I'm A Baller - Chapter 191
Chapter 191: I Love You!
Wang Yan had a bad feeling. He immediately asked Xi Zi, “Have you told the four of them about my tips?”
“Don’t worry, I’ve told them everything!”
Wang Yunxi nodded his head vigorously.
In the future, Wang Yan would use Wang Fugui’s account to tip his streamers from time to time.
The main purpose was, of course, to show off.
Yes, that was it.
Don’t ask why. It was just that the god-level tycoons didn’t lack money!
In any case, as long as the amount was large enough and the revenue was high enough, they would get lots of money from the platform.
In addition, the guild could use the money earned from the revenue to offset the promotional expenses…
All in all, out of a million yuan tip, about 800,000 yuan would go to Wang Yan; if he tipped 10 million yuan, 8,500,000 yuan would return to him.
After that, in the process of promoting the streamers, they could actually earn quite a bit of money from other channels.
As long as they played well in such operations, they would definitely make a good profit.
Wang Yunxi was new in the industry, but the assistant he was considering of hiring was a veteran of the Yujia guild on Crooked Platform, and he was very familiar with these things.
The Yujia guild was falling behind, and now was a good time to poach people from it. It shouldn’t take long for them to join Wangting.
Wang Yan didn’t need to worry about such things at all.
In any case, Brother Fugui was only in charge of spending money.
“What’s the surname of the person in charge of Douyu’s operations?”
Wang Yan suddenly looked at the center of another group of people. There stood a young man in his thirties. He was a little chubby and looked very vain.
“His surname is Yi. He is the deputy manager in charge of operations. He manages half of the big guilds. He has a lot of power.”
Wang Yunxi smiled proudly. “Yesterday, I drank with him until dawn. I got lots of information from him.”
Wang Yan frowned in confusion. “I thought Douyu didn’t signed any live streamers, right?”
“They are doing it secretly. The live streamer’s interface doesn’t release guild information. Who knows how many things are going on inside?”
Wang Yunxi lowered his voice. “Actually, they tried to sign with Ling Ya and the other three, but they didn’t reach an agreement. The people from the Operation Department are very pushy and greedy.”
“That mukbang streamer who sits next to Adai has signed with the Douyu Culture. He’s in the same guild as YYF, so he’s actually from Douyu. Otherwise, how could he get a spot here today?”
Wang Yan didn’t know how greedy those people were and wasn’t interested.
“It doesn’t matter as long as we can work with them. Later, ask Manager Yi how much he can give me after depositing money.”
“Okay.” Wang Yunxi immediately stood up. “I’ll find a chance to chat with him.”
As they talked, it was already 7:40 pm. The live broadcast room was open, and the streamers were already warming up.
Because Weibo and fan groups had already been notified, there were quite a number of netizens waiting to watch the show. As soon as the broadcast started, people flooded in.
Douyu’s number of views and popularity were two different things. The former was the exaggerated quantity of viewers and the latter was the number of people and rewards calculated using a formula.
The total popularity of seven sub-live broadcast rooms and one general live broadcast room soon exceeded three million, and it was still climbing up.
Especially that main broadcast room, which broke through the one million line in the blink of an eye and even put on a small sign Hot.
The main broadcast room was originally on the front page of the platform, and now it was firmly occupying the first place in the small recommendation column in the middle of the page.
Fake fans on payment began to shout as soon as they entered.
“What are we eating today?”
“Finally I got to see this. I vow to avenge myself!”
“Come here, Ling Family Army!”
“The previous champion is here. Brothers, please be quiet. Thank you.”
“My Adai doesn’t want to talk to you, and she threw a chicken bone at you.”
“F*ck, I was kept in suspense until now. If the food today is not as good as last time, I’ll unfollow it immediately!”
A new cultural phenomenon was emerging in the current live webcast — online subculture.
The marginal and non-mainstream subculture, in essence, focused more on venting than doing content, more on absurdity than reality, more on ideas more than really events.
With the development of the live broadcast, the subculture, which ass still in its infancy, may become mainstream in some small circles, and give rise to all kinds of weird branches. It would eventually become an important epitome of the new era.
Of course, the current live broadcast culture was still only at the level of star promotion, make up topics, and other wild tricks to draw attention.
In the main live broadcast room, the topics were boundless.
