“Still, Hiro, could you refrain from making personal attacks?
She looks like she’s about to lose her mind….”
“No can do.
She needs to be taught a lesson.”
No matter what Yujin unnie says, I can’t listen this time.
You clearly said it with your own mouth, right?
You clearly said that you want to broadcast even if you have to drop out?
Do you think broadcasting is a joke?
I’m f*cked because of broadcasting.
“Hey, Yeseul-ah.”
“Y-yes…?”
She was so energetic at first, but now she’s about to die just because I said one word.
But
“You, if you’re going to be fazed by what I’m saying, you can’t handle the viewers’ chat?”
It’s only this much because we’re face to face, but the people who chat with anonymity as a shield are not just this much.
“T-that’s true.”
Yujin unnie was a streamer after all, so she couldn’t take Yeseul’s side and agreed with me.
“Yujin unnie??”
“No, really, in the very beginning of the broadcast, there were really all kinds of people….”
I was a little worried that I had stimulated unnecessary memories, but
“Yeseul-ah.”
Anyway, the side I need to focus on right now is this one.
“Did I say too much?
Should I say it more gently?”
One way or another, she came to me to help her start broadcasting, and if I decided to help her, I should help her with responsibility.
“J-just a little, just a little more gently….”
“Really?
Then you shouldn’t broadcast at all.”
“Yes?
No, th-that’s—”
“…Just do it as you were doing it.”
I’m doing all this to help you.
Of course.
Really.
I kept throwing questions to find out the state of the material called Yeseul.
“So, why do you suddenly want to broadcast now that summer is over and September is passing by?”
“I’ve always wanted to do it… I’d say I finally have the courage…?”
“What did you do during the first semester?”
“That’s…!
I had to adjust to college life….”
“What did you do during the vacation?”
“During the vacation, that’s… it was my first vacation after entering college, and I hadn’t been able to play at all while attending high school….”
“Hey, let’s just quit.
What’s the point of broadcasting after playing everything you want?
Just have fun.”
“No no no no no!!!!
Really!
I’ll work hard!”
As I was trying my best to check the quality of the material,
“…Suyeong-ah.”
“Yes?”
“Don’t tease her too much.”
Yujin unnie intervened.
“Oh, come on, unnie, I’m doing this because it’s necessary, it’s not like I’m doing this for fun.”
“Take your hand away from your mouth.”
“Do you think I’m even smiling?”
“You’re smiling!!
You’re smiling!!!”
Realizing that I was teasing her, Yeseul flared up as if it was a lie that she had been intimidated until just now.
“Tackle good.”
“Huh?”
“I deliberately scratched a little, I need to know what kind of style she is to give advice.”
“Ah?
Ah, I see… I see.”
“Yeseul-ah, it might not be a lie, but it doesn’t mean she wasn’t teasing you.”
“No!
You tricked me again?!”
“No, you got tricked again.”
How can she be so happy and sad about every single word?
In a way, it’s a great talent.
If you say someone is easily swayed, it seems like they’re very light and not serious, but
If someone who is easily swayed is a streamer, it turns into saying that they have good reactions.
I was a little happy that I found something useful.
But that alone was far from enough to start broadcasting.
“Yeseul-ah.”
“Yes—”
“I have a rough idea of what you’re like, okay?”
“Yes?
What?”
“You as a person.
But I don’t know how serious you are about broadcasting yet?”
“I, I’m completely serious!
I can really, really work hard!”
Oh?
“Really?”
“Yes!”
“Really really?”
“Really really!!!”
“Then first.”
“Yes!”
“Let’s get 20 friends to watch your broadcast.”
“Yes?”
Yeseul, who had been answering as if she wasn’t afraid of anything until just now, suddenly came to a halt at my words that weren’t a big deal.
But this isn’t a joke.
“No, I’m not kidding, this is really important.”
“R-really?”
“Yeseul, have you ever seen a small-time broadcast?”
Well, listening to her talk, it seems like she’s only watched big-name broadcasts, so she might not know about the ecosystem of small-time broadcasts.
“Small-time?
What’s a broadcast?”
Ah, from there?
“Um… I don’t need to explain the origin, right?”
“Uh— what is it?”
“It’s short for being stuck at the bottom when you sort broadcasts by viewers.”
“No, that’s not what I meant!!
Suyeong, what are you talking about?!”
“Huh?”
“Huh?”
