Chapter 21 Chapter 21
Mu Mu spent a whole day learning about live streaming. After the novelty wore off, he started to worry about one thing after another:
"But I don't have a computer, how can I be a cook?"
The housekeeper flashed a green indicator light: "This model has all the functions, and one machine is equivalent to a complete set of live streaming equipment."
"Great!" Mu Mu hugged the machine and rubbed it, "The little housekeeper is the best robot in the entire planet!"
The housekeeper didn't react much, but he was so happy that the wheels got stuck a little, and he fell down with a "clang", and then he got up with the mechanical arm.
No one can withstand the rainbow fart of the little mermaid! Including the machine!
Mu Mu was worried again: "What should I broadcast live?"
The housekeeper took the initiative to help search for live broadcast related matters:
"A live broadcaster with 10,000 fans shared his experience - live broadcast, you must choose your own specialty."
"Specialty?"
Mu Mu suddenly thought of something, and quickly took off his clothes and jumped into the mermaid pool.
The moment he touched the water, his body smoothly turned into a mermaid.
Mu Mu used the same performance as in the mermaid competition, rolling and jumping continuously, splashing water everywhere.
When the water surface returned to calm, Mu Mu turned back into a human and sat by the pool hoping:
"How about I broadcast this, will it be popular?"
The housekeeper's electronic voice sounded a little heavy: "After the test, it does not pose any threat to the anchor world."
Mu Mu poked the pool wall: "What about adding a few more somersaults?"
"According to statistics, most anchors on the live broadcast platform are human."
"Yes, human." Mu Mu shook his legs a few times, "I can also be a human..."
Compared with others, he has no advantage as a human. He
speaks unclearly, walks unsteadily, and lacks the knowledge of human common sense. If I have to pick a special skill...
"I can understand mermaid language."
Mu Mu thought, "I can open a live broadcast room with simultaneous interpretation of mermaid language!"
"Ding, the live broadcast room name has been set as 'Mermaid Language Simultaneous Interpretation'. Do you want to start the live broadcast now?"
Mu Mu put on his clothes and looked at the picture taken by the housekeeper -
the boy and the little mermaid have the same facial features, and the background behind them is a sea blue curtain.
"No, the owner will definitely recognize me..."
Although I have never seen Wen Ming watching live broadcasts, what is the difference between live broadcasting like this and "surrendering"?
Mu Mu put on the thank-you mask given by the little girl, and his forehead, eyebrows, nose and upper cheeks were covered.
Even if acquaintances saw it, they would not associate his face with a mermaid.
"As for the background..."
Mu Mu turned on the projector and projected a fixed virtual screen behind him.
After finishing all this, the sky darkened, and the light of the double blue moon shone through the gaps in the curtains.
"I'm ready!"
*
Xiaoyu opened the live broadcast software and flipped through it boredly.
She is a Star Network blogger who runs an account with hundreds of thousands of fans. She usually edits some interesting anchor video updates.
But recently, she has been seriously lacking in material.
The homepage of the live broadcast software always recommends those big anchors, and Xiaoyu is tired of editing their styles.
She switched to the new live broadcast interface: "Alas, are there no new anchors with explosive points in the interstellar..."
Xiaoyu couldn't count how many pages she refreshed. Suddenly, a ridiculous and terrifying live broadcast room title flashed by -
Mermaid Language Simultaneous Interpretation.
"What the hell?"
Xiaoyu sat up straight, staring at the words again and again, struggling to digest the meaning of the title:
"Mermaid language? Translate what mermaids say?"
Xiaoyu laughed speechlessly and leaned back in her chair: "What era is it now? I can still see fraudulent anchors..."
Humans have never given up studying mermaid language.
Generation after generation of mermaid experts have made unremitting efforts and reached a definite conclusion:
mermaid language is impossible to crack.
Mermaid language tends to be inherited. Newly born mermaids can communicate with other mermaids as soon as they open their mouths.
They don't call out a fixed language. This time they use "ao" to express hunger, and the next time it will become "gu".
