Li Changsi sat in the car, his fingertips tapping intermittently on the window, silent. Memories flooded into his mind like a tide. The original owner had lived in a wealthy family. Her father owned a small factory, her mother was a student of opera, and she had a younger brother, Li Yingjun.
While her family wasn't as well-off as the wealthy, they were still able to afford food and clothing. However, the family suffered from a lack of education. Her parents favored sons over daughters, were foolish, and greedy, and they abused and abused her. From a young age, they instilled in her the idea that marrying into a wealthy family and supporting her younger brother and her family was unfilial.
The original owner, who had been subjected to PUA by her family for many years, was introverted and sensitive, a complete love-brained person, and had achieved nothing except her beauty.
Later, her father got into debt and wanted to marry her to a wealthy old man in his fifties. The original owner was madly infatuated with the movie star Bai Zhuo, so she ran away from home, dropped out of school and entered the entertainment industry. She didn't go home for three years.
Something else must have happened in between. Li Changsi felt that there were gaps in his memory and the logic didn't make sense, but he just couldn't remember it no matter what.
Just thinking about these things made her very upset.
"Changsi? Now that you're famous, you don't even recognize your parents? We raised you up and provided you with food, shelter, and education, but now you're turning your back on us..." Li's mother cried on the phone.
"No money--" Li Changsi frowned slightly and interrupted her crying slowly.
Mother Li immediately became excited and said tentatively, "Sisi, you don't have money, but that guy does. It's not in vain that your mother raised you to be so beautiful."
Who is that? Li Changsi sneered. Could it be that 50-year-old man? How stupid and evil! Pushing his own daughter into the fire pit.
"Sisi, are you listening?" Li's mother snorted in a bad tone, "Don't daydream. I've asked around. The actor you like is from a very wealthy family. We can't even dream of marrying into their family. You've never been to college, you don't have a proper job, you're broke, and you even owe money to your agency. There's no way the Bai family would ever look up to you! Only your family doesn't dislike you, yet you treat us like this!"
Li Changsi laughed in anger, his narrow, deep eyes narrowed, and he spoke lazily, "How should I treat you? Are you going to hang up and beat my good-for-nothing brother, or beat up my father's mistress? If you have this time, you might as well beat up the mistress!"
There was a sound of rummaging through boxes and cabinets coming from the phone, mixed with crying, shouting and scolding.
"You are such a good fellow, Li Hongwen! You are actually keeping a mistress outside? I will definitely fight you today!"
"No, it's impossible. Don't listen to her nonsense..."
Li Changsi hung up the phone slowly.
Sitting in the driver's seat, Qiubi accidentally overheard everything and glanced at Li Changsi cautiously. "Eh, is this Zizi's family? I've never heard her mention it before, and she's calling to ask for money?"
That's unscientific. Isn't Zizi a runaway princess from a wealthy family?
So what is the black card?
"Changsi, you're different now. You have fans and popularity, and your career is on the rise. If there's anything going on at home, you need to tell me immediately so I can help you with the PR!"
Li Changsi raised his eyelids: "Are you rich in PR?"
Kyubey covered his chest, feeling so heartbroken.
"No, no money... But what's with the black card?"
"It's from an old man. Anyway, don't use that black card. You'll have to return it later!"
"Old man?" Qiubi's voice rose a notch, and he almost cried. "Son, why didn't you tell me before? Aren't you crazy about Bai Zhuo? Why are you involved with the old man again? How are you going to do this PR?"
Li Changsi glanced at him, and Qiubi immediately fell silent. He drove quietly all the way to the downstairs of the apartment building and watched her go upstairs.
Have a good night's sleep.
Li Changsi woke up early in the morning hungry. She opened the refrigerator and found it empty. On her phone was a message from Qiubi about the cover shoot time, scheduled for tomorrow morning at 10:00 AM. There was also a message from the manager of the Rabbit Live Streaming platform, urging her to start live streaming and offering a guaranteed minimum salary.
Rabbit Live Streaming Platform is a newly established small live streaming platform with a guaranteed salary. It takes 60% of the tips given to anchors, and the benefits for anchors are better than those of large platforms. When the original owner was desperate, he relied on the guaranteed salary of Rabbit Live Streaming to survive.
The live broadcasts on small platforms are more life-oriented, such as live chatting, makeup and so on.
Because of depression caused by online bullying, the original owner did not live broadcast for a single day this month, accumulating a hundred hours of live broadcast time!
