Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 434

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 2 Episode 154
54. The Grand Banquet (2)
The Streamer Garden on Community Garden.
It was a community channel where you could discuss all sorts of streamers.
[Who’s getting the award this time?]
[Cutie Pie was in the award nominees again]
[Ooh the awards ceremony is starting lol]
[Posting the awards ceremony broadcast link]
If the Sibul community’s peak season was the international competition, this place’s peak season was undoubtedly right now.
Unless some major streamer caused a particularly serious scandal, that is.
[Welcome to the Domestic Witch Hunters’ Garden]
[The Witch Hunters’ Garden]
[Who are we lynching on the broadcast today lol]
That’s right.
They did discuss streamers, but most of it concerned scandals and incidents.
That’s why other communities called them witch hunters.
The first person they put on the execution block this season was….
[There shouldn’t be another award winner like Cutie Pie this year]
[Look at the viewer count that just crashed lol]
Last year’s award winner, the radiant Cutie Pie.
Given the nature of broadcast industry awards, public opinion always played a significant role.
But this one in particular had a lot of controversy.
-No seriously, if you allow duplicate voting, doesn’t that just mean whoever has the most obsessive fans wins?
-You have to exclude the celebrity hype
-Where else would the people who bulk-bought albums go lol come on
[The celebrity buff clearly inflated them and they dropped just as fast lol why give them the award?
-I hope all Tribi executives bought Bitcoin at the peak, just like giving Cutie Pie the award ^^
When people who had been active in the entertainment industry crossed over to streaming, there was something called the “celebrity buff.”
Put nicely, it was a buff. Put harshly, it was a bubble. It popped quickly.
The public opinion was that Cutie Pie had received the award before that celebrity bubble burst….
That wasn’t all.
[Cutie Pie and Muffin were in a love triangle with someone and the whole group just fell apart]
[They came to streaming because of the conflict in the first place.]
[Partishe is done… I loved you! Damn!]
[Check out what was posted on Double Trouble]
Numerous rumors of discord and disbandment circulated.
When Almond had previously claimed the number one spot in the social and political category.
A Double Trouble video targeting Cutie Pie had been in second place, receiving massive attention.
However─
“Waaaaaaaaaah!”
“This is insane! Sisters, assemble!”
“Muffin! Muffin! Muffin!”
“Cutie Pie! I love youuuu!”
Now, having returned to full strength, I was delivering a flawless performance.
And I was doing it on the awards ceremony stage of Trivia, where Cutie Pie herself was active.
“Hah. They really picked something entertaining.”
Team Leader Sohee Oh, watching from above, observed the scene.
Her expression wasn’t particularly pleased. She had attempted to draw sensational attention by leveraging the discord rumors.
But when Department Manager Jang inserted himself into the negotiations for securing Partishe, things solidified into a win-win arrangement.
‘Well… it doesn’t matter.’
A rare return to full strength.
This would generate an effect just as powerful as detonating a discord bomb.
It was truly a proper win-win situation.
‘If we hadn’t gone the win-win route, Partishe wouldn’t have come anyway.’
Sohee Oh clicked her tongue, disappointed that the picture she’d envisioned wasn’t unfolding as planned.
Then she glanced at the staff member beside her.
“Did the award list come out?”
Team Leader Sohee Oh moved on to the next matter.
“Ah, yes. But…”
“But what.”
“Shouldn’t we avoid opening it…? The executives said it looks better if the staff doesn’t know… during the executive meeting…”
Thud.
Sohee Oh slammed the desk.
“Hey. Do you follow everything the executives tell you to do~~ ? If they tell you to tie your necktie at a specific angle, you’ll do it exactly? Because it looks better?”
“…Here it is.”
The staff member stepped aside from the computer without complaint.
“Looking good doesn’t matter… if we mess up and make a mistake, we’re done for.”
Sohee Oh frowned and opened the file.
“Well, anyway, we basically already knew… everything…”
But the results displayed before her were entirely different from what she’d anticipated.
“…What?”

* * *
Being a streamer meant dealing with many people, yet ironically, it was a profession where you rarely met anyone in person.
That’s why this year-end awards ceremony wasn’t simply a place to receive an award and leave.
