59. Serin Really Doesn't Know Anything
59. Serin Really Doesn't Know Anything
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After that, Sua broke the ice by first piquing the viewers' curiosity.
"Aren't you all curious too? How NewTube editors are usually chosen. What criteria people focus on most when picking one."
The truth was, no matter what the topic, a streamer's one-way delivery of lessons or information to viewers was never all that important.
No matter how useful or good the information was, if the process wasn't entertaining, then from a streaming perspective it was a failed stream.
And unless it was a truly specialized profession, with thousands of viewers watching, whatever information you gave was likely something the viewers already knew.
[Don't you just pick someone by looking at whether they make good videos?]
[NewTube videos are only like 10 minutes long at most]
[That's what people say when they really don't know]
[I heard editing even one NewTube video actually takes at least 4-5 hours as a baseline]
[PleaTube's editor really does make great videos though]
[PleaTube is basically all the editor's doing lol]
[fr the editor is the real main character, not Plea]
Watching the varied chat messages scroll by, Sua suddenly found herself curious about Serin's thoughts.
"Rin, what do you think is the most important thing when choosing an editor?"
If Serin was planning to run a NewTube channel, Sua wanted to know how much she actually understood about the NewTube scene.
—...In my opinion, consistent diligence and video editing skill? Something like that, I think.
Serin hesitated briefly, then answered quickly, and she did point out some key points.
The most important thing was video editing skill, and diligence was simply the most basic of basics.
After all, a NewTube editor was clearly a "job," so a person who wasn't diligent wasn't worth hiring in the first place.
"You mentioned the things that can be called the most basic, but honestly, those really are the most important. And if I had to add one more key point, I'd say 'editing speed.'"
—Editing speed?
"Yes, video editing speed is also extremely important."
—Editing videos takes longer than I thought, I guess?
At Serin's curious question, Sua let out a small laugh.
'Serin... really doesn't know anything.'
She'd thought that since Serin was making a NewTube channel, she'd looked into it at least a little before asking me for help. But now she could see Serin had asked me precisely because she truly knew nothing.
"Yes, it takes a really long time. The average NewTube video length is usually 5 minutes, 10 minutes at most, but the work that goes into even one NewTube video like that takes a minimum of 6 hours. And on top of that, once you get into checking whether there are any issues with the video and confirming the details, it easily takes at least 10 hours."
—It takes that long? I thought it would take time, but I didn't expect it to eat up that much...
Serin's reactions to what I said were even better than expected. On top of that, she gave me exactly the responses I wanted each time, so it was easy to keep talking.
Sua even felt like she and Serin clicked well together.
"Yes. It takes that long. Even my current NewTube channel, PleaTube, has three editors on rotation. Each of the three editors takes one video and uploads on a regular schedule. If I tell you that's how PleaTube videos get uploaded consistently every single day, does that make sense?"
—It's more... complicated than I thought. Maybe I was thinking about it too lightly.
Along with Serin's surprised voice, the chat showed a similar reaction.
[PleaTube had three editors??]
[I watch PleaTube too and I didn't know there were three]
[Well, anyone who knows NewTube knows editors have it rough]
[PleaTube passed 1 million subscribers ages ago lol three editors is just about right]
[fr with 1 million subscribers, three editors is just normal]
[No wonder PleaTube videos had subtly different styles; it was different editors]
[So one person works on one video every three days?]
[fr isn't being a PleaTube editor a sweet gig?]
"And I also check more thoroughly to make sure there are no problems with the videos I upload to my PleaTube channel. Even though it's one upload per editor every three days, the actual work time is probably... at least 15 hours per editor? Even at a low estimate, it'd exceed that."
Having three editors on rotation was certainly partly to upload more videos. But within that, there was also the purpose of making the editors compete with each other to produce higher-quality videos.
From Sua's experience running a NewTube channel, editors ended up competing with each other almost 100% of the time. Even though Sua clearly hadn't intended it, it was almost inevitable that if there was another editor working alongside you, you'd compete.
Her previous editors, who normally never showed their feelings or let anything show, had told Sua before quitting that the competition had stressed them out a lot, so she knew. And Sua also thought that maybe it was a necessary environment.
So the idea in chat of an "editor coasting on easy money" was something only possible in a dream.
An editor who did sloppy work would never have been hired as a PleaTube channel editor in the first place.
—Plea, then... should I also hire about three editors?
"Oh, no, not that. I'm already an established NewTuber, so that's why I hired editors that way. Usually you start with one editor. Honestly, when you're first creating a NewTube channel from scratch, the NewTuber should really edit the videos themselves, but..."
Even as she spoke, Sua honestly found it surprising that Serin, who was only on her third day of streaming, was hiring a NewTube editor.
Thinking about it, maybe it should be called quick decisiveness. The idea of making a NewTube channel was clearly a reasonable one, even with just a moment's thought.
Her average viewer count was already approaching 10,000, a scale where it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call her a big-name streamer, and there were already plenty of NewTube videos related to her.
