Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 570

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 3 Episode 40
15. The Demian Association (1)
To gain traction on AllTube these days, monitoring community reactions is absolutely essential.
So naturally, Jia had known about it for quite some time.
[Did Almond really fall for it?]
[Wait, ten million won is way too much, right? How’s he gonna handle that lololol]
[Damn, we all got fooled together]
[Looks like some viewers fell for it too]
That Almond had been deceived.
“He really did fall for it.”
I honestly wondered if Almond was just pretending to be fooled.
Some streamers deliberately play along to create good broadcast moments.
But Almond wasn’t that type….
[For me! Running is! Murder!]
Almond suddenly started playing a game where he ran around like a madman.
As expected….
That’s when I felt it.
“He really did fall for it.”
Almond genuinely believed it was ten million won right now.
‘Sigh. What do I do?’
From here on, a different dilemma began.
Should I prioritize the AllTube content, or should I save Almond from this misunderstanding?
Honestly, this wasn’t even a choice worth deliberating over.
Even Almond would tell me to choose the former.
‘That’s not really the problem….’
Of course I had to capitalize on the AllTube content.
The problem was that the plan I’d laid out before they entered Gstar was completely falling apart.
‘I was going to upload them in chronological order.’
I’d planned to first create a summary video combining the entire Gstar tour, then highlight the super plays from the gameplay videos.
For that to work, the upload order was crucial….
The sequence I’d envisioned was ‘Tour → Gameplay → Gameplay → Awards Speech and Impressions’ in that order.
The gameplay videos could shift around, but naturally, the awards speech—the last event to occur—would be pushed back.
Since I worked alone, I usually planned out the video concepts in advance.
Of course, I’d already sketched out a rough storyboard for this one too.
But….
‘If I don’t do this now, it might be too late….’
Almond unexpectedly became the center of attention with the awards speech.
Because of this incident, I’d have to change the order.
The impact of the awards speech was currently enormous.
It was already all over community trending posts and issue threads.
In other words, the video is already circulating in clip form.
If I leave it as is, money will leak away like water.
If a fan account uploads it, at least OlTube will handle the revenue share.
But if it keeps circulating through the community like this and gets consumed, it might end up having no value at all.
All the novelty evaporates.
There’s no way the official channel could match this performance if I upload the video later.
“Ugh.”
Tap.
Jia made her decision and closed the storyboard notebook on her desk.
“Okay. Decision made.”
A moment later.
A Shorts video was uploaded to the channel.
[Shorts) Almond’s Award Speech “Auntie, add one more zero here”]
Jia had decided to handle the award speech quickly first.
Was it this quick thinking that made the difference?
The response was excellent.
[Views: 15,000]
[Views: 30,000]
[Views: 80,000]
[Views: 172,000]
.
.
.
The view count climbed steeply.
Jia’s lips curved upward in tandem.
‘It hurts to throw away the storyboard, but…’
Jia nodded to herself, satisfied.
After all, the storyboard exists to frame the video for success, doesn’t it?
If the streamer creates that frame for me and I don’t capitalize on it, I’m a fool.
‘Since it’s come to this, I might as well milk it for all it’s worth.’
She didn’t even bother checking the comments and moved straight to the next task.
She decided to slice up this award speech into multiple Shorts videos.
Not just one-minute Shorts, but chopped into segments ranging from as short as ten seconds to as long as forty seconds.
[Shorts) Almond’s Face Turns Red]
The scene where his face turned red went into this video.
[Shorts) Everything Went According to Almond’s Plan]
The scene where he insisted everything went exactly as planned went into that one.
Three Shorts videos came from a single award speech.
She’d created short cuts for each viewpoint where audiences could enjoy the content.
This approach performs really well on OlTube Shorts these days.
First, since I uploaded three videos instead of one, the chances of hitting the algorithm are tripled.
Even if just one hits, it pulls up the connected videos.
If I can make even one of the three go viral, all three end up going viral.
