Living in a Room Becomes Easier When You’re Handsome - Chapter 57
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Hidden Mission Success
“Ji-seon, I can really trust what you’re saying and not look for any more male leads, right? Right?”
“Of course! Just trust me! I really found an incredible talent!”
“Yeah, honestly my expectations have gotten so high that I’m starting to feel anxious. You’ve been saying nothing but that ever since you came back from G-Star…”
【Love Code】 main PD Jeon Sang-yoon scratched his head as he continued speaking.
“Was it today? The interview? 1 o’clock? 2 o’clock?”
“2 o’clock! I thought it would be good to have the meeting over a meal in a relaxed atmosphere.”
“Hmm, normally when we receive regular applications, we just announce the results and do a light interview… but this is a casting interview.”
This interview wasn’t about 【Maedeup Company】 deciding whether to use someone named ‘Mungi’ as a male lead.
Rather, it was the opposite – an interview for Mungi to decide whether he would appear on Maedeup Company’s program.
“Honestly, there are tons of influencers who want to be on our show, because they make crazy money… if they do Instagram and stuff, right? Ads come pouring in, you know what I mean?”
“I know.”
“But here we are begging and pleading…”
“I wouldn’t call it begging and pleading when we called him to come interview at our company.”
“…So what I’m saying is.”
“Don’t be too submissive, we can definitely find someone to replace him if needed. That’s what you mean, right?”
“Yeah, that’s it.”
The program 【Love Code】 that Netflix will be submitting this time is just starting out when you look at it by itself, but.
Maedeup Company has made many programs similar to Love Code, and has experience successfully leading all of them.
In other words, they’re veterans.
“The days of bowing and scraping to contestants, begging them to please appear when the company first opened, are over.”
If you appear on a dating program and time it right, you make incredible money.
Even if you’re just a flash-in-the-pan star, making several billion won at your peak wasn’t just a dream.
Dating shows had become life-changing programs.
Shows where people come not to date, but to become famous.
They planned 【Love Code】 to return to their roots because they felt so sorry about getting that reputation, but.
Still, the fact that Maedeup Company now has considerable weight doesn’t change.
“So don’t try to… don’t try to give him everything, okay?”
Slide.
As he said this, Jeon Sang-yoon held out a corporate card to Byeon Ji-seon.
“Don’t act so subservient thinking you have to close the deal in one go, okay? Don’t go for expensive eel… Korean beef, stuff like that. Just go to a reasonably nice sushi place.”
“Come on, how can you say that.”
“Just do it, but isn’t it almost 2 o’clock now? When did he say he’d arrive?”
“Oh, he said he’s almost here, so any minute now…”
Hearing Byeon Ji-seon’s words, Jeon Sang-yoon frowned.
But usually in situations like this, don’t people arrive about 10 minutes early?
Of course, since this isn’t starting work, as long as he’s not late it’s fine, but.
He’s keeping to the exact time like this?
‘Or late.’
Just how amazing do they think they are.
‘To make a main PD and one writer wait for one cast member on the 1st floor at the building entrance like this.’
While I was thinking such thoughts.
“Hello, I’m Mungi.”
“Oh, Mungi!”
From far away, the ‘catfish’ that writer Byeon Ji-seon had praised so much revealed himself.
“…Ji-seon, I’m really sorry. I think it’s time for me to retire, I must be… someone with absolutely no sense.”
“Suddenly?”
“Corporate card, with that… No. I’ll just drive, eel? Eel would be better, right? No. This… omakase? Should we go somewhere like omakase? But that’s not a place where you eat face to face… Korean beef, eel…”
“PD, PD?”
“Eel, let’s eat eel. I know a place, it’s a private room and top quality… they sell eel and beef. So there… there’s lots of alcohol too… Really, we absolutely must get him, without that person there’s no catfish. If you can’t get him, I’ll kneel in front of his house and just beg.”
The moment I saw him, all my previous thoughts completely disappeared.
Of course, I had roughly guessed from the photos posted on the internet.
But I actually thought it was edited.
No matter how much writer Byeon Ji-seon said he was really amazing, that seeing him in person was incomparable.
Since I had never actually seen a face of that caliber, I thought ‘surely it can’t be that much?’
But.
“…Please get him no matter what, please.”
Seeing him in person made me feel guilty about all the words I had spoken, and all my previous thoughts burned away white.
I had never seen such a face in my life, and to have such an incredible physique on top of that face.
