Chapter 6 - What Was Injected Into the Gallery Before There Was Even Time to Grieve for the Failing Broadcast
What Was Injected Into the Gallery Before There Was Even Time to Grieve for the Failing Broadcast
Translator : Elizabeth
Chapter 6. What Was Injected Into the Gallery Before There Was Even Time to Grieve for the Failing Broadcast
“Coin?”
Lee Moon-hyuk, who graduated from an engineering college, was captivated by blockchain technology and stepped into the coin market.
Thanks to that, he could sense that Bitcoin was starting to become an object of speculation beyond technology earlier than others.
“This… is coming…!”
There was no hesitation. The price of the choice to bet almost everything was immense wealth that easily surpassed the common sense of a twenty-six-year-old young man.
“…This, is all this real money?”
The first few months were literally like a dream. He bought what he wanted immediately, and left impulsively for places he wanted to go.
But that sensation didn't last long. From some moment, joy became dull, and satisfaction disappeared quickly. Emptiness filled that spot.
“…Strange.”
He realized it himself.
The fact that his brain's reward system was broken.
Lee Moon-hyuk consumed endlessly in search of new stimulation. He poured money into dating apps and repeated short relationships at high-end restaurants.
“…Why does everyone feel like the same person gradually.”
He also fell into gaming. He completed characters through microtransactions and raised his ranking.
“Still, this has its own taste of growth.”
But the sense of accomplishment didn't last a day.
When money was spent, the result came into his hands too easily, and even if he tried not to spend, the ending was seen first in his head.
‘This too, in the end, if I push with money, it’s over.’
The moment that thought occurred, the fun cooled down. Only an emptiness hard to explain remained.
Then what caught his eye again was Coin. The tension that he could earn more as much as he had now, or lose everything in an instant.
“…No. If I go in again here, it’s really over.”
Reason was clearly saying so. So what he touched instead was private sports gambling.
“Since I intend to spend money anyway, well. What’s important is fun.”
In the process of organizing match records, calculating variables, and deciding the betting amount, he felt a strange sense of stability.
“This isn't luck but analysis. A controllable area.”
At least he believed so himself. That it would be fine if he just restrained himself.
The problem was the amount. At first, it was money he could laugh off even if he lost, but before he knew it, the numbers had grown large.
“…When did I put in this much?”
Anxiety was definitely there. The premonition that someday he might cross the line. But he couldn't quit. Because other than that, no stimulation was felt anymore.
“…Like this, it’s no better than Coin.”
Meanwhile, he happened to watch an internet broadcast by chance.
The exaggerated reactions the streamer showed whenever a donation burst.
“Ha… reacting to this extent over just this.”
That was quite stimulating. He decided to find a broadcaster among the hakko (nobodies) who had decent reactions and raise them. The ID made like that was ‘I Am Invincible’.
And what he discovered was….
- You made a lot of money with coins.
- You dabbled in gambling.
- What you need right now is a new goal.
“…What is this.”
A Tarot reading that couldn't be explained at all by scientific thinking. For a moment, he felt like he had returned to his childhood when everything in the world was fascinating.
Of course, he soon shook his head.
“Let’s not believe everything. She might have dug up information.”
It was himself who spent money here and there and left traces. He knew well that digging up that much information in South Korea wasn't difficult.
So he reached a conclusion.
“…Let’s watch for now. And verify more.”
Suspicion and expectation knocked on his heart simultaneously. Because that sensation had been quite a while, it felt more vivid.
As I pressed the end broadcast button, the screen turned off.
“…Phew.”
A long breath escaped. The moment I leaned back in the chair, my shoulders and neck throbbed simultaneously.
“Ah.”
Only then did I know. How tense I had been.
My fingertips were trembling minutely. My throat was completely dry, and my heart was still beating fast. I thought I was calm throughout the broadcast, but that must have been a delusion.
Sitting blankly like that for a while, suddenly the reality of the situation came to mind.
“Donations….”
