Please Do Your Debauchery After You Die - Chapter 148

Episode 148: The Fish I’ve Caught

It’s been about two months since the Virtual panel of Pangea TV started.

It can’t yet be said to have firmly established itself.

This can be seen from the viewer numbers in the virtual category following the conclusion of the Ugaidol Audition.

The time slot when Prika, influenced by Sayoh, streams is bearable, but aside from such cases, the current state of the category is serious, failing to break through the 3,000 viewer barrier even during prime time.

Even the Buttpicking Viewers couldn’t decide on a main base, watching alongside other broadcasts from LebitTV, and the upper flows have lost all interest.

The virtual stagnation of November, which has fallen sharply since the end of the Ugaidol Audition.

While (former) Lena Universe, Decrescendo, Pocotin, and V-Live have had some activity in their own way, the reality is that even group streaming content barely reaches the early to mid-four digits in viewership.

A crisis struck the Pangea TV Virtual panel for the first time.

At this moment, Lena World and Poco Server emerged unexpectedly.

Could the two Minecraft servers become a breakthrough for the virtual streamers?

Unfortunately, Poco Server completely flopped.

Not only did it waste money, but it also shook the loyal fandoms, highlighting the incompetence of the organizers, which negatively affected the image of the Poco streamers.

In the end, the only hope left for the Buttpicking Viewers was Lena World.

If this also fails, then a dark age truly descends upon the Pangea TV Virtual panel.

Vtopia is still in audition mode, and Prika has been preoccupied with internal management since the Na-roshi incident.

Could this urgency have made a difference?

Lena World slowly began to rise, based on the early efforts of the V-Live Crew and Apple Mong.

In particular, Apple Mong’s role was crucial.

She not only crafted various stories with the Hakkos but also brought in partner streamers she was familiar with through her connections.

Mist, Mr. Haisuya, Dananyang, AE Gyo Zero, and so on.

Thanks to this, Lena World was able to effectively prepare for its breakout.

And the catalyst was the big company streamer Kim Hak-do, who was the first to join the server.

That day, the Minecraft category surpassed 50,000 in viewership, showcasing the potential to approach the mainstream.

The Buttpicking Viewers rejoiced.

However, that joy was soon halved.

While everyone united in the face of crisis, once that passed, they realized:

Wait?

I haven’t even established my main base in Lena World, have I?

Lena World was hastily set up for the (former) Lena Universe members, with the server’s maximum capacity itself not being large.

At most, around 60 to 70 people?

As a result, the established dynamic naturally split into viewers of streamers who entered Lena World and those who did not.

The virtual streamers of Lena World, gradually gaining attention and rising upward.

Conversely, those unable to enter the server saw even the little bit of interest they had disappear, falling into a worse situation.

That’s when conflicts began among the Buttpicking Viewers.

The pampered virtuals in Lena World and the starving virtuals outside the server.

They began to look at each other with suspicion.

However, the latter group of Buttpicking Viewers lacked a focal point.

Their respective main bases were quite Hakkoh-like, and there were no contents that could bind them together like Lena World.

So they quietly latched onto Vtopia.

Looking at Yuseona’s ambitious blueprint, it seemed like they would stir things up in the virtual panel. Wouldn’t there be good opportunities if they showcased themselves well in advance?

Thus, the virtual panel was unstable and chaotic.

Suddenly, an announcement for additional member auditions for Prika from Sayoh popped up.

This was truly a ray of light for the Hakkoh virtuals wandering in darkness.

What kind of crew is Prika?

Of course, compared to its early days, its status had significantly declined.

Since the Na-roshi incident broke out when the crew was formed and it was time to run things properly, everything came to a standstill.

All uploaded YouTube videos were erased, and the projects that had been actively filmed and recorded were lost without a trace.

Because all the footage with Na-roshi had to be removed.

Naturally, their schedules and planned events were thrown into disarray.

Moreover, there was great internal confusion among the fandom, and viewers began to leave.

While they struggled to patch up such internal issues, how had the world changed?

The Decrescendo Crew had made significant strides, earning derision as successful candidates who couldn’t even make money compared to those who were eliminated in the auditions.

Nonetheless, Prika remained a mountain that Hakkohs could never surpass.

In the Pangea TV virtual panel, filled with poor quality avatars, the successful candidates for auditions were equipped with good equipment, gaining visibility through Sayoh’s influence, even among major company streamers.

Is that all?

Thanks to the fandom created through the Ugaidol Audition and the fans of Sayoh present during their broadcasts, they were achieving an average viewership of around 400 to 500 without having to do any special content.

To Hakkoh virtuals barely hitting 20 to 30 viewers, this was an inconceivable existence.

