chapter 23
023. So what’s next?
At the same time as the music video ended, all the communities and fires that were watching Yoo Jae-hak’s music love letter literally started to burn like crazy.
– Crazy!!! is that real?
– what? CE. Song Jae-ik. Not a youtuber?
– That music video was made by Song Jae-ik?
– Did you really make him alone?
– Oh no way. It was outsourced or someone made it together.
– If you get caught groping openly on a broadcast, your hands and feet will fly away, right?
– I am currently employed. Even if you can’t pull it out in a month with that level of quality, it will break thousands of money. It’s impossible alone. by the way. Ha… Hyeonta is coming.
– Go to that youtuber channel right now. Full disclosure of the video production process. I tried to speed it up, but I really drew it all by myself. You’re crazy! that.
– Wow. this is real Wow. Seed. I’m speechless.
Eom Kang-seok turned his gaze away and giggled at the comments on the Internet, but kept an eye on the number of subscribers to his You Tube channel.
“Breaking through 90,000. Finally!”
The number of subscribers increased like crazy along with the music video, and 100,000 subscribers were right around the corner.
Of course, that insensitive bastard didn’t seem to care about that.
Especially, the highlight is playing the piano. After singing one of the duet songs, At Dawn.
After playing one of Jeongyeon’s representative songs on the piano, Jaehyung Yoo put on a puzzled expression in disbelief.
In the music world, he was famous as a composer and often played the piano, but he thought that Song Jae-ik’s piano skills were not at a level that he could say anything about.
[uh. I’m not at a level where I can dare to say anything. Where did you study piano separately?]
[It’s self-study. Of course, I never learned from anywhere. ah! Recently, I got in touch with him, so I sometimes take one-point lessons from Mr. Lee Jong-woo.]
[yes? Is that pianist Lee Jong-woo? no. with someone so famous. For those of you who don’t know, you’re the one who won first place in an international competition! really! Legend! I know you’re on a world tour right now!]
[Haha. After the last busking, how did you get in touch with me because you looked at me favorably? Watch the You Tube video and call me sometimes.]
[No, the last busking was less than a month ago. Did you know, Evie?]
[Hey. I mean. I was surprised when I heard it too.]
[Wow. in a real music video. on the piano. He’s a real all-around beauty.]
[Thank you for the compliment.]
‘790, 873, 995. Numbers increase in an instant.’
Each time the page is refreshed, the number of subscribers steadily increases.
The number of subscribers, which was in the latter half of 80,000 before the broadcast began, exceeded 90,000 with the music video, and then exceeded 99,000 after the piano piece. Finally, the number of 100,000 was right in front of us.
And when the last digit reached 995.
Eom Kang-seok swallowed dry saliva and carefully pressed the F5 button.
[Number of subscribers: 101,222]
“Ten Maaan!”
“Woah! What a surprise!”
Song Jae-ik was startled by the sudden shout and jumped up from his chair.
“What?”
“One hundred thousand! One hundred thousand! One hundred thousand You Tube subscribers!”
Eom Kang-seok held out his laptop screen with a thrilling look.
The number of 100,000 subscribers clearly stamped.
“So? We’re 100,000 too?”
“At least? That? The end?”
I looked at Song Jae-ik with pitiful eyes as if I couldn’t believe it. It’s a hundred thousand. It was also the goal that Eom Kang-seok had when he first started Nutube with Song Jae-ik.
No, actually, I thought it would be a jackpot if it exceeded 10,000.
“I’m going to start with 1 million like a man! I’ll grab it and go!”
“Crazy man. A million? A million bae? Get your senses.”
“So you think it’s impossible?”
Although I instinctively refuted Song Jae-ik’s words, it was also true that I had a little thought that it would be possible in a corner of my heart.
‘A million. A million.’
By the time Um Kang-seok’s expression loosened up and he was about to lose his mind.
Weing-
My cell phone, which had been set to vibrate, rang and the messenger screen popped up.
[Jeongyeon: Congratulations on reaching 100,000 on You Tube! Do you admit it’s because of me? Buy me a meal! (Rabbit sets off firecrackers emoji)
ah!
I passed 6 million a while ago heh.]
“Um. Hey. I’m going.”
Seeing the text message, Song Jae-ik’s expression became strange, and he pushed the screen to Um Kang-seok.
“why?”
“We have to work hard.”
