episode_0077

Actually, I never worried about money that much in my past life.

I vaguely thought I had cancer, and that the hospital bills and medicine would be expensive, and that it would be a burden, that’s about it.

So, I was glad to hear that since there was no other way, I should be discharged and prepare for the rest of my life. I thought it was a blessing in disguise that I was discharged without surgery.

Well, my mom and dad told me not to worry about money because I had cancer insurance, but honestly, I couldn’t help but feel anxious.

But the two of you didn’t fight over hospital bills or have your mom work, so I was able to ease my worries by seeing that.

But what’s different now than in my previous life is that in my previous life, I ended up worrying less about money, and I had parents who told me to just do what I wanted and live a life without regrets until the day I died.

That in this life I need to work hard to earn money.

Even though Narin is taking care of us now and we are receiving support money, the support money won’t last forever, and we can’t live off of Narin forever.

If we’re going to live together, I’d like to live together for a long time. But if Narin gets married, living with us might become a burden.

Even if we end up living together, there’s nothing wrong with making a lot of money. There’s a reason they say you can make a living.

So why am I talking about money now? It was all because of the pudding.

In my previous life, I gave up and tried not to eat it, so I wasn’t that greedy. But when I actually tried pudding in this life, it was so delicious.

That sweet taste, that chewy texture, and that wonderful feeling of it crumbling when you press it with your tongue.

It’s a taste that makes your mouth water just thinking about it, so it’s inevitable that you’ll be thinking about pudding even after waking up.

But, isn’t it too much of a burden to ask Narin to buy her pudding every day?

Last time I went to Narin’s workplace with her, it seemed like she wasn’t in a very high position yet. So her salary probably wasn’t that high.

So, if I want to eat pudding, I have to earn money to eat it.

Of course, since you have money right now, you can buy as much as you want to eat. Even pudding will probably be counted as subsidy.

But since I received over a million won from my first request, I wonder if other people thought it was too much of a burden? I didn’t receive as many requests for Min-Earcher as I thought.

Since I’ve been doing all sorts of things as I please, I have to be careful with the money I receive.

This is not my allowance. It is the operating funds of the Min-Ear-Che channel, and an emergency fund. I bought the RC car and Ham-Sik’s motorcycle because I needed them, but I can’t afford to spend more than that.

If we eat pudding every day and then the subsidy is cut off and we can no longer buy pudding, our Hamjeokdan kids who are addicted to pudding will definitely rebel on board.

Then, you empty out your emergency fund and blow it all… … !

To prevent that from happening, I had to come up with some excuse to make some money. I thought I could live this life without worrying about these things, but who would have thought I would end up worrying about the future!

Still, it’s better to live like this, worrying about the future, than to live and die like a wheel that was set on fire and rolled down a cliff.

“Namina, is there something on your mind?”

Anyway, if I don’t get many requests for my mini-story, how should I make money? I’m racking my brain over such worries.

Jihyun came over and asked worriedly.

The kindness that Hamshik, who always walks around the living room alone and chews on boxes, and Saekmusae, who plays a prank on Hamshik and gets drop kicked, do not show.

I was so touched by that that I felt sad for no reason, so I sniffed and said.

“Yeah. I want money.”

“Eat money?”

“Oh, no. I want to earn a lot of money and buy pudding.”

As I was thinking so much, the words came out strangely. Fortunately, the kind-hearted Ji-hyeon nodded without teasing me about it.

I’m really glad that only good people are gathered around me. Did I get this good luck in exchange for being sick in my past life?

“Hmm. Right. The pudding was delicious… … . If Nami wants, she can buy pudding with the YouTube earnings. Oh, but it hasn’t been that long since the channel was created, so I wonder if she won’t be able to withdraw her money?”

It was a shame that I was just holding on to vain hopes.

It was such a blessing to have 40,000 subscribers, but even I, who don’t know much about the world, know that most of the revenue comes from advertisements.

But I created my YouTube channel to promote Min-Earth. If other advertisements came in there, it would be like putting the cart before the horse.

So, if you really want to think about the revenue structure, you should only look at the number of views. In order to make a stable profit from that alone, you would need to have 1 million subscribers.

“Hey, how much would it cost to do that?”

