GIJS

Chapter 12

Is 3 million that difficult?

At the announcement from Jeong Ha-jin to start forming teams, the 99 participants began bustling around and creating groups.

This season introduced a new system called 'Coins.'

Although it wasn't entirely clear yet what could be done with these coins, one thing was certain.

Participants with coins would have an advantage over those without.

Naturally, all participants were interested in acquiring coins.

The first way to earn coins was to exceed a total view count of 3 million across the three team members.

However, since each participant needed to achieve an average of over 1 million views, it was a challenging task.

[30 minutes remaining until team formation ends.]
After the narration ended, Jeong Ha-jin added:

"You have 30 minutes to freely form your teams."

"Okay!"

"And, there will be a penalty for participants who do not form a team by the end."

"What!?"

"So, please form your teams quickly."

The mention of a penalty made participants scramble. The aces from each agency, who had received good evaluations in the preliminary rounds, moved first.

"Hyung, what should we do?"

"What?"

"The team. Shall we aim for 3 million views together?"

"No, I need to see a bit more."

However, even ace trainees with skill and recognition were hesitant to create an 'Avengers team.'

Even if they gathered only top performers, this was ultimately a matter of aggregating individual mission scores, not team synergy.

If they formed a team and failed to exceed 3 million views, they would earn no coins and miss the first mission.

"Last year's top performer didn't even hit 1 million views."

"300 million combined views from three people? That's crazy."

"This seems like it's set up to encourage selfish play."

They were aiming for the second condition instead of the first.

If one team member's views surpassed the combined views of the other two team members, that one team member would earn 100 coins alone.

Although there was an additional condition of surpassing 300,000 views in total, it was much easier compared to 3 million views.

Participants with some level of recognition and skill were eyeing this condition.

Agency trainees were mostly aware of each other's skills and experience. If they could find a background player to pad their views, they could secure 100 coins early on.

"Let's go for the second condition without a doubt."

"If we find the right background players, we can get 100 coins."

However, no one acted hastily.

Cameras were everywhere.

Taking actions to find weak players openly would likely be perceived negatively by viewers.

Viewers despise poor character even more than poor skills or talent.

Of course, there were still noticeable participants.