“We weren’t meant to be compared in the first place, right? Are you comparing us to Evie?”
“It’s not something to compare!
—
– Do you see Yoo Jae-hyung’s expression when he plays the piano? Are you shocked?
– All the kids who play the piano now are summoned. At that level, I honestly don’t know what to say.
– We’ve come to a conclusion. It’s just that the bad comments related to him are envy and jealousy.
– Even so. Does it really make sense for one person to be so good at everything?
The biggest question shown in the broadcast. Is it true that one person can show that much talent in so many different fields?
With the beginning of part 2, it almost became like Song Jae-ik’s talent show.
Animated music video. There are intermittent songs, piano, and guitar. She even drew pictures on the spot while Ebi sang on stage.
If it had been that far, you might have thought of it as multi-talented.
However, Yoo Jae-hyung, who was given the job here, kept ordering Song Jae-ik to add this and that.
Song Jae-ik watched it a few times and showed how to do it without difficulty after repeating it a few times, if not like the existing ones.
Whether it’s a new instrument, a dance or whatever.
Is this why people can exhaust without overturning?
Even Yoo Jae-hyeong’s scan of Song Jae-ik with the eyes of a hawk was already made into a meme and spread throughout the community.
And that reaction was clearly reflected in the music charts as well.
<Evie Comeback Special Yoo Jae-hyeong’s Music Love Letter records the highest viewership rating!>
<After love has passed, at dawn. Song Jae-ik, who worked on a duet, is a YouTuber?>
Certainly, the effect of the broadcast was great. It was because when the news came out here and there and all the media covered this broadcast, the interest in the duet song was skyrocketing without knowing it.
And the two songs that were ranked 4th and 5th on Evie’s album.
Gradually, as it climbed the rankings, it overtook Lian’s main title song Hi, Spring, and then Evie’s main title song, perfectly settling in the 1st and 2nd places.
So, those who watched the broadcast that day had one question.
Song Jae-ik clearly said on the broadcast that day that his goal was to challenge this and that.
– It’s worth it. To be honest, aren’t you able to make a living no matter what’s on You Tube right now? Piano, cooking, singing, guitar. to animation production.
– I personally became a fan after watching this music video. It would be great if you could make an animation like Ghibli.
– Say something that makes sense. Are you doing it because you don’t know how sh*tty the Korean animation market is?
– You always talk about subcontracting. no rattlesnake.
– Still, if he touched it, wouldn’t it be different?
– Oh, what are you doing by yourself? but. There are so many kids who look at the world with ease.
– I don’t need any. therefore. What is that YouTuber doing right now?
“I wonder what you are doing now?”
Eom Kang-seok, who had been watching the reaction here and there for a while, laughed when he saw someone’s post with a question.
“Don’t tell me. I’m busy.”
Song Jae-ik was concentrating all his attention on the nutube video he was currently watching.
“What are you watching?”
“animation.”
“yes?”
[The Korean animation market is actually quite a bit bigger than I thought. However, apart from the large market, it is difficult to say that it is popular. If you think about that image, investment or status.]
“why? Did you become interested in making the music video this time?”
[In fact, animation is a hugely manpower-intensive business. Because someone has to draw dozens of pictures for one second in the blink of an eye. At least these days, compared to the past, thanks to a platform like OTT, I can breathe.]
[Still, according to recent industry news, I hear that director Yeon Jin-woo, who made his name known for his short animations, is working on a full-length animation. Of course, with the prospect that it will never be easy.]
“uh. I want to dig in properly.”
“Nuiye~ Neuiye~ I know. But you should pay more attention to Youtube.”
“Youtube why? Aren’t you uploading videos? This time, the love letter video comments weren’t kidding.”
“Music videos are the most popular. After uploading them, inquiries about animation production came in via DM.
“No. He told me to.”
At that, Song Jae-ik grumbled, but he busily moved his hands. What the heck, he couldn’t guess, of course he thought that after the music love letter broadcast, he would show his face more on TV.
I heard from Jeongyeon-ssi that casting offers come in from all over the place.
But after Music Love Letter aired, I suddenly locked myself in my house and didn’t leave my computer.
If he were like himself, he would be so excited that he would be busy showing his face on various broadcasts. If you think about it that way, you’re a friend, but I also thought that he was very special.
“By the way, aren’t there any broadcasts?”
