Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 581

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 3 Episode 51
19. The Perfect Partner (1)
Elite-class enemies all boasted incredible reaction speeds and accuracy.
Moreover, their accuracy continued to rise from the moment they detected the enemy—the Player.
It was a realistic reflection of how accuracy improves with prolonged observation.
Therefore, if combat with them dragged on, the Player would face endless difficulties.
I had to either kill them the moment they were spotted, or at least eliminate them within one or two shots.
Kkakddugi’s critical mistake was failing to consider that his first shot might not have killed the enemy, and simply shifting his aim to the next target.
By the time he’d dealt with two or three other targets, the enemy he’d initially downed had already gotten back up and finished aiming.
Taking a headshot from a single bullet was, in a sense, a predetermined fate.
“….”
Having reached that predetermined fate, Kkakddugi stared at the darkened screen with a dumbfounded expression.
‘Can’t I just play one more round?’
When he’d tried to get revenge on Almond at Zombie School, he’d been sliced down instantly and turned into a laughingstock.
He’d attempted to regain his honor through the Hitman score, but this time too he’d been cut off at the entrance, becoming a laughingstock once again.
Knock knock.
Outside, someone continued tapping on the capsule.
“Come on~ Challenger~ you need to come out~ Challenges are only once~ just once~ come on come on~ get out~ get out~”
hahahahahahaha
Get out of here, you weirdo lol
-Accept your skill level
“Come on~ get out~ get out~ if you can’t~ it’s just how the game goes~”
The employee remained expressionless for now.
If he kept holding on like this, they really would sprinkle salt on him.
Screeeech.
Opening the lid, Kkakddugi clasped his hands together.
“Ah. Really, can’t I just play one more time─”
──Clink.
Seeing the employee actually pull out white crystalline powder, Kkakddugi finally had to exit the capsule.
“I’m coming out.”
-You’re already pickled anyway, why fear salt! Just play one more round!
-Go ahead and get pickled one more time, Ttugi!
Haha, that’s hilarious lol
Isn’t that sugar from the break room, not salt? lol
His fans were disappointed too.
From their perspective, he’d wasted the opportunity with such a pathetic mistake.
“I’ll line up again and challenge once more. Ah, this is really such a waste….”
-A waste?
I don’t even know what you mean by saying it’s a waste.
Haha, it’s kimchi-making season so my skills are a bit rusty~
Ignoring the viewers’ jeers, Kkakddugi stepped out of the booth again and got back in line.
But then….
“…?!”
The line had grown significantly longer than before.
“What on earth….”
Even at a glance, waiting through this entire line would consume all the time needed for other challenges. That meant falling behind in today’s challenge point rankings.
-wtf what’s with this line
-yo this is a hot spot lol
-why are kids even here lmaooo
-to rejoin the line please contact us via DM (hands together)(hands together)
Watching the line packed tightly with people of all ages and genders, Kkakddugi shook his head side to side.
“Ah well. I’ll just come back once the excitement dies down a bit~”