It was a chance to come out after a long time, exchange words with other streamers, share industry information, and naturally raise glasses together.
In a place like this, who you talked to and who you drank with….
In short, a streamer’s future could be determined by who they met here.
That’s why I couldn’t fault ambitious streamers for clinging a bit too eagerly, even if it seemed excessive.
‘I’m fortunate to be moving around with Takoyaki and Kkeom….’
I didn’t harbor any particular ambitions at this event.
I preferred to simply take care of people I was already connected with, but mostly I just hoped I wouldn’t look like an outcast.
After all, I hadn’t been in this industry for very long.
So─
“Streamers! If you head up to the second-floor terrace, you’ll be able to watch the live performance right away!”
When the staff appeared and announced that there were prime seats for the live performance.
I headed upward with Takoyaki.
“Wow, the second floor? We can watch from there?”
“Ah…! We’ll have a perfect view from there!”
“Man. Is all this planned out?”
Rumble.
The second-floor terrace of the banquet hall quickly became packed with people.
Pitter-patter!
Almond and Takoyaki, who moved quickly enough to claim the front positions.
“Wow. Mond. Your physicality really stands out in person too?”
“Ha ha….”
We had a clear view of Cutie Pie and Partishe’s entrance.
Takoyaki, apparently already a fan of Partishe, made a fuss.
“Watch carefully. This will be the most spectacular entrance in streamer history. Ahahaha!”
Despite the exaggerated tone, it didn’t seem like an exaggeration.
I nodded in agreement.
“It’s certainly impressive.”
I even found myself thinking—should I have made my entrance while shooting an arrow at Greentea or something….
It was an entrance that made everyone feel slightly intimidated.
This is why idols are idols.
Stars are stars.
Their presence is overwhelming.
Especially when they’re on stage.
‘So this is the weapon Cutie Pie possesses….’
This was her weapon as a streamer.
My weapons were my superior physicality and my background of having dreamed of joining the national archery team.
Cutie Pie’s weapon was the ability to shine on a stage like this.
“Hey, don’t think of this as a streamer event. Just enjoy it like you’re watching an idol concert.”
Balloon Gum squeezed through the crowd and inserted his comment at some point.
He was holding an ice cream cone that was nearly as large as his own face.
“Oh, Kkeom. You managed to get in here with that physique?”
“When people see me, they just move aside a bit. I’m small, you know. A small person should be up front.”
“….”
A somewhat melancholic silence passed.
“I knew Partishe was invited, but I didn’t expect her to make an entrance like this. Honestly, I thought Cutie Pie wouldn’t even come.”
“Huh? You knew Partishe was invited?”
“Well… I just heard about it.”
Balloon Gum gestured to his ear as he spoke.
“I’ve been doing this for a long time, you know. I hear a lot of things. It’s just that I don’t like to talk about them….”
Balloon Gum trailed off and turned his gaze toward Almond.
“Mond, you need to keep your head on straight today.”
“…?”
Sanghyeon looked at him with eyes that asked, “Me?”
What was he talking about?
“When you rise too quickly… you create jealous people.”
“Ah….”
“If you go up on that podium multiple times, sometimes you slip up because you run out of things to say. Be careful about that.”
“Understood.”
Up until this moment, I thought I was only winning the Rookie of the Year and Best Couple awards.
That’s what I believed.
“Ah, by the way. Since we’re talking about awards? Who’s winning the Grand Prize this year?”
“It has to be Zello.”
“This year was definitely Zello’s year. Oh! And it’s Almond’s year too!”
Takoyaki casually bumped Almond’s shoulder and hyped him up.
“…It’s just the Rookie of the Year award, though.”
“Why are you talking like you’ve already won the Rookie of the Year?”
“Didn’t you just spoil it?”
“Ah, that’s true.”
“This guy only has good instincts at times like these.”
Puhaha.
Balloon Gum and Takoyaki laughed.
Sanghyeon laughed along with them, letting out a hehe.
My mouth was smiling.
But my eyes gazed seriously down at the red carpet.
‘I was a frog in a well.’
Coming here today made me realize it more clearly.
A frog in a well.
I feel anew just how trite this expression has become, how frequently it appears in human affairs.
I realize it again.
