Chapter 447
I was forcibly dragged by Taekgyu to the Neotin headquarters in Pangyo.
I'm busy enough as it is, and I have no idea what I'm doing here. During the car ride, Taekgyu gave a long speech about the harmful effects of piracy on the content market.
"Actually, even if Hayoung's sales have dropped, she's not struggling to make a living. She still makes tens of thousands of dollars a month. But it's not just about the money. How unfair would it be for her to see her work, which is like her own child, being ridiculed elsewhere?"
"I can understand how she feels."
She was even insulted for requesting that her own work be taken down.
"Hayoung is number one on Neotin Webtoon right now. You could say she's in the top 1 percent of all webtoon artists in terms of income. If Hayoung is suffering this much, what about the other artists? They're completely dying out. Do people think webtoons are drawn from thin air? No, if it's not selling because it's not fun or the art is bad, who can you blame? You have to work harder yourself. But no matter how fun you draw it, if it doesn't sell because of piracy, what can the artist do?"
It's a short drive from Gangnam to Pangyo. As we were talking, I could see the building covered in blue glass, the color that symbolizes Neotin.
Neotin is the largest portal site in Korea. In addition, it is involved in various internet-related businesses such as social media, shopping, and webtoon and web novel services, and it also produces various software.
You could call it a comprehensive internet company.