I Became the Eldest Daughter of 10 Siblings - Chapter 107

"...Disbanding?"

Jang Bonggyu nodded at my question.

"I just heard it vaguely through an insider, so it's not confirmed information yet."

"What's the reason?"

Is it because of losses?

It makes sense, as running a sports team is a money sink from a corporate perspective.

Even SUC, the domestic No. 1 team with an enormous international fan base, hasn't escaped the swamp of perpetual losses, so that says it all.

That's why nine out of ten teams were operated at a loss for the sake of corporate image and marketing effects.

But ELF shouldn't be a company that would withdraw due to losses.

League game days are always sold out, and the team management policy is a self-sufficient system that nurtures rookie players.

Moreover, I heard that since I joined ELF, uniforms, various merchandise, and paid memberships have been selling like hotcakes.

"I don't know anything for sure yet. But it probably won't be because of losses. I thoroughly reviewed ELF's revenue structure and financial statements while processing your contract, Han Yujin-ssi."

If not that, then what on earth is it!

The team owner's simple change of heart?

Ah, this is also a plausible guess.

In Europe, America, and Japan, most teams are self-sustaining. In contrast, in Korea, from a team's birth to its disbandment, everything is dictated by a single word from the parent company's chairman. No wonder there's even a saying, "Chairman's pet sports."

If not this either, is the parent company struggling these days?

After thinking briefly, I became certain that couldn't be it.

The reason was on the internet.

[KOSPI Gallery]

[Title: Any black cows who didn't ride the Han Yujin theme stock??lol]

Today as soon as the market opened with the Yeon Sangho Gate, KG Entertainment hit the lower limit, right?

You saw ELF hit the upper limit as a反射利益 after Reporter Nam's tvL Newsroom interview revealed that HaYoo was the one who took down Yeon Sangho, right?

Is it just ELF? Everyone knows all Han Yujin-related theme stocks are having a pumping event, right?

It's not a Santa rally but a HaYoo rally, right?

Is there anyone who still hasn't put all their seeds into companies using Han Yujin as a model?

Any black cows missing the double bank balance event?lol

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-God! God! God! God!

-Of course jjasha lol

-She is the future of KOSPI

-The god of stock market normalization, HaLovely

└I worship you GOAT

-This is the reality of the stock market lol

-It's really frustrating that this can't be refuted

-Let's chant HaMen instead of heave-ho HaMen

└HaMen

└HM

└Please save me Yujin noona...

-But why did innocent SUC fall 10%? lol

└They're cruising at an overwhelming 1st place in the league, but the result is -10% lol Chairman Wang must be shedding tears of blood

└It's the stock market, have a drink

└They're Han Yujin's rival team, so they're getting hit along with it...

└They do have a sin though? The sin of not having Han Yujin.

-Yeah I get it, but why did Yujin Investment Securities, Yujin Corporation, Yujin Tech, Yujin Robot rise? They have no connection to HaYoo

└Her holy name is in them lol

└Reason: "Yujin"

└Ah I understand now

└Their gait is different, their gait...

└This is why company naming is important

-Why did Hanjin Dairy rise?

└Hanjin Dairy -> HanYujin Dairy -> Han Yujin UP -> To the moon

└Is this for real...?

└If you don't understand this mechanism, you shouldn't do stocks lol

└lolololololololol

└lolololol ah

└This is really fucking insane lol

└Stock market master lol

-The sight of the stock market swaying because of one girl, tsk...

└Next is the jealous bastard who lost money by trying to catch a falling knife alone

-But is it possible for ELF's stock price to rise 60% in a month just because they recruited Han Yujin? Is the world playing a prank?

└It's possible. Because it's the stock market.

└Ah... well...

-Why isn't Han Yujin falling? She's even filling her fans' wallets lol

└For real

└You idiot, Han Yujin sucks all that up as her income lol

└You seem to be the idiot? Even churches take a tithe as offering, what's wrong with giving a tithe to the capitalist princess?

See! This is the reality!

So it's nonsense to say they're withdrawing due to management difficulties.

But something feels strange. In the original world where I lived as a man, I never heard of ELF withdrawal or disbandment rumors.

Is this a butterfly effect too?

...Damn, I don't know anything.

The logic circuits in my head are tangled.

The more I think about it, the more confused I feel.

I was clapping and watching happily at the news of Yeon Sangho's fall, but it turns out our house is collapsing too.

This is driving me crazy.

