Chapter 18
Chapter 18
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 18
Chapter Title: Raising My Little BJ
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"This is insane. One million won. Thank you so much. What should I do?"
SpringSummer was freaking out after receiving 10,000 Coins.
She couldn't get a grip on herself from the massive donation.
She was thrilled, of course, but this huge sum had come out of nowhere, leaving her at a complete loss.
She just kept muttering "insane" over and over, frozen in place.
It was the reaction of an ordinary person, not a Broadcaster at all.
Even Ppangit, a low-tier BJ, hadn't been like this.
She hadn't been broadcasting long—hell, was this her first time ever?
The crappy cam quality, the totally unprepared stream screen...
Lee Hyunwoo felt a surge of kingly generosity.
"Ah! Right! I need to do a reaction! Hold on. I prepared something special for times like this."
SpringSummer grabbed her mouse and clicked a few times.
Then a song started playing.
Sakuranbo—a cute reaction that had been all the rage a few years back.
SpringSummer seemed clueless about current Koreatv trends.
Or maybe she picked Sakuranbo because it was easy.
Her stunning beauty pierced through the low-res cam, turning the lame reaction into something classy.
Lee Hyunwoo watched her Sakuranbo like he was browsing ancient internet memes of hot high school girls from the early days.
The moment the reaction ended, he fired off a question.
"Thank you for the 100! Yeah, I'm really in high school! I'll do another 100-Coin reaction!"
SpringSummer hurriedly answered Lee Hyunwoo's question and grabbed her mouse again.
"Haha..."
Lee Hyunwoo couldn't help but chuckle at the sight.
A big spender starts chatting, and she prioritizes reactions over conversation?
She was clueless about the Female Cam Broadcaster scene—extremely clueless.
This time it was the Zero-Two Dance.
Newer than Sakuranbo, but still past its expiration date.
Still, it didn't feel bad.
After dealing with pro Female Cam Broadcasters, seeing a girl act like a total normie felt fresh and innocent.
And it wasn't like there was no one to chat with.
As SpringSummer shook her hips to the dance, the manager chimed in.
Calling her "noona" and knowing her personal story so well...
Her little brother?
-Got it. Tell the manager to pipe down for now.
-Appreciate the reactions, but no need to react to every single gift.
Now he got why the manager had made a sub-account to hang out in the stream.
The siblings were teaming up to pump viewer numbers.
With SpringSummer—decently pretty—doing the Zero-Two Dance, viewers started trickling in.
But the awful quality drove them away fast.
9, 10, 11, 10, 11, 12.
Viewers hovered around 10, then dropped right back to 9 once Zero-Two ended.
"Ah! Yes! I was just testing the waters today, so I wasn't prepared at all. Sorry!"
SpringSummer bowed her head in apology at Lee Hyunwoo's advice.
Her energy was still high, though.
No pointless pride here.
She had potential as a Broadcaster.
She was inexperienced, so Lee Hyunwoo kept chatting her up.
Other Female Cam Broadcasters would've called this VIP treatment of VIP treatments.
They were always desperate to build rapport with whales to squeeze out more Coins.
"Well... not exactly. I just couldn't go to school... Got bored and turned on the stream. Um... but Unemployed King? You suddenly donated a million won. Honestly, I was pretty shocked."
"Not sure. If Unemployed King keeps coming to my streams, maybe I could. Ehehe."
Hmm, showing some flair?
First stream or not, a Female Cam Broadcaster was still a Female Cam Broadcaster, huh?
Lee Hyunwoo smirked at SpringSummer's teasing charm.
Lee Hyunwoo proposed a voice call.
Truth be told, gifting Coins had to be fun.
But this room had no viewers.
The BJ's reactions were fresh and cute, but that was it.
Time to switch it up.
"Huh? V-voice call?"
At his bold suggestion, SpringSummer kept glancing sideways.
Judging by her eye direction, it was the 1:1 manager chat area.
Her brother was probably coaching her.
Didn't matter.
Lee Hyunwoo pushed forward.
If it worked, great. If not, plenty of other BJs.
"Ah! How about Deco then?"
Little bro gave the okay, apparently.
Lee Hyunwoo launched Deco.
Deco was short for Direct Comment (DI from DIRECT, CO from COMMENT), a voice chat program.
It was popular for gaming or subculture friend groups.
"Hello?"
"Hi! Unemployed King!"
"Hey. We can drop formalities, right?"
"Yes! Totally!"
The call started with a bit of awkwardness.
But Lee Hyunwoo had the perfect weapon to shatter it.
Financial therapy.
"First, call fee."
"Call fee?"
