Chapter 347 – Episode 339. Attube. (2)

“Operations team leader!”

“Ah, Manager Choi. What’s going on?”

The day after the first game against Charlotte, Choi Seong-cheol, team leader and PD of the AT Thunders’ iTube team, visited AT’s operations team leader early in the morning. If it had been last year, he wouldn’t have even thought of coming here.

‘If the president was still the head of the operations team… Ugh… I don’t even want to think about it.’

In fact, Soyoung Cheon, the head of the AT Thunders operations team until last year and the current president of the AT Thunders, was a fairly famous figure within the club.

When Cheon So-young first joined the front desk, she was quite famous for her educational background from Seoul National University and her looks that thrilled people. Moreover, since she had just graduated from college and was young, there was no man at the front desk who did not like Cheon So-young.

But as time passed, the front desk staff felt something was strange. The fact that she drives an expensive foreign car at a young age and that the foreign car changes almost every day. And strangely enough, the president and general manager are in a difficult position, and the last name is ‘Cheon’.

And only after a year had passed and Cheon So-young was quickly promoted to the head of the operations team, did all the front office employees know that Cheon So-young was part of the owner family.

Then there’s the background and the cold personality that doesn’t speak kind words to anyone. There were some employees who secretly or openly looked down on Cheon So-young because of her female gender and background as a non-baseball player, but in the rookie draft the year before last, they strongly demanded Ji Maeng-ho and selected him as the first pick, winning a battle of spirit with former baseball employees. There were very few people who approached or objected to Cheon So-young, who was the head of the operation team.

Hong Hyun-cheol, a scout team leader and former AT Thunders player who had the strongest influence in the front office, even quit his job after a few months after the rookie draft.

If there is a chance that can be reached, is it on the day when AT Thunders wins the game?

Because of this, Choi Seong-cheol, who runs AT’s club iTube, couldn’t even talk about Ji Maeng-ho’s iTube appearance last year. Because Ji Maeng-ho was a player under special management by Cheon So-young.

No one could object to Cheon So-young, who controlled all factors that could affect new players, such as advertisements, interviews, and media appearances. Even if you are a general manager or president. Even the story of the marketing team leader suggesting a promotion using Ji Maeng-ho and being scolded by Cheon So-young for several hours was a famous story even within the front office.

‘Was that day probably the day AT lost? Even the marketing team leader is clueless. Tsk. President Cheon, no one knows that baseball becomes sharper on days when you lose, but you are blinded by performance.’

Of course, such overprotection was not incomprehensible. It is no exaggeration to say that Ji Maeng-ho is the player who supports the team. On days when Ji Maeng-ho’s performance was affected due to external pressure, it was not surprising if the team plummeted.

In fact, the team’s performance was dismal during the period when Ji Maeng-ho was disciplined for bench clearing last year, when he was selected for the Asian Games, and when he was absent from the team this year due to the assault controversy.

However, Ji Maeng-ho’s appearance on iTube was something that could not be given up from the perspective of running iTube. It was true that the number of views increased significantly for each interview in which Ji Maeng-ho appeared.

“Team leader. “Can I use Ji Maeng-ho to film club content?”

“Yes? Ji Maeng-ho?”

“Yes. Every time Ji Maeng-ho appears, the number of iTube views is about 20,000 to 30,000 more than other interview videos, and there are also many iTube comments asking why Ji Maeng-ho does not appear. The fans’ thoughts about Ji Maeng-ho are genuine. Doesn’t Ji Maeng-ho already do almost no other outside activities? As far as I know, they only conduct interviews with certain reporters, but if Ji Maeng-ho appears on the club’s iTube, our iTube will also grow significantly.”

“Is that so? Hmm…”

Despite Choi Seong-cheol’s enthusiastic explanation, the operation team leader Kim Mun-hyeon’s reaction was sour. That’s because Kim Moon-hyun, the head of the operations team, is a man in his late 40s, and the only videos he sees on iTube are news and trot singer song videos.

Moreover, the club’s iTube was not created to make money, but was simply created as a communication channel with fans. In fact, if you think about things like the salaries of the filming team, the loss was quite a lot.

