Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 665

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 3 Episode 135
44. Swept Over (5)
That’s right. From the start, Juhyeok had no intention of simply taking over the company and calling it done.
“I already took care of everything before meeting Kyung-ho Lee.”
During that day’s shoot, all the documents had already been organized and sent to Kyung-ho Lee’s company.
The reason Juhyeok had kept Kyung-ho Lee occupied during that shoot was to ensure he had no idea the documents had been sent. It wasn’t because that was the only time they could meet.
In other words, he’d emptied the enemy’s main base and ransacked it.
“Ah…! You sent it beforehand? There’s a route like that?”
Sanghyeon asked in surprise.
“Since the roots are the same, the system is identical to Asung’s. I asked around through colleagues, and there’s an anonymous reporting route available.”
“Ah… that…
Sanghyeon had worked at Asung long enough to know what that meant.
He’d always thought it was a defunct system at Asung. An anonymous internal whistleblower route.
That route was only ever used on funeral days.
But this case was different. Juhyeok was an outsider.
Whether Choi-kang Planning held a funeral or not made no difference to Juhyeok.
“I actually started putting money into Jia’s company from last month. And I threw in my share from the advance Hitman gave me as well.”
“…!”
A corporate account with the same advertiser’s name as Choi-kang Planning listed as the depositor.
It had already been set up.
He’d called it a preview, but it was already in motion.
Juhyeok took another sip of his drink and continued.
“Whether he leaves the company afterward or dissolves the corporation, it’ll only look like he already committed crimes and fled. From his company’s perspective, he’s just a criminal.”
“Wow.”
Sanghyeon’s eyes widened in surprise.
Kyung-ho Lee must have thought everything was already over. A perfectly timed blow landed right when he’d let his guard down completely.
He’d really crushed him. A scary guy, even if he is a friend.
But there were a few questions.
“But then, is this company okay? Does Jia know about this?”
If Jia’s company was connected to Kyung-ho Lee’s punishment, could it really come out unscathed?
Did Jia know about this fact?
“…”
Juhyeok shook his head silently.
Sanghyeon jumped in shock.
“The company’s not okay?!”
After all the effort to obtain that company. If it wasn’t okay from the start, it was naturally shocking.
“You went through hell because of some National Culture certification issue, barely found a gifting route, and snatched it… ugh.”
Juhyeok covered his mouth while glancing around nervously.
“No. Hey. Be quiet. A bit. Who stole what. And it’s Popular Culture and Arts Planning… what the heck is National Culture…”
“Mmmph?”
“Yeah. The company’s fine.”
“Phew.”
I exhaled—whether from relief at having my mouth unsealed or genuine relief, I couldn’t tell.
“How is it fine? You’re clearly implicated.”
“When they actually dig into it, nothing will come up. All the money this corporation received was completely legal.”
“So Kyung-ho Lee gets off scot-free too?”
“Ah. Yeah. He’ll escape the hitman charges and this corporation thing.”
Under Juhyeok’s design, Kyung-ho Lee wouldn’t face disciplinary action over this corporation.
He’d face it for something else.
“Wait? There’s something else?”
“Yeah.”
“What is it?”
“Don’t know.”
“What?”
“I said I don’t know.”
“???”
Don’t know? He designed this without even knowing what he’d be disciplined for?
“I don’t know, but there’s definitely something. Guys carrying corporate cards at a company with that kind of money flowing around—shake them down and dust will definitely come out. Look at Kyung-ho Lee’s usual conduct.”
“Ah….”
So that’s what he was banking on.
Sanghyeon nodded along.
Throughout a corporate career, there are very rare exceptions, but honestly, almost everyone falls into these categories.
“Once an audit comes in, it’s already over. Done.”
That’s why audits shouldn’t come in the first place.
Because completely clean humans don’t exist.
“Just the fact that he earned profits from a corporation he represented while working at the company is already 100 percent grounds for discipline. If we flip through all his corporate card usage, he’ll face damages claims and get fired.”
