Chapter 67 67 - Vlogs?

    I looked at his analytics screen and smiled when I saw the difference since the last time I looked at it 2 days ago.

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    Monetized views: 422.295 = $358

    [Numb - 438,717 views] +36,876 views

    [In The End - 465,071 views] +47,976 views

    [The Lazy Song - 1,368,032 views] +194,684 views

    [Boyfriend - 167,876 views] +106,438 views

    [Boyfriend Live - 36,321 views] +36,321 views

    [48,240 subscribers] +6,131 subs

    [Spokify Music Plays: 519,000] +78,000 views = $312

    [Instabram: 23k followers] +6k followers

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    The amount of views I''d been getting over the last few days now that I had other videos on the channel was very high, as all the videos were growing, and adding it all up made the daily channel views skyrocket!

    Not to mention how surprised I was to see that the Boyfriend Live Version video was doing so well!

    In just a few hours, the video had already gotten 36k views!

    That was still a little less than The Lazy Song had gotten when I posted it, but it indicated that the song would probably get more views than the other songs on the channel, which was great news.

    Adding up the views from MeTube and Spokify, I had earned over $600, but I could only withdraw that money every 30 days, so even if these two sources of income increased the amount I earned, I would still have to wait until the beginning of the next month to receive it.

    One thing I was happy to think about was promoting my Instabram in the video I posted today.

    Since the Boyfriend Live Version video showed my face, I had no reason to hide it anymore.

    Looking at the comments on the video and the messages I received on MeTube and Instabram, most of them said the same thing.

    [I''ve literally played this 100 times and I''m not exaggerating...]

    [OMG, BlackVelvet finally showed his face! He''s so beautiful!!!]

    [Help, I wasn''t prepared for so much beauty! This music video is amazing, and he''s wonderful!]

    [I''m speechless! He''s too perfect!]

    [I''m in love! He''s even more handsome than I imagined!!!]

    [Bro has voice, looks cool, makes good music, now we can see that he is even handsome, how can I compete?!!]

    [I saw my girlfriend watching this and came to see what it was, now she is not my girlfriend anymore :)]

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    Despite the messages from guys complaining about their girlfriends, I can''t blame them for getting angry about the lyrics of a song like this, because I''d be angry too if it was my girlfriend listening to it that often.

    From what I''ve analyzed of the MeTube Analytics difference between my songs, while Numb and In The End had an audience ratio of 65% male and 35% female, The Lazy Song had a ratio of 55% male and 45% female, but Boyfriend is on a completely different level.

    "That''s a great idea Liv!" I laughed as I hugged her.

    Unlike before, when she would pull away or try to push me away, she didn''t do that anymore.

    She just accepted the hug and her face turned red with embarrassment.

    "The problem is that it''s going to be very difficult to record..." I thought of a problem.

    "Don''t you have an agency? Tell them that, they take 20% of your salary, you have to have a reason to pay them that." She complained, rolling her eyes again.

    I laughed at her explanation, it made sense. Selena herself told me that if I had any problems I could just talk to her, if I asked her for a cameraman like the one she got to shoot my music video, wouldn''t that be easy for her?

    "Let''s have dinner, you can talk to her in the meantime." Liv said as she got up and went to the kitchen.

    I followed her and started to send the message to Selena.

    [I''m thinking of starting vlogs to capitalize on the popularity of my channel, can you get me a cameraman?] I sent.

    This time she didn''t answer right away, probably busy with something else.

    It was only after dinner that she replied. [Yes, I can, but since the income from MeTube is yours, we can''t afford a cameraman].

    Reading this, I nodded, it made sense, since I wanted to keep the profits from MeTube, she can help me find a good cameraman, but the cost of keeping that person would be mine.

    [No problem,] I replied.

    I didn''t know what the average price of a cameraman was, but as long as the price wasn''t like $500 a day, I thought I could afford it.

    I looked at it as an investment, even if I spent money now, that money would come back quickly.

    If I posted one video a week with 50k views, that would make me $300, which was close to what the cameraman could charge, so if the video made more than that, that was profit, not to mention the hidden profit the videos would make on my songs as well.

    Within minutes, Selena sent me a list of names of videographers with their portfolios.

    Some were extremely professional, with impeccable quality, but their prices were also very high, charging $2,000 a day.

    Others were very amateurish, but the price was also low, only $100 a night.

    Looking at the list, I looked for a young man who was willing to learn and had decent qualities.

    With time, I could learn more about him and use [Teach Lv25] to teach him how to improve so that he could have a level in the future.

    Among the names with these criteria, there was a very promising young man with talent who didn''t charge too much.

    The quality of his recordings was good, his price was only $200 a day, and he was only a few years older than me.

    When I looked at his name, I was surprised that instead of putting his name out there for other people to contact him, he used a nickname.

    [JKing]

    If it wasn''t for the contact information he left explaining his status in the portfolio, I wouldn''t have even known what he looked like since his profile picture was a white and blue tiger.

    A little suspicious, I decided to at least do a test. If the quality was good, it would be good to train him and increase his salary over time.

    Adding his contact number to my phone, I decided to send him a message first.

    [Hey, your portfolio was recommended to me, are you free to shoot this weekend?]

    While waiting for his reply, I took the time to develop my game a bit more and relax my mind.