Chapter 321
[‘Jin Seo-jun’ has started streaming.]
[Let’s all gather around, shall we? lol]
As soon as the stream started, Seo-jun greeted everyone right away.
He felt no need to wait.
They’d been kept waiting long enough already, so this was his own little act of consideration.
“Hello, everyone. Nice to see you.”
Hmm.
The chat wasn’t scrolling up anymore.
What’s going on?
His follower count was around 3.8 million, an increase of over 3 million from before.
That’s the power of the whole world.
They say even if you’re taking a dump, you should do it in front of the entire world. There’s a reason for that.
Of course, compared to how much Seo-jun had accomplished and how many people had watched him, that follower count was still relatively low.
It couldn’t be helped. Viewers rarely watch live streams from other countries.
Probably, among those four million or so, the ones who weren’t actually watching Seo-jun’s streams would automatically get unfollowed and decrease over time, eventually converging into a proper number.
So it didn’t mean much. Not right now, anyway.
Yeah, for the moment.
“What’s wrong with this.”
The chat feed would start moving, then freeze.
-Finally!!!! Streamer!!!!!
-You real piece of shit lololololol
-I’m a foreigner but I pressed the pogchamp button
“Ah. The chat server crashed.”
Felt like the first time. Probably was.
“As for the viewer count... hmm.”
It hadn’t crashed for no reason.
300 thousand.
400 thousand.
500 thousand.
The number kept climbing steadily.
Crazy.
“Everyone else is still streaming, so why is the firepower this good.”
Fortunately, whether Travel was paying close attention or it just recovered this fast, the chat quickly started scrolling again.
-It’s back up!
-Alive!
-They handle things well!
-You bastard streamer! You look like you got weak firepower?
-You should’ve turned it on right away!
“Nice to see you all. It’s been a while.”
Seo-jun said, without showing his face.
It really had been a long time since he’d started a stream.
During the week-long History Book event, he had shown his face and communicated one-sidedly, but he hadn’t actually done a stream.
“I missed this chat window so much.”
-If you missed us, why didn’t you turn it on right away?
-Do you know how cold I was!!!!
-Finally I can breathe...
-This comment is already dead lololololol
Even as he spoke, the viewer count kept rising without pause.
No, the rate increased.
The fact that he’d started streaming spread across other platforms, making the numbers climb faster.
‘How high is this going to go.’
-Woah wait, what’s up with that viewer count
-That’s just one person?
-The chat speed is insane!!!!
-So this is what the Spirit Bomb was for!
-Fact) If he’d turned it on the day it ended, it would’ve been even higher
-Could’ve hit ten million viewers lolololololololololololololol
Whether the viewers said anything or not, Seo-jun’s viewer count surged madly.
“Whew.”
The growth started slowing down around three million.
-Didn’t we see two million during Rios? Legendary
-Regend lololol
-Our foreign bros can’t resist either!
-Foreign bros, go to bed on time! by a viewer with a flipped day/night schedule
What was Korea’s all-time record on Travel again?
Seo-jun watched the chat closely. The relevant info was bound to show up.
‘4.6 million? Shin Ha-yeon’s first live stream?’
She really was impressive.
That number was probably possible with overseas help too.
3.2 million.
3.3 million.
3.4 million.
It was a slowdown, but in increments of a hundred thousand.
-Woah, gonna break today’s #1 record?
-Korea’s best!
-Ah lol Shin Ha-yeon, did she get a History Book for that? Did she become a god!!!!
-He’s Kael itself!!! Break it!!!!!
-I don’t know what’s going on, but it looks like we need to lend our strength to the Koreans! Let’s go!!!!!
Seo-jun chuckled and said,
“Can we break 4.6 million today?”
Responding to what the viewers wanted was a streamer’s duty.
People, all hyped up, were typing ‘Yes’ and ‘Let’s go’ in chat.
And even as they did, the viewer count kept rising.
“Hello, everyone. Yes. To all our foreign viewers too. Thank you for the donations. For the record, the Q&A will be tomorrow. So stop it now!”
He’d raised the minimum donation amount to 500,000 won so just anyone couldn’t donate, but there were still people who insisted on doing it.
Fortunately, they weren’t questions, just words of encouragement.
Why was that fortunate?
-Wait, why is the Q&A tomorrow????
-Shouldn’t it be today?
-Hold on!!! Now that I think about it, why isn’t the stream cam on?
“Yes. It’ll be tomorrow. Why, you ask?”
Seo-jun stood in front of the camera.
Then he touched the stream screen again.
The camera, by the way, was his phone.
Seo-jun appeared, dressed in formal attire.
“This is not my room.”
Reading chats that were along the lines of ‘No way?’, Seo-jun smiled and answered.
“Yes. I’m about to attend the after-party. It’s a hotel room. I was in your debt throughout the History Book period.”
For reference, the after-party was being held at the pool, and it had started the moment Seo-jun turned on his stream.
And phones were strictly prohibited at that party.
So they could relax and socialize freely.
It wasn’t an event for the History Book or the viewers, but solely for the participants.
Which meant.
-Streamer???? Are you ditching us?
-A hotel? I’m coming to terrorize you right now ^^ just you wait hehe
-You’re kidding, right?
-Lmaooooooooo and in the middle of a pool party you’re wearing formal clothes, are you doing that to tease us, streamer? Answer carefully?
“Huh? Wearing formal clothes is teasing you? I’m just not going in the water, so I dressed like this. I’ll be watching from the second floor.”
