Chapter 83. CBT
Translator: Khan
Editor: Aelryinth
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“Kie-e-e-e-e-ek!” The dragon, flying through the clouds, roared toward the sky. From there the man who was looking down rises from the dragon’s back and jumps towards the ground. He begins his free fall through the wind. When things like houses, hills, trees, and rivers on the ground beco clear, he pulls on the rope he is holding. The parachute on his back is unfolded and he stops his free fall and slowly drifts down to the ground. His target is to fly toward a small town just a short distance from the castle. However, a muscular Orc with green skin right next to him is coming with his parachute open. The two look at each other in mid-air, and both of them hit the ground.
The two scramble on the ground almost at the sa ti and look at each other. In the anti, an axe is shining next to a tree stump. The two run for the axe, no matter who cos first. The man manages to grab the axe in place of the muscular Orc by a tenth of a second. Then he rushes toward the terrified Orc warrior.
At the sa ti, the phrase Breathtaking Fantasy Battle Royale! Fantasy War Ground CBT Grand Opens! appears.
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‘They’ve done a good job expressing the contents of the ga in a short ti.’ I looked down at the scroll. I could see the check box for “CBT Tester Winning.”
‘CBT stands for ‘Closed Beta Test,’ which refers to a ga that is tested by a number of gars before the ga is released. It’s a kind of rehearsal. Usually, most successful gas will be almost outstanding at this point. As I expected, Fantasy War Ground will receive trendous acclaim from here. If it’s a world-wide hit, it should be good!. ‘
I put my na and phone number next to the confirmation cursor and pressed the “OK” button. “Na is Han Sang-hoon…” However, I t the phrase, “We are sorry that you didn’t win the lottery for the CBT. Please wait for the upcoming OBT.”
I failed out of my own company’s CBT. I picked up the phone right away and said, “Secretary Seo.”
“Yes, boss.”
“Call Kai Gas, ask them for a Fantasy War Ground CBT key.”
Secretary Seo said, “CBT key?”
I said in a slightly sullen tone, “Yes, I failed.”
“Ha, no, these guys, don’t they know the na of their major shareholder?”
“They would have picked one at random. Get one anyway, and you get one, too.”
“ too?”
“Yes, it’s our company’s ga. You should try it.”
“Yes, sir.”
‘Of course, in one way or another, the ga would succeed because correction news didn’t co. Just in case, I asked the Custor Service. There is no ti limit for the correction news. So whenever the future changes, they’ll send it to . I just want to see how the ga works with my eyes.’
I got a call about a minute after I had called Seo. It was Shin Dong-woo, CEO of Kai Gas. He telephoned and apologized, “Mr. President, I’m sorry.”
“No need to apologize.”
“Our staff chooses testers randomly. They didn’t know you are the president… I’m sorry. We’ll text you the closed beta key right away.”
‘He’s been really good to . I’ve raised my stake in the company to 60% and didn’t say anything, so maybe he’s been a little nervous. “If I don’t do this right, I’m going to be fired as a founder.” Steve Jobs was also fired from his company, Apple, with less equity in his company.’
Of course, I didn’t intend to fire him. I just wanted to get enough of the success of the Fantasy War Ground by myself.
“Oh, that’s okay. I understand. I’m applying on the Internet, and I can’t get special treatnt. I should have told you in advance.”
“No, I’m sorry.”
“No. By the way, how’s the CBT, getting ready?”
“Yes, sir.”
“Yes, then, please continue to work hard.”
“Yes, sir.”
He said the sa thing one after another and stayed still. He seed to think he couldn’t hang up until I hung up first. I poked out my lips and pressed the call-end button. According to the text ssage, there were 20 beta keys like “XGKMPK2125 KEWN2385KJ.”
‘I just need one…’ I sighed as I entered a beta key. A ssage appeared soon. “Congratulations! You’ve won the CBT for Fantasy War Ground!”
Soon the ga download window popped up. I started to get in. It was ten minutes after ten AM. The trade had ended early today, and I would spend my ti playing the ga that I had invested in.
In the anti, Seo called again, “Boss, Shin Dong-woo sent the CBT key right away. Do you want to send it over?”
“Oh, no. I just got it on the phone myself. I got my keys, too.”
“Oh, yes. And Vice President Jang wants you to co to work.”
“Oh, really?”
“Yes, because of Blue E&M and personnel affairs.”
After buying a stake in Kai Gas, I reached out to the next company, Blue E&M. The work went smoothly because they wanted to attract more investnt.
“Well, aside from Blue E&M, what’s the matter with personnel affairs?”
“It’s not a problem, but there ca so sort of guidelines for hiring young people.”
“Where? Governnt?”