Li Changsi turned on the computer, opened the live broadcast room, and then went about his own business.
As soon as the anchor started the live broadcast, one or two bored little sparrows suddenly broke in. As a result, they came in and took a look. Wow, the anchor was in the live broadcast room, but the person was gone. Only classical music was playing. The music was quite nice, and the house was quite girly, with pink cups, pink chairs, white sofas, and fans' pillows...
She's a cute girl.
It was early in the morning and most of the anchors hadn’t started their broadcasts yet, so passersby stayed to listen to the music.
Li Changsi ordered fresh meat, eggs and vegetables on his mobile phone. After they were delivered, he boiled two eggs, washed three strawberries, poured a glass of milk, and then took the breakfast back to the living room. He ate breakfast while listening to the listening exercises.
——The host eats healthy, high-protein, low-calorie fat-reducing meals.
——Does the anchor dare to show his face? What’s the matter with showing his hands?
——The host’s hands are a little bit pretty, and the name of this live broadcast room is too non-mainstream, he must be a fan of Bai Zhuo.
Sporadic comments drifted by, and the name of the live broadcast room remained unchanged, still the previous "Chasing the Sun for a Hundred Years, Love You~"
Top actor Bai Zhuo is the unique sun in the entertainment industry, and his fans call him Nuan Yangyang.
——Oh shit, I remember now, this seems to be Li Changsi’s live broadcast room.
Hmm? Is this Li Changsi the Li Changsi they were thinking of?
When all the comments were questioning, the host finally appeared in the camera, revealing her profile. She had a delicate little face the size of a palm, her eyelashes curled like a small fan, and her red lips like flower petals. Who else could it be but Li Changsi?
——Oh my god, it’s really Li Changsi, 360-degree beauty without any dead angle!
——She’s not wearing any makeup, right? I envy her long black curly hair so much that the bald girl is crying with envy.
——After this young lady became famous, she is still willing to live broadcast on Rabbit! Is she so nostalgic?
——I’ll go to the super topic to call people!
Fans quickly posted on the super topic: "The goose girl is live, the guiding rabbit is live."
The topic immediately exploded. What is Rabbit Live? Fans followed the instructions, downloaded Rabbit Live, and flocked to the live broadcast room. In less than half an hour, the popularity of the live broadcast room exceeded one million.
Zhou Man, the manager of Tuzi Live, is 30 years old this year. He has been working in Beijing for ten years. He was laid off from a small employee in a company, and experienced a wave of layoffs and a wave of entrepreneurship. He had some bumps along the way. When the live broadcast industry was booming, he attracted investment and founded Tuzi Live.
After two years of operation, he suffered losses every year. Investors would hide away when they saw him. There was nothing he could do; he was losing money!
Other live streaming platforms are skirting the rules, signing all kinds of hot girls to attract traffic. They have no money for advertising, and they sign only everyday anchors, giving them a guaranteed minimum reward and taking a high commission. But they will strangle any vulgar or illegal behavior. As a result, the download volume hits a new low every month, and the live streaming room relies entirely on one or two big anchors, which is basically a situation of waiting to die.
He also considered following the same path as other live streaming platforms, signing a group of relatively unknown influencers to monetize their fans, but his conscience wouldn't allow it! He understood live streaming as a form of companionship, like a "rabbit," warmly accompanying those lonely years, rather than compromising with capital.
He just refused to agree to the funding! The investor gave him an ultimatum: if his performance didn't improve this month, he would not receive any further investment.
"Teacher Li, you haven't made up enough live streaming time this month. If you are willing to continue live streaming at our house, we can increase the guaranteed salary and the share of tips."
Zhou Man looked at the unanswered WeChat messages and felt very desperate. In the past, the platform had signed small internet celebrities who suddenly became popular, but after becoming famous, they all jumped to large platforms like Huyu, or simply stopped live streaming and switched to acting.
Li Changsi is a veteran of the entertainment industry. She joined Tuzi Live when she was struggling to find work. How could she possibly stay after her variety show went viral? The entertainment industry is incredibly ruthless, with resources and endorsements all tied together. Even a moderately popular female artist would have canceled their contract and left, let alone Li Changsi's popularity.
He was just making a last-ditch effort.
"Brother Man, our app downloads have suddenly skyrocketed."
"Brother Man, the daily active users of the app are skyrocketing!!"
"Brother Man, Brother Man, come quickly, my goddess is live streaming!"
In a small group within the company, a group of young men majoring in science and engineering screamed like ghosts and wolves.
