Please Do Your Debauchery After You Die - Chapter 296

Episode 296: Mr. Lena’s Plan

Lucia’s myth-grade equipment proxy lottery business was a tremendous success.

Everyone was clamoring to get it done, whether it was for 5 million Lena… or even 10 million Lena.

But luck only went that far.

Receiving a request from MuYang Group, at the 63rd stack of unknown energy.

Owang Company had already succeeded in obtaining myth-grade equipment, considering the stacks that were already built, going about 40 stacks further.

Wangko and Buck Minam Park Bong-sik grumbled a bit about the suddenly increased numbers, wondering if it was a scam, but it was clear they had pulled fewer times than expected, so they returned to their home somewhat satisfied.

“Lucia, I love you!”

And among them, the one who benefited the most was Akatsuki’s Mr. Young-jun.

Lucia successfully drew myth-grade equipment for Akatsuki with almost a budget of about 15 million Lena.

“What? Love?”

However, Mr. Young-jun’s ecstatic remark really got on my nerves.

Love? Love?

I immediately blocked the relationship between Lucia and Mr. Young-jun and shouted firmly.

“Uncle Young-jun is now banned from Sky Island Skypia… or even V-City!”

“Eh? All of a sudden? Why on earth!?”

Mr. Young-jun’s bewildered voice echoed high into the sky.

***

In the second week of February, many things happened.

First, the serious construction funding season began.

Unlike before the regression, our V-Live Company took the first step, but MuYang Group still showcased its strength with the construction funding of 1.4 million Candies and other companies that had been observing quickly joined the construction funding race.

The second contender was Akatsuki.

As a company that boasted the greatest public sentiment among the population, they held construction funding on Saturday, February 11, achieving an astonishing record of 1.12 million Candies with six people, shocking everyone.

No, no matter how good the public sentiment among the population was, how could a company without a big company streamer achieve 1.12 million?

This was an astonishing record that could genuinely be considered unprecedented.

‘Mr. Young-jun’s public sentiment was indeed on a Dorai level. And the Candy power of Kkaenam, which could be regarded as a mini big company, was as rumored. Moreover, even the virtual streamers played their part well.’

Unlike MuYang Group’s virtual streamers, who barely managed 40,000 to 50,000 Candies even with Buck Minam Park Bong-sik’s assistance, Akatsuki’s Mu-yo, Park Nana, and others, being former members of the Decrescendo Crew, had solid basic Candy power.

Without any significant assistance, they each received over 100,000 for funding, definitively contributing to Akatsuki’s record.

‘Seeing this, from Lena World 2 onward, it has become common to secretly monitor the Candy power of virtual streamers. Looking back, this is rather bittersweet.’

Indeed, this aspect revealed the characteristics of the platform.

Compared to LebitTV, Pangea TV was much more explicit about streamers’ income, and whether it should be called freedom of expression, it felt a bit freer in that regard.

As a result, some LebitTV streamers and viewers disliked Pangea TV.

It’s too money-focused.

That atmosphere undeniably existed.

Anyway, the two consecutive hits from MuYang Group and Akatsuki demonstrated tremendous ripple effects on Pangea TV.

The sheer number of Candy funding turned all other companies’ heads.

Everyone was in a frenzy planning landmark construction funding, and the impact did not just end in Lena World, but remarkably spread to Suna Land, which could be regarded as a competitive server.

At Suna Land, the company ‘Orikung’ led by Pocotin recorded a final of 490,000 logs, carrying 200,000 logs alone.

It showcased that they had not yet completely fallen, and the popular streamer Girook’s company at the Starboard, ‘Girookl’, also achieved 600,000 in construction funding, proving that Suna Land was not a barren land.

‘Honestly, if Suna Land had opened the server first and secured big company streamers, the results would have likely been reversed. After all, Yuseona has stronger ties with the streamers and invested heavily in the server, creating a better environment.’

From this, we can understand how important ‘timing’ is.

Despite all conditions being favorable, they were still falling behind just because the server opened late.

But Mr. Lena was not satisfied with this level.

‘Really persistent. Even with myth-grade equipment appearing in the arena, they still couldn’t completely suppress it.’

Of course, Yuseona was a constant thorn in the side, as were the virtual streamers from the (former) Lena Universe that had entered the rival server.