After watching for a while, Wang Yan laughed out loud, finding some comments were extremely interesting.
Wang Yunxi had just returned, so Wang Yan asked him, “What’s going on? It seems like they are spitting fire at each other.”
Wang Yunxi chuckled, pleased with himself.
“Didn’t you ask me to find a way to promote it? The details of the competition couldn’t be announced, so we created a topic on how the eaters get along!
“When Ling Ya and the other three checked out each other’s rooms, she jokingly shouted, ‘I’m not happy!’
“Miko replied, ‘Hold it in.’
“Da Gang bragged to his fake fans, ‘Last time, I wasn’t in a good condition. I’m not bragging to you guys, but when I’m in a good condition, I poop more than they eat!’
“I had a few more people send some bullet comments about it. Then the topic got hot!
“Then, Ling Ya played along and shouted, ‘If you have the guts, let’s compete again!’
“Adai had been silent, then she suddenly said, ‘Let’s compete. I’m not afraid.’
“While they bickered half jokingly, the netizens got interested, and the publicity work is a success, isn’t it?
“Today’s competition is filled with the smell of gunpowder when it started. Yan, you just watch. When the ingredients are served, the event will be hot. I assure you!”
Wang Yan felt that it was amazing.
There were always people who said that live streaming was a product of manipulation.
Why?
This small operation showed how you can manipulate the direction of a topic.
However, the people who was willing to spend money on it might know it but they just didn’t care since they just wanted to have fun and enjoy the feeling of being flattered by the netizens. They got what they wanted from it.
Of course, as to the rich people who were lured in by pretty faces, it was another story.
Wang Yan didn’t care about that. He was just looking forward to one thing — the expressions of Ling Ya and the other three eaters.
Now, all of them were laughing happily. I’ll see if you guys still want to laugh in a moment!
Haha!
While President Wang was laughing secretly, Adai was still replying to her netizens, “I really don’t know what we’ll eat. They really didn’t tell us! Anyway, it’s very expensive, the very expensive kind.”
Ling ya narrowed her eyes and smiled, looking forward to it. “Of course it’s more expensive than the king crabs… isn’t that obvious? Actually, I have my guesses… Look at the chef’s station, can you think of anything?”
Miko was worried sitting in the live broadcast room. “It seems to be barbecued meat… actually, I can’t really eat barbecued meat… I hope it’s spicy; I can eat spicy food.”
Da Gang was bragging again. “Buddies, I’m not bragging. If it’s barbecued meat today, I tell you I’ll be the champion!”
The host warmed up the audience in the main room and finally finished reading the sponsors. After thanking the hotel, restaurant, and the yogurt company for their support, he smiled mysteriously and clapped his hands to call up the waitresses.
When the young ladies in the restaurant uniform filed up with plates in their hands, all the viewers in the live broadcast room were stunned.
First of all, the young ladies were all carefully selected. Finding ten plus beautiful young ladies was easy for a five-star hotel.
Dressed in the uniform skirt and black silk stockings, they were really beautiful…
Secondly, the plates they were holding were even more beautiful.
The ship-shaped deep tray was covered with a thick layer of crushed ice. On each plate were four pieces of beef that were about one millimeter thick. The color was bright, and the lines of fat made them look like marble.
They all stood in front of the Chef’s counter, and the camera swept across them… Slurp!
Alright, it’s not proper to film the vulgar black silk stockings. The camera quickly zoomed in on the beef, and the host started to brag.
“When it comes to Wagyu beef, people have all sorts of misunderstandings…
“Blah, blah, blah.
“It’s not easy to come by, so how much does it cost?
“The total weight of the meat in a plate is about 200 grams, and each piece is about 50 grams. The price for each piece is…”
“1,500 yuan, RMB!”
Just as he finished his sentence, the bullet comments on the screen visibly thinned out. Two seconds later, comments flooded in from the right side from the screen.
F*ck! If I had known that the competitors would eat this, I would have joined and I’m sure I’ll win the championship!”
“Awesome…”
“Girls, please change out of your black silk stockings. Don’t abstract me from watching the meat!”
“Looking at the instant noodles in front of me. I’m crying out loud…”
“Throw away the sausages in your hands and lick the screen instead. Mmm, it smells so good!”
“Take your time to lick the screen. I’m less than 1.5 kilometers away from Kerry, and I’m already going to the scene to smell it!”
