Villain’s Programming - Chapter 202



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Episode 202: Legends of League

“If there is anything I can help you with, please let me know.”

Do-jun chuckled and said to Jang Min-ho, who was very nervous.

“Before we talk, let’s change the title first. Just call me brother.

Jang Min-ho was surprised.

“yes? Brother? No, how could I… … .”

Although Jang Min-ho was naive, he was not a fool.

‘Mina, your brother is a great person. You said he was the head of a gaming company, right? And Mina told me that Dongwha PLUS was acquired this time.’

I couldn’t call someone like that my brother.

“What’s wrong with you, Minho?”

Jang Min-ho swallowed his saliva and answered Do-jun’s words.

“… I heard that you are the CEO of a gaming company. And this time, they also acquired Dongwha PLUS.”

“Did you hear from Mina?”

“… yes.”

Dojun nodded.

‘You mentioned a little while ago that you were forming a gaming team, and I even heard from Mina that Dongwha PLUS was acquired, so I guess you think of me as the boss of the gaming team.’

Dojun looked at Jang Minho. He was old for a professional gamer.

‘I definitely have a lot of social experience, so I’m cautious in my actions. Do you like this? More than that, Mina, don’t tell anyone else!’

Dojun did not often talk about his business to others. Neither his family nor Juniha knew much about the whole business.

But this time, because of what Mina had gone through, I told her how I was taking revenge on Yu Myeong-su.

‘I laughed out loud when I heard that I acquired a company worth over 100 billion won for 20 billion won. What’s even funnier is that Mina isn’t satisfied with that.’

In fact, Dojun tried to buy Dongwha PLUS, normalize it, and then sell it on the market.

Other companies at least had one foot in the IT field, but Dongwha PLUS had no relationship with Dojun at all because its main business field was sportswear.

‘however… She said Mina would mind if she designed it herself, right? She said she was going to rebuild this company. So she said that later she would be sick to her stomach to the point where she couldn’t live.’

There was nothing good or bad. If he had that kind of determination, he could have gotten Mina a job at Dongwha PLUS right away.

‘okay. It would be nice to have at least one company for my family rather than for myself. Let’s make fairy tales PLUS like that. ‘Wouldn’t it be good if I provided sneakers and clothes at wholesale prices for the welfare of the employees of the companies in which I am a majority shareholder?’

Do-jun, who had organized his thoughts on how to run Dongwha PLUS, spoke to Min-ho Jang.

“yes. I acquired Dongwha PLUS. However, the company’s gaming team had already been disbanded. “Among the disbanded professional gamers, there are people who know Minho, right?”

“… “Yes, there is.”

Dojun grinned.

“I don’t know much about professional gamers. Minho will be the only one. But you know Minho, right?”

Perhaps because of his age, Jang Min-ho was already in the position of the players’ ‘older brother’.

“… “To some extent, I know.”

“Good for you. “Then, please select players with good character and skills among Dongwha PLUS players.”

“yes?”

“I said that earlier, right? I’m going to create a gaming team. But there are not one, but three games. Maybe it could increase further. “We need a lot of talented professional gamers.”

Jang Min-ho’s eyes wavered at Do-jun’s words.

‘no way?’

After this match-fixing incident, many professional gamers became unemployed. Many professional gamers contacted Minho Jang, who had good interpersonal relationships.

The majority of players resented the gamers who were contacted for this match-fixing, but in the end, most of the players asked if there was a place for them to get a job.

Jang Min-ho felt sorry. Because I fought with all of them in the league, I knew very well how hard they worked.

‘These… ‘Is there a way to return to being a professional gamer again?’

I thought about that, but Jang Min-ho just smiled bitterly. If his own situation was worse than theirs, it was bad, not good.

Jang Min-ho gave up everything, told them to get along, and broke up with them. He wanted to say something else, but there was nothing he could say.

But now, I have something to say. Minho realized what Dojun would ask of him.

‘You’re asking me to elect someone! ‘I’m asking you to select someone useful among professional gamers who lost their jobs.’

Minho’s heart raced. If something like that happened, he could have said that his body would be broken.

