Tang Wen's late-night game channel stream went exceptionally smoothly—one could say it was her smoothest stream ever.
"Phew, dear viewers, today's channel stream ends here. See you tomorrow; new member guests, after eleven o'clock every day is Marit Time in Tang Wen's Gaming Cabin, so please be sure to come watch. Bye-bye!"
Before Jiang Han could even react, Tang Wen cut the stream connection with a snap. Letting out a weary breath, she said, "Thanks for the trouble today. I'm so grateful you came to my channel to help."
That was a lightspeed sign-off... Jiang Han put on a sweet smile and politely said, "Not at all. It was also my first time joining this sort of gaming channel—it was a very novel experience... Tang Bao, is this what your work is usually like? Going home after work and doing game str—game channel operations?"
"Not really." Tang Wen shut down both the computer and the monitor, then, with great discipline, unplugged and powered off the microphone. "Usually, after selling wine, I borrow the manager's room to stream. It's pretty far from home, and I still need to eat and wash up. Heh, I also have to drink a couple of glasses and check on my research topic. If I go home before streaming, I often can't make it in time."
"And when things get busy, there might not be much time to sleep. I can't exactly slack off and sleep in Witch House every day, can I?"
This world had no terms like "video creator" or "streamer." The universal term was "channel host"—in other words, an approach centered on "running a channel," full of a witch's particular blend of laziness and rigor.
Starting with a few hundred members, they gradually developed and expanded, operating things as though they were managing