Debut or Die - Chapter 100

If I can’t debut, I’ll get a fatal disease Episode 100.

When I woke up, my boss was gone.

‘Is it a dream?’

It was not a dream.

The general manager, who had been fighting with the fans for the past few days, had disappeared.

Of course, it is not a resignation. I just went back to where I was originally working.

As it turned out, it seems that the general manager was slowly holding his portfolio and looking at Tulle angle.

According to what the working-level staff picked up through Cardera, they originally intended to stay for only one year.

In the middle of that, a dispute with the fans arose, so I used it as an excuse to talk about it well above, and it was blown away.

And, of course, the ‘collaboration between Testa and the game’ that was included in the director’s portfolio… … .

followed up I already signed the contract.

‘X feet.’

That said, I can’t frown at the fans I like because I sent the general manager away and ask them to do something about this.

I accepted reality and started getting ready to go out.

Today was the Friday when the meeting was scheduled.

* * *

“Hello~ I am a big fan!”

“hello!”

“hello!”

The two people I met at the meeting were unexpectedly a man and a woman with a calm impression.

It was to the point of feeling sorry for having foreseen the impression of a fraudster.

Besides, this side also seemed a bit dazed, perhaps because the collaboration story was sudden.

“that… Shall we start by explaining our game?”

“Yes yes!”

“I will listen.”

“Yeah then… …

What follows… It sounded quite unique and fun.

That, too, was surprising.

‘Hoo.’

“… So, the main story of the game is the story of the main character exploring Seoul, which was destroyed by a mysterious substance from a meteorite. It is a roguelike adventure where you meet various factions in Seoul and your friends and abilities change depending on your choices.”

“It sounds like a lot of fun!”

“Oh, thank you!”

First, Kim Rae-bin clapped and came out.

This… It’s a sign that everything will be fine.

Surprisingly, does this mean that what the head of the headquarters threw away might not be trash, but high-quality beef?

Besides, these people were quite friendly. It doesn’t mean that you are just friendly with words, it means that you have a goodwill that can be used for work.

“Actually, this collaboration… We also received it suddenly, so we didn’t have enough time to investigate, but when we checked the basics… The ‘Magical Boy’ you created was really cool.”

“Oh, thank you. We also want to check out the game soon. It sounds like a lot of fun.”

“Oh wait then… Would you like to play?”

“yes?”

“We’re fixing bugs, but it’s already playable! There will be no problems with the progress.”

A smartphone device came out of the arms of the person sitting on the left. It was a large Android model.

The person who turned on the game screen by flicking the smartphone handed it to Liu Cheng-wu.

“ah… … .”

“Me! I do!”

Ryu Cheong-wu, who accepted it a little awkwardly, turned into a puzzled face at Cha Yu-jin’s earnest request.

However, I thought that it would be better for someone who is good at it and has fun, so I handed over the smartphone with a request.

“Write carefully.”

“Yeah!!”

Cha Yoo-jin quickly received it and started playing with her eyes shining. The rest of the members started looking at the screen with curious expressions.

‘… I think they’re excited too.’

Conscious of the two people looking at Testa with excitement and tension, I also looked into the screen.

Perhaps because of the high degree of freedom and being mobile, it was difficult to implement everything in detail, so the game proceeded with text and graphic illustrations alternating.

However, it was very sophisticated and conceptual.

Besides, it was fun. The composition of gathering allies and clearing the story chapter was quite good.

‘this… It’ll work.’

It was a quality that made me understand why T1 took over.

‘… But where do you put idol publicity here?’

Just thinking about it makes me very speechless.

Anyway, Cha Yoo-jin, who finished Chapter 1 in an instant, exclaimed excitedly.

“It’s so much fun!”

“Oh~”

“Thank you.”

The two struggled to get the smartphone back from Cha Yoo-jin, who felt sorry for him.

And he said with a smile on his face.

“How have you been? Is there a part where you think something like this would be nice if we did a collaboration?”

“… Mmm.”

“I think we need to think about that from now on.”

“… Also, right? We will think about it too.”

It was a situation that everyone expected, so there was nothing to be solemn.

Still, it was a great harvest just that the game wasn’t a failure anyway.

“Thank you~”

“See you next time.”

The first meeting ended with an ambiguous conversation, ‘let’s think about each other’. However, the atmosphere was fine, perhaps because the view was not bad.

“I would like to change the BGM of that game and use it as the title song.”

“… Isn’t that an advertisement, so it can’t be played on airwaves?”

“Hut.”

Kim Rae-bin, who was drawing a picture to see if he had been inspired in his own way, was troubled by Lee Se-jin’s point.

And I was a little relieved.

‘I’m sure the brand image won’t be destroyed.’

I might be scolded for being irrational and my grades would drop, but I didn’t think it would become a joke enough to interfere with the release of the next album.

‘Now the question is, what the hell are we collaborating with?’

Regarding this topic, a discussion took place as soon as we entered the inn.

First of all, Chungwoo Ryu delivered the proposal he heard from the working-level staff at the company.

“Isn’t it the cleanest way to exchange recorded songs and game BGM… is the current opinion.”

“Um, that’s fine.”

