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@Legion_01 I think that back when she was ill, she couldn't even do this kind of thing because she was bedridden. It was cancer, probably leukemia since it was solved with a transplantation (bone marrow, probably).
I also have the impression she knows her son is being beaten up to make money, even if she isn't telling him she knows. I think she must be feeling a failure as a parent, and to some East Asian parents there might be an added cultural burden to it. She probably wants to provide a source of income her son can fall back on in case, as she put it in chapter 49, he fails to deliver content and loses his NewTube income. I think the author is using this whole situation to depict the life of people who live on this kind of entertainment production.
Also, the debt isn't cleared yet, he said so, also in chapter 49. So this probably means Hobin and his mother don't have any financial buffer at the moment. So in his mother's mind, every penny counts. She's probably even thinking to tell her son to quit working as soon as the debt is paid so he can focus on his studies.
The reason she left her job might be a combination of health and income. She was told by the doctor she should be resting at home, not working in a factory. So she probably went for a job that pays better and doesn't involve physical work.
Finally, it's not a one-time thing and that's what makes this chapter so horrible. She was hired by Seong Joon. Three million per month. So what must be driving Hobin crazy is that they're going to put her through all sorts of crazy, degrading stunts and shaving her head live on camera was just the beginning. It's a stable job, or as stable as Hobin's income, but the humiliation will be stable, too. In fact, yesterday I speculated in our group's Discord that Seong Joon might even have included an absurd contract severance fee to keep Hobin's mother shackled to the XJ company.
To summarise: I don't think she was an idiot at all. In her mind, she's replacing a job that could compromise her health for one that pays better and doesn't involve heavy labour. All to secure extra income to help her son to go back to just studying and fulfil her role as a mother.
I also have the impression she knows her son is being beaten up to make money, even if she isn't telling him she knows. I think she must be feeling a failure as a parent, and to some East Asian parents there might be an added cultural burden to it. She probably wants to provide a source of income her son can fall back on in case, as she put it in chapter 49, he fails to deliver content and loses his NewTube income. I think the author is using this whole situation to depict the life of people who live on this kind of entertainment production.
Also, the debt isn't cleared yet, he said so, also in chapter 49. So this probably means Hobin and his mother don't have any financial buffer at the moment. So in his mother's mind, every penny counts. She's probably even thinking to tell her son to quit working as soon as the debt is paid so he can focus on his studies.
The reason she left her job might be a combination of health and income. She was told by the doctor she should be resting at home, not working in a factory. So she probably went for a job that pays better and doesn't involve physical work.
Finally, it's not a one-time thing and that's what makes this chapter so horrible. She was hired by Seong Joon. Three million per month. So what must be driving Hobin crazy is that they're going to put her through all sorts of crazy, degrading stunts and shaving her head live on camera was just the beginning. It's a stable job, or as stable as Hobin's income, but the humiliation will be stable, too. In fact, yesterday I speculated in our group's Discord that Seong Joon might even have included an absurd contract severance fee to keep Hobin's mother shackled to the XJ company.
To summarise: I don't think she was an idiot at all. In her mind, she's replacing a job that could compromise her health for one that pays better and doesn't involve heavy labour. All to secure extra income to help her son to go back to just studying and fulfil her role as a mother.
