Nirvana Top Laner, Reborn Tokyo Girl

Chapter 162, page 159: The Birth of China's First Vtuber!
The program was indeed very well-received, and the atmosphere during the live broadcast was also excellent.

As a result, everyone's desire to give gifts and rice increased.

The number of captains in the live stream continued to grow at this time.

Although most people were already on the ship by the time they won the championship.

If they're not willing to board a ship for something as exciting and emotionally resonant as winning a championship, when will they ever be willing to board a ship?

Surely no one would win the championship but not become a captain, and then become a captain after winning the championship, right?
Hello, yes, there is.

Although the atmosphere was indeed very enthusiastic on the day of the victory.

However, the person broadcasting the live stream was not Shimamura Yuna herself.

This leads to some people being unwilling to buy rice.

In the eyes of this group, the reason for attacking the captain is to gain recognition from the streamer when the streamer is online.

Given the number of captains in Shimamura Yuna's live stream, it's almost impossible for her to accidentally mention any particular captain.

However, for some people, there is a different psychological feeling when they play against the captain while Shimamura is streaming versus when Shimamura is not.

So, after Shimamura Yuna returned to the live stream, these captains started to slowly start sending messages.

Moreover, it wasn't just the viewers watching during the live stream.

Many of these little ones didn't watch the live stream and only found out about these things afterward through various marketing accounts on Douyin and Bilibili.

These fans missed the emotional climax of the live stream, but afterwards they were drawn in by various videos and posts about Yuna Shimamura. They regretted not celebrating the moment when Yuna Shimamura won the championship with everyone and wanted to make up for it by buying tickets afterwards.

Therefore, for them, Shimamura Yuna's broadcast this time was a window to make up for their passion.

At once.
Although I wasn't there when they won the championship, I was at least there for the celebrations afterward, so that counts as participation, right?
As a result, the number of captains has been steadily increasing since the start of the broadcast, although the rate of increase is not particularly fast compared to the day the competition was won.
However, compared to most ordinary streamers, it is still a number that is enviable and unimaginable.

Soon, the number of captains quickly approached the total of 3, up from 26000 at the start of the broadcast.

Yuna Shimamura herself doesn't really care about this.

On the one hand, she is not short of money in the short term, so she doesn't have much desire for money.

Secondly, a captain only earns a few dozen yuan.
She is currently focusing her main energy on the multi-million dollar player contracts she might receive after the end of this year.

Or rather, even if it's not tens of millions, it must be several million, right?
Compared to the player's contract, she looked down on the one or two million that only came in occasional big wins, thinking she was being too ambitious and unrealistic.

Of course, saying that they are all talk and no action really means they have no concept of money.

They only know how much money they have, and they only know how little money they have.

When you have little money, you crave it intensely, feeling that you must earn a lot of money to make up for your current losses.

But once she had a lot of money, she felt it was just a number, and began to think that one or two million was nothing more than a pittance.

She hadn't even put those meager earnings into her pocket yet, and her dream of an eight-figure sum of RMB was still far from being realized. The contract hadn't even been discussed, and she was already complaining that the meager earnings were meaningless.

This is likely due to a lack of life experience and social skills stemming from starting a professional career at a very young age in their previous life.

While it wouldn't be difficult for her to sign an eight-figure RMB contract, it's also true that she's a bit insensitive and naive when it comes to money.

Because she wasn't interested in money, she didn't keep checking the number of captains when the broadcast started.

But just because she doesn't care doesn't mean the viewers in the live stream don't care.

Fans are people who share a sense of collective identity.

For example, right now, everyone sees that Shimamura Yuna has so many captains, so they want to make another push.

For Yuna Shimamura, being a captain means money; for casual observers, it's just a number; but for fans, it represents collective cohesion.

Everyone has, to some extent, a desire to prove that they are the best streamer in the world.

This emotion was ultimately ignited by a red SC (Super Score).

[It seems like Shimamura is about to break Jia Ran's record for the highest number of captains in the Vocaloid community! Holy crap, she's only a few thousand away. At this rate, she has a chance to break it today. It looks like Shimamura is about to become the queen!]

When Shimamura Yuna saw this SC, she was a little taken aback.

Her immediate thought was, "Why would someone specifically post about this on SC?"

In her opinion, these kinds of things are usually guided by the authorities and have nothing to do with the fans.

