I May Be a Virtual Youtuber, but I Still Go to Work - Chapter 96

That day, before leaving the president’s office, I ended up signing what he called an ancillary agreement after his persuasion.

Basically, it was a contract stating that the sponsorship money I received while broadcasting would be divided and settled according to a fixed ratio.

The problem was that this income couldn’t be combined with my salary, so I’d have to report it separately when filing my comprehensive income tax in May, or something like that.

As soon as I heard that, I got a headache and said I wouldn’t do it, but the CFO suddenly appeared and said something, so I had no choice but to agree. What did he say again?

If we give out bonuses too liberally, the labor costs item will stick out too much, so we need to adjust the items, blah blah blah.

He said they would help me with the comprehensive income tax filing, and since it was a language from another world that I didn’t understand, I had no choice but to say okay and move on.

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However, the one thing that bothered me was the distribution ratio.

Article 7 [Distribution and Settlement of Revenue]

(1) “A” shall pay 60% of the special revenue under Article 6, Paragraph 8 to “B” (“B” Special Distribution).

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According to the president.

Originally, they had to give 70% based on the first-generation standard, but I stubbornly refused to accept it, so they gave me only 20% as a bonus.

He said 6:4 is the industry standard.

I asked if they could just not give it at all, but then the CFO chimed in again.

There might be other people like me who work at the company and occasionally appear on broadcasts, and in that case, they would create an ancillary agreement based on my contract…

If I accepted too low a rate, they would have no choice but to apply an exploitative rate to others as well.

The CFO’s job is to minimize unnecessary expenses, so my opinion as a founding member of the company would be very important.

I doubted that such a thing would happen again.

But considering that Seungyeon looked a lot like me, I didn’t think it was entirely impossible, so I reluctantly agreed.

It’s a hassle to pour the money I earn back into the company. But I didn’t want someone else to suffer financially because of me.

The problem is, as soon as I said that, the CFO and the president chuckled and told me to look forward to next year’s salary, saying, “So you admit it?”

I’m already worried about how much more they’re going to raise it.

Still, the president gave me a clear incentive by setting a condition that he would reduce it by at least 10% next year, counting 10% for each month if he didn’t cause any trouble.

It wasn’t just a condition for reduction, but I was a little unhappy that there was also a condition that it would increase by 10% if he caused trouble, up to a maximum of 90%, but it would probably be okay.

I’ve seen hundreds of Vtubers so far. I know almost all of their scandals and incidents, so it’s impossible to make a mistake.

So, next year’s rate is 10%. Dreams come true.

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The next day.

Teddy Bear League collab with the Young-goon team.

The game supports up to 2:2:2:2, but since there were six of us, we decided to divide into three teams of two.

– Oom-mae Team –

{Young-goon, Kamick}

– Meow Team –

{Keugemang, Bajubi}

– Woof Team –

{Magia, Serena}

Of course, it would be a bit boring to just determine the winner and loser.

What’s one of the easiest ways to show off the friendship between teams?

A penalty.

Naturally, the most important thing about this broadcast was what penalty the last-place team would have to perform.

[Okay, so the teams are decided like this. What should the penalty be for the last-place team? Keugemang, do you have any ideas?] [First of all, a song. It’s easy and simple.]

[Oh. Good. So, the losing team will sing a song together?]

[Yeah, yeah. Isn’t that perfect?]

[Sounds good. Then let’s start with a song for the first round and get started!]

So, what kind of game is Teddy Bear League?

In short, it’s just a stuffed animal brawl.

However, that brawl isn’t like a typical fighting game with huge impact effects that send enemies flying, breaking walls and floors.

It’s about grabbing the enemy’s hair. Tripping them. Picking them up and throwing them.

In some ways, you only fight with very insignificant skills.

There are also basic skills like dash punches and guard evasion.

But usually, the best way to win is to survive while figuring out the map’s special gimmicks, and then throw the opponent off the map when they fall.

Actually, you can just start swinging wildly and beat everyone up.

If the enemy gets hit in the head by that flying fist, they’ll get stunned and fall, making it easier to throw them.

As you know, I’m a newbie in every game. (Many hours of watching streams)

I have some talent for games, so I adapt quickly, but I still need a little time.

So, my starting strategy was to run away and then throw them.

