Chapter 56: Advertising Offer
A large building situated right in the heart of Seoul.
On the fifteenth floor, Park Seong-jun, the team leader of Monster World's marketing team, was racking his brain.
"It's only been three months since launch and the growth is already stalling—does that even make sense? We're barely crawling past the break-even point as it is. Everyone, don't just sit there—if you have any good ideas at all, say sothing."
Park Seong-jun stood at the head of the conference room and swept his gaze across his team mbers' faces one by one.
Despite being the very cream of the crop, all they did was shuffle through the reports sitting on their desks. Not a single alternative was offered.
The terrifying silence was holding dominion over the room when soone raised their hand.
It was Assistant Manager Lee Da-hye.
"Team leader, what about running ads through strears?"
"Didn't we do that right when we launched? We've already wrung out all the effect there is to get from it—it'd just be throwing money away."
"That ti, the focus was on large-scale strears for brand awareness, wasn't it? This ti, we'd specifically target players who genuinely enjoy the ga—what you'd call star players."
"......Go on."
Lee Da-hye swallowed and opened her mouth again.
"There's a player I've had my eye on recently. A strear who goes by Mu-yeong—he hasn't been broadcasting long at all, but he's drawing in massive popularity with his sheer skill level. You must know about him too, team leader. The one who took down Alice in Beginner Village—"
"Ahh! The one who wiped out the Special Boss despite being thirteen levels below it, in the blink of an eye? I've seen the videos a few tis myself."
"And beyond that, several of his Hot Clips have been ranking at the top. Just yesterday, the Quick-Draw Stance video where he slashes through thirty Lizardn in an instant was holding first place."
"Alright. I'll grant you, his buzz factor is sothing else. But even so, isn't he around level twenty? There are plenty of high-level players above seventy—do we really need to use soone who's barely just shed their newbie skin?"
"That's......"
How was she supposed to explain this?
Lee Da-hye worked her mind furiously.
The fact that our strict team leader didn't cut off imdiately ans he's at least interested.......
She needed a compelling reason and the right words to go along with it.
Having gathered her thoughts, she began her explanation.
"As you know, to capture new users or returning players, you need sothing that grabs the eye in an instant. Not re items or skill power, but accomplishnts and spectacles that anyone would find breathtaking and impossible to replicate."
"......."
"In that regard, Mu-yeong passes. First clear of Castle Defense, winner of the Battle Attack Seoul Server Tournant. All achieved in barely two to three weeks. If this potential holds and carries over into Monster World as well......"
"You're saying he could pull off another jaw-dropping feat?"
"Yes. It already looks like he's started revving up, even now."
"Is that so......"
Team Leader Park Seong-jun began stroking his chin.
His expression gradually softened and then he gave a firm nod.
"Alright. Assistant Manager Lee Da-hye, you'll take charge of and move forward with the ad deal. Given how strongly you recomnded him, I'll trust there will be good results."
"Yes, I'll also narrow down a few more candidates and submit the report."
"Perfect timing. You know about the external ad we have scheduled—it's not finalized yet, but we're looking to pull one standout clip from it and run it. If a strear we've partnered with produces that kind of scene? Throw in the condition that they'll be the first consideration."
"Understood."
"Alright then, now that we have a direction, let's proceed accordingly. That will conclude today's eting."
Thud!
Back at her desk, Lee Da-hye got to work imdiately.
She checked the email listed on Mu-yeong's Newtube channel and started typing away at her keyboard.
[Hello, my na is Lee Da-hye from the Monster World Marketing Team.......]
Before her as she diligently typed the work email, there were two monitors set up.
The one directly in front went without saying—on the one to her right, one of Mu-yeong's videos was playing.
The betting scene from the mont he hit exactly level twenty.
['Dan Jung-seon' has donated 100,000 Won.]
—AAAAARGH! My points!!!!
['Shaolin Temple Captain' has donated 100,000 Won.]
—Get out!!!!!!!!!!!!
—Breaking news: The Alliance Leader is bankrupt lololololol
—Was earning great all this ti and lost it all in one mont lololol
—The ones who mindlessly went long are getting their accounts short-squeezed lololololol
—He finished it with one second to spare—isn't this rigged? lololol
—That's why you shouldn't bet when it's borderline lololol
—Literally 100 enemies in 2 minutes 20 seconds and you bet on that? You deserve to lose lolol
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The following morning.
Mu-yeong, having finished training with Yu Ye-rin through the night, stepped out of the Capsule.
Using his body was one thing, but watching Yu Ye-rin grow was quite satisfying too.
The Bone Marrow Cleansing he had given her was paying off.
The breadth of her skill improvent had clearly changed.
"To already be handling Plum Blossom Gradual Bloom with such ease. I wonder how much further she'll progress next ti."
The twelfth Form, which had been an impossibly distant wall just a few days ago, was already entirely her own.
And today, she had even blazed past that and was pressing onward toward the fifteenth Form.
It was genuinely gratifying to watch her clearly finding joy in her own growth and pushing herself even harder.
So this was what it felt like to be a master raising a disciple?
Mu-yeong smiled quietly and entered the broadcast statistics page.
When he looked at the donation amount from the previous day, a staggering figure greeted him.
[Donation Amount: 9,214,000 Won]
All that in just a single day.
It was thanks to the Alliance Leader and the Head Abbot of Shaolin joining forces.
Even the short Donation Platform ssages ca in ten thousand won at a ti with casual tosses—and they could not have been sweeter.
In my heart I'd love to have them co every day, but.......
That was probably asking too much.
