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…”

divide the two billion users into countries and examine their competence in each field

it succeed. Who will be interested if the representatives of each country

of this confusion, Yoon Nahee brought up another

yesterday at 23:55, Yura reached level

“Hah…”

level up speed of the top rankers really amazing?

the unified rankings have gone above

is rewarding. Yura’s achievement will be good news for Koreans who have

right. When I was young, various gaming competitions were held

the level up

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

amount of experience required to level up increased exponentially.

a number of Morpheus’ predictions have

a major

her head while the executives

is higher than expected. If we

How terrific are the

and battle comprehension are different from 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

Yoon Sangmin frowned.

Is he

default, their skills had a high attack power and passive skills that could penetrate the defense of the target. In the first place, the weapons that martial artists could wear were limited to knuckles.

matter what, wearing knuckles was a few times better than fighting with bare hands. Regas had a record of not using weapons since starting Satisfy.

“He is Taekwondo obsessed…”

England. He had a special history as an Olympic Taekwondo gold medalist and was so obsessed with Taekwondo that he combined skills with Taekwondo

user of weapons violates the spirit of Taekwondo… Stupid. It is a

why are you suddenly talking about

after stating that Yura reached

did you suddenly

questioning. Yoon Nahee explained

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 of users within the top 5 of the unified rankings

were over 1,000 users who reached the second advancement and the users in the top 5 were

be the host country, it will take

the

I see. If the competition is held after

advancement users is so big

the third advancement class are far superior to the skills of the

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

few hidden classes.

the timeline of the contest? Do

manpower, we can shorten the preparation period. But there must be a minimum of three months

Nahee spoke awkwardly, then Branch Manager Kim Jiyoung

creating quests within Satisfy? It’s difficult to confine the number of participants in the national contest to only rankers, so I would rather

Jiyoung’s opinion was as

informed about the national competition. This would naturally cause

the events of the national competition through the quests. The progress of the users’

take care of the selection of participants. It is also suitable for raising the interest of users and making the national competition

one person who disagreed. All of

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requesting a

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given to anyone. It was a sacred ritual that could only be given to select people. He would select from one of the followers to receive the god’s blessing once

added an explanation since Rhona was

Church. In addition, he has

“Hrmm…”

religious leader was interested and rose from his