Please Do Your Debauchery After You Die - Chapter 218

Episode 218: Amazing Fact

“Finally, the highlight of today’s performance! It’s time for our proud CEO Elsa from Rissle Company. Let’s welcome her to the stage with applause and cheers!”

“Wahhhh!”

Clap clap clap-!

The applause didn’t stop there.

As I gave a hint, Mayo and Han A-yeon, who had been prepared, quickly waited on either side of the stage and set off fireworks.

Bang, bang! Beautiful sparks erupted into the air, brilliantly celebrating Elsa’s entrance.

Moreover, the front row of the audience was occupied by our company members.

It was impossible not to notice their enthusiastic cheers.

As expected, Kim Hak-do, who was hosting, smiled with great satisfaction and mentioned us.

“Wow, the response from the V-Live Company is simply amazing. I’d almost want to provide a prize for their support. By the way, I heard that all members of the company are attending today? Please let me know when V-Live Company holds similar performances. I won’t forget to attend.”

“Ah! All the streamers and viewers present here just heard that. No backing out, Chairman Kim Hak-do.”

“Yes, yes. I’m the type to keep my word. Get in touch with me.”

Wow! That was a truly nice opportunity.

I thought there would be a day when our efforts would pay off, but this kind of luck was unexpected.

Anyway, it was a positive turn of events.

Having a big company streamer present for any content would certainly create buzz and provide significant support.

‘Finally, I’m feeling a little refreshed.’

I watched CEO Elsa’s stage with a satisfied smile.

I had come to heal but encountered Bluebee, and my mood had dipped significantly until just now.

For me, Bluebee was like a thorn lodged under my nail.

If he wasn’t in my line of sight, I could somewhat ignore him, but facing him head-on triggered my pre-return trauma.

The voice of Bluebee casually commanding Lucy like a maid.

In truth, the world doesn’t clearly divide into ‘good’ and ‘evil.’

Rather, emotions and definitions towards others change according to individual interests.

Before my return, Bluebee was undoubtedly a successful streamer.

He had widely promoted the virtual crew V-melody, and more importantly, he was among the top-tier Pangea TV virtual streamers.

But because of that, I began to dislike Bluebee even more.

While most of our crew members were playing with fewer than 200 viewers, was it fair that he alone achieved such great success?

Viewers who have watched streams would somewhat empathize with this.

Basically, being in a crew means rotating through live broadcasts and frequently collaborating, sharing a portion of viewers.

But what’s the reality?

The viewers knew implicitly.

The relationship between Bluebee and the other crew members was more business and hierarchical than collegial.

So, I didn’t even feel the need to watch the broadcasts of other crew members.

‘He used the crew members conveniently for his own success.’

I realized this through a few experiences.

Winning an unexpected major song competition.

It was Bluebee who took over for a flustered Lucy against the influx of viewers.

He suddenly barged in through Discord and spoke as if Lucy’s victory was his own.

Then he skillfully persuaded Lucy, making her end her stream first.

Overwhelmed by the sudden influx, Lucy, who had never encountered such viewers in her streaming career, innocently thanked Bluebee as if he was helping her out and ended her stream.

It was Bluebee who absorbed even a slight portion of those viewers.

In a way, that was a remarkable talent.

He wasn’t the main party but appeared as a crew member to seize the attention.

The problem, however, was that such incidents were not isolated occurrences but rather similar events happened to other crew members, too.

That was the reason I viewed Bluebee as the epitome of evil before my return.

Adding to that was the frustrating aspect that Bluebee was such a master of image-making that outsiders had no idea about his sinister nature.

Every time I wrote a post on the Pangea forum, I felt like I was the only fool.

In fact, there were many Bluebee fans on the Pangea forum, so it was likely that they were aware of the ‘truth’ but still chose not to agree.

In any case, they were crew members, and it might have been best for them that Bluebee was doing well.

‘Is there no way to strip off that mask? Or to reveal his hidden identity…?’

If that were possible, it would feel exhilarating, like clearing a clogged throat from a sweet potato.

As the performance was coming to an end, I let my mind wander and pondered.

