Brother, Am I Cute? [EN]: Chapter 260

“Hyung, aren’t I cute?” (260/500)

-A few days ago. America.

The Kyung Trio members scraped together all their time and poured everything into game development.

The more time they spent, the less time it took to complete, and since the club members also helped with simple tasks, they were able to create it quickly.

Also, since they had programmed some things in the early stages, the time was further reduced.

And the American game company they wanted to target: PEF Games.

They went there for an interview.

Their application was surprisingly easy to pass, but the candidates who came for the interview had very strong skills.

“So, you’re saying the three of you made this?”

The interviewer stroked his chin and looked at them.

His brightly shining eyes seemed to pierce right through them.

Ahn Kyung-ho confidently replied without yielding to the intense gaze.

“We borrowed the expertise of another friend for the scenario.”

“I see. You have very good skills. But are you thinking of continuing to develop this game at our company?”

“Yes! I would like to continue supporting it as much as possible after its release.”

The interviewer discussed it with the developer next to him in response to that answer.

“Interesting. One person even drew the original art, and another took charge of the server side. But the number of people we want to hire is fixed. All three of you are very excellent, though.”

“Are you saying that this game won’t be released if we don’t join?”

“If you hand it over to us, we can do it.”

“What? What do you mean?”

“Ah, there was a misunderstanding in my words. I don’t mean to take the game outright. I mean, how about only one of the three of you joining our company?”

Ahn Kyung-ho looked at his two friends.

They kept their mouths shut and looked ahead.

There was no resentment in their eyes as they looked at Ahn Kyung-ho.

There was only pressure, as if telling him to make the right decision.

“What are you going to do?”

“I, I…….”

Ahn Kyung-ho squeezed his eyes shut and then opened them.

“I refuse.”

“That’s a shame. You’re really the talent I wanted. It was impressive how exceptionally neat your programming skills were.”

“Thank you. But I decided to stick with these friends; all three of us. So I can’t accept that offer.”

“Romance. Loyalty. Friendship. Very wonderful words. Words you can afford to value when you’re young.”

The interviewer smiled softly.

As if indirectly saying that they were still naive.

“There are always opportunities, so please apply again.”

The interviewer stopped as he was about to turn around.

“Ah. You don’t necessarily have to be together now.”

He left, throwing a stone into the quiet lake [a metaphor for introducing a disruptive idea].

Ahn Kyung-ho’s eyes held a firm stubbornness, but his two friends’ eyes rippled slightly.

***

I was surprised to hear the three people’s stories.

I didn’t think it would be completed already, and I didn’t think they would have had an interview.

Also, I thought Ahn Kyung-ho’s decision was pretty cool.

“That’s amazing.”

“Hahaha. What.”

Shin Kyung-hwan twitched his eyebrows.

“Are you crazy? Is this the time to be happy? Hey, honestly, it’s okay if we’re not together now. We can gather again after we build up our careers. What’s the problem?”

“We can’t do it together if it’s not now. Later? Do you think we can meet and do it later?”

“Then? Do you think we can’t meet? It’s a possible story. We can gather and develop after gaining more experience.”

“No. We can never do it.”

Park Kyung-joon also added his thoughts.

“Is there a reason to say never? I just think it’s a little difficult, but I don’t think it’s impossible.”

“As time passes, we can’t only think about ourselves. Someone gets married, has children, buys a house somewhere, and settles down. Then when can we get together and meet?”

I nodded.

I definitely understand the three people’s positions.

The two friends are frustrated and sad that Ahn Kyung-ho missed this good opportunity.

But Ahn Kyung-ho intuitively knows that he can only do it with his friends at this time.

It is a problem that is not easy to judge, considering the future.

“Then how about this?”

The three people turned to me.

“We’re seniors now. There’s still plenty of time to get a job.”

Shin Kyung-hwan said.

“What do you want to say?”

“Of course, I admit that the game company is a good opportunity. I don’t really know, but I guess you were going to go there because it’s famous. Can I understand it as gaining experience at Intel or Google?”

“That’s why I’m frustrated.”

“But you don’t have to go there right now. There’s still plenty of time. But you can’t just laze around because there’s plenty of time.”

“Hmm.”

Everyone is thinking about what I said.

But I guess they don’t know what to prepare.

