The 4th Generation Chaebol YouTuber

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The conversation with common sense continued similarly to the last time.

“How did common sense channel invest?”

“ah. First of all, we haven’t spent much money aside from setting up equipment in the beginning. Perhaps that’s why the increase in subscribers has been very gradual.”

I am proud.

In the end, it’s a story that is getting a significant return on investment.

Besides, ‘When it comes to funding, we don’t have much to say. You guys should also answer the questions diligently.”

Very today, you decided to cover me unilaterally. It’s basically a two-way talk.

“hahahaha. However, since there are staff now, there must have been an investment in labor costs in the middle.”

I said while looking at the staff on the Sangsik side holding the camera.

“ah. yes. If it’s an investment, it’s an investment. But we have a style of recruiting people when we need them…”

Common sense clouded over.

I am proud.

That means that the staff over there are not treated as full-time employees at all.

Common sense, looking at the channel’s video quality, they are quite capable staff.

But will those people get the treatment they deserve?

“Are you going to dinner with them today?”

“Oh.”

Common sense stopped for a moment.

“no.”

Common sense answered with a troubled expression again.

“why? I didn’t get to eat together last time, so I said let’s do it together this time.”

I said with a sad expression.

“ah. But the next shoot happened. hahahaha.”

Common Sense said, scratching his head.

‘Honestly, running multi-channels here must be pretty cool.’

Come to think of it, yes.

Common sense is that the video uploaded to the channel is obvious, but you keep making excuses for making other videos?

It could be a lie about not wanting to eat together, or it could be that they are actually filming another video.

A video that will be uploaded to the ‘Kid Channel’.

“is it so? There were no videos uploaded to the channel other than the ones that were taken with me that day.”

I asked, tilting my head.

“ah. Just because you filmed doesn’t mean the video is uploaded.”

“I see. The video might have come out better if I had eaten.”

I muttered to myself.

A puzzled expression crossed Sang-sik’s face.

It’s not just his staff holding the camera.

This is our studio, and Beomsu is holding a large studio camera with a force.

If you come up with such an uncomfortable question, you can edit it.

But how can we not get caught on our camera?

‘Come to think of it, did you send me the video with the intention of uploading it as an edited copy?’

When I tried to do that, nothing looked nice.

“Really?”

I said looking back at the staff.

I put on a playful smile and prevented the atmosphere from becoming awkward as much as possible.

But that’s why it’s rather difficult to be straight on the other side.

“Ah yes.”

Awkward answers from the staff.

“Uh. Since we don’t eat together too much, I think you might be suspicious of the CEO saying, ‘I don’t sit down with my staff!’”

“hmm. no. hahahaha.”

But common sense is the same, and common sense is the same for the staff.

It all became a chewed up face.

‘That’s right, but what are you doing?’

“hahahaha. I’ve been asking questions too. Actually, that’s what I’m most curious about.”

I smiled and started leading the conversation naturally.

Now it’s my turn to ask questions.

In the meantime, it was difficult to answer the questions about the inheritance and the stake.

“Which one?”

“I’m majoring in media communication.”

“yes. yes. You did.”

“So, in fact, a lot of problems arise when our graduates get a job or when current students work part-time jobs.”

“What is it?”

At this point, Sang-sik’s face already darkened slightly.

“In fact, what is the really big part of the investment amount? I think of it as labor cost.”

“ah. yes.”

“Actually, before I opened this channel, I was also looking for a part-time job as a channel editor or camera operator. That’s why I’m very interested in this.”

Once I got lucky like this.

“yes.”

Common sense agreed passively.

“But what do I feel in common? People who start a business in Korea don’t count labor costs as the amount of investment, right?”

“is that so?”

“yes. Those who say ‘buy the best equipment’ also ask ‘labor cost? It’s just a part-time job, right?”

I deliberately stared at the camera where Sangsik was holding the staff, and said it forcefully.

In fact, common sense is more conscious of the staff than the camera.

“ah.”

“And what’s worse, it’s better if you calculate it properly and accurately, even as an albabi? I don’t do it subtly.”

“…”

It’s the right time for the choo-im-sae of ‘how?’ to come in, but there isn’t.

I stared at Common Sense Channel’s camera again.

But to be precise, I was staring at the face of the staff staring at the camera monitor from behind the camera.

“How do you do it? When hiring people, you can hire them as ‘writers’ or ‘PDs’ belonging to official channels and pay them for labor, but they just hire them in the name of ‘creators’?”

“ah. yes.”

still reluctant chuimsae. However, I felt that my common sense was a bit rattled.

“I hired them like that and paid them like commissions, not labor costs. Of course, there is no channel income in the beginning, so the commission is not even less than the minimum wage.”

I continued talking without waiting for common sense to come.