“Did you really know it that way?
Even though you’ve been broadcasting for so long?”
I’ve been knowing it that way for 3 years?
“…Sigh.
I’ll just explain it.
Hakko is Japanese for box, it just means a room as small as a box.”
“Ah, really?”
“How are you more surprised?”
Ignoring Yujin unnie’s gaze as if she was dumbfounded, I continued the explanation anyway.
“Anyway, hakko refers to people who broadcast on a small scale, not like the big-name people you watch, who have thousands of viewers.”
“Ah~ I watch a lot of hakko broadcasts too.
Don’t worry.”
“Huh?
Really?
How many viewers do they usually have?”
“Usually about 200?”
I thought this b*tch was crazy and subconsciously picked up my Americano,
“Ouch ouch ouch—”
“Yeseul-ah.”
“Ouch ouch ouch unnie—”
“200 is not considered hakko.”
Yujin unnie seemed more pissed off, so I carefully put it down.
I can see why you’d be pissed off if you heard that from the perspective of someone who’s really hakko.
Yeseul was only able to escape from Yujin unnie’s grasp after uttering the words “I’m sorry” dozens of times.
“Anyway, the hakko that I and Yujin unnie are talking about are usually rooms with less than 100 viewers at most, and less than 40 viewers at least.”
“That’s so few???”
I’ll see how many people watch your broadcast when you start broadcasting, really.
“It is few… but that’s 99% of streamers.”
“Ah… I see….”
“And only about 100 people can survive as a full-time job.”
“Huh?
Really?”
“Really.”
Actually, 100 is a generous estimate, and you can usually make a living if you have more than 50 people.
But only if you’re determined to collect money.
“Ooh.”
“Do you see reality a little now?”
“That’s not it, I was wondering why you told me to gather twenty friends earlier.”
“Are 20 people still a joke?”
“No no no no no, that’s not it, even if I bring twenty friends, it’s not like they can watch me forever… I was wondering if it’s meaningful.”
Ah.
You can definitely think that way, and it’s not wrong either.
“But they’ll come to see you out of curiosity for at least a week, or even 3 days.”
“T-that’s true?”
And those 3 days and a week are the most important time to start broadcasting.
Because
“Yeseul, it’s not really something to say to someone who’s just starting to broadcast, but internet broadcasting is basically the same as a restaurant.”
“Restaurant?
Internet broadcasting?”
“Yeah, the channel is the store, so to speak.”
“But in that store.”
“If it’s empty without a single person.”
“Would you go in?”
“…Ah!”
Internet broadcasting has the most similar form to self-employment, especially restaurants.
But if there’s no one in the restaurant, if there are no reviews on the delivery app,
Would you really want to go into that store or order delivery?
Of course, there are some people who would, but the vast majority don’t.
That’s why people flock to big-name broadcasters, even if they’re not doing anything,
Conversely, people are reluctant to even click on a hakko room with 0 viewers.
And the easiest and most effective way to overcome a situation with 0 viewers without any connections is the same method used by newly opened restaurants.
Using acquaintances.
“To get more than 20 people without acquaintances or advance publicity….”
“It’s almost luck, right?”
“Right?”
In fact, people who run restaurants ask their acquaintances for their first delivery order and review.
That ‘first time’ is too difficult, regardless of the taste of the food.
“Oh… is it that difficult?”
“Honestly, it’s 100 times easier to go from 20 people to 70 people.”
“There are so many people who quit broadcasting without getting over the wall of 20 people, really.”
There’s a bit of exaggeration, but it’s true.
If there are about 20 people, people who pass by will come in without feeling burdened.
At least they’ll think, “It must be basic~”
“First of all, you said you wanted to do virtual, so preparing for that is the top priority, but at the same time, somehow secure about twenty people who will watch you.”
“Ah… ahahaha….
Yeeee….”
Yeseul’s pupils lost their way and shook wildly as she listened to my words, but
“What?
You don’t want to do it?
Then let’s just quit, what glory and wealth are you going to enjoy that I’m forcing you to broadcast?”
“No no no!!!
I’ll do it!
I’ll try somehow!!!”
Well
That’s not my business.
Do whatever you want~
“Hah….”
Choi Yeseul returned home.
Yeseul threw off her clothes and threw herself on the bed.
“…What to do…”
Then she buried her face in the pillow and sighed deeply.
“I don’t have any friends….”