11 Reinforcing and expanding (1/2)

-Joonbum, it's me, Minsuk. Let's meet up sometime!-

-Hey, looks like you're hot these days! Let's do a joint broadcast!-

-Hello Joonbum, this is Sungjoon. Call me when you see this.-

-Long time no see, this is Young-ah Lee, remember me? We did a joint broadcast once. Call me anytime. Let's do it again!-

-Hi Mr. Joonbum. This is Jihee Seo. Remember me? Please call when you can.-

-Wow, you prick. You've changed because you're big now, huh?-

-Remember I made you start when you were nothing.-

-My name is Dongil Song. Do you need an editor? Your video looks like it can use some professional help. Let me know.-

-Hello. I am Jongil Kim. I was really fascinated by your work. I wish to work with you if possible.-

-I am contacting you from Tai Media Company. We wish to discuss a job opportunity regarding the video.-

-Joonbum, we're from a commercial…-

'Ugh, it's full of emails again.'

He checked his emails and there was a total of 43 emails. Once his videos started gaining popularity, he was always bombarded with emails every time he checked. As for text messages, he couldn't even check it all because it was just too many. The views were still growing exponentially. The first video, which was uploaded 14 days ago, was now at 1.7 million views. The other videos that followed also had over 1.6 million views and there were about 20 videos in total. He uploaded too much at once, so the views didn't correlate with the order they were uploaded in.

'1.4 million subscribers…'

The number of subscribers increased exponentially also. The videos never asked to press the subscribe button as they didn't include any voices or words, but almost every viewer who watched the videos subscribed. It was viral.

”So this is what it feels like to be a star?”

Joonbum shivered in excitement and lit up a cigarette to relax. As his mind found peace, he started to think.

'How should I respond?'

He smirked at thought of the emails. He could've felt offended, but he wasn't.

”So this is what it is like to be a winner.”

A lot of mails contained messages that were enough to offend Joonbum, but instead they just made him laugh.

'Fool, you were offended by every single thing just a few weeks ago.'

He thought to himself while looking at through the mail again. They were divided into three types. The first type included those who had contacted him before but cut their ties when they were no longer interested in him, now wanting to get into contact again. The second consisted of those big names who were showing off their brands, offering to back Joonbum so that he could grow. If it was in the past, he might have happily accepted.

'They're probably out of content.'

He knew this was the sole concern of those big names. Joonbum was aware that they would find his great content to bring to their videos.

”Hehehe.”

He cackled at the messages. The third was messages from media companies. All they wanted was more information regarding the other world videos.

”Well, I can't accept these and they're not possible.”

Some even offered a commercial contract with a hefty sum of money.

'Not just yet.' Joonbum thought. Just in one month, the number of subscribers would increase to three million and he would have more power over things. He was ambitious.

”Just an hour left now. Galfus, time for breakfast!”

A familiar shout and the sound of chain clattering woke Galfus up. It resisted the pulling of the chain a bit, but soon gave up, silently watching Joonbum.

Joonbum filled a giant basin with water and moved over the meat that contained 50 chickens and one huge pig leg.

”Wait! wait! wait… okay! Eat!”

Joonbum repeated his words to make Galfus wait on multiple orders and pulled the chain while giving the sign that it was okay to eat now. Galfus went straight for the pig leg and started chewing it whole. Joonbum's smile filled his face at the sight of it.

'It's much better now.'

Of course, it did not react to the order. It just seemed like it did, but he hoped that it might learn it if he repeated it endlessly. It still bared its teeth when he got close, but it was much different now. It even wagged its tail a bit when she was fed or being combed. It was not like a dog wagging its tail, and it still had some of its wild side to it that gave Joonbum chills from time to time.

There was one thing Galfus did not ease up on.

'He gets nervous with the rifle.'

It was hard to feed Galfus. She needed at least fifty chickens for one meal and she needed to be fed at least two times a day. Even then it didn't seem like it was enough, so it ate more if it could. Joonbum thought it was more like a pig than a wolf now.

When any animals closed in on Galfus in the other world, Joonbum used his rifle to fend them off and those that were killed by the rifle became Galfus' meal.

'I guess she's scared because he's seen what the rifle can do. What a smart girl.'

Galfus finished eating the last chicken and drank the water slowly and laid down. Joonbum knew what this meant.

”What? You think I'm your servant or something?”

Joonbum mumbled but quickly prepared his tools before walking toward Galfus: a new iron rake and a five-foot-long homemade scratcher stick.

”Let's see, wounds are mostly healed up. Bones will need a bit more time… looks all good.”

Joonbum used the rake to comb the wolf's fur.

”This one was a good buy. Good choice.”

It was a farming tool, but Joonbum was using it to comb and scratch the wolf. When he started scratching the side belly, she rolled over to show his bottom. Joonbum smiled.