Chapter 53

The streaming platform Churu.

Recently, this platform faced a problem.

It was the endless flood of inquiries from viewers wanting to watch Gye Se-hoon’s broadcast.

[Please remove the viewer limit on Gye Se-hoon’s broadcast.]

└Can’t you lift the viewer limit? I haven’t been able to watch it even once. Please.

[Open up the Hoon World broadcast.]

└I signed up just to watch that broadcast, damn it. ㅡㅡ

[I have an inquiry.]

└I want to watch Hoon World’s broadcast.

[Inquiry.]

└Some unemployed b*tches are hogging Gye Se-hoon’s broadcast, and other viewers can’t get in. Can you fix this?

These inquiries come in at least 5,000 a day.

On busy days, over 10,000 pour in.

‘Sigh… They don’t know moderation, do they?’

In front of the monitor.

A customer service employee sighed deeply, feeling like the ground was collapsing under them as they watched the endless stream of inquiries.

‘Let’s suspend this person first. Why are they sending over a thousand inquiries alone?’

After suspending one member’s account, the employee stretched and glanced at their colleagues.

Everyone was sweating, replying to each inquiry one by one.

‘It would be nice if we could use automated responses… But automated replies are banned because of the platform’s image…’

Still, they didn’t complain out loud since the pay was good.

‘…What can I do? It’s my fault for getting a job here. Let’s just work.’

After a short one-minute break, the employee started replying to inquiries again.

***

In the conference room upstairs at the customer service center.

Churu’s executives were sitting around a round table, holding a meeting.

The topic, as always, was Gye Se-hoon’s broadcast.

“Has Mr. Gye Se-hoon still not checked the emails we sent?”

“Yes… We’ve sent over five, but he hasn’t read any of them.”

“He’s not answering calls either?”

“No… Not calls, and he hasn’t replied to texts either.”

“Sigh.”

The executives looked at each other and sighed repeatedly.

They couldn’t help but take the escalating situation seriously.

The increasing number of inquiries was one thing, but most of the new members had joined specifically to watch Gye Se-hoon.

“It’s good that the number of members has increased significantly, but…”

Before Gye Se-hoon started broadcasting.

Churu had 150,000 members.

And after Gye Se-hoon’s broadcast gained popularity.

A few months later, the number of members had soared to nearly 900,000.

“To keep all those members, we need to resolve this issue somehow.”

But if they didn’t solve the viewer limit on Gye Se-hoon’s broadcast, all those members would eventually leave.

“Sigh. I didn’t expect things to get this big.”

“Me neither. I thought it would calm down after a month or so…”

“Let’s not be too discouraged. We’re still seeing a trickle-down effect. Viewers who can’t get into Gye Se-hoon’s broadcast are watching other broadcasts.”

“That’s only temporary. If Gye Se-hoon is a pheasant, other broadcasters aren’t even chickens, let alone fertilized eggs. At best, they’re unfertilized eggs. In other words, they can never be substitutes.”

“That’s a bit harsh…”

“The expression might be rough, but it’s not wrong in reality.”

“……”

“Anyway… What should we do about this…?”

“Should we just go into his broadcast and talk to him directly?”

“That’s not a good idea, as we’ve said before.”

“Ah.”

“As I mentioned before, if we accidentally upset Gye Se-hoon, it could be a disaster.”

“Right. Currently, we’re the乙方 (weaker party), and Gye Se-hoon is the甲方 (stronger party). If Gye Se-hoon decides to move to another platform, that’s the end for us.”

“Would he really do that just because we used admin privileges to enter his broadcast?”

“You never know, so we should be as careful as possible with our words and actions.”

“He might perceive using admin privileges to enter his broadcast as an abuse of power.”

“But we have no choice now. We can’t reach him.”

“……”

“……”

The meeting continued.

After about an hour.

The executives finally decided to visit Gye Se-hoon’s broadcast directly to seek his understanding.

“…Then let’s log in with the admin account.”

“We need to be as polite as possible in the chat.”

“Right. And we absolutely must not say anything that might upset him.”

So the executives gathered around the computer and entered Gye Se-hoon’s broadcast.

***

An admin has entered my broadcast.

【★★Admin】─Hello. First, I apologize for entering your broadcast without following proper procedure.

【Yoho】─Gasp.

【Handsome Licker】─Oh. Is it really an admin? There are two stars in front. *lick*.

【Qkrnfl892】─Two stars. ㄷㄷ.

【Gyeongsaeng Guburi】─Prove you’re bowing your head and apologizing, b*tch. ㅋㅋ.

