Chapter 34
Chapter 34
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 34
Chapter Title: Thursday Settlement
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Thursday morning dawned.
Lee Hyunwoo liked Thursdays.
Because it was Koreatv payout day.
Payouts happened at noon on Thursdays.
Any coins requested for conversion by six p.m. the previous day—Wednesday—were deposited all at once at noon.
'A total of 17.49 million won!'
Lee Hyunwoo tapped away at his calculator while checking his donation history and broke into a wide grin.
If today's cashback went through properly, a whopping 17.49 million won would hit his bank account.
This was as much as all the money he'd saved up until now.
Even better, it wasn't a one-time thing.
As long as he kept donating to broadcasters and getting cashback, he could pull in 17.49 million won every single week.
No—once he got the hang of the camgirls' streaming schedules and optimized his donations, he could hit the max of 22.5 million won weekly.
Add one more broadcaster for cashback deals, and it'd be 25 million won.
A monthly billion wasn't a pipe dream anymore.
"Hahaha!"
Laughter burst out of him unbidden.
Lee Hyunwoo eagerly awaited noon, when the payout would arrive.
He knew it wouldn't hit his account the second noon struck.
But how could he help the anticipation?
He couldn't even watch his favorite streams, just stared endlessly at the clock.
Ring-a-ding-ding—
As he waited, the hotel room phone rang.
The front desk?
What could the hotel staff want?
Curious, Lee Hyunwoo picked up the receiver.
"Hello?"
"Good day, sir. Is your stay comfortable?"
A young woman's voice.
Very polite.
"Yes. Is there a problem?"
"Not at all, sir. A woman who seems to be looking for you has come to the hotel, so we're contacting you. She knows your name, age, and phone number, but not your room number. What should we do?"
From the staffer's words, he instantly knew who it was.
Lee Ye-rin.
Sure, he'd told her it was a five-day block, and even how she could shorten it.
But her patience apparently didn't last that long.
"Please send her away. And tell her that if she behaves nicely and listens well, I'll lift the block."
"Understood. We'll relay that message. Have a wonderful day."
Lee Hyunwoo dispatched Darling with a few curt words.
This was why fancy hotels were great.
They earned their money.
And the perks didn't stop there.
Delicious meals from breakfast to dinner.
Pool, gym, and other facilities at his beck and call.
Plus daily cleaning.
It'd only been two days since he checked in.
But Lee Hyunwoo was falling deeper into the allure of spending money.
"Speaking of which, I should've dropped into Jeong So-rim's stream at least once. Slipped my mind."
Darling had her uses after all.
Thanks to her, he remembered something he'd forgotten.
He'd approached Jeong So-rim and showered her with coins only on the first day.
Running the numbers, the cashback owed from her was just 750,000 won.
Peanuts compared to the other camgirls.
To make next week bountiful, he needed to hustle starting now.
Current time: 11:32 a.m.
He fired up his laptop and logged into Koreatv. There was a notification from 32 minutes ago.
-Jeong So-rim has started broadcasting.
-Hardcore Fan Unemployed King has entered.
"Unemployed King! Welcome! You finally showed up. I was worried you'd never come back."
She must've been chatting, because Jeong So-rim spotted him in the chat window and greeted him right away.
With her kind face and mature demeanor, Jeong So-rim lied without batting an eye.
Camgirls gonna camgirl.
He'd even explained on their call that her long pauses were noticeable on stream.
Yet she acted like she'd never heard it, playing it off innocently.
-He's finally here!
-Big spender bro!
-Welcome!
The chat was blowing up.
They were Jeong So-rim's core fans, but none could drop big money on her.
They hoped she'd rake it in with her great daily music shows, but lacking the funds themselves, they'd pined for a whale like Lee Hyunwoo.
And now their wait was over, hence the warm welcome.
[Unemployed King has gifted 10,000 Coins!]
-Sorry I'm late. Entry fee.
Lee Hyunwoo fulfilled their hopes.
His signature entry fee of 10,000!
Even the poised and gentle Jeong So-rim couldn't hide her joy at the sight of money.
Her eyes curved into crescents as she laughed out loud.
Making the massive breasts pinned to her chest jiggle impressively.
"Thank you, Unemployed King. Here for the songs, right? Any requests?"
Lee Hyunwoo requested a tune and enjoyed Jeong So-rim's stream.
Great voice, sings well, plays the gayageum masterfully.
Unlike Park Haneul, she had chat skills too.
So the stream was fun and engaging.
Even with just a few dozen viewers, the lively chat made donating coins satisfying.
But it wasn't without flaws.
[Unemployed King has gifted 1,000 Coins!]
-Loved it. But does So-rim do draws or food dates?
