Arma had a simple request.
“MD will not be allowed for ga companies that target the players’ wallets.”
It was hard to find a ga that did not include gacha elents these days.
The monetization elents that started with DLCs were now included in most gas.
Console gas were less affected, but PC and smartphone gas sold experience and equipnt for money, which was considered a joke.
The ga companies knew that it made money.
What was the point of spending billions to create a story, sophisticated graphics and a system?
They could not compete with the mass-produced gacha gas that only had decent illustrations.
People complained that full-price gas were expensive at 70,000 won, but they spent over 700,000 won to get one character illustration.
The recent trend was not as bad as the worst period in the early 2020s, but it did not improve much.
Many ga companies still chose to target the players’ wallets rather than care about the ga content.
Who would refuse money?
Of course, Arma was not saying that this behavior was wrong.
It was her master’s job to reshape the landscape of the Korean ga industry.
He was a busy person who had no interest in gas, so he might just leave it alone.
The ga industry started to voice their dissatisfaction with Arma’s policy.
―Where can you find a ga without gacha elents these days···
―If they use the fantasy survival ga as an example, their sales would skyrocket if they put the sprint skill in a gacha form.
―Isn’t it a waste to make all kinds of content and not let everyone enjoy it?
―We should petition this to the Blue House.
The ga company officials tried to file a petition without thinking, but they hesitated.
They wondered how President Yu Ji-ha would react to this.
If they had to describe him in one word, it would be this:
An extre efficiencyist.
He would use anything, whether it was androids or whatever, as long as it was efficient.
He might allow gas, but he might not understand why people poured huge amounts of money into data fragnts.
―Maybe he has so other reason for allowing ga developnt?
―I’m more worried that our industry might be destroyed. Do you think he would understand spending thousands to get one skill?
―Lucia will probably collect all the related data and report it to him. If he hears the users’ complaints···
―It looks like the day of the eting will be our last day.
The industry people were afraid of being dragged to Terra Island and gave up.
But there were many smart people in Korea.
They were gars who hated gacha and other things like that.
They filed petitions to the Blue House as much as they could.
―Please get rid of gacha! Gas are not gambling!
―These days, gas are still free-to-play even if you spend a month’s salary! Please help us low-inco people!
―I don’t care about anything else, but manipulating the odds is crossing the line! They don’t even disclose the odds properly on their websites!
As the gars rose up, the ga companies panicked and tried to appease them.
They gave out paid currency or held etings to communicate with the users.
They also bribed the dia to promote their social service or donation activities.
They pretended to make an effort because they knew it would be over once they caught his eye.
―He might destroy and rebuild everything in the ga industry. He doesn’t care about anything else.
―It’s best to pretend nothing happened. Just like we’ve always done.
They tried to lobby the Blue House officials, but they refused in fear.
“Do you want to see soone die? Don’t you know that public officials who take money are dragged to Terra Island these days?”
“There’s no such thing as secretly. Drones watch during the day and AI monitors at night. It’s bound to co out sohow.”
“It’s better to stay quiet and behave. Fortunately or unfortunately, the president doesn’t seem very interested in gas.”
The ga companies were relieved for now.
Yu Ji-ha was very busy with rebuilding North Korea and building Da mae Island.
He wouldn’t care about such trivial things as the ga industry···that’s what they all thought.
And that mistake ended when Yu Ji-ha saw the report that Arma submitted.
“They’re cheating on the odds?”
“According to the data I checked, there is a big difference between the announced odds and the actual ones.”
It was an easy task for Arma’s computing unit to simulate all the gachas of dostic ga companies.
“Most of the ga companies are like that···they’re all the sa bastards.”
“Yes.”
“Calculate and collect the excess profits from manipulating the odds.”
The ga company representatives turned pale when they received the governnt’s official docunt.
…
A bomb dropped on the Korean ga industry.
Dozens of ga companies received official docunts from the governnt.
These docunts contained the data that Arma had collected.
―A company’s ga has a different epic transformation gacha rate than what they announced. This is consur fraud and a scam cri. Return the excess profits imdiately and submit the user list to the governnt.
―B company adjusted the unique equipnt gacha rate to 0% for 30 minutes at the launch of their ga. Return the sales during that ti.
There were so many asures that old ga companies received a book-sized docunt.
The representatives sweated as they saw that all the contents were filled with gacha fraud.
