The Villain is Too Good at Broadcasting

After the broadcast where I blatantly mocked and insulted the Chinese pro-gamer Smg spread out, my newly launched <EvilTube> exploded much faster than I had anticipated.

Well, what I mean is, it literally exploded.

It really blew up.

Starting with Smg’s fervent fans who flooded in through VPNs, and even the viewers of Heeya TV who were watching the broadcast.

Chinese viewers using VPNs flooded into my MeTube in droves.

If they had only left hate comments, the situation wouldn’t have escalated to this point.

If they had only left hate comments, I would have gladly used a translator to read them out.

Hate comments can’t shake my mental state.

However, those enormous masses of Chinese fans quickly reported my videos and blocked the monetization of my content.

It’s a kind of algorithm, and to solve that problem, I had no choice but to visit the ChickenBox office in our neighboring area from the morning.

When I arrived at the office, the staff immediately guided me to Sung-jae’s office, and I went in.

Then, I found Sung-jae engrossed in Twipod on his smartphone.

“Sung-jae.”

“Oh, Chan-sik. You’re here?”

“Haha.”

“……This isn’t really a time to be laughing, is it?”

“Laughing makes me happy. Am I happy because I’m laughing?”

“Please, have a seat.”

Even if I contacted MeTube by myself, I could solve the reporting issue.

This is because the level of the videos I uploaded wasn’t too severe yet.

My editor, Woo-hyun, was very skillful at walking the fine line.

Drawing attention but removing any problematic parts.

Even on MeTube, we had begun to tread a fine line, with Woo-hyun at the forefront.

Sung-jae put down his smartphone and slowly looked at me. Then he nodded with a smile.

“Do you know what changes occurred when you joined our company as a streamer, Chan-sik?”

“Uh, I’m not sure?”

“Our staff got really busy. Should I say they got very motivated? After all, our company’s streamers generally don’t…”

“Cause much controversy, right?”

“That’s right.”

All the streamers affiliated with ChickenBox are big names with thousands of viewers and have been broadcasting for a long time.

Because of that, they don’t create unnecessary controversies even without someone advising them.

Controversies in this field can be beneficial, but they can also turn into deadly poison.

To broadcast for a long time, it was best to minimize controversies.

Ah, of course, this was not related to me.

After all, the reason I could rise to fame was because of various controversies.

In my case… let’s just say it was a truly unique case.

Sung-jae handed me a sheet of paper and started talking.

“We’ve already finished talking with MeTube, and as of 9 a.m. today, the monetization ban on EvilTube has been lifted. This document is a fax sent from MeTube.”

The document had my MeTube name and several details written on it.

To summarize the contents,

“Oh, MeTube decided to do this?”

“Yes, you’re about to receive the silver button soon. MeTube is also keeping an eye on EvilTube.”

“Keeping an eye?”

“Your content is already quite famous in Korea. Isn’t the recent incident with the Chinese pro-gamer also related to this? The root cause of this entire situation lies there. That’s why the MeTube officials are keeping an eye on EvilTube.”

Oh, I see.

I thought the MeTube officials were watching EvilTube because they were my fans.

It turns out they’re just keeping an eye on me as a person of interest.

But still, it’s a relief.

Assigning a dedicated operator to my MeTube channel means that incidents like this, where videos get suspended due to mass reports, won’t happen anymore.

What a relief.

I took a sip of the bitter Americano in front of me.

Then, I exhaled a sigh of relief and smiled.

“I’m glad it got resolved well.”

“ChickenBox always strives for the best for our streamers. Please remember that.”

“Of course, I always remember that. Joining ChickenBox was the best decision of my life.”

“…Hmph, now you’re starting to sound like a real streamer.”

“Oh, am I?”

“It’s a compliment.”

With that, the MeTube issue was settled, and after letting out a deep breath, Sung-jae pulled out another document and continued speaking.

“Have you thought about the content after the Doomsday Battle?”

When he says it like that, it means another good opportunity has come along.

It’s indeed time to think about the content after the Doomsday Battle.

I couldn’t just keep playing League of Storm endlessly.

If I kept playing the same game, viewers might get bored.

League of Storm was good to play occasionally when there was nothing else to do, but I wasn’t a League of Storm specialized streamer.

…Hmm, now that I think about it, should I just become a League of Storm specialized streamer? That could work too.

“I’m thinking of conquering the Chinese server of League of Storm.”

“Again with League of Storm?”

“Unless there’s another game worth playing until then. It seems like you have something in mind?”

Then Sung-jae smiled broadly and nodded.

“It’s not just for you, but for all ChickenBox streamers. The game company wants to promote their game through a collaboration with our streamers. And they specifically want you to be included.”

“Me?”

“Yes. This game right here.”

Sung-jae then showed me a video on his tablet PC.

In the video, a grand medieval Asian battlefield unfolded.

There were numerous soldiers as well as some generals armed with brilliantly shining weapons.

An enormous scale of battle ensued.

The camera focused on the generals slashing enemies amidst the chaotic battlefield.

The visuals looked like a large-scale war simulation.

I quietly watched the video and nodded.

I understood what kind of game this was.

“This is the new Fantasy War series being released, right?”

“That’s correct. The official title is <Fantasy War: East>. It’s a game adapted from medieval Asian history.”

