The Second Act of Broadcasting

I finalized the contract for the house and concluded discussions with the company on good terms.

It seemed better to proceed with construction before moving, so I set the schedule like that and went around giving gifts to greet the new neighbors and ask for their understanding.

Inevitably, noise will occur during construction, so I proactively offered bribes.

Fortunately, I was able to get the understanding of the new neighbors and decided on the final moving date in line with the construction schedule.

‘Since construction ends on the 30th, moving on the 1st of next month would be perfect.’

When I roughly told people around me about such a schedule, they all make a fuss about coming for a housewarming.

There’s nothing special, why are they making such a fuss?

Still, I gladly accepted because their thoughtfulness of wanting to join was lovely.

“It’s a bit cold.”

[It’ll be October soon. It’s about time it starts getting cold.]

I’m on my way back from exercising.

It’s already the season when autumn leaves start to hide one by one.

Fortunately, I should say, the new place I’m moving to is still about one bus stop away from Myunghoon’s gym.

The locations are like ‘existing home – gym – new home’.

There will be no issues with the workout life I’ve been maintaining for over a month now.

‘Once my face is complete and soundproofing is in place, I should proceed with a bigger project. What would be good?’

Broadcasting has been slightly stagnant since I strictly drew the ‘line’ last time, and YouTube quickly grew to 160,000 subscribers but the growth rate has slowed since then.

Thanks to that, I cleared quite a few missions and accumulated about 400 points again, but it was still unsatisfying.

At this rate, when will I become a 500,000 or 1 million subscriber YouTuber?

After handling this soundproofing construction payment, I had to return water balloons to their original use of exchanging for points.

Therefore, future living expenses depended solely on YouTube growth.

YouTube revenue divided in a 3:3:2 ratio!

The 20% not included in that ratio is steadily accumulating in a joint account as reserve funds for channel operation.

-Haha! Hani, meaning hi.

-These days it seems like you’ve found your initial intentions, streaming consistently.

-This is right. But isn’t it about time for one big hit content? From the Miracle joint broadcast in the beginning, to the Blame Others Tournament, hidden camera content, bare-handed fight with a criminal, Ladies Tournament, you’ve had periodic big hits. It seems like the cooldown should be over by now ㅋ

-For real, it’s like a novel story. A BJ who debuted less than half a year ago has experienced so much.

-None of that matters, Goddess Hani is the top of New Continent TV with just her looks alone.

“I’ve been thinking a lot these days too. I have some content ideas, but I’m planning to decide after moving first.”

-Content’S’? Wow… seems like it’s not just one or two.

-How far are you trying to grow? Come back as my small BJ Hani!

-ㅋ The concept above is a bit nauseating.

-More importantly, when will you do the penalty broadcast?

“I said not to rush. First, the moving date is set for October 1st, so I’ll decide the penalty broadcast date after that.”

I continue broadcasting while having light conversations with viewers.

In the meantime, I come across small bits of information about other broadcasters.

-Who’s coming to the housewarming? I heard Waka couldn’t be reached.

-It’ll be everyone except poor Waka. Mia and Lark of course, and maybe Keulmumu and Soldier too?

-Why exclude 19girl? She’s a tournament winning teammate.

-Keulmumu is on break for a family trip, will she have time? And Soldier, really? ㅋ Can that virgin loser brother possibly come to meet Hani in real life?

-Don’t make fun of the virgin brother ㅡ ㅡ

-By the way, did you know Output and Legeno are preparing an amazing project? They say it rivals the fake soldier.

-Ah, I think I heard about that too. They might start recruiting participants as early as next month.

“What is that?”

-The details aren’t known yet ㅋ But since Legeno is preparing it for his comeback after a long time, many expect it to be a huge project.

-That’s right. It’s not just any BJ, but Legeno, the king of New Continent TV.

BJ Legeno.

He was a figure at the top among New Continent TV BJs, to the point where no other description was needed.

Until now, he planned and directed several enormous contents at almost broadcast station level, among which a few were huge hits and even sold the format to broadcast stations.

“Then I’ll end today’s broadcast here.”

-Today’s broadcast was good too!

-Haba! Meaning Hani bye.

-Hurry and move so we can have the penalty broadcast ㄱㄱ

-Really looking forward to the content Hani is thinking about.

It was a small day with a small broadcast.

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“Wow!”

“Just be careful not to tear the marked parts over there. We’ll provide free A/S for minor issues, so don’t worry and contact us right away.”

“Yes, thank you so much. You worked hard.”

Although I visited once in the middle to check, seeing the completed interior after construction makes me smile automatically.

A larger home than before.

And now that it’s equipped with soundproofing, I’ll be able to broadcast to my heart’s content.