Why would any fans be so concerned about this matter that they even contacted SC to say something?

Isn't the main reason for playing SC (Super SC) to interact with the streamer and share your own experiences with them?

Her immediate thought was that this must be an official paid troll, a plant arranged by the Bilibili live streaming department to drive consumption.

But she guessed wrong.

Bilibili does seem to be trying to guide consumption, and they are also generating data for them, such as online viewership and live stream popularity.

However, there really isn't a way to farm for the captain.

After all, this kind of thing can easily set off a trend in consumer behavior, and at this crucial juncture, Bilibili doesn't want to make any harsh statements and get criticized.

In other words, the person who guided this consumption was just an ordinary fan.

This refers to what is known as a career-oriented person.

View the growth of the streamer as your own growth, and view the income of the streamer as your own income.

Seeing a streamer's popularity increase can be very exciting, as if one's own popularity is also increasing.

Seeing the streamer's captain count crush others gives you a thrill similar to fighting crickets.

And there are actually quite a few people like this who are career-oriented.

It could even be said that many people have the potential to be career-oriented, but they just haven't been guided.

At this moment, once this person sends this SC (Super SC) as a guide, the bloodline of a bunch of hidden careerists is completely activated.

Some people are thinking, 'Wow, is Shimamura-san's number of captains about to break the record for Bilibili's virtual streamer section? I definitely have to give it a shot!'

Some people are thinking, "Holy crap, Shimamura-san won! We've almost 30,000 captains and the record still hasn't been broken? Who's that amazing? What? X Ran? Can that guy even compare to our Shimamura-san? I'll give him a piece of my mind!"

That's right, it's this kind of cohesive force that unites us in fighting against external enemies and breaking through boundaries.

Let all of Yuna Shimamura's fans stand together at this very moment and start sending rice like crazy.

Some people even created alternate accounts specifically to farm Captains for Shimamura Yuna.

All for the sake of breaking that final record.

So, by the second half of the live stream, the atmosphere in the room had completely changed.

It's no longer the atmosphere of everyone gathering together to listen to Yuna Shimamura tell stories.

Instead, it focuses on building cohesion, cultivating a fan community, and selling popcorn.

Holy crap, this looks like it might actually work! I think we'll break the record today, right?

[I'm not saying anything more, Shimamura-san is already a world champion, she definitely deserves the highest record in the VTuber world as a captain, I need to go create an alt account.]

[Shimamura-nee is really worth it, I've already quit my captaincy.] [It's true, isn't giving Shimamura-nee popcorn more worthwhile than giving those skinny dog ​​characters who only know how to sell shoku?]

To be honest, Shimamura Yuna was a little taken aback by how united everyone was.

If she had planned it out with Bilibili in advance, and mentioned what captain gifts and rewards there would be before the live stream, then it would be a case of one party willing to give and the other willing to receive.

But suddenly, halfway through the live stream, the content changed from casual conversation to aiming for the highest number of captains on Bilibili.

I wouldn't say I hate it.

It was a bit unexpected, and I didn't have time to react.

So, she instinctively put on a layer of nail polish.

"No, I don't plan to reach the highest number of captains on Bilibili. Please don't make impulsive purchases. These kinds of titles are meaningless."

"I've already made a lot of money this time, I really have a lot of money. Don't compete over things that don't really matter, especially some of you who are still students. Don't try to be competitive, okay?"

"I'm just doing a normal live stream today. I don't make money from this. I'll make a lot of money in the future, really."

"Besides, do you guys think that being number one in Bilibili is more exciting than being number one in the Pioneer Tournament? I don't feel that way at all."

However, despite Shimamura Yuna's statement, everyone's enthusiasm remained undiminished.

It's okay, Shimamura-san, you deserve it.

[Since you're already the Vanguard Champion, what's wrong with winning the Bilibili Captain Championship as well?]

[Shimamura-san is born to win; she has to win everything!]

Since you say no, then you mean yes!

In short, at this point, whether or not to send gifts is no longer really up to Shimamura Yuna's own will.

It's just that the viewers in the live stream are setting goals for themselves to prove a point and for their own sense of satisfaction as career-oriented people.

Although Shimamura Yuna deliberately avoided bringing up the topic again, she instead chose to answer comments that didn't discuss the issue, in order to get those comments to interact with her.

However, she interacted with these normal bullet comments while answering these ordinary questions.

