Chapter 16. I'm Just Someone Who Casually Streams?
Chapter 16. I'm Just Someone Who Casually Streams?
I was bored.
There were plenty of things I should be doing, but I was too lazy to do them.
Pajijik had proposed a partnership meeting, I still had to go to the Baekdu Mountain Gate, and I needed to wrap up the situation with China.
'But the hell was wrong with these assholes, all bark and no bite...'
"Hero, you look bored."
"Huh? How could you tell?"
"Hehe, you just had that look."
I was just lying there on Laila's lap, fiddling with my phone.
Doing nothing like this felt so comfortable.
That was when my mother walked into the living room and said something.
"Laila, aren't you streaming today?"
"No, Mother. We decided to do it later!"
"Hmm, Mother..."
My mother glanced at me, then looked back at Laila.
"That's nice. Keep calling me Mother. For a long time to come."
"Yes!"
As her son, that hurt a little...
It seemed like she liked her daughter-in-law more by then.
"Ugh, I can't stand it. Let's turn the stream on."
I'd spent a few days lazing around, thinking the ban was still in place.
I only found out the ban had been lifted while browsing communities.
[ World's Strongest Hero : Turned it on because I'm bored. ]
[Welcome back, Scumbag]
[That's a disgustingly fitting nickname]
[Scumbag lol, makes me think of a certain bald head~]
'Ah, fuck...'
Originally, I had planned to hide my real name.
But I couldn't do that forever, so during the Nudungji collab stream, I openly revealed my name and Laila's name.
It'd come out naturally anyway once I occasionally did hunter activities.
Since my parents were already publicly known, a name was nothing...
[ Saintess's Foot Wiper has donated 10,000 Watts! ]
- Hey Scum, so what are you doing today?
"Scum? You think we're buddies just because I hung out with you guys?"
[Gasp!]
[Sorry...]
[The vibe coming from that seniority though]
"I'm joking. I just turned it on because I was bored."
[But are you lying down right now?]
[The screen looks different than usual]
[What's that skin color?]
I lifted the camera slightly upward.
Then, my figure lying on the sofa came into view.
When I switched to selfie mode, Laila's face appeared.
Laila smiled brightly and waved at the lens.
[You son of a bitch!!!!]
[He's even getting a lap pillow from the Saintess!!!!!]
[Kyaaaaaak!!!!]
I never actually told them I really came from another world.
The viewers just took it as a concept, and I made up an excuse that Laila was incredibly talented and my parents took her in as her guardians.
So the excuse that we lived together worked surprisingly well.
Anyway, the people who'd care about that stuff were probably long gone by now.
"Everyone calm down. So, what should we do today?"
[You're the streamer, you crazy bastard, you should think of that;;]
[This guy seriously just wings his streams]
"Hmm... should we go visit the Pajijik headquarters?"
["Should we go" lmaooo]
[You think Pajijik is some hole-in-the-wall shop?]
[Compared to Nutube, isn't it a small-time operation?]
[Hey hey hey!!!]
"No, last time Pajijik proposed a partnership meeting... Ah, am I not supposed to talk about this?"
[Not even surprised]
[Who else would get that offer if not you lol]
[Yeah, honestly it was a bit overdue]
But I wasn't sure if I could really just show up.
I knew these things usually required scheduling an appointment and time to prepare documents.
"But wouldn't it be a nuisance if I just go on my own?"
[Your current streaming attitude is the nuisance lol]
The moment I was agonizing whether to go or not, the phone rang.
My own phone was live on stream, so the call came through Laila's phone.
Looking at the name on the screen, it was someone from Pajijik. They must have been watching the stream in real time.
- You're welcome to come by right now.
"They say it's fine? Are you watching the stream right now?"
- Yes, I'm watching.
"Just a moment."
Laila gave me a look, and I nodded, heading off to change my clothes.
[ World's Strongest Hero : But it's a meeting with a company, shouldn't I change into something?]
[Just go like that lol]
[Yeah, isn't the black tracksuit your signature?]
[ World's Strongest Hero : It's not really a signature, but okay]
- You can come just as you are.
"Ah, right, you said you were watching..."
Feeling awkward, I scratched the back of my head.
And before I knew it, Laila had changed and came back.
"Laila, all ready?"
"Yes!"
I went up to the building's rooftop with Laila.
- About how long will it take you?
"10..."
I carefully wrapped one arm around Laila's waist and put strength into my legs.
Being as careful as possible not to crack the tiles.
- Ah, it'll take 10 minutes?
"9..."
- Pardon?
My body launched into the sky, and I jumped straight toward the direction of Pajijik's headquarters.
- Excuse me? Hero?