Now I just need to upload one long video that consolidates all these shorts.
“The title… hmm…”
Jia paused briefly to think about the title.
Since it was already a video that had become a major issue, she decided on a title that was as simple and safe as possible.

* * *
The Gstar schedule is divided into exactly two parts.
The first part is where participants become challengers and attempt challenges at various booths.
People who don’t attend Gstar in person, only hearing about it through word of mouth or watching broadcasts, think the first part is all there is to Gstar.
But truthfully, the second part also plays its own significant role.
It’s the time when all the money collected in the first part gets spent.
‘I guess I’m done for now.’
I stretched and stood up from my seat.
Once this second part begins, my manager’s workload drops significantly.
Managers usually keep an eye out for advertising contracts or new games at the booths.
But those booths essentially withdraw and transform into merchandise sales stands, leaving us hanging.
I decided to take some time to show off.
I pulled out several substantial advertising contracts from my document case and began arranging them prettily on the empty table.
“Ahem…”
After checking my surroundings for a moment, I took a photo with my camera.
Click.
Since these were contracts that needed to maintain mutual confidentiality, I wouldn’t post them on Runstagram.
[Juhyeok: Be careful with ads when editing~]
[Juhyeok: (photo)]
I was showing off to someone.
The target was rather obvious.
[Jia: Wow!]
I had sent the photo to Jia.
Joo Hyuk: Haha, did I sweep it all away?
[Jia: You really are amazing]
Jia sent praise stickers and emojis, expressing her delight.
Gia: I’m gonna put up a ton of paid ad banners for a while lol
[Juhyeok: One of these is a model ad]
Jia was surprised at the mention of a model ad that wouldn’t require a separate video upload.
It’s not the typical ‘homework-style’ advertisement, but genuinely pure media advertising.
It’s an uncommon type for streamers.
Only a handful of top-tier streamers receive offers like this.
[Jia: What?]
[Jia: That’s insane lol]
[Jia: Hodu really is amazing…!]
I chuckle as I watch Jia’s chat flooded with praise stickers.
[Me: Nah. This was more like a coordinated effort with Almond, you know?]
[Jia: Oh. So you got it through a direct confrontation.]
Wait, what is she talking about?
[Me: That can’t be;;;]
I send a sweating duck emoticon, and Jia bursts out laughing.
[Gia: hahahahahahahaha]
It’s an emoticon she’s particularly fond of.
More precisely, she seems to love the situations where I end up using this duck.
[Me: It’s a long story to explain. But something like that happened. We basically botched one of the booths.]
[Jia: Give me praise too. (link)]
Jia takes her turn to show off.
She displays the view count of the video she uploaded this time.
[Me: Oh, let me check it out.]
I click on the link and take a look.
[Shorts) Almond’s Award Speech “Auntie, add one more zero here”]
[Shorts) Almond’s Face Turning Red]
[Shorts) Everything Going According to Plan—Almond]
There are three shorts videos in total.
[Self-Esteem, Study Motivation, Passion Boost! The Legendary Touching Award Speech from Almond That’s Causing a Stir Right Now]
And there’s one longer video, about 15 minutes in length.
It’s probably videos made from the award speech that became a hot topic this time.
‘Similar content, but the titles target completely different audiences.’
At a glance, I could tell how well she understood the platform.
For shorts videos that need more sensationalism, she wrote the titles in an inverted pyramid style, partially spoiling the results.
For regular videos that her fans mostly watch, she crafted witty titles that fit Almond’s channel.
Most notably, she prioritized editing the award speech that’s currently trending over the previous games.
[Me: You’re starting from the back?]
[Jia: That’s industry know-how~]
I chuckle.
Just as I thought—it was a calculated strategy.
Is that why?
#Trending Video Rank 17
The video Jia uploaded had climbed to an incredible ranking in a short amount of time.

* * *
Videos produced in shorts format could easily gain views, but they couldn’t climb the rankings.