[Kyaa! Magia! Help! Help! I’m falling!!]

“I’m sorry.”

– No, don’t just say you’re sorry, help me lol

– lololol

– I’m sorry! (Abandoning her teammate)

So, even when Serena got punched in the head and fell, and was thrown out of bounds, I just watched.

I didn’t want to go and rescue her and end up falling myself.

It might seem selfish, but what can I do?

I didn’t want to get the penalty from the start.

It’s not that I’m bad at singing, but I’m not really confident in singing or variety shows.

If the president had ordered me to do it, I would have practiced thoroughly like I did for <Find Rain>, but that wasn’t the case.

Anyway, I ran away as fast as I could.

I deliberately set the escape route so that the other teams would collide with each other, and naturally, the remaining two teams collided, and I ended up winning by default.

{ Round Win! – Woof Team }

The game is won by the first team to win 4 rounds, and I won the next 3 sets in the same way.

I guess I’m really good at dodging and slipping away without getting caught.

As long as it’s not a combative game where your head explodes with one pull, it’s not that hard to survive.

– Final Ranking –

 – 1. Woof Team

 – 2. Oom-mae Team

 – 3. Meow Team

[Keugemang and Bajubi are in last place!]

[Sing! Sing! Sing!]

To be sure, the after-recording broadcast felt very similar to when we met up separately two days ago to have dinner.

Back then, we were playing drinking games while drinking (I don’t like getting drunk, so I refused), and everyone was excited and running around, but Bajubi and I were the only ones who didn’t know what was going on.

Today, it felt exactly like that.

[……do…….am.]

[It’s okay, it’s okay. I’ll sing hard. Bajubi, you just add some ad-libs. Got it?]

[…orry!]

[No, no. Okay, here we go!]

The two of them sang a trot song.

It was a very strange sight.

Usually, the small streamer sings enthusiastically and the big streamer helps out a little from the side.

But maybe it’s because Keugemang’s personality is as wide as the ocean.

Or maybe he’s just an old man who likes to have fun.

[The blooming and fading flower-like life~, who would say it’s meaningless~.]

[……life!……aningless!]

It was Keugemang’s soulful trot solo stage.

Bajubi was adding ad-libs from the side, which was also subtly cute and fun.

When the song ended, applause and cheers erupted, starting with Young-goon and Serena.

But the cheers didn’t last long.

Keugemang, who had lost and sang the song, shouted.

[I can’t do this. Let’s make the next penalty a song too. This uncle thinks we should all play together.]

The penalty was to be decided by the team that lost and performed the penalty, so it was fair.

The teams were also to be changed every round, so we did a ladder game with the pre-determined numbers.

And the teams that were decided were?

– Oom-mae Team –

{Young-goon, Keugemang}

– Meow Team –

{Kamick, Serena}

– Woof Team –

{Magia, Bajubi}

As we saw in the Keugemang-Bajubi team’s example, it had become a foregone conclusion that I would sing if we lost.

But we just have to not lose.

I ran away hard in the last round and survived until the end, didn’t I?

I don’t think it’ll be that hard this time either.

Everyone is getting used to the game, but I don’t think they’ll ever catch me.

But there was one thing I had overlooked.

Unlike the members who always let me off the hook when I insisted on not doing something, this was ‘the wild’, even though we were teammates

who had shared joys and sorrows.

The team members remembered that I didn’t sing at all at the karaoke bar during the dinner two days ago, and just played the tambourine in the corner.

Bajubi is the worst player among the six people playing the game today.

“Hmm. This is a bit…”

So, the other four people surrounded me.

Completely blocking me from passing and throwing punches from all directions, throwing me away as is.

How long had it been since the round started? I fell into the water, and Bajubi didn’t last much longer either.

[Haha. Magia. I’ve been waiting for this.]

[Young-goon too? Me too.]

[Yeah. Me too.]

[Oh, everyone was thinking the same thing?]

The funny thing is that Bajubi, who was embarrassed when we asked her to sing a little while ago, had the same thought.

[……want!]

Because she sang two songs at the dinner that day.

It wasn’t like she was forced to sing either.

She’s just more embarrassed on broadcast, but when it’s just the six of us, she’s less embarrassed.

So, somehow the situation is 5:1.

No, even the teammate who should be helping me is trying to kill me.

