"Channel monetization meeting."

I absentmindedly repeated the words Rion had just said.

That’s when it hit me. The reason my life hadn’t changed much since becoming a VTuber.

It was because I wasn’t getting paid yet.

Of course, corporate VTubers get a base salary to some extent. But since it had only been about a week since I started, I hadn’t even received my first paycheck.

"When the channel gets monetized, you’ll earn a percentage of the ad revenue and donations… though that percentage isn’t as high as you’d think."

YouTube takes about 30% off the top.

And the remaining …