episode_0047

A lecture room at a certain university —

A female college student is wandering around, looking at her smartphone screen.

“What are you looking at so intently?”

“This.”

Show the screen to your friend.

“What is this? It’s so cute.”

“Seorimping.”

“Seorim… Ping?”

“There’s animation and webtoon. There’s a making-of video and rhythm on the ‘Team Seorimping’ channel, so go check it out.”

“Can I search for Seorimping on YouTube?”

“Yeah.”

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An IT company office —

An office worker who came home early from lunch is watching a video.

“What are you looking at, Manager? Isn’t it something dirty?”

“Am I you? Does this seem dirty to you?”

“The kids are dancing. Is your daughter watching?”

“Oh. But I watch it often too. The song and the moves are secretly addictive.”

The subordinates watch the video carefully.

“Wait, this is… Oh Yu-jin.”

“Do you know her?”

“ I don’t know because I don’t watch dramas. That kid was a famous child actor.”

“Really? You did well.”

“You grew up so well. Is that kid next to you your boyfriend? He’s handsome.”

The female employee sitting next to me glanced at the video and started searching secretly.

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Mother Planning Company Office —

“What are you looking at so intently?”

“I’m watching the link Eugene sent me, it’s fun.”

“Animation. Eugene sends me stuff like this too?”

“I’m promoting a channel I made with my friends. I heard this was also made there?”

“Hey, what kind of animation are you guys making? If Eugene’s friends are all high school students, right?”

“That’s right. There are kids running around here, right? They’re called Seorimping.”

“Is this Seorimping?”

“Yeah. Eugene goes to Seorim High School. She made a character there, so she’s called Seorim Ping.”

“No, this character was also created by kids?”

“Yeah. I was surprised too.”

On the screen, John Jal Ping was seen appeasing the upset John Ye Ping with a gift.

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Right Foot Character Business Division —

“Mr. Kang. Is this the channel you contacted me through back then?”

“Yes, that’s right. But the name changed. It was called Seorim Genius Club back then.”

The channel name had changed to ‘Team Seorimping’.

“They said they wanted to try something among themselves, so they didn’t sign a contract. I don’t know what they’re doing now.”

“I’m doing something like this.”

The team leader played an animation that was uploaded to the channel.

While watching the video, Manager Kang’s mouth slowly opened and then changed into a shocked expression.

“They made this? They’re high school students?”

“That’s not all. I’m serializing a webtoon and I’ve even made a children’s song and uploaded a dance routine. Look at the number of views for the dance routine video.”

“Wow, what kind of talents are these… I really feel left out.”

Especially for the rhythm video, there are endless comments saying things like, “Kids love it so much,” “It’s addictive,” “Please make a part 2,” and “Is there any sound source?”

“Contact me again. I really want to use this character. This will definitely come up.”

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“Hahahaha, it’s according to plan. At this rate, world domination is just a matter of time!”

The versatile Ping is faithfully carrying out his role as a mad scientist.

It’s so perfect I don’t know what expression to make.

“If our goal is to conquer the world, I won’t be on this team.”

Eugene said with a dumbfounded expression.

“That’s what I’m saying! Look at this. This beautiful view count! Am I not talking about world domination right now?”

It’s exactly as Minji said.

All of the videos have surpassed seven digits in views, with some reaching eight digits.

I don’t think this number would come out even if all the kindergarteners and elementary school students in the country were gathered together. I don’t know where I see this many.

“Easy to listen to and follow, so don’t get addicted. The hook is a hook for nothing.”

There was even an unbelievable comment saying that people danced to the song “Seorimping” at a club.

“But why didn’t you release the music video? You already uploaded everything else.”

“Good question, Jjuggulping.”

When Minji spoke again with her chest puffed out, I completely closed my eyes.

I don’t know what I’m doing now.

“The reason the animation, webtoon, and rhythm were released at the same time is because the age range is similar. The webtoon could have been targeted at a higher age range, but it was intentionally made childish. It’s just for elementary school students.”

“Then, the music video is….”

“Yeah. This is targeted at people in their 20s and above. At first, I didn’t know and heard about it, but then I thought, “Is this also a seorimping?” and naturally put a time difference so that people would see other things.”

It’s a plausible plan.

The songs that Eugene and I sang were definitely different from those for children.

The gap you feel when you realize that it’s a children’s character can be quite entertaining.

“The cut scenes to be included in the music video will be completed by the weekend, so we can release it next week. Look forward to it.”

The animation only released episode 1, but they said they would include scenes from episode 2 in the music video.

We adjusted the release order to avoid releasing the music video first, as it could have been a spoiler.

“It’s time to come.”

“Who’s coming?”

“Oh, Hajin and Yujin are fans.”

“Fan?”

While I was doing this, the practice room door opened.

