Gwanjongcheonma’s Game Broadcast - Chapter 11

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Chapter 11

“Damn bastards! When a person speaks, have some faith!”

Thud!

A punch too pathetic to be called a shotgun strikes the desk.

Choi Gang-sik, owner of the Former Leon Capsule Room.

He had been continuously posting on community forums since the day he witnessed Hae-rang’s record at the capsule room.

[It’s real, I tell you! Fist of the North Star’s ‘Gyeon-rang’ got KO’d! His face was completely beaten up!]

[The score came out to 999,999,999 points. This is practically the highest score possible!]

[There’s no record since he didn’t create an account. I’m disappointed about that part too.]

[It’s real, I tell you! Would I lie about this stuff at over thirty years old?]

Choi Gang-sik posted daily trying to appeal his case, but all that came back was cold mockery.

-Blah blah blah nonsense~~~~bullshit lololololol

-What do we call witness stories without proof? Fabrication, that’s what.

-Tweet tweet chirp! Tweet chirp tweet chirp!

-Fly high, you fabricator!

-You should lie in moderation. Even streamers can’t properly get over 100 million points in the tutorial. No wonder the Gyeon-rang Challenge came about.

-I also won first place in the lottery this morning! Unfortunately, I have no proof ^^

-I can tell this is viral marketing. Trying to promote the store

-Looking at past posts, it’s true. Nothing but stories about dying from lack of business?

-The owner has gone crazy! No wait, the owner is pretending to be crazy to promote his store!

“Damn it! What do they take me for!”

He was bursting with frustration but there was nothing he could do.

Just as they said, witness stories without proof had no power.

Especially when it was a story about achieving a difficult record.

Choi Gang-sik snorted angrily and came out to the living room.

“Can’t be helped, I guess… Come to think of it, even I who saw it with my own two eyes am in a state of doubt…”

The world’s highest tutorial score.

Gyeon-rang’s KO.

These were things Choi Gang-sik had never seen in his life.

That’s why he had tried asking the community.

Whether there had been actual cases of achieving such things.

But far from getting answers, Choi Gang-sik only received a heap of mockery.

“No matter how I think about it, it’s strange. The game play time too. The machine’s Overclock too.”

And finally, the unbelievable story of beating Joint in his first broadcast.

One hypothesis began to sprout in Choi Gang-sik’s mind.

“This guy… Could he be a Singularity?”

Singularity.

Literally translated, it means a singular point.

Every human has their own ‘aptitude’, and capsule games are no exception.

Special individuals who show inhuman adaptability in virtual reality games.

In the streamer world, such people are called Singularities.

“But that’s… only possible for prodigies who adapted to capsule games from a very young age…”

Everything becomes harder to adapt to with age.

Only those who rapidly adapted to capsule games from childhood and received regular training can bear the name of Singularity.

They’re the first to be called to the National Team, and it’s an honorable title where hundreds of thousands watch once they turn on a broadcast.

The reason Joint changed from ‘skill broadcasting’ to ‘bullying broadcasting’ was also because he felt a wall against them.

As new games come out requiring stronger reflexes and power, Joint wasn’t at Singularity level.

“Speak of the tiger and it comes.”

Hae-rang’s contact arrived right on time.

At the request to meet, Choi Gang-sik, who had become unemployed, readily accepted.

It definitely wasn’t because he was bored.

Absolutely not.

* * *

“You want to… hire me as what?”

“A manager. A streamer manager.”

“Huh.”

Choi Gang-sik let out a dry sigh.

“Do you know what role a manager plays?”

“I roughly understand.”

“Roughly? Roooughly?”

“I heard it’s a role that helps with various things when I broadcast. Like managing the chat window or when writing contracts.”

“You know… better than I expected?”

“The viewers advised me. They said at this rate, I might need to hire a manager soon.”

“Hmm.”

Well.

If viewers reached three digits on the first day of broadcasting, it’s fair to call them a premium rookie.

There are cases where they do well from the start with the backing of famous streamers, but.

Hae-rang’s achievements were something he had accomplished entirely on his own from the ground up.

