Chapter 82 The Allure of Traffic

There's no way around it, their team is just too good at creating drama.

While other teams were preparing for the competition in a mundane way, Pipa and Anjin, those two mischievous guys, always managed to come up with all sorts of tricks during the preparation phase.

This effect is even more pronounced when playing games.

An Jin is a pressure-prone person. Although everyone follows orders, after a while, none of them seem to be able to handle pressure.

An Jin made a mistake while ganking and went back to the bottom lane cursing. The mid laner, Breadman, just stood there laughing and told her to come back next time.

The lame man was caught stealing wild animals. Pipa went to help him while laughing at him, mocking him for being a petty thief who needed Pipa's help to save him after being caught.

The atmosphere in the team is great; people talk a lot and even criticize each other, which makes it fun for onlookers.

Not only did the fans of the five individuals watch it, but some of the more skilled fans went so far as to teach the official editing team how to take one or two particularly funny clips, upload them to the platform, and receive a huge amount of traffic in return.

This is incredible! The fans who created this video out of pure passion never expected the traffic to be so high. Some videos can earn them tens of yuan, while others can earn them thousands.

There are certainly fans who are passionate about their work, but profit always drives people's hearts. They're willing to make a little money, so these fans are working themselves to the bone to edit videos and make a fortune before professional marketing accounts and studios can get involved.

The other contestants on Kedou Video were green with envy.

Dude, we're all competing in the same way, so why are you guys getting so much attention? Is this right? This doesn't make sense.

We're all streamers, so who doesn't know how to create something funny?

After the training match, I went online to watch Jiang Jinhan's live stream replay and found that he was completely silent.

How the hell are we supposed to learn this? It's like a boss team! "Boss" An Jin acts as the commander, not only directing everyone in the team around in circles, but if her command is wrong, these people have to take the blame on themselves immediately.

The viewers' eyes turned red.

Damn, this is so awesome!

They briefly put themselves in An Jin's shoes and thought sourly, "I could do that too."

After Wednesday's training match, An Jin's online search volume surged that night, along with the number of viewers in the live streams of the other four people.

When An Jin went out for a late-night snack after finishing her training match, they were still live streaming. The number of viewers in the live stream slowly increased from the initial 20,000 to 30,000 to 40,000.

As the team captain and a professional player, Jiang Jinhan is the one who attracts the most attention among the four.

The number of viewers in his live stream once rose to 100,000.

After finishing her late-night snack, An Jin went home and glanced enviously at the messages in the group chat. She went straight to bed, preparing to be in top form for the next day's live stream.

The second day's live stream went much as An Jin had predicted; her online viewership, which had been hovering between 80,000 and 100,000, surged to 200,000.

There were so many people in the live stream that An Jin hadn't done much yet, but the moderators were exhausted.

Managing so many people is no easy task. Luckily, Lisa's team helped out, otherwise the live stream would have been in complete chaos.

That afternoon, An Jin continued playing training matches. After finishing, she rested for half an hour, ate lunch, and then continued coaching her boss.

She's stopped adding other bosses to her group chat. The group, which has a thousand members, is full, and if she doesn't check messages for an hour, it gets 99+ messages.

When An Jin played games with her boss at night, some fans were even defending their rights in the live chat, clamoring for An Jin to open another group chat for her boss.

An Jin, who had vowed not to swear before the broadcast, immediately started cursing after hearing this.

"Why bother with a group for business owners? The queue of business owners is already open until next year. If we open one now, I'll have to take all the business owners with me until the year after next. No way! I absolutely refuse to open one!"

"I won't open any gifts you offer. Fine, I won't open them even if you kill me."

"What do you mean you can't swear? I didn't swear at anyone. Saying 'I'm the boss' counts as swearing? Is there no justice left in this world?!"

"Even if it's unfair, there's still a reason! Damn it! I'm not saying anything more to you guys. The mid laner is feeding again when I wasn't looking. I'm speechless!"

Don't be afraid, even junglers commit crimes, hahaha.

: I asked you to chat with us, but Nakano started messing around when you weren't looking.

My suggestion is to change the boss. This Nakano player is no good. I suggest I take over and play.

You're dreaming!

I have a question. Aren't the streamers supposed to be materialistic? I've already sent two Carnival gifts, so why can't I get on board?

I suggest sending 200 to try. Although the streamer is materialistic, he has principles. He made it clear beforehand that he would be bringing a client, so he wouldn't accept anyone cutting in line.

But it's so cool! I wish I had been the one who drew the parking space today.

You don't need to tell me how great it is, I can see it for myself, thank you.