Mermaids can understand those meanings, but humans can't find a pattern.
"Let's record an anti-fraud material today."
With this in mind, Xiaoyu opened the screen recording and entered the "Mermaid Language Simultaneous Interpretation" live broadcast room.
She has read countless "anchors" and has her own set of criteria for judging live broadcasts. As soon as she entered this live broadcast room, she couldn't help but frown:
the background, unqualified, stiff and dull;
the clothes, unqualified, the color and style are not distinctive;
the mask, unqualified among unqualified, like a child's toy, if the anchor tries to attract attention with this mask, it will definitely have the opposite effect;
and the only qualified part...
Xiaoyu blinked: "This anchor is so white!"
It's not the white adjusted by the beauty filter, but the white that is more delicate than ceramic under natural light.
"Are there viewers?"
The masked anchor leaned over the screen and studied it for a while, his voice tinged with joy:
"There are viewers!"
His voice was refreshing, but strangely revealed an honest and kind aura, coupled with the clear eyes behind the mask...
"Is this really a scam live broadcast room?"
Xiaoyu doubted her own conclusion: "The anchor looks the easiest to be scammed."
[With red lips and white teeth, why is he wearing a mask? Maybe he can get into the beauty zone if he takes it off! ]
[He must have his reasons for wearing a mask, to reduce the ugly area. ]
[Being handsome is a feeling, this jawline, this lip shape, and a nice voice. /Love Eyes/]
The first batch of viewers in the live broadcast room recognized the host's appearance.
Among these viewers, some, like Xiaoyu, clicked in out of curiosity about the title of the live broadcast room; the other part was randomly selected, that is, the number of people assigned to newcomers by the platform.
The most important thing for a new anchor to become bigger and stronger is whether he can retain the audience.
But the masked anchor didn't even interact with the barrage, looking left and touching right, as if he had learned to use a computer on the first day.
[It's so quiet...]
[No songs, no live shows, just awkward?]
[The live broadcast room is full of weirdness, too outrageous, I want to stay and watch the excitement...]
[Are the netizens of Star Network so qualified? No one has sprayed the title yet? 】
"Welcome everyone to the live broadcast room. If you have any troubles about mermaids, let me listen to what it says and I will convey it."
The masked anchor spoke slowly, and it was obvious that he wanted to pronounce every sound well, which formed a unique rhythm when connected together.
He pointed a finger at the camera: "It only takes a small gift to have simultaneous interpretation through the microphone, and it's very cheap!"
【Hehe, the finger looks good too. /Starry eyes/】
【Is this the point! Wake up, he's lying! /Shaking shoulders/】
【Brother, if you sing a song, dance, or tell a joke, I can give you a gift, but mermaid language... Sorry, I downloaded the anti-fraud APP. 】 【
I'm dying of laughter. The anchor can't even speak human language clearly, let alone mermaid language! 】
Seeing that the masked anchor didn't refute a word, the words used in the bullet screen became more and more unpleasant.
In the live broadcast room, the audience of two digits became a knot, talking back and forth, and agreed that no one could give gifts to the liar.
The bullet screen area swiped past the unfriendly attacks.
Everyone's hands were sore from typing, and even the shield of the masked anchor was not knocked down...
The anchor was calm and repeated every once in a while: "A small gift, live translation of mermaid language!"
The speed of the bullet screen refresh gradually slowed down.
"Why is he so calm? Where does his confidence come from?"
Xiaoyu's rock-solid corner loosened, and she hesitated: "Could he really be so good..."
She glanced at the "recording" sign, and the blogger's intuition told her:
things are getting interesting.
Xiaoyu pondered for a while and sent out a bullet screen with pertinent words:
[Can the anchor speak mermaid language? ]
At the same time, the family butler turned off the live microphone and reminded:
"Another experience shared by thousands of fans - the anchor should maintain close interaction with the bullet screen."
"I want to interact too." Mu Mu whispered, "but I can't understand the words."