While he had the good fortune of being matched with Joint, luck can only be seized by those who have the skill to grasp it.

“I’m not asking simply because we’re acquaintances. You used to be a manager before opening the Capsule Room, right?”

“How is that the same as this? I was in the idol agency business.”

“Wouldn’t it be similar in the big picture?”

“Well…”

Of course it was.

In some ways, this would be much easier.

Rather than managing several idols with terrible personalities, he’d only need to take care of one person – Hae-rang.

There wouldn’t be any need to travel back and forth to the provinces for events either.

As expected, the problem was money.

“What about compensation?”

“I’ll give you ten percent of my earnings.”

Choi Gang-sik twisted his lips upon hearing the proposal.

“That’s a realistic yet arrogant proposal.”

“That’s right.”

He was a newbie who had only been broadcasting for a few days.

For the time being, he couldn’t expect any channel revenue.

In this situation, it was impossible to pay a manager a fixed salary.

Proposing a revenue share instead of a monthly salary was an extremely realistic proposal.

And at the same time, it was arrogant.

“Ten percent is the rate offered when there are many managers looking for streamers. It’s essentially when the streamer is in a position of absolute power. Do you think your potential is at that level?”

“You won’t regret it. Rather, as time passes, you’ll be grateful that I made this offer.”

“Hahaha! *Cough*!”

Choi Gang-sik laughed heartily but then choked.

His pathetic bronchial tubes couldn’t withstand the boisterous sound.

After catching his breath, Choi Gang-sik lowered his gaze toward the mug cup he was holding.

“When I was a manager at a small entertainment agency, there was a guy like you.”

“Yes?”

“Whether it was university events, night clubs, or rural senior centers, there was this guy who just wanted to be put on stage. He said he’d turn anyone in the audience into his fan.”

“Sounds like an interesting fellow. Did that friend succeed as a singer?”

“He succeeded tremendously.”

“That’s an interesting story. But why are you suddenly bringing up that successful singer?”

“You’re similar.”

“Yes?”

“You and that singer. You’re alike in many ways.”

Handsome looks that could never be forgotten once seen.

A well-balanced physique and superior height.

Hae-rang and that singer were similar in many ways.

But among all those similarities, what was most alike was,

“Those eyes that don’t doubt your own success even for a moment. Those eyes are the most similar.”

“Are you saying I can succeed like that friend?”

“Who knows.”

But still.

His heart was racing for the first time in a while.

The work of breathing life into an unfinished gem.

He had started doing manager work because he loved that thrilling sense of achievement.

“Stick to Joint and don’t let go. That’s the first thing you need to do.”

“Joint?”

Hae-rang’s deep eyes turned toward his new manager.

“What? Just because you beat him once in Street Fighting, are you now looking down on Joint?”

“It’s not that. I’m just curious about the reason since you specifically mentioned Joint.”

“If you really want to succeed quickly, you need to draw out ‘special words’ from Joint. That will make people boil with excitement.”

“Special words.”

Hae-rang fell into thought for a moment.

But no particular words came to mind.

Instead, he asked a different question.

“First, please answer whether you’ll be my manager or not.”

“You little punk. I already gave you an answer.”

“Yes?”

Choi Gang-sik coolly crunched and swallowed the ice cubes remaining in his cup.

“What I’m telling you right now. That’s the kind of advice a manager would give.”

* * *

Crack!

As he activated the capsule machine, a white flash burst forth without fail.

Hae-rang, who had connected to the server, opened the notification window without delay.

“Friend acceptance… So this is how you do it.”

Hae-rang’s eyes widened as he checked the numbers in the notification window.

There were more people who had sent friend requests than he had expected.

“Who are all these people?”

Usually, people ‘follow’ streamers rather than sending ‘friend requests’.

This is because friend requests are rarely accepted anyway.

From a streamer’s perspective, becoming friends with all their followers would be an unmanageable number.

“There are dozens of them.”

Hae-rang scanned through the IDs and soon broke into a satisfied smile.

A familiar username had caught his eye.

‘Joint.’