I hurriedly opened the My Page of the donation site. As the numbers came into view, my expression relaxed.
“…Wow.”
The total amount had far exceeded the minimum threshold of one hundred thousand won. First broadcast, first day, and with a Tarot broadcast at that, to be this much.
The feeling was strange. I was happy, yet it didn't feel real.
“I should apply for withdrawal right away.”
My hand moved almost automatically. After pressing the withdrawal application button first, I read the guidance text carefully.
I ignored other trivial contents. Only one thing was important. Transfer days are the 1st and 15th.
“With this much… it’s sufficient.”
I felt like I could breathe immediately. At least for the time being, there was no need to be anxious about making a living.
Naturally, the next plan came to mind.
“Webcam and mic… I should change them.”
The equipment I use now was too poor. Today I was lucky, but I couldn't keep going in this state. Even more so as viewers increase.
Then suddenly it came to mind.
Replay.
I turned on the replay function I had set up in advance. The broadcast up until a moment ago started playing as is.
“…….”
Watching my own broadcast was more embarrassing than I thought. Tone of voice, intonation, gestures. Each one caught my eye.
“Here I talked a bit long… and this part, I wouldn't have had to explain.”
Muttering like talking to myself, I had a time of reflection.
Then.
Right before flipping the last card.
I paused the screen.
“…Here.”
The scene right before the Star card came out. Watching that moment again, I closed my eyes quietly.
Actually… I made a mistake at this time.
The Star card was a card I had imbued with energy. So I knew in advance, and blurted out what I judged rashly.
‘Just have a new goal.’
I thought that was the answer.
However.
When I actually turned the card, the image of the Star card flashing through my mind was presenting a much more specific answer than that.
The method to save I Am Invincible. That wasn't something like a vague goal.
Making him watch my broadcast.
Then it will be solved, they said.
At that time, I was speechless for a moment.
“…Ha.”
I fell into silence while looking at the screen. And soon, I nodded slowly.
“The fortunate thing is that the result would have been the same anyway.”
Even if I knew that fact before speaking, I wouldn't have said it as is on the broadcast. Because it would have looked like I was trying to leech off a Coin rich person to gain profit.
This wasn't because I had some noble spirit or anything.
“Because in the end, a broadcaster lives off their image.”
So, the conclusion was simple.
I have to do well. So people keep watching my broadcast.
I downloaded the replay video. It was a source to upload to YouVision.
And opened a new tab.
- Video editing basics
Typing that into the search bar, I muttered like talking to myself.
“Let’s proceed with this step by step like translation too.”
The first broadcast was definitely successful.
There was a viewer who came over from Tarot Gallery. That person donated a large amount without hesitation saying it was a divination fee before the broadcast even started properly.
- It’s because I want to continue seeing Tarot from Yujin-nim in the future.
The donation notification that rang with that one line. After that day, I had enough leeway not to worry about living expenses for a while.
Up until then, I thought lightly.
That if it’s this much, I just need to ride the flow well.
But that was.
A delusion.
The broadcast became quieter and quieter.
[Viewer Count: 11]
The viewer count never exceeded twenty even once. Around ten was the average, and even that was ambiguous to call fixed.
“…Today there was absolutely no inflow.”
Checking the number of viewers after finishing the broadcast, I muttered so.
Is this right? I thought, but fortunately, donations came in periodically. Probably for a no-cam (cam only shows the Tarot on the table) broadcast, it belongs to the side earning quite well.
However, the nature of it was completely different from that of internet broadcasts I knew.
If usually broadcast donations are money thrown to stand out or to draw out a reaction….
My broadcast's donations were truly close to a divination fee.
I Am Invincible was an unusually active viewer among them. Whether I should call it fortunate(?), he successfully remained a devoted viewer of my broadcast.
[‘I Am Invincible’ has donated 10,000 won!]
- There is a match of a fighter named Gavin Cho on the 16th of this month, how will it go?
[‘I Am Invincible’ has donated 10,000 won!]