Shortly after, the moving truck arrived and started moving furniture and fixtures brought from the old house.

“Whew! It’s bigger than I thought.”

“Oh, you came?”

The one helping with the move since early morning was Lark.

He’s scheduled to enlist in the military early next month, but he’s already shaved his head completely… I left first to check the soundproofing completion, so he waited at my old house and came with the movers.

Rub rub-!

“What are you doing?”

“Huh? No, my hand just moves instinctively.”

It’s human instinct to want to pat a cleanly shaved head when you see one.

I lightly tiptoe and fiddle with Lark’s head a few times, then turn my head at Mia’s appearance.

“Unnie! Congratulations on moving!”

“No, don’t come empty-handed. Why did you bring such a heavy thing?”

I put aside the toilet paper set Mia brought and guide Lark and Mia to the soundproofed broadcasting room.

“You made the big room the broadcasting room?”

“There’s not much to do in the small room besides sleeping.”

Since I’m their senior in broadcasting, I’m getting various advice from them about equipment and setup, when it gets noisy outside.

Coming out to the living room, I see Yerin and Yoonjae.

I hear they ran into each other at the villa entrance.

“It’s a gift.”

“Um… me too.”

“This will last a year.”

I guess toilet paper rolls are the go-to housewarming gift.

I roughly put them aside in a corner and introduce Lark to the two people meeting for the first time.

Yerin still seems awkward with Mia, checking her out.

But perhaps the 5-day training camp had an effect, she greets her first using the term ‘unnie’.

“By the way, do you know, unnie?”

“What?”

“This house… Hani unnie and I came and chose it directly together.”

“…!”

No wonder things were going so well.

The two girls exchange fierce glares with me in between.

I send a pleading look to Lark for help, but perhaps sensing the terrifying aura shooting from both sides, he slightly turns his head away.

You coward!

I trusted you as a friend.

“We’re all done.”

“Ah! Thank you so much for your hard work. Please have these on your way out.”

I handed over energy bars and simple drinks I prepared in advance to the movers.

The workers disappear with bright smiles.

Since there wasn’t much luggage to begin with, everything was organized but it was barely 12 o’clock.

“Shall we eat first?”

“Yeah, if you came for a housewarming, you have to eat jajangmyeon.”

“And tangsuyuk too!”

“I’ll have jjamppong.”

We ordered food using a delivery app and started cleaning.

We opened the windows for ventilation and swept and wiped diligently.

Just as the cleaning was wrapping up, the food arrived with perfect timing.

“It’s inconvenient without a dining table. I should buy one.”

“No, it’s the rule to eat jajangmyeon on the floor after moving.”

Since I lived alone in a small studio, there were many lacking household items.

I portioned out the jajangmyeon and distributed it, and while eating gan-sho shrimp and palbochae that I wouldn’t order except on special days like this, I kept glancing at Lark closely.

Lark reaches for the tangsuyuk while eating jajangmyeon.

And he ‘dipped’ it in the sauce. Seeing that with eagle eyes, I jumped up and shouted.

“You were a dipper after all! Traitor.”

“Huh?”

“Ah! Unnie, you still remembered that?”

“That’s right. Lark oppa pretended to be a pourer.”

“I remember too. After seeing that, I became more convinced that Hani-nim could succeed if she became a YouTuber.”

The topic of dipping vs pouring tangsuyuk from Mia and Lark’s debate content.

We did a hidden camera there.

Memories come flooding back freshly.

The moment I was so shocked I almost fainted at the suddenly missing treasure while trying to use the bathroom.

And meeting the strange goddess and helper to start broadcasting.

The first viewers who came to my broadcast.

The body aches that came after the first broadcast, making me realize how tiring it is to talk for hours.

After that, bigger stories continue.

From the 1:1 battle with Mia to many joint broadcasts and the twists and turns while opening the YouTube channel.

It was a difficult journey, but I endured and overcame to reach here.

And now I was preparing for the second act with an upgraded broadcasting environment in the new house.

“It’s nice.”

“Pardon?”

“What do you mean?”

“No, I’m saying it’s really nice.”

I unnecessarily stand up and tightly hug the new connections made after my body changed.

Mia looks happy and Yerin has a somewhat seductive expression.

Just as I was about to hug Lark and Yoonjae too, the two girls desperately defended so it couldn’t be accomplished.

“I’m really going to work hard. So, please take care of me in the future too, everyone.”

“Hahaha, of course. Let’s do our best until 1 million subscribers.”

“Unnie! By the way, when are we going on the trip? We said we’d go if we won.”

“Don’t worry. I’ve already made plans. So we can go right when I’m on break.”

“……”

I thought she might have forgotten, but she was so thoroughly prepared.

Yerin… really a scary child.

Another day passes like this.