“how much… No, how many people do you need?”

“A lot. I plan to create a new gaming team with Minho and the people he chooses. However, there is no need for anyone to be even slightly involved in match-fixing. “I know there are players who were involved in match-fixing but were not caught this time.”

Dojun saw this fact in an article he read in a previous life. It said there was more but couldn’t find it.

‘But you know who the players who have eaten together are.’

This is why Do-jun asked Min-ho for help. I could never find anything like this outside. Only professional gamers knew about it.

“Skill doesn’t really matter. However, please gather players who do not have bad personalities.”

“Isn’t skill important?”

“Your current skills are Galaxy Craft skills, right? “Even if you’re not good at Galaxy, you might be good at ‘Legends of League’ or ‘Soccer Online,’ right?”

Minho Jang looked very excited.

“that… Yes!”

“So, I hope you will meet all the players who are unemployed this time and gather players who can be of use. The number can be over 20 or 30 people. However, it will take a lot of effort. Galaxy and Legends of League are different games. Soccer Online is not an easy game either.”

Jang Min-ho bit his lip tightly at Do-jun’s words.

“Don’t worry about that. “Everyone will work hard.”

Seeing Jang Min-ho, Do-jun realized how much he liked being a professional gamer.

“What. “I’m doing it because it’s all for my benefit.”

Dojun stood up and shook hands with Jang Minho.

“By the way, I said it before, but you keep calling me honorific, right? Please call me brother from now on. Otherwise, everything will be cancelled.”

Jang Min-ho said as if he was embarrassed by Do-jun’s joke.

“that is… … .”

Minho Jang hesitated for a while before speaking.

“… brother.”

Dojun answered in his mind.

‘Nice to meet you, brother-in-law.’

* * *

eSports Association Chairman Yoon Jong-geun couldn’t sleep these days.

‘You crazy bastards. ‘Why are you making things so big!’

It would have been quiet after a month, but things kept happening.

‘Fuck, one of the match-fixing brokers is a soccer player? ‘There might be match-fixing in professional soccer?’

Jong-geun Yoon covered his head with his hands.

‘What do we do?’

These days, reporters are digging into themselves again. It was revealed that he was trying to cover up the match-fixing incident.

‘You idiots. There is nothing good to be gained from revealing this. It has to be resolved quietly. Here’s the result, right? If you make a lot of noise for no reason, the entire eSports world will collapse!’

Jong-geun Yoon got up from his seat and looked outside from the window.

‘Did you say Hwang Do-jun? ‘The guy who started this.’

A few days ago, Jong-Geun Yoon received a phone call. He was a famous person I had been friends with until a few months ago.

‘He did. He said it was Hwang Do-jun who sent him to prison and who caused this situation.’

Jong-geun Yoon gritted his teeth. It is now difficult for him to go to the high-end bars that he used to go with Yu Myeong-soo.

That wasn’t all. His own position was at stake.

‘Hwang Do-jun? ‘If you keep setting things up like that, you won’t see any good results.’

I burst into anger for a moment, but the reality did not change.

‘I’m in the middle of a mountain.’

It was already a difficult time, and we often fought over copyright with StormSnow, the company behind Galaxy Craft.

‘No, I should say thank you if we promote it by playing league games, right? Copyright? Why do you need something like that? Shouldn’t they actually pay us for playing league games?’

Yoon Jong-geun felt sick to his stomach.

‘Measures are needed. There is a solution to overcome this crisis!’

It was then. The secretary came in and placed a document.

“what’s this?”

“They say they are creating a gaming team at a place called Black Cat Games. A suggestion was made to try playing a league game.”

Jong-geun Yoon made an impression.

“what? Game team? “In these times?”

“yes.”

“Ha, you’re crazy. I guess I have so much money that I have no use for it? who is this? “Can I be the third generation of a large company?”

The secretary answered, unfolding the document.

“no. “This is Hwang Do-jun, CEO of Black Cat Studio.”

Jong-geun Yoon blinked.

“what? Hwang Do-jun? Are you sure?”

“yes. “It says so.”