I wished they would be buried without any news, but although not to the level of Lena World, there were still reports of Suna Land’s activities in the community.

In particular, unlike Mr. Lena, whose actions were irresponsible, the news that Yuseona’s goodwill allowed virtual streamers from the (former) Lena Universe to smoothly terminate contracts with their company was the last straw.

It sparked intense anger in Mr. Lena, who was already under stress from server management.

‘But there’s no decent way right now. It hasn’t been long since we updated the arena content.’

They hastily carried out a performance upgrade patch for myth-grade equipment.

The operators were already weary from a tight schedule and didn’t have the energy to carry out anything significant at that moment.

However, Mr. Lena did not give up and thought hard.

‘Right, even without new content, as long as the server connection rate of the streamers increases, it should be fine, right? Then naturally, there will be more posts related to Lena World in the community.’

The server connection rate of the streamers had always been Mr. Lena’s biggest concern.

The authority Mr. Lena had as the server master was solely given because Lena World was thriving.

And it was a clear fact that for the server to do well, the connection rate of the streamers had to be high.

‘To increase the connection rate, ultimately, the resources have to be consumed. That way, the streamers will connect swiftly to earn at least a little money.’

Mr. Lena trusted the data accumulated from operating the server so far.

What happened when the casino opened, and after the vehicle auction was announced?

There were plenty of streamers who endured over 12 hours of connections and labor just to earn money.

The thumbnails of the streamers playing in Lena World were plastered all over the top of Pangea TV’s main screen.

Thinking back to that time made every part of Mr. Lena electrify and dopamine flood his brain.

The server I operate is shaping the prosperity of Pangea TV, a key pillar of our country’s streaming community.

On one hand, it made me greedier.

I wanted to encourage big company streamer Kim Hak-do to get even more active in the second part, and although other streamers were already participating hard, I wished connection times would increase more.

So Mr. Lena thought hard.

How could I use legitimate ‘rationale’ to help streamers spend the resources they have?

But since ideas did not come easily to him alone, he decided to borrow the power of collective intelligence.

He submitted the proposal to the company he created, ‘Lena Government.’

“How can we collect more taxes?”

“Hmm, we’re already collecting 100,000 Lena per person a week and 200,000 Lena for company members; wouldn’t any more be excessive?”

Apple Mong from Lena Government tilted her head, but Mr. Lena didn’t back down.

While subtly hiding his greed, he pushed the staff below him, citing that this was crucial for demonstrating the presence of ‘Lena Government.’

“Hey, we’re not just a company in name; we need to be more proactive. Right? From now on, let’s participate in the arena, gain visibility, and do construction funding. Alright? You won’t do that?”

“Well, that’s true, but…”

Initially, the start of Lena Government felt like a group of civil servants helping Mr. Lena’s work.

The individuals who had been working hard on public works to facilitate construction of public facilities or smooth content progression were grouped under the name Lena Government.

In fact, many of them had grumbled inside.

They had been fervently working in public labor from the start to help server operations, but suddenly being grouped as Lena Government meant they had no opportunity to support popular companies and only struggled without proper assistance.

So it was only natural they would develop a keen interest in Mr. Lena’s proposal.

Especially the word construction funding, which had recently attracted all sorts of attention, made their hearts flutter just hearing it.

“Then what about this?”

“What?”

“The taxes we’ve been collecting so far are based on headcount, right? 200,000 Lena per person. And based on 10 to 15 company members, it goes up to 250,000, 300,000.”

“Right.”

“There’s a limit to how much we can increase that. So, let’s create a new tax. We’ll impose land tax. Tax on the buildings erected on it as well.”

“…!”

It was a proposal perfectly suited to Mr. Lena’s taste.

After praising the proposer enthusiastically, everyone shared opinions and meticulously refined the original proposal.

Of course, in the process, Mr. Lena’s suggestions were reflected actively, leading to a significant increase in the amount of tax streamers would have to pay than initially thought, but it was decided to proceed that way.

“Okay, I’ll announce this as soon as possible. Everyone, prepare the criteria chart so that you can practice collecting taxes based on that. I’ll assign each person a company you’re responsible for.”

“Yes!”

“Understood.”

For the first time, vigor returned to the Lena Government.

Will Mr. Lena’s plan succeed?