Chapter 243: Reverse City 1
"First, most of the first batch of invitees accepted. A few declined saying they didn't have ti for now, but they asked to be invited again next ti."
Jeong Nayeon and Baek Woohyun were in a personal space conducting yet another eting to prepare for the 'Reverse City' content—they'd lost count of how many tis they'd done this.
After all, this was an ultra-large-scale joint broadcast content involving at minimum hundreds, at maximum thousands of participants, so frequent preparation etings were inevitable.
There were dozens of matters that they, as the final decision-makers, needed to determine.
Even this was the result of Jeong Nayeon working with people she'd hired to organize things once already. And there was still this much to handle.
If she and Baek Woohyun had organized everything from start to finish just the two of them before making decisions, they would have been holding marathon etings for days on end.
The only reason they weren't was entirely because she was being considerate of him.
"And this is the personnel distribution I temporarily created after consolidating the invitees' opinions and thinking about the power structure, okay?"
"Hmm."
"What you need to pay attention to, Woohyun, is the Villain Alliance side. Even if separate villain organizations are created, the final boss and alliance leader is set as you."
Baek Woohyun felt no dissatisfaction with the frequent etings. He knew she was being sufficiently considerate of him, and besides, all of this had started at his request in the first place.
Even if it was content ant as a smokescreen, they couldn't afford to half-ass it. If they did, far from deceiving Deus, their plan would be exposed in an instant and used against them instead.
Furthermore, Baek Woohyun himself was gradually becoming genuinely invested in the 'Nuclear Tourism' content.
"Should we proceed like this for now?"
"Yeah."
Multiple factions were planned to exist in 'Reverse City', but the two largest were set to be the Hero Association and the Villain Alliance.
To be precise, heroes and villains, along with the researchers and scientists, police and gangs supporting them from behind—the forces of justice and the forces of evil.
Through conflict between the two major factions, 'Reverse City' would finally gain vitality, and viewers would find entertainnt in the stories arising from it.
This was similar to the approach taken by other joint content from individual broadcasters of a similar type.
"Oh, right. Co to think of it, an idea ca up that it would be good if the self-employed side also had a large faction like the Association and Alliance."
However, if only two factions existed, they wouldn't be able to extract more diverse entertainnt.
The similar joint content ntioned earlier also had miscellaneous jobs like doctors, chefs, and taxi drivers in addition to police and gangs.
'Reverse City' also planned to accept those who would beco mbers of an ordinary city, unrelated to heroes and villains, as shown in the trailer.
Jeong Nayeon was proposing that they establish core factions for them as well, like the Hero Association and Villain Alliance.
If they were doctors, a hospital; if chefs, a restaurant; if self-employed like taxi drivers, couldn't they use the na of a company?
Whether it should really be viewed on the sa level as associations or alliances was ambiguous, but there would be significance in the managent side creating large-scale factions.
"Is that okay? You said your head was about to split just from the first personnel distribution."
"I don't know! Future will figure it out sohow!"
To prevent 'Reverse City' from flowing into a one-sided dominance structure by any single faction, personnel distribution had to be appropriately done for each faction.
This was why Jeong Nayeon had been racking her brain even more after confirming the first batch of invitees and receiving their acceptance.
Personnel distribution had to be done considering both individual preferences for which faction to belong to and the power structure that would be created by the faction's strength itself.
With close to three hundred people stepping into 'Reverse City' for the first ti, to perfectly compose the factions with them, she had no choice but to work even more.
"I also have a favor to ask you."
"?"
"Yes!"
Jeong Nayeon nodded her head vigorously.
Baek Woohyun, montarily puzzled, shrugged his shoulders.
"Go ahead and say it."
"I'd like you to avoid coming to the forefront as much as possible in the early stages after 'Reverse City' starts, Woohyun."
If Baek Woohyun ran wild spectacularly, it was all too obvious that the Villain Alliance would overwhelm the Hero Association.
Then, during the period when things should be heating up with debates about which side is strong, which is good, the versus developnt would solidify and the fun would be cut in half.
There would definitely be talk about the operator, Baek Woohyun, monopolizing the spotlight. Separate from the cause being his strength.
For 'Reverse City' to properly taste success, the two largest factions had to be evenly matched while going back and forth.
A structure where one side was unilaterally dominant while the other struggled desperately for victory was only for short-term entertainnt purposes.
For 'Reverse City' content that would continue for at least two months—truly a long-running project—they couldn't proceed with the sa content for all that ti.
"Alright, I'll do that. Sure."
Baek Woohyun, who had been listening to Jeong Nayeon's detailed explanation, readily nodded.
"Really? Thank you!"
"It's nothing."
'Actually, this worked out well.'
Jeong Nayeon's request for him to rather step back and adjust things in the early days of 'Reverse City' was close to what Baek Woohyun had been hoping for.
He already had things to do while wandering around 'Reverse City' anyway. To accomplish the true purpose of this content, that is.
When conveying the city information, Isaac had tipped him off that during the 'Reverse City' creation process, he'd prepared doors to go to the 'back' in specific zones.
He needed to visit those places and prepare to recover the scattered authority, and based on Jeong Nayeon's request, he planned to use the free ti in the early stages for that.
"But since just not appearing would be boring, I prepared a good reason too."