“How can they ask us to return all the profits···”
“If we return everything, we’ll go bankrupt. The Korean ga industry will collapse.”
“What do we do?”
“···”
They all remained silent at that question.
They could complain as much as they wanted, but saying that in front of Yu Ji-ha was crazy.
He was a dictator who controlled everything in Korea, and a madman of his ti.
He had the ability to push through any policy and make it acceptable by any ans necessary.
The drone surveillance system was an example.
The initial backlash was no joke, but now there were many people who couldn’t live without drones.
They beca absolute allies as long as they didn’t commit cris or cause trouble.
He was the one who made such a system.
He wouldn’t care about the situation of the Korean ga companies.
They would be thoroughly crushed if they showed any sign of resistance.
Just like his enemies had been.
The representatives racked their brains to gather opinions.
“It doesn’t seem like he’ll let it go. He’s not a person who has no interest in gas, judging by the ga he released. Let’s appeal our role and suggest lowering the BM level a bit from now on.”
“It looks like the governnt needs a lot of money, judging by the fact that they asked us to return the excess profits. It would look good if we create a large donation fund.”
But they were all anxious.
It was hard to imagine that he would let it go with just that.
The scale of the odds manipulation by the ga companies was at least tens of billions of won over a few years.
Especially since the official docunts sent to each company had detailed invoices attached.
The executives were nervous when they saw that they were written down to the 10 won unit.
So people had this opinion.
“He would have summoned us right away if he was serious, but he didn’t. Maybe he’s saying he’ll compromise if we do?”
“Well, the trend of the governnt these days is stabilization. He won’t start trouble recklessly.”
“We don’t have much ti left to reply. We have to take so action for now.”
So the ga company representatives wrote a very humble and earnest statent and sent it to the Blue House.
Yu Ji-ha read the summary out loud.
“We admit our mistake and we’ll create a fund and do volunteer work···and we’ll be careful not to do this again, is that it?”
“That’s correct.”
“Didn’t I clearly tell you to return all the excess profits within a month?”
It was not unreasonable since he had kindly calculated it for them.
“They seem to ignore it even though I emphasized it.”
“I don’t know if they’re stupid or pretending to be stupid.”
His order was no different from cutting off the ga companies’ stomachs.
They had already spent the money and so of it had been absorbed into the representatives’ personal assets.
Asking them to return everything was like telling them to die, so they acted like they were dying.
But Yu Ji-ha was a real killer.
“Bring them all here. Right now.”
…
The conference room where dozens of people gathered was so quiet that even a needle dropping could be heard.
The ga company representatives sweated nervously.
It was because the person who made this eting was playing a ga.
It was not an ordinary ga, but a mobile ga made by M company, the representative of Korea.
This company had suffered a big blow from their unfriendliness and odds manipulation controversies and had gone downhill.
But they were still the top in the Korean mobile ga industry because they were excellent at BM (business model) managent.
In other words, they were good at ripping off the users’ wallets.
But even their representative had to pray the sa prayer as many users today.
‘Co out, please co out, please co out!’
“This is hard to get.”
What he was doing was the most vicious BM in ga history, called complete gacha.
It was briefly regulated in the early 2020s, but as always, it fizzled out due to the ga companies’ lobbying and the users’ lack of interest.
There were nine slots and eight of them were already filled, and only one remained.
But no matter how much Yu Ji-ha pressed the combination button, it did not complete.
“It costs 100,000 won per press···this is quite a lot of money. I should have done this instead of developing AI hard.”
The M company’s representative had to check if his neck was still attached every ti he heard his voice.
“It’s amazing, isn’t it? The odds are 1/9, but it doesn’t complete like this. I think I’ve been pressing the button for about 30 minutes···”
“Mr. President···”
The representative tried to stand up, but Yu Ji-ha said without lifting his head.
“I warn you in advance, you should give up on talking nonsense in front of .”
“···”
He had nothing to say and sat back down.
The button-pressing ga filled an hour and the last slot was not completed.
Yu Ji-ha went up to M company’s representative and shoved his smartphone in front of him.
“How much money did I spend?”
“Sev, seven million won···”
“I pressed 700 tis on the last slot alone, and all failed. Aren’t the odds 1/9? Sothing’s wrong here?”
“That’s because it’s a variable odds···”
“Then why didn’t I know? Where’s the notice? Look for it.”
The representative searched hard for the ga notice, but couldn’t find it.
“Isn’t it also missing from the website? Wasn’t it there in the first place?”