Zhou Man opened his own live broadcast APP in disbelief, only to see that Li Changsi, who had been absent for almost a month, had started a live broadcast. The popularity of the live broadcast room had exceeded one million, surpassing the most popular anchor on the platform, setting a historical high, and was still rising.
Zhou Man wiped the sweat off his forehead and clicked on the button with trembling fingers. The barrage of comments was in full swing.
Can you tip on this live streaming platform? In previous variety shows, the production team banned tipping to prevent fans from cheating with their votes.
——I want to give a reward to the female goose and buy her a beautiful big skirt.
——I want to give a reward of +10086. Good people will be rewarded. I just hope there will be more stars like Sibao in the entertainment industry.
——Sibao probably didn’t notice that the base crystal exploded, because he hasn’t shown up yet.
——Hahahaha, we quietly squatted in the live broadcast room, quietly gave rewards, and then scared Sibao!
Suddenly, the live broadcast room was full of fancy rewards. The rewards for the rabbit live broadcast were all cute little animals.
"Da Lang drank medicine" threw two little rabbits at the anchor...
"Have a bowl of fresh meat" threw a cute pig to the anchor...
The "old flower of the motherland" threw a bleating sheep at the anchor...
"Girl Guo Degang" threw an African leopard at the anchor...
The whole barrage is full of rewards!
There were also some technical people in the company who were taking advantage of the situation to reward Li Changsi.
"Brother Man, our app downloads increased by 5 million in just half an hour."
"Brother Man, the amount of donations in the live broadcast room has broken the record, and the company's revenue is growing rapidly!"
"Brother Man..."
Zhou Man's hands were shaking. He opened his phone and looked at the lonely WeChat message he had sent before. He suddenly laughed out loud, and then he started crying.
Rabbit Live is alive!
After finishing her breakfast, Li Changsi found the porcelain vase in the cabinet, unpacked the peonies that had just been delivered, and cut the branches to arrange the flowers. She had been away for a week, and Qiubi had someone clean the apartment and replaced a batch of daily necessities for her. However, the furniture needed to be customized, so there was no time to replace it yet.
But I probably won't change it. I didn't expect that black card to be her prostitution card. No wonder a trace of fear emerged in my heart when I recalled the origin of the black card.
Thinking about the fact that he had spent the money of a wealthy old man in his 50s whom he had never met, Li Changsi felt like there was something stuck in his throat and he felt uncomfortable all over!
"Return all the custom-made items, and don't use that card anymore." She picked up her phone and sent a WeChat message to her agent.
A casual glance revealed news about the 99+ guests who were present for the seven days and seven nights.
She was too lazy to open it, so she threw her phone away and continued to arrange the pink and purple double-petaled peonies.
In the guest group, Tian Ye was tagging Bai Zhuo crazily.
Tian Ye: Brother Zhuo, go to Rabbit Live and check the room name! @白灼.
Lin Lushen: My sister doesn’t even check the group chat. She doesn’t know that more than 5 million people are watching her pruning peonies.
Rong Shu: Changsi is very focused on his work. He must have been live streaming to fill up the time, but was discovered by his fans.
Meng Xun: Who owns Rabbit Live? Why would Li Changsi sign with such a small live streaming platform? This will affect her future brand endorsements.
No one responded to Meng Xun's words. After all, a week ago, Li Changsi was still a nobody in the entertainment industry, with no resources or connections. He had nothing! What choice did he have?
Lin Lushen: The reward system on this platform is so interesting. You can reward deer. I rewarded my sister with 10,000 cute deer.
Tian Ye: How can you kill it with such fast hand speed?
Bai--------------Yi Zhuo saw the message neither too early nor too late. He glanced at the group message and then downloaded Rabbit Live. The homepage was floating with a scrolling banner of Li Changsi's live broadcast room. The title of the live broadcast room was "Day by day for a hundred years, love you~"
He lowered his eyes, raised his thin lips slightly, and then directly gave the highest amount of reward.
9345687 threw a hundred big pink dinosaurs at the anchor!
Fans in the live broadcast room were blinded by the pink rain, and the comments were filled with "Fuck!"
A big pink dinosaur costs 10,000 yuan, which means one million yuan was thrown away at one time!
— Damn, damn, how inhumane!!! Sibao, come here quickly, someone rewarded you with a big pink dinosaur!
——The boss’s name hasn’t been changed, it’s the system name, I worship him!
——I was naive. I thought throwing a thousand deer was enough to make me a big shot. It turns out there are giants!