Juhyeok’s prediction turned out to be exactly right.
Kyung-ho Lee had been using company funds all over the place under the guise of business.
Even on the day he met Juhyeok, he used the screen golf range, sauna, and gym attached to some hotel.
So everything had already unfolded exactly as planned.
“Then why did your expression suddenly crumple?”
But at the end, his expression wasn’t good. Sanghyeon found that strange.
“Jia doesn’t know.”
“…Ah.”
Sanghyeon nodded as if he finally understood, then downed the rest of his drink.
“Right.”
He probably didn’t want to hear about his ex-girlfriend’s downfall from his current girlfriend.
And Juhyeok probably didn’t want to tell her either.
“You did well.”
“Yeah.”
Juhyeok downed his drink as well.
Glug glug.
Sanghyeon immediately poured another round for him.
“Anyway. CEO Kim. Congratulations!”
He raised his glass high and clinked it against Juhyeok’s.
Clink!
“That’s right! Let’s do this well!”
I thought celebratory drinks after handling everything would taste sweet.
But it was far more bitter than expected.
Still, Juhyeok gritted his teeth and swallowed the bitter taste down his throat.
“Ugh….”
Once I got it down, only a pleasant buzz would rise up.
‘Now it begins.’
Juhyeok gazed up at the ceiling draped in red cloth and repeated the thought to himself.
It was time to sprint forward on my own two feet along the path I’d been paving all this while.

* * *
The company where Juhyeok and Jia existed as co-CEOs was essentially going to become a management company for streamers.
It wasn’t just about management—they’d hire editors to manage the YouTube channel and potentially do even more than that.
In short, it was a popular culture and entertainment planning business. They could plan anything related to popular culture.
The problem was that there was only one streamer—Almond—who would be part of this company as a ‘popular culture and entertainment professional.’
Almond alone would generate decent revenue, but a substantial portion of that revenue would go to Almond, a significant portion of the video earnings to Jia, and what remained would fall to Juhyeok, with anything left over going to the company.
In other words… there was nothing left.
And I couldn’t now ask Almond to give the company a percentage of his profits.
Without him, this company wouldn’t even exist.
So Almond was quite a special case.
He was a sort of honorary CEO.
That’s why Juhyeok was actually planning to make this company function as a three-person co-CEO structure.
…That was the current plan.
“Even so, it’s a peanut company. What’s… three CEOs?”
Sigh.
Juhyeok sighed and leaned against the table.
“Hey. The passing peanut feels bad. Call it a walnut company instead.”
Jia at the opposite table threw in a jab.
The two were currently in a meeting about how to run this company.
“I managed to get it, but… it feels so uncertain~.”
Juhyeok had some ideas in his head, but when it came time to actually execute them, things got a bit confusing.
What should I start with?
How should I propose it so they naturally accept?
“First, Bontovi. I need to bring him in.”
Jia was drawing up a list of people who could be recruited to the company immediately.
Bontovi became a streamer thanks to Almond, and since he’d worked with Juhyeok before, he’d probably accept willingly.
“Right. Bontovi. Let’s go with him.”
Bontovi’s broadcast isn’t impressive right now, but it’s growing. Especially once the main tournament of the Civil M National Team competition begins, he’ll benefit greatly from the spillover effect.
“But… Bontovi will take a while to generate proper revenue. We’d be in the position of developing him.”
He’s not a streamer who can help immediately.
“It would be nice if at least one more established streamer joined besides Almond.”
Juhyeok tapped the table with his pen.
There was someone coming to mind.
But isn’t this too shameless? That thought crossed my mind too.
Would she really come just out of goodwill toward Almond? And is it even right to ask her?
Jia patted his shoulder reassuringly.
“It’s fine. Take it slow. There’s no need to rush. We’ve already solved all the difficult parts.”
“Yeah, you’re right.”
Only then did Juhyeok clear his head for a moment and took a sip of coffee.
Even if the company was established, nothing had changed. If I just left things as they were and focused only on managing Almond like I had been doing.
