"Thank you all for your hard work."
"I just hope the results match the effort we put in."
When a big project wraps up, a company dinner is customary.
It was the same for Raywill Games, which could be considered a fairly large developer.
Of course, given that they still had to provide live service going forward, it was less that the project was over and more that the real beginning was now.
"It'd be really nice if the results come out just right and we can snugly pocket the incentives."
"Oh, that would be nice."
They were speaking amicably like that, but everyone here knew it was difficult.
After all, a company naturally chases games that make money.
The dreams of development they harbored when they first joined the company had mostly withered away as they developed mobile games or pay-to-win games.
The game currently preparing for launch was also one with heavy monetization pressure.
It was a game created by directly benchmarking a once-popular game.
Therefore, its performance was somewhat predictable.
With this level of graphics and this level of gameplay, roughly this much revenue.
An estimate of that extent.
"Oh, but where is the Team Leader?"
"He took a half-day off today, saying he'd rest at home."
"Oh, really? He's been taking a lot of time off lately."
"Well, the project is over. And he's a very responsible person. He hasn't been able to rest at all."
The name of the planning and development team leader who wasn't present, Joo Young-bin, was brought up.
Probably, among the people here, there were fewer who hadn't received Young-bin's help.
It was partly because of his good personality, but he was also exceptionally capable; not only in planning, but his programming knowledge was also outstanding, making him the one holding the reins of the team in many ways.
"But it is amazing. There hasn't been a single case where a project he took on got overturned, right?"
"Yes, that's why he was urgently put on Unchained this time too. We barely made the deadline. Phew, it gives me chills."
"His wife must have helped a lot too."
"Still, it's impressive. To never have an overturned project under his planning."
"It's not for nothing that there's already talk about the Director position."
Young-bin's wife, Soo-ah, usually took on programming work as a freelancer.
During crunch times like this, she would come to the office and work together.
She had exceptional skills, especially in UI design and level design.
Because her skills were out of the ordinary, the game coming out this time also had very refined UI and level design for a mass-produced type of game.
The reason they could use her even though she wasn't a regular employee but an outsourced worker was because of that.
Plus, since she was Young-bin's wife, security was thorough.
However, whether it's a game that can properly utilize that was yet to be seen.
"Well, I hope it does well."
Everyone spoke up to that point, and didn't bother to say more.
They just lifted the glasses in front of them and downed another drink.
Honestly, they just hoped it would meet expectations.
A jackpot was beyond their wildest dreams.
"Oh, is that Golden Duckling?"
At that moment, someone said while looking at the TV in the restaurant.
It seemed to be today's broadcast, as the cast and guests for today were being introduced on the TV.
"Why? Is it fun?"
"No, I don't know either since I don't watch it."
"Then why were you acting like you knew."
The team members giggled.
However, the reason he pointed out Golden Duckling was something else.
"Seo-yeon is appearing today."
"Seo-yeon? Ah, the Team Leader's daughter?"
"Oh right, yeah. Golden Duckling is on today."
Joo Young-bin's daughter, Joo Seo-yeon.
Needless to say, she was very famous even within the company.
It was partly because she was the daughter of a promising development team leader, but it was inevitable since she was the most trending actress lately.
"The Chaser was fun, right?"
"The Team Leader's shoulders were practically the Pacific Ocean back then."
"Right, right. He really bragged everywhere he went."
Not many people watched Dream Future because it didn't suit their tastes, but
When a movie surpasses ten million viewers, it's rather the ones who haven't seen it who have a hard time joining the conversation.
Furthermore, not watching a movie starring their boss's daughter?
Naturally, they couldn't do that.
Unless they wanted something to happen to them at work.
Of course, the team members here, even if they didn't watch the drama, all made sure to watch
"The Team Leader must be so lucky. To have a daughter like that."
"And Seo-yeon is so well-mannered, too."
"But isn't Golden Duckling an observation variety show?"
While they were chatting away.
One employee said.
"Ah, it's an observation variety show? ...Observation variety show?"
He didn't watch variety shows much, but he at least knew what an observation variety show was.
Everyone's heads turned towards the TV simultaneously.
Then, right at that moment.
The scene where today's guest was entering.
"Huh?"
Someone muttered in astonishment.
Probably everyone here thought that was their own voice coming out of their mouth.
Because they all had similar impressions.
"Wait, why is the missus there?"
"Well, it's an observation variety show. Young celebrities come out, and their parents appear to run the show."
"The missus is really pretty. She's turning forty next year, right?"
"Forty? Wow, hold on a second. She's ten years older than me?"
"She looks ten years younger than Assistant Manager Kim."