When one shower passes, another shower inevitably falls. My heart feels like it's become a muddy field due to the repeated incidents.

"Aargh, I'm so annoyed!"

"For now, it's just shapeless floating clouds, so let's not worry too much."

Jang Bonggyu shrugged his shoulders lightly.

"It probably won't happen, but even if ELF decides to disband in the middle of this season, I'll grab them by the collar and even go into legal disputes, so don't worry."

"...Okay."

Ah, I don't know. GG.

Let's coolly let it go for now. Worrying will only give me a headache anyway.

I'll set this issue aside and look into it separately later.

I arrived at the shop, got my makeup done, and entered the CSA building for the interview.

Reporters from various media outlets who arrived first were forming a long line. Reporter Nam Euibeom was among them. With so many eyes watching, we just exchanged brief eye greetings.

The bustling conversation sounds and laptop typing sounds mixed together in a complex way.

As the interview began, the reporters' hands rose like flags.

Most of the questions were related to Yeon Sangho.

I explained in detail everything from what happened at the party to the process of obtaining the USB.

Predicting that Yeon Sangho would have his phone repaired the next day. Asking Nam Euibeom to follow him. And how I personally persuaded the forensic company owner.

Words flowed from my mouth without hesitation, to my own surprise. In the past, I would have stumbled and stuttered like tangled threads, but now it was smooth as if the knots had been untied.

The reporters who saw the party CCTV footage were shocked. They all looked stunned.

One reporter asked with a dumbfounded expression.

"So... you pushed through on a momentary intuition and it hit the mark?"

"It's like catching a mouse while stepping backward. I guess the goddess of luck must have pushed my back from behind."

"Haha, well. Your investigative sense is better than mine. How about quitting being a pro gamer and becoming a reporter at this opportunity?"

"I'll consider that negatively!"

The atmosphere at the scene became cheerful.

The reporters created a sea of laughter at the joke I threw.

As I was holding a satisfied smile in my lips seeing that sight.

"I have a question too."

A female reporter with tied hair raised her hand.

Then, Jang Bonggyu's mouth corners, who was assisting the interview beside me, froze coldly.

He then covered his mouth and whispered in a small voice.

"That reporter is from Inspect."

"Inspect?"

I inwardly sighed seeing the press pass hanging around the female reporter's neck.

"They're a malicious outlet, so you might get your blood boiling if you get caught up with them wrongly."

Inspect.

Nicely put, they're an investigative reporting specialist.

They were unrivaled in their information gathering power for entertainment, sports, and social issues.

But for celebrities and influencers, they were just an annoying presence. Because they secretly followed people like paparazzi and dug into their private lives.

Still, they are the most famous entertainment media outlet among ordinary people. In fact, the top star scandal articles reported by Inspect every year always showed nationwide attention.

"Han Yujin-ssi especially needs to be very careful."

Chills ran down my spine.

"...Why?"

"Because you're at the top right now. To reporters, Han Yujin-ssi will look like a walking king's table."

No! No!

Go away. Don't bite. I have nothing to eat.

I've only eaten one roll of kimbap all day today, so I'm nothing but bones!

"And they must resent Han Yujin-ssi."

...What's this now?

When did I ever do anything to offend that media outlet?

Jang Bonggyu lowered his voice further and said.

"Originally, Yeon Sangho was Inspect's target. I heard they had been digging for over 3 years. It's like they prepared a meal for years only to have someone else eat it, so their pride must be severely hurt. They must be feeling all sorts of spite."

"Ah."

Come to think of it, in the world where I was a man, I remember Inspect breaking the Yeon Sangho scandal.

Thanks to that, Inspect received public support and praise, establishing themselves as a journalism outlet that does legwork rather than being treated as yellow journalism that only deals with sensational gossip.

At such a time, I broke the Yeon Sangho scandal first and poured cold water on them, so from Inspect's perspective, it was like having the ladder kicked out from under them.

Well, I don't feel any pangs of conscience though.

It's Inspect after all.

Above all, when Sung Dojun was being beaten up, Inspect was also the first to publish and spread articles about Sung Dojun's personal information.

"So answer carefully, think for a long time before speaking."

Jang Bonggyu pleaded earnestly.

"Yes."

"Please."

"Yes."

"I trust you."

"I said I got it."

Our ahjussi, even your worries are your fate.

I steeled myself and put myself under self-hypnosis.

That plain-looking woman...

