Chapter 44 - A Tiring Day
“H-How… How could this happen……”
“Huh? Aren’t you happy? It’s a huge hit from the first day. Look at the subscribers and views.”
I can’t hear Yoon-jae’s voice properly.
Damn it.
How on earth did this happen?
‘That thing’ I thought could never happen actually happened.
[HaniTV]
[1107 subscribers]
[Greeting you with HaniTV’s first video.]
[11,275 views][788 likes][6 dislikes]
“……”
“Hani-nim? Hani-nim? Can’t you hear me?”
“Ah, sorry. I spilled water on the desk.”
“Oh, I see. Anyway, it’s a better start than we thought. Given this, I’ll prepare videos with overnight work from today. We should row when the tide is in.”
“Don’t, don’t overdo it and take care of your health while working on the videos.”
“Pardon?”
“It’s a joke.”
“Ahaha! As expected of someone who became famous for impersonations. You spoke so seriously that I thought you meant it.”
I did mean it.
My mental state collapsed for a moment and I unknowingly revealed my true feelings.
Damn it! Darn! How did that get achieved?
Of course, I’m happy that YouTube was a big hit from the first day.
But if it turns out like this, I have to do the penalty broadcast next time as promised.
My head is spinning.
It would be nice if this were all a dream, though that’s unlikely.
In fact, today’s subscriber count is 999!
Damn, but that won’t happen.
“Anyway, I’ll be going now. Good luck with today’s broadcast.”
“Okay, okay, take care.”
A deep sigh escapes.
Still, it’s a good thing that I cleared several YouTube-related missions and received many points thanks to this.
The only thing that can soothe the pain of the confirmed penalty broadcast is points and more points!
‘1630 points… More! I need more.’
The primary goal was about 3000 points.
If I invest all those points in appearance, I could get above-average evaluations anywhere.
It’s like the feeling of ‘I was originally an ordinary-looking man, but when I turned into a woman, I became the neighborhood beauty?’
‘Actually, it’s a bit regrettable. If I had about 4000 points, I could make an official debut with almost celebrity-level looks.’
The difference of 1000 points was huge.
In fact, if I could just clear the special mission of obtaining the YouTube Silver Button, it wouldn’t be impossible to reach 4000 points by Mia’s birthday.
It was just a matter of adding about 2500 points to my current points.
‘But the mission itself is the problem. Sigh… 100,000 subscribers.’
It’s been two days since I received that special mission, and now I only have a little over a month left.
“Unni!”
“Unni!”
“Oh, yeah. Did you all eat lunch well?”
I was in a daze all morning.
When I came to my senses, it was already lunchtime.
We all live to eat, so I put aside my worries for a moment and ordered delivery first.
By the time I finished eating, what’s this?
I received Discord messages from Mia and Yerin at almost the same time.
So without much thought, I created a group chat and invited them both.
“Huh?”
“Hmm?”
The two people greeting me cheerfully as soon as they entered.
But they pause when they realize there’s someone else besides me.
“Ah, greet each other. Mia is a close BJ junior, and Yerin is in charge of thumbnails and drawings for my YouTube channel that I hired recently.”
“……”
“……”
“Huh? What’s wrong with you two?”
The atmosphere was strange somehow.
The two of them holding back their words.
Then Yerin’s low voice, as if she suddenly realized something, is heard.
“Unni… Am I not a close junior? Just a hired contractual relationship?”
“Huh? Uh, no. That’s, that’s right. Yerin is a close junior too. Ahaha!”
Although she said she’s been watching my broadcasts from before, it hasn’t been that long since I became clearly aware of Yerin’s existence.
But saying she’s not a close junior! I hastily answer and gloss over it, feeling that something scary might happen if I respond that way.
“Hmm? I see. Hello, I’m Mia, who’s doing BJ work in a close relationship with Hani unni.”
“… Yes. I know you do collabs when Hani unni broadcasts and you did legendary league duo last time too. I do drawing work and my name is Yerin.”
“……”
Wh-What kind of atmosphere is this?