The masked anchor was not calm, nor did he pretend to be profound. He just didn't know how to read and stared at the camera in boredom.
The family butler made a mechanical sound with a heavy load.
Mu Mu patted him worriedly: "Are you okay?"
The housekeeper flashed a green indicator light and turned on the live broadcast microphone. A system notification crossed the live broadcast room:
"The host has turned on the 'Bullet Screen Assistant' function. The assistant will randomly select bullet screens to read aloud."
The first bullet screen that was read out happened to be the one sent by Xiaoyu: [Can the host speak mermaid language? ]
"No." The masked host did not hesitate.
He touched his neck: "The vocal cords are different from the structure of mermaids, and I can't make the sounds of mermaid language."
Xiaoyu laughed angrily.
[Who needs your popular science? Interstellar humans know that the vocal cords are different. ]
[I just looked forward to it for a moment...]
The bullet screen assistant read aloud: [So translating mermaid language is just a lie? 】
"Cheating!?"
Even through the holes left for the eyes by the mask, the anchor's pupils could be seen to shrink.
He waved his hands in panic: "No, my dream is to become a big zubo, and I won't cheat the audience.
I can't speak mermaid language, but I can understand it!"
As soon as the voice fell, a line of special effects passed through the live broadcast room:
[User 'Xiaoyu' sent a flower. ]
Flowers, worth one star coin, the special effects of small gifts are not very impressive, but in this live broadcast room, it is like a thunderbolt.
[Boss is confused, such a low-level gift trick, giving gifts is a sucker! Not even one star coin! ]
[Xiaoyu? Is it the blogger I follow... Oh my god, it's him! 】
【hhh, the liar anchor is done. When Xiaoyu finishes editing the video, your deception will be exposed by the entire Star Network. 】
Hearing the gift dynamics read out by the bullet screen assistant, Mu Mu's eyes smiled into a crescent:
"Thank you!" It's open!
He was so enthusiastic that it seemed as if he had received the most expensive gift. Xiaoyu couldn't help but send out a bullet screen of [You're welcome].
【'The sucker' has appeared. 】
【I can foresee the title of Xiaoyu's updated video tomorrow - "Anti-counterfeiting action, funded by 1 Star Coin"】
【If it was a cool novel, the plot would just start to get exciting, but unfortunately, this is reality, and nothing should happen after giving the gift~/Hehe/】
Xiaoyu was worried that the masked anchor would go off the air after receiving the gift, so she took the initiative to apply for a live broadcast.
The masked anchor didn't answer the call right away, but put his face in front of the screen, and didn't know what he was saying.
"You're not going to regret it, are you?" Xiaoyu was so annoyed by waiting that she stepped on a passing cockroach to death.
...
Mumu was startled by the interface that popped up on the screen and turned off the live microphone:
"Little housekeeper, what is this?"
"User 'Xiaoyu' sent a live microphone request. Do you want to hold him on the microphone?"
Mumu looked around: "Where is he? Where can I hold him? Can I hold him the same way my master holds me?"
"..."
On the first night of Wen Ming's business trip, the housekeeper began to miss him.
As if it had a virus, the machine screen automatically loaded more interfaces.
Mu Mu poked at it randomly, at a loss.
"Ding ding!" The red indicator light flashed, "The live hosting mode has been turned on for you. All subsequent operations will be completed by this machine. Please do not touch the screen at will."
Mu Mu retracted his hands and placed them on his legs obediently: "Um!"
Soon, a female voice came from the live broadcast room: "Hello, anchor."
Mu Mu waved at the screen: "Hello!"
"The mermaid I raise at home has a good personality. It is usually quiet and docile, but sometimes it will suddenly scream and tear things around the mermaid pool. I have also been scratched on my arms."
Mu Mu asked curiously: "Why?"
"...This is what I want to ask you." Xiaoyu choked, "Can't you translate mermaid language?"
Mu Mu nodded repeatedly: "Yes, bring your mermaid up too."