Ugh, I can't take it anymore. The thought of my friend being in An'an's car makes me so angry. I'm taking a taxi to my friend's house right now. Brothers, wait for my good news about my offline solo kill.

Hurry up, I'll reimburse your taxi fare. If I can really beat your brother in person, I'll immediately become the top player.

Hey, friends upstairs who got a solo kill, DM me.

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No, bosses, please stop messaging me privately. I was just joking around, waaaaaah!

: You tried to be clever, and now your bosses are bombarding you with private messages.

Curious what your bosses messaged you about?

An'an's boss is terrifying. The bosses didn't ask me anything, just if it was true. I said it was, my friend was in the car, and they actually gave me a red envelope so I could take a taxi...

Oh my god, is this for real?

It must be true, bro! I was so scared. I thought they were kidding me. I sent them the QR code and they transferred 500 yuan to me right away.

So generous! Boss, please give me a thumbs up, I want to be your patron!

What happened next, buddy?

It was transferred back later. I can joke about it, but if you actually asked me to take that much money, I'd have the desire but not the guts.

If it were me, I would really take a taxi there to find my buddy and solo kill him.

I'd like to, but my buddy really likes An An. He watches An An's live streams every day. He finally managed to join An An's boss group as a substitute trainer. If I were to mess with him, he would hate me to death.

Hey bro, is the person you tagged in the second video on your profile your friend's account?

:Yes.

Oh no, An An has found a true fan. Your brother's homepage has a really high An An content.

Can you give me an account link so I can take a look?

Wow, that's true. But my focus is a bit strange. Your brother must have made a lot of money by being a slicing of An An.

I don't know about that, but can you make money by slicing?

Yes, An'an's videos get a lot of traffic. Your buddy's most popular video on his homepage has 30,000 likes and at least 100,000 views. He can earn at least 400 or 500 yuan from that video alone.

How do you know so much?

Because I also do this, the money I give to An'an is all money I earn from slicing.

: ? You fucking ripped off An'an to give her gifts, wow.

By the way, Mr. Krabs, could you give me some other gifts? I'd like to see the special effects of other gifts.

You're even bossing the boss around now?

Holy crap, Mr. Krabs really changed! Thanks for the carnival, Mr. Krabs!

Thank you for the gift, boss. An'an is playing a game right now, so there might be a delay in the background. If you have any questions, you can ask us in the chat.

Mr. Krabs is too awesome! He gave away dozens of sports cars as soon as he arrived, and now he's ordering the carnival. My god, our An'an has really hit the jackpot!

There are more and more people in the live stream, guys, I'm so scared.

Don't be afraid, it's just 300,000, I'm not afraid at all.

Yes, you are not afraid. You are the one who came, so of course you are not afraid.

Meanwhile, on another social media platform, numerous posts about An Jin sprang up rapidly, like bamboo shoots after a spring rain.

[A super popular streamer suddenly appeared in the Tadpole section of the game, with a staggering 200,000 viewers in his live stream. What do you all think?]

[Original Poster] This is mine on the second floor. By the way, here's a screenshot of the live stream. The number of viewers is really terrifying.

Experience +3.

Who is this? Holy crap, when did the League of Legends get such a beautiful female streamer? Where did she come from?

This has been discussed to death on Tieba, and you're still pretending you've never seen it before? Are you leg hair?

What leg hair? I haven't been on Tieba in ages, I really don't know. Dude, is there any gossip?

It's not really a scandal, this streamer is just really good at making money, and a lot of people in the forum are criticizing him.

"Making money? Isn't it normal for streamers to make money? Streamers who don't make money are the rare finds."

I think so too, but don't say it in other posts, or you'll get scolded. I've been feeling really disgusted lately.

Holy crap, is the environment on Baidu Tieba this bad now? What are people even cursing about?

Terms like "coward" and "bitch" are used in online forums, which are always associated with men's restrooms. Those who know, know.

Hey, what kind of turtles are those two upstairs? They're making your dad laugh.

See, I told you so.

:Neuropathy...

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I'm also sick; I clicked in to watch people arguing for dozens of floors.

Since I'm just killing time anyway, watching some electronic cricket fighting isn't a bad idea.

The building is completely tilted to one side. This woman should be at the head of a tadpole, but her face looks very unfamiliar to me.

Of course she's a new face. She went from a third-rate female anchor to a top-tier one in just half a month. To be honest, I really don't understand the current trend of online traffic. How can anyone like a woman like that?

I just checked the live stream and there was this guy spamming "Carnival" all the time. It totally blew my mind.

: I'm sure I'm not going to give money to a woman like that, anyway, I'm the boss.

