After hanging up the phone call from Ji Siyue, Qin Chengyao felt an inexplicable surge of joy.
He logged onto Weibo again and posted a message.
[I'm in a better mood now. Everyone, eat and drink well. I'm logging off first.]
...
Ji Siyue returned to her computer and let out a laugh. "I'm back."
Meanwhile, there was also a heated discussion going on in the live - stream chat.
"Mooncake said she went to the toilet, but why do I always feel like she really went to call Hornet?"
"I saw Hornet's Weibo post too. The timing can't be a coincidence, right?"
"Does it mean that when Mooncake left saying she was going to the toilet just now, she actually went to comfort her dear husband?"
"Mom, I'm getting another ship moment!"
"What the hell is this epic love triangle? This streamer is so lucky!"
"Our Mooncake has real strength. Don't make it sound like she's one of those connection - relying streamers, okay?"
...
Finally, today's live - stream ended. Ji Siyue checked the data of her account and found that this might be the best data she'd had in the past six months. Apart from the few pre - arranged airplanes that she had to return to the guild, the gifts from other viewers were also quite a lot.
After getting paid this month, she could finally buy the thing she'd been eyeing...
...
At this moment, in a building in the same city.
In the live - stream room.
Zhang Shihang took off his headphones and slumped tiredly into his computer chair.
The agent came over and said, "Ling Yun, your live - stream data today is quite good. It seems that binding you with Ji Siyue as a CP was a good choice."
Zhang Shihang opened his cold eyes and said in a deep voice, "But Hornet stole the limelight today."
"I actually think it's better that he's involved. After all, the topics he can bring are beyond what others can achieve. Anyway, you don't really like Ji Siyue. It's okay for her to be in an ambiguous relationship with another man. This way, there will be more topics."
Although there was reluctance in Zhang Shihang's eyes, after thinking it over carefully, he nodded as if he'd compromised.
"Go and get that guy's WeChat ID. I'll add him myself."
"Sure, I'll go and find out."
...
At school.
Qin Chengyao received a WeChat message on his phone. It was a friend request from a new contact. The verification message only had two words - Ling Yun.
He stared at the name on the screen for a moment and then clicked "Agree". After that, a message came quickly from the other side.
[Ling Yun]: Hello, Senior Hornet.
[Glory]:?
[Ling Yun]: Senior, when I was looking at the live - stream chat today, I saw some things about you and Siyue. I know you're very busy, so I'll just be straight. I was wondering if you'd be interested in joining us for the live - stream? The topic of the three of us today was extremely popular, and the benefits it brought were also quite good. I know you're a low - key person, but Siyue is in her development stage. So your participation would be like adding wings to a tiger for her.
[Glory]: Not interested.
After sending this message, he put away his phone.
Ling Yun wanted to use Ji Siyue to threaten him into increasing the popularity.
If Qin Chengyao really liked live - streaming, he would have started when he retired a year ago instead of waiting until now. If it weren't for Ji Siyue, he might not even have joined that company.
Moreover, the most important thing was that he was willing to do the live - stream with Ji Siyue because she had invited him. If she didn't invite him, he wouldn't go and cause trouble. He didn't want to take advantage of Ji Siyue. He just wanted her to do what she liked happily.
...
Since the last time they met, for the next two days, the two of them had almost been doing joint live - streams.
Ling Yun was funny and humorous, often making Ji Siyue stutter. The huge contrast between them also attracted more and more CP fans.
After several days of live - streaming, Ling Yun gained more than a million followers, and Ji Siyue even gained two million. This progress was something that others might not be able to achieve in more than a year.
The company also saw the effectiveness of their live - streams and started to promote them more vigorously. Their live - stream room was even on the homepage of the live - streaming platform for a whole day.
Although Ji Siyue saw the positive results of her live - stream, she felt more and more stressed.
Just as the saying goes, the higher one climbs, the more troubles one has.
In the past, her popularity was neither high nor low, but most of her viewers were old fans, and the atmosphere in the live - stream room was harmonious.
However, since her popularity soared, many people who came to the live - stream room were there to bash her.
There were also many extreme girlfriend fans of Ling Yun who even insulted her parents.
Originally, there was only one moderator in her room. Now the company had directly assigned five moderators to her, and the muting function had been in use non - stop throughout the day.
She already felt overwhelmed after just a few days. She couldn't even imagine how she would cope in the future.
Liu Fanghua noticed her situation and called her after her live - stream ended one day.
"You seem a bit overwhelmed. You should also give a hint about what Ling Yun has been doing. Post a Weibo today and just subtly mention him."
"Sister Fanghua, I'm starting to feel overwhelmed. I really feel so tired!"
After a strange moment of silence on Liu Fanghua's end, she suddenly asked, "Did you read the comments in your live - stream chat?"
"I also read the comments on Weibo. Sister Fanghua, do all popular streamers have to go through this?"
"They all do. Actually, in the past two years of your live - streaming career, you've been quite lucky. Since your live - streaming style is non - competitive and you don't have a competitive relationship with other similar streamers, naturally no one came to bash you. Now that people are bashing you and it's making you feel stressed, doesn't it just prove that your strength has been recognized by them?"
"But this kind of recognition makes me feel so tired!"
"But we've just started. We can't just stop because you say so. How about this? Try it for two months. If after two months you feel it's not suitable or if there's any movement from his side, we'll just unbind the CP. Anyway, the preliminary agreement between our two companies is only for two months."
"Okay."
Two months would be enough time for her to reach a certain height. By then, whether she wanted to live a peaceful life or choose a better path, she could decide according to her own heart.
She logged onto Weibo and posted a message.
"I'm very happy today."