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Episode 78. Hollywood.

Naiworld team leader Lee Woong-gi asked with a surprised face.

“Is this an emoticon contest?”

“yes. 1st prize is 10 million won, 2nd place is 5 million won, 3rd place is 2 million won, and the rest of the works that catch your eye are paid 1 million won each.”

“If you have emojis, you can make your posts more colorful, but do you need to find a good emoji by opening a contest? It’s a little burdensome in a situation where a lot of money is going out for hosting.”

“The cost of the contest is worth spending that much, so we use it. The emoticons collected in this way will become a direct source of revenue for Nyworld. The emoticons that are created now will be released for free, but the emoticons collected through the contest will be sold for a fee through the store.”

“Are you going to sell the emoticons themselves?”

“..can anyone buy emojis? It’s just an image that can only be seen on a monitor.”

Not just enough, but a lot.

The mobile messenger app called Future Palm Tree Talk was definitely a money-making item, as one emoticon could generate more than 30 billion won in revenue every year.

“There will be more people buying emojis than you think. So, trust me and start the contest first. If you can only get good works like that, you will see a new world.”

“..All right. How can I open the contest?”

“Please open a contest with two themes: moving emoticons and non-moving emoticons.”

“Move..is this an emoticon?”

“yes. Emojis don’t have to be still images, right? It is not difficult to make a moving image icon by overlapping a few images. There will be many interesting works because various expressions are possible.”

Because of these advantages, moving emoticons will become mainstream in the future.

But in an era where emojis are rarely used like these days, it may not be popular because it is rather unfamiliar.

I was thinking of releasing both still and moving images to see the reaction.

The manager nodded his head.

“I think so. So, we will proceed with two themes. So, when will the contest be held?”

“You don’t have to open it right now. If Nyworld users want to get used to emoticons, they can post a contest notice on the Nyworld main page. That way, we will attract the attention of not only emoji writers but also general users, who will become potential emoji buyers.”

“All right. We will report back when the time is right.”

#Mid-June.

Gathering entertainment conference room.

I said to President Kim Soo-chan.

“It’s been almost a month? Her face and neck were charred by how much she got around.”

“As much as possible, I went around to make sure that there are no missing films, and this is what happened. Thanks to you, I heard a voice from my wife saying that a black person came to be more black. haha.”

“You’ve been through a lot. How was the Hollywood side?”

“We built a set with good equipment, and the environment itself was definitely better than ours. However, the size of the capital is wrong. It seems that the producers are always thirsty for investment, either here or there.”

“yes. Especially in Hollywood, since distribution goes all over the world, there is no specific upper limit on investment like us, where the size of the market is fixed. It is not difficult to invest because there is an atmosphere that the more money you invest, the better.”

“Good for you. Then, shall we take a look at the investment proposal you got?”

President Kim opened the 007 bag on the table and took out a bunch of papers from it.

“Here it is. And this is a summary with only the title of the movie and a brief plot.”

He’s also a neat guy.

As I skimmed through the list of movies, two famous movies that I remember even the content of caught my eye.

“Mission Impossible 2, Gladiator. These two are pulling.”

Mission Impossible 2.

The second work of the ‘Mission Impossible Series’, a blockbuster movie that will appear up to six later.

This movie is famous for its action scenes in which the arms and legs are spread out at a height that almost seems to touch the ground.

Famous actor Tom Chris plays the lead actor.

I remember that each series was quite successful.

Gladiator.

The main character, who used to be a general, becomes a slave gladiator and fights in an amphitheater.

The action scenes were particularly impressive.

It was as successful as the Mission Impossible series.

President Kim said with a frown on his face.

“It’s been less than 10 minutes since I saw you, but you look like you’ve made a decision.”

“yes. The candidates are these two.”

“..it feels futile to go to various places to get an investment proposal like that.”

“haha. It was well worth the effort. You just asked me about these movies.”

“Which of these two movies do you think will perform better? I’m curious about the opinion of CEO Kim, who has more than 10 years of experience in film.”

I remember both being successful.

I can’t remember which one was more successful.

“Hmm… I think Mission Impossible 2 will come out better.”

“There are two reasons. One is because it is a sequel to Mission Impossible. I watched Mission Impossible 1 very deeply. Even if we follow half of that, we will be successful to some extent.”

“What about the other one?”

“The director is Oh Yi-Sam. The director’s previous film, Face Off, was a masterpiece. The confrontation between good and evil, who switched roles, and the actors who faithfully realized it. Every time I think of it, I get goosebumps. If you think of a director like that making a sequel to Mission Impossible, there will be quite a few masterpieces where natural disasters do not happen.”

“Then what about gladiators?”

“Director Ridley Hall is also famous for editing and making videos, so I think a good film will come out. But he said, would that be enough to surpass Mission Impossible 2? I don’t think that’s it.”