Yet, they announced they would be recruiting additional members for such a Prika.

Even selecting just one, the competition will be beyond imagination, but if they win, it would be like riding a flower palanquin.

Although they have been mocked for falling behind Decrescendo, even the Prika members received 150,000 Candy each last month.

Applying the exchange rate for typical streamers, that’s almost 10 million won.

Where would a woman in her early to mid-twenties find such money?

Moreover, considering it’s not a one-time thing, but rather a continuous income…

Hakkoh streamers and their fandoms couldn’t help but get excited and apply for the audition.

Thinking about it, they didn’t necessarily have to aim for just winning.

Consider the example of the Decrescendo Crew.

Even though they were eliminated, weren’t they doing better than Prika as popular picks for the auditions?

Just participating would be an opportunity in itself.

“Will history flow the same way this time?”

I smirked as I read Sayoh’s announcement.

Prika’s additional member auditions.

While not as grand as the Ugaidol Audition, it was still quite a popular content.

In fact, more famous than the success of the audition was Sayoh’s foresight.

During the Ugaidol Audition, she had an uncanny eye for picking who would become popular while choosing those who would cause trouble.

This was the same for the additional member auditions.

Following this, the winner, ‘Blurbing,’ would stir up a huge issue while performing a switching.

At this point, one has to wonder whether Sayoh really has something to her.

Should I seriously consider visiting a fortune teller…?

The laughs don’t stop with Blurbing’s switching.

There were the eliminated participants in the process of making Blurbing the winner.

Among them were ‘Ihana’ and ‘Amun,’ who later attempted other external auditions and successfully joined!

They ended up becoming virtuals of a much larger caliber than Prika, thriving remarkably.

Once again, a case proving that Sayoh’s foresight is legendary.

“Our Sayoh should just focus on her main job.”

It’s a shame that such a talented person keeps scoring self-goals in this manner.

Yet, despite that sympathy, I had no intention of providing advice for making the right choices.

If I did that, and Prika’s caliber were to rise beyond what it was before, our crew would have a smaller share of the virtual pie.

Yeah. Let’s just let Sayoh keep making mistakes.

I erased Sayoh from my mind without hesitation.

After all, the additional member auditions for Prika are more of a celebration for virtual streamers who can’t enter Lena World… and their viewers.

I’ll concentrate on this side.

I was already timing things for a crucial problem since yesterday.

What problem, you ask? It was simple.

It was about what to do with the streamer Mr. Young-jun, with whom I had my very first collaboration.

A fossil-like figure who started broadcasting back in 2007.

However, due to various incidents and having no suitable opportunities, he had been barely maintaining three-digit viewers as a Named Hakkoh.

The content that helped transform such Mr. Young-jun into a ‘mid-tier’ streamer was indeed Minecraft.

Lena World, which made him hit an all-time high of ten thousand viewers, achieving entry into the Candy 1 Million Club and creating a myth of success without any trickle-down from big company streamers.

In fact, while Lena World played an enormous role in establishing the Pangea TV virtual panel, the biggest beneficiaries were not the virtuals, but two human streamers.

Specifically, Mr. Oh-ha, who had jumped from being a Hakkoh to a mid-tier, and Mr. Young-jun, who shed the Named Hakkoh label.

Knowing the success of those two, I had been diligently working on building rapport with them for a while.

“Mr. Young-jun moved in on the same day as Kim Hak-do, but this is really…”

So yesterday, I was quite troubled.

Should I go meet Mr. Young-jun or watch a bit longer?

The fact that Mr. Young-jun could write an unprecedented success myth in Lena World was not only due to his own capabilities but also because of the support of Mu-yo, who had been there from the beginning to help him in every way.

Teaching him everything from A to Z as a Minecraft novice, he looked after him who was left alone after moving in on the same day as Kim Hak-do until the end.

Moreover, their chemistry fit together incredibly well beyond imagination.

It was because of this that both were able to reach ten thousand viewers without the trickle-down from big company streamers.

“But what if intervening from the start distorts the original history?”

If I bought Mr. Young-jun’s coin at a low point and the results turn out poorly, it would indeed be a substantial loss.

So yesterday, I merely stayed back quietly and observed from afar.

Letting things flow according to the original history.

“But I can’t leave it unchecked. I need to build rapport with the Akatsuki fandom.”

Later, Akatsuki would become known as the most successful company in Lena World.

They wrote a success myth claiming they could achieve it even without a big company streamer.

The impact was so great that a group with a concept and name imitating it emerged later in a large Minecraft server held at LebitTV.

If I could build rapport with the Akatsuki fandom, this would truly be a profitable transaction.

“Alright. Let’s go.”

I set off to check the status of the fish I’ve caught.