Things couldn’t get any worse.
There was nothing to worry about.
“Juhyeok.”
Jia grabbed his face and turned it toward her, looking directly into his eyes as she spoke.
“Thank you. I don’t think I said it properly back then.”
“…Well, bringing it up now.”
Juhyeok laughed softly and looked away. And he changed the subject too.
“Ah… Jia. Have you thought about that?”
“What?”
“Working with Department Manager Jang.”
“Oh, but then what about our company?”
“Like you said, let’s take it slow. There’s no need to tie your work as an editor to the company.”
“Hmm…”
Once the national team competition’s main tournament begins, Jia will have no work at all.
“Why don’t I edit Bontovi’s videos instead?”
Heh.
Jia smiled as if trying to smooth things over and move past it.
“After the national team competition ends?”
“Then we’d have to hire someone else.”
“Bontovi might not be big enough for that. If we switch later, he might just feel disappointed.”
“Ah…”
Assigning a professional like Jia to Bontovi actually doesn’t make financial sense.
A junior editor would probably be assigned instead.
If Jia were attached only during the national team competition period and later replaced with a junior, there’s no way he’d feel good about it.
“And honestly, there’s no guarantee that Bontovi will even come to our side.”
“That’s… true.”
“Or maybe it’d be better to take a break during that period.”
Juhyeok gradually picked up on Jia’s true intentions and steered the conversation that way.
For some reason, Jia seemed reluctant to work under Department Manager Jang.
I vaguely suspected she disliked organizational hierarchies.
“Hmm….”
Jia gave an ambiguous answer and fell into thought.
“Should I upload more videos from G-Star… there are plenty I haven’t used yet….”
Thump!
Just then, Juhyeok suddenly jumped to his feet.
“I just remembered something our company should do.”
“…You startled me.”
The mention of G-Star suddenly sparked a memory.
‘Quite a lot of streamers were selling stuff there.’
At G-Star, not just game-related products but streamer merchandise was sold like at a flea market.
Various streamers’ goods were displayed there.
At the time, I wondered what anyone would use such merchandise for—it seemed rather absurd.
But seeing quite a few people buying them, I had considered whether we should try it too.
Thinking about it again, they were pretty useless items, so given my nature, I couldn’t easily push forward with it.
But then, with the national team tournament season overlapping, one idea came to mind.
‘Cheering tools would be absolutely necessary.’
Tools to support Almond and the other fake national team members.
Almond did have a few unofficial products made by anonymous fans on DiscWorld.
But we’d never officially released anything.
We simply hadn’t had the capacity.
But now it’s different.
Both Jia and I had considerable free time before Almond advanced to the main tournament.
“We’ll make cheering tools. For the national team tournament teams.”
“Huh? That’s not bad?”
“Yeah. Almond hats, clapping balloons, stuff like that. I think we could make them on DiscWorld pretty quickly.”
“Right. If we just find a designer.”
“Plus we could make merchandise for other national team members, and general support items too… and physical products!”
“If we’re making physical products besides DiscWorld items… we’d need to find a factory. That’s going to be tough.”
“Yeah.”
My thoughts didn’t stop there.
‘Right, production. How do I do this cheaply and quickly?’
Starting a business with your own money is foolish. Father always said that.
‘But Father, then whose money should I use to start a business?’
I always asked that question.
It becomes clear.
Once I actually started the business and stepped onto the battlefield, I could see it.
“…Monster.”
Those thugs desperate to get their logo exposed during matches.
“Huh?”
“Monster! Monster’s sponsor! They said they wanted their logo exposed during the matches!? Even if uniforms won’t work, cheering tools basically would, right!?”
“…!”
Jia’s eyes widened in surprise.
“Ah. Right. If they manufacture the cheering tools….”
“Their logo gets exposed! The advertising cost becomes the production cost! We manufacture for free and get paid to sell them!”
Juhyeok was brimming with excitement.
“If we also add individual cheering tools for Almond and other popular members to the production….”
This would likely become the company’s first source of revenue.

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