Max Talent Player No Chapter 66: 1st Players Convention

Chapter 66: 1st Players Convention

Chapter 66: 1st Players Convention

September 13. The day of the 1st Players Convention.

It was the first formal gathering of Players held by the Korean Players Association established with Sungshins massive support. You could call it a symbolic event.

The president of Sungshin knows .

I could guess he had done a lot of background research on . I knew that, and it was also sothing I had induced.

Thats why I knew he would make contact with , but

I just didnt know the person who would co would be Kim Kangchul. I still rembered all too clearly. On the night of April 26, 2028, he was the person who ca to my door and personally delivered my results.

No Talent.

He said the following:

Im sorry to be the bearer of bad news. We perford your re-examination, but it was determined that you had no talent.

Giving

a slightly pitying look, he told

to study hard for my civil service exam and gave

a box of luxury drinks.

But the Players Association in its early days was almost like a subsidiary of Sungshin

After so ti passed, the Players Association beca independent from Sungshin, becoming a governnt-affiliated institution. It was the majority opinion that a single company could not monopolize the enormous value that Players and new tech held. As such, a new Players Association was established with the sa na as a governnt agency through talks with Sungshin.

Kim Kangchul was the Head of Personnel of the Players Association back then.

Sothing was a little weird.

It was announced that civil service employees with career experience were picked out specially to hold positions in the Players Association.

A position in the Players Association gave better annual salary and treatnt than other civil service jobs. In any case, you were supposed to be from civil service to get a Players Association position.

But at this point in ti, Kim Kangchul is a team leader in Sungshin?

The public was told that civil service employees with experience were picked out for positions in the Players Association, but a person working as a current employee of the conglorate Sungshin beca the Head of Personnel in the Players Association ten years later?

It doesnt add up.

Kim Kangchul ca to see . That fact alone was enough for

to co to a conclusion.

It was all a big fat lie.

Both the current Players Association and the one ten years later were under Sungshins control. It was like people said; there really was no one you could trust but yourself.

Hello, I am Team Leader Kim Kangchul.

Right now, he called himself the leader of the newly created Player Scouting Team. He also said he was part of the New Tech Division, or sothing like that. I checked his information.

[Unawakened]

Na: Kim Kangchul

Age: 38

State: Curious / Dubious / Confident / Fascinated

Disposition: Ordinary / Ambitious / Full of Drive

Summary:

Ordinary Person Hungry for SuccessPillar of the HouseholdIs unawakened.The disposition/state/summary only show the most representative and can change according to the situation.Because Eye of Perceptions proficiency is not high enough, viewing more detailed information is impossible.

Curious, dubious, fascinated, huh.

He was definitely curious about .

An ordinary person hungry for success.

According to his summary, for now, he didnt seem like a bad person. I also didnt rember him having committed any evil acts.

Also, hes the pillar of the household.

He was one of countless Korean breadwinners working hard to provide for their family. The man who gave

a great amount of information with his appearance alone had sothing very shocking to say.

...And so, the President would like to offer you the guildmaster position of Taeguk Shield.

He offered

the guildmaster position of Taeguk Shield, of all guilds. In the early days of Playing, Taeguk Shield was a guild that experienced a crazy amount of growth thanks to being carried by Sungshin.

He must have had a very good impression of .

Yes, he did. He thinks very highly of you.

According to the current standards, the proposal itself wasnt bad.

He has offered you an annual salary of $200k. The terms regarding item and Coin acquisition are written in detail in the contract.

Only then did I realize why Kim Kangchul was feeling confident.

State: Curious / Dubious / Confident / Fascinated

He ca offering a staggering $200k annual salary. Even by the standards of ten years later, even if you passed the civil service exam, your initial salary would begin at $30k. The salary he was offering was almost a whopping 7x the civil servant salary, and this was just the initial pay.

Of course, benefits are also included, and even though it is a little tricky to give you exact numbers now, the rate of salary increase will be very high. Continuing, Kim Kangchul said, I can tell you right now that such an outstanding offer is the first and last of its kind. What would you like to do?

Do I have to make a decision right now?

No. However, we would like you to make a decision as fast as possible.

Team Leader Kim Kangchul seed to have thought I would accept the offer, no questions asked. To be fair, for the standards of ordinary folk, the conditions were indeed incredible. People hadnt quite figured out what new tech really was yet, so a $200k annual salary was ahead of its ti.

Before leaving, he inford

that a gathering of Players was being held tomorrow and gave

an invitation ticket. With that, my eting with Kim Kangchul ended.

Goodbye. I will contact you shortly.

After seeing Kim Kangchul off, I chuckled.

Just $200k?

Kim Kangchul aside, I was sure that Song Kiyoung had already seen the value of new tech. And yet, $200k was all he could offer. There was probably no malice in it, but it felt like he was taking

a little too lightly.

Though, well, I wouldnt have accepted even if it were $2 million and not $200k.

I already had an Amplification Mana Crystal in my possession, an object that would command a $10 million price tag in three years. Actually, it wasnt a matter of money. My decision also had to do with my class, as well as my contracted Guardian.

The Naless Guardian doesnt want

to do things in the lilight.