— Are we finally hearing Magia sing?

— Wait, is this really happening? lol

The viewers must be dumbfounded.

Just during Wicker Town, there were two donations of one million won to the official channel besides Pin0.

I gave a thank you message that was quite long compared to other donations.

But I didn’t sing then either.

That’s because it was a reaction boycott that the president had allowed.

I’m the kind of person who doesn’t do anything unless the president tells me to.

‘But is it better to sing this time?’

When I was preparing for the collab, the president said as he was leaving work.

These kinds of collabs might increase in the future, but it’s difficult for him to give me instructions on what to do every time.

He said he trusts that I’ll walk the line well, so from now on, when I go out as a ‘broadcaster’, I can make my own decisions.

But if I really don’t know, I can contact him.

He’ll reply as long as he’s awake.

And he also told me to just wing it if I really can’t.

Almost no one broadcasts without causing an accident, and if you broadcast for a few years, controversies are bound to pile up.

But he doesn’t think I’ll cause such a big accident anyway.

…Well, is it ultimately because of the income distribution rate?

The president seemed to be trying to let me go a little.

‘Do your best. I’ll cover for you if you make a mistake, but you know, right? The rate goes up? Up to 90%?’

In my own judgment, it’s right to sing in this situation, even if I’m not prepared.

What if I refuse or back out until the end?

Well, we can do that when it’s just us.

Because we’re people who know each other.

But now it’s a broadcast, and if I insist on backing out until the end, it’ll ruin the atmosphere.

It’ll be difficult to restore the cold atmosphere, and people’s perception of Parallel will get worse.

Ah, that person keeps backing out without being considerate.

Right. I’m not a Vtuber, idol, or celebrity in the first place.

It’s good to have a human feel even if there are a lot of mistakes in the song.

Of course, that doesn’t mean I’m going to accept defeat willingly.

After all, the key to this Teddy Bear League game is how well you can punch the unguarded opponent in the head and how well you can trip them.

You might think that if you can’t escape when four people surround you, it’ll be too one-sided of a game.

But you can trip them.

Then you’ll have a chance to escape while dodging the punches that the people surrounding you are throwing.

[Kuhaha. Surround her!]

[It’s Magia’s song!]

[……ong!]

As soon as the game started and I saw the people running towards me to surround me, I blew up Bajubi’s head first.

Bang!

Bajubi’s body, which had fallen down, was thrown into the cold seawater where icebergs were floating.

[……eek!]

Splash!

Soon, Bajubi’s body, which was filled with cotton, was completely soaked and sank to the bottom.

— Crazy lololol

– She betrays and abandons her right away lol

– That’s what a signal flare should be like lol

We have to punish friendly fire lol

Of course, the two teams facing me weren’t too disappointed.

It wasn’t as if Bajubi was throwing the previous rounds just to hear my song.

I was merely eliminating potential traitors in advance, so the real game starts now.

I looked at the four people running toward me and said,

“If I come in last, let’s make the penalty for the next round a bit spicy.”

Serena, flustered, paused and asked.

[W-what are you going to make us do…?]

I grinned and said.

“How about making whoever gets picked on the roulette wheel say ‘I love you, honey’?”

The male streamers, except for Keugemang, were simply ecstatic.

Of course, how could they pass up such a fun penalty?

[Let’s do it. Let’s make Magia come in last.]

[Ooooh, I can’t resist! Everyone get out of the way, I’ll make Serena come in last and I’ll be the one to hear it!!]

But Serena was not.

Considering the broth that the healing-type VTuber had been simmering until now, the moment she said that line to a male streamer, especially Younggun, unicorn horns would be snapping off left and right.

— Uuu, my horn hurts.

— Uuu, I think my horn is turning black.

— Uuu…

Seeing the number of jokers who weren’t even Serena’s fans increasing in our chat room, this was definitely going to work.

[Everyone, I’m sorry.]

Just as I thought.

Serena’s dash punch landed squarely on the back of Younggun’s head as he ran toward me.

[No, wait. Ack. What are you doing?!]

[Die!]

Splash.

Younggun fell into the water for the second time, leaving four people.

Serena and I were on the side that didn’t want me to lose, and Keugemang and Kamik were on the side that wanted to hear my song.

Oh dear.

It’s become 2:2.