Chapter 359
There are two things to keep in mind before we set off.
The first is to find a Sigma Entertainment employee who has New Year's money.
Since I haven't properly explored the building yet, I don't know what kind of person has New Year's money.
I glanced at the staff who had just come up in the elevator with me.
'Isn't that right? I think I know.'
Up until now, while working on other self-content, the staff who guided and helped us have never been silent.
But today was a little different.
As I was going up in the elevator, I kept asking them small questions, but the staff responded with silence.
That means..........
Is it a setting where all employees who don't have New Year's money have to remain silent?
"Are you intentionally not saying anything to me?"
"....."
"Hmm."
I decided to try something.
Instead of walking towards the stairs, I suddenly stood in the middle of the hallway and said loudly.
"Happy New Year!"
According to the mission card, anyone with New Year's money would receive my New Year's greetings and be offered a mini-game.
Then, if I were a regular employee without New Year's money, I shouldn't say anything here.
".......Kuhap."
The staff member in charge of me couldn't help but laugh at the one-sided greeting.
Even so, I could see that he was still trying to hold back from saying anything to me.
I smiled.
"So the regular employees don't say anything. I understand."
But if I think about it again, there is no way to tell the difference between a regular employee and an employee with New Year's money with the naked eye.
What would be the best way to do it?
After thinking about it for a while, I had no choice but to go at it head on.
'I guess I'll just say hello to everyone once.'
If I think about it a little more, I might come up with a more appropriate strategy, but every second is precious to me.
I need to get more New Year's money than the other guys so I can watch the fun spectacle of others carrying out their punishments.
First, it would be best to attack the floor where the most employees would be gathered.
I quickly went down the stairs and headed to the 4th floor where there were many conference rooms.
"New Year's money! Anyone with New Year's money! Please!"
As soon as I arrived on the 4th floor, a loud noise greeted me.
The owner of that uniquely cheerful and bright voice was..........
Yoo Min-ha looks around the A&R team's conference room with longing eyes.
I quietly observed Yoo Min-ha, who was wandering around, hiding my presence.
'As expected, no matter how desperately we called, the person with the New Year's money didn't raise their hands.'
It seems that all the staff members had made a very thorough promise in advance before filming today.
I continued to watch Yoo Min-ha, who personally provided good information, and observed the people's movements.
The person with the New Year's money would definitely show even a little bit of agitation.
My instinct, which has accumulated a lot of social experience in
No matter how much they try to hide it, it will inevitably show in their facial expressions.
Or pretend to focus on something else.
Or try to avoid eye contact with the members.
Or..........
Or, like the staff member who is glancing at Yoo Min-ha right now, can't hold back the laughter that is leaking out.
Seizing my opportunity, I ran towards the male employee wearing silver glasses like a hawk flying towards its prey.
Then, I bowed deeply and shouted loudly without stopping.
"Happy New Year!"
The employees sitting near the door were startled by my sudden appearance.
Soon, they burst out laughing when they saw me, my yellow hanbok fluttering like a chick, hanging on the floor.
"Hey, oh, oh! Hyung, what are you doing! When did you show up?"
Yoo Minha, who had been mistaken in thinking that the A&R conference room was all his, ran towards me with his eyes wide open.
I didn't even respond to him and kept bowing.
The male employee, who had been laughing for a long time, finally took out a white envelope from his pocket.
"Mini game, can we start?"
"Yes!"
"Ah! No, wait a minute! I'm being treated unfairly!"
Yoo Minha immediately made a bewildered expression.
"I clearly asked if anyone had any New Year's money earlier, but you didn't say anything then, so why are you taking out an envelope to Karis hyung! I'm being wronged! Something's wrong with this!"
"Haha, Minha didn't greet."
"I need to know if you have an envelope to greet you! No, but how did you know? That this person has New Year's money?"
"As expected, you still have a long way to go before you can keep up with me, Minha."
I wiggled my fingers to deliberately tease Yoo Minha.
"You should have looked around more carefully, you lack observation skills."
"What on earth do you want me to see and observe?"
"Let's start with a mini game first. What kind of game is it?"
Suddenly, the conference room became busy.
The employees who had been looking at me and Yoo Minha with interest moved the chairs and tables in unison.
Before we knew it, there was only one long table left at the front of the conference room.
The employee holding the New Year's money took something out of his pocket after confirming that everything was ready for the mini game.
"Do you know the game of throwing bottle caps far?"
"All you have to do is throw the bottle cap far.........?"
"It's a simple game where you tap it with your finger like this and send it as far as possible. If the bottle cap falls off the table, it's a drop. Each person gets two chances."
It's a very intuitive and simple game.
You win if you throw the bottle cap farther than your opponent.
And it was a game that was a little familiar to me because I had done the bottle cap throwing game in Jeonju during the New Year's special last year.
"Did Karis hyung-nim do well in this? I don't remember very well."
"I remember that I proudly won first place in Jeonju and rose in social status. Min-ha, you dressed up as a woman."
"Oh, oh! I had forgotten that memory!"
