Yeon Hong-cha Worries Over Staff Overwork, Reveals Deepening Ties… Plans to Officially Add "Yuri" Tag

Yeon Hong-cha said, "I told the staff lead to leave by 7:30 and go home to sleep well, and not to work today," issuing a forced rest order to the staff.

She also could not hide her worry about the staff's reversed day-night schedule and repeatedly stressed the importance of health management.

However, due to the high cost of subway station ads (a quote of 15 million won), they concluded it was currently difficult to do. Yeon Hong-cha instead discussed looking for other ad locations that could be done within a budget of under 1 million won.

Yeon Hong-cha announced plans to learn where viewers live in order to repay them with gift certificates. This was to solve the difficulty of organizing offline events at cafes by region.

Yeon Hong-cha said, "I'd like to know where many of you live. You just need to write this: Seoul metropolitan area or outside it," encouraging viewers to take part voluntarily.

Previously she considered offline events at cafes in specific regions, but judged that nationwide gift certificates, which are efficient and accessible, were more suitable.

Through this survey, she plans to accurately grasp the distribution of viewers and review a plan to send gift certificates in bulk so the benefits can be shared fairly by everyone.

She especially mentioned it as a holy site of "yuri culture" for female viewers.

Yeon Hong-cha said, "The staff lead and I held hands walking around there," showing off her intimate relationship with the staff. She also recalled a fond memory of the staff buying her a Nintendo Switch 2 in the past..

Viewers also judged her suggestion that she and the staff drink together at home as "foxy behavior," pressing her, and Yeon Hong-cha reacted with embarrassment.

She candidly confessed, "I've tried to confuse someone. I didn't completely win them over, but there were a few times I really confused them."

She said she tends to be kind and try to get close to people at drinking gatherings even when she isn't interested in them. Although such behavior can give others a false impression, she claimed she was not aware that she was trying to win people over.

Such behavior can unintentionally give others expectations, which can complicate relationships.

Yeon Hong-cha admitted that her dating style confused those around her, but explained that it was natural behavior for her.

She stressed, "I have never said that kind of playful, teasing thing to anyone else. I've only done it with the staff lead," explaining that this is a special expression of affection reserved only for the staff lead.

She added that this playful way of communicating comes from deep affection and certainty toward each other, showing the solidity of their relationship.

This shows that her relationship with the staff is well known even to people around them, and how special their bond is.

Yeon Hong-cha said she will have a broadcast tomorrow evening around 8 p.m. speaking on the phone with the staff lead. She said, "Tomorrow the staff lead can't do it. They're free in the evening, so I'll talk on the phone briefly in the evening. I got a promise for that. I got a promise to talk on the phone from 8 p.m."

The broadcast is previewed to reveal the episode of Yeon Hong-cha and the staff lead's first meeting and past VR-related stories. However, she added that some content will be told indirectly out of consideration for the broadcast's content level.

Yeon Hong-cha said one of the secrets about her relationship with the staff lead is too sensitive to mention on broadcast. She said, "There's one thing. Just one. This could be unraveled too, but it's really hard to tone down. It seems quite high in content level."

She added that this secret is so high in content level that the broadcast could be suspended immediately if it were mentioned on air.

She hinted that this sensitive story, which she described as a level-five matter, may later be revealed in a private environment such as a Discord voice channel.

Yeon Hong-cha strongly hinted that her relationship with the staff lead is more than a simple business couple, expressing deep affection. She said, "The staff lead told me, 'You never protect me at all,' and when I said, 'Then from now on I won't protect you,' they got really sulky. From now on I'll protect you well." expressing her warm feelings toward the staff lead.

On the broadcast she repeatedly voiced high satisfaction with the staff lead's appearance and did not hold back praise. This shows a deep bond beyond a simple work relationship.

Despite publicly calling themselves a business couple, Yeon Hong-cha hinted through various situations with the staff lead that their relationship is in fact much deeper, like lovers.

These remarks show that viewers perceive the two as having a special relationship beyond business.

The two confirmed the generational gap by whether they recognized famous celebrities (such as Won Bin, Jang Dong-gun, and Karina), and acknowledged the cultural divide arising from differences in their interests.