——Thank you, my sponsor. I kowtow to you. Oh, I will continue to love you.
After Li Changsi finished cutting the peonies, he heard his cell phone ringing non-stop.
"Zizi, are you live streaming? Go check it out! A sponsor has given you a million in tips."
Kyubey is going crazy. He needs a beating to death against such a rich sponsor!
Li Changsi: “!!!”
She was just hanging out in the live broadcast room to make up for the time! Otherwise, how long would it take to make up for the 100 hours?
Li Changsi walked to the computer and saw that the live broadcast room was constantly refreshing the barrage, with a popularity of over 5 million, and the barrage was full of pink bubbles.
——The goose girl finally discovered that her home had been robbed, hahahaha.
——Were you surprised? Were you delighted?
——Sibao was scared silly!
——Wow, I finally saw the beautiful face of the girl.
Li Changsi glanced at the live broadcast room, then lowered his eyes to look at the information in the guest group, squinted his eyes, and changed the title of the live broadcast room to: I will make money, no tipping is allowed in the live broadcast room! Tipping will ban the account!
After changing the title of the live broadcast room, she blocked the sponsor who topped the reward list.
Fans: “!!!”
broker:"!!!"
Bai Zhuo, whose account was banned, responded: “???”
The Rabbit Live Streaming Platform is crying. Their financial sponsor!
Li Changsi sat in front of the computer, turned on the microphone, and said in a cold voice: "I didn't do anything for you, so you don't have to do anything for me."
Many years ago, she, like these enthusiastic fans, planted a pear tree on Lonely Cloud Mountain with enthusiasm, and it was as bright as morning dew. At that time, the pear blossoms covered the ground, like clouds and rain. The man just took one look and said coldly: "I have never done anything for you, and you don't need to do anything for me."
It was a conscious refusal. Later, she cut down all the pear trees. This was her only remaining pride.
Life is a lonely journey.
She understands the fan culture in the entertainment industry, but she hopes that these fans can pay more attention to themselves.
——My defenses were broken, I was inexplicably moved. Sibao, how could you be so nice?!
——My sister must be worried about our money and doesn’t want us to spend it on her.
——Wow, baby, you are the direction of our efforts and the light in our hearts!
Perhaps feeling that his words were too harsh, Li Changsi smiled faintly at the camera, his narrow and deep eyes seemed to have tiny starlight falling into them: "I'm very bad, don't love me, love studying instead."
She raised the mock test paper on the table and began to work as a ruthless test-taker.
——Oh shit, Li·Study Maniac·Changsi is online.
——Stop talking, sisters, and start doing questions.
——Start practicing questions +10086.
No one was sending gifts anymore. The comments in the live broadcast room were all filled with people doing practice questions, sharing national exams, provincial exams, postgraduate exams, and IELTS exams. The live broadcast room instantly turned into a large-scale learning site.
Bai Zhuo lowered her eyes and smiled softly, still aloof and indifferent, walking her own path alone and proudly, like a lonely emperor, her heart forged into a cold armor. Li Changsi, what a surprise, what a surprise!
In the WeChat guest group, the guests are still discussing.
Tian Ye: @Rongshu, brother, did you give me a million in tips?
Rong Shu: Old man, I haven’t had time to give you a reward yet!
Tian Ye: Who could that be? He was so generous that he threw away a car!
Bai Zhuo closed the group and called the director he often worked with.
Li Changsi made up for the entire morning's live broadcast time, completed today's study tasks, closed the live broadcast room, and began to read the scripts and endorsements sent to her by her agent.
She had five endorsements, all small, with salaries ranging from 200,000 to 500,000 yuan. The scripts were all about the poor supporting actress, and the scripts were so bad that she skimmed through them and rejected them immediately.
At noon, Qiubi came knocking on the door with a bunch of contracts and lunch. Because the agency was not big and Li Changsi still owed the company compensation, it could not afford to hire an assistant, so Qiubi acted as both father and mother and came to bring her lunch.
"Changsi, have you read the endorsement and the script?" Qiubi put the food on the table with a smile on his face. He received a lot of calls this morning. Although most of them were to inquire about news, it was also good news.
"Feminine products are banned. They are three-no products and are harmful to women's health. The hiking backpacks are banned. The reviews say they are daily disposable and are endorsements of purified water. Please ask the brand to provide me with a test report.
