Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 282

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 2 Episode 2
1. Again (2)
It was a rather absurd composure.
Usually when there’s a senior in the industry, people tend to get a bit nervous, but this wasn’t the case.
‘Hmm…’
Inho stared intently at Sanghyeon, but as expected, there was no reaction whatsoever.
Then, something burst through this strange silence with a crash.
“Hello~~~!”
It was Lilzandi.
Lime-green hair, neon tank top, oversized white ski pants.
The dazzling colors were so bright that you’d never get hit by a car while walking down a dark street.
“Hello!”
Almond stood up first to greet her, and Inho, recognizing her face, rushed over with “Noona! Long time no see!” and clung to her smoothly.
“Wow. Inho! It’s been a while~!”
After returning Inho’s greeting, she turned to Almond.
“Oh! Hello! I’m rapper Lilzandi.”
“Streamer Almond──”
“Ah! Ah!”
Lilzandi suddenly exclaimed.
“Almond! I know you! Wow! Sheesh! You’re seriously handsome in person! With the makeup, I seriously thought you were an actor and almost didn’t recognize you!”
“…Oh, you know me?”
Inho beside her looked flustered and glanced around.
“Huh, no, Inho. Don’t you read the news these days?”
“I don’t really read anything except entertainment news.”
“Ah. Such a pure boy~ Pure vibes~”
Lilzandi grabbed Almond’s hand while spouting words that were either curses or something else entirely.
“I’m so glad to meet you.”
“Ah, yes.”
Lilzandi genuinely seemed to know Almond and started talking about the Nantren incident this and that, then suddenly stopped herself thinking, ‘Oh, I need to mention this when we go live!?’
“Oh? But Almond, I’m sorry for taking up your time. That game you were playing—you’re not dying, right?”
“Oh, it’s automatic so I don’t die. It’s just a raising game.”
“Raising? Ah! That’s ‘Reckless Warrior Raising,’ right? Wow, you play it normally too.”
Hahahaha!
Lilzandi burst out laughing. Inho had no idea what was going on. How could he?
“You’re really sincere about the advertisement! Wow! I thought it was just a concept!”
She laughed because it was exactly the same as what Almond showed on his stream.
‘He did a mobile game advertisement?’
Of course, what Inho focused on was something different.
[Hyung. You don’t need a private waiting room.]
Inho quickly sent another message to his manager.
If I left now, it seemed I wouldn’t be able to fit in once we got inside.
Smirk.
He loaded up a smile on his face.
“Wow. You did an advertisement? That’s something only the biggest names do.”
He approached casually and struck up a conversation.
“Ah… well, I was just lucky. You’ve done plenty of ads yourself, haven’t you, Jaehun?”
“…Pardon?”
Inho’s expression hardened instantly.
Jaehun is the leader of Blossom.
An idol who excels at both singing and dancing, and is also a singer-songwriter.
Since Inho held the center position based on his face value, it was obvious what kind of emotions he’d feel toward Jaehun.
“Oh no! This is Inho! Jaehun is someone else! Streamer Almond, haha! You’re exactly like you are on broadcast.”
“Ah… I’m sorry.”
Almond apologized in surprise.
“I made a mistake. I only heard up to ‘Blossom’ when you were introducing yourself, so I must have missed the rest.”
“Aha! That happens!”
Lilzandi burst out laughing as if the mistake was hilarious.
But Inho couldn’t laugh easily.
‘What the…’
First of all, that comment meant he’d made a mistake by automatically thinking of Jaehun when hearing Blossom, which was quite a blow to his pride…
‘He never even introduced me.’
Inho had never introduced himself, yet Almond was claiming he had.
‘What kind of person is he?’
This guy’s skills were no joke. It was a moment when Inho hated himself for underestimating his opponent so easily.
He’d thought he’d made a name for himself in this industry, but clearly he was still too naive.
Just then.
The main PD entered the waiting room.
“You all introduced yourselves well, right? Don’t lose your energy in the waiting room. Lilzandi, you’re up first. Let’s go.”
“Wow. I’m going first? Okay!”
As Lilzandi rushed out, the waiting room fell silent again.
Like a storm had just passed through.
“…”
Almond sat back down and started playing a game, while Inho sat across from him and stared at him for a long time.
He seemed to have much to say, but ultimately left without saying anything, called out for his turn.
“Next. Inho. Come on in!”
Inho quietly stood up and headed to the set, and the sound of hosts making a fuss could be heard from outside.
Left alone in the waiting room again, Sanghyeon turned off the Reckless Warrior raising game he’d been playing.
Then he looked up at the ceiling and gave a bitter smile.
“This isn’t easy.”
