Chapter 17
Chapter 17
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 17
Chapter Title: World's First Streamer Who Pays to Stream
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By the fourth day of streaming, I had reached complete enlightenment about broadcasts.
Even the viewers' absurd nonsense became something I could completely ignore once their repetitive patterns wore thin.
It wasn't just me who had adapted.
As my reactions grew dull, they started adding their own variations.
-Whoa, 100,000 won!
-You're rich now
"Hiiik? T-Ten, ten... ten thousand?!"
A sudden massive donation.
Even getting 10,000 won made my heart flutter and set off a self-congratulatory fanfare, but this 100,000 won hit both ventricles hard, sending my heart into overdrive.
100,000 won.
'Am I finally entering the ranks of big corporations...?'
It was nothing compared to the top-tier streamers dominating Lemon TV, but this had to put me at least at small business level, right? Or maybe a startup?
But the chat window looked suspicious.
-Dude, you know it's fake lololol
-Her eyes going wide is hilarious lololol
Wondering what was up, I checked the donation history again. Oh shit, the donor's nickname was '100,000 Won', but the actual amount was just 1,000 won.
"Argh, what kind of prank is this bullshit?!"
The chat flooded with 'lololol' in an instant.
If you know someone with low blood pressure, I recommend they try streaming once.
This seems like a perfect cure.
"Ugh, my heart's still pounding."
-If it wasn't pounding, that'd be worse
-Feeling the pulse of life. Congrats
-TS Hyo-jeong, heart going thump thump. Is this love?
That was the moment.
A massive sound effect I'd never heard before blared through the speakers with a deafening chime.
Bam! Bada-bam!
"Huh?"
I froze mid-reading the number.
A sea of zeros short-circuited my brain.
"O-One m-million-"
One million won?
Real one million won?
Not another prank... right?
The chat was exploding, confirming it was legit.
-Whoa
-Holy shit
-Wtf 1 mil???
-Big donor appeared ㄷㄷ
-Whale alert!!
-Insane ㅊㅊㅊ
-Big donor already? ㄷㄷ
-My little Hyo-jeong!!
Blink blink.
Just to be sure, I counted again.
Ten thousand... hundred thousand... one million.
One million won.
No matter how I read it or from what angle, it was one million.
"Uh, Young-joon Mon? I mean, Young-joon Mon-nim? I think you donated by mistake."
Maybe hit an extra zero by accident. Even then, 100,000 wouldn't make sense.
Was the guy drunk? Did he down a bomb shot of soju?
How else could someone burn 100,000 in their right mind?
Hacked computer? Faulty keyboard?
I ran through possibilities, but...
Another one. This time 100,000 won.
Saying something you could chat for free, but burning 100,000 to say it.
I froze like a statue at the incomprehensible behavior.
The viewers went wild around me.
-Reaction go
-Gotta react to this for real
-Accusing the donor???
-Died standing from chairman's first punch ㄷㄷ
Anyone who's worked a real job knows.
Even the 1,000 won they toss like charity takes serious effort in society.
How much sweat for a single coffee?
I thought that at first too.
Is it okay to take someone's hard-earned money so easily?
But after dozens of donations, my sense of money dulled.
I worried I'd step over a 100-won coin on the street thinking, 'Hah, you think that can make me bend?'
No.
It hadn't dulled at all.
1,000,000 won.
My sense sharpened before that number.
Someone's monthly salary, half a year's savings.
Not an amount to toss lightly.
I lacked the confidence to handle the weight, the expectations.
So my mind calmed instead.
I could say it without hesitation.
"Young-joon Mon-ssi. Sorry, but take this back. You're chatting with cash bundles. Just donate 1,000 like everyone else. Feels burdensome on my conscience. If you're swimming in money, donate to starving kids instead of me."
I immediately went into the donation history.
Ignoring chat, no arguments.
My hands shook refunding, but somehow I managed.
Well, just clicked a button and it approved instantly.
Having resisted temptation, half relieved, half proud, I checked chat again.
The reactions were off.
-Refunding this??
-He said just take it??
-Said he's fine with it?
-Bitch went blind, ignoring donation chat
-?
-???
-Why'd she go to donation history?
-That's refunds dude
-Wait no
-No no no no no
-She ain't seeing chat??
-Stop!!! Stop you idiot!!!
-Too late!!! Fucked!!!
-Lolololololololol
-Lol
-Lololololol
-Whoa she refunded lolololol
-True story!! True story!!
-Donations duplicated!!
"Huh?"
The vibe shifted midway like disaster struck.
Feeling something wrong, another alert rang.
"Eh? That's not okay?"
What the hell?
Fees? 35%?
Apparently Lemon TV has a donation ranking.
Tracks top 100 streamers by monthly donations for ad value, so everyone cares.
Issue was refund exploit: donate and refund, keep ranking points. Abused by some.
After scandal, policy changed: streamer pays fees on personal refunds.
Long story short: I paid 35% fees on 1.2 million I never kept.
Checked settlement in panic.
6,500 won.
Yesterday over 40,000.
All vanished like a mirage.
"Fuck?"
Han Hyo-jeong. Day 4 of streaming.
"What the fuck?"
Final earnings. Total: 6,500 won.
"Fucking hell?!"
Lemon TV gallery.
Community for streamers on the platform.
Today, various threads rolling, new post pops up.