Brother, Am I Cute? [EN]: Chapter 311

Hyung, aren’t I cute? 311

What kind of new video should I upload?

Actually, there’s no need to worry about that. If I just film what I usually do, it’ll be useful someday.

With that in mind, I filmed Siha working.

Of course, I used editing to cleverly change the parts where her hands appear into penguin hands.

The process of making a plastic model with a brush.

The original of this video will be a nice memory later.

“Hmm.”

I watched the video while adding subtitles.

There’s nothing particularly special.

The brush gradually paints Pepe’s color. Then SihaPepe greets the audience.

[Hello. This is SihaPepe.]

[I’m back with a special event today.]

[As you can see, I’m making a Pepe plastic model.]

I was thinking of selling it, but I was a bit worried about the logistics.

Originally, I was just going to list it online and sell it on a first-come, first-served basis, but I figured it would be difficult for international fans to buy it that way.

Koreans with faster internet would probably snap them up immediately.

Of course, I don’t even know how well these will sell in Korea.

[It’s almost Children’s Day in Korea. I made this as a gift to celebrate.]

[It’s a day for children, but today I made this gift thinking of all of you who enjoy my drawings as if you were still children.]

[I also spent money to make it, so the price is 100,000 won (approximately $75 USD).]

In reality, I probably could have charged up to 300,000 won (approximately $225 USD).

But I thought that would be too much for a Children’s Day event.

Even though my fans are the ones buying it, I wanted to offer a price that felt like a gift.

[This isn’t to make money; the price covers the cost and shipping.]

[I think my fans are from various countries, so I don’t know how much shipping will cost. I’ve calculated it to include as much as possible.]

The fans watching the subtitles will probably understand.

It might be a profit if sent to some countries, and a loss if sent to others.

Anyway, if you include labor costs, it’s unbelievably cheap.

It’s not a mass-produced product from a factory, but a premium edition series with only 100 pieces.

[I will randomly select 80 people who leave a comment saying they want to buy it within 24 hours of this video being uploaded and sell it to them.]

[However, the numbers will be assigned excluding number 3. I’ll also draw lots for this.]

[After selecting 80 numbers, I plan to give the rest as gifts to 20 of my friends.]

The 20 people include Siha’s daycare friends, as well as Moon Do-hwan, Baek Dong-hwan, Seo Su-hyeon, Alisa, etc.

[I’m going to keep number 3 for myself.]

[The reason it’s not number 1 is because I like number 3. Hehe.]

Before I knew it, the painting was finished, and all 100 completed copies were ready.

After taking a full shot, I zoomed in and took a picture of the numbers engraved on the stand.

From 1 to 100.

After taking another full shot, I focused on one Pepe.

[I uploaded them from 1 to 100 in the order they were made.]

[Really.]

[Then that’s it for the video.]

[For reference, comments on this video will not be approved manually. Comments will be uploaded with profanity automatically excluded.]

I didn’t plan to manually approve each comment this time.

I’m going to leave it open freely.

Instead, I will enable the setting: [Inappropriate comments are held for review].

[Thank you for watching the video.]

I finished the subtitles and went through the process of checking them again.

There are no problems.

It seems perfect.

In a way, I thought 100,000 won might be expensive, but it’s really unavoidable.

I can’t send gifts at a loss.

Anyway, people who want to buy it will buy it.

This isn’t a requirement, so I’ll leave it up to them.

“Siha. I’ve finished making the video. Do you want to watch it?”

“I want to watch it!”

Siha ran over quickly.

She sat down in front of me and looked up.

She pokes my cheek with her hand.

꾸욱. [Sound of poking]

“Huh?”

“Hyung is above Siha. I like it!”

“What? Really?”

“Video is fun. Fun.”

“You haven’t even seen it yet.”

“Siha knows everything without seeing it. Everything Hyung makes is fun.”

“Keuheu.”

Where did you learn these lines?

Is that all they teach you at daycare?