Only longer official channel videos could currently rise in the rankings.
However, that didn’t mean the shorts videos lacked views or engagement.
It was quite the opposite.
[Shorts) Almond’s Award Speech “Auntie, add one more zero here”]
-Wait, I thought this was clickbait from the title, but why is this?
You’re missing one ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Is this really an acceptance speech???
-Oh no
People who don’t know the context of what happened before and after would think this makes absolutely no sense lol
Those are the people we saw over there lol
└I was actually there and I was genuinely startled
The shorts video was accumulating numerous comments and generating solid view counts.
The same applied to videos beyond this leading one.
[Shorts) Almond’s Face Turning Red]
Why are you so red? lol
-This guy… he actually knows how to feel embarrassed?
I’m not sure what you’re asking for.
Haha, Blastoise is so cute!
-Does anyone know what situation this is?
└Here’s the original video link
[Shorts) Almond: Everything’s Going According to Plan]
It’s just a plan, ugh ㅠㅠ
Haha, they’re gritting their teeth and saying it’s going according to plan.
-Hanna: Agent?! How many plans is this?
└Almond: C8
hahahahahahahaha
ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ (lol lol lol lol lol)
-Why is he gritting his teeth like that??
└Original video link here
All the videos interconnected with each other, and the view count began climbing steeply.
In fact, it was no different from saying these videos were responsible for the original video’s rising ranking.
The approximately 15-minute original video contained everything that caused the situations shown in the shorts.
Only by watching this video could the situation be fully understood.
Ah, that’s why ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
Lol the players were so bad ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
So that’s the story behind it… hahahaha
So the strategy was to draw attention with shorts showing provocative results.
And funnel shorts viewers to the original video.
Normally, viewers would infer the appeal of a 15-minute video just from its title and click on it.
In this strategy, I could utilize every point—’the reddened Almond,’ ‘the stubborn Almond,’ ‘the Almond demanding one more zero’—as a draw to bring in viewers.
To use a restaurant analogy, it’s like being able to hang multiple storefronts depending on the menu.
-Came to see the new gochujang Almond product
-His face only turned red and didn’t darken—that’s world-class mental fortitude
If it were me, I’d run away lolol
Some people came specifically to see Almond’s face turn red.
I’m curious what kind of story there is behind why an acceptance speech asking for one more zero came out lol
Others came wondering why he said he was short one zero.
-Enjoyed watching Plan C8~
And some came to see where Almond’s plan started from.
Beyond that, countless people rushed over to watch the video currently trending in the community.
-Ah, I want to be fooled by Almond too! I want to be tricked!!
└You want to be fooled, right? Eat… wait, that’s not it?
Hahahahaha
No, even the title is about us ㅋㅋㅋ Study motivation, touching award speech ㅋㅋㅋ
└It is study motivation though? If you’d only watched “A Lucky Day” in Korean class you wouldn’t have been fooled
lol
-Hey guys, shouldn’t we say thanks to Yukino07~?
└Thanks Yukino07!
└Thanks, the greatest Kino!
└As expected, for big jobs it’s anime profile pictures…!
With all these people converging on a single video, the firepower generated in such a short time was tremendous.
The plan had worked perfectly.
#Trending Video Right Now Rank 9
Watching the video safely land within the top 10.
“Woohoo!”
Jia cheered for herself and collapsed onto her bed.
Thump.
She just wanted to rest for a moment.
But she couldn’t rest for long.
As the structure of this world dictates, when you receive too much attention, side effects naturally emerge.
[Serious) Analysis: Is there a problem with the points Almond received at the final challenge booth??]
A post from some community began spreading gradually.
I had a feeling something was off about 10,000 points not making sense.
-??Then shouldn’t this be cancelled?
What’s that supposed to mean lol, it’s just how the system works normally
└Does it make sense to win the championship by getting that many points from just one booth?
└Isn’t it the booth’s fault for being set up that way?

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