The Veteran Swordmaster’s Stream (Novel) - Chapter 27
Chapter 27
Normally, when game companies selected streamers to give advertisements to, they usually based it on ITube.
The reason was that the difference in the scale of the audience watching Travel and ITube was large.
A streamer whose live stream had 5,000 viewers but whose Tube views reached one million, and a streamer whose live stream had 10,000 viewers but whose Tube views only reached 100,000.
It was blindingly obvious which one would be better to focus on for promotion.
Of course, there were some exceptions.
If the viewer base was highly loyal or the follower count was high, leading to many views on Travel replays and high purchasing power, they could set a high price even if the number of ITube subscribers was low.
Of course.
‘Neither of those applies to me, though.’
ITube subscribers?
He did not even have a channel yet.
Actually, let alone a channel, he did not even have an account.
As for the viewer base, well, it had only been three days.
‘I think I heard that they distribute advertisements on a massive scale when launching a new game, though.’
This did not apply either.
“What do you think, Seo-jun? Will you accept our offer?”
“Thank you for the good offer. Honestly, I want to sign the contract right away, but…”
“…but?”
“I am a bit surprised and have some questions. Specifically, why you offered such favorable terms to me.”
Ten million won.
It was not a lot.
Of course, that was by the standards of major streamers.
For the current Seo-jun, even one million won was good treatment.
For now, he had to be grateful just for getting an advertisement.
“Haha. You are a very cautious person, Seo-jun.”
“I was just curious.”
Was there such a thing as goodwill without a price?
Although Seo-jun was smiling leisurely, he was also thinking of calling off the contract if necessary.
While cooperating, that was.
And while Kim Yoon-chan might not have, Yves Paimo seemed to have read Seo-jun’s air.
“Hmm, it seems I must convince you.”
Yves Paimo chuckled heartily.
His slightly wrinkled blue eyes curved pleasantly.
“Simply put, it is an investment. Team Leader Kim Yoon-chan and I here are people who have watched all of your plays without missing a single one.”
Beside him, Kim Yoon-chan nodded.
“We judged that you would achieve tremendous growth in the future, Seo-jun. That is why we wanted to build a relationship beforehand at a company level. To be honest, even if the teaser video is delayed a bit, it will not be a very big problem. On top of that, we figured that you would have grown much more by the time of the beta test. Simply put, it is a win-win.”
He was quite honest.
Only now did it make sense.
In other words, this was staking a claim.
It was getting on his good side in advance.
It was also a gift.
“Yes. Quite literally, just us. Since the other people in the company don’t know.”
Kim Yoon-chan spoke up from the side,
“I am the president, so what does it matter?”
Yves Paimo laughed genially.
And Seo-jun was shocked.
He was the president?
Kim Yoon-chan reached out, turned the contract around, and began to explain the various clauses to Seo-jun.
It was exactly as they had said.
As the explanation was wrapping up, Yves Paimo spoke to Seo-jun.
“Seo-jun. You may do the advertisement with Dawn of the Assassins, but may I recommend a game to you?”
“What is it?”
“It is ‘For Chivalry’.”
‘For Chivalry’.
It was a wuxia-style action game developed by Movie Soft, depicting stories that took place on a fictional continent.
“With your skills, Seo-jun, you will surely show tremendous play there. I want to see that.”
For Yves Paimo, watching Seo-jun play had already become more of a priority than promoting the company’s games.
“I will think about it seriously. By the way, which country are you from, President?”
“Ah, I am French.”
“Really? You speak Korean very well.”
“I had a brief experience studying abroad in Korea.”
“I see. Is honesty a virtue of the French?”
“No. I simply thought that being honest would be better for you, Seo-jun.”
He was indeed quite honest.
As expected of a president, he was good at reading people.
Seo-jun stood up with a smile, taking the contract.
“Thank you.”
“We are the ones who should be thankful.”
“By the way, what will you do if someone other than me collects all of the Fragments of Order within a week?”
Seo-jun suddenly thought of Lee Dong-soo.
“Hmm. I don’t think it will be easy, but there is one user who has potential. Fortunately, since he doesn’t stream, I plan to ask him not to make it public.”