A moment later.
Almond’s name was called.

* * *
About thirty minutes earlier.
Juhyeok watched the set with anxious anticipation.
‘I need to get plenty of screen time.’
Of course, how well I performed during this live broadcast would determine my airtime in the edited version.
And naturally, the edited version mattered far more than the live broadcast. The impact was overwhelmingly greater.
The more screen time I got in the edited version, the more worthwhile it would be to have appeared on this major channel.
The standard for editing airtime was based on how positive the chat reactions were during the live broadcast.
-lololol
-Here we go.
-Let’s goooo~!
Even on major channels, chat messages like these flood in. What matters is how the audience reacts and how many messages appear.
The producers will edit based on that.
In other words, nowadays they gauge market reaction from the live broadcast and edit accordingly. This approach naturally yields far superior marketability.
However, there’s a blind spot. What’s called market reaction often devolves into a fandom war.
This tendency is especially pronounced when idols appear. And today’s guest lineup includes an idol. A fairly famous one at that.
Almond, being neither a celebrity nor an idol, was inherently at a disadvantage in this battle.
‘Can I really pull this off?’
Clap!
The slate clapper snapped sharply.
‘It’s starting.’
Mingu Han, the main MC, opened his mouth.
“Good evening, viewers. This is Evening Wide.”
Despite the simple greeting, his voice carried authority.
Seeing him in person, I could feel what a ‘true broadcaster’ sounded like—his tone and pronunciation were impeccable.
He didn’t need to force energy or artificially create excitement.
The set was already brimming with electric anticipation.
“Serin, how have you been?”
He naturally greeted the other hosts.
Evening Wide consists of four hosts and three to four guests.
Among them, Serin, a female idol, is one of the hosts.
“Yes! I’ve been great~! Hello viewers! I’m Serin from SugarSugar!”
-Hi there
-Hello!
-Serin! I’m dying!
-Hey, I’m Serin’s boyfriend.
Even for an idol who wasn’t particularly famous, the chat reaction was noticeably different. As Juhyeok had anticipated, idol fandoms had baseline firepower.
“Senior, do you have any new updates?”
Serin asked Mingu Han back.
“Me? I don’t have anything special.”
“Hey, Mingu. You got divorced not too long ago~ What do you mean you don’t have anything.”
Kim Tru, a host, chimed in. He was a former journalist turned entertainer.
True to his journalist roots, his main job was teasing people based on facts.
-Kim Tru is crazy lol
-Spicy from the start
-lololololol
-???: So you don’t have a wife~
Serin looked flustered as her question twisted into something unexpected, glancing around nervously.
In the meantime, the final host, Hyeon-min, a former idol turned entertainer, began speaking.
He was an idol at one point, but he wasn’t one anymore.
“Tru! You need to be careful too! Haven’t you seen ‘Couples Have Three’?”
“?!”
-lololol
-Kim Tru’s expression lol
-How did he even survive as an idol lol
Despite his delicate appearance, Hyeon-min possessed a rather blunt voice and an exaggerated manner of speaking.
Whatever he said seemed to lift the atmosphere.
“Well, our program isn’t just about us chatting, right?”
-Mingu Han naturally catching the editing point lol
-No way, the divorce joke already hit broadcast gold by the lol count
-Mingu’s expression is really stone-faced lol
Mingu Han was about to call in the guests, but the viewers wouldn’t let it slide.
Thus, the viewers were already aware that their reactions determined the editing.
“Hey! That’s too awkward! That’s not how broadcasts work these days, you know? ‘StopTalkingNonsenseMinguHan’ said so. Forced editing point!”
Hyeon-min picked a fight with Mingu Han from the side.
-Wait, I thought he really told him to stop talking nonsense lol
-That was a username? lol
At first glance, it sounded like a username genuinely criticizing Mingu Han.
Mingu Han asked suspiciously.
“Hey. You made up that username, didn’t you?”
-Did he really make it up? lololol
-That username didn’t exist lol
-Change the username quick!
“No, no! It existed!”
“You’re going to find it? How?”
At Mingu Han’s reaction of leaning his face close to the monitor, even the production staff burst out laughing.
Of course, they didn’t actually waste time searching for that username.
He adjusted his jacket and continued the broadcast.
“Well. Anyway, we need to call our guests to really get started, don’t we?”
Whoosh.
I caught sight of the PD’s gesture.
The first guest was finally about to make their entrance.
“Alright. We’ve gathered quite a diverse array of guests today. But what category do they fall under?”
Mingu Han asked, and Kim Tru answered.
“Ah. It’s a ‘Complete Transformation’ special.”
“…Complete Transformation? What’s that?”
