Chapter 62: The Generous Top Donor
Chi Zhen immediately said, “No amount of gifts will get you my WeChat, Boss.”
Leng Li didn't believe him. “Not even if I become the top donor?”
The number-one donor—Wujin Shi—was standing right in front of Chi Zhen at that very moment, leaving him speechless.
Wujin Shi spoke up. “Sending gifts doesn't get you WeChat. All you get is a sincere thank-you, along with my best wishes that Boss will make a fortune in the future.”
Leng Li disagreed. “Then you're not running your livestream professionally. Go look at other streamers. The bosses ranked near the top of their gift charts all get added on WeChat. You chat with them regularly and build a relationship. When the crucial moment comes, you act cute, act pitiful, and butter them up. That's how you get bosses to spend generously. Isn't making money from gifts the whole point of being a streamer?”
Sister Gou immediately said, “Our Xiao Chi isn't a relationship streamer. He's not good at providing emotional support outside his streaming hours. That's better left to the professional streamers in the relationship category.”
Chi Zhen had heard this kind of talk from Leng Li before, and he'd heard plenty of it.
At its core, livestreaming was a service industry. Viewers had to be happy and entertained before they would send gifts to a streamer. As a result, quite a few streamers—especially beauty streamers—would privately contact the bosses who ranked highly on their gift charts to deepen their relationships. Then, when the crucial moments came, such as platform events or livestream PKs, the streamer could act cute, play the victim, or beg for help. Naturally, a boss who had a good relationship with them would shower them with gifts one after another.
But that approach wasn't suitable for Chi Zhen. If it weren't for the need to make a living, he would already feel uncomfortable simply turning on his mic in front of everyone. The more people there were, the more nervous he actually became. The reason his popularity had risen so much this summer was largely because he could get through many livestreams by playing games together with the members of the Little Vegetable Guild.
Just like today.
When he encountered viewers like Leng Li, whose words contained subtle malice and condescension, Chi Zhen had absolutely no idea how to deal with them.
If the members of the Little Vegetable Guild hadn't been there with him, the atmosphere probably would have become awkward on the spot.
“Oh? Butter him up? Our guild leader doesn't need to act cute or suck up to anyone. Our top donor knows what to do all by himself,” Wujin Shi said calmly.
A notification immediately flashed across Chi Zhen's livestream: DZS_Qianli Jiangling has sent a Fruit Transport Planes to CZ Xiao Chi's livestream.
Chi Zhen: “Ah, don't...!”
Wujin Shi acted as though nothing had happened. “Ah, look. The top donor is here.”
Whoosh—
A second Fruit Transport Planes.
[Stop flexing, Qianli Jiangling, I'm begging you.]
[I can't even look.]
[Getting revenge for your husband? DZS, you're so damn in love.]
[Does anyone else understand this weird, schizophrenic BL sexual tension?!]
Leng Li gave an awkward laugh. “Heh heh, the top donor sure is generous. Then, as teammates running the dungeon together, streamer, how about adding each other as in-game friends? We can run dungeons together when we're free. Maybe then I'll have a chance of getting the handsome guy's WeChat.”
Before Leng Li had even finished speaking, Chi Zhen received his friend request in-game.
At the same time, Leng Li sent another Fruit Bomb.
Chi Zhen actually had quite a lot of people on his in-game friends list. Although he didn't have many close friends, he'd been buying and selling materials for a long time, so he'd added plenty of people to make it easier to ask about prices. After thinking about it, he figured there was nothing wrong with adding an in-game friend, so he accepted.
He didn't expect Leng Li to immediately start up again—
“Got the handsome guy as an in-game friend. Nice!”
“Handsome guy, can I ask you to do dailies with me tomorrow?”
“Want to do battlefields together? Though Spirit Cultivators don't have much of an advantage in battlefields. Ah, game streamers aren't suited to playing Spirit Cultivators. It's hard to produce good content with them. Taoist Cultivators are better.”
“Handsome guy, do you have any other classes on alternate accounts? A game streamer can't possibly only have one account, right?”
The others were too embarrassed to say anything, but Sister Gou simply turned on her mic. “Hey, our guild leader plays Spirit Cultivator just fine. He's incredibly good at it. You join our party and immediately start trying to make our guild leader change classes?”
“I'm not asking him to change classes,” Leng Li explained. “I'm suggesting he switch to a powerful class that can produce better content for his livestream.”
Before meeting the members of the Little Vegetable Guild, Chi Zhen really had often been looked down on for playing Spirit Cultivator. It was difficult to find a party when running dungeons, and Spirit Cultivators had practically no place in battlefields.
