blueteamnovel Chapter 83
Chapter 83
A guild doesn’t just revolve around gathering Awakeners.
【Guild Establishment Requirements】 [Initial Member Recruitment]
5 C-class Awakeners5 employees (at least 1 person for each department: Sales, Management, Support, Education, and Legal)
[Guild Office Requirements by Size] 1 Atelier
Less than 10 employeesMinimum office size: 10 pyeongAssociation deposit: 500 million KRW 2 Small-scale10 to 50 employeesMinimum office size: 50 pyeongAssociation deposit: 1 billion KRW 3 Medium-scale50 to 200 employeesMinimum office size: 50 pyeongAssociation deposit: 5 billion KRW 4 Large-scale200 or more employeesMinimum office size: 200 pyeongAssociation deposit: 20 billion KRW
[Contribution to Establishment]
When submitting the guild establishment form, the total contribution points of the initial members over the past three months must exceed 300,000 points.
Recruitment of staff for each department.
Securing office space and submitting the deposit.
Ensuring initial contribution to the association.
All these conditions had to be met for the establishment to be possible.
“This is bad news. Recently, guild offices that only meet the minimum requirements have been used for fraudulent activities, and there have been frequent closures. So the requirements have been tightened.”
Ujiwoo and Sokyeongseok, who frequently visited the association, had different roles.
Ujiwoo handled the commission tasks, while Sokyeongseok took care of intelligence. It was Sokyeongseok who brought the troubling news.
The tightening conditions were quite strict.
【Tightened Requirements】
Increased the number of initial employees (from 5 to 20)Increased deposit by 2 times
“In effect, the approval for an atelier-level guild office is being suspended, and they will only accept small-scale guilds or larger from now on. The deposit now needs to be 20 billion, double the previous 10 billion.”
20 billion.
For Hae Eung-eung, this was a substantial amount to consider.
‘The 20 billion I received from the Reality Return Support Package... Is all the money for a comfortable life going to be used up?’
In a society as rigid as Korea in the 2050s, where even buying convenience store items required a minimum of 50,000 won, spending 20 billion on this venture carried immense risk.
“The deposit is essentially a collateral fund for the association to handle losses in case of wage arrears, unpaid fines, guild bankruptcy, or the death of key members leading to guild dissolution.”
“?”@@@@
“If nothing goes wrong within six months, you’ll get 10% of the deposit back, and if there are no issues for two years, you’ll get 90% of the deposit back.”
This meant that, if they operated without incidents, the deposit wouldn’t just disappear.
“If you’re short on funds, feel free to let us know. We have quite a bit of money saved up ourselves.”
Ujiwoo thought he was giving a sweet, handsome smile. Of course, in reality, he was more of a middle-aged man than a young, charming one.
‘Should I take a look at the accounts now?’
He’d spent money on cigarettes, clothes, and other things. His balance was probably lower than 20 billion, though.
“?”
But, to his surprise, here’s what he saw.
【Total Account Balance】
[Changwon Bank Account]
[1,998,230,000 KRW]
[VTube Banking Account]
[53,050,000 KRW]
[Total]
[2,051,280,000 KRW]
The 20 billion received from the Reality Return Support Package had actually increased.
VTube Banking.
The appearance of an unknown bank account made Hae Eung-eung immediately think of fraud.
“Hey, sis? What’s going on? Why are you suddenly panicking? I don’t know sign language, so please write it down.”
[Money has been deposited into an unknown account.]
“Eh?? Isn’t that fraud?!”
Hae Eung-eung, flustered and causing double the confusion, was joined by Joo Ah-young.
“Was my gameplay video stolen? Is this being shown to the public?”"If you peek at a martial artist without permission, it’s common sense that you’re going to get slashed."
[Let’s call Lee Chae-han and confirm.]
“Did you have his phone number?!”
Min Woosung’s face turned pale.
This was bad.
Desperately, he sat down in the chair as Joo Ah-young laughed.
“You really like games, don’t you? You’re so excited just hearing Lee Chae-han’s name, huh? You should’ve asked for an autograph when you met him.”
“Wait, you met him?”
“Oh, remember that day when the Monster Airstrike Alert went off in Myeongho-dong? That’s when he helped us fight at the convenience store. He was the one who fought alongside us.”
A fellow Awakener who had fought alongside them in a knife fight!
Praying that Lee Chae-han wouldn’t pick up the phone, Min Woosung searched for Lee Chae-han’s broadcast.
[Streamer Lee Chae-han - Live Broadcast]
‘Got it!’
Luck was on his side.
A professional wouldn’t pick up a call in the middle of a live broadcast.
Hae Eung-eung dialed, but Lee Chae-han was busy slaying monsters in the broadcast.
“Ugh, who’s calling during my broadcast?”
He would never pick up the phone while in the middle of a critical battle, trying to set a record.
“Oh? Wow, amazing. Guys, give me a second.”
He dropped everything, abandoning his broadcast and game to answer the phone.
[Lee Chae-han has turned on privacy protection.]
[Video transmission is paused.]
“What’s up? Got an emergency?”“Messing up my record!”
The broadcast cut off temporarily as Lee Chae-han took the call.
“Ah, it’s been a while, Hae Eung-eung. I’m sorry for not calling you first.”
“......”
“By the way, did your younger sister happen to be with you?”
Hae Eung-eung handed the phone to Joo Ah-young.
“Yes, she is!”
“Is there something you need to ask her?”
“She wants to ask you something. I’ll relay it to her.”
Lee Chae-han chuckled, his voice full of joy.
“Remember the interview we did last time?”“Oh yes, the interview.”“You were talking about the game, right?”“Yes, that’s right.”“Do you remember the last thing you said?”
Hae Eung-eung handed her notebook to Joo Ah-young.
(Lee Chae-han): “I was more shocked. How did she answer the interview like that? It even caused a controversy. The funniest part? She does the same thing on her own broadcast.”
That comment, made at the end of the interview, now felt ominous as Min Woosung had mentioned “review broadcasts.”
It raised suspicions in Hae Eung-eung’s mind.
“What did you mean when you said she does her broadcast like that?”
“Uh? It didn’t mean anything... Does she not like talking about broadcasts?”
“No, she doesn’t stream.”
“Oh? Hahaha, are we supposed to laugh here? Sorry, I’m not great with these types of jokes.”
“Yes? What do you mean by that?”
“Oh, don’t pretend you don’t know. With over a million subscribers, if she’s not streaming, a lot of streamers would be out of work. Haha.”
The innocent laughter from Lee Chae-han turned Hae Eung-eung’s suspicion into certainty.
Min Woosung quickly typed a message.
[Urgent. Delete the video of Silent Swordsman appearing quickly.]
[There is a risk of massive loss for the video uploaders.]
Meanwhile, the National Security Bureau hastily began deleting the videos.
“Wait, sis, that video is gone now.”
[Let’s look some more.]
“I couldn’t find it.”
After the call ended, Hae Eung-eung stared at her phone with suspicion.
Min Woosung sighed in relief, but his actions were just a temporary fix.
It was now only a matter of time before Hae Eung-eung realized the truth behind the broadcast.