An Unexpected Encounter
Being watched while exercising... No one approaches, but they keep staring. It felt like I was a natural monument. I couldn't focus on my workout at all. Ah, this won't do. I don't know if my gains will even be maintained. But the workout was safely completed. Thinking that tomorrow and the next day would be like this made me a bit dizzy, but I couldn't move to another place because I had the free gym pass. I had no choice but to get used to it. Humans are adaptive animals, and eventually it would be fine.
After cleaning the equipment and wiping sweat, I packed my things in the locker room and walked the corridor.
"Member! Are you done with your workout?"
"Yes."
"Be careful on your way in."
"Yes. Thank you for your hard work."
Receiving the staff auntie's greeting, I left the gym.
A gym staff member this kind and friendly. It was so touching that tears were about to come out.
Upon arriving home, I showered and prepared a meal. The workout included eating. I microwaved the chicken breast and prepared it, took out the mixed grain rice and pre-made side dishes, and ate.
"Tasty."
I do cook to some extent. My grandmother taught me how to make rice well. I sometimes order delivery. About twice a month? It's true that delivery is delicious, but it seems to make my body worse, so I don't prefer it. I only order when I'm really too lazy to cook. I chewed slowly and thoroughly. Meal time was about 20 minutes. The habit of eating rice slowly hadn't changed even in the army. I wiped the table and did the dishes. I don't have the personality to put off chores. Since I was going to do it anyway, I might as well do it in advance and rest. What kind of luxury would I enjoy by putting it off?
After finishing the cleaning, I did the house cleaning too. It wasn't turning the house upside down; it was just sweeping the floor, wiping, and throwing away trash. After finishing cleaning, I sat on the chair and turned on the computer. No job, nothing to do. Since there was no friend to contact every day anymore, I was a bit worried about how to spend time. What is there? I guess I have to watch games or YouTube. I had quite a few hobbies. Online games, internet broadcasting, YouTube, and I like baseball too. Besides that, various small things, but I mainly liked those four. Internet broadcasting was only done briefly. I wasn't talkative, and my appearance wasn't eye-catching enough to attract aggro, so I quickly quit.
"Huh? Should I try broadcasting?"
At that time, it was colorless and tasteless, so it failed, but would I still do it now? First, I'm a man. And I have a good body. My appearance also got an upward trend. It didn't change much, just thicker eyebrows and double eyelids? My previous face was decent, so just those two made a huge difference. In the original world, it wouldn't have been eye-catching, but here it's the reversed world. For a few days staying at home, I researched and studied about this world. There were many men exercising, but few like me who are serious about weight training. It was natural that women were stronger than men. The hormone system had changed from the original world, but I didn't fully understand it. The gist was that women find it easier to grow muscles. To build muscle, men need more effort than women in the original world. So, this body itself is a weapon. Women here also like men with good bodies. But men don't like exercising. Of course. Women who like sweating and hard work aren't many even in the original world. It's natural that men here don't like exercising. Those who do it think about health and do the minimum, while those who exercise to build their bodies like me are extremely few. Specific occupations or those obsessed with exercise. How many would there be? Fewer than women doing weight training in the original world. Therefore, my body is a big weapon. A big weapon to attract the main consumer 'women' of the industry.
"Let's do it."
This time, it might work. Internet broadcasting. Let's do it.
Before starting, a preliminary survey was essential. The world had changed, but there was no guarantee that the in-world also hadn't changed. After searching the internet for several hours, the platforms were the same as I knew. Domestic company platform AmericaTV and overseas company platform Tricky. There were other internet broadcasting platforms, but their existence was insufficient. The two companies seemed to divide the market. I was confident I could go anywhere, but AmericaTV had too strong a friendship vibe. Given my personality that avoids faces, Tricky appealed more. I had broadcast on Tricky before. I rummaged through the storage and brought the cam, mic, and lights. It was something I bought when I said I would broadcast. It didn't take long to set up since I had done it once. Broadcast settings, settings completed. The transmission program had upgrades, but it was almost the same, no difficulty. It's a test broadcast. I pressed the send button and checked on the phone screen. A cam screen appeared on the computer desktop background.
"Ah."
- Ah.
It comes out well. The setting seemed good. I reduced the cam screen and placed it in the bottom right, then connected to the internet. I turned the window on and off repeatedly and looked at the phone screen. A crazy guy was playing with the internet window. The transmission was proper. I adjusted cam, chat window, lights, etc., and checked. Broadcast preparation went smoothly.
