Kwon Hyuk-jin, CEO of ‘Performance’, an advertising agency.
The performances he runs are very diverse.
In addition to ordinary viral marketing, they also carry out exaggerated advertisements cleverly mixed with lies, and spread rumors that disparage competitors if the unit price is right.
They receive requests to promote new entertainers and do underhand work, and produce and spread rumors and rumors to bring down popular entertainers.
In addition, he was also running a so-called lecca channel that collects all sorts of incidents and accidents, adds a lot of seasoning, and processes them into provocative stories that suit the public’s taste and increase the number of views.
In a word, Kwon Hyuk-jin’s performance was of very poor quality among viral marketing companies that snooped on anything that turned the public’s attention into money.
“f*ck, that’s ridiculous. He goes to fix his arms with one weapon, you crazy bastard. After a month or two anyway, what, 100 million? You know 100 million by some kid’s name.”
However, no matter how hard you work hard to earn money, it is useless if there are many corners where money goes.
Besides games, his bank account was not very comfortable as he spent money on various things such as gambling, women, and alcohol.
Hyeokjin Kwon. In LOST, he is called the Blood King, and when he saw that the price of the item he wanted was too high, he hit the desk in annoyance.
“f*ck. Why are the bastards who eat broadcasts and commercials so slow? If you sprinkled rice cakes like that, shouldn’t you bite right away?”
Kwon Hyuk-jin recalled the preview video of a bloody guild large-scale raid uploaded a few hours ago.
Since I used stimulating words such as first, large-scale, and raiding as keywords, it could be said that the aggro of the gamers was irresistible.
Aggro will be interested soon. Public interest becomes money. Knowing that well, Kwon Hyuk-jin prepared for information about the raid to leak and uploaded a preview video of the raid.
The guild members were told that the bloody guild was to become a truly large and strong guild, but in reality it was all a performance for money.
‘But why doesn’t the bite come like this-‘
Just as the impatient Hyukjin Kwon was about to get irritated again, a messenger rang.
[Boss, did you get a call from the cable broadcasting company? And a company that makes virtual reality capsules contacted me… Oh, wait a minute.]
[I got a call from two internet broadcasting platforms at the same time. I keep getting inquiries from the guild, not from the company. What should I do?]
It was a money-making message from Kim Mi-ri, his secretary and guild member.
Hyukjin Kwon grinned and smiled.
“As expected, there’s no way the crucian carp kids won’t be entangled in an event like this and they won’t be hungry.”
Kwon Hyuk-jin, who smells money like a ghost, was convinced.
If this thing goes well, he will have success on a different level than he is now.
* * *
The iron necklace and earrings sold at a much higher price than Do-jin expected.
12,000 gold in LOST gold. It was sold for a cash value of around 12 million won.
Great price for just 2 accessories.
There is no level limit, and the advantage of being able to recover to some extent if you use it and then sell it again was the reason that the price was raised a lot.
Do-jin, who got a bigger amount of money than he thought by disposing of other loot, decided to use it all as a preparation fund for revenge.
Excluding living expenses and emergency funds, the remaining available amount is 18,000 gold.
‘I think I can use a little more of the weapon I’m using now. It’s okay to use something with accessories… If I change the armor to something usable, it will be quite sturdy.’
The “Suspicious Ceremonial Sword” obtained from the Hidden Dungeon had a high item grade and had the condition of having to endure a defense penalty, but its attack stats were comparable to those of a level 50 weapon.
Likewise, the rare item obtained from the hidden dungeon, the [Dark Robe], was also an item that was so good that I did not want to change it.
So, Do-jin decided to replace the other armor that he had poorly adjusted.
The only problem was that it was difficult to buy good armor even with all the money they had.
As much as that, the price of equipment in the 50th level, which is the highest level in LOST, was expensive.
The level before level 50 is actually an extension of the tutorial, and the real game starts at level 50, so the level of difficulty such as combat, growth, and item farming rises dramatically because it is this section.
In fact, it starts from 1 million won unless it is F-class, which is no different from junk, and if you want to use it a little, the front seat will change to 3.
