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Parallel Official KR ☑ @Parallel_official_kr - 2 hours ago
will feature Manager Magia as well!
A big thank you to all the Wol-Dungi who promised to support us on the day!😍
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What the hell is this.
Why is she actually singing?
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[Comnts]
— Parallel983: ??
— Parallel721: ??
— Parallel614: This isn’t a private karaoke session, LOL.
— Parallel433: Uh...
— Parallel846: Karaoke (called by the viewers).
— Parallel785: Sweet donation farming, lol.
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The next day, as I arrived at work and confird that the bomb I had set up yesterday had gone off perfectly, I found Team Leader Ra Seung-hyun waiting for in the building lobby.
For so reason, my own team leader was there as well.
The reason beca clear soon enough.
"I ca along so Team Leader Ra wouldn’t bully you, Gia."
"... The hell is this forced persecution complex? I’m just here to buy you coffee before the eting. Let’s go."
Ra Seung-hyun.
A marketing expert so obsessed with results that she had been rated the top perforr in her departnt for ten consecutive years at a major corporation.
She was the one who had put together that presentation for the pre-event night, making it feel like the first-gen talents were setting off on a grand adventure.
Despite the CEO’s constant applause for her work, Ra Seung-hyun was perpetually dissatisfied.
Not because she had a sharp personality.
In fact, it was mostly because of .
Not for any particularly grand reason—just that every ti I felt like it, I’d casually throw out suggestions to the CEO, saying things like, "Why don’t we do this content?" or "How about that one?"
And those ideas always ended up reaching the CEO a few hours, or sotis days, before Ra Seung-hyun’s official proposals.
So, every ti she confidently presented a plan she was sure would be groundbreaking, the CEO would say, "Oh, I already talked to Gia about that," imdiately deflating her mood.
Of course, that would be frustrating.
But it wasn’t because she was incompetent.
I just threw out ideas whenever they popped into my head, without considering the aftermath.
anwhile, Ra Seung-hyun ticulously analyzed industry trends, predicted potential blowback, and submitted comprehensive reports—so of course, her process took longer.
When you think about it that way, both of us were coming up with ideas at roughly the sa ti.
Unlike , who had been imrsed in VTuber culture from a young age, Ra Seung-hyun had only been introduced to it three or four years ago, just like my own team leader.
And yet, in that short span of ti, she had absorbed everything about the industry, skillfully pushed her team mbers to their limits, and produced well-tid proposals. That alone was proof of how much of an elite she was.
With soone like her heading the planning team, it was no wonder that everything—new songs, outfits, or seasonal content—ca out at just the right ti.
The Lunar New Year Singing Contest was also her creation, so I had complete and utter faith in her.
I considered her one of the greatest assets supporting our CEO.
That said, ever since I beca smaller, even soone as composed as Ra Seung-hyun had taken on a strangely ambiguous expression whenever she looked at .
She seed a little annoyed, yet there was a subtle twitch at the corner of her lips.
Once we grabbed coffee and entered the eting room, my draft proposal from last night was already displayed on the big screen.
The mont we sat down, she did sothing unexpected—she smiled.
"The draft is a bit rough, but I liked it."
"Thank you."
One of her team mbers had once told that etings with her were pure hell.
But this one proceeded surprisingly smoothly.
"That said, if you really want to do proper planning work, you still have a lot to learn. The proposal isn’t detailed enough to submit to the higher-ups as is."
"Well, I’m not actually part of the planning team."
"Considering the CEO told to help you, I’d say she has other ideas."
"You think so?"
"More than that, planning and streaming are completely different environnts. You need to break things down in ticulous detail, or people won’t interpret them the sa way, and you’ll end up with practical issues."
"Ah. But I was planning to handle this one on my own. I figured this level of detail would be fine."
Ra Seung-hyun looked at with wide eyes.
"You were planning to move forward with just this outline?"
"Yeah. I was just going to improvise the rest."
The look on her face could be summarized as:
"What the hell is this kid?"
And soon enough, she said sothing similar out loud.
"What about during the Movgun internal match?"
"Sa approach."
"And the Wicker server event? The Combative tournant?"
"Didn’t really have ti to prepare for those."
"... You an to tell , when you said ‘we’re so screwed’, you didn’t actually have a backup plan?"
