Sometimes You Just Have One of Those Days Where the Donations Pour In
Inside the conference room.
The man in the suit pointed at the video and continued speaking.
“Do you know what surprised me most while I was filming this footage myself?”
“What is it? Executive Choi. Out with it, man!”
“It was the fact that I could feel about ten years' worth of naegong from him. And not just any ordinary level, either—it was an incredibly tyrannical, domineering energy.”
“Whoa! You felt naegong?”
“And ten years of it, at that?”
Everyone looked stunned. It was common knowledge that Park Suhyun had almost no naegong to speak of. That was the case even when he was doing content with Dokgo Hwayeon.
Yet, suddenly, he had supposedly accumulated ten years' worth. It was absurd.
“This is an impossible rate of growth.”
“Could he have taken a Jeongjindan pill?”
“Ah! That could be it!”
“Hmm, if that’s the case, the Dokgo Estate is suspicious, isn’t it? That domineering martial art, and the Jeongjindan—didn’t they provide those to him?”
A few people began to suspect the Dokgo Estate. They assumed the clan was secretly helping Park Suhyun.
However, the man in the suit immediately refuted this.
“It wasn’t the Dokgo Estate’s martial arts. If anything, it felt even more tyrannical than theirs. It felt remarkably similar to the martial arts of the Fist King, who vanished twenty years ago.”
“Good heavens! The Fist King...!”
“That’s impossible. Do you have any idea how long ago the Fist King disappeared?”
“Take a look at this video. It’s a broadcast from back when Park Suhyun claimed he stumbled upon the martial arts of some hermit in the mountains.”
They checked the contents of the broadcast. Their faces turned to masks of shock.
“The Kwonwang Kwon!”
“Are you saying that Kwonwang Kwon is the martial art created by the Fist King himself?”
“I can’t say for certain. But doesn’t it fit too perfectly? There is a very high probability that Park Suhyun has inherited the true teachings of the Fist King.”
“Good heavens...!”
“How could this be!”
Everyone looked as if they couldn’t believe it.
But they had no choice but to believe. There was simply too much evidence pointing in that direction.
“Then does that mean Park Suhyun... no, Young Master Park Suhyun, is the descendant of the Fist King?”
“It’s possible. No, in my opinion, the probability is quite high.”
“In that case, shouldn’t we seize that martial art immediately?! We should make sure our Goryeo Gate claims the Fist King’s techniques!”
The Fist King’s martial arts were that covetable. They were tempting enough even for Goryeo Gate, which held the second-greatest power in Korea after the Dokgo Estate.
“That won’t do! Park Suhyun already has significant ties to the Dokgo Estate. They won’t just sit by and watch. Besides, Park Suhyun himself is a streamer with tens of thousands of fans. If we touch him carelessly, the backlash will be massive.”
“Ahem, it seems this old man has spoken out of turn.”
“Also, who’s to say the Fist King isn’t still alive?”
“Ha! The Fist King is alive?”
“Yes. No one has ever heard a report that the Fist King has died. As such, we need to be careful.”
Everyone nodded at Executive Choi’s words. It wasn’t without reason that he had suggested maintaining a friendly relationship with Park Suhyun. Clearly, he was worth the effort.
“Then, I will assume everyone is in agreement on this agenda. Our Goryeo Gate will initiate a project to establish a friendly relationship with Young Master Park Suhyun.”
“Understood.”
“I agree!”
And so, one of Goryeo Gate’s agendas came to an end.
It was something that happened while Park Suhyun was completely oblivious.
And similar events were unfolding in various other large sects as well. Everyone was putting in the effort to build a friendly relationship with Park Suhyun.
However, it was impossible for everyone to share the same opinion.
To be precise, there was a sect that had other ideas. A small evil sect known as the Black Sun Faction was one of them.
“So, you’re asking us to kill this guy?”
“No, I don’t expect you to go that far. Just make sure he can’t function as a martial artist anymore.”
“Hmm, then cutting a few meridians should do the trick.”
“Ah, please break a few of his bones as well.”
“Well, that’s not difficult at all.”
Unlike the other massive sects, the Black Sun Faction didn’t know the true potential of Park Suhyun. In that state, they received a request from an unknown individual. It was a request to ambush Park Suhyun and teach him a lesson.
Naturally, they accepted the request without much thought. It was just crippling some streamer. No matter how much talent that streamer had, he was still nothing more than a greenhorn.
“Then, please wait about a week. We’ll have it resolved by then.”
“I’ll be counting on you.”
But they didn’t know.
They didn’t know that Park Suhyun’s talent far exceeded their expectations, and that the martial art he had mastered was the peerless Kwonwang Kwon.
“Jackpot! Thank you! GoryeoStrongest!!”
Sometimes, days like that just happen to a streamer.