Yu Myeong-su immediately looked at the document.

‘You’re a bastard, right?’

After receiving a call from Yoo Myung-soo, Yoon Jong-geun personally looked into Hwang Do-jun and knew his face.

“This guy is starting a Galaxy Craft game team?”

“uh… Well, the game type is a bit strange. “There’s Galaxy, there’s Legends of League, and there’s Soccer Online.”

“what? So much? then… “You’re going to need a lot of players, right?”

“yes. “It looks like you’re collecting a lot.”

“under. I’m really running out of money. “This is the guy who acquired Dongwha PLUS, right?”

“you’re right.”

It felt bad, but from the perspective of the eSports Association, the creation of new clubs and leagues was not a bad thing.

Rather, it was something that should be welcomed with both hands.

‘The problem is, I don’t like this guy.’

Jong-geun Yoon said while looking at the document.

“But what is Legends of League?”

“This game opened this week.”

“what? “It opened this week, and you’re holding a league?”

It was absurd, but Yoon Jong-geun thought this was an opportunity.

‘Wait a minute, isn’t this the perfect opportunity to put a leash on this guy? A chance to show that you can’t play an official league game without my permission.’

Jong-geun Yoon remembered the high-end bar he went to with Yu Myeong-soo. I also remembered the allowance he gave me.

‘If you tame Hwang Do-jun well, he might become like a famous beast.’

What was important to Yoon Jong-geun was not past loyalty. It was money and pleasure.

Jong-geun Yoon said to his secretary.

“Go and tell me. “Games that have not yet become popular cannot participate in official league matches.”

“All right.”

“and… Next time, tell him to come find me in person.”

* * *

Bang Tae-su, owner of the Wata PC room, sighed as he saw more than two-thirds of the seats were empty.

‘I don’t know if I’ll be able to pay the rent this month.’

Until recently, it was a PC room that was doing so well that you had to wait in line. However, due to the ‘match-fixing’ that broke out recently, the number of customers has drastically decreased.

Taesoo Bang looked at the photo hanging on the wall. There were a lot of competition videos filmed in this PC room.

‘That day really felt like a dream. Na-yeon Song and announcer Ah-reum Han played a game here.’

After the game that day, Wata PC Room became a sacred place. Although the game Song Na-yeon played that day was not Galaxy Craft, the title of the PC room that Song Na-yeon visited made the PC room full of customers every day.

Many of those customers were ‘Galaxy Craft’ users, and later, ‘Galaxy Craft’ competitions were held within the PC room itself.

‘But after the match-fixing incident, no one came. If this continues, don’t we really have to close the PC room?’

Bang Tae-su, who took out a loan early this year to upgrade to the latest model, had not yet repaid even half of the loan.

Bang Tae-soo sighed and looked at the photo on the wall again. In that photo, she, announcer Han Ah-reum, Song Na-yeon, and Hwang Do-jun were smiling brightly.

‘That’s a good thing. Another company took over Haneul Sports, where announcer Han Ah-reum is located. What was the name of the company you acquired? Was it a gold circle? I’m worried because I’m not in the broadcasting field, but as announcer Han Areum, I’m sure she’ll do well anywhere.’

He was so friendly and had good interpersonal relationships that he sometimes even said hello to himself, who was just the owner of a PC room.

‘Well, my main interest is to ask if Dojun comes sometimes.’

Bang Tae-soo turned his head.

‘Phew. In times like these, it’s perfect when a new game is released. Do Jun said he was making a Goguryeo game or something, so he won’t be able to release a new game for a while. ‘Isn’t there a game that could be a breakthrough?’

Taesoo Bang was looking through the game community bulletin board again today.

[Awesome news. hey! Legends of League released in Korea!]

– Crazy. How long has it been since it was released in the US and is it already here in Korea?

– Really. Gu In-soo posted a post in the DOTA community! link!

– what? How many people are there for that pair? It’s true. Even though Gu In-su is a bitch, he doesn’t lie. It looks like it’s really being released in Korea.

Taesoo Bang blinked.

‘Legends of League is being released in Korea?’