‘Fuck, I’m not really interested?’

And Seongcheol Choi couldn’t help but feel that atmosphere.

‘What should I do? If only Ji Maeng-ho appeared, many fans would definitely see it. Not only AT fans, but also other baseball fans.’

If you had to pick a superstar in Korean baseball right now, it would definitely be Ji Maeng-ho. Not to mention his skills, Ji Meng-ho’s superior physical strength, wild charm, and manly handsomeness were at the highest level among Korean sports stars. He was even more popular than Choi Joo-tae, who has advanced to the major leagues.

It was clear that the number of views would increase if Ji Maeng-ho appeared even briefly in content featuring Ji Maeng-ho as the main character, as well as in other content, but it was too bad that there was no ace to persuade the operations team leader.

‘Should we try to persuade them by attracting fans? Or turn it into a surplus? Will turning a profit work? Considering the size of the iTube team, even a gold button would be difficult… How do I convince you? Should we persuade them that it is easy to ignore the assault controversy?’

However, unlike Choi Seong-cheol’s worries, the problem was resolved quite easily.

“But Ji Maeng-ho wasn’t appearing in the content?”

“Yes?”

“Why did you do that? Did the player refuse? Well, players these days are tsk tsk. We didn’t have anything like that in our time, so we were scolded. “Why weren’t you appearing?”

‘What? Did you just not know? I wasn’t interested at all.’

But it was fortunate. Compared to Cheon So-young, who was very interested, it was better not to be interested.

“Well, that’s not what the player’s doctor said, but what Team Leader Cheon said last year, and now President Cheon…”

“Ah, did you? Well, you must have had an idea. However, you cannot just look at the convenience of one player. One team spirit. You know? No player is greater than the team. There is no exception, even if that player is Ji Maeng-ho. Just do it yourself as long as it doesn’t interfere with training.”

“Really? “Then can I do it starting today?”

“Yes. What if there is no training? Players also need to provide fan service. His salary comes from his fans. “If you can’t even do that, you can’t do it.”

‘Nice!’

“All right. Thank you! Team leader!”

A refreshing decision that came out just when I was worried about rejection. Seongcheol Choi bowed his head and continued to express his gratitude.

‘That’s it! If you do this, there will be incentives… First, the vlog takes a while, so I’ll pass. I need to edit it quickly and make it into something that can be uploaded before the operations team leader changes his mind. Do you want to become friends? No, it’s Ji Maeng-ho’s first video, so it would be a bit weird if two people appeared, right? Hmm, what could there be? 10 questions and 10 answers? Yes, 10 questions and 10 answers would be fine. Because there is no soup content like this for the first content.’

Just like that, Choi Seong-cheol left the team leader’s office with his eyes sparkling with passion for incentives.

*

“Hello! Ji Maeng-ho! “You have been contacted, right?”

“Oh, this? I heard they were filming something…”

“Yes that’s right. Ji Maeng-ho: Did you know that our club’s iTube is in operation? Also known as AtTube.”

“Yes, I know.”

When I just joined this club, I said hello to the fans, and I knew that every time I did an interview, I would post it on the club’s iTube. By the way, did you also film something like this here?

‘It’s been a year since I joined, am I the only one who didn’t know? I guess you weren’t bullying me?’

“Actually, there were many fans who wanted to see Ji Maeng-ho on YouTube.”

“Oh, really? But why didn’t you call me?”

“Well, he was a rookie last year, so it shouldn’t affect his performance.”

“… Is that so?”

Fortunately, it didn’t seem like he was being bullied. After listening closely, it seemed like it was because I didn’t have enough time. The fact that you called me now probably means that I also have a lot of free time at this club.

Anyway, it was nice that the fans wanted to see me. The more fans I have, the more pretty women there are, which means the more opportunities I have to date pretty women.

‘I need to use this opportunity to show my true self.’

My true charm that women can’t help but fall in love with. With that promise in mind, I looked around the room and saw several cameras filming me.

“But are you filming now?”