Should I call it a day where donations just explode for no reason at all?
Today was exactly one of those days.
I hadn’t done any major content today. My condition wasn’t great, so I just did a light browse of the Stream Gallery.
But after the content ended, donations suddenly started pouring in. And these weren’t small donations, either.
[GoryeoStrongest has donated 1,000,000 won!]
[SeomunSeomun has donated 500,000 won!]
[HanyangBest has donated 700,000 won!]
They were all nicknames I’d never heard before. But to me, that didn’t matter.
‘Who cares where the donations come from?’
GoryeoStrongest, in particular, had donated nearly 5 million won to me just today. They were clearly a big spender.
I immediately stood up and bowed at a 90-degree angle.
“Thank you! Thank you so much!”
This was an amount that warranted such a reaction.
‘I’ve earned 10 million won just today.’
At this rate, I could pay off my debts in no time. It wasn’t for nothing that I was bowing with such genuine joy.
Anyway, the storm of donations had passed.
I sat back down, feeling a massive surge of dopamine.
It felt like my poor condition had instantly recovered. As expected, donation therapy(?) was the best. It seemed more effective than any medicine.
“I was planning on ending the stream early today, but I guess that’s not happening. We’re going for a 2-hour extension!”
I immediately extended the stream. I felt a bit bad just ending it after receiving such donations.
“By the way, GoryeoStrongest, which streamer’s fan are you? You seem like someone I’m seeing for the first time...”
“Wow! Jackpot! Thank you! I’ll keep working hard on my broadcasts!”
I could tell just by their nickname and tone of voice. They probably had quite a bit of seniority(?).
‘I need to treat them with care.’
They might even become my new channel president. I had to serve them well.
Anyway, I had to think of content for the next two hours.
After a moment of thought, I nodded.
“Shall we play a game?”
When there was nothing else to do, games were the best.
I immediately turned on Discord.
As it happened, a program that allowed voice chat with others existed in this world, too.
‘It’s crazy how many programs have the exact same names here.’
I chuckled and checked my list of connected friends.
[Jaeho-nim’s Loyal Subject Haedal]
[CuteLena]
[SeingSeing-i]
[PrettyGirlHarin]
[SexyAnyoung]
[Haini♥]
[DokgoHwayeon]
Most of the people I was close with were currently online.
I looked at the list and pondered.
‘Who should I play with?’
It would be fun to have Seing-i, Harin, Dokgo Hwayeon, and myself form a squad and play Battle Grind. After all, it would be the four of us who had done the large-scale content together.
But the viewers had other ideas.
Everyone wanted me to form a squad with Anyoung, Haini, and Dokgo Hwayeon to play the game.
Honestly, even I thought it was a combination that would pump out dopamine like crazy.
But I couldn’t help but worry.
‘If I get these three together, it’s going to be chaos again...’
Fortunately, since the housewarming party, the three of them had become somewhat friendly. But it was also true that all three still had a fiery sense of rivalry.
‘Sigh, I can control the content when I’m seeing them in person, but I’m not confident about doing it over Discord...’
Still, I had no choice.
A streamer had to provide the broadcast the viewers wanted. That was the only way to grow.
Besides, I thought this combination would be fun, too. The viewers weren’t asking for it for no reason.
“Alright, alright.”
I calmed the urging viewers. Then, with a resigned expression, I started making the calls.
First, I sent a Discord message to Anyoung-noona.
“Ah! Jaeho! What’s up?”
Noona answered the Discord call with a welcoming voice. She seemed surprised that I had reached out via Discord like this.
“It’s nothing much, but would you like to play a game together?”
“Hmm? With you? I’d love to!”
No matter how much of a dance-focused streamer she was, she wasn’t terrible at games. Honestly, to be a streamer, you had to know how to play at least a few games.
Anyway, I had easily recruited Anyoung-noona.
I moved on to recruit the next person.
“Jaeho-oppa!”
A bright, refreshing voice soon echoed in my ears. It was Haini. I smiled and greeted her.
“Hey? Let’s play a game together.”
“A game? What game are you going to play?”
“How about Battle Grind?”
“Ah! I love that! How did you know I was good at PUBG?”
“Oh! You’re good at PUBG? Then I’ll look forward to it.”
“Yup! Look forward to it!”
I had easily recruited Haini, too. But the last member was the problem. She wasn’t someone I could recruit easily.
I called her on Discord with a slightly tense expression.
“Oh! Jaeho-nim, what’s going on?”
Fortunately, she answered my Discord call right away. And she sounded quite happy to hear from me. I felt a glimmer of hope.
‘Thankfully, it doesn’t look like she’s in the middle of a stream?’
I chuckled and stated my business.
“It’s nothing much. Would you like to play a game with me?”
“Just the two of us?”