Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 1140

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 5 Episode 25
8. The Purge (2)
A streamer changing platforms is actually an incredibly difficult decision to make.
Because of this decision, some streamers find their entire viewer base shaken.
Sure, if it’s entertaining enough, it’ll blow up, and people will still watch regardless.
But it was true that the viewer base would split depending on which platform you chose.
Paprika was on a winning streak, even absorbing some of Tribby’s existing viewers.
Cheese had a major corporation backing them, but it was also true they were a new platform.
Was that why?
“That’s exactly like pledging allegiance to a young crown prince,” Juhyeok had said.
This was what he’d told me when I—simply because of Orange—said I was choosing Cheese.
“The king suddenly dies, there’s an uncle with almost equal power to the king, and now there’s a crown prince who just learned to walk. And you’re saying you’ve sided with the crown prince?”
It was an exaggerated explanation, but it showed just how precarious Juhyeok saw Cheese’s future.
“Huh? Then Cheese is the right choice.”
“…What?”
“Either way, the crown prince is the legitimate heir.”
“Are your ears completely broken!?”
“No, then are you telling me to become a traitor?”
Juhyeok was exasperated watching me apply a historical drama mindset to a capitalist market.
‘Hmm…’
But when I thought about it a bit more at the time, it somehow seemed to make sense.
‘A legitimate successor. If I appeal to this more, it could definitely be better?’
In the end, power doesn’t shift just because a powerful uncle suddenly shows up with a sword and cuts everything down.
The people’s will is heaven’s will.
Isn’t the response of the common people—the viewers—what matters?
What if we could move their hearts?
With that thought in mind, the project that emerged was the “Ancient Ruins” arc in Cheese Village.
The project was quite successful.
Countless viewers were moved by that narrative, which led to Cheese Village’s massive success.
The initial live viewership for Cheese Village started off quite sparse.
But as the broadcast progressed, it kept climbing higher.
The edited version that followed became a massive hit.
The aftermath of that Cheese Village arc still exists even now, spreading across other platforms.
[On the matter of switching sides only to discover they were a ‘Bot’]
-This too must be the grace of the Daegam…
This was a comment I’d left directly on Omelette’s video.
Omelette hadn’t even participated in Cheese Village.
But he knew this meme.
And his viewers seemed to mostly know it as well.
“The minister’s kindness lol lol, this is here lol”
└God bless Daegam
ㅋㅋㅋㅋ (lol lol lol lol)
└You can destroy bot rights, but at least you’re keeping the broadcast alive~
Juhyeok excitedly told Jia, who had come by to visit.
“Cheese Village really did blow up. Even this person knows about it.”
Jia had come over early since today was a rare day for them to have lunch together.
She’d been carefully examining the Omelette edited video from various angles.
It was an official video taken from Almond’s footage and edited, so naturally she was interested.
She continued muttering while keeping her eyes fixed on the video.
“Yeah… all the Cheese Village videos were massive hits. Our channel did well too, but the official videos that Department Manager Jang made were the real blockbusters.”
“Right. They were such huge hits that Department Manager Jang actually ended up treating everyone to Korean beef.”
“Huh? That was American beef.”
Jia remembered correctly.
“Huh? The fake national team time was American beef, but this time it’s Korean beef, right?”
“Fake national team?”
Pfft.
Jia scoffed.
“That was fake beef.”
“???”
“It was pork. All-you-can-eat.”
“…”
It was brutal.
For Juhyeok, who’d lived his entire life as a gold spoon, it was hard to fathom.
Why was he being so stingy!?
“W-wait, fake beef didn’t cost that much? That doesn’t make sense…”
“Instead, he gave a lot as a bonus. Told us to use it directly. This is a secret, but I cried when I saw Park O-hun’s amount back then.”
“Ah…”
Behind that bitterly cold harshness, this was actually a warm story… or was it?
Juhyeok asked without letting his guard down.
“You cried because the amount was large, right?”
She could have cried because the bonus was small.
Jia suddenly looked at Juhyeok as if he were trash.
“Seriously. Oppa. What do you even think of Department Manager Jang…”
“No, that’s not what I meant!”
Just as Juhyeok was about to make an excuse.
“Kim Juhyeooooook!!”
Crash!
Sanghyeon woke up with tremendous impact.
“…!?”
Juhyeok and Jia were startled and froze, staring blankly in that direction.
“Ah… so Jia was here with you.”
Jia nods.
“Yeah. Today’s our day to eat together.”
“Oh, that’s right.”
Since the founding of Mix Nuts.
The founding members had decided to eat together about twice a week to strengthen their bonds.
“Wait, that’s not it. Is this real?”
Click!
Sanghyeon points to Streamer Omelette’s channel.
It’s a massive channel with 2.21 million subscribers.
“This isn’t some fake channel or anything, right? Huh? Is this a real streamer?”
“Puh… puhaha!”
Juhyeok realized why Sanghyeon was upset and barely managed to suppress his laughter.
‘He’s still operating under the assumption it might be a fake channel.’
Jia beside him thought Sanghyeon’s imagination was impressive in its own way, alternating her gaze between the two of them.
‘I want to film this….’
Jia wanted to film this moment.
But Sanghyeon’s anger made it difficult to bring up such a suggestion.
“D-Don’t laugh! You tricked me and I fell for it!”
Sanghyeon’s face turned bright red.
“Ah, no. It’s just that… um… if I get involved, the viewers’ efforts become meaningless, right?”
“What?”
Sanghyeon delivered a sharp rebuttal to this absurd sophistry with perfect reasoning.
In just four words.
“So what!”
In truth, there was no way to counter it.
Well, there might have been, but I couldn’t think of it.
It was simply because it had only just happened.
It wasn’t that my mind was slow.
This wasn’t a fair game to begin with.
“You… you woke up early and already warmed up your body. I just woke up…!”
“?”
Sanghyeon blurts out what he was thinking internally.
Juhyeok couldn’t understand what he just said, but he could tell what Sanghyeon was worried about.
“Here. Don’t be upset and look.”
He shows Sanghyeon the message that came to Omelette’s editor.
[Omelette Editor: Omelette hyung is so excited right now! The video is a huge hit! It’s the best one we’ve made recently!ㅎㅎ]
[Omelette’s Editor: Thank you for providing the video. If there’s anything we can help with, feel free to contact us anytime!]
“So I didn’t end up causing Omelette any harm…?”
Sanghyeon struggles to come up with a response to what he was trying to say, only to find that the answer is already written on the phone in Juhyeok’s hand, leaving him speechless.
“He reached out to thank me like that. I even told him not to send a gift. I said let’s just grab a meal next time.”
“Really…?”
When Omelette said he was the one who should be grateful, Sanghyeon felt his shoulders lift.
“You’re the one who saved the broadcast.”
Tsk.
He tried to maintain a composed expression, but Juhyeok saw right through it.
Sanghyeon was smiling.
“No, well, it’s only fun when people actually fall for it like this… ugh… seriously. I’m going to shower first.”
Thud.
After heading into the bathroom.
“?”
Jia quietly asks Juhyeok.
“It worked out well, right?”
“He’s excited.”
“Ah… e, excited?”
Juhyeok seemed to understand more accurately than Jia, who had seen Sanghyeon’s expression countless times.
“Just wait and see.”
Juhyeok gestures for her to stay quiet.
His prediction was spot on.
Whoooooosh….
Between the sound of the shower spray, a faint humming voice could be heard.
The Daegam’s grace is~ as vast as the sky~
Jia’s eyes widened, and she and Juhyeok giggled together.