"Hold? Where to?"
"Ding ding!" Xiaoyu's optical computer popped up an application box for switching to video.
[This anchor seems to be unskilled in business. 】
【He's a new anchor, so that's understandable. 】
【Why do I feel like he's not very experienced in life, haha! 】
The barrage was full of [hhh] because of this joke, and no one noticed that the masked anchor's mouth trembled unnaturally after hearing this sentence.
Mu Mu felt like sitting on pins and needles, and only felt a little relieved after seeing the mermaid on the screen:
"Wow, so cute, it's a little mermaid that hasn't reached adulthood yet, has it just gone through the scaling period?"
【A mermaid this big, hasn't reached adulthood yet? /Question mark face/】
【He tells lies without thinking, and his lies are exposed as soon as he opens his mouth! 】
【I'm a doctoral student specializing in mermaids. This mermaid has short fins, so it's indeed not very old, and it's estimated to be around adulthood. 】
【Then how do you tell the scaling period? 】
【Uh... its scales are dark in color, so I can't tell if it has scaled. 】
Xiaoyu was stunned for a moment: "Yes, it just went through the molting period last week, and it will soon become an adult."
The mermaid heard the owner's voice, swam to the edge of the pool, and called gently.
"It said it's time to eat." Mumu translated.
【That's it? I can do it too. 】
【But the anchor said the molting period, even the professional doctor didn't see it! 】
【It was just a guess. If it guessed it, it would continue to cheat gifts. If it guessed wrong, it would cancel the account. No one can recognize it after taking off the mask. /Funny/】
"It was in a normal state today."
Xiaoyu threw off her slippers and walked barefoot to the edge of the pool: "It just spilled a lot of water, and I have to clean it up again..."
The live broadcast room screen followed Xiaoyu's first perspective and gradually approached the gentle mermaid.
The barrage enviously praised the mermaid for being "well-behaved" and "gentler than my family."
Only Mu Mu noticed that the mermaid's elbow fin suddenly turned hard...
"Don't go over there!" Mu Mu shouted anxiously.
Xiaoyu stopped in confusion, and the next second, the mermaid waved her claws and rushed forward heavily.
If Xiaoyu took one more step, her arm might be injured again...
"Ah!" Xiaoyu hurriedly activated her spiritual sea.
The mermaid was pinned to the edge of the pool, unable to move, and she was trembling and shouting something.
"It's very uncomfortable for it like this..." Mu Mu shrank her neck, "Let's talk it over, can you put away your spiritual sea?"
[A mermaid who attacks his master must be suppressed severely several times, and he will learn his lesson and will not dare to do it again. ]
[Let's talk it over? Last time I scolded the mermaid at home for an hour, it was like playing the lute to a cow. /Cover face/】
"Spirit sea suppression is for self-protection!"
Xiaoyu showed the sprain on his arm to the camera: "I don't suppress it and let it attack?"
"Mermaids don't have much offensive intention. They only act like this when they encounter an environment that makes them uncomfortable."
The fact that the mermaid almost hurt Xiaoyu was right in front of him, and the words of explanation seemed so pale. Mu Mu said angrily:
"I hope everyone doesn't regard spirit sea suppression as the only solution. Listen to me, the voice of the mermaids..."
"Okay, I'll listen if you really translate it."
Xiaoyu took two steps back and put away his spirit sea: "Everyone in the live broadcast room saw it. I didn't do anything just now, and the mermaid suddenly changed her attitude."
The mermaid circled around the mermaid pool anxiously, grinning at Xiaoyu from time to time.
"Aoao, boo-boo--"
Mumu said seriously: "It said... there is a 'monster' in your house."
[I am dying of laughter, talking nonsense in all seriousness. ]
[Finally, it is the part where the liar blew himself up that I was most looking forward to~]
[Even if the anchor made up a decent story, I would still believe it. ]
[To me, mermaids are illogical creatures. They think of one thing and one thing. Studying them is a waste of time. ]
Xiaoyu shook her head and laughed: "Monster?"
