Chapter 011: Gaining 100,000 Followers Out of Nowhere

Xu Lele: Favorability +5

Xu Lele's current favorability towards the host: 88 points.

Seeing that Xu Lele's favorability had actually increased by 5 points on the system interface, reaching a whopping 88 points, Chen Yuan was stunned again. He had thought that after turning on her in person this time, Xu Lele's favorability towards him would drop rapidly. But the result was completely unexpected. How could this be? Could he have been wrong all along?

Feeling rather disinterested, Chen Yuan returned to his dormitory alone. With nothing to do, he started browsing Douyin. These days, short - video live - streaming platforms are extremely popular. Most young people like to watch short videos during their free time. Douyin is one of the most popular apps on the short - video platform.

Chen Yuan opened the local recommendations and scrolled through a few videos casually. Then, a rather familiar face came into view. In the video, a girl in white was playing the piano. Although the shooting distance was a bit far, and it didn't seem to be shot with a professional camera, just a random take, the girl's temperament and appearance were really quite different from ordinary internet celebrities. The key point was that she didn't even use beauty filters! What kind of confidence was this? Nowadays, most female internet celebrities on Douyin look like goddesses with beauty filters on, but turn into ordinary people or even uglier than ordinary people when the filters are off. There are even men who can transform into二次元 (Two - dimensional) pretty girls after putting on makeup and using beauty filters. It's really mind - blowing. And the girl in this video not only didn't use beauty filters but didn't even put on makeup. Yet, she was still pure and charming. Wearing a white Hanfu, she was like a fairy coming out of an ancient legend. Her skilled piano - playing techniques made her look extremely elegant.

"Isn't this Zhao Yuqi? She's actually shooting Douyin videos too?"

"Damn, she has quite a few followers. She only has seven or eight works, but her followers have already exceeded one million. She's definitely on the verge of going viral."

Well, thinking about it, it wasn't really surprising. With Zhao Yuqi's looks and talent, it was natural for her to become popular. After all, being the second - ranked school beauty of Hunan University wasn't just for show.

Chen Yuan thought for a moment and casually hit the follow button. Then he started browsing her previous videos.

Just then, Zhao Yuqi actually started a live - stream! Maybe because it had just started, there were only a few people in the live - room. She was chatting with her best friend, Wu Xiaofei. They seemed to be in a rather large room, not a school dormitory.

"Welcome Lonely Cigarette to the live - room!"

[Holy crap, your name is quite interesting, bro. Did you get it after seeing today's Weibo trending topic?]

[How dare you pretend to be our Brother Cigarette? You're getting a bit too full of yourself, kid!]

[I remember there's a tycoon on Shark whose ID is also Lonely Cigarette. He tipped a female streamer ten million yuan in half an hour, leveling up from a level - 3 newbie account to the max level and instantly becoming the top of the leaderboard.]

[Maybe he's the real tycoon! Haha!]

[If he's really a tycoon, I'll live - stream myself eating shit!]

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Zhao Yuqi's Douyin account was named "Cute Qiqi". Her live - stream mainly consisted of singing and playing the piano. As time passed, the number of people in the live - room increased from just a few to several hundred. Gradually, some people started sending her gifts. But most of the gifts were only a few cents, some were a few yuan, and occasionally someone would send tens of yuan. In less than half an hour, she received 5000 Douyin coins, which was 500 yuan.

Among female streamers, PK battles are quite common. Soon, Zhao Yuqi was connected to another female streamer.

[Holy crap, it's Peng Shiqi!]

[Qiqi, I might switch sides. It's not that you're not pretty, but Shiqi is also really beautiful, and she has so many followers!]

After all, Zhao Yuqi was a new streamer. Compared with a big - name internet celebrity like Peng Shiqi, there was no real comparison. Peng Shiqi's follower base had exceeded 30 million, and the number of people online in her live - room was over 100,000. She was one of the most popular female internet celebrities on the entire platform.

Sure enough, the moment the PK bar opened, Zhao Yuqi was suppressed by the other side. The tycoon on the opposite side started by sending five Carnival gifts. On Douyin, the Carnival is the most expensive gift in the reward interface, with each worth 3000 yuan. Starting with five Carnivals meant 15,000 yuan.

"Damn, I finally finished recharging. Douyin really should change its recharge limit. The maximum recharge amount per time is only 50,000 yuan. I had to recharge 200 times to get ten million yuan. It's really tiring." Chen Yuan was quite speechless. He never thought that one day he would be annoyed because the recharge limit of various platforms was too small!

Seeing Zhao Yuqi being crushed by Peng Shiqi, Chen Yuan didn't hesitate to start疯狂刷礼物 (疯狂刷礼物 can be translated as "疯狂地刷礼物 - frantically sending gifts"). After all, Zhao Yuqi was one of the targets he was trying to court. If he could reverse the situation one day, the more he spent now, the more he would earn in the future. Moreover, she was from Hunan University. Being close at hand gave him a much better chance than with Xiaomi'er!

The next second, the special effect of a Carnival gift instantly filled the screen.

"Thank you, Lonely Cigarette, for the Carnival gift!" Zhao Yuqi said gratefully, a bit surprised. She had thought this PK was a lost cause. But then a big brother suddenly appeared in the live - room. And this ID seemed really familiar?

[Holy crap, could this be...?]

[Brother Cigarette, oh my god, it's really Brother Cigarette. The real Brother Cigarette has arrived!]

[Qiqi, you're saved. Brother Cigarette is a real tycoon!]

After that, Lonely Cigarette really didn't disappoint. Starting from the first Carnival gift, the gift - sending spree didn't stop.

[Thank you, Lonely Cigarette, for sending 108 Carnivals to the streamer Cute Qiqi!]

[Thank you, Lonely Cigarette, for sending 109 Carnivals to the streamer Cute Qiqi!]

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[Thank you, Lonely Cigarette, for sending 999 Carnivals to the streamer Cute Qiqi!]

At this moment, all the tycoons in Peng Shiqi's live - room were shocked! The combined efforts of over a dozen of their tycoons couldn't beat one person. This was just insanely wealthy!

[Holy crap, who the hell is that guy on the other side? He's so fierce!]

[Lonely Cigarette? Isn't he the mysterious tycoon who was on the trending topic on the Shark platform?]

[Awesome! Awesome! He finished tipping on Shark and now he's come to Douyin to tip. He has so much money that he doesn't know what to do with it. Damn, he's really rich!]

[We can't beat him. We can't beat him. Sister Shiqi, it's not that we're not trying hard, but the big brother on the other side is just too powerful. You might get beaten by a newbie streamer!]

Without any suspense, under Chen Yuan's crazy tipping, Zhao Yuqi not only won this PK against the well - known internet celebrity Peng Shiqi but also topped the hourly live - streaming ranking of the entire platform. Her live - room suddenly saw a huge influx of tens of thousands of people. Her number of followers increased by over 20,000. The most surprising thing was that while Zhao Yuqi only gained 20,000 followers, Chen Yuan's ID actually gained 100,000 followers out of nowhere. But did you think this was the end?