Martial Arts Returnee's Game Broadcast

Chapter 107

Hae Eung-eung’s answer was unexpected, but Han Chae-rin, after thinking carefully, took a new approach.

"If you want to be number one as a streamer, the more popular you are, the better, right? VTube is considered minor, but terrestrial broadcasts are major."

"!"

"If you make it known that the Silent Swordsman is such a famous streamer that they even appear on Royal Club’s self-produced broadcasts, wouldn’t your popularity skyrocket?"

Han Chae-rin only said things that made perfect sense.

"Plus, there’s no clause forbidding dual jobs, right? You could appear as a panelist and also do gaming broadcasts. It could create some nice synergy, don’t you think?"

Hae Eung-eung was convinced by her argument.

Even the Heavenly Demon claimed to only use a sword, but would often crack a whip, didn’t he?

A master isn’t bound by just one weapon, and if she wanted to achieve the goal of a martial arts world united under the banner of magic, she might have to show the same kind of freedom when it came to types of broadcasts.

[I'll do it. That contract.]

The two women shook hands, sealing the deal.

The leader of one of Korea's top 10 guilds, one of the teenage guilds known as Taebaek Guild—

Gang Taebaek.

With his giant hands, he picked up a report, barely the size of his palm, between his thumb and index finger, looking at it as if it were an unfamiliar object, much like a gorilla curiously holding something.

"Myeongho Guild collapsed and the company was disbanded?"

"As reported. We also jumped into the acquisition competition for some businesses and have achieved some success."

"Ah, whatever. You probably don’t even understand it. Tell me who took this place down."

"As already reported yesterday, it’s suspected that Hae Eung-eung, the leader of the newly-formed Haenampa Guild, was involved."

"Hae Eung-eung? That’s a weird name. What kind of person is she?"

"She... is a streamer who broadcasts as a hobby, as stated in the report."

Gang Taebaek, the powerful master who founded Taebaek Guild, was a figure more gorilla than human, with a suffocating amount of muscle mass.

It was hard to believe his brain was also full of muscle, as he didn’t seem to know how to read a report properly.

Thanks to that, his secretary, Yoo Su-jeong, was under enormous work stress, which only increased daily.

"A stripper?"

"A stripper takes off clothes and dances, while a streamer is someone who does personal broadcasts."

"Isn’t that the same? Streamers throw on a million-won bill and they dance without clothes."

What is this guy even doing in his free time?

Yoo Su-jeong fought hard to hold back her disgust at his crude response, forcing herself to remain patient with her superhuman self-restraint.

"Hae Eung-eung uses the nickname Silent Swordsman and has set a new record by playing the game 'Banyo-gok' in real mode every three weeks."

"Real mode? Isn’t that the one where you have to press the button when you’re doing the Yasu thing? There were a lot of good-looking girls in it."

"......."

She wanted to punch him.

This damn sexual harassment gorilla boss, just once she wanted to give him a good smack in the face and walk away.

Yoo Su-jeong adjusted her glasses, hiding the cold gaze that became sharper with each passing moment in the backlight.

"Show me a video. The best one."

Having long since understood that the "best one" meant the most revealing, Yoo Su-jeong still pretended not to understand and played the most intense fighting video available.

[Strongest Human vs Strongest Demon]

The demon’s immense energy accumulated over its entire life.

With each step, gesture, and collision, the immense energy exploded, kicking up a dust storm in three consecutive bursts per second.

Kaga-Kang!

As Yoo Su-jeong left the office, Gang Taebaek folded the report into a paper plane and launched it.

The paper planes formed a graveyard in the goat pen.

Letters were sucked into the mouth of a pet goat, who chewed them up like a snack.

[Substandard Rating]

[Disposed]

Taebaek Guild didn’t need subpar waste.

It had always been that way, and it would continue to be so.

"Hae Eung-eung. I hope you’re a useful toy unlike Lee Myeong-ho or Shin Seong-gwak."

A cruel anticipation glimmered in Gang Taebaek’s eyes.

Another guild, one of the teenage guilds adjacent to Myeongho-dong—

Yoon Asan, the leader of Asan Guild.

She was an uncommon A-rank awakener and also the head of an entertainment agency.

"It’s been confirmed that Han Chae-rin, the CEO of Royal Club, has approached Haenampa’s leader, Hae Eung-eung."

"Han Chae-rin, that woman, is persistent. She teamed up with Changwon Guild, set a trap, and now, at this timing, she’s paying a penalty to switch sides."

Asan Entertainment, the second-largest entertainment agency in the country.

Royal Club, the third-largest.

Though it was commonly believed that Asan Entertainment held a slight edge in terms of market share, the truth was that Yoon Asan and Han Chae-rin had fundamentally different management styles.

"Any signs of entertainment deals?"

"None at all."

"Tch. That annoying woman. She’s going to keep acting high and mighty again, isn’t she?"

Unlike Yoon Asan’s Asan Entertainment, which used its entertainers and trainees for promotional purposes,

Han Chae-rin’s Royal Club, with the owner’s financial power, never relied on such tactics.

No selling out entertainers, no cocktail parties, only genuine competition based on skill.

Yet despite that, their earnings were comparable, which showed that Han Chae-rin had a far better eye for business.

That was why Yoon Asan couldn’t let her be.

"If she’s turned her attention from the Changwon-dong gate to Haenampa’s in Myeongho-dong, she must be planning to secure it. We can’t let her soar freely."

Yoon Asan gave the order.

"Buy up the companies that broke away from Myeongho Guild and attach the star-ranked awakeners. Don’t fall behind in the bidding competition, gate assaults, or anything."

"Understood."

"We can’t let her gain broadcast popularity either. Set up a competing program in the same timeslot and crush her ratings."

Han Chae-rin had a knack for gathering odd people who eventually became stars.

For someone like her to shine in the industry was almost a foregone conclusion.

"Silent Swordsman. Try to recruit her."

"What if we fail?"

"Then we crush her. If we can’t take her, we break her. She’s just a pretty young girl, it won’t be hard to destroy her."

"I hear she’s quite skilled."

"Then attach a man to her."

Yoon Asan knew exactly how to ruin a beautiful entertainer’s career.

"Seduce her with a handsome man and stir up a romance scandal."

"I’ll prepare someone with good looks."

Yoon Asan was confident.

Even if the recruitment failed, the handsome man would surely succeed.

'Our guys are all stunning, no mountain hermit or hardened sword-wielder could resist them.'