Yeon Hong-cha herself emphasized her fandom for a specific figure (Faker) rather than the latest trends, and cheerfully accepted the cultural differences between generations.

She said, "I clearly realized it in high school. Oh, I like girls," establishing her identity.

She added that although she denied it several times afterward, her instinctive orientation never changed. She candidly said it is hard for her to imagine men as romantic partners, and took a firm stance on her identity.

She also explained that even when she sees male celebrities, she doesn't feel attraction but simply thinks they are handsome, with no romantic interest.

This confession shows that Yeon Hong-cha is very clear about her sexual orientation and has no hesitation about it.

Yeon Hong-cha said the staff lead always makes sure she has various supplements, including a multivitamin, vitamin D, calcium, magnesium, zinc, and manganese. She said, "That's why the staff lead always makes sure I have a multivitamin."

The staff lead said that if Yeon Hong-cha doesn't take her vitamins, they threaten her with "If you don't take them, you'll get a belly punch," forcing her to take them. Yeon Hong-cha said she is diligently taking her supplements thanks to the staff lead's forceful (?) health management.

She explained that because she didn't go to a hair salon during this time, she was able to naturally grow her hair long. Overcoming her bob-haircut phase, she interpreted this period in her own cheerful way, offering fans a fresh perspective.

She said, "Now that I think about it, should we remove the newcomer tag from our broadcast? I don't feel like a newcomer anymore."

Instead, they discussed officially adding "yuri" as a broadcast keyword. Yeon Hong-cha proposed, "How about we drop newcomer and add yuri?" suggesting a new identity for the channel that includes her relationship with the staff.

This is interpreted as an attempt to give the content direction a change along with the channel's growth, showing fans a clearer identity.

During a summer vacation in high school, when she visited Korea, she happened to watch "Angel Beats" from a list of anime airing on TV. She first started watching without much expectation, but was captivated by the setting of the band Girls Dead Monster in the story, and ended up binge-watching it in one go, she recalled.

She explained that this work had a major influence on her and was an important turning point that led her into the world of otaku culture.

Before and after the call, she plans to play the "LoveKiss" game. This seems intended to set the mood ahead of the call with the staff-chan and to entertain fans.

Afterward, she plans to continue the yuri game she had been playing. The call with the staff-chan is expected to be the highlight of the broadcast, and the two's chemistry is drawing anticipation.

Yeon Hong-cha asked fans to show great interest in tomorrow's broadcast, previewing a special time together with the staff-chan.

She said, "It was Fate, and oh, it was a really shocking scene. I was really innocent back then." conveying her feelings at the time.

The scene in question was the "Saber mana-infusion scene," and Yeon Hong-cha recalled that she was shocked enough by it to say "I really wept." It seems to have been a scene too much for her to handle while she was so innocent.

This shocking experience left her with trauma that made her averse to the Fate series afterward.

She said that because of this experience she still finds it hard to revisit the Fate series, showing the powerful impact a particular work can have on an individual.

She said, "Flower sun, that's right. Flower flower, that's right. It smells like flowers," showing a confident manner.

Surprisingly, the staff-chan also agreed that Yeon Hong-cha smells of the same "flowers," backing up each other's claims.

These remarks show their close relationship and reveal a unique bond in which they perceive and share each other's special fragrance.

A debate arose during the broadcast about an act called "baebangu" (a belly-button-related playful term). Different claims arose among viewers about who did baebangu to whom, adding to the confusion.

Yeon Hong-cha and the staff-chan tried to clarify the situation, saying "Baebangu eaten. Who did it to whom? Really, who did it to whom?" but a back-and-forth over who did it first continued.

This debate brought big laughs to viewers and reconfirmed the playful relationship between the two.

She said, "Tomorrow's broadcast, I'll come back from a date with the staff lead and chat."

The day's broadcast ended with a surprise appearance by the staff-chan, raising anticipation for the broadcast the two will appear in together the next day.

She also brought up the bold idea of holding the baptism ceremony of the "Holy Yuri Church" as a kiss, showing off her playful imagination.

The process of discussing the unusual concept of founding a religion together with viewers added fun to the broadcast and became an occasion for forming a deep sense of unity around yuri culture within the fandom.