"Ah, that's going too far. Really."
Everyone started chattering, entranced.
Slightly tipsy, the words came out without brakes.
But no one paid any mind to the words.
Because everyone had their eyes fixed on the TV, motionless.
Soo-ah was pretty.
So much so that one couldn't even fathom she was nearing forty.
However, the people here were more concerned about what would come out next than Soo-ah.
'If this is an observation variety show.'
'Wait, this. Could it be...'
No way, no way.
The moment everyone was watching with such thoughts.
The scene changed.
And Seo-yeon's house appeared.
Seo-yeon studying hard alone, and Soo-ah bringing fruit.
And then, following that.
[Dad's here.]
Young-bin opening the door wide and coming in.
Looking at the time, it seemed to be the day he took a half-day off earlier.
The problem was Young-bin's behavior after that.
[Crazy, crazy. Whew, it's chicken stew today, crazy. I'm dead.]
Perhaps dopamine rushed to his head from leaving work early, Young-bin walked around excitedly, bouncing his body.
Young-bin, who first checked what there was to eat in the kitchen, grinned.
'Ah, so that's how he is at home.'
'He was acting a bit dignified at work.'
The employees who saw that each had such thoughts.
On top of that, text was written above Young-bin's head.
[Unaware of being filmed]
That's right.
Young-bin didn't know he was being filmed at this time.
Young-bin looked around, searching for something.
He awkwardly put something on.
[What are you doing with mom, our house's head-butting dinosaur!]
Thus, he announced the start of the variety show.
***
It was quite fresh at first, but now it was definitely on a downward trend.
It made sense; what does it matter to us if celebrities live well?
Interest was cooling down with roughly that kind of feeling.
It could be said to be the aftermath of observation variety shows springing up like mushrooms after rain on all broadcasts for a while.
At least
- Ah, an actor again
- Does the PD have no sense?
- For real, I get sleepy whenever actors come out
Child actors on
Or cases where slightly older young actors appeared wasn't the first time either.
As for how they were evaluated.
- Fucking not fun
- Actors don't know how to be funny in the first place
- We're here to watch a variety show, not for their image management
- Just don't have actors on
Those were the viewers of
Specifically, the opinions of the community-using demographic.
In fact, episodes with actors had lower viewership ratings than others.
- But Joo Seo-yeon is fun on variety shows too? Haven't you seen Unmanned Survival and Star Eobu?
- For real lol Joo Seo-yeon is just funny
- She is trending lately, but is she that funny?
- I only watched that because she's an actor, is it fun?
Still, Seo-yeon's evaluation wasn't bad.
Probably,
Perhaps because of that.
It felt like a larger viewership than usual was waiting before the broadcast.
In that sense, it meant the casting was somewhat successful.
"It's starting now."
In the variety department, they were secretly anticipating today's broadcast of
Or rather, the employees were on standby, hoping it would become a relief pitcher.
They monitored the viewership ratings, various SNS, and communities to check the reactions.
'Starts at 5 percent.'
As the broadcast started, the first confirmed viewership rating was that.
Not bad.
No, rather good.
Similar to the highest viewership rating day recently.
PD Jeon Ha-young smiled with relief.
'Now it begins.'
She smiled.
She was confident about today's
Truly.
She thought so with confidence and watched the currently airing
The scene was exactly where Soo-ah made her first appearance.
It was from then.
That the viewership ratings started to rise sharply.
***
- But does Golden Duckling need a mom guest?
- True, to be honest, if they come out, they mostly just talk nonsense
- 90% of them are boomers
If one were to point out the fun point of Golden Duckling and the most polarizing part, it was the fact that the mother appeared as a guest.
Naturally, the slightly positive atmosphere at the mention of Seo-yeon's appearance was split half and half there again.
- Joo Seo-yeon is fun, but we don't know if Joo Seo-yeon's mom is fun too?
- Still, if it's Joo Seo-yeon's mom, she'll probably be pretty
- lol If it's Joo Seo-yeon's mom, no matter how young she is, she's mid-forties or fifty...
- The boomer level will be at its highest lol
- Actor mothers have insane vanity
And, as his words ended, the main mother guest of this time appeared in earnest.
Seo-yeon's mother, Soo-ah, entered.
- ?????
- Mother?????
- Wow fuck
- Wait, crazy for real
- What is that, does she have three heads????
- Where did Joo Seo-yeon's mom genes go
- Joo Seo-yeon is tall too
The SNS posts that had been trickling in so far.
And the posts and comments on various communities dealing with Korean variety shows started to rise rapidly.
It was only natural that the attention of the previously indifferent viewers was instantly captivated.