‘An athlete? An actor? No… that person is really an internet broadcaster?’
Shouldn’t he have become a celebrity?
Amidst countless tangled thoughts.
“Leave it to me.”
Byeon Ji-seon steeled her resolve as she took the corporate card and stepped forward.
The great Mungi recruitment operation absolutely had to succeed.
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I was a bit worried about what to talk about when meeting with a romance program writer.
But when I actually met her.
“Ah, your real name is Yoo Jeong-moon… right?”
“Yes, that’s correct.”
“But anyway, our Love Code uses nicknames when running the program? Of course, your real name can be included in that nickname.”
“Ah, then would it be okay to use the nickname Mungi?”
“Of course!”
The conversation flowed so smoothly that I felt my worries were unnecessary.
“Ah, but during the program, due to internal security… it would probably be difficult for you to do personal broadcasts while the program is running.”
“What? Not at all?”
“No no, at the accommodation! Love Code does involve living together, but it’s not the format where it’s conducted on a remote island!”
“Ah, so it’s like commuting?”
“Yes yes! That’s right. So generally, um… everyone coordinates their vacation schedules and such, so we set the filming schedule for about 3 weeks at the longest.”
“Oh…”
So they film for 3 weeks to produce 12 episodes, and air 2 episodes per week for a total of 6 weeks of broadcasting.
“But usually when we select people, we don’t pick those who are too pressed for time… so most people are able to film continuously throughout? That’s the general atmosphere.”
“Ah, so even though there are working people, you focus on those who can immediately adjust their time when there’s a filming schedule?”
“Yes, not everyone is like that but… so Mungi-nim, could you possibly adjust your time? For example, shortening your broadcasts…”
“Ah, that’s…”
Hmm.
Honestly, this was a difficult question to give an immediate answer to.
‘I should think of it as an investment for the future.’
If I appear on a dating show, I’ll inevitably become popular.
I could create Instagram accounts and do various advertisements to make money quickly.
My viewers would probably suddenly increase explosively at that time too.
No, it was right to assume they would definitely increase.
‘Of course, I don’t know how much of the dating show audience will remain in my broadcast room.’
Still, it was right to do it.
“…Hmm, yes I’ll do that.”
“Ah, but Mungi-nim, since you’re in the troublemaker position, you’ll enter the accommodation in about three days.”
“I see.”
After that, I had various conversations with writer Byeon Ji-seon.
The key point among them was that schedules would be controlled during the 3-week filming period.
“During this time, if you go anywhere, we’ll need you to report it… except for truly unavoidable circumstances, you can’t make external appointments due to the filming schedule.”
“Ah, I understand.”
But my routine was originally just wake up-eat-exercise-broadcast anyway, so there wasn’t much that would interfere.
“Um… and of course you know this, but from the conversation we’re having now… absolutely no revealing secrets during any future filming! Most people know this, but occasionally some people let things slip.”
“Of course.”
“Thank you for understanding. Now we’ll move on to the contract part…”
“Ah, for that part, it’s not me but my lawyer will be coming shortly, so it would be faster to discuss with that person.”
“What? Ah… a lawyer?”
“Yes yes.”
The contract-related matters also proceeded smoothly after that.
Actually, I don’t know what constitutes poison clauses, and I can’t make clear judgments about what’s good or bad.
For contracts and legal matters, I wanted to ask an expert.
And in that regard, I currently had the best lawyer attached to me.
‘Ttaranta… truly the best.’
The strongest judge who made all the Malicious Broth Brothers face fines, lawyer Park Cheol-jin.
Normally, I know he doesn’t get involved in such personal cases.
But whatever Ttaranta did or how she managed it, he helped me with this 【Love Code】 contract as well.
‘But really, just a few chicken gift cards and… selfies of the clothes I’m wearing are enough to satisfy them?’
Ttaranta, what exactly are you?
As I suddenly became curious about the true identity of Game Teacher’s manager.
I finished my meal and immediately met up with lawyer Park Cheol-jin to head to Maedeup Company.
What followed was really clean and fast.
Review the contract, sign it, get informed that filming would be in December, and done.
I could maintain my existing lifestyle until the group living started, so there was nothing difficult about it.
‘Oh, come to think of it, they said it was absolutely forbidden to tell other people… but Ttaranta doesn’t count.’
But I could trust Ttaranta, so it didn’t matter.
Actually.
