3.5 Trillion Won
3.5 Trillion Won
- What will you do if you win 1st place?
"Um... I guess I'd eat delicious food and buy a house, things like that."
In my life, I harbored so many expectations.
Would my parents come looking for me again?
Would I get a diploma from a prestigious university and get a job at a major corporation?
Would I turn back into a man?
Would the police believe my testimony?
Even if my life was ruined, wouldn't I be able to stand up again?
Wouldn't my stream blow up?
...Well, as for the results, they were never good.
So now, I don't particularly want to expect anything, nor do I want to think about it.
"I don't know."
- Aww, so boring
- No fun
Anyway, the time has come.
"I'm revealing it."
- Deugeojae
- Go go
- Let's gooo~
The lottery drawer on TV reveals the first number.
The first number is 8.
I checked my Powerball ticket.
Let's see, 8, huh....
"Oh, I have it."
- Oh, 8
- We got one 8
- Good start
"Nice."
Well, matching just one can happen.
Expressionlessly, I waited for the next number.
A moment later.
The second ball rolled out.
17
Two numbers overlap.
"I have 17 too?"
- How much is it if two match?
- Dunno?
- Isn't it $0?
"I'm being lucky."
Well, nothing changes just because two match.
Or so I thought.
The third ball.
34
- ?
- ?
- ?
From that moment on, the chat box started getting spammed with '?'.
- Hey, no way
- Did half of them match?
- Rue-ya, is this for real?
The streamer herself didn't even expect anything, but the viewers were making an unusually big fuss.
I spoke up to moderately calm the atmosphere down.
"Guys, d-don't make such a fuss. As if it's actually gonna win."
- Her voice is trembling like crazy though?
- For real kekeke
- Info) The prize money for matching 3 white balls is 9,800 won.
I said that, but I couldn't stop the corners of my mouth from curling up.
"Hey, I spent 10,000 won today to buy 2 tickets, so if it's 9,800 won, I basically broke even."
- Then it's super sweet free dopamine
- For real
Now it's the fourth number.
52
In an instant, an exclamation escaped my mouth.
"Huh?"
08 17 34 52
08 17 34 52
4 matches.
- Hey, holy fuck
- Stop bullshitting
- It's staged, right?
- ??????
- Is she seriously going for 1st place?
- Insane, holy fuck
- Jackpot???
The chat box began to explode.
The fiercely burning chat box.
I took a quick glance at the viewer count, and about 100 non-logged-in users had settled in, as if a raid link had been dropped.
Current viewer count: 110.
They all spammed the chat in unison.
- 4 Powerball matches?
- Dopamine legendary
- kekekekekekekeke
- Let's go let's go let's go
It was the fastest chat speed in the history of my broadcasts.
Because the viewers were so wildly enthusiastic, my head grew cool instead.
'There's no way a good thing would happen in my life.'
Always, expectations are betrayed every single time.
Even if I get my hopes up here again, it will only intensify the emptiness after the drawing ends.
I calm my excited heart.
I stare intently at the screen with a cold expression.
There's no way I'll win anyway....
67
"Kyaaaaak!!!"
-???????
- 5 matches???????
- You mean 5 matching?
- Was that scream just now a human sound, holy fuck?
- Fuck, 5 matching? kekekekekeke
- Info) Matching 5 is 2nd place, which is around 1.4 billion won in KRW.
- askdfjlasjdfkl
- ?????????????????
- ?
- ?????
A monstrous shriek that was far from girlish burst out of my mouth.
"2nd place? I'm 2nd place!?"
1.4 billion KRW.
Even after taking away whatever taxes need to be deducted, it's still hundreds of millions of won.
- Crazy
- 1.4 billion won entering the chat
- Powerball 2nd place = Korean Lotto 1st place
- kekekekekekeke
My heart beats like crazy.
The thought of killing myself after my US trip ended washed away like rinsing my hands.
With this money, holy shit, it's the same as winning 1st place in the Korean Lotto.
I can finally put an end to this pathetic life!
The viewer count had already broken past 200.
As if a link had been dropped somewhere, the number of viewers was climbing exponentially.
- 1.4 billion won entering the chat kekekeke
- Wow holy fuck, is this insane
- Crazy
- Is this the stream where someone matched 5 Powerball numbers?
