Can’t Save the World by Pretending to be Dead
Chapter 5:
On the phone, the man’s voice was calm and confident: “It’s like this, last year you put in a self-nominated CV for our guild, remember?”
Ever since the popularity of the 4G network, live streaming has become a common entertainment item in modern life.
One by one, fresh live broadcast platforms sprung up like bamboo shoots after the spring rain.
The Douya platform is one of the most famous among them..
After the appearance of the live broadcasting platform, some businessmen soon sniffed out the business opportunity and began to form anchor guilds. Anchors join guilds to get support and exposure from the guild. It was like being a star who had to join an entertainment company, with a company, you had more exposure opportunities to be popular.
When he said that, Lian Xi remembered that he did send self-nomination private messages to a few bigger anchor guilds last year. But of course, his private messages dropped like a stone dropped into the sea—disappear forever; vanish; never to be seen or heard of again, and none of the guilds answered him.
Among them was the Jewel Guild.
Lian Xi: “Something wrong?”
The man smiled, “As the overmanager of the Jewel Guild and also the anchor broker, I would like to invite you into our guild.”
Lian Xi: “…”
There can still be this good thing?!!!
“I looked, your current fan base on Douya is only 1W8, according to this fan level, the guild usually offers you a monthly signing fee of 3000. but I’ll be the one to make the offer, I can offer you up to 5000.”
Lian Xi suddenly calmed down.
After signing an anchor contract, the guild will pay the anchor a “basic salary” every month, but at the same time, the guild will also take a portion of the gifts that the anchor receives as rewards.
Lian Xi didn’t receive many gifts every month, but the Gemstone Guild gave him a signing fee of 5000 at once. This means that as long as he broadcasts on time every month, he will get 5,000 yuan, regardless of whether anyone watches.
The sky would not drop such a big pie.
Lian Xi: “Why are you looking for me?”
“What?”
“I have very few fans, and I don’t receive many gifts… Last year you guys didn’t care about me, so why are you suddenly willing to sign me this year?”
The man on the other end of the phone laughed softly, “Of course, there are requirements. You are currently live broadcasting King’s Glory, but as far as I know, you used to live broadcast live commentary on horror games for a while in the beginning. If you sign on, we require you to switch from handheld game anchoring to live broadcasting horror games live. In addition to that, we also hope that you can do some outdoor live broadcasts on a regular basis.”
Lian Xi detected a hint of abnormality, “I don’t quite understand what you mean.”
The man laughed, “For outdoor live broadcasts, you can look around your city for places that have urban legends, explore them or something. Or you can go around the vicinity of a murder scene and film the scene for your fans and tell them about it. Like the … Chang’an Fan Factory dormitory building one.”
Lian Xi was stunned, “How did you know?!”
In a certain high-class flat in the bustling city, a young man wearing silver wire glasses hooked his lips, his gaze keen and sharp. He stared at the resume that Lian Xi had introduced himself on the computer screen, his eyes lingering on the contact address column for a long time.
He did not beat around the bush and directly said, ”In fact, Lian Cheng, I found out last week that there seems to be an anchor who was a live witness to the recently very hot Su City 2.07 mass murder case. I’ve read every single one of the anchors’ self-nominations that were sent to my mailbox. Of course I’ve read yours. After the murderer of the Su City Fan Factory case was arrested, I immediately remembered that someone had once written to me privately, filling in the contact address as the dormitory building of the Su City Fan Factory. I searched for a whole week before I turned up your private message. And you didn’t let me down, not only do you live there, you even live in the murder house.”
“Lian Cheng, this is the perfect time for you to turn over a new leaf and become a big anchor!”
“I haven’t seen you live yet, I don’t know how good your game is, but since you haven’t been popular yet after a year of live streaming, it means that your game is probably not good enough.”
“What you should really be is not a King’s Honour anchor, you should be a psychic game anchor! Or even an outdoor psychic anchor who faces murder scenes head on!”
“I’ll send you the contract tomorrow. Right now is your hottest period, and the heat from that case at the Fan Factory dormitory building hasn’t dropped yet. After you sign up with our guild, I’ll immediately give you the best referral spot and tell everyone that you’re the only person who lived in the murder house of the four dormitory buildings after the case.”
“Even, you have spent time with the murderer (together from morning to night; associate closely).”