Is actually a viper aiming for my neck.

The female reporter who received the microphone opened her closed mouth.

"Hello, I'm Reporter Cha Yoonju from Inspect."

"Yes, hello Reporter."

"I'll quickly ask Han Yujin player two questions. First, the part I can't understand the most. How did you know there was such material on Yeon Sangho's phone?"

After pondering for a few seconds how to answer, I smiled with my eyes and said.

"Actually, I've returned from the future. So I knew."

The other reporters burst into laughter at the joke-truth I threw.

On the other hand, Reporter Cha Yoonju was expressionless like a statue.

"No. Please don't joke."

...But it's not a joke.

"You met Yeon Sangho at the party, had friction, broke his phone, and the next day you found a forensic company and secured evidence. And coincidentally, the article broke today? Right on Yeon Sangho's birthday."

Cha Yoonju spat out words like a machine gun.

"As someone who has been digging Yeon Sangho's well for a long time, I can't understand it at all. It's like a scripted scenario. I strongly suspect there must be other helpers or backing."

If you can't understand something this simple, that's a big problem. There are countless incomprehensible things in the world.

For example...

Becoming a woman, becoming 20 years old, suddenly having nine siblings.

You know, things like that.

I put on a sunken expression and answered.

"As I've said repeatedly, Yeon Sangho was in a drunken state. I happened to see it then. And if you look at their chat records, you'll see I didn't approach first. Yeon Sangho was the one who hit on me."

"That's why I'm saying the process itself is not convincing."

What do you want me to do?

"...So what kind of answer do you want?"

At my words, Cha Yoonju twisted her lips and said.

"I heard you're close with Min Doyeon from Hyesung Group? I heard you received expensive luxury gifts and went to the shop together that day. And coincidentally, Min Doyeon was the host of that party, right?"

"So?"

"What's your relationship with her?"

How should I answer this?

I can't exactly say we met in a game guild.

"Just... friends who hang out together."

"Wasn't there some kind of understanding?"

"You've got the wrong address. We're not that close yet."

At my words, Cha Yoonju laughed through her nose.

"Interesting."

...Interesting?

"Even good luck has its limits. It's so far beyond the limit that Han Yujin-ssi feels like a celebrity systematically created from somewhere. Well, I'll have to dig deeper to know the details."

Hearing those words, I inwardly laughed at how absurd it was.

So now this...

Are you claiming that I was created by viral marketing of some huge conspiracy force? Is that it?

Han Yujin, you really...

Now you're even getting conspiracy theories attached to you!

I don't know if I should call this impressive,

Or if I should call it maddening.

After a long hesitation, I opened my mouth.

"Now I see there was one more person here who should change professions besides me."

I continued speaking with a smile.

"Reporter Cha Yoonju should have become a novelist instead of a reporter! You would have become a bestselling author! Your imagination is so excellent that for a moment, I almost doubted myself too."

"...What did you say?"

"Reporter Cha, no, Author Cha. It's so interesting, but when will the next chapter come out?"

"Puhah!"

Laughter burst out here and there. Some reporters laughed out loud openly, and Nam Euibeom, who had been quietly observing the situation, smiled faintly.

Even Jang Bonggyu, whose expression had been souring in real-time beside me, is now pinching the back of his hand trying to hold back laughter. Desperately.

The only person unable to manage their expression in this place was Reporter Cha Yoonju.

"Are you seriously saying that now?!"

"I'm sorry, but when I keep explaining and you keep going in circles..."

A thick breath flowed out between Cha Yoonju's distorted lips.

"Ha, I'm really dumbfounded!"

And Cha Yoonju's gaze changed.

If earlier it felt like she was hiding a knife at the end of her lips, now it's like she's openly baring her fangs.

"I'll ask just one last question."

"Ah, come on! Did Inspect rent out this whole place? There are many waiting tickets, let us speak too."

"That's right. You're going too far."

"Pass the mic quickly!"

Dissatisfied voices burst out from other reporters next to Cha Yoonju.

"Ju-just one. Just one more."

Cha Yoonju, with her earlobes flushed red, raised her index finger and pleaded.

Then.

"Player Han Yujin."

She stared into my eyes and asked coldly.

"Are you dating anyone right now?"

That question sounded to me like this:

'If you are, I'll crush you,

And if you're not, I'll still crush you.'

Like that kind of declaration of war.

To the sharp question like a weapon, I smiled calmly and said.

"Yes, I am."