The streamer he had met in Street Fighting last time.

Looking at the time the friend request was sent, it appeared to be right after losing the game.

“Is he angry because I didn’t accept the rematch?”

This was quite a pleasant development.

Considering what Hae-rang had to do today.

“For now… I’ll only accept two friend requests.”

Choi Gang Gang-sik.

Joint.

Hae-rang accepted the friend requests from these two people.

Immediately, a message arrived from one of them.

【Choi Gang Gang-sik: Good. You’re starting the broadcast right away, right?】

【Yes.】

【Choi Gang Gang-sik: First, give me permissions.】

【Permissions?】

【Choi Gang Gang-sik: Manager permissions. I need to manage the guys who muddy the waters with weird comments in the chat window.】

Hae-rang granted permissions to Choi Gang-sik and then launched Street Fighting.

Today’s target was Joint.

There was no possibility that Joint would be hanging around in the outdated game Street Fighting.

However,

‘It doesn’t matter. He’ll come looking for me on his own.’

As they say, the thirsty person digs the well.

Since he had even accepted the friend request, Joint would come running with foam at his mouth when he saw his ID.

It was the same in the past in Murim.

Those who couldn’t accept defeat would come looking day and night, pestering for another fight.

‘The way to make those people blow their tops is…’

Not fighting them.

That method is the best way to drive them crazy and make them jump around.

Hae-rang leisurely launched Story Mode.

As always, he proceeded with combo practice using Zangief.

He planned to quietly repeat his training until he caught Joint’s attention.

But then,

【A viewer has entered!】

【A viewer has entered!】

【Current viewer count: 31】

Hae-rang doubted his own eyes.

As soon as he turned on the broadcast, dozens of viewers had flocked in as if they had been waiting.

-Oh! He’s here! He’s here!

-It’s real!

-Gwanha!

-I never thought I’d be shouting gwanha in another broadcast… Gwanjong Cheonma hi!

-Why did you just leave back then? ㅡㅡ Attention-seeking Heavenly Demon, explain yourself!

-Oh he’s here!! My new dopamine!!

-You just turned on the broadcast, right? That’s right! I can tell because you picked Zangief and are doing combos again.

-You still seem like a newbie who doesn’t know much, but it’s good manners to say goodbye before turning off the broadcast, you know?

Just as Hae-rang was about to respond to something, an announcement appeared in the chat window.

【Welcome to ‘Gwanjong Cheonma’s Game Broadcast’. Chat rules are…】

【Gwanjong Cheonma’s sudden logout last time was due to capsule device malfunction…】

Seeing the announcement, Hae-rang smiled contentedly.

When it was made, Choi Gang-sik had already posted a prepared comment.

‘Having a manager definitely makes things convenient.’

He could have been labeled as a rude streamer if he wasn’t careful.

He thought it was good that he started broadcasting with Choi Gang-sik from the beginning.

-Ah, so that’s how it was.

-Oh~ You already got a manager?

-Good thing I followed just in case.

-Are you going to do comp crushing today too? Why don’t you fight against people?

-Right. We’ve seen enough Domain Expansion, so let’s see if it works on people too

-Tonight! The hunt begins!

“I’m planning to do Versus Mode after warming up with Story Mode.”

The reaction was quite heated.

-Ooh! So you’re going to seriously fight against gamers?

-Behind the track where the racing dogs ran off… the cheetah Gwanjong Cheonma is smiling.

-Hahahaha looks like that joint-popping skill isn’t going anywhere

-Let’s climb from Bronze tier to Emerald today!

-Hey you guys. Stop acting all friendly with me ㅡㅡ I’ve been here since there were only two viewers, I’m a founding supporter, you know?

Along with the pleasant chat content, Hae-rang moved his massive body.

The ability from his previous life that was only possible in games.

When he activated the Heavenly Demon Divine Art, his nearly 150-kilogram giant frame flew around like a feather.

It was when the Zangief that Hae-rang chose was busy beating up the Story Mode characters.

Finally,

【Here comes a new challenger!!】

The prey the cheetah had been waiting for had arrived.

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