“You can do a live effect for half a month in a row, just do the fan factory murder case from your personal experience. I’ll also set it up for you and tie you to this case. As long as there is the slightest breeze in this case, such as that murderer’s court hearing and second trial, these are all opportunities for you to be exposed!”
“Lian Cheng, do you know how popular you will be?”
“It’s not just the case of the Su City Fan Factory, in the future, whenever there is a vicious murder case in society, you can speak out from the standpoint of someone who has experienced it first hand.”
“There isn’t a single anchor on the entire network that has your condition, this is an innate advantage that no one can match!”
“…. Lian Cheng?”
“Hey, where is everyone? Can you hear me?”
Lian Xi: “I’m sorry, I don’t want to sign up for a guild for now, thank you.”
“What? Hello ..!”
Lian Xi directly hung up the phone.
The next second, this Super Tube Wanderer called again.
This time, it wasn’t like treating the real estate agent like he did, refusing to answer over and over again. Lian Xi directly black list the other party.
Liu Lang: “…”
Fuck!
This is a fucking idiot cunt, right?
Doesn’t want to make money?
On the other side, the youth who had just neatly finished moving house, lay comfortably on the sofa. He lazily lay there for a while, and the man’s words from earlier suddenly echoed in his mind.
“A pro-lifer?”
“Am I considered as one?”
The real pro-lifers were the victims who had been dead for twenty-three years.
It was the family members of those victims who had sunk in the pain of losing their loved ones for twenty-three years and could not be relieved.
If this were to really let the pro-lifers receive this phone call, it probably wouldn’t be as simple as pulling the plug, it would probably have to be a furious scolding, or even directly go to the door to send Liu Lang a full set of hospital gift packages.
Soon he put the super tube Liu Lang, this person into the back of his mind, since it is already the time for Lian Xi’s fixed live streaming time.
At eight o’clock in the evening, Lian Xi opened the live broadcast room on time.
No surveillance camera, no unnecessary words.
Tap on the game.
Started live broadcasting.
After fifteen minutes, a familiar looking fan clicked in.
[Huh, anchor is back live? I haven’t seen you live for the past two days.
Lian Xi happened to take a triple kill in the game, saw this pop-up and said, “Well, I moved two days ago and didn’t go live.”
After saying this, the live broadcast room was quiet again.
Lian Xi played the game in silence, killing people and pushing towers.
There weren’t many fans, just seven or eight, silently watching and not saying anything. Maybe they have already opened the live broadcast as background music and did other things.
[Is the anchor taking national service orders?]
Lian Xi instantly came to the spirit: “Which hero?”
[Zhuge Liang.]
Zhuge Liang (181-234), military leader and prime minister of Shu Han Shǔ Hàn [蜀汉] during the Three Kingdoms period
“It’s a bit expensive, ask me in a private chat.”
Fan gifts are a drop in the bucket for small anchors, and if he really wants to rely on this live to eat, Lian Xi would have starved to death a long time ago.
The way he really made money was by helping people with their lists.
It was also known as the legendary hitman and substitute trainer.
Someone opened the talking gates, and the live room became slightly more lively.
[Isn’t this anchor playing Sun Shangxiang? Can the national service’s Zhu Geliang also play?
[Brother, this is the first time for you to see this anchor . This anchor, although never speaks, mute player, but the level can still be. He has four national service, Zhuge Liang, Sun Shangxiang, Ma Chao and Zhao Yun. He is known as the Three Kingdoms Killer.]
Lian Xi looked at this pop-up several times while playing the game.
Unable to say it with his mouth, he replied silently in his heart——
Thanks for the invitation, very strong.
National service, it will be fine, just to have a hand.
As for the mute (dumb) player …
You’re the one who’s dumb! Your whole family is dumb!
After comparing a whole lot in his mind, the mute anchor silently started a new game.
When Lian Xi didn’t say anything, the fans in his live room ignored him and started chatting to themselves below.
[There’s a big anchor in the next door host game area who’s had an incident, did the brothers see it!
[It was on the hot search yesterday, brother, you went to Mars to plant potatoes, and you only know about it now?
Lian Xi froze or dumbfounded.
I didn’t know ah.
Originally, I wanted to peek at these two fans to chat some more, who knows they stopped talking again and continued to chat back to Lian Xi’s game level.