* * *
While one person shook his head at the line, another nodded with evident satisfaction.
“Ahahahahaha!”
The protagonist who had exhausted all challenge points to make this contract with Almond happen.
None other than Department Manager Mincheol Jung, the publicity manager in charge of this G-Star!
“Did you see? Huh? Did you see? Did you see this line?!”
He grabbed onto his employees whose souls had completely drained away and chattered excitedly.
With each moment, the employees’ souls grew even more faint.
Yet Department Manager Jeong paid no attention to such things.
He immediately returned to the conference room and found the Almond contract.
“Hey. Bring out that Almond contract. Even a copy is fine. I just need to check the contents.”
He reviewed the contract page by page as the employee brought it over.
“Contract period promotional materials… promotional materials….”
Normally, when someone was selected as an advertising model, their face should appear not just in video advertisements but in all promotional materials.
Content that naturally belonged in an advertising model contract.
“….”
But it wasn’t there.
“What, what?”
Ah. How could this be.
Now that he thought about it, this was a video advertisement model contract, not an exclusive model contract.
That made sense.
To cut costs, they’d contracted for just one video advertisement.
“…Ah. Right.”
Department Manager Jeong scratched his chin and thought.
“Can’t I just use it anyway?”
Right now they were trying to make an Almond challenge poster. What if he just used the name Almond?
Suddenly, Juhyeok’s gleaming rimless glasses flashed across Department Manager Jeong’s mind.
‘Ugh. This won’t do. This won’t do.’
A sensation like being sliced by a blade.
Trouble would definitely break out.
Beyond legal issues, the company’s image would plummet in an instant.
We became famous because of Almond, and now we’re creating controversy over this?
Even Department Manager Jeong found it infuriating to hear.
“Sigh. What do we do about this.”
Department Manager Jeong clutched his head.
Timing is everything in situations like this. We don’t even know when this momentum will collapse.
“Um… Should we contact the CEO? If we explain the current situation, he might provide additional support.”
Department Manager Park, who had worried about challenge points when Almond first arrived.
It was his suggestion.
“…Should we? Yeah. Let’s at least try. The CEO has a cool personality. It might work.”
Change the advertising model proposal into an exclusive model proposal.
For that, a massive cost increase would be inevitable, but with that method, wouldn’t it be like rowing a boat on the incoming tide?
We could even launch an aircraft carrier.
“But no matter how cool his personality is… he’s the CEO. Hmm….”
There’s such a thing as the CEO’s position.
Since he has to give money to employees, he can’t help but be sensitive about the company’s financial situation.
If we suddenly ask him to pull unplanned funds again, we’d naturally need more solid persuasiveness.
First, it was important to prepare so he could properly feel the heat of this situation.
“Department Manager Park. Send me all the on-site photos and videos. And from the G-Star official channel, grab all the interview footage mentioning Almond.
“Yes, but….”
“I’ll compile the online mentions and view counts myself.”
“Yes, but….”
“And what else is there?”
“Sir, Manager?!”
Now Department Manager Jeong finally heard what he was saying.
“Huh? Why?”
“Someone already compiled it.”
“…What?”
Department Manager Park thrust his phone screen forward.
What appeared there was none other than an AllTube video.
[A Challenge? Isn’t that only for the cool kids?]
It was a video uploaded an hour ago.
When he played it, all the interview footage from the G-Star official live stream where people challenged Almond was edited in, and the current situation at the Hitman booth was also organized.
But it had a slightly… bizarre editing style.
Like it was narrated by an AI voice with a strange tone.
[Gamers rushed in like dogs from morning to break the record of the evil insider Nut Fans! But they couldn’t even step on the afterimage of this evil insider Almond!]
Whoooosh!
Almond’s photo keeps whooshing past, creating afterimages as the scene transitions.
[Can elite agents only be extroverts?! Are the righteous nerdy gamer introverts unable to even chase the afterimage of the evil extrovert villain Almond?!]
At the end, a scene of Almond drinking coffee is inserted in very low quality.
[This evil extrovert leisurely sips coffee from morning! While cheerfully greeting beautiful women! He unleashed his prowess against the introverts! Is the challenge really only for extroverts?!]
The video ends with a voice full of anguish.
Department Manager Jeong lets out a hollow laugh and asks.
“Is this the official channel?”
“No. Almond’s own videos don’t appear here at all. And Almond’s channel doesn’t usually do cheap editing like this.”
“Then who is this guy?”
“Just a fan, I guess. Someone who occasionally makes fan videos of Almond.”
[Macaron]
The channel name is Macaron.
Looking at the video list, there’s something like this.
[Popular Upload]
[The most beautiful girl in the prefecture somehow fell for a non-human nut fan?!]
[1.789 million]
It was a video depicting(?) the first meeting between Jesse and Almond during the Civil Empire era.
Department Manager Jeong clicks on the video without much thought and ends up watching it completely, as if entranced.
“J-Jesse… you’re amazing…”
And his true feelings that slipped out without his knowledge.
“…Pardon?”
At Department Manager Park’s tilted head, Department Manager Jeong’s face flushes red.
Embarrassed, he immediately gives work instructions.
“C-cough… Anyway! The video material will be convincing with that from earlier. Since it includes the G-Star official clip. I’ll contact the CEO and be back. You two get ready to go in right away.”
“Yes!”
Department Manager Jeong steps out with his phone for a moment.