“Bro, if any of Ling Ya or the others throw up, you must not eat it all; leave some for us!”
“F*ck, it’s disgusting! Why don’t you ask Da Gang to poop on you?”
“We’ve reserved Da Gang’s poop. Get lost!”
“Question: last time, I mixed the sauce, but there was no crab, and the instant noodles were especially delicious with the sauce… Do you have some special seasonings today?”
…
Reading the creative bullet comments, Wang Yan laughed.
The netizens are so talented!
Ling Ya and the others came to their senses now and started to brag to their fans.
Ever since the host started introducing the difficulty of obtaining the meat, the eaters had been swallowing their saliva. When the price was announced, their eyes immediately widened.
Having finally realized what was going on, they began to roll up their sleeves.
“Let me tell you, the peak of my life is today. You can stop me from winning the championship, but no one can stop me from eating to my heart’s content!”
Ling Ya really didn’t care about her image. She loosened her belt and began to sprout nonsense.
Da Gang asked like he was in a dream, “Brothers, quickly help me calculate. 1,500 per piece. I can eat at least 200 pieces. How much is that?”
Miko’s lips were trembling. “I’m done, I’m done, I’m so scared… Guys, I’m so scared, how can I calm down?”
Tips could calm her down.
A guy did not say a word and directly tipped 10 rockets.
Then tips began to flood in.
The fist guy posted a bullet comment. “Eat! Don’t worry! Count it as my payment for the beef you’ll eat!”
He was generous but didn’t know that his tip would got to Wang Yan’s pocket.
“Yes, I’ll pay for one 150th of a piece!”
Bang! 10 yuan tip.
“I’ll tip you… Just taste it for me!”
All kinds of small gifts flooded in. After 30 seconds, the money could actually buy five and a half pieces!
That was not enough for anyone…
Then the host announced the rules with a mysterious smile.
That smile was unreadable, as if he was trying hard to hold back something..
However, the contestants were bragging to their fans and did not notice it.
“The next dish to be presented is the side dish. You must eat it together with the beef. If you can win or not will depend on it.
“Please listen carefully. Each of you has a fixed quota of around six kilograms of beef. That’s all we have.
“If someone withdraws from the competition, his or her remaining quota will be evenly distributed to the others, but the amount may not be enough to determine the winner.
“Then, in the end, if several contestants finish the quota, what should we do?
“We’ll multiply the amount of the beef by the amount of the side dishes consumed!
“Now, let us present the side dish!”
The seven contestants craned their necks to have a better look. Their curiosity aroused the interest of the entire audience.
Unfortunately, they could not see it.
What was presented was a semi-closed white porcelain container. The lid was tightly closed under a piece of velvet. It was completely mysterious.
“Good, this is an exciting moment… three, two, one… please take a look!”
The seven side dishes were all in place, and the waitresses took off the velvet covering together.
Suddenly, there was a mysterious silence.
…
In the main room, the camera was aimed at the inside of the container.
It was a big, big, big pot of garlic.
The seven mobile phones zoomed in the facial expressions of all the streamers. In the close-up, every minute change of facial expression was captured by the camera.
As the audience watched, the streamer’s pupils suddenly dilated, some opening their mouths, some covering their mouths with hands, some looking completely dumbfounded. They could see facial muscles of some contestants were twitching slightly..
A second later, Da Gang suddenly raised his head and laughed. “Wahahaha…”
Two seconds later, Ling Ya slammed her hand on the table and stood up. “What the heck?! You want me, a pretty girl, to eat raw garlic before a camera? I’m out of here!”
Three seconds later, Miko burst into tears. “What the hell? What the heck is going on?!”
Four seconds later, bullet comments flooded in.
Da Gang’s live broadcast room was filled with joy.
“Holy shit! Brother Gang, this is your strong suit!”
“All the Northern guys are getting excited. We’ll use our iron stomach trained by scallions with sauce and garlic to conquer them!”
“They’re just waiting for a good beating from us!”
“Cough cough cough cough… I’m choking with laughter!”
Ling Ya’s live stream room was in an uproar.
“Withdraw from the competition? Sure, give me my money back first!”
“Wahahaha! I’ve watched you eat a bowl of spicy soup every day, and you enjoyed it. Today, I want to see you cry!”