Lian Xi: “…”
Waiting for the next live broadcast, I’ll just go check it out myself.
In his heart, but after the live broadcast, Lian Xi directly forgot about it and washed off to sleep.
……
Life returned to calm.
However, that super tube Liu Lang did not give up.
After Lian Xi blacked out his phone number, he actually changed his phone number the next day and called again. When Lian Xi heard that it was him, he didn’t even think about it, hung up again and black listed it.
Liu Lang: “F*ck!”
As for the private messages from the live streaming platform, Lian Xi ignored them all.
Being able to sign up with a big guild was of course a good thing, but he didn’t want to eat human blood buns (to take advantage of others’ misfortune).
The biggest advantage of being a webcaster was that if you really didn’t want to meet someone, then they wouldn’t be able to find you.
The reason Lian Xi didn’t apply for a job after graduating from college and became an anchor instead was because this career allowed for less contact with people.
No need to interact with people.
I’m also afraid that I’ll cause trouble to other people.
Anchor, how good, do not have to talk, just quietly play the game, occasionally take orders, ordinary life.
In the evening, Lian Xi went out to buy a few cans of Coke from the convenience store outside his neighbourhood. He carried a plastic bag home, and when he came out of the lift door, he was pulling out his keys while wondering what takeaway to order for the evening. Suddenly his footsteps lurched, and Lian Xi froze slightly as he looked at this strange man standing in front of his house.
Not only did Lian Xi freeze, in fact, Wandering [Liu Lang] was even more shocked than him.
His gaze paused for a moment on the youth’s clear and cool brows before slowly scanning his handsome and outstanding face. After looking up and down for a while, Liu Lang opened his mouth and didn’t return to his senses for a moment.
WTF?!
That 18,000 thread small anchor Lian Cheng looked like this?
In the next moment, an elite light flashed in his eyes, originally just intending to come back and ask one last time, really refusing to sign up and pull back. Now he made plans to win.
Sign!
Must sign!
Must explode in popularity!
In the future, the live broadcast must turn on the camera!
This sentence was written in the contract!
Liu Lang pushed the frame of the mirror, revealing the smile of a successful man, “Lian Cheng, right?”
“And you are?”
“I’m Liu Lang.”
“…”
“The Gemstone Guild’s Supervisor.”
“…”
I remember.
Lian Xi gave him a calm look and asked, “How did you know my home address?”
He had only moved a week ago, and even Uncle Li didn’t know where he lived now, so how could this Supertuber know?
Liu Lang smiled confidently, “Didn’t you take a courier call at noon today?”
Lian Xi: “???” What?
Liu Lang: “That was me asking my friend to call you, asking you to tell him your current address so I can send you a courier.”
Lian Xi: “…”
Virtually impossible to prevent ah!
Liu Lang: “Don’t you think it’s fate? I’m actually from Su City too. If you sign up with our guild, I can sign an extra agent contract with you. I’m very confident that I’ll make you famous. Don’t refuse yet. Do you know the anchors I have under my hand now? Do you know PKing, the first brother of Douya, the big anchor of King of Glory? I made him famous. There’s also the Star Show anchor, Bendy, who I also promoted. Besides these two biggest big anchors, the anchors under my hand are Six Guns, Hydrogen, and Cool Legs Brother….”
“I might not be able to promote you as the second PKing, but I’m confident that you can become the second Hydrogen.”
“How about it, Lian Cheng, what do you think?”
Without a bit of hesitation, Lian Xi faintly said, “Please step aside, I’ll open the door.”
Wandering raised an eyebrow and reached out to stop, “Do you know how much money we could get from Hydrogen every month?”
“No idea.”
“A hundred thousand to start.”
“…???”
I through and through?!!!
Lian Xi bristled and looked up at Wandering, who laughed confidently in his heart.
“For the signing fee, I can take it upon myself to give you thirty thousand per month. This is just for starters, if you become popular, we can always change the contract. “How about it? A hundred thousand, you don’t have to worry about it, I have a hundred ways to make you popular!”
“….”
Lian Xi almost gave in!
Gripping the key in his hand tightly, Lian Xi used almost all his strength before he could hold three words through his teeth.
“Please get out of the way.”
Liu Lang’s gaze darkened, “Hydrogen made 130,000 last month! That’s the money he got for himself, not counting the share for the platform and guild!”