[Lol, it wasn't 10 minutes, it was a countdown]
[This guy seriously pulls something new every time lol]
[The manager sounding completely flabbergasted is so damn funny lol]
In the end, it didn't even take 10 seconds to arrive at the rooftop of the Pajijik headquarters.
"Wow, that was really tough."
[Tough?]
[You just came zooming over, what was so tough about it?]
"No, I had to be careful not to destroy the building..."
- Ah... please wait just a moment! I'll come right up!
Soon, the rooftop door opened and a tall, slender career woman appeared.
Just in case, I briefly covered the camera lens.
"I'm streaming right now, is it okay if you're on camera?"
"It's fine. My face gets shown all the time during events and promotions anyway."
I got the manager's consent and raised the camera again.
Then the viewers typed in chat like they were familiar with her.
[Oh, she's still here]
[Yeah, she shows up on Pajijik Nutube sometimes]
[Heh... Sia big sis...]
"It's my first time meeting you in person. I'm called Han Sia."
She guided us downstairs and headed to the meeting room.
She asked us to wait there for a moment and brought us each a cup of coffee.
"Do we just wait here?"
[Yeah, from what I've heard from other streamers, they just talk briefly, set the revenue split, and sign the contract?]
[That woman you just saw is the manager in charge of Pajijik partner streamers]
From outside, Hansia Manager and other people entered the room.
Looking at their name tags, they were the marketing manager and a Pajijik in-house lawyer.
They handed over the documents and asked us to read them thoroughly.
"Isn't it a problem if this gets shown on stream?"
"Hmm... just please cover the parts with sensitive details from the documents, like the donation split ratio."
'They're giving me 90%? Isn't the standard usually a 7:3 split?'
There was no downside for me, only benefits, so I signed immediately.
Then the lawyer turned on a voice recorder and notarized it.
"But is it really okay to give me this much?"
"The donation amounts coming in to Hero are not insignificant, and since you'll grow even more in the future, we have to offer at least this level of treatment."
They also mentioned that Pajijik's maximum donation limit was originally 3 million won.
But the parent company, 'Nova', asked them to increase the donation cap.
'Ah, so that's why the ban was lifted so quickly even with a penalty hanging over me...'
"If you face any difficulties while operating your stream, contact me, and if you have any questions regarding PPL, please contact the marketing manager here."
[What kind of donation split did they set up for her to say that?]
[Who knows? Streamers keep this stuff heavily under wraps]
[But would Hero get dropped from the partnership if he talked about it?]
[???: Sure, drop me~ I'll just go elsewhere~]
[Please don't go...]
— Knock, knock...
Someone knocked from outside, and a man in a suit entered.
The people who were sitting stood up hurriedly and greeted him.
Only Laila and I were sitting there blankly, not knowing who he was.
[Gasp... It's CEO Shin Chang-hyun]
[Hey, you brat, stand up and greet him, he's the president of your company lol]
"Haha, nice to meet you. Hunter Song Hoon? Hero? What should I call you?"
Shin Chang-hyun. I had heard the name before.
When the existing platform went under, Pajijik moved swiftly and absorbed a large number of streamers and viewers from that platform.
He was the one who grew it into a major platform overnight with his bold moves and management.
"Just call me whatever's comfortable. I'm actually more used to being called Hero rather than my real name these days."
[ Saintess's Foot Wiper has donated 100,000 Watts! ]
- The god of normalization, Dae Chang-hyun, who swiftly ended the dizzying platform wars.
The loud donation alert sound that plays for donations over 100,000 won echoed throughout the meeting room.
"..."
"Hahaha! It's fine. I know my nickname circulates around the internet a lot."
[World's Strongest Hero : Wtf, what kind of embarrassing shit is this]
[Lol, you should've turned the sound off if you were gonna be mad]
[Donates to you and you still complain]
[ Saintess's Foot Wiper has donated 10,000 Watts! ]
- But he's your company's CEO, why aren't you nervous? You think you came to a drinking party?
"Haha, Saintess's Foot Wiper... ? You're a hunter rumored to be beyond S-rank. What do I have to be nervous about?"
For a second, his eyes flickered when he saw my viewer's nickname.
Honestly, my viewers were embarrassing to show off anywhere.
"But I didn't expect the CEO to come in person like this?"
"To be honest, I wanted to have a bit of a talk with Hero. You're so busy, and your approach is completely different from other established streamers, isn't it?"
"I'm just a streamer who does this casually."
[Casually?]
[Casually (smashed a monster's head on the West Coast)]
[Casually (received 1 billion won in donations)]
"Now that I think about it, I understand Hero currently doesn't have a Nutube channel."
[He hit the nail on the head]
[If editing is too bothersome, at least upload the VODs...]
He was right.
Originally, most decent streamers usually had at least one Nutube channel.
Our channel was the unusual one.