“I’m not even a celebrity, so I’m going to go on TV here and there, and do something. Now I have to think about what I’m going to do next. But I’m going to go out. It’s just because I’m not attracted to anything. If I’m attracted to it, I’ll go out, right?”
I had already absorbed this and that talent through the ring and spread it out, but since I was in the middle of my mind, I honestly thought about what gains I would get from going on the air.
“It sucks. Yes, what.”
From a quick glance, it looks like he’s still working on something, but he doesn’t know what to say when he doesn’t say he’s not sure yet.
“But what are you doing?”
Eom Kang-seok could not hold back his curiosity and asked a question. It was because he had been keeping his eyes on the monitor while continuing to roll his mouse with a serious expression since he saw You Tube.
“Looking for a freelance job.”
“What? Looking for a freelance job.”
“Are you crazy?”
“Crazy. Extremely sane?”
In fact, even though I made a little bit of money doing YouTube and duet activities, it was not enough. I didn’t really make much money.
In fact, I tended to reinvest even the little money I was earning.
A liquid crystal tablet for immediate drawing, a computer for associative editing, and even additional shooting equipment. Wasn’t it all a penny or two?
Of course, I didn’t spend all my money on that alone, but I had to save as much money as possible for what I’m thinking now.
Nutube was just getting on track, and at the same time, there were so many things that Um Kang-seok had to do.
Because in this situation, you can’t live with only moderate profits for long.
In order for Um Kang-seok and I to eventually choose this as our business, shouldn’t we have a stable fixed income?
And in the end, that’s something that I, the channel’s lead, have to solve.
“How long can you do part-time job and this job at the same time? To be honest, don’t your parents talk about finding a job?”
“Uh… um… I see. So, are you quitting You Tube?”
“No. I’m going to keep doing Nutube. It’s a hobby, but honestly, it’s beyond the realm of hobbies now, right?
“Yes. But freelancers?”
“Yes. That’s exactly why I’m a freelancer. Think about it honestly. Vocal, guitar, piano, animation. What kind of job should I have?”
“Uh… um. That’s right. It’s ambiguous. If you choose one, you’ll surely regret the other.”
No matter what I did, the other side was a waste. piano? It’s to the point where Lee Jong-woo asks him to come as his disciple. Song? His duet with Evie has already proven his skills.
The other parts were the same. They were talents that were too lacking to be able to do just one thing, and at the same time, the talents to digest in the future were also the same.
Right now, just looking at the comments on the You Tube channel or Inbyeolgram, aren’t there comments pouring in that people are arguing about what Song Jae-ik will do next, or wanting them to focus more on the existing ones?
After all, the reason Song Jae-ik snooped on this and that was to digest his talent. Digesting various talents and bursting them out.
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Looking at the situation so far, the way to digest talent was to do a lot of related things and showcase one’s talent more.
In the end, money is money. Wouldn’t it come naturally as you develop your talent? The fastest way to develop that talent was to learn from people rather than through youtube, and show it to more people.
I busking for piano and singing guitar, and somehow, through a confrontation, I released a duet album and even appeared on TV.
In this process, the digestion was clearly done tremendously. And even faster than before.
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Let’s talk about the situation now.
Should I say that there are so many options that it is rather difficult to make a decision?
For example, if it was possible, it was never good to insist on a place that was too large. It was because if you belong to a project or team that is too big, you end up feeling like one of the parts in that team.
At least, in order to belong to such a place, it was necessary to further develop my name value in various fields. Right now, the value of the name was in the field of piano or singing, not other fields.
‘I wonder if my father thought about this too.’
When I suddenly think about it, I think I grew up not knowing exactly what my father did when I was young.
Because you were always doing something. And the reason I didn’t pay more attention was because the family wasn’t that lacking.
It wasn’t a rich life like the rich, but it wasn’t that I lived a life that was squeezed.
Now that I think about it, I think my dad was also a kind of freelancer.
“So wait a little bit. I’ll let you know later that you’re the main editor and manager of Channel Challenge Everything, whatever they say your job is. Maybe it won’t take long?”
“It sucks. So what was your first job as a freelancer?”
Song Jae-ik, who had been moving his mouse down for a long time in response to Um Kang-seok’s curiosity, clicked the mouse as if he had made up his mind.
click-
“animation.”
“Are you crazy, finally?”