She turned 360 degrees on the spot, showing the mermaid room in all directions: "Where?"
There are more than a hundred viewers in the live broadcast room now.
They are scattered in every corner of the stars, laughing at the same time.
The highlight moment of "fighting fakes" is coming, and many viewers will share the live broadcast room with their friends:
"Come on, it's fun!"
Mu Mu is very sensitive to emotions.
Even though he is separated by the screen and the Star Network, and even though he can't understand the text sent by the audience, he can still feel the overwhelming ridicule.
This is too unfriendly for a little mermaid who has just come into contact with human society.
Mu Mu even wants to turn off the live broadcast, nest comfortably in the mermaid pool to eat snacks, and when he wakes up from a nap, his owner will go home and praise him as a "good mermaid."
Wen Ming always trusts Mu Mu so much, and now all the viewers in the live broadcast room combined do not have one percent of Wen Ming's trust.
I don't want to live stream anymore, I just want to be pampered by my master...
'Are you willing to help me heal him? It's a deal.'
Mu Mu slapped his face vigorously and cheered up: "Can you get closer to the mermaid? I can't hear you clearly."
Xiao Yu cooperated and said, "Okay."
She took a step closer, and the mermaid started to growl fiercely, with a rapid sound in her throat.
[Now you can hear it clearly, what else do you want to find an excuse? ]
[Just entered the live broadcast room, what's going on now? Why is there no one to like and everyone is disliking? ]
[The host said he can translate mermaid language, and everyone is waiting for him to "show his skills". /狗头/]
[The funniest thing is that he translated that Xiao Yu's family has a monster. ]
[Hurry up and point it out, host, where is the monster? 】
Xiaoyu sighed: "Forget it, let's not waste everyone's time. If you can't do it, just apologize, and I won't ask for the gift..."
"On the sole of the shoe."
The masked anchor repeated in a barrage of question marks:
"It said that the 'monster' is on the sole of your slippers."
Xiaoyu seemed to have thought of something. She stood there for a long time before slowly turning around and lowering her head.
The computer camera focused on her slippers -
one of the slippers was thrown upside down, and a dead insect was stuck to the sole.
[Cockroach? ]
[The "monster" that the mermaid said refers to cockroaches? I've never heard that mermaids are afraid of cockroaches...]
[I was just about to say that the anchor was still making it up, but how did he know there were bugs on the soles of slippers? /Shock/】
【Frog fun, I got goosebumps all over my arms...】
Xiaoyu took a deep breath and went over what had just happened.
She stepped on the cockroach to death before connecting to the live broadcast, and the action of taking off her slippers was not captured on camera. The masked anchor could not have known this.
Unless... he got the information from the mermaid?
Xiaoyu confirmed again that the screen recording was continuing, touched her numb face, and found a smile on the corner of her mouth.
The new anchor with explosive points has fallen into her hands!
"So it behaves like that when it sees the cockroach?"
Xiaoyu tried to turn the slippers over and continued to observe the mermaid's reaction.
The mermaid couldn't see the cockroach corpse and became gentle again: "Ah."
Mu Mu: "It said it's time to eat."
【This time I believe it, the mermaid is really saying it's time to eat.】
【Anchor, can you really do it! ? /No hehe/】
【I seem to be witnessing the advancement of a new interstellar process... Mermaid language, that's mermaid language! 】
Mermaids are the only creatures that can guide the human spiritual sea, and if humans do not accept guidance, it is equivalent to chronic death.
The importance of mermaids to humans is self-evident. If
you have raised a mermaid, you will know that the mermaid's guidance ability is not a fixed value, but fluctuates. When they are unhappy or uncomfortable, the guidance efficiency is greatly reduced.
If you are pinched or bitten by a mermaid, you can only suppress your spiritual sea and try to guide it next time at the risk of risk.
If their troubles can be accurately solved and the guidance becomes stable, the human spiritual sea will be on the whole.
The masked anchor may become the interstellar savior of mankind...
