That night, Xia Yao went offline.
It’s a rare opportunity to log into Bai Xiong’s live broadcast account, and sure enough, the number of comments displayed in the background section has exploded, 999+.
Since that incident, the competition process a year ago was officially clarified, and her White Bear account was also exposed by big Vs. As a result, her former and current fans flocked to her live broadcast room and left messages to cheer her up.
Bai Xiong's contract manager also sent her a message, inviting her to officially sign with the platform and become an anchor in a base salary + profit-sharing model.
Xia Yao looked at the conditions offered by the other party and found that they were the lowest of the bunch, with a base salary of 800 and a 50-50 split of rewards between her and the platform.
He twitched his lips. Otherwise, why have so many streamers been complaining about Baixiong for so long? With this kind of treatment, other platforms could easily beat it. But Baixiong Live is the only dominant platform in China, with traffic several times that of other platforms. Therefore, Baixiong is fearless and keeps lowering the treatment. After all, there are plenty of streamers to join, so they don't worry about not being able to recruit them.
For example, someone like Xia Yao, the former captain of the Edmund team, who won the domestic dark world championship, was willing to live broadcast on their platform for a whole year even though she had no basic salary before, not to mention that she has a basic salary now. Bai Xiong's contract manager has reason to believe that the other party will agree with a smile.
However, he miscalculated.
Xia Yao had no expression on her face and immediately blocked the contract manager.
It’s not that she looks down on people, but the base salary is 800, and she is required to keep the live broadcast time for more than 4 hours a day. Why can’t she do something else with this time? Why should she create income for Bai Xiong?
Moreover, her Vermouth fame has returned, and there are many sponsors who want her to be their spokesperson. The endorsement fee for any one of them is several thousand or even tens of thousands. There is really no need for her to waste her precious time on a half-day live broadcast.
After clearing up the random messages in the background, Xia Yao started broadcasting, and the scenes of Dark World 1 familiar to fans appeared in the camera again.
[Wow, Vitalik still loves the Dark World as always~]
[It's a shame, this is the last year that Dark World will hold an international tournament. The gameplay is too old-fashioned, and young people don't like to play this kind of game anymore.]
When I heard this news, I shed tears of the times.
Xia Yao did not appear on screen. She just operated the Alchemist while reading everyone's messages, and occasionally replied a sentence or two.
[V God is V God, even a difficult class like Alchemist can be controlled so smoothly.]
Vitalik Buterin is an all-rounder! He excels at every class!
[Hey, it's been a while since I've seen Vitalik Buterin play a mage. Vitalik Buterin, can you show us off a bit?]
Mage was her profession when she was in the Edmund team. Since she left Edmund, her account has been cancelled.
However, she has her own mage account in private, which she only uses occasionally to practice, and never appears in live broadcasts.
Thinking that this year is indeed the last year in the dark world, whether out of sentiment or to explain her past experiences, Xia Yao thought about it and turned on the camera for the first time.
[Holy crap! Holy crap! Vitalik Buterin has revealed his face!]
【Wow, Vitalik Buterin without makeup! 】
[Wow, Wow, Wow, when Vitalik used to play games, she always wore a hat and sunglasses, afraid that others would see what she looked like. Today, she's not covering anything at all. Vitalik, you look so good! I love you.]
[Her facial features are really delicate, like a Barbie doll~]
[She still looks better without makeup. What did the Tianyu makeup artist do to Vitalik?]
[A new fan's question: Is Vitalik Buterin cute?]
[Pfft…cute]
[Hahahaha, what gave you the illusion that Vitalik Buterin is cute?]
Want to experience Vitalik's cute crit? Raise your hand and give it a try (dog head)
Xia Yao looked at the barrage of comments and smiled faintly.
Ahhhh Vitalik smiled! She smiled at me!
[Dad's heart melts! ~]
[Fuck you, don’t take advantage of Vitalik]
Xia Yao: "Today I'm giving everyone a mage account. Just treat it as a final gift to the dark world I once loved so much~"
The barrage area was boiling again, and gifts such as airplanes, submarines, cannons, etc. filled the screen like flowers scattered from the sky.
The five players matched as Xia Yao's opponents were beaten badly. There were four damage dealers and one nurse. No matter how they adjusted the layout in the arena, they would all be dead within 10 minutes.
At first, the opposing mage was indignant and started to scold Xia Yao in voice chat, but after a few rounds of scolding, he suddenly fell silent.
Xia Yao's fans were still guessing whether the other party was tired of scolding and wanted to take a break, but the other party started the microphone again, and the scene suddenly turned into a little fan chasing his star!
"V God? Are you V God? Ahhh, I'm your fan! When I was in junior high, I could only fall asleep watching your games!"
"I didn't expect to be matched with Vitalik! Wow, I'm so excited! I don't even know what to say!"
"V God, come and hit me! Beat me up as much as you want, I promise I'll be good and won't move a muscle~"
Fan: I doubt you are driving :)
Xia Yao live-streamed for three hours, and it was past midnight when she ended.