> Hey, so you’ll be using your home like a studio? When you live in the accommodation for 3 weeks?
< Yeah
> Then other people will see everything from the clothes you wear to your perfume, all captured on camera
< Right?
> Hmm
> Then I need to prepare a bit too
> 3 weeks, winter, and group living… you’re in the catfish position
> I’ll send you clothes next week or the week after, so wear those for the 3 weeks along with your existing stuff
< Yeah
Ttaranta immediately started thinking very seriously about my group living situation.
Is this what a manager is? Is this why celebrities hire managers?
‘I’m not even paying anything.’
Unpaid competent manager, what a wonderful and beautiful phrase.
> By the way, there are pajamas too, so practice wearing them starting now
< Huh? But pajamas are uncomfortable
What pajamas.
I’m the type who sleeps naked.
> Practice sleeping in them starting now, even if they’re uncomfortable
> Looking at how there are cameras in the rooms, your sleeping appearance will probably be shown briefly too
> What if you’re undressed at that time, it’s even communal living ㅡㅡ
< Yeah…
But I surrendered to the gently unfolding logic.
Actually, I had no intention of being more stubborn anyway.
How could I argue with my benefactor who even brought a lawyer along?
‘Well then, should I go home and try broadcasting now.’
The meeting had ended smoothly too.
It was time to enjoy daily life again.
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“Mungha.”
– Why did you turn on the stream late today?
– Me
– Me
– Me
– Rock
– Rock
– Me
– Rock
“Hey, I posted an announcement. Said I had circumstances… I can have those too.”
– What circumstances are you even talking about
– Then what about my circumstances
– Are you saying you’re managing circumstances right now?
– I want to manage Mungi’s circumstances too hehe /This viewer has been banned
– Mungi’s kiss ahh I can’t hold back /This viewer has been banned
It must be because I started the broadcast late.
As soon as I turned it on, the viewers gave me a heated welcome.
Starting with comments that walked the line dangerously, all the way to chats that blatantly crossed the line and got banned.
It’s probably because I’ve been doing nothing but Street Fighter 6 for the past four days straight.
It seemed like everyone was desperately waiting for a broadcast that wasn’t a collab.
“For the time being, hmm, there won’t be any collabs? I need to have some solo content too.”
– You don’t have any
– For real Mungi, extract some broth
– Ahh
– Kehh
– Extract some male broth
– Flapping flapping
– Dangling dangling
– Do Mung-ppo please!!!!!
“Mung-ppo… has a fee.”
– A young man who won’t even do Mung-ppo without payment
– Rental Mungchi lol
– Munzuhara isn’t going anywhere
– Today is… a date, so let’s go Dutch
– Mungchi pay declaration lol
– I’ll do it for you Mung-ppo *3*
– Deep Mung-ppo =3=
Like that, before starting the broadcast in earnest, I exchanged light conversation with the viewers.
“But hmm, so I thought about what to do today, and I think it’s slowly… time to do that thing.”
– What thing
– What exactly are you trying to say
– Suddenly drill show on
– If this turns out to be nothing serious, I’m really going to be fucking pissed
– For real, I think I’m just gonna Mungi too
– When my baby gets angry, it’s gonna be insane, can you handle it?
“I should play a horror game now, slowly… Originally I was thinking let’s do it as some kind of punishment! But I’m such a tough guy that I’m not scared of anything at all.”
I immediately brought up the main topic.
Horror games.
Also called scary games.
It was one of the popular content topics among streamers.
Those who hate doing it and are very timid either cry while playing or give up and get other missions instead.
But honestly, I personally feel like I’m not scared, so I decided to just make it one of my regular content pieces.
“But most of the games that came out recently, everyone has played them and many people are familiar with them… so I brought an older game.”
– What are you going to play
– So what scary game are you doing!
– Are you working part-time at a pizza place?
– If Mungi works part-time at a pizza place, I’ll just slip a tip into his pocket hehe
– Munhehe
– Just imagining it makes me uhh
– Is this level of chatting even allowed
“It’s called From the Devil, some of you might have heard of it, and they say it’s really scary? But I’m going to be the king of scary games… so I should start with hard difficulty right away.”
– Hmm is it that much
– Is it that scary?
– But why are you doing that at night, it’s scary for me
– What are you planning to do after not letting me sleep with horror
– Tell me what you’re planning to do by not letting me sleep!!!