For a time, the number of shares in the live broadcast room rose to an astonishing number.
More and more viewers came in, and the popularity of "Mermaid Language Simultaneous Interpretation" was hyped up to the top of the live broadcast software newcomer hot list!
The new viewers were confused:
[This background, this mask... I don't know where to start complaining about the simple style live broadcast room. ]
[No. 1 on the newcomer list, did you get the gift? Which noble family came out to experience life? ]
[No, there was only one one-star coin gift, and the popularity was all due to bullet comments and sharing. ]
[Strange, the audience's taste has become so greedy now? ]
[Don't underestimate the masked anchor! He is a god! ]
[...? ]
The earliest batch of viewers in the live broadcast room have become fans of the masked anchor.
Including Xiaoyu.
She said respectfully: "Expert, I was too rude before, I'm very sorry, do you mind if I post the live broadcast screen recording to StarNet?"
Mu Mu shook her head: "Just remember to disinfect the house thoroughly."
"Okay." Xiao Yu asked, "Is it the nature of mermaids to be afraid of insects?"
"Every mermaid is different. Among the mermaids I have seen, some are afraid of flashes, some are afraid of humans talking loudly, and some are afraid of..."
Mu Mu paused: "There are also some who are afraid of mermaid cages."
Xiao Yu looked as if his outlook on life had been overturned: "So that's it!"
[I learned this, this is the direction of my doctoral thesis topic. /Thumbs up/]
[@Interstellar Mermaid Research Center, my eldest brother taught us, come and learn! ]
The new audience was shocked:
[Are you speaking sarcastically or sincerely? Has this live broadcast room been brainwashed! 】
【What is the anchor talking about? Mermaids are recognized as the "big devil" of the family. They are fearless and dare to tear down anything. They will attack their owners when they have a seizure. How could they be afraid of those things? 】
The barrage assistant read out one of the sentences: 【My mermaids are not only not afraid of cockroaches, but will also catch them and stuff them into their mouths. /Laughing and crying/】
"Mermares lack nutrients, so they find their own food."
Mu Mu answered seriously, and then he got an idea and stood up: "Everyone wait for me!"
He disappeared from the screen for a few seconds and came back with a bag of mermaid food.
The fish food packaging bag was placed in front of the camera, and the large "Wen's" logo filled the live broadcast room:
"I recommend this fish food, the nutritional ratio is very suitable for mermaids, and they will definitely not eat cockroaches after eating it!"
Xiaoyu said in confusion: "Uh... I bought this flavor, and the mermaids didn't eat it after smelling it."
Mumu adjusted the angle of the packaging bag so that the camera could capture the whole picture:
"You bought it before the improvement, right? The improved food is super fragrant, it smells like the scallops with sand leaking out of the waves on the beach... slurp, it's super delicious!"
Xiaoyu heard the suspicious sound of slurping saliva, and the corners of his mouth twitched:
"Did you translate this from the mermaid's mouth?"
Mu Mu wiped the corners of his mouth: "Yes!"
[Get the immersive experience of mermaids eating food√]
[The sense of substitution is too strong, I bet a small gift, the anchor must have tasted the mermaid food personally. /smile with crooked eyes/]
[This anchor who sells goods is very dedicated, and he takes every opportunity to advertise. ]
"Everyone will know after buying it, mermaids like this kind of fish food very much. If any mermaid doesn't like it, you can contact me on the microphone and I will translate why."
Mu Mu recommended it hard, and he was just about to grab a handful and eat it live.
This fish food is the one he and Wen Ming improved together. If the sales volume is increased, Wen Ming will definitely be valued and maybe even get a salary increase!
All the humans and mermaids in the universe should know how powerful the master is!
"Ding!"
A loading bar popped up in the housekeeper: "The owner of the house has called up the real-time monitoring and is transmitting the picture of the 'mermaid room'."
Mu Mu's smiling face, which was dreaming of a better future, froze: "...Ah?"