I just invited the two of them to the chat room without much thought, but an inexplicable chilly feeling comes over my whole body.
“You seem to like unni’s broadcasts a lot. It seems you watch a lot, and you even joined as staff for the YouTube channel.”
“Yes. I liked it originally, but I liked it even more after meeting unni in person!”
“…!”
This time, Mia’s words were cut off.
An atmosphere where it’s hard to open your mouth.
Then Mia asked me.
“Unni, you met? In person? Me? I begged so much just to have a meal together. Huh? Is that how it is? Was it just a joke with me?”
“Uh, huh? No, that’s not it, I met Yerin because of signing the contract. It’s a misunderstanding. We promised to meet on your birthday anyway, right?”
“… Right? I misunderstood?”
Mia’s voice, which was strangely choppy, returns to normal.
As I’m about to let out a sigh of relief, now the other side is the problem.
“So you only met me because of the contract? Does that mean there’s no reason to meet if it’s not about work?”
“……”
I felt like crying.
I tried to mediate well between the two, but ultimately failed.
I don’t know what they dislike so much about each other, but Mia emphasizes the longer-lasting friendship… while Yerin sharpens her words by emphasizing the fact that she met me in person.
Is having a deep friendship with me something to boast about?
Anyway, ridiculously, today’s victory went to Yerin.
What decided the win and loss was one short sentence.
“Mia-nim, do you know what unni’s chest feels like?”
“…!”
“Hey hey! What are you saying now!”
“I even snuggled into her arms and rubbed against her.”
After that, it seemed like Mia was trying to appeal somehow too, but it was obvious to anyone that the strength had left her voice after that statement.
The meeting that ended vaguely like that.
It’s as if a typhoon swept through.
It feels like all the worries related to points that were hurting my head until this morning have been swept away.
Thanks to that, or should I say, I was able to think about today’s broadcast with a lighter condition.
‘I’ve done cam broadcasts too often recently. Let’s take a break for a few days. A “Top Shape World Cup” would immediately draw jeers… and for a modified hidden camera, I need to find a suitable target first, so this is difficult right away too.’
I always think this, but finding novel content is really difficult.
Actually, I have a few items saved up, but to do that, I need to complete my appearance first.
So it’s back to square one.
Content that I could do today… what could there be?
“Oh?”
While pondering various things and browsing the internet, I received a notification that a letter had arrived in my New Continent TV account inbox.
So I checked the contents of the new letter without much thought, but there was unexpected content that I hadn’t imagined.
“Could this be……”
[It’s an advertisement. I didn’t know the greatness and status of the Goddess was being so widely known. Very excellent!]
It was an advertising proposal for a new mobile game released two weeks ago.
Some famous BJs had already done broadcasts advertising this game, but I didn’t expect it would come to me.
[Unfortunately, advertisements are not included in missions.]
That’s a shame.
But it’s not bad.
After subtracting this month’s rent and living expenses, my balance was about to decrease to the early 100,000 won range.
I was reluctant to sell the stocks I held, so if I could receive 500,000 won for doing an advertising broadcast for one day, it would be a really good opportunity.
I immediately sent a reply saying I would accept.
As if they were waiting, they sent me contact information.
I called and discussed more detailed conditions of the advertisement, and ended the conversation in a good atmosphere.
Is advertising usually this easy? I asked Mia and Lark about it, and they said
one-time advertising contracts are usually that simple.
Instead, the advertising fee is on the cheaper side.
‘Huh? Isn’t 500,000 won quite high?’
When I asked, they said it’s a good condition considering my average viewer count.
Anyway, there doesn’t seem to be a problem, so pass!
More than the money, I was happier to have found something to broadcast today.
On top of that, if I do the advertising broadcast well today, I had expectations that more work like this would come in the future.
‘But what genre was this game again?’
I only heard that it was released, but I didn’t know at all what kind of game it was.
So I went to the official site of the game to get information.
“Uh… huh?”
[The game looks quite free-spirited.]
“Oh my?”
It seems this broadcast won’t be entirely easy either.