“Yes, we are filming. You can speak comfortably. “If there are any strange parts, they are edited out.”

“Oh, really?”

“Then, let’s go to the official question on AtTube here. Are you subscribed to etTube?”

“No.”

I knew it existed, but I didn’t subscribe to it because I thought it was a channel where interviews were posted. There was no need to watch my interview, and there was no need to watch other people’s interviews. It was beneficial to look at another lookbook while watching things like that on iTube.

“Then can I see what channels you’re subscribed to?”

“Yes, look.”

I unlocked my phone, opened iTube, and held it out to someone who looked like a producer. The camera takes pictures of my cell phone.

“Uh, XX lookbook, AA lookbook, high school girl ASMR. Lovely XX, Missy noona. … Wow, this is the level… The baseball channels are ZIA Tube and MLB Channel… “There’s no place outside?”

The PD looked at the channel I subscribed to and said he was embarrassed.

‘Well, if you’re a man, you can’t help but be embarrassed when you see treasures like this.’

Still, we couldn’t talk much, but I thought it was a bit like talking about a lookbook, so we started off by talking about baseball.

“Yes. Is there really a need to watch Korean baseball on iTube? I only watch major news occasionally. Oh, and I subscribed to Zia Tube because Seungcheol told me to subscribe. Gia Tube is fun. Well, I also appeared there. Jia said she liked it because the number of views has increased a lot these days. PD, please take a look.”

I made a recommendation, but the PD’s expression didn’t look good. But I immediately realized why he was making that expression. Watching baseball iTube while working at a baseball company. I felt like I hated my country too. Plus, when I think of those eyes when I look at the lookbook…

“After all, we play baseball at work, so it’s a bit weird to watch it at home, right? Then how about this? The water level here is crazy these days. “Time flies when you watch this on the bus.”

I recently presented the worst lookbook channel to the PD. Perhaps because it didn’t have the most recent views, it was a very attractive channel to be naked. For your information, my hobby these days has been trying out styles from places like this on my girlfriends.

However, even though I recommended my secret channel, the PD’s expression was not good.

‘Ha, isn’t this enough? I didn’t want to tell you this far.’

“Then how about this? This is an ASMR channel. I’m tired. Really.”

If you turn on the ASMR channel on a night when the woman is not around, the sound of the woman sucking on something echoes in the room.

“Ah, yes… Um, I can’t use this. “Let’s edit this part first.”

“Yes? “Why?”

Could it be that I am subscribing to a better channel than the channel I subscribed to?

“Still, it’s a bit weird to have the image of a baseball player looking at a lookbook. We’re not a Wrecka channel, we’re run by a club, so if we get into trouble because of us…”

… It was such a trivial reason. My excitement at the thought of subscribing to a new channel is cooling down.

‘By the way. Is this something that will cause gossip? What’s wrong with men watching channels where women are naked? Anyway, the problem is that Korean people are not confident.’

“Then I’ll go from the beginning. Just answer the truth. If we think it’s not right, we can cut it out. A fierce player! Do you subscribe to EtTube?”

“No.”

“Ah, that’s a shame. So, I’d like to take this opportunity to like, subscribe, and even turn on notifications.”

“Just a little reminder. It’s inconvenient for notifications to appear. You know? When it appears at the top of my phone, I feel a little uncomfortable. And I only press like on carefully selected works. I only click on the like button if I want to see it again later. “It gets annoying when a man’s voice suddenly comes on while it’s playing continuously.”

“… I’ll go again. Just say you understand.”

EtTube’s PD sighs and speaks. Actually, I was the one who wanted to sigh.

‘I thought it was real, but was it a script? Actually, the club’s iTube level is like that.’

I wanted to show my fans my true self, but they controlled me like this.

“… “It won’t be easy today.”

A muttering sound is heard, wondering if it is the author or someone else. It was obvious that if there was a script like this, as he expected, it wouldn’t be easy to show my true charm.

‘But I still have to show my true self. Because that’s courtesy to the fans.’

The first content conducted with the club. As this is my ‘first’ content to introduce myself to my fans, I decided to show myself without any modifications or subtractions.