Greed was creeping in.
For the woman named Jeong So-rim.
And those huge breasts.
In the old days, he'd never even dream it.
But now? Different story.
With infinite coins, Lee Hyunwoo brimmed with confidence.
Any broadcaster could be his if he wanted.
So he straight-up poked at Jeong So-rim.
-Whoa lololol
-Bro, even for you that's a bit much;;
-Our So-rimi isn't a camgirl ㅠㅠ
-But tbh I'd want a food date if the room owner offered
The chat freaked out at his question.
But true to the scholarly crowd, it wasn't too wild.
Ignoring them mostly, Lee Hyunwoo focused on her reply.
"Draws or food dates? Sorry. I want to be a musician, not a camgirl. My apologies."
Jeong So-rim apologized twice and shot down his proposition cold.
[Unemployed King has gifted 1,000 Coins!]
-No, my bad. I shouldn't have asked. Feels like you said something similar before.
Lee Hyunwoo typed politely.
But his expression soured.
No camgirl had ever resisted his prods before.
Hell, they'd trip over themselves to impress him.
That's why sex was a cakewalk.
Too cocky, maybe.
Then again, this was normal.
As Jeong So-rim said, a woman with pride or a pro musician wouldn't sell date rights for cash.
Not saying camgirls like Ppangit or Yeoujjing were bad.
Just different values from Jeong So-rim.
Lee Hyunwoo tried to accept the difference humbly.
But his pride stung, souring his mood anyway.
Naturally, his coin gifts and chats tapered off.
The stream that'd been fun suddenly wasn't.
Sour grapes now that he couldn't have her?
Camgirls sold simulated romance commercially.
Viewers watched their streams.
Whales spent big for real-life approximations.
But a musician, not a camgirl?
Lee Hyunwoo's interest plummeted.
He wasn't into gayageum to begin with.
"………What do you think, Unemployed King?"
"……I like it too. You like it, right, Unemployed King?"
"…How's this song? Everyone? What about you, Unemployed King?"
Sensing his waning interest, Jeong So-rim desperately tried engaging him.
But his responses were lukewarm.
Then, as time passed, none at all.
He'd multitasked to other streams.
Cutting and running without grit?
More like quick damage control.
Why keep investing in unobtainable fruit?
Effort for conquest? For the powerless.
Lee Hyunwoo had infinite power.
Infinite coins to spread countless camgirls' legs.
Why waste effort on one immune to it?
Far more efficient and economical to hunt elsewhere.
"Eh, not my type."
Irritated, Lee Hyunwoo clicked his mouse to close the browser tab.
Pretty face, but voice didn't click.
He jumped to the next stream immediately.
He knew it himself.
This was petty nitpicking.
But wounded pride doesn't heal easy.
As he stewed, a text pinged on his smartphone.
-[Web Sender] Deposit from Bank of Korea: 4,020,000 won 13:14 123-456-7890 Choi Soo-hyun Balance….
News to gladden Lee Hyunwoo's heart.
Ppangit—no, Choi Soo-hyun—had wired the cashback.
A solid 4 million won.
His sour mood flipped to joy in an instant.
"Nice!"
So what if he couldn't bag one camgirl?
Money was rolling in.
Bag another instead.
Silly to let pride tank over this.
No point sulking over what she wouldn't give anyway—pure loss.
"Hello?"
His phone rang—Ppangit.
Lee Hyunwoo answered without hesitation.
"Oppa… I sent the money. Did you check?"
"Yeah, just saw it. Spot on."
"Ahaha… Um, oppa. You didn't forget today, right? Me guesting on Koking's stream."
He'd hit Ppangit's stream yesterday, so today was a skip per rotation.
But they had a deal.
Today, she'd guest on Koking's stream—one of Koreatv's three kings.
Lee Hyunwoo had promised to hype her up there.
"Of course. Got it. Tonight at ten, yeah? I'll be there, no worries."
"Ah, yes. Thank you."
"No need to thank me. No personal stream today?"
"Day off, so resting. Collab tonight anyway, no time."
"Yeah? Wanna chill together? Hotel vacation sound good? Haven't told you? I'm at Namsan Hotel. Great pool, killer views from the room. Come over?"
Lee Hyunwoo smoothly invited Choi Soo-hyun to the hotel.
Fresh off Jeong So-rim's rejection, a sliver of anxiety lingered—what if she said no?
But he vaguely trusted she wouldn't.
His wealth hadn't wowed Jeong So-rim much, but it'd hook Choi Soo-hyun hard—he knew it.
And right on cue.
"Hotel vacation? Love it! Last time with you, we just slept—such a waste. I'm in! Now okay?"
Choi Soo-hyun accepted his offer without a second thought.