Rise To Stardom - Chapter 98

Chapter 98: Traffic
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“Hi! Kyle here.”

“Thank you all so much for the fan mails! I just read through all of them and sincerely, I would like to appreciate everyone who had so much as penned down a letter for me despite their own busy, day-to-day schedule.”

“Truly, I’m grateful for it.”

“Which is why I’ve decided, that on Saturday, I will be doing a livestream on ViewTube from 9am to 12pm prompt to thank everyone who sent me a letter. Feel free to also join in and ask about anything you’re curious about.”

“If they are questions I can answer, I definitely will.”

“Do have a lovely day. Looking forward to seeing y’all come Saturday. Bye!”

~

That was the short video Kyle had posted on his social media handles the day before.

That was what had got him trending again.

The was the message that had instantly got his fans into an overly excited state.

Sure enough, celebrities did occasionally do things like these, but it wasn’t in such a direct manner like the way Kyle had approached it.

Added to that, it was going to be a three-hour stream!

That was genuinely shocking considering most celebrities and even self-pronounced TicToc celebs would only be available for a few minutes when it came down to doing stuff like these.

As a result, more and more people gingerly looked forward to Saturday, some of them even penning down all the questions they wanted to ask.

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Tyler King was a popular ViewTube streamer who had started from humble beginnings but had now gone on to be one of the pettiest, obnoxious streamers who seemed to thrive solely on his toxic behavior and causing controversies once he became famous.

Having scheduled a stream session at 9am for a famous co-op game, his surprisingly, still quite large audience following, impatiently waited for him to begin.

Yet, Tyler was nowhere to be found even after fifty-something minutes had passed, causing his chat to become furious.

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Chad Putin: Oh come on! It’s almost an hour?! Seriously TK! This isn’t the first time you’re being late to a stream session but seriously, this is just taking things too far!

Himbo Hater: Dude has no respect for his chat. Massive L Tyler. I’m so disappointed.

Cancel Culture: I’m unsubbing today. Can’t stand this trash anymore.

—

Just as a few chat comments poured in, someone actually pulled up a video of Tyler getting out of a hotel with a baddie so early in the morning.

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Reloads Shotgun Maliciously: Alright boys, we can’t expect God to do all the work.

SnapHimLikeATwig: This fucker was actually getting some action while we were stuck here waiting!

Violence Is The Only Way: Man fuck you TK!

I Come In Peace: Yo guys! Check it out. That dude who played Alex Hunt is actually doing a livestream now! Dude started at 9am prompt just like he stated and people are already pouring into the session like crazy.

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No sooner had that particular message entered, a lot of people on the stream, decided it would be a more worthwhile to spend their time on that stream than this stupid stream where the disrespectful streamer was nowhere to be found.

Considering a lot of them had liked Alex’s character in [Epoch One] and also Kyle himself, due to the behind the scenes clips they had seen of the young man, dedicating his all to perfecting his role in the movie, they were a bit curious to see what he was up to.

Added to that was how he was literally trending yesterday, most had known about his planned stream session.

Moving over to the stream, they were pleasantly surprised to see Kyle, listing the names of people who had sent him a letter in full, all whilst simultaneously also thanking them, completely off-hand!

In fact, his chat was going crazy as to how he accurately memorized their names and some were so amazed by his kindness towards them.

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Princess Peach: He called my name! He fuggin’ called my name!! I can die happy now!!!

WeDoABitOfTrolling: Ah~. That was so satisfying to hear. That being said, how the heck did he memorize all our names!

Trix Or Treat: My day is made, and my joy, immeasurable!

PeterWritesFantasy: Wow… Just wow…

—

Some people on the other hand, wondered if he was reading off of a script but considering he was literally in a proximity where that would be impossible, their skepticism quickly died down.

Around that same time, Tyler had finally come on stream, only to notice that he literally had, only a few measly count of twenty viewers as opposed to his usual 10K to 20K viewers.

“What the hell…” Tyler muttered to himself in utter perplexity.

Kyle on the other hand, after having thanked everyone a few minutes later, then asked the audience with a small clap and a warm smile;

“So, Q&A session for the next two and a half hours! Fire away!”

No sooner had he done that, the questions came surging in.

Thankfully, due to a certain feature on ViewTube’s streaming platform, Kyle was able to create a section apart from the chat which was solely meant for Q&A.

He was also able to regulate the questions to one per person, thereby ensuring he could respond to a lot of people.

­- Are you and Lily Lockhart in a relationship?

“No. We are not. As much as the media might want to fan those flames, the answer is still, unsurprisingly, no. That being said, Lily and I are really good friends.” Kyle casually responded to the question.

This once again, instantly dispelled the surfacing rumors on the internet and judging by the casualness in his tone, people could tell he was saying the truth.

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Kyle’s Girlfriend: Hear that people! Kyle isn’t two-timing with me!

WaifuWithARocketLauncher: I’m gonna nuke this lady I swear.

Ana_MZ_27: Hahaha!

—

Chuckling a bit as he read that string of messages in the chat section, Kyle moved on over to the next question.

