Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 311

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 2 Episode 31
10. Clarifying the Misunderstanding (3)
Team Manager Shin Sang-hun.
He was someone who had worked alongside me since the moment I joined the company.
“I can tell exactly why he did that.”
At his words, the employees fell silent for a moment.
“It wasn’t Department Manager Park’s choice. It was Manager Yu’s decision. But looking at it now, even I would’ve picked the nepotism hire over the disabled quota.”
“….”
The employees lowered their heads.
“However.”
Team Manager Shin had no intention of letting the employees off the hook.
“Do you think Department Manager Park really asked that out of consideration for Sang-hyun Yu?”
“…Yes?”
“Department Manager Park would’ve known that Sang-hyun Yu would naturally pick the nepotism hire. That man has experience. Every single time, he picks this option. There’d be data on it.”
“…Well, that’s true.”
“Everyone here already knows the relationship between me and Department Manager Park isn’t great.”
An awkward silence fell among the employees once more.
What exactly was Team Manager Shin trying to say?
“How many people here know that disabled quota hires can’t easily transfer departments?”
Most of the employees blinked their eyes. They didn’t know.
It wasn’t widely known information.
It was the kind of thing only those who’d been around the company for a while would know.
“Disabled quota positions. There are lots of problems with them, right? They hire someone, then casually transfer them to a lower department or demote them to the countryside.”
“That’s right.”
“The government set laws to prevent that. Disabled quota hires can’t transfer departments for five years.”
For a private company, employing someone with a disability as an employee is difficult in many ways. Especially placing them in important positions.
So they’d often hire them just to receive tax benefits from the government, then transfer them to departments or positions with little work and only simple labor.
To prevent such things, at least five years.
Only after five years does that restriction lift.
“Ah… So, that’s why?!”
“Wow.”
“We thought the nepotism hire had a guaranteed position….”
The reason why I continued to stay in a department with plenty of work and good performance despite my frequent mistakes.
Or rather, the reason I had to stay.
I was an employee who entered through the disabled quota system.
People had generally assumed it was because I had backing. They had no choice but to think that.
Because Department Manager Park had let slip that I was a nepotism hire.
“Right. That was the reason. And Department Manager Park placed someone whose department can’t be changed into my team with a nepotism hire image stamped on him.”
“!”
“And looking at Manager Yu’s background, it’s obvious he won’t adapt to the company. Do you understand what picture Department Manager Park was painting?”
This is unbelievable.
The employees whispered to each other, exchanging glances.
“Let’s see who leaves—you or that bastard. I don’t care either way. I’ve just been watching to see which one it’d be. That’s what he was doing.”
“!”
The employees flinched in surprise.
“B-but then why did the restructuring target Manager Yu…?”
“In times like these, if an employee leaves on their own, that counts as a win. Sang-hyun Yu’s almost at his fifth year anyway—he’s already outlived his usefulness. Easy to push out. There’s no better prey than that.”
“…This is… I knew the Department Manager was shrewd, but… even so…”
“Even so, my ass.”
Team Manager Shin Sang-hun said that and stood up from his seat.
By then, Evening Wide was nearly finished airing.
“The broadcast was entertaining.”
He smiled with a bitter edge and returned to his desk for more overtime work.
The employees watched his retreating figure with uneasy expressions, then returned to their own desks.
It was only 10 PM, but there was still work to be done.
They’d probably have to sleep at the company tonight.

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The next day.
The ripples from Evening Wide were felt immediately.
Ding ding.
Ding ding ding.
My phone started ringing from the morning.
[Oh. Manager Yu. You made it big, huh?]
[I saw you on the broadcast ㅠㅠ]
“Oppa, you’re going on talk shows now and becoming a celebrity? Haha!”
Among them was a message from Hyeonju, whose face I was glad to see.
But most of them weren’t worth reading.
Text messages were at least somewhat tolerable.
The number 412 glowed in red above my Runstagram messages.
Just yesterday it hadn’t even broken 100. In half a day, it had come to this.