Meanwhile, the comments section was still buzzing with excitement.

[Shimamura is really about to break through! She's already at 32000 captains!]

[Wow, Shimamura-san is amazing!]

[Shimamura-san truly deserves it]

[Shimamura-nee, this is my fourth alt account. I've created four captains for you now.]

The number of captains increased so rapidly that it shocked even the Vtuber forum, which focuses on discussions about Vtubers.

Actually, there was a similar argument on the V-Bar when Shimamura Yuna won the championship and had 2 captains.

That is, "I really can't get enough popcorn from petting dogs."

The reason is that Shimamura Yuna's actual popularity in current affairs is clearly far higher than that of a certain Vtuber who set a record for the number of ship captains. She is a "virtual streamer" who has truly gone from being a self-entertaining figure in a small circle to a mainstream celebrity.

She can't even be called a virtual streamer anymore; it's just a former identity.

Despite the immense popularity of her championship win, her number of ship captains was only slightly over 20,000, less than 30,000, which is less than the limited-time popcorn count of a certain Vtuber.

What does this prove?
This proves that petting dogs is just loud; when it comes to popcorn, they're not even as good as a single stick of popcorn from a fan club.

At the time, V Bar even won a small victory because of this.

Although some people have summarized the reasons as follows: lack of prior promotion, lack of prior announcement of the broadcast, the streamer not being in the live broadcast room, and the streamer not being a professional streamer, etc.

However, if you don't break through this number of captains, then you haven't broken through this number of captains.

That proves that you're all talk and no action when it comes to petting dogs, and that the V-circle is the winner.

But
Unexpectedly, as soon as Shimamura Yuna started her broadcast today, the missing record of the highest captain and the missing amount of popcorn were immediately made up.

This stunned the members of Vba.

Holy crap, are these island nations really that good at making popcorn?! Are they really going to break records?!

At this rate, she's definitely going to overtake. And even if she doesn't, Bilibili will probably have to make up for it.

[Where are the people who said they wouldn't eat popcorn while petting dogs a couple of days ago?]

[Playing with dogs doesn't really generate much revenue. Yuna is just benefiting from the virtual streamer trend. Do you see other popular contestants generating this much revenue?]

[When the number of captains hasn't exceeded the limit, it's like playing with dogs and not making money; when the number of captains is about to exceed the limit, it's like the money being made by the virtual streamer's audience, right?]

[Adaptive technology]

[You know, with that record-breaking streamer before, the team took the lion's share of the profits, leaving only a small portion for the streamer. But with Yuna Shimamura's streams, it seems like all the money she earns really goes to her. She doesn't even seem to have a guild; besides Bilibili and the tax bureau, there are absolutely no middlemen taking a cut.]

Holy crap, Shimamura-san really hit the jackpot!

[This is nothing. If Shimamura went to any LPL or LCK team, she would earn much more than this.]

【It really is】

[The people in the leotards in the forum were causing a ruckus before, are they finally going to kneel down now?]

I'm bowing down to this amazing dog! I'm bowing down to Shimamura-san!

I'm not envious at all of Shimamura's earnings. She could have made money lying down as a costumed dog, but she chose to win a championship first and then come back to make money as a costumed dog. She truly deserves to be rich.

[That's true, Shimamura-san is amazing.]

Shimamura's identity is indeed quite delicate; on one hand, her main audience doesn't come from the VTuber community at all.

However, on the other hand, she is indeed a virtual streamer.

How can you say she's not a virtual YouTuber?

The costume, the character design, and even the person in it are Japanese.

Where is the virtual aspect in this?
This allows her to compete on the same stage as other virtual streamers.

Then, relying on the massive traffic generated by petting dogs, they directly outcompeted other virtual streamers.

When faced with such a monstrous streamer, the traditional audience of these virtual streamers can only admit defeat when it comes to data analysis.

Soon, amidst discussions from all sides, Shimamura Yuna was live-streaming her miscellaneous talk show, while the number of captains continued to grow rapidly.

The live stream eventually reached 37000 successful viewers after two and a half hours, surpassing the previous record in the V-circle.

The moment the lead was surpassed, the live stream chat exploded with excitement.

Holy crap, we did it!

[Brothers, you're awesome!]

[Shimamura-san is Bilibili's number one virtual YouTuber! Awesome!]

(End of this chapter)