The Korean viewers, having caught on, were losing their minds.
Going crazy.
Dying of laughter.
The foreign viewers still seemed to be struggling to keep up.
Well.
“Wow! 4.3 million! Hahaha. You know what happens if we break it, right?”
It was going exactly as Seo-jun planned.
-Get out! Everyone get out! I said get out!
-This bastard’s gonna end stream the second we hit the record. I’ve seen it
-Get out get out get out get out get out!!!!!
-While saying that, they don’t leave either lololololololol
-Oh god, seriously please!!!
-Other streamers at the party turned theirs on ages ago and are getting ready to end, but this guy is gonna end as soon as he starts?
“Oh. Everyone, 4.5 million! 4.6 million! 4.7 million! Well then, take care. I’ll be off to the party now.”
Seo-jun eventually broke Travel Korea’s all-time record.
And the moment he did, he ended the stream.
There really has never been a streamer like this in history.
Or a streamer who drives his viewers this crazy.
-^^ Fucking seriously, where do you live? Hey I said where do you live lolololol
-His personality really... wow, his personality really
-fuck? We got dumped?
-yes
-fuck! We got used for a new record?
-yes
-fuck! He does this to his viewers too? Not just during the History Book?
-yes
-fuck! So it was just him doing his usual thing during the History Book!
-Crazy charm lololol I’m losing it
-That’s charm?????
* * *
Seo-jun did have a conscience.
So after giving a closing greeting at the party, he turned the stream back on.
This time, 4 million people gathered.
-Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you
-I won’t act up ever again
-I’m just grateful you even turned it on
-The very embodiment of charisma, Jin Seo-jun!!! I love you!
-Training successful lolololololol
Since they’d helped him set the highest viewer record.
While Seo-jun had been at the party, the Korean record had been broken, and communities were in a huge uproar.
“I always break the highest record? Thank you. Now, let’s do a short Q&A. The schedule will go up tomorrow.”
Seo-jun took various questions.
Most were things foreigners were curious about, and each time, Seo-jun always answered sincerely.
“It’s because I remember my past life. My nickname was also my alias from my past life.”
“No. There isn’t some dojo you can stamp as ‘past life’.”
“Please open an academy, you say? Oh God of Kael? Hahaha. Sure, I could make money. But if I were going to do business like that, wouldn’t I make more going pro?”
“I’m not going pro. Yes. I already clearly said so and came back.”
“What happened at the party? Walking on water? Ah.”
-They said he walked on water!
-Hahahahahaha the story of Geomseoun: That man walks on water
-What are you doing over and over, streamer lolol
Things just kind of happened. They were making a huge fuss about trying to push him into the water just once, so while running away, I stepped across the tubes that were floating on the pool, crossing to the other side without falling into the water.
They seemed to call that ‘walking on water’.
“I know nothing about it.”
It wasn’t really important.
The pros all charged at him, each one saying it’d feel so satisfying to get their revenge just once.
There were no exceptions.
He preemptively shut down any questions probing whether he’d go pro, and ended with a warm closing greeting.
It really was heartwarming.
Really.
“Thank you for the donation. What game am I going to play now? Ah. I actually have something to say about that.”
Over the past two days, Seo-jun’s inbox had been flooded with countless offers.
Advertisements, guest appearances, collaborations, interviews.
“No, how did you know? I got an offer from the Dream Departure team. But I turned it down.”
-lololololololol they’re talking about walking on water, how could an offer not come from there? Streamer?
-My mouth was watering, damn it
“But another one caught my eye! What it is is a secret.”
Seo-jun heard complaints again, but it was a secret.
The offer he’d said caught his eye was...
A special program called MAN vs GAMER.
It’s an overseas program where participants form teams and survive in two situations: once in the wilderness, and once inside a game.
The teams are divided into a gamer faction and a survival expert faction.
And they contacted him, wanting to recruit Seo-jun as the leader of the gamer side.
‘I can’t pass this up.’
If it weren’t for the leader position, Seo-jun wouldn’t have even glanced at it. Maybe they knew his personality well?
But the offer was slightly disappointing, and that’s why.
“Yes, it’s a secret. Anyway, it seems like I’ll have to join an MCN now, so many offers are welcome!”
Simply put, he was planning to join an MCN that would handle negotiations for him first.
* * *
“He turned us down? That streamer going pro?”
“Chief...”
“He’s still young, so he doesn’t realize how big an opportunity it is to appear on network TV. Maybe it’s because he’s trapped in the narrow world of being a streamer? Huh-huh.”
“Yes...”
“We were going to treat him well... Tsk. He said another program caught his eye? Find out what that is!”
“Find out what it is, sir?”
“Yes.”
“Why?”
“You think I’m going to sabotage it? I don’t do things like that! I’m just curious what kind of amazing program he’s trying to go on, so just go and find out!”
“Yes, sir.”
“Honestly. Do they think they’re celebrities? MCN? Needing that kind of management too.”
The PD left, and the remaining chief muttered to himself.
“I don’t like it. If you’re called, you should jump at it. Yeah, right. How successful can a streamer be on broadcast.”
* * *
[Almost every MCN has sent offers! Even overseas ones!]
“Really?”
Which one should I choose.
I’m pondering.
Collaboration offers from super-sized overseas streamers who throw money around with missions.
Ads from established brands.
Which MCN could manage all these offers well and get the highest value out of them.
“Let’s take a look.”