“They’ve co from two different places at the sa ti; from the governnt, from Seoul City.”
“Well, it’s because of the youth unemploynt.”
“Yes. It gets worse and worse.”
I knew it better than anyone. In recent years, I seed to have seen the keywords “Youth Unemploynt” in the category “Politics” and “Economy.”
“So, they want us to hire more young people? They’re cutting corporate taxes?”
“Yes, that’s what it sounds like. So the Vice President wants to talk to the boss himself about this.”
“Ummm…”
The ga was being downloaded in front of my eyes, but I couldn’t refuse Jang’s request to play it.
“I’ll go. Now.”
“Will you?”
Co to think of it, I had a job at OH Entertainnt, too. I thought I could stop by the company in the morning to receive reports, and go to OH Entertainnt in the afternoon.
“Yes. And tell President Kwon, I’m going to OH Entertainnt in the afternoon.”
“Yes, sir.”
I got up from my seat after finishing my phone call. ‘I have to go to work, go to work.’ I combed my hair and dressed in a suit, and looked out the window. It was snowing. After seeing the snow coming, I went out of the studio with a thick coat. By the way, Lee Ah-young was coming out from next door. She wore white pants, a light blue sweater, and a white parka on the outside. She looked like a big rabbit.
She looked at , “Oh, hello.” She greeted first and was a little tense. Because of the last ti’s happening, I felt a little more familiar with her than before.
“Hello.” We stopped in front of the elevator together.
She asked , “Are you going to work now?”
“Oh, yes.”
“Do you usually go to work at this ti?”
Going to work at 10 AM was certainly not a normal situation.
“Ah… that’s different then.”
She nodded at my words. “Oh yes.”
‘What does this lady think of ? I’m having free ti at work?’
But then, she said, “I like being the CEO of a company, too. you can go to work at your own ti.”
I looked at her in slight surprise, “How did you know?”
She answered my question briefly, “I saw the TV program…”
“Ah!”
There was only one TV show that I’d ever been on: et A MBE Super Ant.
‘Did she see that? It’s not a program that a young woman would watch.’ I was thinking about it, and she kept asking, “No matter what, it’s better for an individual not to invest in stocks, right?”
Co to think of it, she was quite rich, perhaps looking for other investnt sources besides real estate. Then, she might have watched the TV program.
I told her, “Yes, I don’t recomnd it. Especially, Ah-young, don’t you major in fine arts ?”
She was surprised at this ti, “How did you know?”
“I’ve been in your ho, though I didn’t an it.”
She opened her mouth wide, “Ahh…”
We knew each other better than we thought. In the anti, the elevator opened in front of us and we both got in. I spoke to her as I pressed the ground floor for the parking lot, “A stock may have a fifty percent winning rate in a field that one knows well. As for arts, we don’t have any listed stocks. Stock doesn’t suit an artist very well.”
She said with a slight smile at my words, “Well, I’m not even called an artist yet. I’m, I’m still, I’m a graduate student.” She even brought up her personal story.
“Oh, I see.” So, I also brought up a story I was curious about. “Who’s that white girl, then?”
“Oh, she was a roommate in college.”
‘Roommate? Was that why she knew her password? Co to think of it, there are a lot of people like that. Maybe she’s such a person who has the sa password for hos in the U.S. and Korea.’
“I graduated from college in the U.S. Then I ca to Korea for a while… I went out to have fun with her, and… that’s what happened.”
‘As she graduated from college in the US, she is not a foreigner with black hair.’
“Yes, I see.”
In the anti, the elevator reached the ground floor and we went to our cars.
“Yes, then.” She bowed her head to send off.
“Yes.” I also raised my hand goodbye.
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“So, the capital increase by issuing new shares for Blue E&M will be completed soti next week.”
Blue E&M was a case of being short of money, so we decided to make a third-party paid capital infusion. Blue E&M, which had been struggling with lack of funds even when it was trying to start a new business, received our funds while it was in a tight corner.
“Yes, I’ll… I’ll talk to you in private, but the Blue E&M…” I saw the report that Vice President Jang brought in. The CEO’s na was Oh Seong-gyun.
“Tell CEO Oh Seong-gyun to reorganize the service centered around Fantasy War Ground’s launching this ti.”
“Well… it will be not bad for synergy between subsidiaries.”
“There’s synergy between companies, but just tell them it is going to be a big hit. Tell them to get ahead of European TV. I’ll tell Kai Gas to give full support.”
“Yes, sir.”
“And the next one is…”
Jang took out the second report he was holding and put it in front of . It was a bit of a stiff issue compared to what we’d been talking about before, whether it was a ga or an Internet broadcasting.
“It’s an issue both for the federal governnt and the Seoul City Governnt.”
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