episode_0045

“Why are you taking down a video that’s looking at tens of millions? It’s a shame.”

“Of course it’s a shame. But now is the time to step down.”

Minji said with a bookseller-like expression.

After hearing more about the story, I heard that he was called to the video production department and the teacher.

“Our Sam is against the chairman.”

Among the teachers in the Practical Dance Department and the Video Production Department, there are many who are from the chairman’s line.

The teacher Minji was talking about is someone who doesn’t fit that line.

“They’re really trying to delete the video from above. My sister has had a lot of regrets with the chairman since she was a kid. That’s why I told you in advance.”

The comments on the video were the problem.

At first, there were many comments praising the kids, saying things like, “The kids are cool” and “the quality is amazing.” But then people started questioning the sparring itself.

You say sparring, but isn’t that just a fight?

└ Seriously, that asshole called senior is going to run at me like he’s dying

└ He’s a habitual offender. If he doesn’t like something, he’ll beat you up like that.

└ It happened to me. Twisted

Then, talk of school corruption began to emerge.

The reason why Oh Seok-tae was able to act like a troublemaker all this time was because the chairman was behind him.

The chairman uses the student council president, Oh Seok-tae, and other goons to monitor the students.

They even searched through SNS and if there was any criticism or exposure, they squeezed it without mercy.

The Seorim Preliminary Report is a paradise of corruption to the extent that such revelations are made.

The chairman and the administrative director are a married couple and they are seriously messing around, etc.

Rumors that were circulating in communities and anonymous bulletin boards were being transferred to these comments.

The problem is that the video is being viewed by so many people that it is approaching 10 million views.

The ripple effect was on a whole other level than what was going on in the bulletin boards.

“There’s no way the chairman would just let it go. It seems like Hajin and I will be called in soon.”

They’ll either call you to the chairman’s office and threaten you, or they’ll link you up with some ridiculous story and refer you to the disciplinary committee.

If you get disciplined, you’ll have troubles for the rest of your school life.

Of course, this could also hinder film festival submissions and the production of investigative videos.

“If it’s 10 million, everyone who’s going to watch it has already seen it. Let’s take it down for now and show off our subscribers and views with another video.”

If the three of us are the source of Minji’s skills, we don’t have to worry about views.

“This is my opinion. What do you think? If you don’t want to come down, I’ll hold on. The leader will be the best.”

If possible, you should avoid being caught by the chairman.

At least until the expose video is uploaded.

“Why are you turning it around when you’re the team? Take the video down.”

“I agree too. The fighting video wasn’t that great, but it turned out well.”

“I don’t like Minji going to the vanguard.”

It’s unanimous.

“Okay. I’ll make it private. I appreciate the close camaraderie of my Seorimping friends, hahaha.”

He laughs heartily and exposes his burdened chest again.

The angle of the back smash was so sharp that I turned my head towards Eugene and he was preparing to hit me.

What the heck is Pavlov’s dog?

“Now I have to tell you some good news.”

“Oh, right. I think I can make money. More than I thought.”

“Money? Did you get a sponsorship?”

YouTube makes money through advertisements, sponsorships, and donations (Super Chats).

We don’t do live broadcasts, so we don’t have any sponsorships, and it’s either advertising or sponsorships, but we haven’t had any sponsorships yet.

“Should I call it sponsored? Anyway, it’s similar.”

“What else is similar?”

“They said they wanted to use us, not their channel.”

“The four of us? Are you asking us to be models?”

“Actually, not a person, but a mascot.”

“Ah.”

I want to use John Jal Ping (Hajin), John Ye Ping (Eugene), Manneung Ping (Minji), and Jjuggul Ping (Beomjun).

I was working hard to keep the channel open, but the mascot I put up as a side item sold out first.

“Where are you going to use it?”

“Right foot.”

It is a company specializing in fancy goods and stationery.

Unlike other companies, we actively utilize original characters.

“The character department was having a hard time finding pretty things to draw these days, so they happened to come across our channel. They were so excited after seeing the live painting video that they contacted me.”

“So, are you going to put characters on things like pencils or notebooks?”

“I think that’s what they were going to do, but I suddenly had a brilliant idea and said we’d talk about it later.”

“Idea?”

“We’re going to try to launch the character ourselves.”

I don’t know why she was trying to talk, but Minji started talking about her plans.

“A character needs a story to appear. But Seorimping is a mascot character, so there’s no such thing, right? So I came up with a background story.”

*

A frosty kingdom far from Earth —

To celebrate Princess Eugene’s birthday, Prince Hajin from a neighboring country brought an heirloom that had been passed down through generations in the kingdom.