“No, no···Mr. President, the truth is···”
“Don’t drag your words and answer clearly. Is this a ga or a gamble? Do you think it’s a ga to spend seven million won sitting here and still have to spend more money?”
“···”
“Arma, what’s the exact odds of this complete gacha?”
“The first three slots are 1/9, but one of the middle slots drops to 1/27 and the last slot drops to 1/729.”
It was a perfect example of a complete gacha that pulled and pushed well.
Yu Ji-ha slapped his forehead.
“You lack sincerity. You might have gotten it if you pressed 29 more tis, right?”
He was clearly joking, but his eyes and mouth were not smiling at all.
The representatives who realized that the atmosphere had turned bad stood up in a hurry.
“Mr. President, we’ll fix it right away.”
“We’ll return the excess profits and create a fund···”
“That’s enough. Sit down.”
Yu Ji-ha made everyone sit down and declared.
“You seem to be mistaken, but asking you to return the excess profits is not robbery. It’s a legitimate recovery for illegally taking the users’ money. You scamd the users. This is a cri.”
The atmosphere in the conference room, which was already quiet, beca chilly.
Yu Ji-ha had made this atmosphere several tis after seizing power.
The atmosphere ended when the AI judge delivered the verdict and they were transferred to Terra Island.
Yu Ji-ha’s declaration continued.
“From this mont on, your company is no longer a ga company. It will be treated as a gambling business by law, so please be aware of that. And since you seem to like probabilities so much, from now on, the salaries of the employees will also be paid randomly. The upper limit is your current salary, and the lower limit is 10,000 won.”
In other words, they would spin a roulette to pay them anywhere from 10,000 won to their current salary.
It was a crazy and unfunny joke, but no one could laugh because it ca from Yu Ji-ha.
He was soone who would do what he said.
“Didn’t I say it’s a cri? Lucia, start the verdict.”
An android entered and announced the charges and sentences one by one.
The people were caught off guard by how quickly the trial ended.
“This is absurd. Mr. President, Mr. President!”
Amidst the commotion in the conference room, the android stood in front of M’s representative.
「Verdict: Life imprisonnt」
「Remark: All excess profits from assets will be recovered」
That ant he would be locked up in prison and his assets would be seized.
If he had hidden any assets, they would be tracked down and taken back.
The representative smiled bitterly with resignation.
“Mr. President, may I say a word?”
“Go ahead.”
“Building an industry is very hard, but it can easily collapse. If we collapse now, the Korean ga industry will collapse too. It will be irreversible.”
“An industry riddled with fraud can collapse anyti. And I’ll rebuild it, so don’t worry.”
“No matter how advanced artificial intelligence is, it can’t replace what dozens of companies have worked on for over 30 years…”
“How long do you think it took Shilla Entertainnt to develop the two gas they released?”
“…At least two years under the radar…”
“One week. I can make gas like yours in a day. So don’t worry and rest well on Terra Island.”
“What nonsense…”
The representative’s eyes widened and the android took him away.
The Korean ga industry was devastated as if it had been hit by a nuclear bomb, as dozens of ga company representatives were imprisoned and the governnt went after their assets.
What cald the chaos was the announcent of several new gas from Shilla Entertainnt.
Yu Ji-ha started to wield his axe in earnest in the ga industry.
From the perspective of those who suffered, his axe looked like a giant chainsaw.
He swung it lightly and dozens of ga company representatives were arrested and their assets were recovered.
They had been exposed to have cheated and deceived users for a hundred days, so they had no grounds to defend themselves.
―They deserved it. They claid it was a mistake, but it’s hard to believe that they made a mistake for almost 20 years.
―They didn’t even disclose the probabilities properly, what are they whining about? The ones they did disclose were hidden in a corner and uploaded as image files.
―The verdict showed that they had manipulated most of the probabilities and deceived users.
―The industry should take this opportunity to rise again, which I’m sure everyone agrees on. But the damage is too great.
―Even if they recover the excess profits, they shouldn’t have sent the representatives to Terra Island… The leaders who could direct new ga developnt are gone.
But most gars scoffed at these reactions.
―They’re just copying templates and UIs and calling them new gas.
―How much did you get paid by the reporter? They should cut off all those who gave such interviews.
―I hope there’s no governnt subsidy going into those dia outlets.
―You don’t know much. There’s no subsidy going into any dia or group these days. Yu Ji-ha cut them all off.