I didnt know what the Naless Guardian wanted from . But for now, I knew they wanted

in the back rather than the front, to Play while maintaining the position of an observer.

For now, Ill go along with that.

The guildmaster of Taeguk Shield would command a great deal of authority, but the position would also co with many responsibilities. I would be tied to Sungshin. It might help with the things I was trying to achieve, but it was more likely that the position would hinder .

Im going to Play at my pace, my way.

I decided to participate in the 1st Players Convention tomorrow. I already knew what would happen. I would also be able to et the Typhoon, Jo Sunghyun, at the convention.

If things go like in the past Ill also be able to decide exactly how to proceed with my Playing.

I started preparing for tomorrow.

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Senia. Senia. Senia. Senia. Senia.

No matter how much I called her, she didnt answer. The darned angel wasnt streaming

at the mont, it seed. There was sothing I absolutely had to tell her before going to the convention, but I couldnt reach her. I had no choice but to make an appointnt with Yeonseo, since Yeonseo said she was with her Strear, Roa.

In that respect, Senia should learn a little from Roa.

Roa was marvelously diligent. It wasnt like Yeonseo was doing a dungeon clear or anything, but Roa was still streaming her. Its because Roa was so earnest that she was successful later.

It was 11 p.m. We agreed to et in front of Hongdae University Station, Exit 9. Even though it was pretty late and it was Wednesday night, the place was bustling. But among the crowd, one person was radiating an obviously overwhelming presence.

Hyuuuuungnimmmmm!

That person was So Yoohyun. With his nearly 2-ter tall massive fra and biceps the size of an average adults head, the sight of him barreling towards

was almost like a furious wild boars charge.

Ah, shit.

Getting a bad feeling that he would pull

into a crushing bear hug, I dodged him ever so slightly. Though I managed to barely avoid him, I ended up in another minefield.

I thought you died!

I dodged Yoohyun, but Yeonseo appeared out of nowhere next to him. She had co up to

extrely quickly, so I guessed she used Heavenly Demonic Flying Step. As true as it was that Id had my guard down, she found an opening all too easily. Simply put, I was hugged by Yeonseo. Against my will.

...Oi. Not letting go?

I was super worried, okay? I thought you died. Do you know how nervous you made

by being unreachable for three months?

And then, she broke into a bright grin, like she could finally feel relief after physically confirming I was alright. I felt extrely strong feelings from her.

State: Relieved / Happy / Joyful

Hold on, we were honestly not that close. We werent even lovers, nor were we blood-related. Why in the world was she so happy? But I was certain that Yeonseos feelings werent a pretense or a lie. What I was feeling through Eye of Perception was her sincerity. Her sincerity wasnt all that bad.

Feels strange.

I never would have thought that there would be people other than my family who would be so happy about my life or death.

Shes already gone up to level 32?

She made it to level 32 without any strats, increasing her level twice in three months. Two level ups in the Hell Phase in just three months was actually a lot, since the stretch between level 30-40 was extrely difficult to break through.

Yoohyun is also level 32.

Geniuses were certainly geniuses, alright. Sunhwa was also level 31. All three of them would be able to level up much faster if they used the strategy with .

But first, I have to get through tomorrow well.

At around 11 p.m. at night, we went to a small bar near Hongdae.

The ti I spent with Yoohyun and Yeonseo wasnt that bad. No, it wasnt just not bad, but enjoyable.

It feels pretty great.

I hadnt been able to enjoy this kind of leisure before. Yeonseo, whose face was a little red from drinking beer, laughed from the belly.

Ah, I dunno. It just happened, ok!

They were telling

about when Yoohyun fell flat on his face, and both of them looked truly happy. I didnt have to look with Eye of Perception. Even with my bare eyes, they looked really happy.

This is nice.

It wasnt anything special, just a casual drink with friends. This trivial and ordinary experience was completely new to .

Hold on, hyungnim. It wasnt like that. There just so happened to be a slippery trap right there

After so ti, Senia finally showed up. Seeing as Yeonseo and Yoohyun didnt react, she set it so that only I could see her.

Roa is probably working hard to stream, even now.

It seed Senia ca over after seeing that. Take notes from Roa. The more diverse your content, the better. There are definitely viewers out there who want to see not just bloody Playing, but also this sort of trivial everyday life. Watch and learn, Senia.

Yeonseo waved at us.

You dont have to drop

off! See you tomorrow!

The sight of her walking off humming to herself in perfectly good cheer was a bit cute, but it didnt even occur to

that she would need to be dropped off. Even though this was a beginner Shin Yeonseo, Shin Yeonseo was still Shin Yeonseo. What could possibly endanger her?

Hyungnim! See you tomorrow!

See you tomorrow.

I turned around. Senia was there. Actually, the reason why I t up with Yeonseo was to call Senia. Now that the fun tis were over, it was ti to get down to business.

Senia.

From here on out, this was the real issue at hand.

Listen carefully. Tomorrow, Im going to participate in the formal convention hosted by the Players Association.

Just as our business talk began, Senia opened her mouth.

Player Kim Hyukjin.

Senia brought up sothing I hadnt even hoped to hear from her, in very comndable fashion.

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