I May Be a Virtual Youtuber, but I Still Go to Work - Chapter 71.2

Four hours later.  

[When the server closes at six, the control room will also close. It will reopen when the server opens again tomorrow, so please look forward to the activities of tomorrow’s boss, Maru, Dora who joined late today, and the soon-to-join Rain and Komari. Thank you for today.]  

– Thanks for your hard work.  

– Jaba jaba~  

– Jaba~  

ᅳ Whaaa I thought the hidden job might be revealed today.

– But looking at the speed, it seems like it might come out tomorrow.  

– Yeah, but still, today’s server life was fun, haha.  

– How did I already earn 150,000 won?  

– I guess it’s because I’m getting it without any losses?  

– Tomorrow, I can invite one more person. Good.  

[(🔴Live) Wicker Town Season 2 – Parallel Control Room Day 1] 👪3,652  

The viewer count just before the broadcast ended was 3,652.  

Although the trend wasn’t linear, it was clear that the number of people watching Maja was increasing.

*    *    *

The news reached Dohee’s ears the next day when she arrived at work.  

Team Leader Oh Seokjae from the PR team was quite excited, almost as if he’d caught a great lead.  

“I thought about it yesterday. About Jia’s broadcast, that is. How about we just turn it into a control room broadcast?”  

“Turning it into a control room broadcast… you mean just showing the members’ screens?”  

“No, no. There are people coming to watch Jia’s broadcast, so we can’t do that. We could adjust the frame and make it so that the boss and other members’ broadcasts show in a vertical split, like how shorts are formatted… Basically, we can place them on the sides of the main screen.”  

“Hmm.”  

“We’ll keep four screens on the sides like that, and the most interesting situation can be displayed on the top screen, while Jia’s screen will go below.

It might be small, but since Jia’s been doing labor work since yesterday, I don’t think it’ll matter if it’s small.

For the top screen, where Maja’s screen is, we can place the members Jia would find interesting. Jia’s an expert in that area, after all.

Since we can view six screens at the same time, it’ll help increase the influx towards the members. What do you think? It’ll still serve the control room purpose based on the broadcast title.”  

Dohee nodded in agreement with Team Leader Oh’s words.  

Maja had been doing split-screen broadcasts for over three years, so all Dohee needed to do was provide the direction, and Maja would take care of the screen composition in the way that felt most comfortable.  

‘Yesterday, the viewer count at the end of the broadcast was 3,500…’  

In addition to those watching Maja, about 700 more viewers had been watching until 6 AM.  

For a while, Maja would likely live underground to gather money, so following Team Leader Oh’s suggestion of splitting the official channel’s screen seemed like a good idea for now.  

This way, some of the viewers waiting for Maja’s broadcast would be directed to the members.  

Maja’s broadcast was still more about ‘curiosity’ than fun for many people, after all.  

So, at 5 PM.  

When Maja arrived at work for the control room operation, two hours later than usual, she said something similar to what Team Leader Oh had said earlier…  

“Boss, I have something I want to suggest.”  

After hearing everything, Dohee chuckled and asked Maja.  

“You came up with that idea?”  

“Seems like the numbers went up again after a dip. Seeing the numbers holding steady, I thought it’d be good to show the members’ screens as part of the promotion to new viewers.”  

“…Weren’t you busy mining ores?”  

“I was mining, but I also kept an eye on the chat and Maru’s screen. I couldn’t focus like usual, but I checked everything as much as I could.”  

Dohee was amazed.  

“Alright. When we turn on the control room today, let’s do that. It’ll be me, Maru, and Dora today.”  

“No. Rain will join too.”  

“Rain?”  

“Yes, I earned 150,000 WK yesterday. I can invite Rain today. I’ve already told Rain to get ready.”  

“You really make money fast. How much do you mine…?”  

“I’m an expert at simple labor, aren’t I?”  

“Got it. Rain will adjust their schedule on their own. If you have any questions about promotion, ask Team Leader Oh when he’s free.”  

“I already asked him on the way here.”  

That was so typical of Maja.  

She never missed a corner of the company to poke around.  

“Alright, go get the broadcast ready. You’ve worked hard today too.”  

“Yes.”

*    *    *

8:00 PM.  

