Tokyo: My obsession with China led me to become the king of Japanese entertainment.

Chapter 87 What else would I do if I didn't stream? (Seeking monthly votes and subscriptions!)

"Feed me? Feed me?"

"What do you mean I'm actually livestreaming? What else am I supposed to do if I don't livestream?"

"Let's go live! I finally get two days off, what am I supposed to do if I don't go live?"

After the event ended, Jun Sakurada received a few calls from friends on the way home. Once home, he didn't care much, ate a cheap bread from the convenience store downstairs, and went straight to sleep.

I slept until noon the next day, and when I got up, I felt refreshed and had recovered my energy.

It must be said that the succubus constitution, although only a portion of it, is extremely useful.

Japanese high schools start in April, and it's only the beginning of March, so they're still on holiday and Sakurada Jun doesn't need to rush to class.

The audition will have to wait a few more days, and he will have a rare two or three days of rest in the short term.

So after sleeping for a day, Jun Sakurada decided to ignore everything else for now and just let things stagnate for a day!

He's been working so hard lately, can't he even enjoy himself a little?

Upon logging onto the website, Jun Sakurada was pleased to find that his account's follower count had increased by a large six figures in just one night. The number of followers, which had just broken one million not long ago, was already approaching two million.

Considering that Ruizhan's fan count had not yet been significantly inflated at this time, this increase is already quite encouraging. He should be able to secure a spot in the top 100 for 2019.

Let's scroll through the push notifications. Although Bing Rong has probably seen most of the hot topics of 2019 in his previous life, scrolling through them again can still be a way to refresh our knowledge.

Let me see what kind of antics netizens have come up with—it's you again, Chicken Bro?

The first time I refreshed the page, I clicked in and couldn't help but see that man in overalls and his basketball right there.

I almost forgot that this was early 2019. There were only a few top-rated content items on Ruizhan, and Kun Ge's parodies made up the majority of them.

Moreover, it must be mentioned that, at least at this point in time, the content related to the meme did not yet have as much artistry and divergence as it would in the future, and instead focused more on repeatedly rehashing and attacking the material from Kun Ge's meal.

Simply put, it's not that visually appealing or creative. In comparison, Jun Sakurada's version, which involved getting on the bus first and then signing with Johnny's, only added the live surveillance video later, was much more original.

At least he actually went to the idol agency's audition and performed the dance himself.

Refreshing again, the title of the first video this time is "The King Returns?! Is the Childhood Memory Finally Coming Back After Many Years?" Needless to say, it must be related to last night's Ultraman Tiga live stream.

Let's see which marketing account started this—how come it's 2200 million Ninja Clan members? Does they even care about tokusatsu?

The moment Jun Sakurada saw the video creator's ID, he felt a little numb.

Even if the creator of this video is someone like Brother Niu who will be criticized for being a purveyor of pure talent every few days, he has at least worked in the tokusatsu (special effects) field for many years, so he still seems a little bit normal.

But even someone like Rei, who usually has virtually no connection with the tokusatsu (special effects) section and is currently transitioning to the lifestyle section, has to come back and try to ride the wave of popularity. That can only mean one thing:

This live stream has become a complete sensation, attracting all sorts of people, regardless of their prior knowledge of the subject, eager to get a piece of the action.

Sure enough, as I scrolled down, the next few videos were clips from live streams made by marketing accounts, a champagne-opening segment hastily produced by a tokusatsu content creator, and a transformation video featuring an unfamiliar pretty girl in the beauty section, accompanied by the song "Take Me Higher".

—Hmm, the transformation animation is still wrong, reminding Jun Sakurada of Kamen Rider Black's cross-arm transformation a few years from now.

I can't bear to watch it anymore.

Keep scrolling down — wow!

A close-up of Jun Sakurada's own headshot suddenly appeared on the homepage, startling Sakurada himself.

He lost his grip and the phone smacked Sakurada Jun in the face. Luckily, the fall was limited; otherwise, the action alone would have sent Takizawa Hideaki's blood pressure soaring.

Sakurada Jun picked up his phone again, grumbling, and saw the video's title was:

"A Chicken Coop Supernova? An Exceptionally Versatile Talent? Who exactly is this Johnny's kid appearing next to V6?"

The author's section says "Chicken House Information Station," which should be a Johnny's fan site.

I initially thought it was some kind of marketing account, but when I clicked in, the information it provided was surprisingly detailed.

Everything was meticulously planned, from when Jun Sakurada started developing his career at Ruizhan, to when he started making games, how well the games sold, and the corresponding revenue.

It's unclear whether it was to avoid any rumors or something else, but this intelligence station deliberately concealed the fact that Jun Sakurada went to Johnny's for an audition to piggyback on Kun's popularity.

The conclusion was: "How long has it been since Johnny's produced such a phenomenal, high-potential star? And it's the Essence Summer collection, so feel free to jump in, ladies!"