Kang Ji-ho suddenly wrapped her arms around .
"Team Leader Ra, you’re scaring Mapat."
"I haven’t even done anything? We were just having a normal eting?"
Letting out a short sigh, Ra Seung-hyun muttered:
"Anyway, I get it now. It makes sense why the CEO keeps making Mapat stream these days."
"And why do you think that is?"
"There aren’t many people who can manage a stream even when things go to hell. Not only do you handle damage control, but you also shift the atmosphere completely to your advantage."
Hearing it phrased like that, you’d think I had so kind of brainwashing ability, capable of captivating anyone in an instant.
In reality, I was just barely keeping up internally.
Still, regardless of how I was perceived, earning Ra Seung-hyun’s trust was significant.
Unlike the other team leaders, whom I interacted with frequently through various side tasks, I’d barely spoken with her in a professional setting before.
But now that we were discussing a project, everything fell into place effortlessly.
I barely had to say a word—she filled in the blanks and turned my rough draft into a well-structured plan.
"Alright, let’s submit this report."
This translation is the intellectual property of Novelight.
However, there was one major addition compared to my original draft:
A sponsorship deal with ‘Aurora’, which also ca with a special prize nad after the sponsor.
When I asked about it, she explained,
"We got a bottled water sponsorship for the singing contest."
On the contest day, the CEO and the mbers would gather in the 9th-floor motion studio, and they were even planning to set up motion-tracked water bottles for the event.
Ra Seung-hyun had apparently suggested running Aurora’s branding in the Illegal Duet event the day before, as a soft product placent.
The winner would receive 1 million won in prize money from Aurora Water.
"So, first place in the audience poll gets the cash prize. And for the original rewards, I pick two people, right?"
"Yeah. Since the CEO plans to join as well, she can give out one, and you can give out the other."
"Ah, got it."
...Wait, does the CEO actually have ti for this?
Well, Ra Seung-hyun probably knows her schedule better than I do.
"Alright, I need to get going. I’m busy."
"Thanks for the help."
"Since I helped, make sure you do your best."
With a sharp huff, Ra Seung-hyun strutted out of the eting room.
Still standing beside , my team leader smirked.
"She always talks like that, but she’s such a tsundere."
"Co to think of it, you two seem pretty close?"
"Well, we’re the sa age? And speaking of, what was it she said before? Sothing about hugging Gia—"
"Hey. Kang Ji-ho."
The team leader, who we thought had already left, was suddenly back, her glare so intense it practically shot lasers at Kang Ji-ho.
"Don’t run your mouth about useless things."
"Okay, okay, my bad. I won’t say anything."
"Tsk."
With that, the door slid shut again.
Kang Ji-ho barely held back her laughter.
"I didn’t know you two were on casual terms like that."
"Well, since I handle the mbers' external schedules, we end up communicating a lot. Naturally, we got closer."
"So... what was that thing about ?"
"Oh, that? You should ask Team Leader Ra yourself. If I say anything, she’ll probably show up at my house and rip apart."
...Just what the hell was that about?
***
With Ra Seung-hyun involved, I wasn’t worried about the quality of the event.
But after a few days, when the official content announcent went up, I noticed an unexpected new sponsor attached.
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Parallel Official KR ☑ @Parallel_official_kr - 1 minute ago
🎎 Lunar New Year Special Viewer Participation Content
📅 2025.01.30 (TUE) 6PM
🎤 Hosts: Shirahoshi Momo, Manager Magia
🏆 Total Prize: 4 million won Rare rch Giveaway!
- Sponsors: Aurora, Pazijik
📌 Sign up & submit your video: m.site.pazizik/13Z6A
“...Why is Pazijik involved?”
The CEO shrugged like it was nothing.
“Rember the concert viewership during Wicker Town?”
“Yeah, it went over 300,000.”
“What about the Ga Championship?”
“Around 250,000, I think...?”
“That’s why.”
She gave a pointed look.
...Was she implying this was because of ?
All I rembered from those events was muttering Lapits Potion while beating people to death and cursing at the ga’s chanics.
It definitely wasn’t just my doing.
Of course, getting more sponsors was a good thing.
Since they provided production support, we could create higher-quality content.
