Chapter 20: You Don't Need to Learn
That night back at the hotel, while Arthur plugged in the eight power banks he had used that day, Eleanor Vance returned.
"How was the experience at the venue today?"
She asked after entering the room.
"Yeah, not bad," Arthur replied calmly.
"Do you have any matches today?"
"Yeah, I played two matches in the afternoon, won them both."
Because the first match finished early, he was scheduled for another match later that day before the day ended, and he won that one just as uneventfully.
Eleanor Vance paused, then quickly asked, "You didn't forget about taking pictures to record the process, did you?"
Arthur nodded, "I didn't forget, I live-streamed the whole time."
Eleanor Vance nodded at first, then suddenly came to her senses, "Wait, you said you live-streamed the whole time?"
"Yeah."
Eleanor Vance couldn't help but cover her forehead again.
"Can you not be so honest? You're not the kind of streamer who relies on strength, you don't need to live-stream the whole time. There's no chance for post-editing if you do that, have you forgotten what I taught you in the beginning? Internet celebrities need to be packaged."
Then, seeing Arthur's look of feigned understanding, she sighed, "Forget it, I know you lack common sense. Have you eaten dinner? If not, I'll order some takeout, then I'll find some examples for you to watch."
"I haven't eaten yet."
Then Eleanor Vance took out her phone and ordered three portions of takeout, and one portion for Froakie.
A dozen minutes later, they received a call confirming their floor and room, and then a Pidgeotto appeared outside their window, carrying a large bag.
They opened the window, received the takeout, and everyone ate first.
During the meal, Froakie smacked his lips while eating grilled yellow croaker and grilled silkworms on skewers and suddenly "croaked" at Arthur twice, conveying telepathically, "Master, this doesn't seem as delicious as the food you make."
Arthur smiled and patted his head, "We're away from home, just make do with it."
Eleanor Vance, who heard this, couldn't help but roll her eyes.
This takeout was from one of the highest-end restaurants nearby that she had chosen. Could this be considered "making do"?
But then, when she thought of Arthur's skill in making his own Pokémon food that he casually displayed during the live-stream promotion, she suddenly couldn't refute it.
After the meal, Eleanor Vance used the laptop she had brought to go online and find a vlog recently posted by an internet celebrity who was also participating in the Golden Autumn Cup for Arthur to watch.
At the beginning of the video, the person greeted the camera with a lot of energy.
"Hello, everyone~ This is 'Pokémon Master Woo,' your most knowledgeable Pokémon friend! Today is the start of the annual Skyspire City Golden Autumn Cup, and as a senior Pokémon breeder and Master-rank Pokémon competition enthusiast, 'Pokémon Master Woo' has naturally signed up for this competition. Let's check it out~"
Then came a fast-forwarded montage, from walking on the street, to arriving at the venue, registering, getting a number, and during the waiting time, this streamer went to many souvenir stalls. Half of the video was over before she was finally called to the stage.
Before the show, this internet celebrity named "Pokémon Master Woo" gave another monologue to the camera.
"Ah, I'm so nervous right now, you know? I'm paired with a very famous player in my first match, I'm so unlucky! This person is a celebrity in the amateur trainer circle in Skyspire City, and he's incredibly strong! Many people say he's close to professional level. Oh no, I feel like I'll be eliminated in the first round this year."
Her dramatic description made the viewers anticipate the upcoming match.
Especially when she repeatedly patted her chest while saying she was nervous, creating a wave of excitement, the video comments peaked.
She knew what the audience wanted!
However, just when everyone was full of anticipation, the next scene, the camera switched, and it was already after the match.
At this time, this "Pokémon Master Woo" was holding her Persian, describing to the audience with great emotion how dangerous the battle just was.
However, Arthur frowned after listening for a while.
Because the battle scene she described and the moves used by the opponent's Pokémon didn't match the wounds on Persian's body at all.
After the description ended, the video ended with a slideshow of photos of Persian fighting in the arena, played with background music.
It could be seen that the person taking the photos had excellent skills. Each photo showed Persian's agility and ease in the arena.
After watching the video, Eleanor Vance asked Arthur, "Did you understand?"
Seeing that Arthur was pondering and not speaking, Eleanor Vance simply explained, "You're a newbie right now, and you've only been training Pokémon for a little over ten days. The match effect probably won't be that good, and you can't guarantee you'll win every match, so at this time, you can edit and package things before and after the match, just like the person in the video.
I taught you when you signed the contract, the core of being an internet celebrity is packaging. You have to let others see your best side, the side you want to show them."
Arthur couldn't help but smile.
He wasn't stupid. After Eleanor Vance's explanation, he understood everything.
The emotional buildup before the match and the exaggerated descriptions after the match were all part of the packaging.
But honestly, he really didn't like this false and deliberate display.
At this point, he finally understood where the mockery from his opponent at the beginning of his first match came from.
At this time, Eleanor Vance skillfully logged into his live-streaming account.
This account was originally registered for him by Articuno Media, so Eleanor Vance naturally knew the account password.
"Let me see how your live stream went today. If the effect is too poor, we'll try to adjust your style starting tomorrow."
As a result, as soon as she entered the account interface, Eleanor Vance was stunned.
What did she see?!
The number of followers had exceeded 100,000!
The background message notified her that Arthur had been on the platform's trending list three times today.
The number of gifts received also shocked Eleanor Vance.
You know, this live-streaming account was only created a few days ago when Arthur did his first promotional live stream.
Before today, he had only done that one promotional live stream.
Although the effect of that live-stream promotion was not bad, normally few netizens would follow a streamer specifically because they watched a promotional live stream. Before today, Eleanor Vance clearly remembered that Arthur's live-streaming account had less than 20,000 followers.
At least 8,000 of them were zombie followers that she paid the company to add.
But when she opened it today, the number of followers had increased almost fivefold!
She couldn't help but turn her head and ask Arthur, "What exactly did you stream today?"
At this time, Arthur was still watching that vlog on his phone, studying the techniques of internet celebrity packaging.
Although he didn't really like this method, he respected his current job. As a former military combatant, he always took responsibility very seriously.
Hearing Eleanor Vance's question, he subconsciously replied, "I didn't really stream anything. I just recorded the whole thing, from getting the number to the matches. There was basically no packaging."
At this time, Eleanor Vance finally couldn't sit still. She got up and came over, decisively closing the vlog on Arthur's phone.
"Well, you probably don't need to learn from her. Come over and tell me what happened in your matches today."
She suddenly felt like she had said a bunch of nonsense earlier...
A live stream with a fivefold increase in followers in one day, who needs to learn any packaging?
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