Can he kill such a backstab?
The mermaid in Xiaoyu's house called a few more times, and Xiaoyu asked hopefully: "Can you turn it over again..."
"No!"
The masked anchor's lips faded, and his slow speech speed was forced into a rapid-fire:
"The live broadcast ends here, thank you! Goodbye!"
[Huh? The atmosphere has just started, you must seize the opportunity to rush to the hot list! 】
【Host, wait a minute...】
The screen of the live broadcast room suddenly went black.
Mu Mu, who was going offline at the speed of light, took off his clothes and shouted:
"Little housekeeper, help me hold the master, you pretend to be stuck, and you must not load the screen now!"
"Ding ding."
The loading circle, which was about to be completed, was stuck at 99%.
Mu Mu threw the mask and clothes behind the housekeeper's butt: "Don't turn the camera back!"
He turned off the lights as quickly as possible, jumped into the mermaid pool, and used his tail to stop the shaking water...
A hand belonging to the mermaid was raised out of the water, making an OK gesture, and then quickly retracted.
The housekeeper's indicator light flashed, and finally loaded the last 1%.
...
Wen Ming had never seen a planet with such a poor signal.
He came from the hotel room to the balcony terrace, and then returned to the room, and the stuck loading bar finally moved.
The mermaid room was quiet in the darkness.
"Mu Mu slept so soundly even when I wasn't at home..." Wen Ming sighed.
"?" Wen Ming noticed a spot of light.
Why is the projector in standby mode?
After the little mermaid pressed the power button on the remote control, the projector turned off directly instead of standing by...
Wen Ming's eyebrows moved slightly, as if he guessed something.
Could it be that Mu Mu... fell asleep while watching the show and didn't turn on the projector?
He clicked on "rotating lens", the picture turned a few angles, suddenly got stuck, and turned back to the original angle like a seizure.
The network on this planet is too bad.
Wen Ming was helpless, and finally took a look at the figure in the mermaid pool, and murmured:
"Good night."
*
Qi Xuan slept soundly that night, and when he woke up, it was already noon.
He muted his computer, rubbed his eyes, and turned it on. Colored lights flashed wildly.
The notification bar was filled with missed calls from his subordinates.
"Are these people crazy? Talking about work in the middle of the night?"
Qi Xuan yawned nonchalantly and replied to the call: "Hello, what's the matter..."
"Manager Qi, something bad has happened!"
This shout woke up Qi Xuan's sleepiness: "Why are you so startled so early in the morning? What happened?"
"It's a long story..." the other party said frustratedly, "Please take a look at the hot searches first."
"Ah? Hello? How dare you hang my computer! You're dead!"
Qi Xuan opened the Star Network hot searches with a curse. The first term in the hot searches was very strange -
#Big Mantis, it's time to take medicine#
Qi Xuan was confused. He clicked on it and saw a video edited by a blogger named "Xiaoyu". It had just been released for one night and the number of clicks had reached seven digits.
"Mermaid language, simultaneous interpretation?"
Laugh at the anchor → question the anchor → believe the anchor → worship the anchor
Qi Xuan followed the video to experience this mental journey, and was amazed:
"There are such magical things in the stars... So what does this have to do with Qi's company?"
He clicked on the second most searched:
#Feed Wen's fish food, reject the temptation of mantis#
It was still the video released by "Xiaoyu", and the second half of the live broadcast screen recording was edited:
'I recommend this fish food. The nutritional ratio is very suitable for mermaids. They will definitely not eat cockroaches after eating it...'
Qi Xuan simply couldn't believe his eyes: "Why is Wen's working overtime for marketing at night!?"
He flipped through the comments section and found that not only Wen's, but other mermaid product companies also took advantage of this trend and posted their own brands of fish food ingredient lists in the comments section.
Company A: Feed mermaids with fish food A, and it will be as easy as breathing for mermaids to fall in love with you.
Company B: After eating fish food B, the mermaids' tails will shine.