"Anyway, because of that, the number of viewer-voted prizes has increased to four. Pazijik is contributing 2 million won for two winners, and Aurora added another 1 million won for two more."
"So a total of 4 million won... We're still giving away the rch sets, right?"
"Yeah. Since the prize pool got bigger, we didn’t want any internal favoritism accusations. To maintain anonymity, Pazijik will be managing the participant list."
"I really just wanted to do this for fun, but it’s turning into a huge thing."
The CEO chuckled.
"Our little Gia is still a rookie strear, huh? Getting nervous over sothing like this."
"I’m not nervous. I’m more worried about you causing a scandal."
"Excuse ?! That’s my line!"
"If you purposely stir up drama on the official channel to push our revenue share up, I won’t sit quietly."
"You’re driving insane..."
Honestly, the fact that we were casually joking like this showed how unconcerned I was at the ti.
Even with sponsors, this was still an internal Parallel-only event.
The viewer vote system reinforced that this was a fun entertainnt show, not a serious competition.
But the mont Pazijik got involved, rumors naturally started to spiral.
Pazijik is sponsoring it?!The prize pool is 4 million won?!Wait, is that per person?!With the rumors catching fire, another announcent popped up.
🥔 Nutube - Community Post
RoofKR | 1.09 million subscribers
💬 I was gonna take the whole holiday off, but...
💬 I’ll be streaming from the 30th, right at the end of the break.
📅 30th: Parallel’s Illegal Duet Watch Party
📅 31st: Watching Parallel’s Singing Contest with the Mad Dogs
🎉 After that, drinking stream Parallel World Cup
RoofKR had been promising to do a Parallel World Cup for ages,
and now, out of nowhere, he slotted it in on the sa day as our Singing Contest.
Since Pazijik was openly pushing our event, he probably figured it was the perfect timing and locked in the date.
And with the Mad Dogs Crew, who had a combined subscriber count of 3 million, the impact was imdiate.
"Pazijik just told that the number of applicants suddenly doubled."
"How many now?"
"210."
"...?"
"We don’t have access to the full list yet, but apparently, there are so big nas in there... The most famous one has 2.5 million subscribers on Nutube."
"Did people get bored because the Lunar New Year break was too long?"
My plan had been simple—I’d bait so attention by announcing my anonymous participation,
but sohow, the scale of the event was ballooning out of control.
Still, I didn’t see it as a bad thing.
Having recognizable nas in the contest was a huge win.
Our mbers were no slouches when it ca to singing.
Hell, these big nas weren’t even getting paid, yet they were lining up to sing with our VTubers.
Why would we turn down an opportunity like this?
I just hoped they’d make it past the qualifiers so we could showcase them in the main event.
Even better—this ant my chances of getting eliminated in the prelims went up.
If I didn’t make it past qualifiers, I’d get to sit back and judge the finals comfortably.
Everyone would be desperately trying to find , while I’d ★ 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 ★ just be smiling, running the show.
"So... what song did you submit for the prelims?"
"It’s a secret."
"...You’re not gonna suddenly start singing a Lapits song, right? Not this ti. I an it."
"I didn’t."
***
Unexpected Variables Kept Piling Up.
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Parallel Official KR ☑ @Parallel_official_kr - 1 minute ago
📢 [ Finalists Announcent – 26 Contestants]
📌 Check the list here: m.site.pazizik/Az04q
Did you know?
Among these 26 finalists...
Manager Magia is hiding sowhere. 👀
...What.
For so reason, the video I submitted actually passed the qualifiers, and I made it to the finals.
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Eula☑ @Eula - 1 minute ago
📢 January 30th: No stream due to personal matters!
EulaFighting @fightwitheula
Huh? Did Eula apply for Illegal Duet too?!
↳ Eula☑ @Eula
(🤫 Shh of Seong Shin-jae)
With that, it was almost confird that Eula, the utaite with 2.5 million subscribers, had also joined Illegal Duet...
January 30th.
What was originally estimated to be a 25,000-viewer event had completely shattered expectations.
🔴 (Live) Parallel’s Illegal Duet 🎵
👪 58,437 viewers
#Parallel #Magia #Momo #IllegalDuet #KaraokeContest #ViewerParticipation
With nearly 60,000 people watching,
the Illegal Duet event officially began.
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