Chapter 2 Unlock Achievements
Although the Giants series of companies had not been doing well, they had at least accumulated five years of cash flow, and Fang Zhuo was able to borrow 6.2 million from Interstellar Bank without any problems.
Instead of returning to the old neighborhood where his previous host lived, he made some changes on the terminal and rented a three-story villa with a butler in the suburbs.
Yi Dian Dian couldn't help but remind her: [Host, bank loans also have interest, and this villa costs three thousand yuan a night. Perhaps we should be more frugal?]
Fang Zhuo smiled slyly: [I think you should reflect on yourself first. Other money-spraying systems give away cars, houses, and employees, but you gave me a 1 billion yuan high-interest loan. Don't look down on bank loans; their interest rates are much lower than yours, and the loan terms are much more flexible.]
As a simple system, Yi Dian Dian was instantly taken aback by these words and obediently shut up, feeling extremely guilty.
Lying in the walk-in bathtub, which was more than ten square meters in size, Fang Zhu shook the water droplets off his hair and finally had time to take a detailed look at the system interface again.
The main icons include five major sections: personal panel, investment status, stage rewards, social, and backpack. Each section has many smaller functions, and there are also several external plugins similar to microloans.
A faint but persistent burning pain came from his stomach. He opened his personal panel and tried to exchange cash for two more days of life.
The exchange only cost one million yuan on the first day, but the price rose to three million yuan the next time. The cost of exchanging cash for lifespan would increase sequentially, and he couldn't reach the upper limit of the exchange rate, so he didn't waste his cash on time to exchange for more days of survival.
He has only fifteen days left to live. If Qiao Ankuang's new song is released smoothly, the copyright fees should be enough for him to live a little longer.
As long as the remaining survival days remain stable within the range that won't trigger the double critical illness buff from the system, the current mild stomach pain is still within tolerable limits.
Switching to the second-level page, he noticed an icon for a perspective mode. Yi Dian Dian promptly reminded him: [Host, opening this mode allows you to see other people's attribute panels. Currently, the company's operational level is insufficient, so you can only view some basic attributes for now.]
Even if we can only see the basic attributes, that's enough. There's still some time before Qiao Ankuang writes a new song, so we can use this to pass the time for these three days.
Fang Zhuo, wearing a bathrobe, lay on the two-meter-wide bed and used his terminal to project the StarNet live stream onto the glass curtain wall directly opposite him.
In the world of "Brilliant", the live streaming industry is quite developed, and holographic technology can even give viewers the illusion that they are almost sitting next to the streamer.
Each live streaming category is categorized in great detail. Large donations not only get featured in all live streaming rooms within the same category, but also allow the corresponding live streaming room to receive generous streaming support.
He had barely entered the first live stream room when the other person's various attributes immediately popped up, with values such as IQ, EQ, and physical strength clearly displayed.
He browsed the appearance section for a while, studied the platform's streaming rules again, and roughly formed a new live streaming concept in his mind. Then he quickly scrolled through various niche vertical fields.
From interpreting ancient books to retro calligraphy, from hardcore fitness to puzzle games, he can quickly glance at a streamer's profile to roughly determine if there's any investment potential.
[Nickname: Yllfs][Intelligence: 5][Stamina: 3][Appearance: 7][Emotional Intelligence: 2]
With such low emotional intelligence, I suggest she shouldn't be a streamer. Let's skip this.
[Nickname: The Brain] [Intelligence: 1] [Stamina: 7] [Appearance: 5] [Emotional Intelligence: 2]
They say you can improve your intelligence by using the same shape as the shape you have, but this nickname doesn't seem to have salvaged much of my intelligence, so let's skip it.
After roughly browsing for more than two hours, he sent out contract invitations to sixty or seventy streamers, but only about ten of them replied to him.
The system provides a limited number of investment slots, initially allowing only three to be bound, and these cannot be unbound until the profit exceeds tenfold. Only if the return exceeds one hundredfold will the next investment slot be unlocked. This stringent restriction is likely one of the key reasons why previous hosts all failed.
Fang Zhuo originally didn't plan to invest too many people in the live streaming field. He selected the streamer with the best overall profile and the most positive attitude from the dozen or so streamers in these niche fields and sent them the guild contract terms.
"I ordered a set of live streaming fill lights for you from Xingwang. It comes with an instruction manual and will be installed and ready to go live within an hour."