When I won the middle school championship but only took bronze at the high school tournament.
When I went to the domestic championship.
When I went to Aseng.
And even now….
Sanghyeon feels it once more.
A greater world has always been waiting for me. I simply haven’t set foot there yet.
‘Perhaps….’
Such thoughts even cross my mind.
‘Should I have approached people more aggressively?’
Should I have met someone other than Taco and Balloon Gum, people I already knew?
Is that how I step into a greater world?
“Waaaaahhhhh!!!”
“You’re so beautiful!”
“I love you!”
The music stops, and the venue fills only with cheers.
Partishe’s performance has ended.
Five women maintain their pose, breathing lightly.
They started at the red carpet entrance, but by the end, they’re right in front of the photo wall.
They danced while walking the entire carpet.
“Ah! That was truly amazing!”
Greentea shouts almost desperately.
Pickle also comes forward and thrusts the microphone toward them.
“L-ladies! Could we get a quick interview?”
But Partishe’s members step backward.
Only Greentea’s voice echoes.
“What? Why? Oh. You said you’d do the interview after the performance… Wait. Could you just say a few words?”
Muffin, the leader, reluctantly takes the microphone.
“Ah… haha. We’re supposed to do interviews after the performance… Ah, thank you to all the Trivy staff and fans for having us here. We’ll now give our best performance on the main stage inside!”
It seems the real performance will take place on the stage inside.
“Ah. So there’s an official performance too? This was just the entrance performance!”
“Yes. That’s right! We can’t just do one song and leave, right?”
“Wow… that’s amazing!”
“Oh, thank you! Jesus! Buddha!”
Pickle, who also loves Partishe, even shouts a prayer toward the heavens.
Laughter spreads through the crowd, and the live chat also reacts with amusement.
-Hahaha
Hahahaha crazy haha
-Fact) Pickle is a famous atheist.
-Info: Pickle is Muslim
-Pickle faction lol
After Partishe passed by like that.
The streamers also re-entered the venue, and most of them had crossed the red carpet and arrived at the awards ceremony hall, creating an atmosphere as if the main event was about to begin.
“But why isn’t Zelo coming?”
“Traffic must be backed up~”
Takoyaki found it strange that Zelo, the most likely candidate for the grand prize, wasn’t visible, but Balloon Gum just accepted it.
Sanghyeon wandered around looking for Juhyeok and Jia, who had separated earlier.
“Oh.”
Juhyeok and Jia were talking with someone.
They seemed awkward at first, but now they were earnestly conversing with someone in this unfamiliar place.
‘He really does blend in well.’
I thought Juhyeok was the type to converse smoothly even among strangers.
But this person wasn’t a stranger.
The face looked familiar.
‘Department Manager Jang?’
It was Department Manager Jang.
What was he doing here?
Sanghyeon approached, puzzled since he didn’t know the situation.
“Ah! Sanghyeon!”
Department Manager Jang greeted him warmly.
“Ah. Thank you for your help last time, Department Manager Jang.”
Sanghyeon mentioned the time Department Manager Jang had helped him. There was an occasion when he’d borrowed his connections while preparing for a fan meeting.
“Ah. That was nothing to thank me for. Haha! Those guys could’ve been found on job sites anyway, right?”
Of course, he was joking.
The personnel he’d introduced were high-level specialists in the industry.
“Ah, well, if you really want to thank me… just appear on my program one more time.”
“…Yes?”
It wasn’t that I was troubled by the request.
Department Manager Jang’s program was a major channel, so why was he asking me to appear on it instead?
“Well… I’m not sure if it’ll be a major channel or not. But I’m planning something separately? I’m thinking of gathering streamers and celebrities together somehow…”
“Ah. Yes. Of course. Just call me.”
Department Manager Jang’s eyes sparkled with gratitude.
“Oh my. Thank you, Almond. I’ll make sure to take care of your on-screen presence. Eh? Ahahaha!”
‘?’
Sanghyeon didn’t know.
That the “on-screen presence” Department Manager Jang mentioned was referring to this awards ceremony right now.
After all, he hadn’t been told that Department Manager Jang was the overall director here.
As mentioned, a streamer’s future could sometimes be determined by who they met at a place like this.

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