I thought carefully about where I’d heard the name Vine before – I think he was a League streamer.
He had quite a few viewers but was the quiet type who didn’t talk much, so I remember he had fewer viewers than his skill level warranted.
Similar to my current viewer count.
I think he had around 3,000-4,000 viewers. That’s an impressive number, but considering he was top-tier Challenger rank…
If he’s still good at gaming now…
Good looks and high gaming skills.
I should have been the one transported to this reversed world like that.
I couldn’t help but feel envious of those specs.
“I’ll try starting streaming tomorrow.”
“Okay! Everyone, please watch tomorrow, and in that spirit, I’ll take tomorrow off. Daeju-dan, going to support Vine instead of me is…”
[Are you crazy, you ba*tard?]
[Tsk~ You’re gonna die~?]
[I’ll watch both streams, so Daeju better stream too^^]
“Sigh… that didn’t work.”
After about 10 minutes of gently persuading him about how great streaming is and how successful he could be, thankfully Vine was convinced to start streaming.
The persuasion worked not just because of my persuasiveness, but because he had his own desire to change.
While I didn’t have concrete plans to start a company yet, even nurturing one streamer was a small start.
“Since we’ll probably never meet anyway, there’s no need to be scared, right?”
“Haha.”
“…right?”
“…hahaha”
Several experiences flashed through my mind.
So I awkwardly laughed it off.
[Lol lol lol asking if it’s really true lol lol]
[Can’t even answer…]
“But you said you ended up staying home because you got harrased by women a lot… is this game okay?”
When I asked out of curiosity while trying to change the subject, Vine answered matter-of-factly.
“Everyone pretends to be male because of something called male corruption… so it’s fine.”
“Ah…”
[The dark side of this game… might actually help]
[Last time I went in, there was a woman enthusiastically bouncing on top of another woman]
[What]
[She was really going at it]
[What exactly, you ba*tard]
“I’ll be going now! Daeju-nim!”
“Okay…”
Vine left to set up his stream, saying we might as well strike while the iron is hot. As I tried to continue exploring the map, other avatars who had been standing in front started creeping closer.
The sight of male avatars approaching was frightening.
The fact that I couldn’t hit them doubled that fear.
“W-what is it?”
“Please help me debut too!”
“Me too! Help me coast through life!”
“Raise me too! WA WA WA!”
[Those bi*ches doing that are mentally ill I tell you]
[Daeju’s about to enter a big company too, so if he offers to raise you, wouldn’t you obviously? Run to him?]
[I have my pride, I’d never cling like that]
[What if Daeju said he’d hire you if you licked his feet?]
[I’d put my tongue between his toes]
[Lol lol lol lol lol where’s your pride now? Lol lol lol]
“Alright, logging off!”
I turned off VR chat.
They kept getting closer, and when the male character’s unnecessarily plump lips were about to reach me, I immediately turned it off.
[Damn, it was about to touch]
[Lol lol that’s why he turned it off]
[Wait, are you ending stream? What did we even do…]
“No, I’m just feeling a bit motion sick…”
Rather than motion sickness from VR chat, it felt more like motion sickness from seeing too many male characters.
To take a break, I decided to read some posts together with viewers.
The posts section looked like a job search site for a moment.
“What is this.”
[Showing off specs and what is this lol lol lol]
[Everyone’s drooling trying to buddy up with Daeju]
[Snowball effect?]
[Daeju please save our board ㅠㅠㅠ Please make a separate section.]
Following the viewers’ suggestion, I created a separate section for people to appeal their specs to me.
I wondered if there were really this many people who wanted to stream.
Though some posts mixed in were just showing off their specs.
Of course, most were honest posts from people who genuinely wanted to stream and hoped to benefit from my help.
“I mean, I wasn’t planning to actively recruit or anything yet…”
[Whatever just read them]
[Curious, so let’s read?]
[Yeah nothing’s as fun as reading other people’s resumes and specs]
[Please let there be at least one bi*ch worse than me…]
[Tsk… not likely]
[Where you at]
***
[First!]
The early bird etc…
Me posting first, aren’t I diligent?
Please hire diligent this me.
My desired position is doing anything under Daeju sajangnim’s[1] desk.
[Comments]
– For someone claiming to be diligent, you cut off the proverb with “etc”?[2]
ㄴ OP: Was in a hurry to post first
ㄴ Okay fair enough
– Your desired position seems too self-serving
ㄴ OP: Isn’t self-interest similar to company loyalty?
ㄴ ??? Is it?
