335 Unexpected Competitor (1/2)
Chapter 335: Unexpected Competitor
Translator: Nyoi-Bo StudioEditor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Song Bai was very excited. In his memory, he hadn't been this excited since he got admitted into university. He was so exhilarated that he was thinking of dancing with Black Flower... Forget it, he was certain that Black Flower would dance better than he. Besides, a man dancing to Little Apple, twisting his waist and raising his legs, would be too embarrassing.
From now on, he could be considered a web celebrity.
After finishing the process according to the instructions, he had seen that there were many commercial-related pages in the analytical tools provided by YouTube, where he could skim through such indicators as the time when his videos were watched, the number of views and his income earned.
Unlike the advertisements on the video websites in China that could be over 1 minute long, audiences could choose to watch only 5 seconds of the commercials on YouTube before skipping them, so that targeted audiences could be selected more efficiently. Besides, the commercials on YouTube were exquisitely-made with excellent creative ideas, so people usually just watched the whole commercials, disregarding the length of them. From this aspect, the commercials on YouTube were of higher quality than the rubbish online gaming advertisements on the video websites in China.
Although he was very excited, Song Bai knew that he still had a long way to go. If he wanted to earn enough money from YouTube to support himself, he shouldn't be satisfied with only a small amount of pocket money, but he needed to produce vlogs of high quality continuously.
He needed to calm himself down, and the best way to cool one's mind was to read the comments under the video.
The most popular comments involved the argument of the authenticity of the video. Some people were just having normal discussions, while others' comments came with hostile connotations, and people holding different opinions were arguing feverishly. He noticed that a few account names with Chinese characteristics had righteously denounced the ”no offense” comment, and a lot of foreign audiences had agreed with their refutations—the foreign audiences here meant they were from countries other than the USA. Audiences defending the creator of this video had indicated which countries they were from to show their support, and they even addressed the hegemonism of the United States.
In fact, audience members who were defending the author of the video just said that where the video was shot could not be used as the sole indicator to determine the authenticity of the video. Their attitudes remained ambiguous— after all, kittens dancing together was just too incredible.
Except a few audience members who were delving into the truthfulness of the video, most audience members just deemed the video as entertainment and didn't care about whether it was true or not. For them, a happy mood after watching the video would be enough. So, the comments left by these audiences were usually very amusing with the humor in English.
”I've got a disease that is only curable by watching kittens dancing. If you don't keep uploading new videos, you will be responsible for my death.” –was this kind of like a death threat?
”I love this video, but I don't understand Chinese nor English. Can somebody please add subtitles in Spanish? By the way, this comment is completed by Google Translate.”
”Thanks for the vlogger's work. I was worrying that my boyfriend had no interest in learning Chinese, but after showing him this video, he had booked plane tickets to China... though I cancelled them right away. Oh, by the way, I would love to watch this video several times, but right now I need to have a showdown with my boyfriend. I need to know who is more important to him? Me or the kittens?”—it seemed that a fight was inevitable.
”This video is totally nonsense, but I like it!”
”So, where can we purchase these kittens?”
”Thanks for the brilliant video, the background music is also very good, I have recommended it to my friends.”
”Magical dancing, magical music, my body can't help but move with the kittens. I’ve decided to imitate this dance with my friends on the streets in Mumbai as my gratitude to the vlogger.” –it seemed like this was an audience member from India.
”oooooooxxx!”—there were a lot of complaints under this comment: What language is this? No one can read it! Since you know how to use YouTube, please learn how to use Google Translate.
”This song and the choreography is so attractive... I think I'm going to abandon Justin Bieber...”
”Okay, I swear to God that no other videos can beat this one.”
”Am I the only one who has noticed the puppies in the background? Poor little things are locked in the display cases, I want to hug them...”—the tone sounded like it was from a middle-aged loving woman.
Besides these, there were ubiquitous advertisements among some of the comments. ”Great video, but if you want to earn money, please contact this address. I'm a young girl from Las Vegas, I can do anything you want me to do, my number is xxx-xxx-xxx.”
Some people replied with, ”Love this video, love the dancing kittens. I want to buy a kitten in the video, whichever is fine as long as it can dance. Money will not be a concern. Hope the kind vlogger can tell me the address to buy them.”
As Song Bai counted, there were at least eight similar comments, plus the replies to these comments. Many people were hoping to know where they could buy the dancing kittens.