The tone was condescending, typical of someone in a high position. Jian Yujing looked at the large pile of fill light stands that had just been dismantled and didn't feel particularly offended.
He and the guild owner were in a superior-subordinate relationship, and he was more afraid of dealing with a nagging, unreasonable person who couldn't clearly articulate their needs than a powerful figure in the workplace.
He has been broadcasting in the ancient calligraphy and painting section for three years, but it was lukewarm at the beginning.
Later, in order to gain traffic, he started using the ancient blue star drawing tools to draw various abstract cat emojis, which barely managed to get a little bit of traffic.
During this time, he did consider appearing on camera, but the appearance section was too chaotic. The first time he tried, he happened to connect with a popular streamer in the male mom category, but he was bombarded with criticism by the streamer's fans, which made him give up and go back to drawing.
"Just show your abs in the shot. Don't show your face at the beginning. Only move when I tell you to. You don't need to say anything from beginning to end. Just go in and start the battle."
What kind of weird request is this? How can he communicate with the audience if he doesn't speak? If he goes to a PK battle like this, he's bound to lose; he'll only get humiliated in various ways by his opponent.
Jian Yujing suspected that the boss might be a novice, but the other party's homepage clearly displayed a diamond icon that could only be obtained by recharging 500,000 yuan at once, so he had no choice but to try broadcasting according to these words with some skepticism.
Clicking the PK icon, he immediately connected with a popular streamer named [Construction Site Brother Niu].
It's over. Jian Yujing's heart sank. This is really the end.
"Brother Niu" is a famous commentator who specializes in PK battles against new male streamers in the looks section who don't have many fans, and he also verbally humiliates them in various ways.
Sure enough, the moment the two connected, a large number of Brother Niu's fans flooded into his live stream and started spewing vulgarities, filling the chat with obscene and offensive language.
Fortunately, the guild leader's requirement was that he didn't have to show his face while speaking, otherwise Jian Yujing really wouldn't have been able to resist starting a verbal battle with the other side.
Brother Niu put the slipper with the big toe on it on the table, picked his teeth, and squeezed the nutritional supplement onto his feet: "Why aren't you saying anything? Abdominal muscle anchor? Pah, dare to lick my feet?"
"With your six-pack abs, believe me or not, I could get them in half a month. They're all from steroids, everyone knows that."
"Family, get a hot air balloon going! I want to see this kid punished!"
The PK progress bar above both of their heads was immediately refreshed to 1527:0. Jian Yujing's face turned white and then red. Looking at the vulgar language on the screen, he just wanted to end the broadcast right now.
He's never been a very strong-willed person, and now he's even more regretful about signing with this inexperienced newbie guild.
He switched to his chat with his boss and before he could even send the message, "Sorry, I can't continue broadcasting," he saw a dazzling gift effect suddenly appear in the live stream.
The boss actually bought him ten helicopter gifts, each costing five thousand yuan.
Not only was he stunned on the spot, but even Brother Niu was also stunned for a moment - in order to ensure that the family members in the live broadcast room could enjoy the show, Brother Niu always only chose to connect with small streamers with less than a thousand fans. How could such a powerful tycoon appear in the other party's live broadcast room?
Although Brother Niu's fans are very good at verbal sparring, they don't have much spending power, so they undoubtedly lost this round of the PK.
This was the first time Brother Niu had lost a PK since he started streaming two years ago. As soon as the news spread, it quickly attracted a large number of onlookers.
Brother Niu hurriedly wiped the nutritional paste off his feet, his eyes darting around as he realized what was going on. While doing frog jumps as punishment, he pointed at the screen and cursed:
"Damn it, don't leave yet. You were the one who swiped the card just now, right? Let's play another round."
Just as Brother Niu was administering the punishment, the number of viewers in both live streams surged rapidly.
The surge in gifts in a short period of time, combined with the increased traffic from Brother Niu's failed PK, immediately propelled their PK live stream to the top of the trending list in the general section.
Jian Yujing looked at the 30,000+ viewers displayed in the upper right corner and felt so nervous that her back was slightly sweaty.
In just five minutes, he gained over three thousand followers, which is equivalent to the total number of followers he gained from livestreaming ancient calligraphy and painting over the past three years. Even if he gets criticized, it's worth it.
The PK started again, but unlike last time, this time there were more and more random people joining in to stir things up, and some even joined in criticizing Brother Niu's live stream content.
Brother Niu's gift value still firmly suppressed him, and the PK progress bar gap of 6142:437 was still very large.