“You created a channel a week ago. The accumulated earnings are 200,000 won now, but if you continue to make videos and increase your subscribers, you can make money with this.”

“This, two hundred thousand won?”

“If you’re thinking of making money, why don’t you make some shorts? I heard that the profits are much higher that way. There are a lot of cute scenes in the videos, so if you cut them well, you should be able to make a few shorts videos a day.”

It’s only been a week since I opened my YouTube channel. And it costs two hundred thousand won?

I thought it would be good if I could make at most a hundred thousand won a month, but considering the current growth rate, I thought that making a million won a month was not even a dream.

Maybe it’s a miracle that I got a request for a mini-audio. What if the YouTube settlement money reverses that?

… … Of course it’s a good thing. It’s a good thing, but I also remembered that I promised Jihyun 60% of YouTube’s profits.

If you earn 1 million won a month, you have to deduct 600,000 won. Right now, 60 percent of 200,000 won is 120,000 won.

I shouldn’t have felt bad about giving Jihyun money, but when the amount actually materialized, my mouth felt dry.

“Geueuu… … . Greed, disappear. Yeah, that’s 200,000 won. Then Jihyun gets 120,000 won, we each get 20,000 won, and that’s it for the pudding… … .”

So, in order to get rid of the affliction, I deliberately spoke out loud. If I didn’t say it like this, the desire to take it away would keep cropping up.

But Jihyun waved her hand.

“Huh? Oh, you really thought I’d share it with you? No, it’s okay. Namin is your channel. I’m happy if it helps you.”

It is not for nothing that all religions have prayers that say, “Please do not let us be tested.”

As the saying goes, if you get a chance, you tend to get greedy. If I hadn’t given up everything and traveled in my past life, I might have ended up working Jihyun for free here.

But once you start living a detached life, you learn something. If you do something like that, no matter how good your relationship is now, it can easily fall apart.

“Oh my, Jihyun is an angel! But I still have to give her what she deserves. Jihyun is my manager. When I say things like that, I get greedy.”

“Hmm, that’s really okay. Then just call it Naminiz money and let Namin manage it. It’s not like Hamshik or Saekmusae can go around buying things anyway.”

Now that I hear it, it’s true. It’s right to share the appearance fee between Hamshik and Saekmusae. But it’s not like they can do the math.

I’m not that meticulous to even keep a ledger and manage it. So the calculation was to give 10% to Narin.

Jihyun is a really good person. She was the type of person who would have a fierce triangle inside her heart. That’s why she was able to report the illegal experiment because her conscience pricked her.

I was so touched by it that I almost cried. If it weren’t for the sudden intervention of the color-blind man.

“You don’t know how to buy things? No, I know how to trade. I exchange things of value.”

“Wow, you’re so smart. Can you show me how to do it? For example, um. Let’s say I buy the cell phone I’m holding right now.”

“Okay! Give me that phone. Then I’ll spare your life!”

“That’s not a deal, that’s robbery!”

“I traded my life for my cell phone!”

“… … Is that so?”

It was a little exciting, but that life wasn’t for sale in the first place.

But I’m worried that if I answer this seriously, you’ll come up with more sophistry, so I’m worried about how to explain it.

“Okay, Saekmusae. I’ll explain later. Go play with Hamshik.”

“Yeah!”

Jihyun handled it very wisely. If you do that, you’ll forget about it while playing with Hamshik!

“Anyway, Jihyun, then I’ll do as you say. But when we spend the money there, let’s all discuss it together, spend it, and leave it in the ledger.”

“It’s your money, so why did you have to go to a meeting… … . But, well, it’s not a bad thing to have a habit of keeping a household account book. In fact, I couldn’t do that either. Ahaha.”

Something that Jihyun couldn’t do. The moment I heard that, I started getting excited at the fact that there was something I could do better than Jihyun.

This is something that can be done with effort. Even when you buy a single pudding, you should record it all in the ledger and become an honest employer who doesn’t embezzle anything!

… … I made that promise, but when I tried to withdraw the money, I couldn’t receive it right away. They said I had to wait until next month to receive the earnings from the views.

“Sob sob, I guess I’ll have to start eating pudding next month… … . Hamshik, guys, I’m sorry… … .”

Eventually I got down on my knees and gave up.