Zona Plays Company CEO, Handing Out Made-Up Jobs to Viewers on a Chat Stream

POLYGON — Zona spent a Wednesday chat stream in the role of CEO of a make-believe company, taking “job applications” from viewers and assigning each one a position. The stream ran about two hours and 13 minutes, and Zona warned early on that the day’s energy would be low.

The first perk Zona listed was the chance to buy snacks for the CEO every day. Approved applicants got a stamp from the CEO’s seal. The positions included a gate guardian, an IT support worker, a communicator with beings from other dimensions who reads cards, an accountant to audit the CEO’s snack stockroom, a worker who sleeps in shifts, a food taster, and a reception clerk stationed at the door beside the guardian.

“You can quit your job if you like, but you may not stop loving me.” — Zona, as the company’s CEO

The company’s terms were part of the joke. Zona promised unlimited days off, then added that the days off must be spent working, and said staff would be paid in coffee, ten cups a day, under the slogan “no sleep.” On hiring, Zona told one new employee: “You can quit your job if you like, but you may not stop loving me.”

Midway through the second hour, Zona drew up house rules for opening the office door after midnight: do not open it if the power is out, do not close it once it is open, do not open it once it is closed, and if it opens by itself, run. Chat answered with laughter and a note that the company had its own rules of horror.

Near the end, Zona held a 500-gold giveaway in chat, and a viewer won. Zona then thanked viewers for pushing the channel to 173,000 subscribers and announced a free-entry offline event on the 14th at a mall in Thonglor, celebrating six years of the Polygon project, with an interactive musical open to watch free of charge. Zona said the next regular stream would be at 18:00 tomorrow, with a members-only stream at 21:00.