Yoo Min-ha had already switched to spectator mode.
Since I have often boasted overwhelming power, you might think that I would be weak in this type of game.
Unfortunately, I always adjusted my strength according to my technique even when using a sword.
I can easily win against something like a bottle cap fly. It has already been proven through results.
I decided the right to go first through rock-paper-scissors.
First, the A&R employee calmly placed the bottle cap on the table and put strength into his fingers.
Soon, with a click, the bottle cap flew smoothly.
"Wow-!"
"Yes!"
The employee stood up while clenching his fist.
The black bottle cap he had thrown stopped exactly at the 3/4 point of the table.
At a glance, it flew quite far.
Even the location was right in the middle of the table, so it could have gone a little further forward due to the bottle caps that flew in afterward.
I turned my head a few times and took a deep breath.
'Don't panic, go at my own pace.'
I'm not usually nervous in situations like this, but now is the time to feel a little nervous.
I calmly looked at the edge of the table and prepared to hit the bottle cap.
I finely adjusted the strength of my fingertips and let the first bottle cap fly.
'That's it!'
The feeling of hitting it was definitely good.
I snapped my fingers with more strength than usual.
However, despite this good feeling, my white bottle cap accelerated across the table at an incredibly fast speed and eventually fell.
".........This wasn't it."
"Oh, yeah! Everyone, Karis hyung lost his!"
Yoo Minha, who felt instantly better after seeing my fall, teased me a lot and was delighted.
I clenched my fists and wrinkled my nose.
It's still too early to be discouraged. I have one last bottle cap left.
The A&R team member smiled brightly and took his seat to hit his last bottle cap.
I suddenly became curious and asked a question.
"Is there a special reason why you decided to play a mini game of bottle caps? You don't play this game with your colleagues during break time, right?"
"Hahaha! Oh, actually, I played it all when I went to MT in the past.
"But why this game-."
"They suddenly told me to make a game, and I remembered that I won first place in bottle cap throwing at MT."
"Ah."
Even though the sample size is small, he is a former champion. Is this it?
I nodded and felt a competitive spirit burning inside me.
I guess I can take it a little more seriously.
The second bottle cap the employee threw was slightly less effective than the first.
However, a barricade was formed that completely blocked my central path.
I looked carefully at the table and tried to figure out the best way to win.
'It's virtually impossible to dig into the middle. Then it's better to attack the right side, which is relatively more empty than the left side..........
Unless I make a really perfect shot, the possibility of a comeback is slim.
But somewhere. There's still a possibility of a comeback.
I stared at the bottle cap in a state of extreme concentration.
All I could think about was sending this bottle cap to the edge of the table.
-Tak.
I sent the bottle cap with less force than when I had failed the first time.
My bottle cap, which dug into the right side of the table at a sharp angle, narrowly missed the bottle cap that the staff had set up as a barricade.
"Oh! Oh!"
"No way!"
Carrying everyone's expectations, I flew towards the end of the table.
I also clenched my fist and shouted in my mind.
Please, please.
Just a little more momentum and forward.
But unfortunately, right before reaching the employee's black bottle cap.
My bottle cap of determination suddenly stopped.
"Wow!"
"Yeeeeees!"
The employee and Yoo Minha shouted and enjoyed the dopamine of victory.
I fell to my knees and trembled with regret and pain.
If only I had hit just a little harder, just a little harder, I could have won.
The failure that I had in the first attempt was a failure. I became too timid.
However, before I could properly overcome this regret, I was pushed to the side of the table by Yoo Min-ha.
"Okay! Now I can do it? Happy New Year."
"...You too, get all the way out of the table."
"Wow, this hyung is really annoying now."
I just returned Yoo Minha's curse earlier. I didn't know it would become a real thing.
"Kyaaaaaaaah! No! No! How did you -"
A few minutes later, Yoo Minha cleanly blew a bottle cap home run out of the table.
I'm usually the kind of person who's kind to my younger brothers, but today, I decided to put that kind of kindness in my pocket.
"I knew you'd do that."
"This is all because hyung-nim cursed me!"
"If you hadn't done it first, I would have kept quiet. So it's your fault."
"Oh, really!"
As we continued to fail to blow off bottle caps in the noisy atmosphere, Ji Yoon-chul, who heard the sound and entered the conference room, blinked a few times to understand the situation.
".......Are you playing a game here?"
That's how the bottle cap battle between the A&R staff member and Ji Yoon-chul began.
Yoo Min-ha and I, who had already lost, warned Ji Yoon-chul.
"He's really good. It's no joke."
"And the bottle cap flies surprisingly far. It's a little different from when we played in Jeonju before. If you fail to control your strength, you'll be in trouble, so be careful."
"Yes."
However, this advice was meaningless, Ji Yoon-chul defeated the staff member in one go with perfect skills and won the New Year's money.
"...It's this easy, but you guys couldn't win?"
The youngest even opened the New Year's money envelope slightly and showed it to us, deceiving us who were both looking at him in disbelief.
It was my perfect defeat.
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