Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 932

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 4 Episode 063
21. Ahanjuk (3)
“Clap your hands while defecating. Then you’ll become famous.”
A video appeared along with these words.
Anyone could see that the space in the video was their company.
But it felt strangely unfamiliar.
That’s because it showed the office after everyone had clocked out and left.
‘What on earth is that?’
‘What kind of video is this?’
‘Are they actually defecating? And clapping their hands….’
While everyone else looked around in confusion, only the Kim Kim Duo stood rigidly without a twitch.
‘Is he really calling us here for a public execution?’
‘When… when did he film that….’
They couldn’t have imagined it.
The CEO had been reviewing the office cameras.
No, they didn’t even know there was a camera at that angle in the first place.
The footage was even edited to some degree.
When did he start preparing this? The time it must have taken….
‘He pulled an all-nighter.’
‘He stayed up all night?’
The Kim Kim Duo finally understood.
Why there was a glint of madness in the CEO’s eyes.
He’d stayed up all night preparing this. Even as the company was completely falling apart, the CEO had worked through the night to prepare an escape route.
But what about the Kim Kim Duo?
They’d only prayed to the heavens. They’d swung their fists in front of monitors. They’d resented the developers, criticized Almond, and despaired over Balloon Gum.
‘Pathetic.’
Utterly pathetic.
I could feel the gazes of the other employees in the conference room. I could almost hear them whispering.
“What about those guys? Were they just drinking Maekju?”
“We all gathered here.”
“Seriously. They sure have it easy.”
Ugh.
My head bowed on its own.
Not only had I botched the advertisement, but I’d also failed to recover from it.
My heart wanted otherwise.
I wanted to do well.
‘Damn it.’
Grit.
Manager Kim gnashed his teeth.
Then the CEO spoke.
“If things go well, this video will become our salvation.”
“…?”
Manager Kim startled and lifted his head again.
What?
“This video is entertaining. Our employees are genuinely immersed in the game, cheering, suffering, screaming… No gamer would hate a production company like that.”
“!”
Is that so?
Gulp.
The Kim Kim Duo swallowed dryly in unison.
We thought we’d only done trivial things, thought we were pathetic…
“Because sincerity comes through.”
The CEO says sincerity actually comes through. Because that’s our true nature.
Sometimes we want to do well but can’t, sometimes we create strange games, sometimes we don’t do anything properly.
That’s who we are.
“Marketing Department, Manager Kim, Manager Kim.”
“Yes?”
“Yes.”
“Will you allow us to upload this?”
Their eyes trembled.
The answer was already decided.
If we could just clean up the mess we made before, we’d even applaud while making a new one.
“O, of course!”
“If it helps! Of course!”
Clap.
The CEO declared with applause.
“Good. This operation is innocent if famous, guilty if obscure.”
“?”
What does that mean?
No, I understand what it means.
But it sounds ominous somehow?
“If this video becomes famous, you’re innocent! If not, you’re guilty!”
The CEO pointed directly at the Kim Kim Duo and shouted wildly.
“Why are you surprised!? Huh? Did you think I’d just overlook how you handled the advertising contract like this….”
Endless criticism continued throughout the meeting.
‘Damn it.’
‘I knew it.’
The two of us got fooled by the CEO again.

* * *
Unlike Sanghyeon, whom I’d only glimpsed briefly that morning, Balloon Gum had been checking OlTube and community reactions all day long since waking up.
‘Ugh….’
I’m someone prone to anxiety.
That’s why I tend to make the safest choices possible.
But I couldn’t help being bothered by the Ghost Busters advertisement.
Ending the game in such a disastrous way, and Almond just brushing it off like it was nothing—it was shocking to me.
I’d at least expected him to give it another shot the next day.
[Balloon Gum: Um… Mond. Don’t you want to try this again?]
[Balloon Gum: Yesterday’s game just… ended so abruptly….]
[Balloon Gum: Mond?]
Staring at the number ‘1’ that still hasn’t disappeared, I let out a sigh.
“Sigh….”
Sanghyeon is actually taking an extra nap right now because he exhausted himself quite a bit yesterday.
It seems like only I’m anxious like this right now.
Due to the aftermath of Almond’s cloning video taking 1st place this morning, all of my videos are now trending as well.
[Balloon Gum Becomes a God]
#Real-time Trending 8th
[Video of Getting Dumped by a Woman for Being Ugly]
#Real-time Trending 7th
It’s nice that the videos are doing well, but they’re all videos where bugs exploded in the game.
That’s right. I’m now understanding the feelings of the Ghost Busters CEO.
This couldn’t be called an advertisement.
Just look at people’s reactions.
-Absolute trash game lolololol
-So this is basically an ad for a game that just launched… right?
-Punk’s rating is definitely tanking lol
There’s literally not a single person taking this game seriously.
The best comment is basically this.
[Balloon Gum Becomes a God]
-Such a wind ~ god game lolol
└lololololol
└Lmaooooo
└Wind god lolol
└Sounds like a curse lol
└It means the god of wind ^^
They’re just mocking the game as a “wind god” or something.
People say to row when the tide comes in, but from my perspective, this isn’t water—it’s lava.
-The game’s a complete mess so the ad seems to have failed lolol
└Forreal lol
└Isn’t it still worth trying once?
└You do it then lol
-Ah this is hilarious lolololol
-Ah is that the bug Balloon Gum was trying to use, the one where Almond hit 1st place in birth rate??
└Lmao
└Seems like it lol
The more I read the comments, the more Balloon Gum’s anxiety grew.
“Ah….”
This wasn’t the end of it.
The tangled issues right now weren’t just this one.
Ding.
Ding.
[Takoyaki: Hyung. Where did Almond say he’s going?]
[Miho: Oppa. Is Almond oppa going to Cheese? Paprika? GameWell?]
The guy asking for replies doesn’t respond, but messages just keep piling up from everyone else.
Now that Almond’s collab stream had ended, countless Streamers were reaching out.
[Balloon Gum: No. I haven’t asked about that yet, I’m telling you? He’s not even awake right now]
Miho: No! I should’ve sneakily asked about that while we were playing the game yesterday!ㅠㅠㅠ
[Miho: Ugh he’s ugly, I wanna kick him lol]
[Miho: (just joking~)]
“….”
Why is she clinging to me like this?
Actually, Miho could leave regardless of Almond and it wouldn’t matter.
If anything, among female Streamers, Paprika’s revenue would be significantly higher.
Game-specialized Streamers and major comprehensive gaming Streamers like Almond and Balloon Gum are the ones affected by platform migrations.
Miho isn’t affected at all.
Yet she seems to want to follow wherever Almond goes. It’s probably because advancing as a gaming Streamer would be more advantageous long-term.
With all these intertwined interests, a platform migration is truly a massive event.
Not just fellow Streamers, but his Manager is in chaos too.
[Manager: Hyung. Have you decided? The pressure is no joke. We need to move soon.]
[Manager: I recommend Cheese.]
[Balloon Gum: Why not Paprika…]
[Manager: Paprika has lots of skilled gamers popular, and there are tons of skilled gamers there anyway.]
[Balloon Gum: Hey. Didn’t you see the speedrun yesterday? That’s my skill level~ ]
[Manager: Let’s go with Cheese.]
The Manager seemed eager and didn’t even entertain the joke.
But then, shortly after.
Balloon Gum came across a strange video.
‘Huh?’
[Almond! Just die once for me!]
[Now Premiering for the First Time!]
That was the title of the video.
The thumbnail featured the faces of two unfamiliar men.
‘What is this?’
It was a video Balloon Gum could never have imagined.
The pinned comment attached to it was already far from normal.
-This is the CEO of Ghost Busters’ production company, TMC. I had a drink at dawn. You’ll understand why once you watch the video. Anyway… Ghost Busters. We poured all our blood, sweat, and tears into making it. Please remember us. Ghost Busters. We will definitely come back after fixing the bugs. I hope you’ll remember just these three letters. Ghost Busters.

