158. What Happened in Korea (1)

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The sound of the camera shutter echoed in succession, dyeing my eyes pure white.

And Jaeik tried his best not to frown after confirming that the camera angles were all pointing at him.

If I frowned at the wrong impression, wouldn’t it be obvious that the next day’s article would say something?

what is this all of a sudden I couldn’t erase the feeling of embarrassment at the camera baptism that greeted me as soon as I first stepped on Korean soil, which I had returned to after a long time.

“What is this?”

Jaeik covered his mouth and asked Kangseok quietly.

“Sure, that is. What happened while you were on the plane? I haven’t checked the news from Korea lately.”

“I am proud.”

“Ugh! The boss is here!”

And soon, among the crowd, Na Young-jin walked out through the crowd with a happy expression.

“What is this? Why are the reporters gathered here?”

“I told you not to be surprised.”

Na Young-jin smiled happily and led Jae-ik to one side.

“If you don’t hold a press conference here, even briefly, it’s going to be a real big deal. Because they set up a brief press conference over there. let’s go.”

On the other side of the airport, in a large, empty space, reporters were already camped out in a circle, and employees could be seen holding a pile of microphones tied together.

“Jaeik was literally thirsty after you went to Poland and went to America and didn’t come back to Korea for a while. Poland loves games, makes games, makes movies and dramas in Hollywood. Detective overseeing production there. Literally, the gukppong overflows because it can’t even reach the top of your head. Because I couldn’t solve it.”

Seeing Na Young-jin briefing him with a rapid-fire gun in the short amount of time he was moving, Jae-ik roughly understood the situation and nodded.

“Besides, the fourth second work recently. it. As the contract was revealed, donation relays are lined up. Is it a big issue right now? So would the US. I did not know? You also donated, and even said that you are donating the entire royalties and down payment for this work. Even if you don’t talk, you know? In addition, even the musical is a test stage, but we decided to set Korea as the premiere stage.”

I’ve never heard such a thing. That kind of news that donations have increased. I just skipped it because of musical practice.

“Why?”

“The result of adding a virtuous cycle of good influence to put it simply because there is no time? The ripple effect is beyond imagination. Because even the news is talking about an unexpected result.”

After that, Na Young-jin stepped aside, and Jae-ik had a pile of microphones in his hand.

“How does it feel to be back in Korea after a long time?”

And as soon as Jaeik grabbed the microphone, questions from reporters poured in.

“Even if I travel again, it always feels good to come back to my hometown after a long trip. I feel very good.”

It was a very rare case for reporters. Because Jaeik himself doesn’t show his face well on TV. Not only on TV, but also in interviews.

“You made a surprise announcement that the musical test stage you produced this time will be held in Korea. Any special reason? In addition, in the case of the 1st Seoul performance, the reservation itself is not open and the venue is undecided. Other musicals are getting a lot of attention as all seats are sold out in one minute.”

“If there is a special reason, it is because of the fans. Fans who like me and like my work. Is there any reason as special as that?”

Jaeik stopped talking for a moment and nodded while looking at the dozens of cameras taking pictures of him. Just like I talked to Harold before coming to Korea, it didn’t seem too bad to talk about it now.

“The reason why the 1st Seoul premiere cannot be booked is simple. For the 1st Seoul premiere, I will stand on the stage myself. First and last. That is why the seats on that day will be a special stage for my fans.”

After Jaeik’s somewhat lengthy words ended, people’s exclamations and words of astonishment were heard. The fact that Jaeik was on stage in person wasn’t particularly well known in the US, so it was true that he was completely unaware of it in Korea.

“I would like to take this opportunity to say thank you to my Youtube and Archivists. And as I just said, it’s a stage for my fans. Seats for the day will be invited by lottery from Gene Tube and Archivist. That’s why we don’t book separately.”

After coming to Korea for the first time in a while, he kept pouring out shocking remarks. The producer himself is standing on stage, so that the performance will literally be for the fans?

“What are the invitation criteria?”

“How many people do you plan to invite?”

“I am concerned that too few people will be invited compared to the number of people expected to apply!”

“If only about 2,000 people are invited, there will definitely be concerns. Do you have any countermeasures against this?”

I could hear reporters scrambling to ask questions, but Jaeik turned his head slightly to look at Kangseok. Probably by now, Kang Seok would have posted a notice on Youtube and Archivist.

When such a shocking question came up in the beginning, the questions that followed were relatively drained.

“You have accomplished so much in America. What is your end goal?”

And at the last question of the interview, Jaeik smiled and looked at the faces of Kang Seok, Na Youngjin, and some of the staff who came to the airport.

“I don’t know the final goal because I’ve never thought about it, but the goal right in front of me right now is to grow the Challenge Everything Factory even bigger. It’s not an IP supply company, it’s a supply company, but it’s also a production company. Not only in Korea, but also in America. Not just my IP, but various IPs.”

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Just like when I first entered the country, the camera flash started to go off like crazy.

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“You really said you came to Korea right? Didn’t you tell me about that though?”

Jae-ik, who got into the car leaving behind the continuous questions and the exploding shutters, burst into laughter at Kang-seok’s question.

