Sitting across from each other, Mr. Taka showed him two screens, which seed to be the reward option.
"Please choose one between the two of them. I will definitely respect your choice."
Max wondered why the marketing team leader said that but nodded his head again nonetheless. He read the reward choice and was surprised.
"Is this real? I ant... These rewards were too much for a newbie strear. This isn't a mistake, no?"
Mr. Taka smiled softly.,
"That's how much I appreciate your contribution to this program. And I actually wanted you to choose your own reward but could only offer between these two. Hahaha, one of them is just a contract instead of an actual reward. But I did my best to make the best offer to you. How is it?"
"Hmm, well..." Max felt conflicted.
While it was true that his contribution might be the highest, considering he broke the synchronization test ti record, he still didn't think he deserved these rewards.
'The first reward is a monetary reward, valued at $25,000. It's a big amount of money for .' He thought as he read the description of the first screen. 'But the second one is tempting.'
As Mr. Taka said earlier, it was a contract instead of an actual reward. But... It could also be called a reward for a newbie strear with less than a month of experience in streaming and less than 10K viewers.
'It's actually an invitation to beco Biozone Entertainnt's affiliated strear!'
Screw the quest's reward; Biozone Entertainnt was more generous than it!
It was a difficult choice for Max. On the one hand was instant money, while on the other was support from a big ga publisher company.
Thinking about the long-term benefit, the second choice was probably the best. But Max made sure to read it carefully.
'The contract said I would be given full support and priority for Biozone Entertainnt's released ga ads. Of course, the contract for those ads would be different when the ti ca. I needed to put the Biozone Entertainnt logo in my stream and about . It sounds good.'
The support here was not limited to having his na posted on the affiliated strear page but also helped if there was a scandal or drama involving him--for example, the last hacker incident.
'They will also help find editors and a secretary. Their connections are really useful at tis like that.'
Max humd in consideration.
Looking at his state, Mr. Taka huffed and spoke.
"You can think about it. If you're in no hurry, I can give you ti until the Biozone monthly segnt at the end of the month. I hope you can give a good answer before that."
"Is that fine, Mr. Taka?" Max asked, a bit surprised by his consideration. He thought he needed to decide tonight.
"Hahaha, it's fine. I already talked to the Director about this, and he seed to be pleased to support new strears lately." He laughed rrily.
Then, suddenly, he looked serious and leaned closer.
"To tell you the truth, we will release many gas in the sumr. So gas will focus on movents; that's all I can tell. After the Director saw your world record clip, he wanted to sign you as an affiliate strear. Naturally, we will discuss the details if you choose that reward."
It seed to contradict the choice here. Max couldn't understand why that would be a 'reward' instead of giving him both the contract offer and the monetary reward.
"It's to shut the other executive's mouth." Mr. Taka continued after noticing Max's confused expression.
"We have this policy of only signing famous strears with more than 20K average viewers. I am sorry, but this is the only way if you want to sign a contract in your current situation. Though I recomnd you take the second reward." He smiled slyly.
In short, it was an insider problem. He would be given both if only Max was in Flexy or RoninKnight's position. They proved themselves and had a stable average viewers already. Not only that but they were also experienced enough and didn't seem to stop streaming for a while.
'I don't have that credibility yet, being a week-old strear. I am just a baby compared to them. And offering a contract to a baby is risky. Even I wouldn't sign myself if I were in their position.'
Max smiled back at Mr. Taka, understanding the situation.
"I will think about it."
"Very well. Hahaha, I hope we can work together again in the future."
" too."
Both of them shook hands and finished the discussion. They returned to the party venue, and Flexy grabbed Max.
"Hey! What are you doing!"
"Hahaha, in this situation, you should drink! Here!"
"Release - Hmph!"
'This fucker!'
The orange-haired strear forced a bottle into his mouth, and his consciousness ended at that mont.
***
The next morning, Max realized that he was in his hotel room with his upper clothes torn off. There was no recollection of what happened last night.
Furthermore, his head was throbbing hard for so reason, making him feel lethargic and weak in the morning.
"Ugh, fuck. What did Flexy make drink last night? I rember nothing after talking with Mr. Taka. And why am I half-naked? I didn't do anything strange, right?"
For now, he got off the bed and drank so water from the dispenser. It made him feel a bit better. Still, the headache remained, so he took a cold shower, hoping it would cure him.
"Phew, that was better." He sighed in relief as he got dressed in a simple oversized white shirt and slim black pants.
His current room had a good balcony with a nice view of New Eden City. So he chose to relax there while waiting for his Sky Rail, which would arrive in two hours, at 10 AM.
"The sunlight feels nice." He leaned back on the resting chair and put his legs above. It was relaxing.
'Now, let's see emails and ssages. I doubt there is sothing important, but I need to do this frequently from now on. Who knows if there will be spam or hacker ssages again?'
Thinking so, he brought up his screen and checked his email first. There was an email from Biozone Entertainnt notifying him that $5,000 had been sent into his bank account. It was his appearance fee from this program.
"Oh, this is nice. I got the maximum amount written in the contract." He laughed rrily.
His bank grew again, having more than 20K dollars in savings. With this, he didn't need to worry about buying nutritional supplents or groceries for his everyday life.
'Maybe I also need to find a better apartnt. Preferably, the one that costs under $3,000 to $5,000 a month.'
Not that he complained about his current apartnt. But it lacked the security that he wanted. And the place was in a dangerous alley with little to no light at night.
'Well, let's think about that later. I will need to worry about hiring an editor first.'
Continuing where he left off, he opened the private ssage this ti. Surprisingly, there was one ssage from Lily. He was curious, so he opened it imdiately.
[Lily: Take responsibility for what you did last night.]
When he read it, his jaw dropped and his body froze in surprise.
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