The comment section was filled with "Ahhhhhhh, this guy is so handsome!", which made Sakurada Jun's scalp tingle.

In 2019, although the trend of de-anime-ification on Ruizhan was gradually spreading, it hadn't gone so far as to start aggressively promoting fandom culture. After all, a certain 2200 million followers were still riding on the coattails of Ultraman Tiga's popularity, rather than making low-quality boy band videos.

Here, fandoms are still a taboo subject that everyone hates. A year later, a certain fandom academy exploded on the spot, partly because its fandom atmosphere was too strong and disgusting to too many people.

So Jun Sakurada didn't have many fans in the idol fandom before, let alone pure idol fandom fans.

But now that he's becoming known as an idol trainee, he'll inevitably have to deal with these people.

"As expected, becoming a celebrity brings a lot of trouble—"

With a long sigh, Jun Sakurada finally put down his phone and sat down in front of his computer.

Entertainment in 2019 was rather lackluster for him, mostly consisting of content he had encountered in his previous life, presented in outdated formats, making it difficult to arouse his interest.

Well, I've almost fully recovered, so I might as well start broadcasting.

People are already showing their videos on their faces, trying to ride on their popularity. Can't the person in question be allowed to openly and legitimately use their fame?

Without any prior notice or special preparation, as soon as Jun Sakurada opened his live stream, a flood of viewers began pouring in within a minute.

"Runzai actually remembers the premiere?"

"What 'Run-zai'? Now we have to call him 'Run-shen'!"

The level of popularity was significantly higher than before. Besides the regular fans who usually joked and teased, there were also quite a few first-timers: "Just arrived, is this the live stream room of the 'New Olympic Human Body' from two years ago? Is the streamer Chinese or Japanese?"

"What exactly does a streamer do? Why is the title of their livestream 'Fixing Bugs'? Do actors fix bugs too?"

Of course, there are even more intense ones, such as "Ah ...

Well, I won't comment further for now.

"Welcome to the live stream, everyone, new and old! If you haven't followed yet, please do so." Seeing that almost everyone had entered, Jun Sakurada began his daily recitation with practiced ease.

"For those viewers who don't know much about the streamer, let me introduce myself. My main job is as an indie game developer, followed by being a blogger and streamer, and only then do I become an idol trainee and actor."

"Although the anchor doesn't mind having some Chinese ancestry, unfortunately, she doesn't. She's a pure Japanese. Her Chinese is good because she works as a blogger here and practices by watching the news broadcast regularly."

"For those interested in roguelike games, feel free to search for 'Yokai Survivor' on Steam. It has sold over a million copies, has a 95% positive review rate, and is a sincere work with full Chinese localization. It's a great deal at 25 yuan."

He fluently typed a small "GG," successfully raising a lot of questions and shattering the perceptions of many newcomers who entered the live stream with the intention of following celebrities.

But don't worry, something even more explosive is coming soon.

"It's a day off today, so I'll play some games. I won't play Survivor, that counts as work." Jun Sakurada yawned.

He doesn't want his fans to have too much of an idol filter on him.

On the one hand, he actually dislikes the kind of mindless worship that fans have for him, taking every word he says as gospel and believing it completely.

After all, fanaticism often means irrationality, and with too many brainless fans and idol groups, you might end up being led astray by them at any time.

His fans in China are his most important base outside of the Johnny's system, and also the key reason why he can still stand on his own after leaving Johnny's.

Only if these people are completely independent of being assimilated into Johnny's-style fandom can Jun Sakurada guarantee his freedom of movement.

And what better way to break free from that perfect idol filter than live-streaming gaming?

Especially considering that Jun Sakurada is known for his sharp tongue.

League of Legends, launch!

"He's streaming himself playing games—how carefree!"

Johnny's headquarters, Snowman's exclusive practice room, rest area.

A man who looked to be no more than 1.7 meters tall, with pink hair, and who, despite his good looks, appeared to be approaching thirty, sighed gloomily as he watched the choppy live stream on his computer screen, and saw Sakurada Jun muttering "Don't eat, don't eat" while tormenting the opposing top laner.

"Ah, this kind of life is pretty good, isn't it, Raoul?"

He glanced at the boy beside him, who was over 1.9 meters tall and had a distinctly foreign look, and spoke in a sarcastic tone.

"Ah—ah?" Suddenly called out, the boy called Raulu looked up helplessly, seemingly not expecting to be called out at this time.

"Um... I think it's pretty good, but that's probably Takizawa-san's training strategy for him, right, Sakuma-senpai?"

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Raulum answered somewhat haltingly, perhaps concealing his true attitude.

Seeing his junior's ambiguous response, Daisuke Sakuma sighed again and finally clarified the subject matter.

"That's true—but don't you think his privileges are a bit excessive?"