In conjunction with the Head Director’s words, the meeting was coming to the decision of forgoing the broadcast.
Ring!
Just then, the phone on Director Kang’s table rang.
After hesitating for a moment, Director Kang pushed the button on the phone.
“I’m in a meeting right now… what’s going on?”
He heard the staff secretary’s voice on the speakerphone.
— I’m sorry. There’s an important call for you, Director Kang.
“Who’s calling?”
— A person named Lee Hyun.
“Lee Hyun? If it’s Lee Hyun…”
Surprise swept over Director Kang’s face. Then he explained to the Head Director and other Directors.
“I’m certain Lee Hyun is the person with the character Weed.”
“Is that so? Then please speak with him.”
“I’ll accept it on speakerphone then.”
After a while, Lee Hyun’s call connected from the Secretary’s room to the meeting room.
— Hello Mr. Kang.
“Oh no, I’m sorry, I should have called first.”
— Not at all. More importantly, I received the money you deposited, thank you.
The salary from the Palrangka Battle had been deposited into his bank account. Since he was given incentives based on the ratings and even gained a profit each time the broadcast was downloaded, it was actually a considerable sum!
“Naturally, we have to pay you for your work.”
— Huhuhu.
Lee Hyun laughed in a very satisfied manner!
— Actually, I have a question to ask. I contacted you because of the broadcasting of the quest I’m currently doing. How is it?
“It’s…very difficult to decide.”
Director Kang explained step by step. Since it was an S-rank quest and was the focus of attention, as broadcasters, of course they wanted to broadcast it. While earnestly expressing his very anxious feelings, he conveyed the difficulty of the situation.
“Therefore, we are currently in a meeting about whether we should do the broadcast or not.”
Whether he understood Director Kang’s mournful feelings or not, Lee Hyun’s response was incomparably relaxed.
— You can broadcast if you want.
“What?”
— Don’t you need to broadcast to raise the ratings? The rating needs to rise to get commercials.
“That may be so, but the issues are…”
— If there’s a program you need, then all you need to do is broadcast it. If it’s for the station and the viewers, won’t your company’s public relations be able to do a lot of marketing?
Lee Hyun was explaining the necessity of the broadcast to Director Kang, who was a veteran in the field!
— Please think about the viewers. What do the viewers want? Fun and the answers to their curiosity! And don’t they want to enjoy it together?
“…”
— How can a station ignore the demands of the viewers? Is that okay? If you respect your viewers, don’t you need to put swift coverage and delivery of information first?
It was a lecture only to happen in a broadcasting association’s get-together!
— On the message boards, there are a lot of viewer’s comments asking to broadcast what kind of quest it is.
Naturally, there were many comments asking to broadcast the quest on the station’s viewer forum. Not only KMC Media, but the unanimous opinions of viewers in CTS Media and other stations were also being flooded.
Director Kang explained with concern. “As a station, of course we want to organize the program, but we’re worried about what kind of disadvantages there will be for you, Lee Hyun-nim.”
— Is there anything that comes without a price in the world?
“…”
There is no such thing as free money. Lee Hyun had known this from an early age.
“But the difficulty of the quest is too high.”
— I’ll have to do my best.
“We’ll try our best in the editing process, but it may be difficult to completely hide the fact you’re the Wargod Weed. Despite that, is it still okay to broadcast?”