Neither of them dreamed that they were talking about the exact same person.
Nor did they know that since Seo-jun was cooperating, the need to ask Lee Dong-soo had disappeared.
After all, Lee Dong-soo was only playing Dawn of the Assassins because of Seo-jun.
“I see. Then, I look forward to working with you.”
Yves Paimo grinned as he shook hands with Seo-jun.
“We also look forward to the synergy that Movie Soft and you will create, Seo-jun.”
***
As requested, instead of hunting down the Rulers, Seo-jun began to enjoy the game by doing various activities within Dawn of the Assassins.
He still ignored missions and quests, and it remained unchanged that he did whatever he pleased.
And when Seo-jun showed no sign of hunting down the Rulers, several streamers had this thought.
‘Wouldn’t it be a massive hit if I dig up information on the Fragments of Order first?’
As such thoughts spread, a faint trend of challenging the Rulers was created.
And the employer of Han Ji-min, an ITube editor, had the same thought.
The problem was.
“That bitch.”
Han Ji-min let out a sigh deep enough to sink the floor, burying her body deep in her chair.
[Edit it a bit more to give it a feeling like this streamer.]
[I edited it, so please check.][1]
[Hey][1]
[Take a look][1]
Even though two days had passed, she did not read them.
It had been like this for a month.
She gently pressed her eyes with her right hand.
“Sigh. They say that in the face of money, there are no blood, tears, family, or friends.”
Han Ji-min felt like tearing apart the friend and employer with whom she had dreamed of the future and shared her worries.
“I should have known from the moment she started nitpicking at strange things.”
A year and a half ago, Han Ji-min was just learning video editing.
Then, she accidentally discovered a small-time streamer, and while enjoying the broadcast, she heard that the streamer’s ITube was not doing well because she was editing alone.
She sent her work to the small-time streamer with the intention of growing together, and from then on, their partnership began.
Instead of giving Han Ji-min a stable monthly salary, the small-time streamer suggested they split the ITube revenue 5:5, saying they should suffer together when they didn’t make money and succeed together when they made plenty.
“I shouldn’t have made a verbal agreement back then.”
What was the point of regretting it now?
For the first six months, Han Ji-min immersed herself in editing like crazy even under truly difficult circumstances.
At the time, the subscriber count was 217.
There was no way there was any revenue.
Even so, Han Ji-min and the streamer joined forces, enduring the hard times together.
Han Ji-min sacrificed sleep to produce one video a day, growing the ITube channel.
As Han Ji-min’s editing skills improved, the channel gradually began to ride the algorithm, and after about half a year, it hit 30,000 subscribers and started generating revenue.
“It was good up until then.”
Han Ji-min’s life became more comfortable, and eight months passed smoothly.
Before they knew it, the channel was on the verge of hitting 100,000 subscribers.
The live stream also saw an increase in viewers thanks to ITube.
And as their income grew, they ended up hiring another editor, but then a problem arose.
“How petty people can be.”
Han Ji-min stared at the monitor on her desk.
On it was the video of the person she had looked at enough to be sick of for nearly a year and a half.
A month ago, she fought with the employer she had believed to be her friend.
The reason was that she allegedly took too much for an editor.
Even though it was actually her who had grown the channel.
“Sigh. She seems to think managing a channel is easy.”
She turned off the editing program.
She felt it was time to end their relationship.
She did not even send this month’s share of the revenue.
She had a bitter taste in her mouth.
“What? Modify it to give it the feeling of this streamer? Knowing that it is impossible with my skills, fuck.”
She had believed they were friends.
She had thought they became closer than anyone else as they navigated difficult lives together.
Therefore, she had not expected to be betrayed like this.
She trembled with betrayal and wanted to cry.
“What do I have left now?”
A lump sum of money accumulated because she had been too busy with editing work to spend it.
And editing skills?
Her eyes grew misty.
It felt like the entire year and six months were being completely invalidated.
Still, she knew she shouldn’t stop working.
She entered an editor recruitment site for the first time in a very long time.
And she found a post.