“Happy birthday, princess. I’ll give you a jewelry box that’s perfect for a pretty princess.”

“Oh my. Thank you, Prince.”

The princess who received the gift opened the box with joy.

But then the legendary fairy Serimping popped out of the box.

The box that came down to Gabo was where Seorimping was kept.

So many of these protruding serimpings jumped out and said, “Freedom!” and jumped over the stars and came down to Earth.

It happened so quickly that the prince and princess could do nothing.

“How dare you take my jewelry box without my permission?”

The king of the neighboring country was very angry and ordered his son, the prince, to go down to Earth and bring all the Serimpings back.

The poor prince was left unable to return home unless he collected the Serimping.

“The prince became like that because of me, so I’ll go with him and bring him Seorimping!”

The princess, who had always liked the prince, could not possibly send him away alone.

Here, the mad scientist Minji, who is in charge of the kingdom’s technology department, and the bard Beomjun join to form the Seorimping Expedition.

“GO to Earth with our brain fairies!”

The Seorimping Expedition Team, led by the four fairies responsible for the intelligence of the people, Jonjalping, Jonyeping, Manneungping, and Jjuggulping, set out for Earth for the first time.

*

Minji gave a passionate performance, changing her voice from the narration to each character.

Everyone blankly watched Minji’s acting with a dazed expression.

“Hoohoohoo, everyone looks like they’re in a cauldron of emotion. Of course, since it’s a story I made up.”

There was silence for a few seconds.

“This character was for kindergarten?”

“Pandora’s Box, Basket Monster, Bracelet Expedition… It’s a total hodgepodge!”

Eugene isn’t the type of person to just sit still and do nothing about such a counterfeit.

“There is nothing new under the sun. Just pick it out and keep pouring originality into it.”

I guess that’s not the end, they’re just going to add more flesh to it.

“The age range is kindergarten and elementary school. The characters are cute, so the stationery and toys are perfect. It’s a story tailored to them.”

“But why do we need this background story?”

“This is like a plot. If you want to transfer it to another medium, you need a skeleton. Otherwise, it’s useless.”

“Other media?”

“Yeah. We’ll make it into an animation and webtoon. If Beomjun writes a song, we can make a music video. Since it’s for children, if we make a rhythm and make them dance cutely, adults will like it too. Eugene, you’re good at that kind of thing.”

“Wait! You want me to do the kids’ dance?”

“You did so well in kindergarten.”

“I was 6 years old then!”

“Don’t worry, I’ll make you a costume that fits John Yeping perfectly.”

“Listen to me! Why am I telling you what I should do?”

“Do you want to see Eugene dancing cutely in John Ye-ping’s clothes? Hajin-ah.”

“Huh?”

No, why is the kid suddenly turning his arrows towards me?

When I bring up my story, Eugene hesitates.

“That would be cute… I think. Eugene’s dancing… .”

“Have you heard?”

“Ugh.”

Eugene’s face changed from anger to worry.

I think Minji will probably stop me, so I should at least pretend to intervene.

“Oh, I’m going to make a Jonjalping costume too. The rhythm is best when two people do it.”

… it was a huge grenade.

*****

“They say they set up a board because they have an idea. If you promote a character like this, you can earn money that is incomparable to advertisements or sponsorships.”

“Why are you suddenly talking about money? What are you going to do with all that money?”

“I have to make a movie. I have to make a film festival entry and an exposure video.”

By the way, we haven’t discussed the movie production costs yet.

The only thing that came out was that we should film during summer vacation.

‘There are still more than three months left until vacation, but if we do this in the middle of the semester, it’ll be hard to concentrate.’

“Actually, there’s not much we’ll do. My friend will do the animation and webtoon. The animation and webtoon clubs there are really great.”

It is said that Minji writes the scenarios for each.

He is a talented person who has neither quality nor speed.

“Do you know the Divry anime logo? Dodoro the neighbor.”

This is an animation that I like too.

“If you only saw the logo, you would have wondered, “What is this?” You don’t know the character’s story. But after watching the animation, the value of the logo changes completely.”

“So?”

“We’ll do that too. We’re four high school students, but we’re full-fledged professionals. Hajin is a former actor, Yujin is an active actor, I’m a director, Beomjun is a singer-songwriter who receives royalties… These kids are getting together and trying out something called media mix. Aren’t you curious to see how far we can take it?”

Minji’s gaslighting is becoming more powerful by the day.

I can’t tell you how thankful I am that things are moving in a positive direction.

“From now on, we are the creator group ‘Team Seorimping’.”

Oh, leaving aside the naming sense.