Stop being so self-righteous. You reek of poverty and think everyone is a shill. You don't even know Mr. Krabs, and you call yourself the boss? Even if an opportunity were presented to you, you wouldn't be able to seize it with your blindness.

This is outrageous! Who is actually cursing? Is nobody in the forum really watching An An? I don't believe it.

There are plenty of people watching, and they're all watching without saying anything. Otherwise, why do you think people upstairs are still cursing?

Some people in this forum are really something else. They insult a woman in front of other forum members, but then they go into her live stream and start showering her with gifts and calling her "baby."

The comment above is exactly what I mean!

Tell us in detail, buddy, don't leave us hanging halfway through.

There's not much to say. He's a well-known hater of An An in the forum. He's watched An An more than anyone else in private. He says he won't give An An money to be a cuckold, but in reality, he's been a long-time member of An An's boss group for a long time.

Huh? Is it that abstract?

Seriously? There are really people who watch and curse at their fans while being insulted?

There are so many!

An An has a lot of fans who are actually insulted.

I don't understand it, and I don't accept it.

There's no reasoning or incomprehension involved; An'an just has a kind of magic about her. Watching her live streams makes you happy.

Actually, I feel that the most important thing is An An's fan base. I don't really like watching An An's live streams, but it's really fun to be among An An's fans.

That's true. There are so many big brothers and sisters in the Anjia fan group. I'm in the third fan group, and there are a few rich guys and girls in the group. They like to send red envelopes in the group when they're in a good mood, and they speak very nicely.

Damn, I'm so envious! The second group of political commentators has been destroyed. Otherwise, if the second group were still around, I wouldn't have ended up in the sixth group.

I remember the second group was rebuilt.

No, the bad news said it would rebuild, but it never actually happened, sob sob sob.

An'an is as lazy as a dog and incredibly stingy.

I agree with that. I'm truly impressed. Being An'an's room manager is the most tiring thing I've ever done in my life.

There are over a dozen moderators online every day, and they can't keep up with banning people. You ban someone, and the security guards release them right afterward. It's infuriating.

Yeah, that's right. Being a room manager is even more demanding than going to work. I even got tendonitis in my hand from all the work.

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Wow, you guys are really good at chatting! There are hundreds of comments already. But everyone's chatting is all over the place. Why isn't anyone analyzing why there are so many people in An An's live stream?

The streamer cup brought a lot of traffic, along with the popularity of the league, plus An An's face and personality, it would be strange if she wasn't popular.

The live stream was so abstract, I don't know how so many people could stay.

I don't know, but I feel like the popularity of the Tadpole Alliance area has been absorbed by An'an. An An is a streamer I often watch. His live stream used to have a fixed audience of 2,000-3,000 people. But as soon as the streamer cup started, his live stream instantly lost half of its viewers.

Lately, I've noticed that Wang Ge is becoming more and more like a simp. His followers are all shipping him and An An as a couple, and I really can't stand it.

Dude, is it that you can't stand Wang Ge's crush on An An, or that you can't stand An An having a romantic partner?

Of course, they can't stand An An having a romantic partner.

An'an is a woman with something special about her. Not to mention Brother Wang, I don't like any of the guys in her team.

I know, buddy, everyone's a rival in love.

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Brothers, are you guys so talkative? There are over a thousand posts already, where do you get so much to say?

Never mind, buddy just loves to chat.

Has anyone calculated An'an's income? I saw that she recently opened a shop window, and she's making a killing.

I estimate I'll make over a million today, to be honest.

Holy crap... making a million a day?

Surely not, that much?

As for the gifts, don't just look at the revenue. Her window display is the real money-making machine. You don't know, An'an's window display is now priced at 80,000+ RMB per month.

What does that mean...?

This means that if a merchant wants An'an to display their product link, they not only have to pay the commission for the product showcase, but also an additional 80,000 yuan.

Are there really any merchants willing to go there?

There are plenty of merchants contacting me, but An'an is very strict. She only accepts payment and posts the link after receiving the clothes, trying them on, and finding them satisfactory.

I remember there were mostly men among the Anfen fans, so how come they're selling so well in the shop window?

With such a great face, you look good in anything, how could you not sell your products? Besides, the shop window isn't just for clothes, there are also snacks and keyboards.

Snacks are ridiculously expensive, who's actually buying them?

An'an's product selection is quite impressive. The snacks are a bit pricey, but the taste and quality are really good.

The comment upstairs really hurt me. I'm holding the five bags of snacks I haven't finished yet and silently crying.

Why did you buy so much?

The person who was threatened by name by the boss in the live broadcast room received ten bags from each of them, and none of them escaped.

Haha, boss, don't worry. Tell me when you're done eating. I have six bags left at home, and I'll feed them to you then.

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