Gamer Superstar - Chapter 194

Chapter 194: 194 – Repercussion
The response to the video went as well as I thought it would.

During the course of the video, the number of viewers went from 80,000 to 130,000, which meant that the number of subscribers to my channel went up rapidly!

Not only did my subscribers increase rapidly, but my ranking also went up!

[BlackVelvet – 35,551st -> 21,101st D Rank].

This was the result of the past few weeks.

To be honest, even before the video started, I was still around the 26,000 mark, but as soon as the video finished and people started to share their opinions about this drama on twipper, the ranking started to skyrocket, advancing more than 5,000 positions!

I could imagine why…

Instead of just being a video of me singing, like my normal songs or my vlogs that I often post, this was a more personal video that really showed about my life, my inspirations, how even though the song had sad lyrics, it was done for a good reason.

Not to mention, the biggest factor was that I was not only showing how the song was made, but I was also showing how I was the victim of someone who wanted to steal a song that was so special to me, and I was showing that to that person’s audience.

Although I knew that there would be many people who would be in denial and would not accept that Dark Pistol would do such a thing, there were still tens of thousands of people who believed in me, who were not only disappointed in Dark Pistol, but also sympathized with me and showed their intention to continue to follow me.

All the more so because Dark Pistol’s songs and my songs were similar, showing a certain similarity due to our affinity for rock, although my songs are in different styles.

While my ranking was only going up, Dark Pistol’s was rapidly going down.

Looking at their social networks, it was possible to see that every few seconds several comments appeared cursing them or asking for explanations.

Although few people knew the Dark Pistol agent, those who recognized the man in the video explained to others who he was, and that made almost everyone sure that Dark Pistol had really screwed up.

Within the first hour of the video, it had over 600k views, and the number was rising fast.

Comment channels, gossip channels, news channels, all kinds of channels on MeTube realized what was happening and quickly made videos about it, also trying to get views on top of this drama.

Out of curiosity, I even watched a few videos to see what these people thought.

As I imagined, their opinion was as generic as possible, just repeating what happened in my video while explaining it to their subscribers, as well as giving a general opinion to get out the good side of the story.

Something this type of channel always does, but this time it was very good for me because it was in my favor.

There was only one channel that decided to go against it and say the complete opposite.

[BlackVelvet, the big liar].

When I clicked on this video out of curiosity, this MeTuber’s opinion was like the opinion of a blind fan, where he was just looking for micro mistakes in my video, trying to discredit me in every way, even attacking my mother and Liv’s performance to say that I was just a liar.

Seeing him talk about my mother and sister made me really angry, but when I went to comment on something, I saw that there were already hundreds of people defending me in the comments, saying that they were disappointed in this MeTuber for how he was interpreting it.

With this public support, my anger was quickly washed away.

Ring, ring, ring

My phone started ringing.

[Selena]

When I saw the name of the caller, a smile appeared on my face.

“I thought you were going to call me sooner.” I said, seeing that it had been an hour and a half since the video had been released.

[I wanted to, I really wanted to… but AJP is working at full speed right now because of you]. She said in a slightly tired voice.

“Really? Because of the video?” I asked confused.

[Yes… this video is taking on bigger proportions than we imagined, with Rashad not giving up trying to buy our silence, the Dark Pistol agency threatening us not to do anything we’d regret, and several journalists trying to get an interview with you to talk about it]. Selena explained.

When I heard that, I was really surprised.

I was surprised that journalists were interested in my story, maybe after seeing how much it was resonating and seeing the potential to get a big audience with me.

But I had to stop myself from laughing when I heard Selena talking about how Rashad, the Dark Pistol agent, acted and how her agency acted.

It made me feel like I had offended some young master, then that young master’s master came to threaten me, then even that young master’s sect came to try to deal with me while threatening me.

It was like being in a Chinese cultivation world.

But unfortunately for them, this was a modern world, the tactics of cultivation worlds wouldn’t work in real life, not to mention that I also had a powerful cult, or rather agency, behind me to protect me, so it was best to let AJP itself deal with it for me, while I just focused on what I needed to do to improve my career and become even more popular.

“What did you think of the video?” I asked curiously.

[Everyone loved it, with several agents dying of envy that I found you when you were still an F Rank Artist, they couldn’t believe how fast you were rising… hehe. Even my aunt watched the video with us and got interested in you]. Selena said excitedly.

Hearing this, a proud smile appeared on my face.

It had taken so long to make the video, it was nice to have it recognized for its quality by people who really understood this kind of thing in the industry.

“I’m glad you all liked it.” I replied happily.

[My aunt gave me a good idea, Noah, what do you think about using your growing popularity on MeTube to make an exclusive show for them on a stream?] She asked me.

“Really? How would that happen?” I asked.

[We could organize a streaming studio and set up a stage for you, get Mark and Frank to help you, get some sponsors for the potential thousands of people who would watch it, and make a good profit from it, as well as engage the new audience that has just met you]. Selena explained.

When I heard that, I was really interested.

I’d seen a few shows like that in my previous world, especially during a pandemic when no one could leave their homes, and the artists were all doing these online shows for tens if not hundreds of thousands of people.

Even if people didn’t pay anything to watch it, it would still be a great way to turn the people who knew me from the drama into a really loyal audience of mine, of people who would really follow me and maybe even go to shows in real life.

“I think that’s a great idea! When do you think that would be?” I asked.

[We can do it on Sunday, how about that?] she asked.

Today was Friday night, tomorrow would be Saturday, just one day to organize it.

“Do you think you can organize everything in such a short time?” I asked worriedly.

[Don’t worry, with your approval I’ll have it ready for Sunday, just enjoy your Saturday and invite Mark and Frank for me]. Selena said before hanging up.

When I saw the screen and how fast it had developed, I started to laugh.

Selena was really excited, a side of her I’d never seen before, and it made me a little curious about her.

While she knew practically everything about my life, I knew practically nothing about hers, except that she was the niece of the director of AJP San Francisco.

Does that make me a bad friend?

We are friends, right?

Well, putting that aside for the moment, I turned to MeTube and read the comments from people who had seen my video.

The vast majority of people agreed with me, with only a small portion still in doubt because they didn’t have any concrete proof, and another even smaller portion who didn’t believe anything and called me names.

These people were simply smothered by the comments of those who agreed with me and cursed at them in my defense.

It was fun to see the reaction of those people.

Now I understand why artists and big YouTubers from my former world had such inflated egos, because it was pretty cool to have an army of hundreds of thousands of people willing to fight for you and defend you in every little public issue.

And that could easily go to the head of someone with a weak mentality.

I don’t think I let it go to my head, I just kept reading for a few more minutes before going to play some Osu to relax.

The game was pretty much finished, just waiting for the right time to release it, but with so much drama going on with me, I didn’t have a good time to release it at the moment, so it just became an exclusive game for me and my friends to enjoy while I didn’t release it to the public.

But I had plans to release it soon.