【Se-hoon Defense Team】─Guburi doesn’t back down even to admins.

【Min Ji】─Guburi, you might get banned for that.

【Maehwa Tree】─But why is the admin here?

【Balloon Gum Collector】─Wow. Did they abuse their power to watch the broadcast?

【Maid】─No way!

First, I decided to ask why they were here.

Surely, the admin didn’t abuse their power just to watch my broadcast.

“Admin, what brings you here?”

【★★Admin】─Yes. It’s just that we’ve been receiving a lot of inquiries about Hoon World’s broadcast, so we came to visit.

【Gyeongsaeng Guburi】─What inquiries, you damn b*stard!

“Inquiries?”

An unexpected answer popped up.

Did I do something wrong?

No matter how much I thought about it, I couldn’t figure it out.

My broadcast didn’t have enough viewers to cause any problems.

Just as I was pondering this, the admin immediately explained the content of the inquiries.

【★★Admin】─Yes. Actually, we’ve been receiving constant inquiries for months asking to lift the viewer limit.

【Jujijoa】─?? ㅋㅋㅋ.

【Big Girl】─People are inquiring about that?

【Drifting AI】─I’ll say it. So what are you saying we should do?

【Yoho】─Are they whining because they couldn’t get in? How pathetic. ㅡㅡ.

【Handsome Licker】─The world is full of idiots. *lick*.

【Maehwa Tree】─Poor customer service employees.

【Gyeongsaeng Guburi】─Wait, what are you saying? If those b*stards ask to lift the limit, should our Gye Sekkihoon just say okay and do it?

I was a bit taken aback.

I couldn’t understand why people would submit inquiries just because they couldn’t get into the broadcast, nor could I understand why the admin would personally visit because of those inquiries.

And honestly, I was annoyed.

It felt like the platform was trying to control my broadcast.

I asked in a slightly sharp tone.

“So, are you saying you want me to remove the viewer limit on my broadcast now?”

【★★Admin】─Ah! That’s absolutely not it!

【★★Admin】─We just came to ask if you could increase the viewer limit a bit since so many members want to watch Hoon World’s broadcast!

【★★Admin】─Please don’t misunderstand!

The chat felt urgent.

It seemed they weren’t here to abuse their power.

‘Did I misunderstand? They don’t seem like unreasonable people.’

My annoyance subsided a bit.

‘…But I don’t really want to increase the viewer limit.’

Unfortunately.

I didn’t want to increase the viewer limit beyond 10.

At first, I planned to slowly increase the number of viewers.

But as I continued broadcasting, my thoughts changed.

‘I’m satisfied with the current number.’

I didn’t want to get greedy when I was already satisfied.

As the saying goes, too much of a good thing can be bad.

Having too many viewers could actually be harmful.

‘But the admin seems to be in a tough spot, so maybe I can increase it to 20 as a favor…?’

Just as I was pondering this.

【Gyeongsaeng Guburi】─Sex b*tch d*ckhead ㅋㅋ.

『’Gyeongsaeng Guburi’ has been kicked from the broadcast.』

Suddenly, Guburi was kicked from the broadcast.

Of course, it wasn’t me who did it.

I immediately asked the maid.

“What? Maid, did you kick Guburi?”

【Maid】─No.

This was strange.

If it wasn’t the maid, no other viewer had the authority to kick.

‘…Balloon Gum was removed as a manager by Teddy Bear right after the game broadcast ended. Did Drifting kick him?’

Just as I was about to ask the hacker ‘Drifting AI’.

【★★Admin】─Ah! That member seemed like a malicious user disrupting the chat, so I kicked them on my own authority!

The admin confessed to kicking Guburi.

Seeing that chat, I was speechless for a moment.

Staring blankly at the chat, I slowly opened my mouth.

“…You damn b*tch.”

【★★Admin】─Huh?

“Who the hell do you think you are, kicking my viewers? You wanna die?”

I was genuinely furious.

Whether that b*stard was an admin or not.

All I could think about was kicking them out immediately.

“You f*cking b*stard, why are you kicking my precious viewers in my broadcast?”

Normally, you can’t kick an admin, but maybe it was possible in my broadcast.

After all,

“Hey. Drifting. Can you kick an admin?”

My broadcast had a capable hacker.

【Drifting AI】─I’ll say it. It’s possible.

I didn’t think about the consequences.

If the platform imposes sanctions because of this, I can just move to another platform with my viewers.

【★★Admin】─Wait!

With that chat.

The admin was neatly removed from the viewer list.

【Drifting AI】─Admin account removed.

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