Chapter 20 Angel Jiang Hui: But he loves her very much, so never mind. ...

Cheng Sijie felt refreshed after leaving the dormitory and praised herself inwardly:

Cheng Sijie, you are indeed quick-witted, well said!

A classmate greeted her in the hallway, and she smiled and waved back. As she walked out of the dormitory building, the sunset was incredibly beautiful, its afterglow filling the sky. It was a rare sunny day, and even the sunset looked stunning.

Cheng Sijie stood at the dormitory entrance for a while, admired the view, took a picture, and sent it to Jiang Hui.

The WeChat messages kept popping up. It turned out to be messages from their high school classmates' small group chat. Everyone was saying that it was almost October 1st, and whether they were in school or working, they should get together if they had time.

Cheng Sijie sent a message:

[One-liter bottle of orange juice]: Hey everyone, I'm going home for October 1st, so I can't come if you're planning to go on vacation.

[Sunglasses King]: Fei Xiaohan, I'm treating everyone to dinner at the hotel, are you all really not going?!

[00 Sister]: Oh dear, don't worry, I just saw the message. Can we all get together again during winter break? I can't get any time off right now! tvt

[Sleep God]: ...I'm spending time in the lab.

[doctor Zeng Daxian]: October 1st... I'm free, I can!

[Sunglasses King]: You guys have no life at all, Cheng Sijie. You're supposed to be an internet celebrity, and there are so many trendy pop-up events in Seoul lately. Aren't you going? You really disappoint me!

Cheng Sijie smiled.

[One-liter bottle of orange juice]: You can't compare to me, I'm not as good as you, supermodel.

Cheng Sijie felt much better after replying to her friends' WeChat group.

She didn't want to argue too much with people in real life. They were just roommates for four years. After graduation, they would all be scattered in different places. Who would keep in touch with whom?

In high school, out of so many people in her class, she was only close to four or five people in the group chat.

Friendship can't be forced, but at least during her three years of high school, she had a few close friends who were always there for her, and she and Cheng Jiayu were particularly "birds of a feather," so she didn't need any of those superficial relationships.

Not to mention the existence of Jiang Hui.

She is content and doesn't cling to anyone's affections; that's all.

A gentle breeze brushed against her cheek, and Cheng Sijie felt very comfortable.

When she got home, she ordered a bouquet of flowers for herself. The vases in her house had been empty for several days. The flowers Jiang Hui had given her had been dried, but that was enough; they didn't look good just sitting there.

Having some flowers in the room seems to improve one's mood. After picking out a bunch of tulips, Cheng Sijie ordered herself a light meal. She has gained weight recently and doesn't look as good on camera as before, so she has to be disciplined and eat vegetables.

Fortunately, Jiang Hui is about to film a music video. He can eat more during his tour, otherwise he won't have the stamina. But once it involves filming, he will look 10 pounds heavier on camera, so he will definitely look better if he is thinner. Therefore, he is also trying to lose weight.

Both of them were unfortunate and neither could afford to eat well, which made Cheng Sijie feel much better.

Jiang Hui posts his fitness meals to her every day. Jiang Hui is very humorous, saying that he lives like a sheep in Australia, bleating every day as he lowers his head to nibble on the green grass and various kinds of vegetable leaves on the natural pastures of Australia. Occasionally, his owner will add a spoonful of protein powder to help him build muscle, ensuring that he can be slaughtered at any time.

Cheng Sijie comforted him, "It's okay, brother. You're a stylish Australian lamb, and I'm a native Chinese lamb. When you go back to China, you'll be more stylish. You'll be an imported species, after all."

Cheng Sijie possesses a natural dry humor, which seems to be the core reason why she is able to succeed in live streaming. In addition, her good looks make her naturally successful.

When Jiang Hui heard her say these seemingly comforting but actually teasing witty remarks, he felt itchy and agreed from the bottom of his heart with those words that "men are inherently shameless." Perhaps they weren't really shameless, but at least they felt a tickle on his itch, and even the teasing had a soothing effect on his mind and body.

He couldn't find the reason either. It was like a sixteen-year-old who never watched live streams suddenly having his computer malfunction and redirecting him to a live stream webpage, which happened to be Cheng Sijie's live stream. The slight strange noise from the other end of the camera was the sound of adjusting the camera.

Like a gift box about to be opened, he had no reason not to wait three seconds.

Three seconds later, the girl smiled and said, "Jiang Jiang~" "Your angel has appeared, kneel down and worship, my dear fans."

He suddenly laughed.

From then on, he spent 100,000 Firefly Coins every day in that live stream room for a week, which is equivalent to 10,000 RMB in cash. He became famous in the live stream room and was completely remembered by the streamer.

The streamer later refunded him, asking, "Why did you do that?"

His account at the time was an initial string of characters, "user761355369," and he didn't reply to the streamer's questions.

As a result, Cheng Sijie thoughtfully applied for [underage fraudulent use of parent's credit card] for him, and the money was directly refunded to the original account.

Jiang Hui registered a new account named [h] and diligently watched the live streams, interacted, commented, and sent small gifts, taking it one step at a time...

This was a way Jiang Hui had never experienced before, a way to gradually gain someone's favor.

According to Cheng Sijie's later analysis, Jiang Hui, the thief, was testing her character with money. "Although I am a high school student, I can tell at a glance that you have bad intentions."

How could I have ill intentions?

Cheng Sijie sneered: "You want to have a private relationship with the anchor, isn't that considered having ulterior motives?"