***
“Please stop being interested in under my desk…”
[Not gonna be easy]
[Think about it]
[Let’s hire them first come first served since they were first]
[LOL who hires based on first come first served~]
[Daeju’s not ready for anything yet lol lol]
“I mean, it’s not like my support would be anything amazing… Just because I promote you doesn’t mean you’ll succeed…”
Honestly, this “support” would just be answering questions they have, recommending content since I’ve done various games and content, and answering everything I can within my limits. Sometimes promoting them verbally and hosting them, that kind of thing.
Collabs?
I’ll probably do them occasionally, but I was planning to restrain myself. If viewers keep getting shared, when I stream they might flood to my room.
My viewers are the type that could make someone quit streaming.
Having my viewers be the reason for quitting streaming would be the worst.
Of course, since they’re all originally my viewers, they might be able to handle it, but seeing chat is different from having that chat directly and sharply pouring onto you personally. They probably wouldn’t be able to handle it.
[Even though Daeju says that, he seems soft-hearted enough to help a lot if streaming doesn’t work out]
[That’s why I keep asking him to host me lol might host once if he softens up lol]
[Oh really? I should start asking from today too]
[Host me!]
“Not hosting.”
[Rejected~]
[Good try, next time]
The posts were interesting so I started reading them one by one.
***
[Honestly seeing Daeju ba*tard struggling with starting a company, come here]
I’m a Daeju-dan member working at another MCN
It’s a famous place but hiding the name since it would identify me. If Daeju whispers to ask, I can tell along with my three sizes
Majored in business, confident I know this field well.
Can bet my family on it, can bet our Changi too (Shiba Inu)
Confident I can help when starting the company since I have lots of connections
Welcome consultations, very welcome employment
Looking for Daeju who’ll take high-quality personnel cheaply
[Comments]
– What did they say about specs without proof?
ㄴ What did they… say again?
ㄴ If they bet their family and Shiba, let’s trust them
ㄴ Not sure about family but betting the Shiba seems legit
ㄴ ??? What’s with this world where dogs and humans switched value
– OP: OMG ㅠㅠㅠ Amazing specs unnie ㅠㅠㅠ
ㄴ OP: I know ㅠㅠ I’m jealous too ㅠㅠㅠ
ㄴ What’s this
ㄴ Split personality?
ㄴ Lol lol lol lol recommended for mental hospital
***
Among them, I did find one worth considering.
Honestly, someone who could consult about the vague goal of starting an MCN…
Though they seemed mentally unstable, well, they are my stream viewer after all.
[But why suddenly trying to start a company?]
[Because play at companies is special you know lol]
[Oh lol lol lol]
[Daeju, you’re over.time. ♥]
[Daeju, you’re male.time. ♥][3]
ㄴ [Has been forcibly removed.]
“Just want to watch some streams?”
When I was shut in at home, streams were what gave me the most strength.
So I thought if streamers I enjoyed watching in the previous world exist here too, I’d like to watch their streams again.
But how do I find someone who might not even be streaming now in this vast Korea.
Fortunately, I remember the real names of some of them.
There might be a chance to find them somehow.
“I’ll keep this tab open for now.”
[Yes~]
[Let’s set some limits. One post per person, some bastard is spamming now]
[That bastard is posting d*ck jokes on every post]
[That was you? Lol lol lol lol]
“Do I need to set even basic rules now?”
These guys should be trying to look good to me but were spamming instead.
Thinking what strange guys they were, I made minimum rules and posted that violations would result in bans, and only then did the spam stop.
I wonder how this harsh world would be controlled without bans.
“Then I’ll coordinate with Vine-nim and stream tomorrow”
[Ah like that]
[Try to stream after him so if they get mad they can take it out on you]
[Daeju taking the hate meant for rookie streamers… no, Great Hero Daeju…]
[What if he streams better than Daeju?]
[Think he might]
“Come on… it’s his first stream”
But honestly, I felt uneasy too.
In the previous world, he was a big shot with 4,000 viewers.
Even though he has become a timid man now, couldn’t streaming potential be hiding somewhere inside?
What if he catches up to me…?
What if it gets to the point where I’m the one getting promoted by him?
I was already getting dizzy.
After promising to watch Vine’s first stream together with Daeju-dan tomorrow, I ended the stream.
And the next day, Vine started streaming with a concept I never expected.
A stream that made me wonder if someone could change this much in just one day.
* * *
(End of chapter)
T/N:
- “Sajangnim” – Honorific term for company president/CEO
- The early bird proverb in Korean is “일찍 일어나는 새가…” (The early bird gets the worm…), which the poster left incomplete with “어쩌구” (etc.)
- The joke with “overtime” (야근/yageun) and “male time” (남근/namgeun) is a wordplay in Korean, where the second term is also slang for male genitalia