* * *
It didn’t take long.
Just as the manager said, the CEO had a cool temperament.
「What?! A line? At our booth?! Do something right now! I’ll fund it!」
Truth be told, I didn’t really need video materials anyway. I’d made several mediocre games before, but this was my first time receiving such significant attention.
He was in an extremely excited state.
He was thinking that finally, those astronomical sums that other game companies handled were unfolding before him as well.
Department Manager Jeong felt the same way. As someone who’d been rolling with the sales department from the start at this kind of startup.
Sharing the company’s fate wasn’t much different from the CEO’s position.
Unable to contain his racing heartbeat, Department Manager Jeong rushed toward the conference room and threw an uppercut into the air.
“Yes!”
Whoosh!
“Yes!”
Whoosh!
“Yeahhh!”
Whoosh whoosh!
After landing a full boxing combo in the empty air by himself.
“Phew.”
He entered the conference room in a much calmer state and immediately called Almond’s manager.

* * *
A young man with a pleasant impression stood before Sanghyeon and smiled.
“Ah, Almond. Have you given it any thought?”
Though it was a distinctly calculated smile, he had such a pleasant impression that one felt good despite recognizing it.
This person was from Butterfly Entertainment… who was it again? Sanghyeon had already forgotten the name just introduced.
He simply wasn’t interested in going that direction.
“Ah. No. I haven’t really given it further thought. I’ve been quite busy with various things.”
There was no way he could miss that atmosphere, yet he continued trying to stick around.
“Ah, I see. That’s understandable. Your recent growth rate is within the top three streamers, after all. Haha. We manage that kind of data too.”
“Ah…”
“So perhaps it’s presumptuous, but I’ve inadvertently learned a bit about this recent issue as well. After all, we’ve always been keeping an eye on you, Almond.”
Laughing while running his hand through his hair, the young man.
“An issue?”
“Yes. The recent controversy regarding Challenge Points. If it had been our company, I’m confident we could have resolved it much more smoothly. Or rather, there wouldn’t have been room for misunderstanding in the first place. We have considerable expertise in crisis management.”
…he said while naturally taking a seat in the front chair.
Did these guys get some big incentive whenever they brought someone in?
They were excessively enthusiastic. Of course, it’s good to appreciate a salaryman being passionate, but it was like watching an overeager, hot-blooded teenage boy confessing his feelings…
‘Let me just give a vague answer and send him off.’
Sanghyeon pondered how to gently shake this person off.
“I understand that issue is ultimately being resolved well. But it’s better not to shoulder such risks from the start. Since this won’t be just for a day or two, there’s no guarantee a risk won’t explode at any moment.”
Sanghyeon wiped the corner of his mouth with a napkin and responded.
“I’m a results-oriented person. Since the results are good, I think that’s what matters.”
“Ah, yes. However, our assessment was that the risk was substantial compared to the return from those results. We won’t just produce results once, after all.”
“Return… I’d be satisfied with an advertising model.”
“An exclusive model would be more appropriate to match the image damage risk that Almond faces compared to just an advertising model.”
“An exclusive model…?”
“A model that represents the game itself. The pay is completely different.”
Sanghyeon knew what an exclusive model was.
He just said it because he found it absurd.
An exclusive model wasn’t something even celebrities did—only top-tier celebrities did that.
“Ah~ Of course! It’s just our assessment. Your opinions as streamers are our top priority, but there’s a difference between making decisions with this data and without it. Haha.”
There was nothing particularly wrong with what he said.
Listening to him, it all seemed reasonably sound. It was hard to refute.
Especially since Sanghyeon wasn’t particularly eloquent.
‘Still, something doesn’t sit right with me.’
At this point, the only rebuttal left was to just shout “I don’t like you!” with no real grounds to stand on.
Zzzzzing. Zzzzzing.
A call came from an unfamiliar number.
Normally he wouldn’t answer unknown numbers, but Sanghyeon jumped up and excused himself.
“It’s an urgent call.”
“Ah, yes. Of course. Would you like me to bring more coffee?”
At his kindness, Sanghyeon smiled and simply nodded before putting the phone to his ear.
“Hello?”
-Ah. You’re Sang-hyun Yu… so you’re Almond, right? This is Department Manager Mincheol Jung from Hitman’s PR department.
“Ah, yes.”
-Your manager isn’t answering right now, but it’s quite urgent, so I took the liberty of contacting you directly. Would you have time for a longer conversation?
“Yes. Please, go ahead.”
-Yes. Thank you. It’s regarding the exclusive model proposal.
At that, Sanghyeon’s eyes widened.
Wasn’t that guy just talking about exclusive models a moment ago?

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