―It’s refreshing to see those who were talking nonsense at the national audit get arrested.
―The stock prices are refreshing too. I haven’t seen blue for a long ti?
Everyone showed a refreshing reaction while worrying at the sa ti.
It was a crisis where a huge market was about to disappear entirely, whether it was fraud or not.
It wasn’t impossible to replace it since most of the sales were dostic, but it was expected to take ti.
There was also sympathy for the employees who had to quit their jobs unwillingly because of the salary gacha.
―The employees are just following orders from above, they’re pitiful.
―Those bastards are accomplices too. Especially M’s employees here acted like they were the representatives and got screwed by ssing with the users.
―Co on, there are thousands of employees at M, do you think they’re all connected by a collar? There were many people who just worked there even if they were dissatisfied with the company policy. Everyone does that.
―They should have thought of a counterasure before they did it. What’s the point of a few people feeling good? The Korean ga industry is dying.
―What ga industry? They’re all scamrs. Even if we spare them, they’ll just make more BMs to suck our wallets.
―Just wait, guys. President Yu Ji-ha will take care of it.
In fact, it was not sothing that could be settled with a single punishnt, as the pillars of dozens of companies were shaken.
And as if they had been waiting, a follow-up asure was announced.
Silla Entertainnt declared that they would absorb ga developers without limit.
―Planning, art, server, live… Any career is fine. Except for BM.
The treatnt and welfare were quite good.
It wasn’t the best, but it wasn’t low either, and most importantly, there was no politics in the company.
That was because Arma, who was practically Silla Group, had a tight grip on the power even at the bottom.
There was no rank either, and the salary increased according to the performance.
―It’s weird that there’s no rank… The direct boss is Chairman Arma.
―Might as well try being a slave to a big house for once.
―I’m a Shilla Group employee from now on.
That’s how Shilla Entertainnt quickly interviewed and accepted hundreds of developers.
Artificial intelligence couldn’t solve various creativity yet, so they still had to rely on humans.
That’s how more and more developers left their shaky companies and joined Shilla Entertainnt.
The industry welcod them with confusion.
―They’ve hired over 2,000 people so far, I wonder how they’ll manage them all.
―Surprisingly, they’re imdiately put into ga developnt as soon as they enter. Silla Group’s know-how on work division is no joke. As soon as you sit in your chair, you get assigned tasks right away.
―That sounds like a clean hell. Creativity is important in this line of work, after all.
―Creativity, there’s not much to it. And you shouldn’t talk about creativity when you’re developing gas in Korea. You’re just making the sa gas anyway.
―It’s actually better when you co in. No politics, no excuses for not being in charge of sothing. Just finish your quota and you can go ho right away. No one gives you a look.
―There is no rank, but there is. The ones who get paid more and do more work are higher ranked. If you finish your work quickly, artificial intelligence will assign you more work and increase your salary.
―Does the company move by so rules? You should have so etings and dinners to bond with your co-workers…
―You’re talking about running a company to Silla Group.
―Working here makes realize what a real part is. You can’t say things like “the company can’t run without ” here.
―That’s what a big company is like. Even though Silla Group is a new business.
Anyway, in terms of absorbing the shock of the market, they were doing their job.
The chaos actually subsided a lot and the developers were satisfied and focused on their work.
The problem was with the owners and executives who had cheated, and the developers and BMs who had no skills.
The forr two groups were transferred to Terra Island and forgotten, and the latter two groups wandered around and left the industry.
―Getting paid by gacha in the industry is as bad as making shitty BMs. There’s no reason to use them anymore.
―Is it true that mobile gas are so dry… They’ve all been cheating like this?
―There aren’t many decent places left. Now Silla Entertainnt has to lead the Korean ga industry.
―A company that hasn’t been established for long, with thousands of developers, how can they do anything in this chaotic atmosphere?
―Yu Ji-ha has shut up everyone who said things like that so far. Isn’t the private moon trip starting this month? You were one of those who shouted it was impossible.
―You seem to think artificial intelligence is water, but they can make online gas like that in no ti. Do you know how big the Silla taverse server is?
And so people began to look forward to the gas that Shilla Entertainnt would release.
So of them had the view that they had to be at least as good as they had destroyed the industry.
Of course, Silla Entertainnt didn’t care about such atmosphere and devoted themselves to developnt according to artificial intelligence’s instructions.
And it didn’t take long for the results to co out.
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