After arriving two hours late at the monitoring room, Mr. Youngro couldn’t help but chuckle as soon as he saw the screen layout.  

“Wow, this really is a monitoring room…”  

It wasn’t just him—everyone who came in had the same reaction.  

– What is this…  

– Hahahahaha  

– Is this going to split into 6 when all the members join?  

– It’s already so dizzying with 4, hahahaha  

Yesterday, Majia’s screen was minimized to one side.  

Today, Majia’s screen itself was divided into several parts, so he had to either watch on a large screen or allocate the entire second monitor.  

Anyone who was watching separately would have stepped back at this point.  

Wondering if it was really worth investing this much into Majia’s broadcast.  

But for people like Mr. Youngro, who got stuck because of yesterday’s hidden achievement, they were now at a crossroads.  

Should they watch the monitoring room broadcast?  

Or should they go somewhere else?  

‘…I’m curious about the hidden profession, though.’  

But staying here meant he could be the first to write a post in the gallery.  

It’s all about the speed difference in deciding whether to go to the forum or not.  

In the end, Mr. Youngro, a collector of concept posts, chose to stay in Majia’s monitoring room.  

After all, when else would he watch it if not today?  

Moreover, Majia had turned on the sound for the screen, which was assigned the same size as his, in the top center.  

It was like saying, “If you’re bored and just mining, you can watch this instead.”  

[Stop. Please stop. Guys! Eewww…! I’m scared. Zombies are scary. Waaahhh!]  

Majia muttered while watching Dora being chased by a horde of zombies.  

[Is a 64-Q zombie that scary? Dora is playing a horror game by herself.]  

– Nooo hahaha  

– Not at all hahaha  

– It’s just really annoying hahaha I don’t want to hear those gross sounds  

– Honestly, it’s just annoying, not scary  

:: An anonymous supporter donated 10,000 clouds! ::  

:: But sometimes, it’s a real jump scare when one suddenly pops up from behind ::  

[Thanks for 10,000 clouds. I guess people who don’t like jump scares would feel that way.]  

– The agent wouldn’t be surprised  

– Oh, you’re not scared if you have a weapon in your hand hahaha  

– Honestly, it’s scary for me…  

Mr. Youngro noticed a stark difference from yesterday’s broadcast.  

“…She’s talking a lot more today, huh?”  

Yesterday, Majia only muttered a little when a Diana monster appeared.  

But today, the frequency of her chatter had more than doubled, as if a dam had broken.  

To someone like Mr. Youngro, who was seeing this for the first time, it was an incomprehensible phenomenon.  

But the broadcast environment right now was similar to when Majia did a review broadcast.  

Back then, she had a script for the broadcast, but now she was just digging caves and fighting monsters.  

When Majia watches members’ broadcasts with someone, she tends to talk a lot.  

Because of this, news about the hidden achievements spread, people started coming in, and they were mesmerized by the strange screen layout, laughing and chatting with Majia as she endlessly discussed the members and broadcast curation.  

[(🔴Live) Wicker Town Season 2 – Parallel Monitoring Room Day 2] 👪4,001  

#64Qubics #Parallel  

Finally, 9:00 PM.  

During the golden time for internet broadcasts, Majia’s viewership surpassed 4,000,  

and at the same time, the much-awaited announcement echoed throughout the server.  

– [System] *Hidden Achievement Unlocked* Defeat 500 monsters with 25% or less health  

– [Server] Majia is the first to unlock the Hidden Achievement!  

– It’s sooo hard lol  

– This is insane hahahaha  

– Did the hidden achievement arrive?  

– Wooooow, first on the server hahahaha  

– Majia! Majia! Majia! Majia!  

Even though it was only the second day of Wicker Town,  

yesterday’s chaos, including the big brawl, and all kinds of teasers, had completely overtaken the community, and interest was rising.  

The appearance of a hidden profession could shake the entire server’s flow.  

People like Mr. Youngro wouldn’t miss an opportunity like this.  

The news spread rapidly across related communities.  

👪5,722  

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👪8,451  

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👪12,301  

The monitoring room was bursting at the seams.  

[(🔴Live) Wicker Town Season 2 – Parallel Monitoring Room Day 2] 👪18,823