A Streamer's Ambition
“Even just seeing a cat sleeping is cute, but I’m not like that.”
“What are you talking about? How cute your sleeping face is. No one comes to watch a cat sleeping broadcast, but your sleeping broadcast will definitely be watched by people.”
“If I do a sleep broadcast, will viewers come?”
“Watching sleep broadcasts every day might not be great, but sometimes doing sleep broadcasts, viewers will like it?”
I have no intention of actually doing sleep broadcasts.
I can fall asleep during a broadcast, but doing a sleep broadcast from start to finish to eat for free doesn’t seem right.
“If there’s no content, just chatting with viewers via mic would be enough.”
“If it’s just a cam and mic, the content is over. It’s the ultimate cuteness.”
“If I can’t think of anything, I can ask viewers. Show some aegyo while asking what they want to do, and I won’t have to worry about content.”
“Clearly, viewers will want to chat? They might prefer listening to my voice more than doing other content.”
I really need to think about this seriously.
It was said that top internet streamers earn a lot.
My friends said this too, so honestly, with my looks, I can eat for free to some extent, I think.
If I get scolded for eating for free, I can just stop streaming.
I don’t want to stream even if I get scolded.
“If Jiyoung streams, we’ll be your WeTV managers.”
“We can edit for WeTube too. We’ve learned a lot during this time.”
I knew Minjeong and Minji were good with computers, but when did they learn to edit WeTube?
For me, having close friends manage and edit would be the best.
Better than having strangers do it.
“Many people will receive healing from watching your broadcast.”
“Really? I’ll think about it.”
If Mina and I help, it seems we can start streaming smoothly.
Even if only about 100 simultaneous viewers, some income?
If WeTube gets a thousand, we can buy snacks.
Even for a beginner streamer like me, with my looks, I might gather 100 viewers?
WeTV has a lot of people, so gathering viewers is really hard, but I can gather about 100 soon?
“100?”
“Ah, no. 50.”
I lowered the target to half with a timid voice.
When I said 100, Mina looked at me in disbelief.
No matter how cute I am, for a beginner, 100 might be hard?
I think I’m cute, but with the thought that even 100 might not be enough, I got discouraged.
Even 50 would be appreciated.
“Ah. Too cute.”
Mina suddenly smiled and pulled me into a hug.
So, even if I eat for free, 100 is possible?
I’ve seen internet streaming before, but there are streamers who couldn’t gather even 10 for years.
I was scared I’d end up like that.
For me, 100 might be a far-off dream.
“You don’t think 100 people will watch, do you?”
“Ah, no. 50.”
No, I’ll lower it to 50.
I made a mistake.
As a beginner, I got greedy from the start.
“If half the students in our class come, it’ll be over 200.”
“Why are you so timid? But you’re cute.”
“Even if I don’t now, later I might not mind putting two zeros after it.”
“1000?”
No way.
At first, people come because they think I’m cute, but after a few times, they’ll leave saying it’s boring.
“So, how about trying a broadcast today?”
“Eh? But I don’t have broadcasting equipment. Cam and mic are needed, right?”
“It’s okay. We have them prepared at our house.”
Why does Mina have broadcasting equipment?
Even if the mic is understandable, the cam is only used for broadcasting.
Did Mina want to try broadcasting too?
“Are you thinking of doing a broadcast too, Mina?”
“No? How competitive broadcasting is these days, and a girl like me would have tens of viewers?”
“Tens of viewers is an exaggeration, right? There aren’t many celebrities as pretty as you.”
“Hehe, thanks. But just having a pretty appearance isn’t enough to survive in broadcasting.”
I haven’t watched many variety shows, but there were quite a few pretty people, as Mina said.
But there really isn’t anyone as pretty as Mina.
With Mina’s appearance, there’s a good chance of success in broadcasting.
More than enough compared to me, a short guy.
With Mina’s looks and figure, she would get huge popularity from men.
“I think Mina would be much more popular than me.”
“What are you talking about? Pretty girls have demand only from men, but a super cute girl like you doesn’t discriminate between men and women.”
“That’s right. People like cute things is human instinct.”
“Pretty girls are often seen, but a cute girl like you, I’ve never seen one.”
If you’re a bit older and pretty, aren’t you cute enough?
I’ve never seen a girl as cute as that, but since I haven’t seen it, and the world population is huge, there must be plenty somewhere I don’t know about.
Even if not me, there are people who can replace me.
“But a thousand? No way.”
Odd eyes probability is very low, and natural blonde hair? Just that is very low probability, plus small height, super pretty looks. Even the voice is super cute. Do you think there are so many cute beings like you in the world?
“I think I’ll never see a girl as cute as Jiyoung in my lifetime.”
“If you consider all those conditions, the probability is really low.”
Yeah, the case of becoming a woman like me probably only exists with me in the whole world.
I don’t understand why I became a woman, but I have to overlook the small things.
It’s not like becoming a woman causes any hindrance.
Rather, if streaming brings profit, it’s profit, no loss.
From friends’ stories, there probably aren’t many girls who look like me.
“So, Jiyoung. Are you coming over to our house today? This is the first time trying it at our house.”
“Okay. I’ll ask my sister.”
“Really? My parents will be really happy too.”
Jiyoung’s parents have always thought I was super cute.
In a way, it seemed like they liked me more than Mina.
It might be my imagination.
Mina sees me every day, and I see her occasionally.
While we were chatting, a male classmate approached me.
What’s up?
He’s holding a cola, maybe to show off?
“J, Jiyoung. Want some cola?”
“Eh? Why cola?”
“I heard you wanted cola earlier, bought 1+1, and there’s leftover.”
“Thank you, but a hug?”
“It’s okay. Instead, let me take a photo.”
Since I was a guy, hugging a guy wasn’t something I could do.
Of course, if very close, it’s okay.
Like Mina’s father.
So, taking a photo for other guys is fine.
If I start streaming, many people will ask for photos.
“Just a photo. Do what you want.”
“Thank you so much.”
The male friend thanked me profusely and took my photo repeatedly.
From that point on.
I would receive snacks as tribute from male students too.
“How? My bag is full of snacks.”
“Even guys are giving me this, as expected, cute things don’t discriminate between men and women.”
“This is too much, let’s eat together.”
“No. Since you’re too cute, how can I eat the gift together.”
“What, don’t want to be hugged?”
“I’ll eat well.”
“I’ll eat well.”
“I’ll eat well. This is really delicious.”
It’s said that girls like sweet things too, but as a guy, I liked sweet things more than girls.
Including chocolate, candies, snacks, drinks, even small cake pieces.
Somehow, I felt sorry for the male friends.
They gave me their allowance money to use.
I told the male friends.
“You don’t have to give me this much.”
“The value of the photo is greater than that.”
“If you want to give more, anytime tell me.”
“No. It’s okay. It’s too much.”
I wouldn’t ask for more.
I rarely asked my friends for anything except my close friend Mina.
Yet, the female friends kept giving me what they bought.
If I refuse, they put it on the desk and run away, nothing I can do.
It’s been like this since elementary school, and it continues to this day.
It just changed from girls to guys.
Honestly, since I was a guy, I didn’t really want to be hugged by other guys.
So, I just let them take photos instead.
Actually, I didn’t know at the time.
It was true that guys wanted my photos, but they just needed an excuse to give me snacks.
One started it, and for them, the first was hard, the second was easy.
Since then, guys have often given me snacks because they let me take photos.
Even after starting streaming and earning money, giving snacks didn’t change.
No, forget snacks, I hoped they wouldn’t donate in the broadcast.