Broadcast name Nellka. Choi Yeram is an internet broadcaster with 175,000 Tricky followers and 1.1 million YouTube subscribers. She gained popularity with game broadcasts and achieved 1 million YouTube subscribers through comprehensive content. And today, she turned on a live broadcast with another content.
[Broadcast Preparing...]
Judging that it was time to start, she switched the waiting screen to the cam screen.
"Eh. You're here?"
Looking down at the cam with a haughty face, she waved her hand.
- Nellka Nellka
- It bothers me no matter when I see it
- Should I hit you?
- Oh, you're a fan?
A pose that can be called Nellka's signature. The start was always in a haughty posture.
"Ah, hello everyone."
Choi Yeram relaxed her posture and started the broadcast. Light self-introduction. While chatting, she showed video donations and ordered food. After spending about an hour, Choi Yeram gradually set the content progression angle. A video donation suddenly popped up. There, the heartbreaking butt show of the small-time streamer was replayed. While observing the viewer's reactions, she burst into laughter.
"Kuk kuk kuk, what is this. It's funny."
The reaction wasn't bad. Perhaps some viewers in this would go to that streamer's room. It was a kind of promotion. Sending clips to big company streamers asking them to watch the streamer they watch. This could be poison or medicine, but it seemed like medicine now. Choi Yeram looked at the chat window and opened the words for content progression.
"By the way, there are many interesting people these days."
Choi Yeram looking at the chat window frowned. "These people." She made a very angry expression, but laughter didn't stop in the chat window. This was enough. Intuiting that if she got angrier, the atmosphere would worsen, Choi Yeram diverted the conversation. "Anyway! As you said, there are many small-time streamers who are interesting, right? So I prepared! Today's content is 'What will be the reaction if I silently donated 3 million won to a small-time streamer!'" Actually, the content she thought of wasn't this. It was a content that overseas YouTubers did first. It was introduced late in Korea and many YouTubers parodied it. It might be said to be overused. But Choi Yeram was confident it would succeed. 3 million won. The amount itself was different. About 3 times the amount of the original overseas YouTuber who started the content. Viewers are enthusiastic about money splashing. Whether it's luxury or donation, if you spend a lot of money, you get interest first. Of course, it didn't always lead to good reviews. It could result in image drop if careless.
The viewer reactions were not bad at all. It was because she had grown YouTube with such content before. Tricky viewers, that is, most Teusu, were people who subscribed to YouTube. Some come to watch games, but before doing game broadcasts, they announce in advance. If no announcement, they know it's content and watch. "Then, let's start right away." The charge was done in advance. Choi Yeram found the small-time streamer, lowered the mouse wheel, and scrolled down. "Hmm. Scroll, scroll, scroll. Oh!" Then, the mouse cursor stopped at a thumbnail.
Viewer count 1. The appearance of a man sitting on the chair with the desktop background. The photo captured with a straight face looked quite handsome. "This can't be ignored." Choi Yeram clicked the thumbnail and entered the broadcast. Then, the handsome face enlarged and moved. Click click click click- Click sounds flowed out as the man grew smaller, larger, taller, and shorter. The cam screen was in a mess. As if the man was controlling the cam screen while doing meaningless things like a child playing. "Who is this guy doing?"
"Um.... It's a bit strong, but since it's the first one. Let's do donation!" Nellka, Choi Yeram didn't think of this money as being wasted. It was an investment. Investment for YouTube revenue? No, investment in people. To get revenue as much as the charged amount with this content, at least 5 million views were needed. Nellka's YouTube average views were 1.5 million. The maximum views for a video was 3.52 million. While planning this content, she thought. This is an investment in people. Investing in budding small-time streamers and building connections in advance. If that streamer grows well, it would return more than the investment. Investments must be careful. Of course, she had pre-selected small-time streamers to donate to. That's why she turned on the broadcast earlier than usual. Some streamers did their things before night. The pre-selected streamers were 7. The remaining 3, she would follow her intuition. Choi Yeram thought that her growth was partly due to luck. It should be called broadcasting sense. Strangely, when I broadcast, my intuition improved. She decided to trust that intuition. And at the moment she saw this man's nonsense, she felt something inexplicably. Like falling in love at first sight, Choi Yeram donated 3 million won.
Nellka donated 3,000,000 won!
Then, a curse came back. "What?" Nellka's expression became dazed.