Screams full of awe kept bursting from my mouth continuously.
The viewers' reactions were no different from mine.
And so, the final moment.
The lottery drawer on TV brings up the final red ball.
My red ball's number is 19.
If 19 pops up here, it's the jackpot win.
- No way 19?
- Nah, as if 19 will pop up here
- If 19 pops up, it's staged
- 19 will definitely not pop up kek
- The streamer is getting her hopes up so fucking high
- Please 19
The long-awaited final number is... 61.
What a shame.
"Ah, it's 61."
I got my hopes up slightly, but well, just the 2nd place prize money alone will completely change my life.
It might not be a bad idea to reverse my decision to quit streaming and invest in my channel instead.
Could this be compensation for ruining my life by turning me into a woman?
The resentment I held toward God until moments ago is beginning to soften slightly.
Right when I was about to chat about the aftermath with the viewers:
- ?
- ?
- You idiot, they pulled it out upside down
- It's 19, it's 19
- It's 19 though?
- Did she win 1st place?
- Fuck, 1st place?
- kekekekekeke
- Jackpot???
- What is this
- $2.6 billion entering the chat
- 1 trillion???????
- ??
- ?
- Explain the staging
- Staged
- It's staged kek
Viewers urged me to look at the screen again.
The host turns the upside-down ball around.
The number that appeared thus was 19.
08 17 34 52 67 / 19
08 17 34 52 67 / 19
"Huh?"
It's a win.
"Hu-huh?"
2.6 billion dollars.
3.5 trillion won.
Even after all deductions, actual take-home payout is 1 trillion won.
"Hu-hu-huh?"
I have just won the Powerball jackpot.
*
Meanwhile, there was an online community live-texting Rue's Powerball reveal.
[ Supijik Virtual Gallery ]
The Supijik Virtual Gallery, shortened to Subergal, is a community focused on spotlighting VTubers on the Supijik platform.
The first post about Rue appeared on the gallery at the moment 3 numbers matched.
[ Real-Time Update on Small-Time VTuber ]
The author of the post was the very person who suggested Rue buy a Powerball ticket, 'RueCheekSlap5Combo'.
He had a mission to make Rue reverse her decision to quit streaming.
Because of that, he rotated through all kinds of IPs to promote Rue's stream.
The result was complete apathy.
RueCheekSlap5Combo stared deeply in thought at his post, which had zero comments.
"Hmm...."
The clickbait is insufficient.
How can he get people to flow into Rue's stream?
"If it's this...."
An ordinary title won't attract attention, so it needed to be as provocative a title as possible.
RueCheekSlap5Combo began pulling out full-fledged clickbait tactics.
[ Exposing the Fucking Sub-Mod's Discord Chat History ]
Author: Anonymous(120.251)
Sorry, there's no such thing,
but I wrote this post because I wanted to share content from a small-time VTuber right now!
( Link to Rue's live stream )
This VTuber went to the US, turned on her facecam, and is revealing Powerball numbers, and 3 numbers matched already?
How about everyone going to take a look?
owo
Upvotes: 15
Downvotes: 3
- Comments -
ㄴ You've been fucking promoting this small-time streamer since earlier, cut it out already
ㄴ What kind of technique is this now?
ㄴ Pretty original
ㄴ Keep trash small-time VTubers like this to yourself
ㄴ What's with the promo?
ㄴ Is that you yourself?
ㄴ I'll go raid and troll her
The reactions in the comments were far from good.
A promotional post for a nobody VTuber that no one even knew.
Furthermore, the screen right now was a facecam broadcast, which even violated the gallery rule of only posting about VTubers.
However, a comment posted right on cue turned the irritation over the clickbait into interest.
ㄴ 4 numbers just matched though? Won 140,000 won
ㄴ Oh
Live streams are a haven for those wandering in search of dopamine.
Drawn by the dopamine of matching 4 Powerball numbers, numerous gallers flowed into Rue's stream.
Up until this point, the non-logged-in users didn't have huge interest.
They intended to moderately chat while watching the streamer cheer, and then leave to find another fun broadcast.
However, when 5 numbers matched:
- ?
- ?
- ?
The live updates on Rue were more than worthy of ascending to the main stream of the gallery.