From advertising inquiries to old acquaintances asking how I’d been since seeing Evening Wide…
Posts tagging me on Runstagram came flooding in.
A significant number were from people who went to Asung, claiming they knew me and posting about it.
[Truly an Asung graduate!!!]
I was in the same department as this person ㅠㅠ I cried the whole time I saw Sanghyun ㅠㅠㅠ
[Asung… you’re doing great. Someday I hope to…]
They came up with all sorts of reasons, but the gist was the same—they knew me and were proud to say they attended Asung.
Of course, I wasn’t the type to pay attention to each and every post like that.
“Looks like yesterday’s broadcast went well.”
After summing up the situation with that simple statement, I turn my attention to the group chat messages.
It’s bustling here too.
[Miho: Wow wow wow a celebrity!]
[Miho: (link)]
It seems Miho was the first to share the link.
They’re compilations of YouTube Shorts that SCB had just uploaded.
[Balloon Gum: Almond’s got nationwide recognition~]
Miho: ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Oppa, “nationwide celebrity” is seriously ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅎㅋㅎㅎㅋㅋ You’re such a dad joke guy.
[Strawberry Shooter: Hyung. Being utterly destroyed by you in a one-on-one ADC duel is the greatest honor of my life!]
Miho: hahahahahaha
Bubble gum: Hahahaha
[Takoyaki: Wait, what is this? You suddenly went on TV?!]
[Takoyaki: Hey Almond. Are you abandoning the lonely path of a Reel practitioner to become an entertainer? I’m so jealous!]
Miho: hahahaha
Bubble gum: Hahaha, I’m jealous!
Everyone was in a congratulatory mood.
In the midst of it all, there was also some good news.
[Balloon Gum: Anyway, from what I heard earlier, our team might even do a photo shoot for the year-end awards ceremony!]
[Miho: A photo shoot? That’s my specialty…!]
[Takoyaki: Oh. This is my first time. My legs are getting wobbly.]
[Strawberry Shooter: Wow! A photo shoot! Kyaa>< I'm gonna wear a miniskirt!]
[Takoyaki: Skrrrt(*Skkkkrt)! You're gonna end up screaming that. Stop it. Please.]
Around the time Strawberry Shooter was using a blushing girl emoticon, Almond appeared.
Almond: Thank you hehe
[Miho: Kyaa a celebrity!]
[Strawberry Shooter: Oppa! Can you sign for me?ㅠㅠㅠ]
Balloon Gum: Hahaha, congrats Mondo! Your poop video on AllTube is getting good views too?
Miho: Lol that's so funny hahahaha
[Takoyaki: hahahahahaha]
[Almond: Hehe… Please don't look at that ㅠㅠ]
Almond speaks as if grasping at straws.
[Miho: hehe]
Takoyaki: hehe
As expected. They've already all seen it.
"Oh. You were awake?"
Juhyeok opens the door and enters. He probably thought I was sleeping.
"Yeah, I was."
"No, I think my underwear accidentally ended up in here."
He opens drawers here and there searching for his underwear.
In the middle of that, he suddenly speaks as if remembering something.
"Oh, right. Department Manager Jang contacted me saying he really wants to see us again."
"Huh? Why?"
"Since things went well this time, he wants to treat us to a meal and seems to have something he wants to propose."
"Oh."
A proposal?
Sanghyeon's curiosity was piqued.
Since this talk show had been quite entertaining, I wanted to hear what Department Manager Jang might suggest next.
"What kind of proposal?"
"Ah… well…"
Juhyeok tilted his head uncertainly, as if unsure about what he'd heard. In the meantime, he found his underwear.
"Oh. Found it."
"Isn't that mine?"
"What are you talking about? It's mine."
It turned out they'd both bought the same underwear.
"Maybe we should write our names on them."
"The sizes are different though."
Sanghyeon wore large, Juhyeok wore extra large.
Sanghyeon felt his pride was hurt and insisted on writing names, but Juhyeok ignored him and brought up Department Manager Jang's matter again.
"Anyway, about what Department Manager Jang mentioned. Something about a new variety show or whatever. He didn't explain it properly. That guy was just too excited when he spoke."