As for the script, it's all rejected. The logic is inconsistent, and there are too many people bringing in money, so the show will be a bad one." Li Changsi said coldly, and then ate lunch elegantly.
Kewpie's smile collapsed, and there was a female lead in the film, so the script was completely scrapped, and the only endorsement left was a purified water endorsement? And the brand also had to provide a test report?
"Changsi, are we too picky?" Now the people who approach him every day are basically of the same level. The big brand endorsements have long been divided up by the top stars and the first-tier ones. Although Changsi became popular, it was for too short a time, and he has no works and no connections in the circle, so it is difficult for him to get top-level endorsements.
She doesn't allow fans to give her tips, so it's hard for her to make money!
"No rush," Li Changsi said calmly, eyes lowered. Good works require polish, and endorsements also require responsibility to fans. She sets extremely high standards for herself.
Better to have nothing than to have something of poor quality. Besides, she really wasn't in a hurry; she had enough planned for this year.
Qiubi nodded and said, "Then I'll ask the brand of Iceberg Purified Water to send me the product test report."
"By the way, both Tigerfish and Rabbit live streaming platforms have contacted me and want to sign long-term live streaming contracts with you. Tigerfish is offering 2 million yuan a year, and Rabbit is offering 1 million yuan a year."
The one million yuan annual live broadcast contract offered by Rabbit Live was a whopping price, and Zhou Man was taking a gamble. After all, the entertainment industry is full of short-lived stars, and it's difficult to maintain long-term popularity.
But Zhou Man bets that Li Changsi can do it! There is probably only one anchor in the circle who can easily ban his millionaire father!
"Huyu is the largest live streaming platform in China, and they offer high prices. They have a strong backing, often collaborating with brands, promoting internet celebrities, and even securing the live streaming rights for the country's most popular game. In comparison, Tuzi Live is like a small workshop. I heard their investors are pulling out."
Qiubi prefers Huyu Live, although Zhou Man of Rabbit Live personally talked to him for 2 hours. However, if Rabbit Live goes bankrupt, Changsi’s salary may not be paid.
"Changsi, which one should we choose?"
Li Changsi said lazily, "I'm too lazy to move."
Her live broadcast contract was only signed until November, and when the variety show ends, the live broadcast contract will probably expire.
Chubi gnashed his teeth in hatred: "I don't think you're too lazy to move, you want to help Rabbit Live, after all, it was their family that helped you in the first place. I've never seen you so stupid, you don't know how to make money!"
No endorsements, no scripts, no live streaming platforms! Oh my god, this generation of artists, blah blah, they are so hard to lead.
Qiubi called Zhou Man with a sense of resentment to discuss the follow-up live broadcast.
When Zhou Man received the call, he was so excited that he almost burst into tears. He received news that Huyu Live was jealous of Li Changsi's popularity and had begun to poach him, offering double the price.
"Changsi said that we will continue live streaming until November according to the contract. We will see the work arrangements later. If we can sign a live streaming contract, we will give priority to you! The salary for 9-11 is based on the price you offered, which is 300,000. However, the live streaming time cannot be limited. We guarantee that it will not be less than 20 hours per month."
3 months of live broadcast, especially the exclusive live broadcast during the most popular period of the variety show, this silly dog is really too kind!
"Okay, okay, no problem!" Zhou Manman responded, "Then I'll bring the new contract over tomorrow."
"Well, just give it to me. I'll bring it to you after Changsi signs it."
Zhou Man hung up the phone with tears of gratitude, as if he was dreaming.
As soon as the phone was hung up, another one came in.
"Hello, Mr. Qiu, I am lawyer Song Mao." A cold and distant voice.
Qiubi was stunned for a moment, then sneered: "Then I am your second uncle!"
Damn it! Are all the scammers these days so blatant? If they fail once, they try again?
Qibi decisively blocked the number.
"Who is it?" Li Changsi asked casually.
Qiubi smiled and said, "You're just a liar. Changsi, I'm going back first. You should have a good rest at home this afternoon. I'll pick you up at nine o'clock tomorrow morning to shoot the cover for July."
Li Changsi waved his hand to indicate that he understood.
In the quiet and secluded manor of Jingcheng, Special Assistant Song looked at the hung up phone and took a deep breath. He hadn't been hung up on in many years. Is his agent Li Changsi crazy?
"I'm sorry, sir. I'll go there myself and bring Li Changsi over."
In the lush courtyard, a handsome young man quietly flipped through the out-of-print book in his hand. After a long while, he said calmly, "Tomorrow night."
"yes."
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