"Aaaah! Another 10,000! Thank you! Reaction coming right up!"
"No, wait. Wait. I love reactions. But can you do it after the call?"
"Ah! Yes! I'll do that! What reaction should I prepare?"
Perfect.
She wasn't possessed by the ghost of reactions past or anything.
Just inexperienced with streaming—whenever a task popped up, she fixated on it blindly.
"Think about that later. Where'd you study abroad?"
"America. I was supposed to graduate high school there... but family issues meant I couldn't stay, so I came back to Korea. My high school credits didn't transfer, so now I'm in senior year again."
"America, huh. Bet you were popular. No filters, no fancy cam, and your beauty still bursts through the screen."
"Ehehe. Not totally none, just a tiny bit? But I've never dated or anything. No, seriously—not just saying that! My family was strict, so it was just school and home. Mom even drove me every day."
In the empty stream, Lee Hyunwoo chatted with SpringSummer for a good while.
He'd thought a 20-year-old repeater skipping school might be a delinquent.
But talking to her, she was anything but.
If anything, she was a total bookworm.
"I got assigned to a private high school, but tuition's expensive. Trying to transfer. Switching from private to public takes time. So I streamed today."
The SpringSummer siblings had given up on U.S. studies due to family issues and returned to Korea.
And those issues? Probably parent-related.
Living apart from parents for some reason, or cut off from their support.
Alright.
Decision made.
Time to raise a My Little BJ!
My Little BJ usually had negative connotations.
It meant an over-immersed viewer getting way too cozy with an indulgent low-tier Broadcaster.
Why negative? Because the obsessed fan didn't care if the stream grew or the BJ made bank.
They wanted the stream to stagnate so the BJ would chat with them 24/7.
Hence, the bad rep.
But Lee Hyunwoo's My Little BJ was different.
He envisioned it like Gotsuru-hyung buying Man U in real life to play Football Manager IRL.
Lee Hyunwoo wanted to run a real-life BJ training sim.
Of course, it'd involve next-level care compared to regular My Little BJs.
But first things first.
Cashback contract.
"Cashback? Is that legit?"
"If it seems sketchy, no biggie—don't do it. No one else around, so I can tell you: all the BJs I support do cashback."
"Whoa, really? Then yeah! So if I get 10,000 Coins, I send back 150,000 won?"
"Exactly."
As expected.
Cashback deals were a breeze.
Makes sense.
Who'd turn down 100 million won upfront for just 15 million back?
No sane person.
"So... how many Coins per week...?"
"Depends on you."
Lee Hyunwoo had no intention of treating SpringSummer like other BJs.
Not favoritism—discrimination.
Others got a flat 100,000 Coins monthly.
SpringSummer? Different story.
"On me?"
Main Quests
🎯 Hire a Newtube editor:10,000 Coins
🎯 Reach 10 Fan subscriptions:10,000 Coins
🎯 Get 10 daily recommendations:10,000 Coins
🎯 Reach 10 Bookmarks:10,000 Coins
"Yeah. First quests. Hire a Newtube editor: 10,000. Hit 10 fans: 10,000. Get 10 daily recs: 10,000. 10 bookmarks: 10,000. What're you waiting for? Write 'em down."
"Huh? Oh, yes! Writing it down! Say it again?"
Lee Hyunwoo issued quests to SpringSummer.
Already fun.
What would she do to clear his quests?
Watching her jot them in her notebook, Lee Hyunwoo spawned more.
Side quests this time.
Side Quests
🎯 Buy a DSLR:5,000 Coins
🎯 Buy streaming PC:5,000 Coins
🎯 Get lighting setup:5,000 Coins
🎯 Soundproofing... too pricey, later.
🎯 Clean your room:1,000 Coins
🎯 Buy stream outfits:1,000 Coins
🎯 Announce stream times:100 Coins
"And from now on, these are side quests. Buy a DSLR: 5,000. Streaming PC: 5,000. Lighting: 5,000. Soundproofing... unit price too high, later. Clean room: 1,000. Stream clothes: 1,000. ... Announce stream schedule: 100."
Lee Hyunwoo rattled off quests as they came to mind.
Difficulty all over the place, rewards totally unbalanced.
Whatever.
Donor's prerogative.
And SpringSummer could prioritize what paid best and was urgent.
"When you hire the Newtube editor, cut out the cashback part. Edit from the quests onward. Have them cut the cashback from their version too."
"Got it! Thank you!"
Once he finished, SpringSummer stood and bowed 90 degrees.
She was still dazed, not fully grasping it all.
But she knew this was a once-in-a-lifetime shot.