There was no one to interfere, so it was said that we should just make a collaboration with the pattern and finish it in moderation.

‘I can feel the sadness of office workers.’

But unexpectedly, Sejin laughed and shook his head.

“Ah~ Then, are we the only ones who work too hard?”

“uh… ?”

“They are both music-related! It seems that only the AR team and us will suffer… … . Um, I think I should bring something here too. I~”

That’s right.

‘It’s not that there’s no loss, it’s that I’ve reached the point where I need to make a profit.’

Certainly, if you go that way, only the work will be added, and the benefits will only end up eating the game company.

This is because the game receives a publicity effect, but there is no gain in recognition that Testa will gain by collaborating with a game that has not even been released.

‘… It’s rare for gamers to fall in love with idols because of the BGM.’

“Then what is your opinion?”

“I’m going to think about it from now on~ If I have to work anyway, I like the taste of the one with compensation.”

“Mmm.”

And just as people were about to sink into their worries, Sejin Lee opened his mouth with a quiet voice.

“… Just leave it to the company people. Isn’t it strange that they even ask us to decide what to collaborate with when we’re busy preparing for the album?”

“Hyung, then the amount of work… … .”

“That’s for the AR team to figure out. We just have to say we’re going to record.”

Lee Se-jin just cut it off.

“In the first place… this situation is weird Why do rookies make and decide things like this? It’s not that the company doesn’t have money.”

“… … .”

It’s so true that I just want to accept it.

Lee Se-jin, who rarely talked a lot, was breathing heavily. It must have been something I had been thinking about for a while.

And Cha Yu-jin replied brightly.

“But I want to do something else! The BGM is not interesting.”

“… … .”

Isejin closed his eyes.

‘That’s right.’

But seeing that he didn’t run away made me feel a lot better.

“Now, then, a majority vote? I want to come up with a new collaboration theme!”

Surprisingly, everyone except Lee Se-jin and me raised their hands.

‘The bad guys.’

It’s not because I’m trying to make a profit, but it’s probably because I want to take on a challenge, or because I want to make a great work.

In the meantime, Sejin pretends to be surprised.

“You don’t want to talk about it?”

“No, I hold off. If you come up with a good opinion, let’s go there, otherwise let’s just make BGM.”

“okay. Let’s proceed like that for now.”

Ryu Cheng-wu spoke again.

“Now then, what are the advantages that our group can gain by collaborating with games?”

“… Can you appear in the game?”

“money? … has crossed the water. The contract is already over.”

“yes. Neither seems relevant this time. The release is just around the corner, so there’s no way you can put us in.”

um that’s right

Even if you had enough time, you wouldn’t want to suddenly include a character from a celebrity right after it’s released in a game that seems like you’ve put so much effort into the world.

‘… for a moment.’

… … Can you think of this in reverse?

“How about this?”

“huh?”

“Don’t ask for our characters to be put in, we pick and use them.”

“… … ??”

I pointed my finger at my smartphone.

“Why don’t we pick out the game characters that resemble us the most and choose a sub song with them?”

“… … !”

“It’s not a title, so it doesn’t matter if you can’t get on the airwaves, and even if you just attack cable and WeTube, the stakes are high.”

A well-made game IP was meant to be sucked into our worldview.

* * *

“That… Are you asking for a list of fellow characters?”

“yes.”

“uh… … .”

The people at the game company I met again were taken aback by the sudden proposal.

They exchanged glances, then answered in slightly half-hearted voices.

“hmm… We do have a fellow character draw system for profit generation.”

“yes.”

“The elements are all random… … ?”

“… … !!”

It meant picking randomly generated characters.

“But I saw an illustration.”

“That was chosen through cartoon rendering… Well, you can see that it was also made randomly!”

“… … .”

I didn’t know it would stop here.

At that time, Kim Rae-bin raised his hand.

“… So, are the names of colleagues that Cha Yu-jin used are not fixed and change every time?”

“Oh, those friends… In fact, they all die at the start of the next chapter.”

“… … !!”

“I had to make the main character explore Seoul alone… haha.”

The people sitting in front laughed hahahoho, saying that they were the only fixed colleagues.

“I hate dying… … .”

Cha Yu-jin suddenly became depressed. It seemed that he had settled down.

And I realized

‘… … ? Then why don’t we just use them?’

When I turned my head, everyone except Cha Yu-jin had that thought on their faces.

‘… There were seven of them.’

Thanks to the fact that this game party consists of 4 people, the number of tutorials is set to 8 including the main character.

Liu Qingyu spoke carefully.

“… Can we use some of them?”

“Huh?”

“Oh so… I think our members will take on the roles of the friends one by one and sing and create a stage.”

“… … .”

‘Maybe you hate it.’

If you also received a call for a collaboration in a hurry, you could say that you don’t want to be involved this far.

‘Then calmly talk about BGM… … .”

“omg!”

“… … ?”

“So good!”

“… !!”

“We want to do such a project if we have the time and budget!”

Following the excited woman, a man shouted with both fists clenched.

“My kids are coming out in 3D… !”

“… … .”

Unexpectedly, the collaboration seems to go smoothly.