- Please divine the match of a fighter named Davin Hawk.
[‘I Am Invincible’ has donated 10,000 won!]
- How is Jimmy Mirror vs Charlie Oliver?
He asked a lot of questions especially about matches of martial arts fighters.
However, there was one strange point there,
[JUDGEMENT]
As the Judgment card flashed through my mind, it left me a warning to prepare to seize a future opportunity.
‘Opportunity, you say.’
Basically, it was a positive signal, but the nuance was that if preparation was insufficient, I could also experience a crisis.
[‘I Am Invincible’ has donated 10,000 won!]
- I’m looking forward to the 16th haha.
“You must be very interested in the match that day. Wouldn't you be able to watch the match more interestingly if you didn't see the fortune from me? And it’s not even a question, just say it in chat.”
[‘I Am Invincible’ has donated 10,000 won!]
- No no, I am looking forward to it in its own way.
- Shooting ten thousand won every time he says something like that shudder.
- Must be a real Coin rich personㅜㅜ So enviousㅜㅜ.
But such personal interest couldn't save the entire broadcast.
[Viewer Count: 9]
Because there was a separate decisive problem.
People's worries were not infinite. Furthermore, in my broadcast, worries were resolved too quickly.
[‘OO’ has donated 10,000 won!]
- The state of the company I attend these days is sketchy, can I keep attending?
“…The accountant there is embezzling. But since that person is the owner's family, there won't be a particular solution. Just move.”
Also, my lack of eloquence played a part.
- It’s hard because I fight with my lover too often these days.
“The partner has already folded their heart. It’s better to organize it.”
- I want to raise my exam grades.
“Increase study time. There is no other way.”
It was accurate. Neither the situation nor the essence was wrong.
But people don't move that ideally. Cases where they worry because they don't know the solution are, in fact, not many. Most hesitate even though they know but can't do it.
I didn't know how to soothe that hesitation or embrace the worry warmly. I brought out the answer straight away, and that was the end.
[Viewer Count: 6]
People admired it, finding it fascinating. But it seems that didn't become a reason to keep visiting the broadcast.
[‘Gigimyomyo’ has donated 1,000 won!]
- Please teach me how to read Tarot!
There were also people who wanted to learn Tarot.
“…Method, is it.”
They already knew the meaning of each Arcana. The problem wasn't the cards.
How to read people beyond the cards.
That was a realm that could neither be taught nor learned.
“I can only explain that images rise in my head….”
As I repeated those words a few times, people left one by one again.
[Viewer Count: 4]
I finished the broadcast and muttered looking at the monitor with the screen turned off.
“…It seems I set the direction wrong.”
The main user base of Tarot Gallery was not a class that consumed internet broadcasts.
They came when necessary, got the answer, and left. They didn't stay long.
Like that, my broadcast was going to ruin little by little, very step by step.
And it became December 16th.
———SFC Gallery———
[Guys, I got all the results of this Fight Night correct lol]
[I Am Invincible]
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Date: December 16, 2018
Event: SFC on Perdorv Forum, Milwaukee United States
Betting Amount: $100,000 USD
Betting Type: All Winner Prediction (Parlay Bet)
Main Event - Lightweight Match: Al Iaquinta vs Gavin Cho Prediction: Al Iaquinta Win (Hit) . . .
Featherweight Match: Daniel Rage vs Jomon Griffinearl Prediction: Daniel Rage Win (Hit)
Total Match Prediction: 10/10
Betting Method: 10 Match Parlay
Betting Amount: $100,000
Total Odds: Approx. 1,247.3x
Expected Return: $124,730,000
Status: All Matches Hit
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(Video edited connecting scenes asking and answering match results of players)
TarotYujin << Gave this person ten thousand won each and asked, earned about 140 billion won lol.
[Comments]
OO: ????????
FightLife: What the f*ck is this.
LeftHook: I want to tell the gambler to fck off but fck what is this is this real right now????
(……)
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