nurungji Junior that I received from Eugene.

I saw it and commented that people only had a picture of a dog.

“Our Pink Friends making film also got a good response. There was even a fan art link in the comments.”

In my previous life, TeenyPing was the perfect content for kidults to enjoy.

That tendency is unlikely to change even if a few years pass.

“This is enough for a start, and you need to gather as many subscribers as possible before filming the movie. I’ll edit it neatly, so shoot a lot of videos.”

Then he looks at Eugene intently.

“What, what is it?”

“Don’t you have any pictures of yourself in a swimsuit? If you’re going to do it, wear a bikini.”

“Are you crazy? How can you upload something like that!”

When Eugene started making a fuss, this time he looked at me.

“Why me again? You want me to take a picture wearing a swimsuit too?”

“You took it off in the sparring video, so putting on a swimsuit won’t help. The first experience is important for anything.”

These days, Minji’s speech level is precariously tightroped across all age groups.

“Then what do you want me to do?”

“Don’t you want to see Eugene in a swimsuit? I won’t listen to you, so you have to convince me.”

“No, even if you tell me that… .”

For a moment, my eyes met with Eugene’s.

He glares at me with a red face.

“… Swimsuits are rejected. If Eugene uploads a video of herself in a swimsuit, it won’t be a problem with the channel, but with the entertainment section of the portal. Before that happens, I’ll die to the CEO.”

I told Minji to please not go wild.

These days, he seems to be having so much fun accumulating subscribers and views that he keeps trying to cross the line.

“Want to see me in a swimsuit?”

Eugene spoke in a voice barely audible.

Come to think of it, we’ve been childhood friends for 10 years, but I’ve never seen her in a swimsuit.

I couldn’t open my mouth easily because I didn’t know what to say.

“If you miss me, let’s go to the pool together later.”

Then he turns his head.

I didn’t say anything.

*****

The doorbell rang loudly.

— Emergency! Come meet me after school so I can come up with a plan.

It was Minji.

It seemed urgent, so we gathered in the practice room in the afternoon.

“I have good news and bad news. What should I talk about first?”

“Bad news first.”

It’s better to sell first.

“Ugh, I think I should take down the sparring video.”

what?