Company C: I can't think of an advertising slogan after jumping up and down, so I'll come up with an ingredient list.
These small companies were originally suppressed by Qi's, but overnight, their fish food sales surpassed them.
Qi's worked hard for so long, and it was about to catch up with Wen's, but it fell behind in an instant...
Qi Xuan was so angry that he was shaking. He called his subordinates on the computer:
"Did your annual salary come from the wind? Other companies have advertised in time, but why is there no trace of our official account?!"
The subordinate cried: "Manager Qi, the password of Qi's official account is in your hand."
"Then you won't contact me? You are so stupid!"
"... We have been in touch all night."
Qi's company lost this business war because of laziness.
Qi Xuan couldn't catch his breath and almost fainted. He squeezed out unwillingness from his teeth: "Wen's... Mermaid Language Anchor..."
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The biggest beneficiary, Wen's, is the most confused.
The employees watched the company's stock market soar and were sure:
it must be the admiral who made the effort! Working with the admiral is indeed the right choice!
When Assistant Xu heard the news, his resentment for going to work right after a business trip was diluted a lot, and he reported to Wen Ming:
"Admiral, the sales of improved flavor fish food have skyrocketed. It has now topped the list of interstellar mermaid supplies, far ahead of the second-place product!
The masked anchor's ability to bring goods is amazing!"
The joyful tone did not infect Wen Ming, and he said in a flat voice:
"How much money was spent on this advertisement?"
"It's strange, I asked every department, and they all said they didn't know."
Assistant Xu was surprised as if pie in the sky had fallen, and he adjusted his glasses and said: "I met an anchor who knows the goods and does advertising for free!"
Wen Ming nodded, lowered his head and continued to work.
Special Assistant Xu stopped laughing awkwardly: "Admiral, are you worried about something?"
Wen Ming raised his eyelids and glanced at him.
"I remember that the mermaid you raised was very clingy. It must have made a fuss when you were away on business."
Special Assistant Xu was in a good mood and flattered his boss: "There are not many things to deal with today, why don't you go home and accompany it for a while?"
The pen fell on the document with a "click", and the ink soaked the paper black, but not as black as Wen Ming's face.
"From yesterday to now, it hasn't come to me once."
Wen Ming looked lonely, like a cursed ghost.
Special Assistant Xu wanted to slap himself a few times:
You let you talk too much! The flattery hit the horse's leg!
He tried to save the situation: "It must have missed you, but mermaids can't express it."
"It knows to press the emergency button to talk to me." Wen Ming half-closed his eyes, "It didn't miss me at all."
Special Assistant Xu closed his eyes in despair: What kind of avant-garde method is the admiral using to raise mermaids...
"Call a meeting.
The toy project is progressing too slowly, let the heads of each department bring the progress to the meeting."
Wen Ming cleaned up the table with a cold face, and Special Assistant Xu had no doubt that he would immediately clean up the heads of the departments with that cold face...
"Got it." Special Assistant Xu agreed bitterly.
Wen Ming walked out of the office.
However, overnight, the entire interstellar was filled with the topic of "mermaid language".
As a mermaid supplies company, Wen's employees paid special attention to the topic of mermaids, gathered in groups of three or two, and discussed it enthusiastically.
"It turns out that mermaids are afraid of things just like us." "Do
you really believe this anchor? There is no pattern when mermaids attack humans. I think they simply hate humans!"
"That's right. They were so hasty when they ended the broadcast. It seemed that they were afraid that they would be exposed if they said one more word..."
The two employees looked at the video on the computer and shook their heads.
A sound of footsteps stopped behind them. A tall figure was cast on the computer, and the shadow enveloped the face of the masked anchor...
The employees did not turn around and guessed who the oppressive feeling behind them came from.
They hurriedly turned off their computers and shrank into two shivering little quails:
"I'm sorry, Admiral, I won't dare to slack off again..."
"Turn on the computer."
Wen Ming's breathing became deep and even, and he was immersed in a certain idea:
"Zoom in the screen of that anchor."