– Why do you hate social media so much?

“First off, and just to be clear, I don’t, hate social media.” Kyle clarified.

“I, however, don’t feel the need to constantly be online. That’s simply just it.” he shrugged a bit and then added;

“Also! I wouldn’t want to get into petty fights. I do realize not everyone on the internet likes me so there’s that.” he chuckled lightly and then proceeded to answer the next question.

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I Come In Peace: Okay. That, is actually a very chill answer.

Chad Putin: I actually cracked up a bit when he said that last part.

ShrekLovesFiona: Haha! Always saving up a witty answer or two this guy.

—

– How do you come up with such good songs?

Smiling in response to that question, Kyle then spoke;

“I just try to tell a story a lot of the time. Make something I feel people might resonate with…”

“But most of all, I ensure that I also enjoy creating the song itself. Quality over quantity basically. I’m never in a hurry to make a new song.” he added, seemingly ready to move over to the next question.

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Music Lover: Mainstream artists better start taking notes!

N0c: Preach Kyle! Preach!!!

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– What projects will you be starring in next?

“Um… I have no idea honestly.” he truthfully said, staring straight into the camera.

“At the moment though, I’m a currently unemployed, deadbeat youth! Feel free to bash me as you please.” he proudly declared, causing the chat to go wild with laughter.

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Annie Are You Okay?: It’s the confidence for me! I aspire to have this level of confidence!

Portal Jumper: I stumbled on this stream by accident but man has it been fun…

MarshmellowRoaster: Roasting oneself with no mercy. I like that!

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– Do you have any plans for an album or EP release down the line?

“An Album, yes. An EP, not so much. But we’ll see how it goes.” Kyle quickly responded to that question and proceeded to answer the next.

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WarMachine78: Aw man. I really wanted an EP from you…

WendyTheWitch: Noooooo! Sigh… Guess we’ll have to wait for the next song then.

Alice_In_Wonderland 88: Yeah. [Strange Canvas] and the others will have to do for now.

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– What’s your middle name?

Seeing that question, Kyle had a genuine smile surface on his lips as he said;

“It’s Kristoff. That’s my middle name.”

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Orange Cat: Yo what?!!! It’s K.K.K! A triple K!

Reindeers Are Better Than People: Kyle Kristoff Kestis! Hahaha! Reminds me of someone I know!

Young Grandma: Your parents must’ve really loved the letter K!

—

“I guess they must have!” Kyle laughed when he saw that particular comment, casually moving over to the next.

– How old are you?

“I was 21 years of age yesterday. I’m 22 years today.” he grinned a bit as he said that, catching the chat off-guard.

“Yep. I, decided, to celebrate it with you guys. Happy birthday to me.” he casually added, his tone genuine as he got ready to move on to the next question.

His audience however, were utterly shocked by that information as evidenced by the sudden surge of comments in the chat section!

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Princess Peach: OMG! He’s literally celebrating his birthday with us!

WeDoABitOfTrolling: This guy is just full of surprises isn’t he?!

N0c: I guess when he said he was married to his fans, some part of him must’ve really meant it…

GhostTown: I don’t really follow celebrities all that much but Kyle just seems like a total breath of fresh air from what I’ve seen of him.

Mamma Mia: That’s very sweet of him! I’m so glad to be a part of this stream!

Baldilocks: Hey! Today’s my birthday too!

ToddTheToad: Spam those birthday wishes people! Woo!

—

No sooner had people seen that last comment, they immediately followed through!

Noticing the outpour of constant ‘Happy Birthday’ messages, Kyle had the warmest of smiles on his features and after a few more minutes, once the messages had died down, he thanked them and then proceeded to the other questions.

There was still about an hour left before the stream session ended, and Kyle, unknowingly, slowly began to convert even more people into his fans.

Now that his core fans were also able to interact with him, their image of him being a sweet, charming, witty and respectful celebrity, had solidified even further.

Asides from all that though, little did they all know, that there was currently an ongoing traffic on the ViewTube platform due to Kyle’s stream.

If previously, only a respectable 30K had been watching the stream, it had now skyrocketed to an outstanding 100K and counting, making it hard for other streamers on the platform to even navigate around due to the heavy congestion!

That was also why a lot of other popular streamers, despite trying to figure out what the cause of their absurd drop in viewership rate was, were unable to as everything was moving at a snail’s pace.

Tyler especially, was getting extremely frustrated about the entire thing.

First his viewership hit an all-time low for the first time in the many two years and along with that, he couldn’t even navigate around the platform freely.

Switching over to his alt viewer account, the petty streamer soon located the source of the congestion after a while as that was a bit faster for him to navigate around with.

“Kyle Kestis?! What’s he doing streaming?!” his face contorted into a deep frown as he stared at the most talked about celebrity in recent memory.

When he noticed the massive number of people watching the young man’s stream, even noticing some of his viewers there, Tyler’s growing frustration turned into one of genuine anger.

Not willing to even keep his building anger in check, especially because his own stream session was disturbed by Kyle’s, Tyler decided to ruin his stream, resorting to a very annoying tactic every streamer hated.