"A new variety show?"
"Yeah, he kept saying he had some brilliant idea."
What could it be?
No matter how hard I racked my brain, I couldn't predict it.
"Anyway, we're going to see him anyway, so just ask him then. He'll be happy if you ask. And all the cast members will be there too."
"Ah. Is it a company dinner?"
"Yeah. The viewership numbers came out well. He's treating us."
This broadcast must have gone well. I smiled to myself at the thought.
'Thank goodness.'
I felt good knowing my first major appearance went smoothly.
I'd expected decent reactions, but I didn't think it would go this well.
"This broadcast really did go well. I heard Department Manager Jang is usually stingy. So anyway…"
Juhyeok placed his hand on my shoulder and approached with a meaningful expression.
"Let's check that out right now. Evening Wide community."
Pfft.
He'd said it so seriously that I thought it was something grave, but he just wanted to check the community.
I readily agreed.
We faced each other, grinning, and sat down in front of the computer.
There's nothing more fun than checking community reactions when things are going well.

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As expected, the Evening Wide section of the Community Garden was buzzing with talk about Almond, the newcomer.
[Lol the edited version really gave Almond everything]
Wow, I'm so moved by how much content there is ㅠㅠㅠ
My poor kid ㅠㅠ
Is this real!? My new character ㅜㅜ was so impressive from their very first appearance ㅜㅜ
Almond had already become "my boy," simultaneously adopted into countless households.
The fact that his fanbase had grown this quickly meant his presence during the live broadcast was substantial.
[Isn't every highlight just Almond? lol]
[Seducing the Inho fans lol]
[Evening Wide has been pushing out idols one after another and it was honestly annoying. This is just brilliant]
I really love this edit ㅠㅠ
[Looks like they finally came to their senses. That bastard Jang.]
It seemed the idol-focused edits hadn't always received positive reception.
Juhyeok and I didn't know much about Evening Wide, but there must have been some related incident or conflict.
[Sanghyeon, let's get married. I just stamped my divorce papers. Take responsibility.]
[The archery target must be lucky. Sang-hyun Yu stares at it all day and even shoots arrows for it…]
[His smile really shines…]
[If they made a pillow from Sang-hyun Yu's chest, they could sell it for 200,000 won]
"Ahem. Issue posts. Let's check the issue posts."
My face flushed at the excessive praise I'd never seen on Reelproof.
Juhyeok also felt embarrassed and quickly moved to the issue posts.
1st) The tea about how Evening Wide got trending on All-Lined this time.jpg
"…Huh?"
"What's this about?"
All-Lined.
An internal anonymous community app that employees at large corporations had to download to stay in the good graces of their superiors.
It provided a thoroughly anonymous community through employee verification of that specific company.
Thanks to this, one could access quite reliable information or shocking rumors about that company.
Employees used this information to determine their political stance within the company, while job seekers referenced it when choosing companies.
"All-Lined is that app, right?"
"Yeah. That app."
"Click it."
Juhyeok's hand trembled slightly.
"Sigh."
He withdrew his finger, unable to bear looking.
If something about me had been posted on All-Lined, it obviously wouldn't be anything good.
I didn't have the courage to look at it.
"Hey. What if this is something weird? Is there anything bothering you?"
I blinked and nodded.
"Yeah. There's just too much."
"Sigh. I'm the fool for asking."
True enough. That guy had caused accidents more than once during his time at the Company. He was fundamentally unsuited for that sort of thing.
"Still, you've never caused trouble for anyone else though…."
However, Sanghyeon had never burdened others. If there was something he couldn't do, he would stay up all night to finish it alone.
Though such delays themselves would ultimately become a burden to others….
It was absurd to publicly air such trivial matters online.
Who works poorly and who works well—these were far too minor issues.
"Just scroll past it."
With that, Sanghyeon clicked on the top post.
Click.
The content was quite different from what the two had been worried about.
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Department Manager Park, who replaced the disabled quota that Sang-hyun Yu mentioned with nepotism….
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