“If you’re willing to participate in more offline activities, I can even arrange for you to enter the entertainment industry! My family is in the entertainment industry, I have connections!”
“Hey, Lian Cheng!”
The man once again reached out to stop him.
At this time, there was a click, and the opposite door opened sound from the inside.
A young guy quietly looked at Lian Xi and Liu Lang, his eyes flicked over the two of them, and finally looked at Lian Xi, “Hey bro, want help? You’re the new neighbour who moved here, right?”
Lian Xi: “Eh …”
Liu Lang frowned: “Sick ah, none of your business.”
The young guy let out an “ooh” and opened the door completely. The next moment, seven bloody young men appeared behind the door.
Liu Lang: “….”
Cursing in his heart, Liu Lang was speechless for half a day and shoved his business card into Lian Xi’s hand.
He stared seriously at Lian Xi and said word for word, “Think it over, you’ll never have such a good chance in your life!”
After saying that, he turned around and left.
Lian Xi looked at the business card in his hand and casually threw it into the convenience store plastic bag he was carrying. He looked up at the opposite door and smiled, “Thanks a lot.”
The first young guy who spoke waved his hand and laughed, “Small matter! What was that just now, a debt collector or a door-to-door salesman? He was standing at the door before you came back, he didn’t look like a good guy to me.”
Lian Xi thought for a moment, “Door-to-door salesman.”
The guy said to his companions beside him, “I told you so, I knew it!”
Lian Xi looked at them and asked, “You are … group rentals?”
As soon as these words landed, the eight young guys across the street immediately widened their eyes. The one in the lead folded his hands, squeezed his eyebrows and begged, “Good brother, we just came to Su City to look for work. Don’t report ya, we never speak loudly, and we don’t make any noise. You’ve been here for a week and you don’t think we’re noisy, right?”
Lian Xi smiled and said, “It’s fine, I’m just asking.”
Indeed, after moving here for a week, Lian Xi didn’t hear a bit of noise.
Although there were only several group rentals that were not noisy, they were not unheard of (it didn’t mean that they did not exist). As long as it didn’t affect his life, Lian Xi wasn’t very concerned.
However, he thought, “You guys pay attention to the electricity, don’t let anything happen.”
The young guy smiled, “We didn’t alter the circuit, don’t worry. We’ll string together more often in the future! You’re welcome to play at our house!”
“Okay”
***
At the end of July in Suzhou, the heat rises.
At night, the city was still bustling and noisy, and the night sky was illuminated by the city lights in a mostly surreal red colour.
Xu Lang walked out of the door of the neighbourhood, waited for five minutes, and got on a drop using DiDi, app-based transportation company (abbr. for Dīdī Chūxíng [滴滴出行]).
He tugged the tie tied around his neck in annoyance and muttered a curse, “Stupid bastards who don’t want to make money deserve to be poor for the rest of their lives and live in this poor neighbourhood!”
The Didi Driver looked up and glanced at him in the rearview mirror.
Xu Lang, one of the management of the Jewel Guild, ID Wandering (Liu Lang).
After cursing, Xu Lang still hadn’t given up on signing Lian Xi.
That face was definitely enough for the entertainment industry, and there was the gimmick of being a fan factory pro.
With him, Lian Xi can be a hit, or a big hit.
Xu Lang was pondering how to convince Lian Xi, when suddenly, his mobile phone rang. Looking at the name flashing on the screen, he tsk-ed and picked up the phone. When the call came through, he froze first.
“Why are you crying? Are you stupid, a big man calling me made me cry?”
“…”
“Who died?”
“That fan of yours killed herself for you?!”
“Fuck! Just that rabbit fur?”
“I don’t fucking care what rabbit hair, cat hair, dog hair she had. Is the person really dead?”
“Fuck! Stop crying, dead is dead, what the fuck are you crying about?!”
His heart was flustered, but suddenly, Xu Lang calmed down.
His fingers gently tapped the mobile phone case, his tone was calm, and he said ge
ntly:
“Didn’t you guys break up for half a month? It’s none of your business if she dies. Now leave the hospital immediately, go home, and turn on your computer. I remember that you have live streaming at seven in the evening, right?”
“You want to be late?”
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CC: QAQ that’s a hundred thousand ah, a hundred thousand ah every month oooh….