Even if it is B grade, which is about the rarity level of other games, if the option is slightly good, it will cost 10 million won.
Just looking at this, I could see how great the thirst for equipment was among the users who were currently distributed in the top ranks.
On the outside, so-called rice users who play LOST as a job write provocative articles claiming that they can earn thousands of dollars just by eating just one piece of equipment, but in most cases, these words were just bullsh*t.
The setting cost required to enter the hunting ground, which had to be used to eat items of that price, ranged from thousands to hundreds of millions.
What actually makes money are users near level 40 who have a fairly low level of difficulty and reasonable item prices, and the reality is that users who want to go out to the top are not making money, but throwing it away and growing.
‘But this only applies to the clumsy upper ranks.’
By spending more time, more money, and more effort than others.
It is not easy to get back something as much as you spent to get ahead to the extent of getting ahead.
Do-jin in his previous life was such a person.
In order to shake off the competitor who is coming after me, I spend several times the amount of money, try many times more, hunt… … .
However, those who did not simply go ahead, but went up there, to a place so high that it was difficult to catch up, were different.
Those who made an overwhelming difference with something that could not be solved simply with money and time, such as information, talent, and skills that only they knew, gained a lot.
‘The Blood King was like that too.’
But this time, the good luck he got won’t be his.
Do-jin intended to use the opportunity that the Blood King had as a starting point and stepping stone to fly high.
But that’s it.
“… Item price is insane. Even C-class is expensive, so I can’t use it.”
Seeing that even C-class equipment went back and forth at least 5,000 gold, his mind went back and forth along with it.
Do-jin had no choice but to purchase C-grade equipment for the top and bottom, and compromised with D-grade items for the rest of the equipment, such as shoes.
“Still, this is worth trying even for a B-class.”
However, there are always items with excellent value for money.
Dojin checked the price of the B-grade equipment 「Ramael Detail Silk Gloves」.
As expected by Do-jin, even though it was a B-grade equipment item, the price of 「Ramael Detail Silk Gloves」 was extremely cheap, with the lowest price being 2,000 gold.
“Because there is no way there would be a madman who would use equipment with an option to increase mana consumption.”
The current LOST mainstream meta is that caster classes, including magicians, drool and run at them like drug addicts when they see the mana recovery option.
In such a world, it is only natural that an item with a 30% increase in mana consumption would be treated as sh*t beyond a thousand generations.
Instead of consuming additional mana, it has the effect of amplifying the effect of the skill cast by 10%, but in the era of hemp or lack of mana, this option was inevitable.
However, wearing 3 pieces of magic steel accessories with 「Mana Heart」 and mana recovery options, and even higher stat points than others.
It was a very attractive option for Do-jin, who met the conditions that he would not have to suffer from lack of mana, to obtain a 10% increase in magic effect instead of a 30% increase in mana consumption.
“Are you lucky even here?”
It was just when Dojin was trying to buy gloves at the exchange for 2,000 gold.
Someone posted a new listing at half price.
It was like saving 1,000 gold in gold and 1 million won in cash.
“You look pretty upset. Well, it’s worth it.”
The probability of obtaining B-class equipment by hunting normal monsters in hunting grounds above level 50 was extremely low.
If you catch an elite or boss class, the probability goes up all the time, but in the first place, such a rare monster boasts a slimmer chance to encounter.
Either way, it was said that acquiring B-grade equipment felt like winning a chance to be struck by lightning as a gamer.
However, if an item that broke through that low probability is an item that does not sell well even at a low price, you have no choice but to be angry.
Dojin mourned someone whose name he did not know, recalling the memory he had also experienced, howling from the east, west, north, south, and north while holding the garbage that protruded through the filthy low probability.
While buying things that came up cheaply with your hands.
Total shopping amount 12,500 gold. Although he spent a lot of money, Do-jin, who replaced all important armor, including top and bottom, head, shoes, and gloves, was able to dramatically improve his defense compared to before spending money.
and last. The place where Do-jin invested most of his remaining money was the 4-star magic skill he was able to learn as he passed level 50 and the magic circuit expanded to just below the elbow.
