Chapter 104

End of waiting. Many people were waiting for the Earth Channel to open. ―I haven’t seen anything until now, but I won’t be bored anymore. – A lot of new entertainment has started. With this, the terrestrial era is completely gone. – The cable is also broken. The production cost per episode is 5 times. There is no comparison. ―Famous writers, PDs. Most of them belong to the Earth Channel. ―The cast of Octopus Game, Bom? crazy crazy crazy In every Korean Internet community, there was a constant topic about the Earth Channel. Dramas and movies featuring famous actors will be released on Earth Channel, and popular entertainment shows will return with significantly increased production costs. ―The game lineup is crazy. ―Here, the vice president is a serious game fan. ―If you subscribe to a game for $10, I think you won’t buy a game in the future. With the opening of the Earth Channel, Korean viewers and gamers had high expectations. Despite the service starting at 2 am, people in their teens to their 50s waited as if they were watching the World Cup soccer. ―You have to run the drama from the first day. You don’t have to wait every week, and it’s nice to hear that the entire season is up. ―I paid for an annual leave tomorrow, hahah. As soon as the notice about the opening of the Earth channel came out, I took an annual leave. I was faster than the others. ―Vacation mode from today. You will enjoy all dramas, movies, and games. Of course, I am white. ―I look forward to seeing radio broadcasts more. -Why? Do female cams come to Earth Channel? Female streamers with pretty looks were popular enough to earn more than tens of millions of won per month through sponsorships. ―I heard, but the female cams do not know. But girl groups and actresses say they are starting a radio show on the Earth Channel. -Really? ―A few girl groups under Dream Art Rainbow don’t start with Black Red. It is said that all the top actresses also participate in the battle. ―Alley's commercial rights have been infringed; ―It’s about stabilizing the market. I am also earning foreign currency. The interest of the American media was also very great. 〈Earth Resources’ OTT project starts tomorrow〉 〈Games, broadcasting, music, movies. Emergence of a platform that encompasses all content＞ 〈A New Project Created by a Wall Street Winner〉 〈Top Gun: Maverick, confirmed to be released on Earth Channel!〉 ―New OTT is welcome. -What do you want to see? No Marvel series, no detective stories, or famous dramas? ―I heard that Korean content is the core? I think it can be seen as a global service of Korean OTT. ―I don’t think there will be much to see in the drama. ―After acquiring Paramount, all related content will be uploaded. In particular, Top Gun is revealed. ―You should watch Top Gun. How much is it? -Five dollars a month. ―You can pay $5 and watch Top Gun. This alone is worth signing up for. Dream Art Rainbow has distributed many press releases to the Korean media. For Shin Kim, the Earth Channel is one of many challenges. Rеаd at ոоbӏеmtӏ.соm Vice President Jeong Beom-tae staked his career on this project. “Reporter Joo should help me well this time. Interview? If it’s an interview with the actors in the company, I have to arrange it at any time. Sure. No need to worry.” Call each famous reporter directly. I also contacted the representatives of the agency that took over the shares. “Forward actors. Promotions for movies and dramas should all be unified through the Earth channel. Youtube? Television? Don’t try to look the other way. This is a business that CEO Shin Kim is directly doing. I will be very disappointed if I don’t help properly.” From being a manager to being the head of an entertainment company, I managed to persuade them by calming them down. It wasn’t easy, but the title of Vice President of Dream Art Rainbow was powerful. “Let’s do a concert to celebrate the opening of the Earth Channel.” “A performance? The concert won’t be held right now because of the coronavirus.” “You have to open it. I don’t need an audience. Just hit a live broadcast on Earth Channel.” 12 idol groups were mobilized to even prepare a celebratory performance. I was betting everything on how much the public would consume the contents created by Dream Art Rainbow. For the past week, I ate and slept at work and didn’t even think about going home. “It is open.” 2 AM. When Earth Channel opened, DreamArt Rainbow’s employees were present at the company. 〈Earth Channel Officially Open〉 〈Earth Channel that contains the future of Korean contents. Raise the sail 〈8 Korean Dramas, 12 Movies, 5 Variety Shows from the Earth Channel〉 In time for the doors to open, the promised articles come up. Jeong Beom-tae tried to go directly to the Earth channel from the computer, but could not connect. “What. Is the computer broken?” At that moment, the staff also shouted. “I can’t access the Earth Channel.” “Site does not open!” “Oh My God.” The moment Jung Beom-tae heard the words of the staff, his eyes darkened, and he wanted to cry. Server error from day one. It reminded me of the collapse of the Earth Channel, along with the enormous criticism from the public and the media. A minute, two minutes passed very nervously. “The connection continues.” “There is a call from Jamsil. The site doesn’t open, do you force the performance as it is?” “Let’s postpone the performance for a while. There are no audiences and no viewers, but if you perform, someone will see you.” It was around 10 minutes that passed like that. The Earth channel connection became smooth. The office of Earth Resource fell silent, and Edina Oh Myung-woo and the programmers stared at the monitor and pounded their keyboards and mice frantically. “What’s the matter?” “All servers are down.” “What?” Earth Resources has never had a server down. This is because dozens of large data centers and hundreds of