“In effect, you hire people and use them like investors.”

“You use it like an investor?”

“If you work even if there is no profit, what you have to pay is the labor cost. But if you don’t make a profit, you say, ‘We haven’t received the money yet,’ and it’s a joke. That’s writing like an investor.”

“ah…”

“If so, if the channel grows and becomes profitable, if you pay a lot of money, then you have a conscience, right? However, when the channel grows and the profit goes up, ‘You guys were part-timers, right?’

Then, pay a little for the labor cost. They say they sometimes give it as a bonus, but that’s literally blindfolded.”

I glanced at Beom-soo, who was holding our camera.

Bum-soo was smiling and showing his teeth as he looked at the camera monitor.

Beomsu also knows the intention of the questions I throw.

Hee-yeon, who was sitting next to Beom-soo, resting her chin on her hands and watching, made a similar expression.

“okay. Labor cost is important. then…”

Common sense tried to divert the topic.

It’s still a long way, man.

“By the way, do you know where things like this often happen?”

I quickly asked Common Sense a question.

“Where do you wake up?”

“In multi-channel. MCN.”

“…”

Another bit of common sense.

“There are so many channels that are running multi-channel these days. But why are you running this multi-channel?”

The chooimsae stopped again.

I naturally brought my gaze back to Common Sense’s camera.

“When recruiting new people, there are many cases where they hire them as ‘creators’ for their own channel. And at first, the newly created channel is not profitable, so those who are hired like that have to run the baby channel as well as do chores for the channel that will become the parent company.”

“…”

“Then, when income comes in to the baby channel, the one-channel operator takes half of the income in the name of the creator’s manager. They let their channel work, and then steal it again when the profits come out. They work without paying labor costs, and when they start making money, half of that money is taken away in the name of management.”

“okay.”

“This is really bad. If you think about it for a bit, you’ll know it’s a very bad thing, but the gentlemen who do MCN misunderstand this as some kind of good business idea, and you and I are passing it on to each other as know-how.”

“Then, you don’t do ＜Things that no one else does＞ like that?”

“yes. For now, all of our members here get a share of the profits.”

“What is the ratio?”

“I can’t disclose the settlement ratio, but it’s not that low anyway.”

After saying this, I asked Heeyeon and Beomsu.

“If I speak, your credibility will go down. how is it?”

“Honestly, it’s too high!”

The beggar raised his thumb.

“then!”

Same goes for Heeyeon.

“So what I want to say about this investment is that please approach labor costs as an investment concept. Please don’t beat the labor cost.”

“…”

I went into cleanup mode without waiting for a common sense answer.

“If you are going to distribute profits, make sure that your colleagues have a sense of fellowship! If you’re going to do the work, pay the labor cost so that you don’t think you’ll be ripped off! uh?! is this difficult? Isn’t this basic?”

Unbeknownst to me, my voice rose.

“I hope channel makers and MCN operators will think about this issue. and!”

I looked at the camera of common sense again and said.

“Those who are looking for jobs. Especially those who have major knowledge or skills related to video. Don’t work for scams like that.”

Of course, there is a reason I brought up this story in a conversation with common sense.

The fact that common sense is secretly operating multi-channel.

And the attitude common sense treats the staff.

Combining these things, you can predict 99 percent of how you are dealing with the staff holding the camera right now.

So, in the end, the words were aimed at common sense and the staff.

“Uh. My throat hurts from screaming. Shall we take a break?”

I asked common sense with a smile.

“yes…”

Common Sik’s expression was dark, but I’m not sure if I was talking to him or not.

If you pretend to be in a bad mood here, you only lose yourself.

“yes. Get some rest.”

Common sense smiled and nodded.

“yes.”

As I left the studio, I approached one of the common sense staff.

“What are you majoring in?”

“I’m from the Visual Media Department.”

“ah. Departments are different. Are you a student now?”

“no. I graduated.”

“Oh. Then you are my brother.”

“yes.”

Seeing that the staff was paying attention to common sense, I deliberately spoke out loud so that common sense could hear.

“wow! It’s a similar major. Let’s say hello for a while.”

I said this and took the staff by the arm and led them outside.

“…”

Common sense opened its eyes round, but it is awkward to follow as it unnaturally jumps out of the situation where there are many eyes to see.

Eventually he got up for a moment, then sat back down with an awkward smile.

“You’re really good at editing.”

I brought the staff out and said this.

“ah. yes. thank you.”

The staff answered awkwardly.

“Hey, that might be a bit of a difficult question.”

I took a break and opened my mouth.

“…”

“What I said earlier, to what extent does common sense apply to channels?”

“oh…”

The staff’s eyes widened.

“…”

and a moment of silence.

The staff scratched their heads.

“well. hahahaha.”

huh. The answer was 99% yes.