“Ahhh~~~ You don’t know this?!”
As Hyeon-min started criticizing him for not knowing the trend, Mingu Han quickly moved the show along.
“Ah, anyway—Complete Transformation! Special! Let’s welcome our first guest. A graduate of Oriental Philosophy, the delightfully rebellious Lilzandi!”
Confucian girl’s rebellion lol
The script is pretty cringe lol
-Move over, Confucius! Lilzandi is Confucianism now!
“Hellooooo!”
Bang!
With such a refreshing stride from her entrance, the hosts erupted in applause and enthusiasm.
“Wow~! That fashion is absolutely chaotic~”
Mingu Han commented.
“Uh, oh wow my eyes are blinded, noona. Seriously, my eyes are just blinded….”
Fashion is just light… real light…lololol
lol my eyes are refreshed
-Blinding! Blinding! Eye-blinding!
Haha, that’s what hip-hop is. It’s gang culture, right?
Hyeon-min turned his gaze away, making a fuss.
That’s just how vivid Lilzandi’s fashion colors were.
The one who greeted her warmly was the female idol host, Serin.
She seemed to know Lilzandi, standing up to embrace her warmly.
“Noona! You’re so pretty! This neon color today!”
“Right? Oh, Serin really has an eye for it~!”
Mingu Han shook his head as if his eyes were offended and proceeded with the talk.
“But Lilzandi, what exactly is this ‘Complete Transformation’ thing?”
Kim Tru recited the script from beside him.
“From a prestigious university’s Oriental Philosophy department, Lilzandi was suddenly born as an anti-Confucian, anti-government lyrical hip-hop artist. That’s what we call a Complete Transformation!”
“Ah~”
Now Mingu Han understood the meaning.
Hahaha, philosophy major?
No lol why would education be good lol
-An identity no one could have imagined
I cannot provide a translation for “-ㄴㅇㄱ” as it does not form a meaningful word or phrase in Korean. These appear to be individual consonants without proper context or vowels to create a valid Korean word.
“Wow~ No wonder. The lyrics are really philosophical, aren’t they?”
Mingu Han chuckled and tossed the ball, and as always, Kim Tru threw it hard.
“Right? My butt’s got it. The boys in my neighborhood can’t even speak when they see me.”
Pfft.
Even Serin, who had hugged Lilzandi, couldn’t hold back her laughter and burst out.
Are you saying I’m not talking because the light is so bright? ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
hahahahaha lol
Hahahaha, what a mess hahahaha
Haha, did you guys cut off the boys in our neighborhood?? I thought they were hitting on me the whole time lol
The character itself is a laugh trigger, so the atmosphere is great.
‘That’s incredibly powerful….’
Even Juhyeok, who had been watching seriously, couldn’t help but chuckle. I’m getting worried.
After about ten minutes of talk about Lilzandi.
The next guest was called.
This time, he explained the reason from the start.
“This person also graduated from a prestigious university, right? He was an engineering student, but suddenly became an idol, and now he’s pivoting again to become an actor! Inho from Blossom!”
The chat’s reaction was significant.
It was incomparable to Lilzandi’s level.
-Waaaaa
-Oppa!
-Wow, so handsome today too
-Really cool
I’m crying over In-ho ㅠㅠㅠ
My baby ㅠㅠㅠㅠ
Countless chat messages that clearly showed idol fandom came pouring in.
‘…Impressive.’
Juhyeok bit his lip tightly.
“Hello! I’m Inho from Blossom!”
Not only was the reaction good when he appeared, but the chat stayed engaged throughout the conversation. He’s quite the talker.
Haha, you’re so good with words.
-Why does my boy speak so well too
Everyone, haha, hit it a lot! That’s how you get more volume!
Since he had a decent fanbase, the chat was naturally active.
And since the drama he appeared in this time was also trending, the related discussion got good reactions too.
Inho, nooo…
You must have had a hard time because of malicious comments.
-But Inho’s acting is really good, why are people suddenly exploding with inferiority complexes?
They’re looking down on idol actors lol, geez lol
“The opposing cast is really out of it. I wish I could be Inho’s girlfriend for just one day too ㅠ”
The on-site reaction was good, and the chat reaction was overwhelming.
And shortly after.
“Shall we call the next guest?”
“Yes. There are probably quite a few people who don’t know about this person.”
“But they’ve definitely made headlines. They even appeared in articles, right?”
“That’s right. They’re trending lately.”
Sanghyeon began to be introduced as the final guest.
“From archery prodigy to full-time employee of the major corporation Asung, and now a gaming streamer! A master of reinvention! Streamer Almond!”
Juhyeok watched the chat window with trembling anticipation.

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