Chapter 302: – Livestreaming Problem
Then at around 8:30 pm, Lin Jin was sent away by Teacher Lin.
The whole one and a half hours felt like he was being played like a monkey, with the school dance team girls spectating him.
The more he thought about it, the more uncomfortable he felt...
But it wasn't without its gains. Lin Jin now had to stand in the corner every day to try and straighten his slightly hunched back. Plus, he also started using the teacher's training methods to work on his flexibility and balance. While Lin Jin was quite flexible due to his yoga proficiency, almost on par with Teacher Lin, his balance and coordination were a complete mess. Look at those girls on the dance team who were so stable they could spin around three to five times without losing balance, but Lin Jin could hardly spin once without veering off.
Additionally, due to Lin Jin’s poor physical fitness, Teacher Lin also required him to go running every day to strengthen his body. Otherwise, he would probably be exhausted even if he danced just one song, similar to when Lin Jin previously danced on stream and his physical fitness was not up to par.
The evening lesson was from 7 to 8:30. When Lin Jin walked out of the teaching building, his legs felt so weak they barely seemed his own.
Although he had only stood in the corner for half an hour and then was manipulated by Teacher Lin for ten or so minutes with demands, he still felt f*cking tired.
And if he wanted to complete his task, an hour and a half of lessons every day definitely wasn’t enough. He would have to go home and fix the issues Teacher Lin pointed out as much as possible. Lin Jin also planned to choose a dance to practice every day, trying to master that dance as perfectly as possible by Sunday.
After all, the goal was to learn basic dancing skills. Even if he excelled at everything but couldn’t dance, he obviously would’ve have achieved dancing proficiency.
While pondering how he should complete his task, Lin Jin straightened his back as much as possible and walked towards his rental house in an attempt to correct his bad habit of hunching within a week.
But if he stood up straight, his chest would be quite prominent.
He glanced down at his chest. His chest, nearly a B cup, was obscured by his jacket. Normally when he was slouching his shoulders a bit, his chest wouldn’t be to obvious. But now, with his chest puffed out and back straight, its curve was clearly visible.
Well, although it was so small that the curve might as well not exist, it was still noticeable.
Staggering back to his home, Lin Jin sat down on his bed, fed Braised Pork some cat food, and then listlessly lay down.
Suddenly straightening his back, Lin Jin felt his lower back couldn't handle it. Although he had only walked for about ten minutes, he still felt really sore in his waist and desperately wanted to bend down to relax.
His mind kept warning him not to let his back slouch, as once he did it once, there'd be a second time, and then there’d be no point in continuing to do the task. According to what Teacher Lin said, if his posture wasn’t proper, no matter how well he danced, it would still look ugly.
After resting on the bed for half an hour, Lin Jin got up and stood against the wall, trying hard to press his shoulders and thighs tightly against it.
He needed to do this wall standing exercise for at least two hours a day and he also needed to retrain his yoga.
Normally, if he practiced yoga properly, his balance and limb coordination wouldn't be too bad. However, Lin Jin's yoga was gifted by the black cat. It made his body flexible, which was already great, but he needed to learn yoga movements step by step if he wanted to improve his coordination.
After standing in the corner for half an hour, Lin Jin heard a knock at the door. Opening the door, he found Xia Tian had come to visit again.
"Not streaming today?" Xia Tian asked, "Why didn’t you tell me?"
"I don't feel like streaming anymore, maybe just mess around for two or three hours every day..." Lin Jin felt a little guilty facing Xia Tian and lacked confidence when speaking.
He lured Xia Tian with the promise of splitting the earnings from the stream 50-50 between them. But after Xia Tian accompanied Lin Jin to stream twenty four hours straight, with the viewership growing and their streaming channel on the rise, Lin Jin suddenly didn’t want to continue anymore.
"You don't want to live stream anymore?"
Xia Tian’s expression showed a rare flicker of emotion. He frowned and looked at Lin Jin, not knowing what to say to him.
"Yeah, streaming was too tiring." Lin Jin, with a guilty conscience, let Xia Tian into the room and sat on the bed with his head down. He wasn’t sure how to explain himself in a way that Xia Tian could accept, so he just mumbled vaguely "Gaming for five or six hours every day, my body can't take it."
"Then we could stop playing games. There are quite a lot of people watching our stream now. If we keep this up for another week, someone will probably contact us about a contract. With the way our viewership is increasing, it won’t be long before we’re making tens of thousands a month from the salary and gift donations, right?" Xia Tian frowned, trying to explain in an even tone "Even if we can’t make tens of thousands a month, suddenly stopping like this will upset a lot of people."
Speaking of which, someone had even sent a plane gift during the twenty four hour stream. But it was late at night and when Lin Jin was asleep. Xia Tian was also focused on playing Hearthstone and didn’t notice the donation so he missed thanking the donor. It wasn’t until they checked later that they found out someone sent a plane gift.
With those types of donators, it was indeed not impossible to earn tens of thousands a month. But with him taking classes every day and then streaming at night, there would be no time left to learn dance.
"But I'm learning dance right now, so I don't really have time to stream, and I have classes during the day..." Lin Jin glanced aside, not daring to meet Xia Tian's stern gaze.
"Alright, then give me your streaming account. I'll stream alone from now on and you can just drop by my place when you're free to join in" Xia Tian nodded as he proposed an idea that seemed to suit both of them.
His tone wasn't harsh, but if you looked at his expression, he was clearly not happy.
"Then I'll come over to your place every evening... After playing Dota for over ten hours last time, I never want to play games again..." Lin Jin said with a sheepish smile, hoping to make it up to Xia Tian, "If you really sign a contract, I won't take any money."
"Suit yourself" Xia Tian stood up, a little unhappy with Lin Jin who had deceived him into live streaming before bailing, but there wasn't much else he could say.
He thought that college students these days were just so fickle. After streaming for a few days, they would change their minds after even a little setback. Perhaps it was only after venturing into society more that they could drop their impetuous thoughts.
With this thought, Xia Tian didn't feel any resentment against Lin Jin.
"I'll head back now." Xia Tian had come carrying his cat. He originally thought that Lin Jin was already streaming but just forgot to tell him. As a result, finding out that Lin Jin didn’t plan to stream anymore was a little disappointing. "Remember to send me the account details on QQ."
"Okay. I'll learn dance these next few days. Once I'm good, I'll come help you draw in viewers" Lin Jin nodded, sighing lightly.
What seemed like a good relationship with Xia Tian was now ruined.
He still didn’t know whether choosing not to stream was the right choice or not.