The more Sua thought about it, the more it made sense to start quickly.
But even so, she couldn't tell Serin to edit the videos herself.
"Rin's case is truly a special one, but you could already say she's succeeded, right? Her average viewer count is really high, and if you search for Rin on NewTube right now, tons of videos come up. So in Rin's case, hiring a NewTube editor right away is the right move. If Rin spent her time editing personally, that would actually be inefficient."
Sua's voice was full of high praise for Serin.
—Ah... calling it success, compared to you, Plea, I'm not at a level where I can say that.
Serin's slightly embarrassed, awkward voice rang in Sua's ears through the Bardcord program.
Sua barely swallowed the laugh that was about to burst out, and felt a little dumbfounded.
'If small-time streamers heard Serin say that... what would they think?'
Sua herself could be considered a case who blew up almost immediately without much of a small-time phase. But even so, she was nothing compared to Serin now.
Literally, they were on completely different levels.
A streamer with nearly 10,000 average viewers within three days of starting. Sua, who had studied various streamers and NewTubers three years ago while preparing to become a streamer, knew better than anyone how absurd that was.
[fr lol]
[They call her a super rookie, but seriously, when has there ever been a case like Rin lol]
[I've watched tweetie for over 5 years and this is the first time I've seen a streamer grow that fast]
[Well, Rin was already famous before she started streaming]
[Starting with catching that toxic Outlaw, then toying with Hana, then beating Plea, it was seriously insane lol]
[Wow, looking back, it really is insane lol]
[The funny thing is her Another World skill is even more insane than that lol]
[fr beating Plea in Another World is way harder than growing this fast lol]
The chat was full of the same sentiment.
Watching that, Sua moved her lips again.
"Well, we got a bit off track, but since there might be viewers preparing to become editors, let me share a really important tip."
The number of viewers watching the stream right now had reached 20,000.
Among that many viewers, surely there were at least a few editors.
'Serin's influence really is huge.'
Considering they hadn't even turned on Another World, it was still a huge audience. And there was no need to search for the reason—Serin was the main draw.
Even as Sua moved her lips, she found it amazing.
"To get to the key point, if you're going to become an editor, you'll first send an application email, and at that point, the video portfolio you include in the email is 80%. The other miscellaneous conditions are about 20%. That was the standard I used when hiring NewTube editors. And from what I know, other big-name NewTubers aren't much different."
For NewTube editors, the video portfolio really was more important than anything else.
In a short NewTube video of about 5 or 10 minutes, an editor had to show everything, and the portfolio effectively showed all of it.
In effect, it let you see their actual ability right away.
After all, it couldn't be denied that for a NewTube editor, the visible quality and polish of the video were ultimately the most important.
—Then I can just look at the videos first and choose.
"Yes. Anyone who sent an editor application email to Rin probably worked on at least one video and attached it to the email. To be completely honest, you can set aside all the other content and just look at the videos. You don't have much time right now, and checking everything one by one would be really tiring for you too."
After saying that, Sua suddenly brought up the NewTube site on screen.
Tap tap tap.
Sua searched for 'PleaTube' and displayed her channel on the broadcast screen.
'I needed to show Serin what a well-edited video looks like first.'
She planned to use her own channel as the first example.
Then her gaze landed on the number 1.2 million subscribers. Sua didn't show it outwardly, but inside she felt proud.
It felt like she was telling Serin, who was watching the stream, "This is who I am." And objectively, 1.2 million subscribers was a subscriber count that anyone would recognize as a successful NewTuber.
"Then first, as an example, let me show you one NewTube video from my channel."
Sua went into the video list and browsed through the high-view-count videos for a moment.
Then what caught her eye was, among the recently uploaded videos, the one with overwhelmingly high views. It was the duel video between Sua and Serin.
—1,147,012 views
"...When did the views go up this much?"
She'd known for a while that videos related to Serin got good reactions, but checking the upload time, the video had only been up for about a day. Yet surpassing 1 million views meant that even Sua had hit a rare jackpot.
If it hit 1 million in a day, it would have made the real-time trending videos, and afterward the video's traffic would explode...
'This is going to hit at least 4 million views, isn't it?'
When she reached that thought, Sua was truly dumbfounded.
[Whoa what the hell, are those views real?]
[lololol the Rin buff is insane]
[If you're an Another World player and you haven't seen that, something's wrong with you lol]
[Plea and Rin's awakening scene is so insane I rewatched it several times]
[No but seriously, it's only been a day and it's already over 1 million views, wtf]
[What is PleaTube's growth rate...?]
[No, that's because of Rin lololol]
"Personally, I thought Rin's schedule for hiring an editor was too tight. But looking at it now... starting quickly seems like the right choice."
The broadcast equipment and in-game items she'd sponsored for Serin over the past few days added up to over ten million won. But thinking of that support as an investment in the future, it actually felt like a small amount.
"Rin, let's be close from now on...?"