“That’s the biggest impact, but if you say it, use it. By the way, what is the donation?”

When I asked a question to Na Young-jin, who was sitting in the back seat, Na Young-jin sent me an archivist’s summary.

[About the virtuous cycle of Song Jae-ik’s good influence.]

This article with a slightly embarrassing title said that the donation procession started to increase from the time the contract of Ricky’s story was leaked, and that many donations are continuing from those who like fan fiction. like a fad.

“No, the book hasn’t even been released yet?”

The text I saw while scrolling down the phone screen was a series of completely unexpected things. However, it was not just one person donating tens of millions of won to hundreds of millions of won.

“People are moved. Jae-ik is in this situation you created. So, in this way, the action relay continues. If it were serious, the media would report it even using the word “unusual phenomenon.”

One dollar, one thousand won. If you can afford it, I started donating tens of thousands of won and several tens of dollars. It only adds up to tens of millions, hundreds of millions, and billions of dollars.

“This is true.”

“To be honest. I didn’t know that I would say such embarrassing words with my own mouth. It’s Song Jae-ik you trust and watch, right? Because I am sure that your work will be interesting no matter what you present.”

Na Young-jin nodded at Kang-seok’s words. In other words, it could not have been a great achievement. That someone completely believes in you.

It was a simple action that I started with the hope that people would enjoy my content a little more.

“Ah, anyway, there was a fuss with Nutube and the archivist. I’m going crazy now. It’s like doing real fan service right.”

It was as Kang Seok said. This is the first performance of the world musical. Most concert halls in Korea were unable to get out of the 2,000-seat range.

Isn’t it a musical that the stage and sound are so important?

However, it was not intended to satisfy just 2,000 fans. Of course, I wanted more people to join us.

“A gymnastics venue is crazy. It’s even more surprising because the seats are likely to be full.”

It was a 15,000-seat stadium. It has a history of performing by many famous domestic and foreign singers, and the sound was good as it was recently remodeled into a K-pop venue.

Wouldn’t that be a nice place?

“Thanks to that, the stage was slightly modified to fit the gymnastics venue.”

Right now, at the gymnastics venue, they thought it was just a performance by foreign musicians, so the stage construction would be in full swing.

“Yeah, what. It’s been a long time since I’ve been working properly.”

Before I knew it, the car arrived near the company, and there were already many reporters gathered near the company.

“These days, that’s why I commute mostly underground these days. ride the car I just walked to work, got caught, and interviewed for an hour is standard.”

As Na Young-jin said, when we went into the basement, the employees were waiting for Jae-Ik with their faces sticking out.

“It’s been a while, everyone.”

“Five! president! It’s the boss!”

The staff who came downstairs waved their hands as Jaeik came down, smiling broadly at the sight they hadn’t seen in a long time and waved together.

The more Jaeik was active, the more their shoulders went up. On the Internet, the term owner risk has become commonplace. Deterioration of the company’s management or loss of image due to the owner’s problems.

But what about Jake? Should I say owner benefit?

It’s because it makes everyone who belongs to it proud by its existence.

It’s been a long time since I visited the representative office, but the representative office was kept in a neat condition.

And the boxes on the brief conference table…?

“What is that?”

“Ah, fan letters. I’ve been collecting things here one by one. As for the gifts, I made a list and sent it to you like I saw last time. I put the letters here.”

Jaeik put the boxes piled with letters on his desk.

“I’ll check that later step by step. Let’s start with the meeting. Regarding the establishment of a branch in the United States and the issue of conversion to a corporation.”

I really wanted to grow it properly.

“When converting to a stock company, Mflix and Watpad decided to invest. subject to a certain share.”

Thanks to the unintentional publicity of Ricky’s story, Jaeik’s ransom was increasing.

It was a profit that could be eaten for dozens of years with just the world behind the scenes. It suddenly came out with a children’s fantasy, and even before it was released, word of mouth was full of great interest and even that it was not usually fun.

Thanks to this, Mflix and Watpad were the first to seize the last chance at the same time. It is a condition of receiving a share at the same time as a certain amount of investment along with the conversion to a corporation.

“And I plan to distribute some of the shares to the employees.”

Some stocks were intended to be distributed differentially to employees who had been with them from the beginning. If you work hard, shouldn’t you be rewarded for it?

“It will be a bit of a headache to have to go through Korea and the US at the same time. Because there are so many things to check. Kang Seok-i, please take care of it. Lawyers and other matters are said to be introduced by the Korean side and the American side by Mflix.”

“All right.”

“It looks like we need to recruit additional personnel, so each part manager identifies the required number of people and reports them. If you have a decent person around you, please go through the hiring process. Webtoon consists of three teams. Animation is two teams.”

“Has confirmed.”

Thinking of growing the company in earnest, there were not just one or two things to do.

“The Nutube production team. With producer Na Young-jin as the head, the video production team changes. We are planning to divide the department within it to further increase its size. First, we plan to absorb Easter Egg Studios.”

Korea thought to prioritize You Tube video content over other content. And I was thinking of leaving that spearhead to Na Young-jin.

Because the content for You Tube that I wrote in my spare time was really overflowing. I was thinking of releasing them all this time.