“You don’t know what will happen to the game even if you go there. You can’t know if it will be released just because you sign a contract.”

“That’s right.”

“But I think they’re quite gentlemanly. They could have just signed a game contract and taken away three programmers.”

“Oh? That’s right?”

“Right? There are companies that exploit new developers like that these days.”

But listening to the story, the interviewer didn’t seem like that kind of person.

He was a little rude, but I thought he was a good person in that he didn’t try to exploit them.

“Then how about we properly develop this and release it ourselves?”

“We don’t have the time and money…….”

“We do.”

“Huh?”

I took out my phone and showed it to the three people.

GCP.

“Game Creator Project. GCP. It’s a business that supports you almost like a startup. Let’s get government funding here and release it. You guys apply here too.”

“!!!”

Everyone looked at me with surprised eyes.

They had faces that asked how this happened.

“Pfft. The situation got better. I got a job as a contract worker at NM Games. If you guys pick the team leader of NM Games as your mentor, that means I’ll be working with you too. As a translator.”

“Wow. That’s crazy.”

“Ah, of course, the mentor team leader has to like you guys too. But it’s not bad. Apply here, and you might fail.”

“That’s true. They don’t give funding to just anyone.”

Shin Kyung-hwan carefully read the data I gave him.

“Hey. Look at it on your phone. I’ll send you the file.”

“Oh? Okay.”

“Don’t fight and go out here once. How is it? Isn’t it okay? You never know. The game you’re developing now might do well.”

Ahn Kyung-ho scoffed at that, as if he was dumbfounded.

“Hey. Do you think it’s easy to have a hit game?”

“I didn’t say anything about being a hit?”

“Making a lot of sales or being a hit, it’s the same thing.”

“It’s not the same thing. I mean making enough to live on.”

“Still, the story writer is asking for too much.”

“You’re trying to get too much for free on your first try.”

“So I’m buying lottery tickets every week these days.”

He was aiming for a jackpot here.

Ahn Kyung-ho had thrown away a good job opportunity and was aiming for a life-changing event.

Well, even if you win the lottery, it won’t change your life completely, but it’s true that it will be quite comfortable.

Ahn Kyung-ho looked at me.

“Anyway, thank you. If it goes well later, let’s definitely work with NM Company.”

“Yeah. I really want to work together. It’s easier for me when I translate. Puhaha!”

Park Kyung-joon, who was listening next to me, said.

“You’re trying to get a free ride.”

The bear is doing the trick…. No, I did a lot of work here too, so I’m the bear [referring to a Korean idiom about someone benefiting from others’ work].

“Hey. I’m not getting a free ride.”

Relatively, it was easier to translate because I created the world view.

Well, it looks like I’m getting a free ride. I’m not really getting a free ride.

“But shouldn’t you guys apologize to each other? Shake hands and say you’re sorry. The three of you hug and pat each other.”

Of course, they were angry because they were thinking of each other, so there is something that makes it difficult to simply say that they fought.

“No matter how close we are, we don’t hug.”

“This is not it. Seriously. Si-hyuk, you have to apologize more.”

“We’re not kids…. You see us as Siha.”

Oh, really? I’m sorry about that.

***

-Daycare.

Since a new friend came, a new group was created, even if the teacher didn’t intend to.

Yeon-ju joined the Siha group.

Because there was Hana, who was also a girl.

Thus, the ideal situation would be a paired 4 to 4, but it is not easy in the early days.

Because there was someone who wanted to join the Siha group.

It was Jae-hwi.

“Yeon-ju. What are you going to play today?”

“Me? Hmm.”

Yeon-ju pondered with a sulky expression.

Jae-hwi’s face was slightly red, as if he thought that appearance was also pretty.

Jong-su said.

“Jae-hwi. What are you doing there?”

“Huh? I was talking to Yeon-ju about what to play.”

“What?!”

Jong-su made a surprised expression.

The shock was greater than when he lost to Siha.

Yeon-ju smiled brightly, not knowing this dynamic.

“Hana. What shall we do?”

“Shall we play college student?”

“Huh? Play college student?”

Yeon-ju’s eyes widened as if she was curious.

It was an expression that she didn’t know she would play college student, not even house.

Siha also perked up his ears and approached Hana.

“Do Siha hyung [older brother in Korean].”