* * *
At the same time, at Sanghyeon’s place.
He rubbed his sleepy eyes as he prepared for today’s broadcast.
“Mm… I slept way too long.”
Sanghyeon, waking from his afternoon nap, rubbed his drowsy eyes and tilted his head in confusion.
It seemed the all-nighter yesterday had really taken it out of him.
‘Maybe I should skip streaming today.’
With that thought in mind, he opened the door and stepped out.
“Hey. Look, look at this.”
“Huh?”
“This! These Ghost Busters guys are insane!”
“Ghost Busters is definitely a crazy game.”
“No, the production company’s insane too!”
Juhyeok pointed excitedly at the monitor.
A video was playing that had just started.
‘Huh?’
Two faces he recognized appeared on the monitor.
‘They look like people I’ve met before?’
Remarkably, they were Manager Kim and Manager Kim from the advertising contract meeting.
They sat down with quite excited expressions, opening beers.
Whether it was secretly filmed or intentional, the framing was a bit odd, but the atmosphere looked pretty good overall.
[Good. Real good. Alright, let’s start. Let’s see what happens. Huh? Bring me a beer.]
[Yay~]
But suddenly, the video turned black and white, and their expressions and movements all froze.
Then this narration began to play.
It was a voice like some documentary narration.
[These two have committed a grave sin]
“???”
Sanghyeon fell into great confusion.
Wasn’t this supposed to be company promotional content?
Looking at the channel, it was definitely that company’s channel.
“W-what sin?”
He quickly found a seat and sat down next to Juhyeok.
But then he realized the root cause of that sin wasn’t far away at all.
[It’s because they proceeded with a very foolish contract.]
The contract was the problem.
[They set a condition that the advertising period would last until they cleared the game.]
Juhyeok, sitting beside him, flinched with a guilty start. Sanghyeon scratched his head.
‘What’s wrong with that?’
The video played again, and the Kim Kim Duo had a conversation.
[Ah, we’re starting soon. How long do you think we’ll play?]
[Who knows? Still, I’d say at least two weeks, right? Since the condition is to see the ending.]
Two weeks?
Sanghyeon’s eyes widened at those words.
They made a contract assuming a minimum of two weeks?
To finish such a contract in two days, roughly twelve hours total—that truly deserved to be called a sin.
In any case, the joint broadcast between Almond and Balloon Gum had begun, and the Kim Kim Duo watched with cheerful laughter.
[Hahahaha. Struggling this much in the tutorial?]
[Didn’t I tell you? It’s useless if just one person is good, right? Choosing Balloon Gum was absolutely the best decision!]
[Right. I think I can clear this if I’m just better than Balloon Gum. Game sales will probably go up too. We’ll be doing this advertisement for a long, long time!]
The conversation content was somewhat shocking.
He knew Balloon Gum wasn’t skilled, but to think she was cast specifically because of that!
The screen paused again and a narration flowed out.
[The price of greed was devastating.]
A sorrowful, melancholic tune played, and as the screen turned black and white, a title appeared over the Kim Kim Duo.
[Almond! Please die just once!]
This appeared to be the title of this video series.
After that, the video began, and viewers started pouring in one by one.
-What is this??
-Is this Ghost Busters too?
-What kind of series title is this lol Almond die lololol
-What lol A contract? lololol
-Huh?

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