“Either I get a refund or you eat garlic! Hiahiahia…”
“Mom asked me why I’m laughing so happily. I said, ‘I finally get to watch Ling Ya being forced to tears by food!'”
Miko’s livestream room was filled with sorrow.
“Baby, don’t cry. Stand up and eat!”
“It’s just raw garlic… Ugh! It’s not spicy at all… Oh! You can do it… Ugh!”
“Baby, you’d better find a place to stay for tonight. Don’t come back. Mwah… Ugh!”
“Oh, my heart aches for you so much! My tears are flowing and I couldn’t dry them even with two tissues. Wahahahaha…”
The other broadcast rooms were the same. It was simply a carnival.
However, at this moment, the host was still adding fuel to the fire.
“Each contestants has two kilograms of the special-grade garlic that was flown in from America. It costs 15,000 RMB per kilogram. Everyone, please enjoy…”
“Enjoy my ass…” Even the dumbest Adai cursed. The corners of her mouth kept twitching.
Erhei, the streamer from Douyu, was still in a daze.
“Oh my god, two kilograms… no wonder the pot is so big!”
“Wait a minute! If I’m not mistaken… that pot of garlic costs 30,000 RMB?”
“Damn it, am I going to eat it to death or should I take it slow?”
He muttered to himself, his expression changing constantly.
Eh, silly.
Hopeless!
The most pitiful one was the girl called Rabbit. Ever since the lid was lifted, she had collapsed on the chair. She covered her mouth and nose tightly with her hand and her eyes were filled with fear.
Then, as the host began to explain the rules, her pupils continued to dilate bit by bit. In the end, her entire being was empty.
However, some viewers in the live broadcast room tried to cheer her up. “Rabbit, eat 10 pieces at a time and I’ll tip you a rocket. It’s up to you anyway!”
Rabbit: I don’t want rockets. Rabbits eat grass!
However, the host did not have any compassion at all and continued to emphasize the importance of the garlic.
“Dear contestants, please take note that your final result is determined by the amount of both the beef and the garlic you ate.
“Garlic is very important!”
“The theme of today’s competition is so unique! It’s a combination of Chinese and Western cuisine culture. It will test both your appetite and courage. Please allow me to applaud most sincerely to the organizers!”
The subtext was — President Wang, you’re awesome, I’m impressed!
In the main room, numerous bullet comments were praising President Wang — Ling Ya and the others did not deliberately hide it, so many fans knew that the organizer of this event was still the President Wang from the last time.
“President Wang Is Awesome! ~ ~ ~ ~”
“Director Wang, I have garlic and instant noodles ready. What should we do next?”
“I have already informed all my friends in the group to come and watch how the live streamers get tortured!”
“Oh… I can’t take it anymore… I have a feeling that I might die of laughter in front of the screen today…”
Seeing the bullet comments filling up the screen, Wang Yunxi was about to clear the screen when he realized that…it froze! At the same time, Manager Yi anxiously and excitedly contacted his colleagues and kept shouting, “Upgrade and expand the data capacity! Hurry, Hurry, Hurry! Leave room for more viewers!”
Wang Yunxi was changing the name of the room. The new name sounded particularly domineering —
Super-rich Big Eater Competition–1,500 yuan per mouthful!
Just the main room alone had over 2,000,000 viewers, and the number was still soaring like a rocket!
Ling Ya and the other three each had over 1,000,000 viewers, and the numbers were also growing quickly.
The other three streamers were less popular, but they also had 200,000-400,000 viewers, especially Rabbit, who had collapsed in her chair. She looked inexplicably funny in this way, and her popularity rose rapidly.
The total number of viewers exceeded 6,000,000, and it was still growing.
Zhang Delei was wild with joy. Every time a contestant got thirsty and picked up the EC yogurt from the table, the flesh on his cheeks would quiver.
Even with the current number of viewers, the 800,000-yuan sponsorship was worth it!
Manager Madre was even happier. It was almost 8 o’clock, and the restaurant was suddenly filled with waves of customers. It looked like it was going to be full soon. It was unbelievable, right?
It didn’t matter how much money they could earn from a full house for one day or two. What was important was the increase in fame. The value was hard to estimate.
All in all, everyone was happy and beaming with joy.
Except for the streamers.
However, the arrow was already on the bow, and they had no choice but to shoot it.
The host smiled evilly and pressed the timer. “The competition… begins!”