…
Ironically, it was the streamer in the video her former employer had sent her.
A person whose skill alone was incomparable to anyone else.
That person was looking for a freelancer to edit a few videos immediately.
And they also mentioned that they were considering an exclusive editor if the discussion went well.
“You split revenue too? Fine, let’s see if you write up a contract. If you are planning to exploit me without writing one, you will not get away with it.”
Han Ji-min sent an email to Seo-jun for now.
***
– You’re hunting the Ruler tomorrow? Finally, lololololol
– The real deal steps up.
– Seeing other streamers fail until now made me realize the streamer is on a whole other level.
– Finally ㅠㅠㅠ
– Honestly, doing pickpocketing or mini-games with those skills is crossing the line.
– FR, if you’re gonna do that, give those skills to me.
“Yes, everyone. See you tomorrow then.”
– Fuck!
– Travel-bye!
– tb
Click.
Seo-jun stepped out of the capsule after turning off the stream.
And after washing up, he sat in front of the computer and checked his emails.
[We’ve finished making the teaser video.]
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[Seo-jun, if you only play Dawn of the Assassins on your stream, your channel might fail, so as a fan, if I may give you one piece of advice…]
[Reporting a user. mijhvn0216 swore.]
First of all, he saw the email from Movie Soft telling him to do as he pleased now that they had finished making the teaser video.
And emails from viewers offering backseat advice on the stream and various advertisements made up the majority.
There was no editor application email.
“Tsk.”
On the first and second days after he opened public recruitment for an editor, a few videos had been uploaded.
However, none of those videos were to Seo-jun’s liking.
No matter how much of a fan they were, he could not hire an editor who lacked skills.
“For now, I’ve secured at least two videos to upload on ITube.”
One was a collab video that Alpaca’s editor Lee Su-han had helped with, and the other was the edited version of his first broadcast, which he had commissioned from the editor recruitment site.
Seo-jun played the video he received from the editor named Han Ji-min.
His impression was:
“It is seamless and clean. Are they experienced?”
A voice came from behind Seo-jun.
“Yeah.”
Seo-jun, who had already noticed Tae-woo’s presence, replied.
“Are you going to sign an exclusive contract with that person?”
“Hmm…”
Seo-jun wanted to entrust the channel to the editor entirely.
This was because he judged that doing so would be more efficient.
And he had heard through Lee Su-han that for that to happen, it was much better if the editor was a fan who watched all the broadcasts.
“We are talking. For now, I’ve commissioned a few videos, and their skills are definitely good.”
“Really? If you can hold onto them, make sure to do so.”
If an editor was not found, he planned to look into joining an MCN.
“Yeah. But I will wait a bit more. Though I don’t know if that person will accept my offer.”
The two stared intently at the monitor for a moment.
“True. Or you could search for one yourself. You know, scout someone directly from those who upload fan videos.”
Tae-woo said that, patted the chair Seo-jun was sitting on, and went to his room.
Tae-woo was always looking out for Seo-jun to see if he was doing well whenever the broadcast ended.
Seo-jun followed Tae-woo’s advice and entered ITube.
And he searched.
“What should I search for?”
Unnamed.
Matchless.
Ruler.
Streamer fan video.
And so on.
No matter how much he searched, nothing came up.
Seo-jun gave up and searched for editor application videos simply because he wanted to see how other people did it.
However, a familiar ITube account nickname caught his eye.
[PublicToiletBrickExtortionKing]
It was a viewer who had consistently watched his stream but remained silent when asked to be a manager.
Seo-jun checked the video.
The title was written simply as ‘.’ with 157 views.
The phrase ‘This is the editor application video for Streamer Seo-jun.’ written in the video description caught Seo-jun’s eye.
“Why is it public? And… I don’t think I saw it in my email.”
Seo-jun checked his inbox and trash bin again.
He wondered if he had accidentally deleted it.
Upon checking, it was not that he had missed it.
‘Let’s watch it for now.’
A long time later.
After checking the video, Seo-jun rested his chin on his hand and fell into thought.
“This is really good. Why didn’t they send an email?”