To extract information, a close acquaintance would be ideal.

But who could have been close to Bluebee?

“Ah! That person exists.”

“Hmm? Who?”

“Uh… never mind, just a moment.”

I ignored Mayo, who tilted her head, and applauded internally.

I felt like a fool for not remembering that person sooner.

‘Yeah, there was someone who always stuck to him like a gum.’

A streamer who was called Bluebee’s right-hand man in V-melody before my return.

Shall I reveal an astonishing fact?

The virtual crew V-melody consisted of a total of five members.

***

Seo-Ah’s Pouch thought deeply.

How much candy should I sponsor in tomorrow’s landmark building funding to appropriately maintain a proper ‘line’?

It has been eight years since he started watching streams.

He had seen countless streamers in that time.

‘Everyone was great at first. But money changes people.’

As the duration of watching broadcasts increased, one inevitably becomes familiar with the streamer.

In addition, driven by goodwill, the sponsorship of candies also gradually increased.

The problem is that when ‘money’ is involved, the initial relationship can mutate in any direction.

And that direction was mostly negative.

‘It’s quite common for contact to happen behind the scenes.’

When he first experienced it, he was truly shocked.

The image shown in the broadcast was genuinely pure and innocent, and even the jokes related to romance were ignored with a sharp demeanor.

But it turned out that the streamer was secretly sharing her KakaoTalk ID with d*e-hard fans for ‘management.’

In fact, given the sentiment on Pangea TV, having a KakaoTalk ID wouldn’t cause significant issues.

In female streamers’ broadcasts, it’s quite common for hosts to use their KakaoTalk IDs as sponsorship perks.

In fact, such occurrences are prevalent in any platform when it comes to female streamers.

The issue lies in the fact that the broadcaster pretended not to be that way while maintaining that image, all while engaging in such behaviors behind the scenes.

Seo-Ah’s Pouch could confirm that duality of people’s nature that he experienced in reality within the streaming community as well.

‘It’s no different here. Or perhaps it was foolishly hopeful of me to expect differently?’

The suggestion of contact behind the scenes felt like cuteness.

Over the past eight years, Seo-Ah’s Pouch had experienced a lot in the streaming community.

Initially, there was a cool character who became addicted to candy sponsorship; after taking only a few weeks off from streaming, they stalked him with messages and comments across various broadcasts, begging him to come back.

It might be hard to believe, but there were streamers who transformed into stalkers entirely.

On the female streamer side, there were cases where behind-the-scenes contact led to discussions about ‘hospitality.’

As the sponsorship amounts piled up, the transformation of streamers, as if it had been promised, became a relentless dilemma for Seo-Ah’s Pouch.

As the broadcast chairman, he had his pride, but he couldn’t avoid sponsoring.

Yet if he kept sponsoring, the streamer would be drowning in the magic of ‘money,’ losing their initial self, and that was maddening.

Of course, Seo-Ah’s Pouch understood too.

In a capitalist society, no one could remain indifferent when ‘money’ is involved.

Perhaps such changes were natural.

However, at some point, the attitude of taking sponsorships for granted led to profound disappointment for Seo-Ah’s Pouch.

Sponsorship should be a crossing of fans’ affection for the streamer and a sense of gratitude towards fans.

Initially, the joy of pure happiness from sponsoring just 100 units vanished, replaced by a mechanical thank-you for 1,000 units.

‘In the end, doesn’t Seo-Ah feel the same way?’

Such doubts led to contemplation about tomorrow’s landmark building funding.

Would he end up taking a long hiatus, being distracted by the overseas trips—one of the female traits—if he earned a lot of money this month?

By now, the sponsorship of around 100 units had become so common that the gratitude towards sponsors might dull.

Or perhaps, indulging in the sweet capitalist taste at a relatively young age could lead to a transformation into a broadcast style demanding ‘give me money!’

The patterns Seo-Ah’s Pouch had experienced countless times over the past eight years.

And yet, a trace of hope still lingered.

Could Seo-Ah, who has shown an extraordinary trajectory since her debut, be any different?

It was a day filled with deep contemplation.