“Minji, we’re here.”

“Hey, come in.”

There was a boy who was shorter than me, but about 1.5 times my height, and a girl who looked to be in middle school.

The girl’s eyes sparkled when she saw me and Eugene.

“It’s John Jalping and John Yeping!”

Dododo comes running and hands me a piece of paper.

“I missed you so much! Can you give me your autograph?”

He demanded an explanation from Minji with his eyes.

“A senior by one year. In charge of drawing for the Seorimping webtoon.”

ah.

“Chae Yunseo. You’re so small, I thought you were a middle school student?”

I guess he’s using some kind of poison.

I thought you were a middle school student, but you’re actually a senior.

“I’m so happy I can draw you two these days.”

I love it so much I don’t know what to do.

I guess he’s really happy.

“After watching the video of Hajin sparring and Eugene covering the dance, he went crazy and said he definitely had to draw it. That’s why you postponed your debut, right, unnie?”

“Is debuting a big deal? I got a chance to draw these two.”

I had the opportunity to debut as a webtoon artist, but I gave up on drawing this.

He laughs and says it’s a good thing since it came from this side.

“We’ll promote you later when you debut.”

“Okay then. I’m going to debut under a pen name, so promote me with that.”

“What’s your pen name?”

“Sunding.”

‘You were the writer Sunding?’

I only found out who he was after hearing his pen name.

The ability to pull off an uncommon story from a common romantic setting,

Delicate character portrayal and excellent narrative progression,

From dynamic cut distribution to beautiful drawings, it is a feast for the eyes.

He is a star writer who gained attention with a webtoon based on a popular drama before his return.

If you follow the predictions of the future, you will have a connection with such a big shot.

‘Will that guy become a big shot later?’

“Actually, today’s main character is this kid. He looks like a bandit, but he draws cute things really well. He’s the future genius animator who created Seorimping and his friends!”

The boy said, glancing at Minji.

“Oh Dong-sik. And Min-ji, stop calling me a bandit.”

This one also got hit by a big shot.

The real name of Eric Oh, the Korean animator at Pixar, is Dong-sik Oh.

After graduating from college in the United States, he joined Fix and worked on several hit productions.

‘You were really fat when you were in high school.’

In the interview video from when he was a Fix employee, he looked very skinny.

“At first, I drew Seorimping, but Minji captured your mascot’s characteristics well. First of all, Hajin and Yujin are so handsome that they were easy to draw.”

He went on to explain at length that if the subject is handsome or pretty, the quality of the drawing will improve.

Minji’s friends seem to talk a lot when it comes to their majors.

“Team Seorimping is here with Dongsik. If we gather like this, it’s complete.”

Today was the first full meeting to introduce the two people.

Plus, connections have been made with two new big names.

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[My child was begging me to buy her a doll, so I went to a toy store. I thought they had a product because they talked about it so much. But the store employee didn’t know. Isn’t this character product available?]

“This is a comment I’ve been seeing a lot lately. I guess kids are looking for dolls because the video is coming up. There’s a lot of talk about whether you make school supplies or accessories in addition to toys.”

Before we knew it, the atmosphere had changed to that of a strategy meeting.

“We decided to make school supplies from scratch.”

“That’s right. But since it’s a real school supplies store, they can’t meet the demand for goods. So I’m contacting other companies as well.”

Toys are Son-O-Gom, fancy goods are Altbox… and so on.

Eugene decided to get his father’s help with the licensing agreement.

Because I can trust YJ Entertainment’s legal team.

“The company makes the product, but we have to provide the sauce. But right now, there are only five of Seorimping and his friends. This is not enough.”

So when I was writing the backstory, I said that ‘a lot’ of Serimpings popped out of the jewel box.

It was the basis for continuing to create fairies like our mascot.

“How much of Dongshik did you draw?”

“If you add up to yesterday… 31 people.”

Except for Yoonseo and Minji, everyone else’s mouths dropped open.

Who would have thought that so many serimpings were being made from the hands of that bandit!

“Why are you so surprised? In children’s programs, the number of items collected is the sales. We don’t have items, so we have to push with the number of characters.”

That’s true, but the simple goal of making the channel famous has now degenerated into a commercial tactic that sucks the blood out of children and their parents.

“Isn’t that too much? We’re not planning any products.”

Eugene tackled him with perfect timing.

“Of course we don’t do product planning. We just make the serimping we like and show it to them. If it seems like it will sell, they will make it themselves. We only act as a source. We are the original, right?”

Like this, I fell for Minji’s three-inch tongue again and spent the whole evening evaluating new Seorimpings.

At first I wondered why they were doing this, but it was so beautifully drawn that it was especially fun to look at.

It was definitely a coveted idea bank and designer at Fix.

*

A week later our music video was released.