“Wasn’t this game originally focused on solo play?”

The Fantasy War series.

It’s a war simulation game that has been around since the PC days, but it took a slightly different path when it transitioned into virtual reality.

As with most simulations that moved into virtual reality, the player becomes a commander who directly engages enemies in battle.

In other words, it’s a game with significant action elements, similar to other games.

The result was a game close to what people commonly think of as a ‘musou’ game, but in the end, it turned out to be quite a good game.

The Fantasy War series released in virtual reality has recorded significant sales so far.

However, Fantasy War has always been a game primarily focused on solo play.

So it was a bit surprising to hear that they wanted ChickenBox-affiliated streamers to collaborate.

Sung-jae looked at me and spoke slowly.

“Fantasy War has mostly focused on solo play until now, but it seems this series is a bit different.”

“How so?”

“Well, one thing for sure is that the scale of the event prepared by the game developer is beyond imagination.”

Sung-jae took a sip of the water in front of him and smiled broadly.

“It seems that CA, the developer of Fantasy War, has planned an event that matches the game’s concept. They’ve reached out to MCNs in China and Japan, as well as us.”

“Is it a three-nation war?”

“That’s right. Maybe that’s why they wanted to include you, Chan-sik.”

Now I started to get the picture.

Through this incident, I was firmly disliked by the Chinese.

And there was no need to mention the Japanese.

As soon as I heard Sung-jae’s words, I smiled broadly. Then, feeling very pleased, I said,

“How much are they offering?”

“We’ll have to get as much as we can.”

I could smell it.

A very strong, stimulating smell.

If such an event was being prepared, it was solely a stage set for me.

A three-nation war.

It seemed like it would be a lot of fun.

“I want to do it.”

Then Sung-jae nodded as if he expected that answer.

“In fact, the other streamers have already accepted.”

“Please let me know as soon as the detailed plan is established.”

Good. It seemed the next project was set.

Now I could finish the Doomsday Battle without any burden.

6.

Shortly after the discussion at ChickenBox, I had a brief conversation with my MeTube editor.

As Sung-jae mentioned, everything on EvilTube had been normalized.

However, there was still one unresolved issue.

That was the hate comments.

-Bro. What do we do about the comments in Chinese?

The problem was the hate comments.

I hadn’t paid much attention to it, but when I checked earlier, there were quite a few comments written in Chinese characters.

They were probably comments left by Chinese people.

Since I didn’t know Chinese well, I couldn’t understand their meaning, but one thing was certain: they weren’t good comments.

After contemplating for a while, I made a decision.

“Leave them alone.”

-The comment section will be filled with Chinese characters…

“Woo-hyun, what do you think people will think when they see a bunch of Chinese people cursing at me?”

-Oh!

“That’s it. So, don’t worry about the comments for now.”

Leaving aside noise marketing, being heavily cursed by the Chinese meant I was doing something right.

Since the main viewers of EvilTube were Koreans, there was no need to worry much.

They would eventually get tired and stop.

I chuckled and hung up the phone, then lay down on the sofa.

I didn’t have anything special to do until the evening, so I thought I’d just fiddle with my smartphone.

I had been lazing around with my smartphone for a while.

KaTalk.

While I was browsing MeTube videos on my smartphone, Green Wing Templar Dong-hyun, whom I had befriended through the Doomsday Battle, sent me a KaTalk message.

<UsableButcher: Bro! Did you see the article that just came out?>

<Me: What’s going on?>

<UsableButcher: You know the Chinese AD carry you crushed in solo queue? Smg? He said he’s not coming to the World Championship this time. He’s taking a year off.>

Hmm.

He had a much weaker mental state than I thought.

It’s a quick fall from being the pride of China to becoming its disgrace.

A fall has no wings.

I chuckled as I read Dong-hyun’s KaTalk message and clicked on the link he sent to the article.

As Dong-hyun said, there was an interview with Smg stating he would be taking a year-long break.

It was an article translated from an overseas reporter’s article into Korean.

The comments were quite amusing.

-After getting wrecked by our villain, he burrows right away, haha.

-The number one AD carry in China got crushed by a Korean amateur, no need to say more.

-And he even got teabagged, haha.

-No, this crazy guy was shouting “Free Tibet, Free Hong Kong” in front of 4 million viewers, haha.

-He will face the wrath of the great nation. Bangzi.

└Found a Chinese guy.

-Hey, I heard ChickenBox is planning a Korea-China-Japan event. Is that true?

-Where did you hear that?

-From a close streamer friend. They’re planning something with Fantasy War.

-Fantasy War: East? Oh, that’s going to be fun, haha.

-It’s actually an event planned by CA, not ChickenBox, but it’s true. I work there, haha.

└This guy changes jobs about 12 times a day, haha.

Some comments seemed to be from ChickenBox employees, but most of the comments were along the lines of ‘this is satisfying!’

After reading some more comments, I stretched lightly and lay back on the sofa.

The build-up was going perfectly.

Not only the image of a villain but also the so-called ‘nationalistic warrior’ image had already seeped into my concept.

If we proceeded with the three-nation war content in this situation?

“Excellent.”

Luck couldn’t have been more favorable.

I closed my eyes for a moment, imagining the happy possibilities.

I decided to conserve my energy for the evening broadcast.

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