Gamer Superstar - Chapter 197

Chapter 197: 197 – Start of the show
With my costume on and my makeup done, I walked out of the dressing room to the stage and saw that everything was ready, with the technicians just finishing setting up some of the equipment.

Picking up my phone and opening my MeTube channel, I looked at the stream that was scheduled to start in 40 minutes and was surprised to see that there were already 3,000 people waiting.

For streamers who have been streaming for years, it was hard enough to get 3,000 people to watch your stream normally, let alone how hard it was to convince those 3,000 people to stay on a page for a stream that hadn’t even started yet!

Since the stream chat was already turned on, there were several people chatting.

Some were talking about my songs, others about my fight with Dark Pistol.

Those talking about the fight were mostly people who supported me, but there were still a few people spamming me with hate messages.

Fortunately, these messages were quickly deleted by the stream moderator.

Who was this moderator?

At first, Selena offered to hire someone from AJP, but I remembered someone who had been following me for a long time and was very active and helpful in the comments.

So I invited Requien, my Instabram follower who always gave me some useful tips.

As soon as I offered it to him, he quickly volunteered to help moderate.

Even though the majority of the audience was on my side, I didn’t want people who hated me because of Dark Pistol to be able to keep commenting and spoil the experience for those who just wanted to enjoy a good show.

Sure, Requien couldn’t manually moderate tens of thousands of people, so we set up a few keywords for the chat to automatically block, and as the stream went on, he added more words to the list.

Every 10 minutes, I would check my phone to see how many viewers were watching.

With 30 minutes to go before the stream started, there were 5,000 people.

With 20 minutes to go, there were 9,000 people.

With 10 minutes to go, there were 16,000 people watching.

With 2 minutes left before the stream started, there were 23,000 people.

In the minutes before the stream started, the number kept increasing every second, which put a big smile on my face.

There were even people who donated to make their messages stand out from the others.

“Okay guys, 60 seconds to start the stream, all the equipment is ready, is everyone okay?” The director of this stream asked aloud.

Since this stream would have multiple cameras, a director was needed to be able to control which camera would be used in the stream at any given time, as well as control the stage effects and anything else that would be used for the stream.

With a positive response from everyone, I looked at Mark and Frank to make sure they were okay.

They were both already in their places, Mark behind the drums and Frank behind the keyboards.

I was already in the middle of the stage, facing all the cameras.

For stream shows like this, there is usually choreography for the singer’s entrance and various other things, but considering this was my first stream and the sponsorship was only $40,000, it was understandable that it wasn’t that big.

The $40,000 may seem like a lot, but when you consider that this money was the income that would theoretically pay for the day rate of everyone working in that room, as well as the rental of the equipment we used, it would hardly be enough for something so grandiose.

I’ll probably get 10-20% of that $40,000 at most, but that’s because this was my first stream.

If I prove myself and show that I can deliver results and reach a large audience, the value of the next sponsorships will only increase.

5…

4…

3…

2…

1…

With the one finger of the director’s hand that was still standing, now lowered, we knew that the stream had started and I felt a little nervous and lost…

The feeling was strange… I knew that there were thousands of people watching me at that moment, wanting to hear my music, but just the sight of several cameras pointed at me, several beams of light in my direction, and the entire production team in silence was strange.

Luckily, there was a big TV underneath the camera, showing the comments that were rapidly appearing on the screen.

Seeing so many comments reminded me of what it was like to perform in front of an audience for the first time in this world, in the Quacktus Stream, the talent show I participated in.

Singing and seeing the messages in the chat was an incredible feeling and that’s what I should aim for this time.

So, after those 5 seconds when I was a bit lost, my body relaxed and a smile appeared on my face.

“Good evening everyone!” I said as I moved my head to show that I was clearly reading the chat. “Good evening Allchi, Katblack17, Ugo_Moreno, Bobby_fowler, and all the other 26,000 people who are with me tonight!”

When they saw that I was actually reading the names of the viewers, the already fast rising messages started to rise even faster, possibly because people wanted their names to appear so that I could read them too.

Unfortunately, with the chat rising so fast, it was impossible to read everyone’s name, so I just looked at the chat for a few seconds before turning my eyes back to the camera.

“You have no idea how nostalgic it is for me to do a stream show like this… for the few people who have known me since the beginning of my career, you know that one of my most successful songs was first sung on a stream… The Lazy Song! Who in the chat remembers that?” I asked with a smile.

As soon as I asked, tens of thousands of comments started pouring in.

[Me!]

[Me!]

[Me!]

[Me!]

[…]

When I saw how many people were commenting, I started to laugh, imagining the frustration of those who had really been with me from the beginning to see so many people who had no idea what I was talking about and pretended to be here as well.

I remember this happening to me once in a previous life, when a streamer asked how to play the game, I explained it to him, and when it came time to thank him, he couldn’t remember my nickname.

When he asked who had given him the tip, I said that I had, but that thousands of other people had done the same thing, which made me angry at the other people.

“Gee, do that many people remember?” I asked, laughing as I looked at the chat.

“To celebrate, I thought the first song of the night would be The Lazy Song!” I said slowly as I looked away and moved closer to the Jack Daniels decorations, giving the production time to program all the decorations to what they had set up for that song.

I didn’t want to talk about Jack Daniels yet, but I would move closer to give the brand the visibility they wanted with the sponsorship and to make the audience curious as to why there was something like that on stage.

When I got the OK from the producers, I nodded and heard Mark’s drumsticks hit to synchronize us.

🎼🎶🎤

Today I don’t feel like doing anything

I just want to lie in my bed

Don’t feel like answering my phone

So leave a message at the tone

Cause today I swear I ain’t doing nothing

🎼🎶🎤

When I started playing this song, the chat, which had a lot of messages saying a lot of different things, quickly changed to people sending dancing emoticons.

– 3rd POV –

Jay had just gotten home from work and was opening a bottle of beer when he came out of the kitchen and saw his daughter watching TV.

Thinking she was watching one of the boring shows she always watches, he asked her to go to her room and watch TV so he could put on something more interesting.

Even though they didn’t have much contact and the conversation between them was a bit awkward, Jay was very tired from work and wasn’t interested in almost anything his daughter liked, so it became increasingly difficult to find anything in common to talk about with his daughter.

Since his wife was a nurse, she didn’t get home until late at night, leaving the two of them with little to talk about at home.

But when Jay walked into the living room and saw that Emma was watching a concert, he became a little interested.

Over a beer, good music was a good thing.

I just hope this music is good…’ he thought as he sat down on the other sofa and waited to see what music would be playing.

When he sat down, Emma looked at him a little suspiciously, wondering why her father hadn’t asked her to change the channel like he always did, but when she saw that he didn’t complain immediately, she just turned her attention back to the TV and concentrated on the show.

Jay saw that the boy who was going to sing was very handsome, so much so that it bothered him that his daughter was watching.

Especially since the boy was only talking and not singing at all, this began to try Jay’s patience even more.

Finally, after a few minutes of talking, the boy started to play!

🎼🎶🎤

Today I don’t feel like doing anything

I just want to lie in my bed

Don’t feel like answering my phone

So leave a message at the tone

Cause today I swear I ain’t doing nothing

🎼🎶🎤

Listening to the lyrics and paying attention to the feel of the song, Jay’s impatience began to subside and he began to enjoy the music without even realizing it.