My Life with Narration

Chapter 440 - 432: Educating Su He

Sitting on the toilet, Su Qing also opened his phone and clicked on Su He’s short video account. It had her well-edited photos, vlogs taken at school, and even the video of him accompanying her with Da Huang for the college entrance exam, which indirectly confirmed her identity.

If not, she couldn’t have gained 50,000 followers in such a short time. After all, those so-called blogger classmates in the comment section were unknown themselves, but Su He was different; her identity was traceable.

He even saw videos Su He shot with her roommates, which kind of looked like she wanted to do short videos, but the style was... hard to describe, with awkward plots and stiff dialogues, lacking technical content. It was just because she looked good; otherwise, no one would watch those videos.

Meanwhile, on the other side, due to interactions from many Da Huang fans in the live broadcast room, Da Huang was forced to work overtime, and they even took a tour of his house.

Fortunately, Su He was quite measured and just wandered around the living room, not going up to the second floor.

"Oh my, Da Qing is actually into stocks, a fellow stock investor! Let’s see what your brother bought!"

There were so many comments in the live broadcast room, and that one just flashed by. Su He didn’t see it but still sat in front of his computer for a while, even giving a close-up of his handwritten notes and simple diagrams.

She didn’t have any particular aim; she just wanted everyone to see her brother’s daily life. About an hour later, the number of people watching the live broadcast reached 15,000, which was quite bustling.

But Su He didn’t really have any talents. Half the time was spent filming Da Huang. Although she was happy seeing everyone sending her gifts, she still prepared to end the live stream at Su Qing’s hint.

You shouldn’t try to drain the pond to get all the fish; if people get their fill all at once, the effect of Su He’s future live streams would be much less. After all, it seemed like she wanted to do short videos.

"Okay, today’s live broadcast ends here. I’m going offline, bye-bye!"

Su He waved at the camera and went offline amid the viewers’ pleas to stay, then immediately checked her live stream earnings. As soon as she saw it, she let out a scream, scaring Da Huang into jumping up.

"Bro, bro, I just earned 20,000 yuan from a little over an hour of live streaming, 20,000 yuan!"

They had a PK match, and at that time, everyone in the live broadcast room strongly requested another round. Indeed, she received a lot of rewards, and she even saw several ’Carnival’ gifts, which meant that even after the platform took half, there was still 1,500 yuan per gift, not to mention countless other gifts of various amounts, definitely earning quite a bit.

This made Su He feel that making money was surprisingly easy.

In response, Su Qing couldn’t help but give her a right-legged kick in the butt.

"Ouch, bro, what are you doing~~ You wouldn’t want to take the money back, would you?" Su He clutched her phone tightly and said pitifully.

Hearing this, Su Qing glanced at her and poured himself a glass of water, sitting silently on the sofa.

Seeing this, Su He got a bit scared and cautiously asked, "Bro, are you angry? How about I withdraw the money and give it to you?"

Hearing this, Su Qing couldn’t help but inwardly chuckle, thinking, "Do you think I care about your little bit of money when I’m earning millions a day?"

But even though he didn’t care, he needed to correct Su He’s perception; that was the main issue.

"If I’m not wrong, do you think making money is actually easy?"

Hearing him say this, Su He scratched her head awkwardly because she actually did feel this way when she saw she’d earned 20,000 yuan after just over an hour.

Seeing this, Su Qing continued, "Do you really think it’s easy? Why do people reward you with gifts instead of others?"

"Isn’t it because they all came to see you, bro?" Su He said flatteringly.

Su Qing shook his head, "They’re not here to see me; it’s because this account grew in popularity, and I’ve never live-streamed before, so they were curious. That’s why the first time had such an effect.

Do you believe it? It’s not even about you. Even if I start live streaming every day, without updating videos, in less than ten to fifteen days, no one would watch, let alone send gifts anymore.

At the end of the day, people watch for the content, not really for me or Da Huang. Who’d sit around with nothing better to do, watching a Golden Retriever and a guy? Even celebrities can’t keep live streaming without content for long.

Otherwise, why, when everyone has one nose and two eyes, would they watch me? Da Huang is just a Golden Retriever. Haven’t they seen one before? Mom’s had Da Huang for so long, and he’s never been this popular. What do you think?"

The logic he explained was simple: don’t think it’s easy to do new media and make money with live streaming. Even if you have no special skills, you think you can be famous and make big bucks. One must have a clear self-awareness.

Don’t blindly exploit fans; that’s why even though he got famous, he never live-streamed or did live selling and hadn’t even accepted minimal harm ads.

Of course, it was also because he had other sources of income, so he didn’t care, but the principle was the same.

Su He was silent for a while. Although she understood the reasoning, she still didn’t quite understand why her brother suddenly started talking to her like this today.

"Don’t let the money on the internet cloud your judgment. The reason you made 20,000 in an hour of live streaming this time is that my videos have been popular over the past few months. So, it wasn’t just an hour; it’s really the result of several months of effort. Looking at it that way, do you still think 20,000 yuan is a lot?" Su Qing asked.

Su He shook her head.

Seeing this, Su Qing nodded, his expression relaxing a lot: "I just checked your account. Do you want to do new media?"

"Mm-hmm, I’ve been trying recently, but haven’t made much progress. Wasn’t it that I thought of you and Da Huang?"

"You’re quite smart, knowing to use your brother’s popularity, and the timing wasn’t bad either. But even though you gained tens of thousands of followers by leveraging me and Da Huang this time, whether you can keep them is up to you. This move is like me riding on Nan Jie’s coattails; doing it occasionally is fine, but if you want to make a living from it, your videos must have their own unique style.

I leveraged Nan Jie’s fame because I already had my own style back then, and I was already gaining popularity, so I naturally retained the fans she brought over. But you can’t; you haven’t established your style yet. I saw your videos, just random edits!" Su Qing shook his head.

Even before he changed his style, he already had his style, doing movie reviews—though not very popular, just enough to make a living.

"Then what should I do, bro?" Su He asked eagerly.

Actually, since her roommates at college learned her brother was an internet celebrity last month, they’ve been encouraging her to make short videos, which she was indeed tempted to do.

"I don’t know!"

"You don’t know? Bro, then you..."

"My style is mine, not yours. Even if I gave Da Huang to you, you might not create anything. First, determine the direction for your videos, then slowly explore your unique elements, namely your style, to potentially become popular. Look at how many people online suddenly have one viral video, but their subsequent works are bland?"

It wasn’t nonsense; it was a fact. Some people, even if they have one viral video and tens of thousands of comments, their follower numbers don’t increase, and they can’t help it. Without a distinct style, that’s how it is.

"Ah~~ is it really that hard?" Su He got a bit disheartened.

Hearing this, Su Qing rolled his eyes, "You think everything is easy? Otherwise, wouldn’t everyone be an internet celebrity, earning millions a year? Why go to work?"

"Then, bro, what do you suggest I do first?"

Su Qing took a sip of water and after a while, said in a deep voice, "If you can’t find your style, then imitate. That’s the fastest and most effective way. Once you have your foundation, you can work on other things. By the way, do you know how to edit videos?"

"No!"

"Then what the heck are you doing trying to make short videos? Go play somewhere else!"

Su He:...

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