thousands of personal computers are connected and operated through a grid network. “Users are flocking to it all at once, and the amount of access is exceeded.” “Yes?” “Usually, the server slows down, but seeing that it exploded all at once, it seems that the expected connection volume has been far exceeded.” Oh Myung-woo’s words crossed joy and anxiety. It’s a good thing that people have a lot of interest, but if you don’t meet expectations from the start, you will be turned away forever. “Can it be recovered within today? Should we post an open postponement notice right now?” Since the server itself is not open, should the announcement of the postponement of the opening be posted on YouTube, a competitor? It was when I was thinking about that. “Even if I open the server now, it will explode again soon. I have prepared plenty of spare servers just in case.” “Are there any spare servers?” “Then. I didn’t know, so I prepared generously. There are data centers that we recently bought.” Earth Resources was steadily buying data centers. The construction was commissioned by the Iseong Group, but it took one and a half to two years at the earliest to complete it, so data centers were secured according to the rapid expansion of the cloud business. Myungwoo Oh spoke into the microphone connected to the headphones. “Connecting Winnipeg Data Centers.” The data center in Canada had 20,000 servers. “It’s not enough. Connect Vancouver, connect Montreal.” Data centers near San Francisco, as well as data centers in Canada, were put into operation for the Earth Channel. “San Jose, Quincy, and Quebec for leisurely access.” Data centers that were being prepared in reserve opened their doors one after another. Access to the Earth channel became smooth as if it were a lie, and the number of statistics on the users on the wall began to increase. [Subscribers: 3,512 Accessed: 816,361] And after 2 or 3 seconds. [Subscribers: 6,951 Accessed: 3,519,483 ] 3.5 million accessors in a short time. [Subscribers: 81,237 Accessed: 9,912,038] In a matter of seconds, the number of users approached 10 million. “Already 10 million!” As soon as the service started, the target number of visitors was achieved. Donee!” “I did it!” The number of visitors has steadily increased, exceeding 23 million. A lot of people came in despite it being early morning in Korea and busy weekday mornings in the US. “Currently over 4 million subscribers.” Accessors were soon converted into subscribers. I tried to use it for free for a month like Netflix, but I didn’t because the basic fee was $5. Even while I’m blankly watching, the number of accessors and subscribers hanging on the wall is increasing. ‘Feel so good.’ At this rate, it seemed that Earth Channel would not go bankrupt. 〈Earth Channel, surpassed 20 million subscribers〉 〈Earth Channel Exceeds 10% of Netflix Subscribers in One Hour〉 〈The competitiveness of Earth Channel is very low price?〉 〈Earth Channel that I used〉 Within an hour of opening the site, American media outlets poured out many articles. I sat at my desk and read the articles while drinking a cold can of coffee. The design of the eEarthchannel is in the form of a television, and the method of changing the channel is used. Channel 1 shows dramas and entertainment, and Channel 2 shows movies and documentaries. Private broadcast on Channel 3. Game on Channel 4. Music on Channel 5. Despite the low price, I was impressed that a lot of effort was put into it. There is room for a vast amount of content and channels to be added in the future… … .] “The ratings aren’t bad.” “Because public opinion is good.” The Earth Channel was becoming a hot topic in every American community. Because of the overwhelmingly lower price than competing OTTs, it is difficult to criticize. The public’s reaction might not be as enthusiastic if it had dramas and movies as its main focus, but it had personal broadcasts and even games, so I was able to enjoy a variety of content. In the field of broadcasting, famous gamers and streamers around the world were active from an early age. Those who have already exceeded 100,000 viewers also stood out. “A lot of people are starting personal broadcasting as well. Isn’t that person Jeongyeon from Earth Girl?” “Right.” Top of the audience rankings. Earth Girl’s Jeongyeon has a very pretty appearance like a celebrity. Korean girl groups, actors, and various people broadcast on the Earth Channel. “How is the game?” “The number of subscribers has exceeded 5 million. There are a lot of games that are distributed by the download method.” The goal of the Earth channel was not to end after making money, but to serve as a platform that dominates the market by steadily expanding its share. A platform that combines traditional broadcasting, such as dramas, movies, and news, with personal broadcasting in the Internet era. The use of the channel system contained the meaning of securing all the content that people enjoy as a new channel in the future. Oh Myung-woo looked at the statistics of users. “Top Gun is overwhelmingly popular in content. Most people watch Top Gun as soon as they join.” Millions of people were watching Top Gun. American or Korean subscribers browsed the site and watched Top Gun. It is understandable since there are many people who think that $5 is a movie ticket and sign up for it. “And there are many subscribers from Japan and Southeast Asian countries.” It was understandable because Korean dramas are so popular in Japan and other Asian countries. “Now there are over 4 million subscribers in Japan alone.” “Is that enough?” “Connections are actively taking place in China as well. If this continues, I think there will be far more Asian subscribers than American subscribers, right?” The Earth Channel did not use the method of officially entering a specific country. I opened the site and supported most languages.