But Chi Zhen simply liked playing Spirit Cultivator. Even after becoming a game streamer, he still hadn't switched to a stronger, more entertaining class entirely because he enjoyed playing Spirit Cultivator. However, he couldn't explain the class's advantages very well, and he couldn't be bothered to explain them either.
Qingzhou Yiguo simply carried his wooden staff on his back and kept his head down as he walked.
“Whether a Spirit Cultivator plays well or not mainly depends on the cooperation of their teammates and the player's own game sense,” Wujin Shi said. “Spirit Cultivator is an extremely versatile class. It can deal damage, control enemies, and heal. In particular, it has the most numerous and comprehensive control skills among the ten classes in Wendao. With good coordination, a Spirit Cultivator can achieve an effect where one plus one is greater than two.”
“So you're saying that if they don't play well, it's because they're just bad.”
Out of nowhere, Wei Yu's voice rang through YY. Her voice was sweet and pleasant, yet she had just delivered the coldest possible statement.
The members of the Little Vegetable Guild didn't suck in a sharp breath this time, but they were all somewhat surprised.
[Guild] Gou Yao Zou Wo Bu Liu: 0.0
[Guild] Qing Ning: 0.0
[Guild] Sha Polang: Master Xiao Yu is awesome!
[Guild] Wei Yu Ning Qiu: Can we kick him out?
Qingtian Wai sighed in admiration. “Sister Wei Yu's voice is so pleasant. It's music to the ears.”
Leng Li said, “Oh, come on, I didn't mean to say the handsome guy plays badly. Ah, having a small guild really is great. Everyone's close and united. Your guild atmosphere is so nice. I'm almost tempted to join. Handsome Guild Leader, do new members get any special treatment?”
[Guild] Gou Yao Zou Wo Bu Liu: Why does this Leng Li guy talk so much? He's making my brain buzz!
[Guild] Sha Polang: Isn't he lurking in the guild leader's livestream? What if he sees what you said, Sister Gou?
[Guild] Gou Yao Zou Wo Bu Liu: Oh, then send a few more messages. Spam the screen faster so he won't have time to read them.
[Guild] Qing Ning: 0.0
Before Qing Ning could finish helping Sister Gou flood the chat, Wei Yu directly turned on her mic in YY. “We don't recruit people who talk too much. They're making my head buzz.”
Leng Li: “……”
Since entering the dungeon, this was finally the first time Leng Li had been left speechless.
[Xiao Chi hasn't said a single word, but the livestream entertainment is already maxed out.]
[I've figured it out. Could Xiao Chi be the legendary natural-born leader? He recruits a bunch of clowns into the Little Vegetable Guild, then gets to slack off during his own livestream. #Funny]
[Sister Wei Yu's "I don't care if I piss you off" way of speaking is actually pretty satisfying when aimed at an annoying person…]
[Wake up. She just attacks everyone indiscriminately.]
Wujin Shi tapped on the desk and said, “Enough chatting. The road ahead isn't easy. Also, the Little Vegetable Guild isn't recruiting new members. We're worried about spies from bigger guilds. Sorry, Boss.”
Leng Li was left speechless for the second time.
Was he supposed to turn on his mic and explain that he wasn't a spy? What was there to spy on in this Mini Vegetable Gang anyway?!
But Wujin Shi didn't give him a chance to explain and immediately began explaining the key points for the second boss.
For some reason, Chi Zhen really wanted to laugh, but he managed to hold it in.
On the mandatory route to the second boss, they had to cross a river—a completely ordinary-looking river filled with all kinds of hidden currents and whirlpools.
To cross it, players had to step across the rocks protruding from the water. The distance between the rocks was quite large, so simply jumping wasn't enough. Players had to use ordinary skills such as forward dashes, side rolls, backward rolls, and aerial movement.
This section was a serious test of the player's basic skill control.
The moment a player accidentally fell into the water, they would immediately be swept away by the river's whirlpools, leaving them absolutely no chance to struggle.
After being swept away, the player could only make their way back from downstream, which took another six or seven minutes.
If they failed repeatedly, one after another, they could end up wasting a huge amount of time just crossing the river. This was one of the reasons players hated the Orange Spring Valley dungeon so much.
What a damn scam!
Their game-card time was all being burned just walking around!
Taking the newbie Sha Polang into consideration, Wujin Shi gave a detailed explanation. At the end, he reminded everyone, “Focus on your movement. Too much talking can easily distract you.”
[That attack was pretty damn obvious.]
[You're jealous, aren't you, Wujin Shi?]
[He couldn't even get the WeChat friend request accepted, and he's already losing it?]
[He's so in love.]
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