– ??? : Stay awake and donate
– Ah but I don’t have money since there are three days left until payday
But there were several things I hadn’t expected here.
Generally when I watched horror games on YouTube, they played with the lights on.
“…Turn off all the lights? So um, yeah, okay for now.”
– That’s how you get immersion
– Don’t tell me you’re scared?
– You said you’d become the king of scary games
– You’re not scared by just this much, right?
The fact that when I actually play the game myself, I have to turn off all the lights in the house and proceed.
And when I actually tried to play the game with all the lights off, the pressure from the atmosphere was greater than I thought.
‘But horror games are just jump scares and running away at most, aren’t they.’
So I thought it was pretty predictable.
Honestly, modern horror games don’t really create a scary atmosphere, they just make you suddenly startled.
They were often survival games that made you run from monsters, or in a way, games designed to startle you.
So I thought it would be nothing to me.
About 10 minutes into the game.
In the pitch-black darkness.
A house where the lights kept flickering on and off intermittently.
The protagonist constantly moving around to turn on the lights.
Then suddenly the house lights went out again.
Right at the moment I was about to move my character to turn the lights back on.
THOOM!
With a loud sound, a ghost appeared right in front of me, filling the entire screen.
And right at that moment.
“Ahh!”
I realized what I had overlooked last.
It was about the unconscious reactions that come out when people are startled.
Normally when people are surprised, their body just stiffens, they close their eyes, or they shrink back.
Was it because of my extremely trained physique?
My body unconsciously retaliated against ‘the object that startled me.’
So what I’m saying is.
CRASH!
“…Oh.”
Without realizing it, I was so startled that my hand holding the mouse went straight through and shattered the monitor.
In that split second, in that brief moment I couldn’t control.
CRACK.
The mouse was embedded in the middle of the monitor.
Naturally the monitor was broken, and the mouse had also become ‘what used to be’ a mouse, now scattered as fragments on the floor.
– What was that?
– What was that sound?
– No seriously that scared me, the game is fucking terrifying
– It’s so scary I think I need a hug ㅜㅜ;;;
– Mung Kiss *3*
– Deep Mung Kiss =3=
The chat from viewers who couldn’t grasp the situation was visible through the broken screen.
At least the camera managed to avoid getting hit.
Should I call this a blessing in disguise?
“…”
About 10 seconds of silence.
I thought showing would be faster than explaining with words.
Swoosh.
I moved the camera position to show the shattered mouse and monitor.
“As of today, I’m giving up on my resolution to become the king of horror games. Trying to become the horror game king… I have no idea how many monitors and mice I’ll end up destroying.”
– Hahahahahahahahahaha
– Hahahahahahahahaha
– Is Ttaranta† really an idiot? How is this even possible?
– Thank you for the 10,000 won donation from Maduyuneun Mellis.
[ Mission success: Shooting projectile with mouse to break monitor! ]
“Ah… Hidden mission success, thank you so much for the ten thousand won donation.”
– Legendary incident occurred
– Legendary intelligence occurred
– What are you going to do now
– Do you have a spare?
– Doesn’t look like it
“I don’t… I don’t have one… So I think I’ll have to go buy one tomorrow. Today’s broadcast… I think I’ll have to end it here.”
– Suddenly switching to formal speech on ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
– Stream ending after smashing monitor just 1 hour after turning on broadcast
– The technique is different indeed
– Internet broadcasting culture so stimulating that monitors get broken… is this really okay
At least the fortunate thing was that items like mice and monitors could be obtained quickly.
‘I’ll have to go first thing tomorrow morning as soon as I wake up.’
With that thought, I quickly ended the broadcast.
Along with a resolution to never play horror games again.
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At the same time.
Mung-tube, which was practicing one video per day, had inevitably uploaded a new video today as well.
The current subscriber count was about 96,000, and while the average view count was steadily rising, the subscriber count had stagnated just before 100,000.
In this situation, Mungi’s editor, Mungop, wanted to break through this situation.
‘Hmm, should I upload one of those mukbang videos I’ve been saving up from leftover footage?’
He uploaded one of Mungi’s mukbang videos that he rarely brought out, even among daily life videos.
He had no idea what kind of algorithm it was, but suddenly this video spread across the entire world.
[Current views: 650,000]
In less than 3 hours since uploading, the view count suddenly began skyrocketing like crazy.
It was the beginning of Mung-tube’s sudden explosive rise.
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