- lol Already fun lol
- For real no lol the variety show is fucking fun lol
- I'm also continuously laughing right now lol
- Seo-yeon's mother's variety goldmine is crazy lol
- Video clipped
- No it's fucking fast, are you a crazy bastard??
- This is worth it yeah
By this point, the viewership that normally didn't watch
In other words, those whose interest in observation variety shows had dropped or those who didn't watch them from the start also began to take an interest.
- Is it that fun?
- Why aren't you watching?
- Why should I watch?
- If you don't watch this, just leave
What on earth is so fun.
If you watch with that thought.
'Ah, so this is why people watch.'
Everyone ended up fixing their channels.
No, it's just that.
There's a lot to explain, but is this truly a woman nearing forty?
Such thoughts.
And her size, too.
Anyway, it didn't take long for Soo-ah's appearance and her memes to spread all over the communities.
Literally, in an instant.
The gathered interest exploded the next moment.
- It's the Unchained development team leader. Isn't it this guy?
[Deeply regretting the fact that we have not properly kept the promises made with the users in Unchained, we will improve the game as soon as possible. All of us at Raywill Games respect the users and will do our best to reflect their opinions...]
The man who excitedly entered Seo-yeon's house.
The video that was uploaded as soon as his face appeared.
It was the man who appeared at the
The figure known as the development team leader.
The video of him bowing his head deeply with a serious face.
- Looks like it's him??
- Joo Seo-yeon's dad was a game director??
- No, he's a development team leader
- No but the excitement is crazy lol fuck chicken stew is delicious true
The demographic using internet communities naturally has deep ties to games.
So, the game Q&A meme that circulated in internet communities for a while.
There were quite a lot of people who remembered Young-bin, who had appeared briefly in that meme.
[What are you doing with mom, you head-butting dinosaur!!]
Added to that, Young-bin's words as he opened Seo-yeon's door and shouted.
- Head-butting dinosaur lol
- Joo Seo-yeon is a bit of a head-butting dinosaur yeah;;;
- Joo Seo-yeon is bad at games??
- Yeah, if you don't know, try playing until King rank, she just has no gaming sense
Plus, some people saved Seo-yeon's dumbfounded face when she saw Young-bin come in as a meme because it was so funny.
Because it was rare for Seo-yeon to make such an expression.
But that was only for a moment.
Seo-yeon, who seemed to have made a firm decision about something, suddenly started a game.
Naturally, the group who was having fun watching.
- Wait, a game here?
- She must be trying to cash in on the gamer coin
- Actors always do something like consoles or games.
- They need to show a commoner image, but that's the only thing that comes to mind
- But Joo Seo-yeon originally likes games
The moment complaints popped up again at the sight of Seo-yeon playing a game.
[Wow, she rams right into it as soon as she sees it. As expected of our daughter, truly an astonishing play.]
If only Young-bin hadn't suddenly started snickering next to her.
The text [Unaware of being filmed] floated above his head once again.
[Your colleague is doing voice chat? He probably wants to have a deep consultation with your daughter, yeah. Should Dad do it for you? She's going to look for Dad anyway.]
[That friend really seems to want to win, shouldn't we help him a bit??]
[Ah, not qualified to win? Is it something like that?]
[Be it test scores or games, our daughter's creativity is top-notch, I admit.]
At the sight of Young-bin chattering nonstop next to her, Seo-yeon's arm was captured trembling.
Young-bin also teased her while watching Seo-yeon's reaction at first, but.
- Huh? She's not reacting today???
- lol for real exactly that feeling
- Is she usually like that???
- No it's fucking hilarious lol Why is her dad watching her get parent-insulted next to her lol
- Can they show this on broadcast??? lol No, it's funny but
As Seo-yeon, who was being filmed, didn't react, Young-bin's teasing speed gradually increased.
And finally, Joo Seo-yeon exploded.
[Dad.]
[Yes?]
[Do you know what a gyro drop is?]
Seo-yeon's sunken voice.
- What do you mean, Seo-yeon, Seo-yeon
- No wait
- Why is she suddenly grabbing the chair
- ?????
And it was then.
The moment Seo-yeon lifted Young-bin up along with the chair he was sitting on.
At the sight of the chair violently shaking up and down and rising again, Young-bin let out a pitiful scream.
- Joo Seo-yeon style Jigae ride;; Shocking
- No fuck how is that possible, is she a crazy bitch really???
- Joo Seo-yeon is originally strong yeah
- No you crazy bitch, it's not a level you can just pass off as being strong
- If I can't, what are you gonna do about it lol Go spar with Joo Seo-yeon once
- No, that's not what I meant...
It was only natural that the community exploded.