“Then shall we watch it?”

“Ah ah.”

Instead of Siha’s hand, Pepe’s hand appeared in the video.

“Hyung. It’s Pepe’s hand!”

“Yeah. I deliberately covered the picture to hide Siha’s hand.”

Maybe it’s hard to see it as Pepe’s hand.

It’s just that the front of the oval surfboard is sticking out.

“Pepe is painting Pepe.”

“That’s right.”

A penguin makes a penguin plastic model.

I just wanted to cover Siha’s hand, but Siha seems to have interpreted it differently.

I think people will think similarly when they see this.

I uploaded the video and played with Siha at home.

***

Children’s Day is coming soon.

The children are talking about what gifts they will receive, knowing that.

Seung-jun, who raised one leg, slapped his thigh and said.

“I want soccer shoes. My feet have grown, and my old ones don’t fit anymore.”

Soccer shoes have to fit properly.

Even if you wear sneakers a little larger, it’s not a big deal as your feet grow.

But soccer shoes must fit well.

It’s also about comfort, but if they’re loose, it’s hard to run.

“Soccer shoes?”

“Yeah. You have to wear them when you play soccer. I told my mom and dad what I wanted.”

Normal children would prefer toys, but Seung-jun really likes ball games, so he has more balls than toys.

“Oppa always plays soccer.”

“Why? It’s fun. Dad watches soccer all the time too.”

“Dad always watches soccer with oppa. It’s not fun.”

Hana couldn’t understand why her brother and dad were watching sports channels.

In particular, she was wondering when her dad would say something incomprehensible like, ‘Why am I suffering because I’m an Arsenal fan!’ [Arsenal is a famous soccer team that often disappoints its fans.]

Siha asked.

“Hana? Gift what?”

“Hmm. Hana wants to have a big bear doll!”

“!!!”

“This big.”

“Big good. Siha also home big Pepe is.”

Siha nodded, thinking of the Pepe doll costume at home.

The eyes of the three children looked at Yeon-ju.

“Huh? Do I have to say it too?”

Yeon-ju flinched at the sight of the three nodding and opened her mouth.

“I want to have a gun.”

“Gun?!”

“Cool.”

Everyone opened their mouths at Yeon-ju’s unexpected words.

I never expected the word gun to come out.

Jaehwi, who was listening to it, hesitated and spoke.

“Um, um. Yeon-ju. What are you going to do with the gun?”

“Bang! I’m going to act like I’m punishing bad people! Can shoot! Can shoot!”

“Uh huh?”

The teacher smiled when she heard that.

I think I know what she saw when I heard Yeon-ju’s last words.

It seems like she accidentally saw a clip from a movie.

“Then what about Siha?”

It was a natural question.

Only Siha didn’t say anything.

“Siha made. Red Hyung Pepe.”

“Huh? Siha. Isn’t that a picture you drew before?”

“Right. Siha and Hyung made Red Hyung Pepe. Made a lot. Made 100.”

“Heol?! Really?”

“Siha will give you a gift on Children’s Day. Siha wants to give.”

“Wow!”

Seung-jun and Hana jumped up and down, saying they liked it.

Yeon-ju smiled quietly.

Jong-su and Jaehwi blinked and pointed at themselves.

“You’re giving it to me too?”

“Siha. Me too?”

Siha said as if it were natural.

“Everyone. Teacher and head teacher too.”

Siha dropped a bomb.

Everyone made a fuss, saying they liked it.

Of course, there were a few who liked it quietly.

The teacher calmed the children down and coughed, ‘Ahem.’

“It’s almost Children’s Day, and the teacher and the head teacher have also prepared gifts for that day. Everyone will like it.”

“What?”

“That’s a secret until the day of!”

The teacher raised her index finger and made a shush pose.

In this way, everyone was filled with anticipation for Children’s Day.

***

“Hyung.”

“Siha.”

I hugged Siha.