With less than a minute left in the PK, Jian Yujing was already prepared to do sit-ups as punishment.
Just then, a message popped up in his inbox from his boss: "Show your face."
Jian Yujing's heart skipped a beat, and she reached out to switch the camera to panoramic mode.
The incident happened so suddenly that his hairstyle and skin weren't properly styled, and he didn't even have time to adjust the beauty settings. However, this raw and unfiltered appearance shocked and excited the audience, who flooded the screen with comments. Even Brother Niu was surprised and cursed.
As the boss launched a rocket worth 100,000 yuan, passersby and spectators followed suit, showering him with gifts of all sizes.
In just a few dozen seconds, the number of gifts in the live stream exceeded 300,000, which is comparable to that of top streamers who have been operating for several years.
Jian Yujing didn't know how to describe his feelings; his heart was pounding so fast it felt like it was about to jump out of his chest.
How can there be a guild owner who has such a clear grasp of audience psychology and live streaming formats? This is no novice; he's clearly a god of wealth sent from heaven.
He never achieved such explosive results when he streamed alone. In comparison, he felt nothing but endless admiration for his boss's actions.
His live stream stayed in the most prominent recommendation spot on the platform for five hours tonight, receiving over 600,000 yuan in gifts from casual viewers alone, and gaining over 90,000 new followers on his personal account, clearly becoming a rising dark horse.
After the broadcast ended, Jian Yujing was still unable to catch her breath. After thinking for a long time, she sincerely sent a long voice message to her boss to express her gratitude.
The boss's reply was as concise and forceful as ever: "You're welcome. Xiao Jian, your stress tolerance is a bit low, and your emotional intelligence needs some improvement. I hope you can seize this opportunity to give it your all and grow quickly. During this time, think more and reflect more. If you can't beat the opponent in a PK, you can call me online anytime."
The fact that the boss had even noticed his personality flaws shocked Jian Yujing even more, and his admiration for the boss reached a new level.
He sent several voice messages to express his gratitude to his boss, followed by several kneeling emojis.
[Investment Target Number Two: Jian Yujing]
[Intelligence: 5][Stamina: 7][Appearance: 8][Emotional Intelligence: 4]
[Initial valuation: 7500]
[Current valuation: 502000]
[The return on investment has reached tenfold; this section can be freely unbound.]
[Congratulations, host! You have achieved the milestone 'Total number of fans of your employees has exceeded 10,000']
[Congratulations again, host! You have achieved the milestone of 'Your employees' total number of fans has exceeded 100,000']
[Congratulations, host! You have achieved the 'First Pot of Gold' achievement.]
[Company's current reputation value: 5, matching the title 'Emerging Talent']
[For the first hour after achieving this achievement, your random disease debuffs will be reduced by 50%, and the three-hour countdown will begin from now.]
[Friendly reminder: System pain buffs cannot be improved through physical means such as painkillers or external surgery.]
[Currently unlocked achievements and titles: 4; Four unnamed blind boxes have been given as a gift and added to the system inventory]
[Blind Box Description: A 10-pull will be automatically unlocked when you have nine blind boxes. The host can freely set the blind box series. Depending on the difficulty of the current dimension, a 10-pull guarantees an SR-level item.]
The first battle was a success. Tonight's live stream brought him a return of more than five million. Although the profit was still a bit slow, and the money he earned in one night was only enough to exchange for one day of lifespan, at least he had income on his first day after transmigrating.
The pain that had accompanied him all day had lessened, and the burning pain that spread from his stomach to his chest was no longer so clear and hard to ignore.
After reading the message he sent to Jian Yujing, Yi Dian Dian said awkwardly, "[President Fang, did you learn this kind of talking technique in a class? To be honest, I'd also like to learn a little bit about it.]"
Fang Zhuo: [No need to enroll in a class. I'll send you to work for a month and you'll learn naturally. You'll be eating this kind of flatbread for at least thirteen hours a day. Once we get to the Blue Star plane, I'll send you away. No need to thank me too much.]
Yi Dian Dian: [QAQ Host, you're so cruel!]
The next morning around 8 a.m., Fang Zhuo opened his eyes on time. He first went for a walk, then took a shower, changed into a suit that the butler had dry-cleaned and ironed, and sent a message to his factory office assistant around 10 a.m.:
[Tell the workers to get ready; everyone should be waiting for me in the factory at 10:30.]
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