“okay. Then let’s go to Mission Impossible 2.”

“You mean only one?”

“yes. President Kim also said that. I think Mission Impossible 2 will come out better. I have a similar feeling to Mr. Kim.”

“..Still, you never know when or what will happen on this floor. How about diversifying your investments?”

“High risk, high return! I will be responsible, so I will invest the entire 60 billion won in this Mission Impossible 2. You’ve worked hard, so I’ll give you a week off. Please rest for a while and proceed with investment negotiations with an American producer.”

“If you made that decision, I see. And I will be grateful for the vacation.”

“haha. Please recharge and handle this investment well.”

#end of June.

“Daewon hyung. What was our shopping mall market share last month?”

“70%. Since the auction event started, the drop rate has decreased a lot, but as the number of external partners increases due to the API opening, it is rising and falling at the 70% level.”

“It’s not bad at 70%. But did sales increase?”

The Internet population was growing rapidly thanks to the spread of ADSL.

The number of users in our shopping mall continued to increase.

“yes. Now, the monthly sales are about 28 billion won. The net profit seems to be 25 billion won.”

“Are the built-in computers still selling well?”

“right. This is thanks to the steady increase in the number of PC cafe chains.”

“How many chain stores have you expanded to?”

“I just passed #600 a while ago.”

“Since there are 100 directly-managed PC rooms and 600 chain stores, the PC room business division alone can generate close to 1 billion won in profit.”

“yes. Oh. Not long ago, I got a call from the broadcasting station. Do you want to broadcast our Starcraft game?”

“okay? How much is the broadcast fee?”

“Did you say fifty thousand won?”

“Not five billion. Five million won? Who do you know as a fool How much money are we pouring into the Starcraft League? Wasn’t that okay?”

“Of course. refused right away Besides, we didn’t even negotiate with Blizzard for broadcasting rights. I just got permission to hold a contest and make a video CD.”

“I don’t need it right now. We took this opportunity to negotiate with Blizzard for broadcasting rights. If we get exclusive broadcast rights in advance, we can negotiate advantageously with the broadcasters later.”

“Okay. I will negotiate.”

After a moment of silence, Daewon-hyung continued.

“By the way, if the youngest member of the Hwansung group was on the U Market side, it would be a bit complicated by now. Money poured in, but the market share did not increase. If I hold on like this for a while, I might get tired of my pool and give up on my investment.”

“If yes, it would be best. When I think about what he did to me that day, it is clear that he is not able to properly control his emotions. Such a person easily forgets the original grace and remembers the resentment inflated several times. He won’t give up on me easily.”

“..can’t you just tell me that this war is going to end soon?”

“This is a war that never ends. If you market disappears, do you think other competitors will not appear? Just enjoy this state. A good enemy has appeared, so let’s have a good fight. Well, thinking like this makes me feel good. haha.”

“..done. ‘Cause I don’t enjoy like you I hope U Market will raise their hand soon. Just for a while, I’ll be comfortable.”

“Nevertheless, if I can give you one word of comfort, there are people who are suffering more than you.”

“Who is that?”

“Woojin Yang and the CEO of You Market. You must be seriously thinking about why the market share isn’t going up right now. He probably won’t be able to sleep well because his capital will continue to decrease even at this time. haha.”

#U Market Headquarters.

Yang Woo-jin of the Hwansung Group, unable to overcome his temper, slammed the table hard.

“This representative! It has been three months since I invested 50 billion won. Why is Damoyeo okay? This promise is wrong!”

A man called Lee opened his mouth without raising his head.

“There is no face. Boss.”

“I’m tired of hearing those words now, so stop. Why the hell can’t you increase your share?”

“..that, I don’t even know what kind of English it is. We spent more than 20 billion won on marketing expenses such as discount coupons, but the market share doesn’t seem to be moving like this. This is impossible from a market perspective. Our products are cheaper, so there is no reason to buy things from Damoye. But now that such a thing is happening, I am also embarrassed.”

People tend to revisit familiar places rather than new ones.

Damoye Shopping Mall has already built a high level of recognition and has many loyal customers.

Since we have several sites here and there as external partners, there was also a lot of influx of new customers.

In such a situation, it was not easy to take away Damoye’s share.

Yang Woo-jin continued speaking as if growling.

“Do you know that I invested 50 billion won in CEO Yoo to hear the other voices? What are you going to do now?”

The president bowed his head again.

“sorry. After that, I don’t even know how to do it.”

“You say that now!”

Yang Woo-jin, who was staring at Lee as if to kill him, continued.

“Increase the discount rate from tomorrow! 50%.”

The president looked at him with astonished eyes.

“At 50 percent?”

“okay. If you can’t compete with technology, can’t you just crush it with money?”