* * *
After finishing the Mixnuts team dinner.
Jia returned home and sat down at her computer.
Beside her, boxes were overflowing with items still being organized.
These were the things she would bring to her workspace at the office.
‘Is this really the last time I’ll be working here?’
She glanced around, taking in her work environment.
She had once thought the old Department Manager Jang’s production office was shabby.
But that was nothing compared to this.
Now that she looked at it, wasn’t her current workspace absolutely terrible?
‘I never realized it.’
But she truly hadn’t noticed.
She’d simply been editing and uploading like a streamer fan, running AllTube in a frenzy.
Her attention never turned to her surroundings.
“Hmm.”
Jia tilted her head at this sudden realization.
“What good does it do to know now?”
It was funny to realize this right when everything was about to change.
“Last project. Let’s do this.”
She encouraged herself and tapped her cheeks with both hands.
Clap.
“Omelette even gave me a buff for this.”
Click.
She opened the video file she’d received from Omelette.
She began combining it with the footage of Almond’s edited cuts she’d prepared.
For a while, only the sound of her mouse clicking and keyboard typing echoed through her room.
How much time had passed?
The video editing was complete.
“Hmm…”
Jia checked the time.
Tap… tap…
This was always the part where her deliberation dragged on.
[Met with Omelette Bot (or not)…]
“No, that’s not it.”
Tap tap tap tap tap.
Jia deleted the title by pressing backspace repeatedly.
‘The broadcast is starting soon.’
She wanted to upload it before Almond’s broadcast started.
She played back the edited Almond footage for a moment.
Sometimes the answer came from the chat or comments.
-The Truman Show never ends
-Truman doesn’t die lol
Hahahaha are you spitting out the red pill lol
Jia obtained a hint from this as well.
[The Trumond Show]

* * *
Meanwhile, Sang-hyun Yu was about to go live.
He stood before the capsule with a rather fierce expression.
‘Gaji-bokkeun… and the rest.’
He was mentally rehearsing today’s purge targets.
No matter how well things went yesterday.
That was then, this is now.
‘I need to keep work and personal matters separate.’
With that resolve, Almond entered the capsule.
He gave Juhyeok an okay sign.
Ding.
[Almond has started streaming!]
A notification went out to the viewers.
-He’s here
-Whoa
-Daegaaaaaaam!
Hahaha what do I do, today hahaha
The wind is blowing like crazy lolololol
The viewers already knew.
What would happen today.
Before even greeting them, Almond said this first.
“Alright. First, let’s hear Gaji-bokkeun’s defense.”
hahahahahahaha
Hahahaha
lol so funny
-ri) Daegam-style trial
Is there a jury this time? lol
From the start, it’s a mess lolololol
-Did he come?
Gaji-bokkeun, who wasn’t usually quick with donations.
Ding.
He appeared immediately, urgent.
[Gaji-bokkeun donated 5,000 won.]
[Spent my little brother’s money on a drink. The video quality doesn’t matter. But please remember one thing—”The Trumond Show.” I’m telling you with all sincerity. My mood might not be great. The viewers have been agonizing day and night, deceiving themselves… I did my best….]
-Gaji-bokkeun lmaooo
-Sir, the True Mond Show views are exploding, so cut us some slack, yeah?
-UBD template lololol
-Gaji-bokkeun wow
-What’s a template lmaooo
-You saved the broadcast anyway~
-???: Gaji-bokkeun… my savior who came to ruin my intelligence… my broadcast’s salvation…
-I agonized day and night and deceived you lololol

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