[TS] Starting the Broadcast - Chapter 104

BJ Legeno, who once dominated the individual broadcasting world as New Continent TV's number one.

Although his influence has diminished through a year of self-reflection, he's still a force to be reckoned with.

Moreover, unlike other opportunistic BJs or YouTubers who only pretend to reflect for a moment before quickly crawling back out, he thoroughly kept his promise of a one-year period, gaining people's trust and improving public sentiment even more.

Next is BJ Output.

As a visual radio specialist BJ who's recently hit his prime, he's evaluated to be positioned right below the top 3 who dominate New Continent TV.

A popular BJ with 450,000 fan club members, actually surpassing Legeno who's affected by the one-year self-reflection!

These two have joined forces to plan a new project, they say.

-The announcement came out last week and they're accepting applicants. The basic format is similar to "Law of the Jungle", but this has competition. Divided into 2 teams competing for survival.

-Analyzing it, it feels like a survival show mixed with a bit of battle royale style? Anyway, just looking at the content revealed so far, it seems like it'll be super fun. Legeno's head definitely works well for planning.

-For real, I have to agree on that point. There's no one on New Continent TV who can create content as powerfully as Legeno. It's on a completely different level. He even sold formats back to broadcasting stations.

"Wow... hearing about it, it sounds like it'll be really fun."

It seems there's a reason Legeno is called the emperor of New Continent TV.

A large-scale project beyond imagination.

To think this was announced just a week ago, there was a reason I didn't know about it.

At that time, I was completely focused on preparing for the JYC Entertainment audition.

-Mureuppak, One Q, Mubak, Hyena, and Achimjeumsimddaengkka are currently confirmed as 5 members. They said they're picking 3 more.

-But it's based on survival with a spoonful of battle royale mixed in, so why are people like One Q and Hyena included? ㅋㅋㅋ

-For real, One Q is just a basement gaming addict with skin whiter than a woman's, and what more needs to be said about Hyena. She's just obsessed with sucking water balloons from simps.

[User "Tomorrow Is Reserved For Rain" has been chat banned for 1 minute.]

"You shouldn't use swear words."

-Hyena passed too? That's a bit much.

-Then is one of Haeyoon or Bora getting cut? They're always at each other's throats, they're serious ㅋㅋㅋ

-BJB didn't come out for no reason. It's Yaseon-level science ㅋㅋㅋ

Haeyoon, Bora, and Hyena are currently the most famous female camgirls on New Continent TV, often called the top 3 female camgirls together.

Haeyoon who's popular for her short hair, fiery speech, and beauty; Bora who has breasts so large men can't take their eyes off her and blatantly shows sexiness while doing broadcasts that push the limits; and lastly Hyena who's popular for her long straight hair, slim figure, and pure innocence that stimulates men's protective instincts.

-It's a shame. They said they're picking 8 total with 3 men and 1 woman per team, so it would be perfect if Hani joined.

-For real, seeing Hani's kicks she could easily handle 1 man's worth. It fits the project concept so well ㅋㅋㅋ

-But honestly it seems too late. Other people already applied a week ago and entered internal screening, so applying now...

Hearing about it today, it sounded like an extremely interesting and fun project.

But as the viewers said, I was a bit late, and my schedule was packed for a while too.

Right after the weekend I have to send off Lark who's enlisting on Wednesday, and two days later on Friday evening I'm planning to leave for a trip with Mia and Yerin.

'It's a shame but... let's not be too greedy. This just wasn't my opportunity.'

They say excess is as bad as deficiency.

Recently I was able to greatly grow my individual broadcasts and YouTube channel thanks to the article involving two other YouTubers.

I felt it last time while weeding out malicious people too, but after greatly expanding you always need to solidify your foundation.

In that sense, I needed to focus on my broadcasts for a while, firmly establishing my base.

'I can do the broadcasts like that... more importantly, to think Lark's enlistment date is less than a week away.'

As a senior who's already been discharged, I felt quite sorry for him.

Enlisting in this cold weather, he'll have quite a hard time training at the recruit training center.

[If you feel that sorry, why don't you give him some tips and comfort him a lot when you send him off this time?]

'Eh, no need to go that far. You know what they say. You chose this, so endure it with grit! He applied to enlist in November himself, what can I do?'

[As expected, your outstanding personality.]

'Yeah yeah. I know, so stop praising me.'

[......]

I was now completely dominating the helper in our bickering matches.

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The fateful day was approaching.

The day before Lark's enlistment.

Come to think of it, I was too thoughtless.

I asked Lark through messenger.

HaniHani: By the way, where are you enlisting? 306? 102? Nonsan? I recommend 102 Replacement Center ㅋㅋㅋ

Lark: ??? What are you talking about? 102 Replacement Center?

HaniHani: Huh? You didn't even look up the basic info? You get assigned to 306 Replacement Center, 102 Replacement Center, or Nonsan Training Center, get basic training for 3 days, then scatter to each division's recruit training center.

Lark: Ah... thinking about it, I think I've heard of that. But the replacement centers are all gone now. Wasn't 102 Replacement Center closed around 2016 or 2017?

HaniHani: What!? What nonsense is that?

I hurriedly searched the internet, and it was true.

I hadn't paid much attention to that area since being discharged, so I didn't even know this happened.