Like the equipment items, the price of the 4-star magic skill book bordering on level 50 was also extremely expensive.
It was impossible to learn multiple things in the first place, so Do-jin bought only the one magic skill book he needed the most right away.
The 4-star attack type magic of light attribute [Flashing Spear].
“… No matter how early the game is, over 5 million won for one skill book is really… … .”
Still, it’s a happy moment when you learn the magic that you can live with money like this.
When it came time to touch the magic that started to have various conditions to learn, that was the beginning of the real struggle.
There are magic that require proficiency for properties and series as well as proficiency for lower magic, and even specializing in a certain property may not be able to handle the opposite property.
Do-jin, who had a magic circuit specialized in ‘destruction’ in his previous life and was unable to use other magic at all, could be said to be a representative and extreme example.
‘Well, it’s something I don’t have to worry about now.’
An evil smile formed on Do-jin’s lips as he recalled the troublesome wizard training process.
She suffered extreme pain in her previous life, but thanks to the Book of Truth, she can learn magic without worrying about the boundaries of attributes and classes.
That’s why I was able to smile broadly with all my heart at the future misfortune that many aspiring wizards would experience.
Do-jin was already very proud of the future in which the wizard bulletin board would be filled with all sorts of swear words and screams.
“As expected, people should only live with good thoughts.”
Perhaps because of his positive imagination, the price of the skill book, which had seemed expensive until just now, seemed reasonable.
[You have acquired the 「Flashlight」 skill.]
“Now the preparations are over.”
You just have to wait for the time to come.
Of course, I will hunt hard in the meantime.
* * *
on the morning of October 10th.
Blood King, the guild leader of the Blood Guild, was talking on the phone as Hyukjin Kwon, not as Blood King.
[“You must expose the newly designed emblem this time. It’s like a surprise announcement that the Bloody Guild is a team affiliated with Dynamic Gaming.”]
“yes. of course. The entire raid process will be broadcast in real time, and throughout the process, modified guild emblems will be exposed on the shoulders and backs of guild members. I’ll finish the raid and put the guild flag on the corpse at the end.”
[“Yes, please.”]
As soon as I finished the phone call with a large professional gaming team, a new phone call came in.
[“Hello, this is PD Hwang Woo-young of KGN. It’s 3 hours before the transmission, but they haven’t allowed the transmission yet. As we do TV transmissions in addition to broadcasting companies’ YouTube channels, we had to do some tests similar to rehearsals. I want you to turn on the option to allow video transmission as soon as possible.”]
“Ah yes. I was just trying to connect. We will take care of it as soon as we log in.”
[“thank you. Oh, right, right. there, what is it Isn’t it true that only we allow the change of perspective?”]
“Absolutely. You organized 5 minutes of bloody guild advertisements during prime time. Speaking of which, that ad is 5 times one minute each, right?”
[“Ayu, don’t worry. If there is no problem with the transmission of raid broadcasts, 10 or 15 minutes will be organized instead of 5 minutes. Instead, you know that we do an interview first before stopping by the lintel room, right? Even though we are cable, we are not a regular broadcaster. The class is different from the lintel, the class.”]
“hahahaha, of course. Please do a real-time broadcast by making the point-of-view switching part awesome.”
After finishing the call, Kwon Hyuk-jin laughed at the other party.
“Byeongsin is a regular broadcaster. Bastards who live off taxes are only proud of themselves. Anyway, it’s about making up for the deficit through YouTube and internet transmission.”
Then, during the call, I checked the accumulated messages.
As the smartphone screen was filled with money-making stories, Kwon Hyuk-jin smiled broadly.
“Anyway, when this job is over, I’ll have to sell another corporation.”
Kwon Hyeok-jin, who envisions a rosy future, no, never dreamed of the King of Blood.
That there is a very dark shadow on the tantan road you dream of.
Without knowing it, he lay down in a capsule and connected to LOST.