Chapter 9.1

"Ah... That was exhausting!"

Lee Hyun-woo pushed open the front door with his trembling legs.

The fitness trainer was too passionate.

'Because of his incessant 'just once more, one more time!', I really had to exercise until I was about to die. Fuck. Does that mean I have to do this every day? It feels like there's darkness in front of my eyes. But I can't quit.'

Lee Hyeon-woo's resolve to change was sincere.

"Once I save some cash, I have to move."

The studio he lived in now was much too small.

It smelled musty, and on rainy days water would leak from the ceiling.

'The money I have now is 28 million won. No, since I just spent some at the gym, I've only got 22 million won at hand. It's not yet enough money to move.'

But Lee Hyun-woo no longer had to worry about money.

The more streamers he sponsored, the more money Lee Hyun-woo would earn.

"Then, let's get to work."

Hyunwoo Lee turned on the computer and sat down on his chair.

The process of accessing Korea TV, Visible Radios, and even the talk/cam rooms was very smooth.

'What I am looking for today is the tag of a nobleman on the stream title… but why are they all just obscure little kids?'

11 am.

Maybe because it was the daytime streaming times, there were no particular rooms that he was attracted to.

The strikingly pretty camgirls available already had a lot of viewers and did not tag their streams in search of a nobleman.

Scrolling down to the bottom of the page, he searched for the word 'nobleman' with Control F.

Search results came back with 6 people.

Three of them were men.

It was certainly a very ambiguous time for good streams to be on.

Most of the viewers were working during this time.

Also, unemployed people and building owners who did not have to work streamed a lot from evening to dawn.

So it was now a time when there were no viewers and no big shots.

So ambiguous streamers who were not confident in their skills (e.g. appearance-wise) might decide to try out streaming at such times.

Or, if their core fan base was solid enough, some of the streamers didn't even care at all what time of day it was and just streamed during the off-peak hours.

Both types were not the type Lee Hyun-woo was looking for.

"What should I do?"

First of all, it was certain that he would not have access to Korea TV on weekday mornings from tomorrow.

He had to do some personal training in the morning and so could only be active in the afternoons onwards.

'Anyway, now I have to decide what to do. Do I join an unknown streamer's room and directly become the president? Or do I go to the semi-major streamer's rooms and treat them?'

'What about the male cam room...?'

As soon as that thought popped up in his head, he immediately deleted it from his consciousness.

There were only two options left.

'Let's go with a semi-major streamer.'

Hyunwoo Lee had both money and a lot of it at that.

In fact, he didn't really want to approach a major streamer.

Compared to newbies, the big streamers would make drawing up a cash-back contract difficult.

But unfortunately, the other alternative was just not good enough.

'If it doesn't work after testing the waters, I'll go to another streamer's room.'

After all, the coins he had to shoot were infinite. There was nothing to be afraid of with regard to squandering his wealth.

[(New female streamer) SOS!! Wallpaper = 15%. Reverse fans are available, please help! HELP!]

Darling · 144 viewers

Among the major streamers online, he picked the prettiest person.

Darling happened to be a streamer that Lee Hyun-woo also knew.

'She's been streaming for what was it… almost 10 years now?'

To that extent, she was recognised as a streamer who had been in the game for a long time.

That's why, even though she had a core fan base, there are many incidents and accidents along the way.

However, Lee Hyeon-woo, who had not been very interested in female cams anyway, was unaware of these incidents and accidents.

'I'm not all that interested in their pasts. It's not like I'm dating this Darling, so what does it matter if there was a controversy or not? It's enough if she just looks good. But why is a 10-year-old streamer putting the (new female cam) add-on to her title?'

His head tilted in confusion.

However, it had nothing to do with Lee Hyun-woo. He resolutely entered Darling's room.

"Aww.... there's no chats and no one is shooting coins. Guys, this is so boring...."

'Can you call this situation… still water?'

Streamer Darling was sitting on an expensive cushioned chair with her legs raised and a bored expression on her face.

Compared to the hard work of newbies on their streams, she really lacked an ounce of enthusiasm.

Presumably, there was a passionate and fixed fan base that liked this kind of nonchalant attitude, so she was streaming like this.

However, the chat window was rather too calm in comparison to other newbies.

As much as the streamer had become stagnant water [T/N: People who've done the same thing for so long], it may also be because the core fans had also become stagnant water.

'Can you even call this… a long-term relationship?'

Beyond the realms of boredom, they became quite comfortable and used to each other.

Hyunwoo Lee decided to create a ripple in the calm lake.

[I-want-to-be-unemployed gifts 3 coins!]

[I-want-to-be-unemployed became the 401,401st fan club.]

Hyunwoo Lee shot 3 coins.

The fan club number was displayed in orange letters following that.

'A whopping 400,000th. As expected of a 10-year-old streamer, there are many people who have signed up as fans over the years.'

"Signed up as a fan! Bang! I-want-to-be-unemployed! Thank you."

In response, he received a very contrived and mechanical reaction.

Even so, he felt it was cute when it came out of the mouth of a pretty girl like Darling.

After all, she wasn't a major streamer for nothing.

[I-want-to-be-unemployed gifts 2 coins!]

Hyunwoo Lee shot some coins again. 2 this time.

Seeing that, Darling hurriedly put her foot down on the desk.

She was wearing only a cardigan with the front buttons undone over her bra, so her covered breasts could be seen waving.

"What's this? Are you trying to show off? Or are you just kidding? Say yes soon or I am going to pout!"

Korea TV had a culture of shooting 3, 2, 1 coins and then blowing a big shot of coins in one go.

Darling was looking at her chat window while talking.

By the 10th year of streaming, most of the nicknames of the big hands who shot a lot of coins could be remembered off of the top of her head.

However, there was no nickname in her memory that reminded her of the nickname 'unemployed'.

It was also the first time she even saw the ID displayed next to the nickname.

That's why it was hard for her to work out whether something really big was actually coming or not.

[I-want-to-be-unemployed gifts 1 coin!]

Hyunwoo Lee fired a coin once more.

And then there was a little waiting time.

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