"You've been planning this all along, even making your entrance like a domineering CEO. Have you been reading too many romance novels? Say something!"

Jiang Hui: "..."

He was completely defeated by this so-called fallacy and heresy, and couldn't help but laugh out loud, raising his hands in surrender.

He felt he had encountered an angel, albeit a strange one—the kind that would demand believers kneel and then say "Thank you, my esteemed believers."

But he loves it, so never mind.

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After chatting for a while, the two transnational cattle and sheep... oh wait, the two of them exchanged photos of their vegetarian "feed" for the day. Jiang Hui still had work to do, but he was reluctant to hang up the voice call—

Cheng Sijie kissed the phone three times before Jiang Hui finally told her to hang up.

Cheng Sijie sighed deeply, thinking that after reconciling, he realized that long-distance relationships were indeed devastating and lonely.

If only they could be by my side. But that's impossible. I have to take care of my own life first. Life isn't a fairy tale where love conquers all, and Cheng Sijie is well aware of that.

Just then, the doorbell rang; the tulips she had ordered had arrived. Cheng Sijie asked the deliveryman to leave them at the door, and went out to pick them up a while later. The tulips were wrapped in plain-colored paper in an oil painting style and looked very fresh.

Cheng Sijie has always felt that tulips are a flower that brings a great sense of happiness.

It looks very cute, with round leaves and round flowers, like a letter from a fairy tale kingdom to the human world, round and carrying a childlike dream.

Cheng Sijie felt soothed. She trimmed the stems of the flowers slightly with pruning shears, carefully placed them in a vase, and added water and flower nutrient solution. Then, while eating her light takeout meal, she looked at the terms and conditions of Xinghai.

Aside from basic benefits and profit sharing, Xinghai's contract terms for her are classified as Category B, which is only second to S-level top-tier celebrities and A-level top anchors, as well as second- and third-tier celebrities.

Type B contracts primarily support promising newcomers. The platform guarantees contracted streamers a minimum level of exposure on the platform's homepage, core channels, and featured recommendation slots for the three-month program period. Simultaneously, the platform's algorithm will give special consideration to streamers within the program, prioritizing their content for delivery to potential viewers.

What truly captivated Cheng Sijie was the final trump card: Xinghai's parent company was financially powerful and could leverage its resources, such as a social media matrix, affiliate app traffic, and offline advertising, to drive cross-platform traffic to its contracted streamers.

This means that her traffic pool and potential users will be very large, and her development prospects are very promising.

"In addition to the three basic Category B benefits, because you are a potential streamer referred by internal referral, we are confident that we can offer you a short-term contract of up to three years, which will not block your development channels."

The other party was clearly very confident, saying, "I can assure you that this is absolutely the best and most professional treatment and economic operation in the industry right now."

"Our parent company holds a controlling stake in Tencent Video, currently the largest video platform. If you achieve high growth in short-term visual data, or even become a top streamer within a year, the platform will invest resources to help you build your personal brand, including but not limited to: producing promotional videos, arranging personal interviews, planning offline fan meetups, and participating in online variety shows..."

What else is there to say? Some things have signs. With just a few words, Cheng Sijie could judge from her experience that the other party was very sincere and reliable!

That same day, Cheng Sijie contacted her current operations manager, who sent her a questionnaire that covered not only her hobbies, height, weight, and relationship status, but also her parents' occupations. The questionnaire thoughtfully included information on what could be kept confidential and what needed to be included, making it easier for the operations manager to plan content for her.

The operations manager she was in contact with was named Tian Tian. She had a pink profile picture and would send messages with two cute emojis. But for some reason, Cheng Sijie could always sense a kind of lifeless, overworked feeling from her replies.

Cheng Sijie filled out the questionnaire on the same day and sent it to Tian Tian, ​​thoughtfully including a PDF version.

Tian Tian: "Okay, contact me if you need anything."

Late that night, Cheng Sijie was working on graphics. Her graduation thesis was very demanding, requiring data annotation on thousands of images, which was enough to make anyone's head spin. This kind of tedious work was actually less boring when she put on some light music and made herself an apple iced Americano.

Suddenly, her WeChat notification went off.

Cheng Sijie adjusted his glasses, finished marking the image in his hand, and then opened his phone:

Tian Tian: "Cheng Cheng, take a close look at the support plan. This is our team's proposal. Don't share it with others. After you've finished reading, remember to DM me to confirm. Mwah!"

Wow, that's so dedicated!

She didn't think that Tian Tian sending messages in the middle of the night was a disturbance. In fact, if you work in the live streaming industry or know about the culture of the arts and sports industry, you'll know that everyone is a group of night owls. A lot of work is piled up to confirm at night. If you're not used to this rhythm, you can simply do not disturb and reply the next day. But Cheng Sijie is obviously very used to it.

After carefully reading the message, Cheng Sijie knowingly typed "1" to leave. She had heard that the operation teams of such large platforms, unless they were dedicated top streamers, were usually composed of a few fixed operations staff.

Each operations staff member is responsible for hundreds of live streamers, and the frequency of replies is extremely high throughout the day. Her efficiency and quietness are the best way to handle this situation.

According to the contract, she is currently enjoying the incentive program for broadcasting, and can get a good amount of traffic as long as she broadcasts for a certain amount of time each day.

Eight hours a day seems like a pretty cost-effective amount of time.

Cheng Sijie thought: It seems I'm in for a tough time.