Legends of League was a game that Bang Tae-soo knew well. Although it wasn’t a famous game yet, Bang Tae-soo liked ‘DOTA All Stars’.

Of course, Bang Tae-soo fell in love with it at first sight after seeing a YouTube video of ‘League of Legends’, which has similar DNA to DOTA.

‘But I couldn’t play it because there was no way to connect in Korea.’

It was possible to connect to the US server, but the network was too slow to match.

‘But it’s being released in Korea!’

Bang Tae-soo’s heart raced not as the owner of a PC room, but as a gamer.

‘When are you releasing it?’

Taesoo Bang searched the community again. At that time, he posted a post on the community.

[It’s up. Legends of League official article!]

There was a link in the article. Taesoo Bang immediately clicked on the link.

[Legends of League, released in Korea.]

[Riot Games CEO Mark Merrill announced at a press conference at H Hotel in Korea this morning that Legends of League will be released at the end of this month.]

Bang Tae-soo looked at each word as if he was chewing the article.

‘It’s being released at the end of this month?’

If it weren’t for the guests, Bang Tae-soo would have cheered right here. Bang Tae-soo was not the only person like this.

– and! I thought this would be released in Korea a few years later, but they’re already releasing it?

– I heard that the localization was perfect, and the voice acting was perfectly covered by a Korean voice actor?

– Crazy! Like that? Is the owner here Korean?

– yes! Nope. It’s in the article photo, right? Mark Merrill is the perfect Westerner.

– How can we wait until the end of this month! I wanted to give it a try because American kids were already raving about how fun it was!

– When this comes out, it’s DOTA All Stars Baba.

Many gamers waited for the release of ‘League of Legends’. Bang Tae-soo was like that too.

‘Wait a minute, but isn’t this person Hwang Do-jun?’

There was also a photo in the article, showing Hwang Do-jun standing to the right of President Mark Merrill.

‘Why is CEO Hwang here?’

Tae-soo Bang immediately contacted Do-jun Hwang.

“It’s been a while, CEO Hwang!”

– oh my! Boss Bang, it’s been a while. How are you?

“It’s me, I’m fine! “I want to say that, but it’s not good.”

– I can guess. But if you hold on, won’t a good day come someday?

“I already contacted you because of that nice day.”

Bang Tae-soo looked again at Hwang Do-jun in the article and asked.

“CEO Hwang, what does this have to do with Legends of League?”

– Hehe. I guess you saw the article. Well, there is a bit of a connection.

Bang Tae-soo’s eyes sparkled. A way to attract his customers came to mind.

“Then, when it is officially released later, can’t you designate our PC room as the official PC room? I upgraded my PC early this year. Well, it doesn’t have to be anything special. Just a sign that looks like something is enough. Of course, I’ll pay for the signs too!”

The official PC room may not have seemed like a big deal, but it was different for users. This was because it meant that the company guaranteed that the game could be played smoothly at least in this PC room.

– haha. Of course you should do that. But boss, is that enough?

“huh? “Is there something more?”

Dojun paused for a moment and then spoke.

“I’m thinking of creating a professional gaming team this time.”

– what? CEO Hwang is creating a gaming team? Well, if it’s CEO Hwang, it’s worth it. However, in today’s world, the Galaxy Craft Game Team… … .

“Boss, it’s not Galaxy Craft.”

Taesu Bang tilted his head.

– huh? Galaxy… No?

“yes. Galaxy will also be included, but it will be League of Legends. Soccer Online too.”

Taesoo Bang’s eyes widened.

‘You’re creating a gaming team for Legends of League?’

Taesoo Bang recalled a video of him playing the Legends of League game that he had seen on YouTube.

‘It’s a game that can be played up to 5:5, right?’

When I thought about it, Legends of League was a game that had all the elements that Koreans would like, such as competing as a team.

Bang Tae-su shouted excitedly.

“then… “Maybe we can have a competition at our PC room with guests later?”

– haha. president! Is that enough? I’ll give you the first title.

“The first time?”

– This is the PC room where our Legends of League players had their first practice game. how is it? Could you please lend me the PC room for a day?