Baek Woohyun's question "Can't I just rest?" was shot down by Jeong Nayeon's rebuttal that he absolutely must not do that.
For 'Reverse City' to overflow with vitality, they as operators had to be imrsed in the city themselves, and they had to value even these small details, or so she said.
Well, there was also that incredibly cool saying: "God is in the detail."
"So what did you prepare?"
"...How do you feel about getting younger?!"
At the sudden question, Baek Woohyun blinked.
The mont he understood the aning of what she'd said was just before 'Reverse City' was finally revealed to everyone.
***
The day 'Reverse City' opened to the public.
As it was an ultra-large-scale joint broadcast on a huge server, quite a few of the broadcasters participating in 'Reverse City' planned to do an 'open run.'
No, to be honest, most of the first batch of invitees did. Everyone knew the starting period when no one knew anything was when the most attention would be focused.
"It's about to start! Wow! I'm nervous! I'm so excited I couldn't even sleep properly! ...ow!"
-I'm looking forward to it ㄷㄷ
-There's still ten minutes left but "about to start"?
-Why'd you turn on the waiting broadcast two hours early lol
-That's how excited they are I guess~
'ㅇㅇ' donated '1000 won'!
[Stop tacking on the concept like you just rembered lol]
"I've always been good at keeping it, nonsense! ...ow!"
'Rooty-ow,' an individual broadcaster with an average of a thousand viewers, was one of them.
She stomped her feet in her personal space while looking at the ssage saying ten minutes remained until the 'Reverse City' server opened. Her expression was truly full of anticipation.
From the fact that she'd turned on a broadcast titled 'Reverse City Open Run' a full two hours early, you could tell how strong her feelings were.
......Or she might have started the 'Reverse City' waiting broadcast faster than anyone else under the guise of anticipation, aiming to increase viewers.
In reality, her viewers, which usually hovered around a thousand, had increased to a full 2.5 tis—up to 2,500 people.
This ant fifteen hundred floating viewers generated by 'Reverse City' were staying on her broadcast.
"Soon I'll be able to say it proudly! I'm soone who's played gas with Hackphysical!"
-Since when did a large-scale collaboration beco "played gas together"
-Anyway, you did do RePla together, let's have a drink
-Wait, you were a Hackphysical fan??
-ㄴㄴ Just a fan of strong people. Until recently, liked Battler
"What's wrong with being a fan of strong people! I can't do well, so I admire people who can! ...ow!"
'ㅇㅇ' donated '1000 won'!
[So stop tacking on the concept like you just... sigh never mind]
"What, don't give up! ...ow!" Rooty-ow shouted, making the viewers giggle with laughter.
Rooty-ow tacking on the ow-speak like she just rembered and soone pointing it out or eventually giving up—the usual WWE.
'4DollarsDollars' donated '1000 won'!
[But which faction are you in, Rooty?]
"It's Rooty-ow! Don't leave out the ow! And I'm in the Villain Alliance!"
-Oh ㄹㅇ? You actually got into the Villain Alliance?
-I heard the competition there was insane, you got lucky
-Why was the villain side competitive, not the hero side, explain please
-Can explain in two letters "swag"
"As expected, villains have more swag than heroes!"
Additionally, Rooty-ow chattered about how she speculated that the reason applications flooded to the Villain Alliance was heavily influenced by the 'Reverse City' trailer.
In that trailer, Jeong Nayeon took the hero role and Baek Woohyun the villain role and fought, so there was a high probability those roles would continue in the main story.
Given individual broadcasters' characteristics where attention directly connects to inco, it was natural to want to be in the sa faction as Baek Woohyun, the source of attention.
"Honestly, I applied because I thought Hackphysical would be in the Villain Alliance too!"
-Fan-motivated application
-If you're in the sa Villain Alliance, isn't it more than "played gas together"?
-ㅇㅈ The Association recognizes this
-Info) Ar-Woof also applied to villains but got rejected
"Ar-Woof that bitch got rejected? Serves her right! ...ow!"
Ar-Woof was a broadcaster with a dog concept, unlike the cat concept of Rooty-ow. True to cats and dogs, the two were bitter rivals.
The amazing fact was that the two hadn't particularly coordinated their concepts. There were many broadcasters with cat and dog concepts, and they were just two among them.
Yet they naturally beca close and ended up as concept rivals, which was the amazing part.
"It's finally opening!"
-Let's gooooo
-It's been a long wait (for real)
-You turned on the broadcast early so we unintentionally waited two hours lol
-If Hackphysical's not in the Villain Alliance after this, that's legendary
"No bad words!"
And so, after also teasing her rival Ar-Woof who got rejected from the Villain Alliance, they chatted for a while.
Finally, when the ti ca and the 'Reverse City' server opened, Rooty-ow swiftly connected. It was a cat-like agile speed.
The cutely decorated personal space blurred and disappeared, and what replaced it was the scenery prepared by the 'Reverse City' server.
The massive city 'Reverse City' that could be seen at a glance, created by the genius of the century and Creator Isaac!
"Wow..."
-Holy shit ㄷㄷ
-Who the hell made this city
-Academia's lunch says a pro-level ability user stepped up
-There was also speculation that at minimum a team worked on it
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