The Alliance Leader seed to have only stopped by briefly because of the incident in front of the motel, and the Head Abbot of Shaolin had most likely tagged along like a close friend.
Still, one thing to be grateful for was that both of them had genuinely enjoyed the broadcast itself.
Every ti he opened a bet, they dove in headfirst—reacting with donations and chat ssages, their enthusiasm clearly genuine.
"Once they've had a taste of the fun, they'll co back again soti."
After all, even without this, they were the type to pour money into Iron Blood Witch's broadcasts.
Mu-yeong smirked and opened a different statistics window.
[Total Donations Received: 59,139,000 Won]
An astronomical amount accumulated over three weeks.
Adding the prize money from Battle Attack and the one billion won obtained from Daehwasan Sect, Mu-yeong currently held just under 1.2 billion won in assets.
A drop in the ocean compared to the debt he still owed, but even so—it was sothing.
And going forward, the pace at which he'd be accumulating money would only accelerate.
Mu-yeong licked his lips and entered his inbox.
An act that had by now beco part of his daily routine.
No fewer than three new emails had arrived.
[Exterminating the Lizardman Tribe Part 1]
[Exterminating the Lizardman Tribe Part 2]
The first was edited footage of the previous day's broadcast.
Videos sent in after an all-nighter by the most diligent, good-natured editor in the world.
He downloaded them and checked the second email.
It was sothing that drew not disbelief but a hollow laugh from him.
[Mu-yeong, I challenge you to a Sparring Match.]—Bing Ye-hwa
An email from Bing Ye-hwa, with an opening that left a very striking impression.
Soone he had not the slightest acquaintance with, let alone any close connection to.
And yet this person was demanding a Sparring Match out of nowhere—what was the occasion for that?
Still, he read through it just in case, wondering if it contained anything noteworthy.
It did not.
[Mu-yeong, I challenge you to a Sparring Match.]
Seeing the subject and body be entirely identical, Mu-yeong let out a hollow laugh and pressed the delete button.
"What a strange character."
He erased it from his mory at once and shifted his eyes to the remaining email.
There, soone he could never have imagined was making a proposal he could never have imagined.
[To Strear Mu-yeong, inquiry regarding Monster World advertisent.]—Monster World Marketing Team, Assistant Manager Lee Da-hye.
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Upon hearing the news, Iron Blood Witch ca running all the way to Mu-yeong's ho in one breath.
After skimming through the contents, she clapped her hands together.
"As expected of Young Lord! Receiving an advertisent proposal already! The ga company must have taken great notice of how often Hot Clips first place has been yours!"
"The thing is, even looking at it, I can't quite make heads or tails of it. Could you perhaps give a summary?"
"Of course. I'll explain it so it's easy to understand."
In truth, Mu-yeong had read through the contract himself before she arrived.
But the sheer number of difficult terms and the sheer volu of content was sothing else.
His eyes were spinning, and no matter how many tis he read it, it was full of things he simply couldn't grasp.
"Simply put, within a set period, you turn on a broadcast and play Monster World for two hours. The compensation is five million won. It states the amount will be paid upon uploading the relevant video to Newtube within one week."
"Five million won?"
"Yes. Considering your broadcast's viewer count, you could ask for more, but...... it seems it was set at this amount because your Newtube channel hasn't grown that large yet."
Iron Blood Witch shook her head as though displeased, but Mu-yeong felt differently.
An hourly rate of 2.5 million won?
Of all things—just playing Monster World as he normally would, and they'd hand him money for free.
Was there anything easier than this in the world?
Mu-yeong snapped his fingers.
"I'll sign imdiately."
"Ah, wait just a mont. There are additional special conditions."
"Special conditions?"
"They're looking for a fifteen-second clip to use for an external advertisent...... and they say if a standout scene erges during the paid stream, it'll be the first consideration."
"......What does that an?"
As Mu-yeong tilted his head, Iron Blood Witch raised her index finger.
"Young Lord, have you ever encountered an advertisent that briefly plays when you enter an internet site or another broadcast? Normally, it's a video where 'SKIP' appears in the bottom right corner."
"Ah, that? Of course I have."
"That's the one. In short—don't just idle through the paid stream ti, but if you produce a standout scene during that period, they'll give you even greater rewards. The paynt jumps dramatically to thirty million won as well."
"Thirty million won?"
They'd hand over half of all the donations he'd received so far, all at once?
Mu-yeong's eyes went wide.
I was just about to go after the Stone Golem anyway—the timing couldn't be better.
A two-person party of level twenties, taking down a Special Boss?
This was as good as having the external ad already in the bag.
"By 'external advertisent,' you an my image would spread all across the world, yes?"
"Of course. It would depend on how wide a range the ga company runs the advertisent...... but that it will be definitively promoted is certain."
"Truly the finest conditions imaginable. I'll sign imdiately."
Mu-yeong rolled up his sleeve.
And so, with Iron Blood Witch's help, he worked through the electronic docunt for a brief while.
Then she suddenly posed a question.
"Young Lord, but yesterday during your broadcast—didn't the Alliance Leader and the Divine Monk co and bet enormously?"
"They did."
"It may only be my limited perception. But I distinctly recall that during the final bet, you briefly stumbled and nearly fell........."
"Ah, that? When I went one second over the ti limit? Of course that was deliberate."
"......You don't an—?"
"Winning all day long isn't any fun, is it? Besides, if they lose a little, they'll co back next ti to recover their points."
Watching Mu-yeong flash a gleaming white smile, Iron Blood Witch thought to herself.
That he had already beco a born broadcasting genius.
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