[ Real-Time: Rue Wins 2nd Place in Powerball ]
Author: Anonymous(120.251)
( Photo of Rue's Powerball ticket )
Says she went on a US trip and won around 1.4 billion KRW
Upvotes: 25
Downvotes: 0
- Comments -
ㄴ ???
ㄴ Oh
ㄴ Crazy
ㄴ It's a facecam, not a VTuber?
ㄴ Said she turned on the facecam to film a US trip vlog before quitting streaming, she's originally a VTuber
ㄴ Who gives a fuck, she won 1.4 billion won
ㄴ Crazy
ㄴ No fake shit
ㄴ Is this real?
Korean Lotto 1st place and Powerball 2nd place hold equal status.
Even when a famous VTuber from a major agency receives donation balloons on her birthday, it doesn't cross 100 million won.
But a small-time VTuber earned nearly 14 times that amount in a single day, so there was no way it wouldn't attract attention.
[ So Fucking Jealous ]
[ Wow kekeke ]
[ I Should Have Gone to the US and Bought a Powerball Ticket Too ]
[ Rue <- Acknowledged as My Wife Starting Today ]
[ Because She's Rich? ]
[ Yeah ]
Various derivative posts related to Rue flooded in.
[ You Guys Are Giving So Much Fucking Attention to a Small-Time VTuber's Staged Crap ]
[ As If She Really Won 1.4 Billion? ]
Negative reactions were posted as well, but:
[ Talking About Staging When It's a Live Stream kek ]
[ Are You an Idiot? ]
[ How the Fuck Do You Fake Powerball Numbers ]
[ If There's a Way to Do That, Let Me Know Too kek ]
They were dismissed as foolish opinions.
And then came the grand moment of winning 1st place.
[ 1st Place? ]
[ ? ]
[ What's This? ]
[ All 6 Match Though? ]
When it was revealed that the small-time VTuber had become the owner of not a mere 1.4 billion won, but 2.6 billion dollars:
Now, no live-texting posts about VTubers other than Rue could be found on Subergal.
[ Holy Fucking Shit ]
[ Isn't This Staged? ]
[ I Screamed Out Loud and Got Slapped on the Back by Omma ]
[ keke... kekeke... ]
[ This Has Got to Be Staged ]
[ You're Saying This Isn't Staged? ]
Tremendous dopamine.
Probably even if one rewound through every internet broadcast VOD in South Korea, they wouldn't find dopamine greater than winning 1 trillion won.
RueCheekSlap5Combo realized for the first time that excessive dopamine could induce a headache.
Calming down the corners of his mouth that twitched wildly, he immediately wrote a post on the gallery.
[ Real-Time: Rue Wins $2.6 Billion, Largest Powerball Amount in History ]
Author: Anonymous(120.251)
( Photo of Rue's Powerball ticket.jpg )
( Photo of all 6 Powerball numbers of this round.jpg )
Foreign currency earning is King Rue kekekekeke
Upvotes: 225
Downvotes: 3
- Comments -
ㄴ ?
ㄴ Still live-texting a small-time VTuber and holy shit is this jackpot for real
ㄴ ???
ㄴ Wow insane
ㄴ So fucking envious
ㄴ ???
ㄴ How much tax do they take?
ㄴ Said even after all deductions it's still 1 trillion won
ㄴ kekekekekeke
The news of a Korean VTuber going on a trip to the US and earning 1 trillion won was far too grand a topic to be consumed solely in a VTuber gallery.
News about Rue immediately spread across the entire internet world.
[ Real Story) Korean VTuber Wins 1st Place in Powerball ]
[ kekeke Small-Time VTuber Wins 1st Place in Powerball Right Before Quitting Stream, Is This Real? ]
[ Guys, Did You See This? ]
[ 1 in 290 Million, Fuck kekeke ]
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No matter how much someone didn't watch streams, it was impossible not to be curious about the reaction of a Powerball 1st place winner.
All kinds of viewers flooded into Rue's stream.
Viewer count skyrocketing at an unprecedented level in history.
Barely 5 minutes after winning 1st place, the viewer count surpassed 50,000.
[ Rue ] : Revealing Powerball Tickets on a US Trip Before Quitting Streaming
- Viewer Count: 55,230
- Just chatting