Overgeared

Chapter 133

Thanks to the great success of Satisfy, the S.A. Group became the world’s best group. They had two billion loyal customers and hundreds of affiliated companies, so there was no group with more influence and wealth in history.

And South Korea was very dependent on the S.A. Group. South Korea had a small land mass and limited natural resources, so the jobs that the S.A. Group created and the numerous charitable projects were like a ray of light.

Just yesterday, South Korea’s government brought a new request to the S.A. Group. It was to invite Satisfy’s rankers to South Korea, where a national competition would be hosted.

“The opinion of the government is as follows. Users of the top 100 ranking will be invited to South Korea in teams for each country, where a competition consisting of raids, pet marathons and other contests will be held. It will be organized by the Korean government, and they hope that the planning, public relations and sponsorships will be handled by the S.A. Group.”

A meeting room in S.A. Group’s headquarters in Seoul.

Some people showed negative reactions.

“I don’t know if we can continue to do favors for the Korean government. Are we a charity? I don’t like their attitude of always asking us for things.”

“A Satisfy competition can be hosted by companies and broadcasting stations in various countries. Why should we invest our money and manpower?”

“And why should we invite rankers to South Korea when it can be done online? What do they think the top 100 rankers are? The rankers are too busy raising their level and won’t move for a small amount of money. Hundreds of billions of won would be needed to bring 100 people here.”

Yoon Sangmin was watching the executives giving negative comments and finally opened his mouth.

“You should note that it will be a national competition. Competitions that pit countries against each other such as the Olympics and World Cup have always gained popularity around the world. More than one-third of the world’s population is interested in Satisfy, so the popularity of various sports has fallen, yet the ratings for the Olympics and World Cup are still high. A national contest involving Satisfy… It is content that can become a global issue.”

Kim Jiyoung, the branch manager of the South Korean branch, also gave a positive opinion.

“It’s a good idea to invite rankers offline. If there are events such as stage greetings or an awards ceremony at Seoul Olympic Stadium in front of many spectators, it will give interest to the middle-aged people who think that Satisfy is just a game, and give them a real feeling of immersion.”

President Lee Hoonyi was smiling.

“The rankers are stars and will attract crowds, so we don’t need to worry about selling tickets. If they can see many famous rankers in one place, many tourists will come from all over the world. We can also sell the broadcasting rights to each country at a high price, so the profit will be good. This is the aim of the South Korean government.”

Lim Cheolho was proud.

“If we compete by ranking each country, the people of each country will support their rankings and inspire patriotism. It’s very desirable to build patriotism through Satisfy.”

The expressions of the executives giving negative opinions changed. The decision seemed to have been made.

Kim Jiyoung drove in the wedge.

“Starting this year, we should hold a Satisfy national competition every year. We can think of unique events that can only be carried out within Satisfy and gradually expand the number of participants, so that the Satisfy national competition will someday become a prestigious event like the Olympics and the World Cup.”

Lee Hoonyi clapped.

“Good, good. We won’t receive any damages, no matter how much money we invest.”

Now everyone’s attention focused on Lim Cheolho, the top decision maker. Lim Cheolho nodded.

“Tell the South Korean government that we will approve their request.”

At that moment, Yoon Nahee, the head of the operations team, quietly raised a hand. She didn’t shrink back under the gazes of all the executives and expressed concern.

“We need some improvements because we approved the government’s request.”

Yoon Nahee was Yoon Sangmin’s younger sister. Yoon Sangmin knew how meticulous and competent she was, so he listened to her words.

“Tell us.”

Yoon Nahee explained, “First of all, if we divide the top 100 rankers by country, it won’t be balanced. For example, there are 23 Americans in the top 100 ranking and only 2 Koreans. Since it’s a national competition, the number of participating players must be raised, but the gap between countries is too big.”

“What if we limit the participants to the top 30 instead of the top 100?”

“It is an extreme situation that will reduce the number of participating countries. Then it will be too small to be a competition that the world will enjoy.”

The executives were agitated.

“I don’t want the competition to be limited to rankers. Rather, those who stand out in each event should be selected, just like sports…”

too much we need to do. Won’t it take a long time to divide the two billion users into countries and examine their competence in

inviting the rankers to the first competition will help it succeed. Who will be interested if the representatives of each country are

midst of this confusion, Yoon Nahee brought up another

23:55, Yura reached level

“Hah…”

the level up speed of the top rankers really amazing? The executives were thrilled

top five in the unified rankings

achievement will be good news for

was young, various gaming competitions were held and the Korean teams mostly

Isn’t the level up of rankers

right. The prediction of Supercomputer Morpheus has once again missed the mark. Check the reference materials in front of you. Morpheus was expecting the appearance of a level 280 user in

“Really. This is serious…”

210, 240 and

the ‘hell sections’ by users because the amount of experience required to level up increased exponentially. Nevertheless, it was surprisingly that this didn’t limit

predictions have

seems like a

head while the executives were

nothing wrong with Morpheus. It is just that the abilities of the top rankers is higher than expected. If we take this into account and

terrific are the

ordinary people. They hunt close to impossible monsters relatively easily and level up efficiently. Even the user called ‘Regas’ has a fast level up speed and is in the top 30, despite the fact that he doesn’t use weapons and

Yoon Sangmin frowned.

Master Regas? Is he

skills that could penetrate the defense of the target. In the first place, the weapons that martial artists could

than fighting with bare hands. Regas had a record of not using weapons since starting Satisfy. Therefore, he

“He is Taekwondo obsessed…”

born in London, England. He had a special history as an Olympic Taekwondo gold medalist and was so obsessed with Taekwondo that

use weapons because he thinks that the user of weapons violates the spirit of Taekwondo… Stupid. It is a

why are you suddenly talking about

after stating that

right. Why did you suddenly

questioning. Yoon Nahee explained

five ranked users is maintained as they are, they will reach level 300 in the next three months

advanced five months ago. In other words, out of the two billion users, there weren’t even 100 users who were above level 200. At that time, the level

were over 1,000 users who reached the second advancement and the users in the top 5 were almost at level 300.

that South Korea will be the host country, it will take at least three months for the preparation

finally realized the

held after the third advancement users have

between the second advancement and third advancement users is so big that

superior to the skills of the

99 user was compared to a level 100 user, it seemed like there were just a difference of one level.

comparable to a few hidden classes. The third advancement classes were deliberately set up to be stronger, in order to minimize the

asked, “Can’t we accelerate the timeline of the contest? Do we

period. But there must be a minimum of three months publicity period in order to sufficiently promote it to the

spoke awkwardly, then Branch Manager Kim Jiyoung

number of participants in the national contest to only rankers, so

Kim Jiyoung’s opinion

the national competition. This would naturally cause a publicity

the national competition through the quests. The progress of the users’ quests would be monitored

shorten the promotional period and take care of the selection of participants. It is also suitable for

wasn’t one person who disagreed. All of

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