“Okay. Do Siha Si-hyuk oppa [older brother/male friend in Korean, used by girls].”

“Ah ah.”

He is very active in pre-empting roles.

Yeon-ju knew Siha’s hyung, so she nodded as if she thought it was okay.

“Hana will do Su-hyeon unnie [older sister/female friend in Korean, used by girls]. She’s a student who sings well.”

“Wow. Then I’ll be a music student who plays the violin well.”

Seung-joon said.

“Ah, then I’m a national soccer player.”

“Oppa [older brother/male friend in Korean, used by girls]. Where is a college student a national player? Are you stupid? Stupid Oh Seung-joon.”

“Hey! There could be. A national player attending university.”

“You don’t go to university because you play soccer.”

“Really? As a sports science major.”

“Okay.”

Jae-hwi hesitated and chose fashion design.

Jong-su was left alone and gritted his teeth.

However, it feels like losing something to ask to join there.

Siha looked at such Jong-su.

“Jong-su.”

“Why?”

“Jong-su is moya [what in Korean]?”

“Huh?”

“Jong-su tteok tteokhae [rice cake rice cake in Korean]. Tteok tteokhagga hae [let’s do rice cake in Korean].”

In the end, Jong-su was assigned to a department that makes rice cakes. A department that doesn’t even exist.

He pondered what this meant.

“Hey. Lee Siha. It’s smart.”

“Ah ah. Tteok tteok [rice cake rice cake in Korean].”

“No. What is tteok tteok [rice cake rice cake in Korean] department?”

“Tteok tteokhagga [let’s do rice cake in Korean].”

Jong-su was naturally caught up in Siha and participated.

Yoon-dong and Eun-woo also joined the kids and transferred to the music department.

Somehow, 4 music majors were decided.

Hana, Yeon-ju, Yoon-dong, Eun-woo.

The group was divided once again.

The rest had their majors determined.

Hana said.

“College students do team projects. They do homework together.”

“Wow. What kind of homework do you do?”

“Woong. I don’t know, but since we do music, shouldn’t we make music together?”

Yeon-ju clapped her hands as if it was a good idea.

Jae-hwi also wanted to join, so he came quietly.

“Then I’ll make clothes that help when presenting music. That’s the role. Um.”

“Huh? Will you do that?”

Jong-su clenched his fists.

Jae-hwi went over there, so there was nothing he could do.

Seung-joon said as if it was fun.

“Let’s compete. Competition. The person who does well wins.”

“Homework competition?”

“Yeah.”

Yoon-dong slipped out and came to Siha.

“Ah?”

“There are too many people there.”

“Ah ah.”

Eun-woo didn’t care that Yoon-dong was gone and was immersed in the thought of making a song.

Seung-joon looked at Siha.

“Siha. What homework do we do?”

The four of them were in different departments, so there was no common ground.

Jong-su stepped forward.

“Then shall we do something to study? I know how to write Korean.”

“Ah, that’s no fun.”

“Hey! Oh Seung-joon!”

“Why!”

The problem that arises because it is not decided who is the leader here occurred as it is.

Yoon-dong didn’t really think of stepping forward himself, Jong-su wanted to lead, and Siha was full of confidence in the thought of being a hyung [older brother in Korean].

He covers his mouth with his fist and sinks into thought.

He’s trying to pretend to be cool.

Because hyung [older brother in Korean] is cool.

“Oh oh. Siha is thinking.”

“That’s true. Lee Siha. Do you have any good ideas?”

“I’ve never seen Siha think like that. A good idea might come out.”

Seung-joon, Jong-su, and Yoon-dong are looking at Siha.

But there’s nothing coming out anyway.

Because Siha had no idea.

“Ah ah!”

Siha suddenly got up from his seat as if he had thought of something.

The three children had expectant expressions.

“Siha wants to eat tteokguk [rice cake soup in Korean].”

Siha remembered the tteokguk [rice cake soup in Korean] that hyung [older brother in Korean] had made before.

“Hahaha. Let’s play soccer. Soccer.”

“Erai [exasperated sound in Korean]. Do you really think I’m a tteok tteok [rice cake rice cake in Korean] department? I’ll make tteokguk [rice cake soup in Korean]. Let’s do something to write Korean instead. Korean.”

“Isn’t dancing better, like we danced before?”

It was on the verge of breaking down from the start.