I’m glad she looks happy again today.

The swaying penguin bag shakes in my arms.

“Did you have fun today?”

“Played a lot. Talked about Children’s Day gifts today.”

“Oh. Siha said she would give it away?”

“Red Pepe.”

“I see. But Hyung hasn’t drawn lots yet. So, will Siha draw lots for people?”

“Drawing lots?”

“Yeah. It’s like a lottery.”

I walked to the car.

Siha hugged me and thought hard.

I don’t know if this is something to worry about, but I have to wait quietly.

“Siha can draw lots? Paper drawing lots.”

“Ah, no, I’m going to use a program. No, I’m going to play a game, and if Siha clicks it, 80 people will be magically selected?”

“!!!”

I will scrape the comments as they are, move them to Excel, and organize them a little.

Then, I’m going to select the numbers that come out by running the lottery program.

“Siha will do it. Siha will draw.”

“Really?”

I arrived home and took out my laptop.

I don’t know how many comments have accumulated during the day, but I have to check this time.

I was busy doing this and that today, so I couldn’t check in the middle.

“Shall we see how many comments have accumulated?”

“Ah ah.”

I sat side by side with Siha and entered the SihaPepe channel.

I clicked on the video and checked the comments.

“Huh?”

“Hyung. A lot! A lot.”

“No. Why are there so many…….”

The number of SihaPepe subscribers has increased significantly to 3,000.

Most videos are getting over 10,000 views.

And the number of views of the SihaPepe plastic model video was approaching 20,000.

“Hyung. Seo-i. Seo-i. Seo-i a lot.”

“That’s right.”

3733 comments.

It has surpassed the number of subscribers, of course.

Even people who didn’t subscribe left comments.

“No. What. Still, can 80 of them be sold for 100,000 won?”

100,000 won.

It’s a lot of money in my opinion.

The amount you can eat about 10 meals. If you look for cheap food, you can eat up to 20 meals.

If you simply spend a small amount of money in the game, many people spend 55,000 won or 110,000 won.

Looking at it this way, it doesn’t seem that expensive.

Still, unlike games, plastic models have a physical form.

“Hmm.”

I was in trouble because of the more comments than I thought.

How do I scrape this?

Can I just drag it all the way?

“Oh, right. I uploaded it last night, so it hasn’t been 24 hours yet?”

“Hyung. Siha draw lots?”

“No. Just a minute.”

Then, surprisingly, there may still be more comments.

I took a quick look and there were a lot of English comments.

Siha, who is studying Korean, cannot read them.

“Kkeueung.” [Sound of frustration]

“Why?”

“There are too many comments than I thought.”

“???”

No, usually this many views don’t get this many comments?

I thought there would only be about 500.

I think I overlooked something big.

“Why are there so many?”

The scarier thing is that the number of comments is increasing exponentially every time I refresh.

It’s like people are flocking before the sale ends.

What. Scary.

“Hyung. Phone came!”

“Huh?”

I didn’t know because I had my phone on vibrate, but Siha must have heard it.

I quickly took out my phone from my pocket and answered it.

“Oh. Su-hyeon.”

「Heol. Oppa. The Red Pepe plastic model is a mess right now.」

“I’m watching the comments too. There are a lot.”

「What? Comments?」

“Aren’t you talking about YouTube?”

「No. All SNS are a mess right now?」

“Huh?”

「I’ll send you the link.」

Not only Pixiv [Online community for artists], but also Inbyeol [Korean SNS, similar to Instagram], Twit [Short for Twitter], etc. were sharing the event that I only posted on YouTube.

-SihaPepe artist is doing an emoticons event. Leave a comment quickly saying you’ll buy it!

-The emoticons artist is selling 80 goods that he made individually. Sharing.

-SihaPepe emoticons artist is selling only 80 ‘limited edition’ goods that he made. He also painted it himself, so it seems like it won’t come out in the future, so leave a comment quickly.

Why are you doing this…….