Lark: Anyway, I'm going to Nonsan Training Center. So what time do you want to meet tomorrow?

HaniHani: I'm meeting Mia at Seoul Station at 9, aren't we meeting you there too?

Lark: Oh, right. Then see you then.

He seemed to want to be alone, perhaps feeling complicated, so I didn't say anything more.

If you're born male, it's one of the biggest events in your life.

Of course, it wasn't a good event.

Maybe because I'm not the one going, but I slept just fine.

I slept soundly, woke up to the alarm I set, did light makeup and dressed in comfortable clothes.

I packed a few items I prepared in advance into my handbag and headed to the bus stop.

Taking a taxi to Seoul Station would cost an astronomical amount, so I decided to use public transportation for the first time in a long while.

Fortunately there was a direct bus to Seoul Station without transfers, so I waited at the stop.

Glance, glance-!

Perhaps because it was early morning rush hour, there were quite a lot of people.

Gazes from all around, regardless of age or gender.

I've gotten used to it, but it's not something you can just get completely comfortable with.

"Ah, excuse me..."

Among them, one man seemed to have mustered up courage and asked for my phone number.

I firmly cut him off and left the bus stop as the bus I was waiting for arrived.

The inside of the bus was packed with people.

As expected, rush hour is hell.

I was going to stand holding onto a handle, when suddenly a man who accidentally made eye contact with me jumped up from his seat to offer it to me.

No, this is too much even so.

I shake my head and ask him if he should offer the seat to the grandmother struggling over there instead.

Then approving gazes pour out on me and the man who nods in understanding.

On the other hand, there were also envious gazes from women around.

These people really live tiring lives from the morning.

"Unnie where are you? I've arrived!"

"Oh. I'm almost there too. One more stop."

I got a call from Mia while riding the bus for a while.

As expected of diligent Mia.

And Lark who's even more diligent will probably have arrived about 10 minutes earlier and be waiting.

Sure enough, when we all gathered at the station a moment later, I was last.

"Oh my, I'm sorry. I should follow you all the way too."

"No, hyung. I'm grateful you came this far."

At Seoul Station, not just Mia but Keulmumu had come to see him off too.

Keulmumu couldn't follow all the way to Nonsan because he had to watch the kids in place of his sister-in-law who goes to work every three days.

He sends off Lark with a deep hug in front of the station.

"Let's not stand around here and go to Yongsan Station first."

"Okay."

"You said you reserved tickets right? What time did you reserve for?"

We move to Yongsan Station and wait to board the KTX.

Three tickets Lark reserved in advance for 9:30 AM departure.

It takes about 1 hour 30 minutes to Nonsan, so thinking about 11 AM, then taking a bus from Nonsan Station for about 50 minutes, there was only about 1 hour of leeway considering the 1 PM entry time.

"Then we should get off at Nonsan Station and have lunch around there. Then take the bus and get off in front of the training center."

"I guess we should."

Lark and Mia nod slightly at my reasonable opinion.

A moment later the KTX train arrived.

We were able to go comfortably since we reserved slightly more expensive first class seats.

Sitting side by side with Mia, I looked out at the scenery occasionally and threw jokes at Lark.

But his troubled expression didn't easily clear up.

Sigh, what a pathetic guy.

If you're going to enlist anyway, go in with a gallant appearance!

... Of course, I had a scowling expression and felt like the world was ending on the day too.

Time passed and it became 11 AM.

We had already arrived at Nonsan Station.

In the past, I started my military life through 306 Replacement Center, so I had no connection to the Nonsan area at all.

"As expected..."

"Hm? What is it unnie?"

Is Mia not feeling it?

The existence of numerous soldiers passing by near the station!

Those who calmly accept the term "soldier uncle" even at a younger age than my current self, sacrificing for the country!

[Then how about becoming a celebrity and doing morale-boosting performances for those hard-working soldiers?]

'The helper has gone completely crazy. Isn't this dereliction of duty? Why don't you go out there instead of abandoning the broadcast?'

[Hmph!]

It seems it was upset about continuously losing our verbal sparring matches recently.

Anyway, after defeating the helper, I decided to look for a place to have lunch with everyone.

"......"

Smack-!

"Ow!"

Since Lark kept having a dazed expression, I gave him one back smash.

Then I said to Lark who had a bewildered expression:

"Don't waste time stupidly. This is your last meal before going in. You won't even be able to dream of it for a while, so choose something delicious that you really want to eat."

"... Okay."

Lark nodded heavily at my realistic advice.

After wandering around for about 10 minutes like that.

In the end, the restaurant we decided on was a meat place that looked like it would be the most expensive in the area.

After ordering an appropriate ratio of beef and pork, I asked Lark about his current feelings.

"Want me to be honest?"

"Yeah. It's not like you have anything to hide."

"I'm a bit scared. There's a lot of talk about advanced military these days, but. I feel like there might still be places with violence. And I'm worried about what if I have bad luck and end up doing military service with weird people."

They were really realistic thoughts.

And they were parts that were really worth worrying about too.

So I decided to give realistic advice too.

"Okay, it's all grilled. You can eat now."

"Thank you! Let's eat first and then talk."

"......"

Can't resist beef, right? My words are correct, aren't they?