Looking at the familiar wizard on the screen, she had no regrets this time. When logging out of her account, she chose to close it permanently.
In the next few days, Xia Yao entered Eternity as usual, mining, forging, enchanting; killing monsters, doing dungeons, and completing quests... Not only did her personal level rise to level 35, but the levels of other members of the entire guild also jumped up a lot.
They have already reached the 15th floor of the Illusionary Maze, ranking first, 3 floors ahead of the second place Black and White Wind Shadow. There is no need to worry about their results being surpassed in the short term. Xia Yao thought about it and decided to put the matter of the guild headquarters on the agenda.
She went back to the guild, intending to bring along the documents from when the guild was first established. If it could be settled this time, she wouldn't have to come back specifically to get the information, thus avoiding wasting time going back and forth.
However, as soon as they arrived at the guild door, Xia Yao heard several cries through the door.
When I opened the door, I saw Zhang Bupa sitting in the small pavilion in the courtyard with a pair of red eyes.
Yunyan and Manyue sat on her left and right, comforting her gently.
Chen Weihan leaned against the pillar, looking as if he wanted to say something but hesitated. Finally, he just let out a loud "Puh" and cursed: "That bastard of Mathematics and Physics, I'm not afraid of being so good to him, but he actually wants to break up! Scumbag! Big pig's hoof! All men are not good things!"
Wushan Leng, Little Frog and others who were surrounding the pavilion said: You can curse them, but why did you beat the men to death with a stick?
Although several people were caught in the crossfire for no reason, seeing Zhang Bu Bu crying so sadly, they all started to curse him consciously.
Wushan Leng: "Math, physics, and chemistry scumbag!"
Little Frog: "Math, physics, and chemistry are bullshit!"
Three Buddhas: "Mathematicians, physicists, and chemists are not human beings!"
Huang Cheng: "...then, may the math, physics, and chemistry be struck by lightning!"
Xia Yao frowned slightly, ignored the group of guys, and walked straight to Zhang Bupa: "What's wrong?"
Only then did the group realize that she was back.
Yunyan looked at Zhang Bu'er, who was crying hard, with a distressed look on her face. She swallowed hard and said softly, "Sister, Mathematics and Physics broke up with Bu'er."
"I know. I heard it all just now. Then what?" Xia Yao turned her gaze and fell on Zhang Bupa, whose shoulders were shrugging. "What do you think?"
Zhang Bupa wiped away his tears and raised his red eyes: "...Sister, I don't have anything to say..."
"In that case, then do what you should do and don't waste time on people who are not worth it." Although it was unclear what happened between them, Xia Yao always adhered to this set of principles no matter what the circumstances.
"But... I feel very uncomfortable..." Zhang Bu'pa said as he choked a few more times, tears welling up in his eyes again.
Xia Yao looked at her, sighed softly, walked over to her, and touched her head: "Okay, then cry as much as you want today, and forget it after crying. Tomorrow is a new day."
"...Okay, I understand. Thank you, sister." Zhang Bu's shoulders were still twitching when he said this, but they were much more stable than when he first entered the door.
Xia Yao comforted him a few more times, then gave Chen Weihan a look, and the latter quickly stood up and followed.
"Master~" Privately, Chen Weihan still preferred to call her Master.
Xia Yao didn't object, nodded, and took her to the meeting room behind the courtyard.
"Master, what do you need me to do?"
Xia Yao took out the document and said, "Come with me to Poseidon City."
"Poseidon?! Master, are we going to buy a base?" Chen Weihan joined the guild late and didn't know about the base that Xia Yao mentioned to everyone after she created the guild, but she usually communicated with other people and thus learned about it indirectly.
Xia Yao nodded and put the file into her personal backpack: "Well, the guild has plenty of funds now, so I decided to buy one first."
Otherwise, it will not be cost-effective to buy it when the price goes up in the future.
"And I know that the guild's rooms are running out. Every night when I log off, I see everyone huddled together. Even though you don't say anything, I can't just sit back and do nothing because you're being sympathetic."
The guild allocated by the system has a total area of only 120 square meters. Excluding the courtyard at the entrance of more than 60 square meters, the meeting room of 30 square meters, and the kitchen of 10 square meters, there are only 20 square meters left for players to stay and sleep.
There are 15 people in their guild now, and they are squeezed into 20 square meters. On average, each person occupies less than 2 square meters. It is no exaggeration to say that it is cramped.
As for the boys like Sandaofo and Nidaoliu, they usually log off in the courtyard because of the lack of accommodation space.
In the short term, it’s nothing, but they are the number one guild, Sword and Rose, and they are certified by the king. If they just sleep outside like this, it will probably leave a bad impression on newcomers in the future.
Sandaofo and the others never mentioned this, but Xia Yao saw it.
So she has to consider moving as soon as possible.
When the two left the guild, Zhang Bu Bu had already logged off. Yun Yan and Manyue nodded to Xia Yao from a distance. Xia Yao smiled and gave them a silent approval.
Poseidon City is far away from the city center, and we had to reverse the teleportation array several times before we could arrive.
As soon as we arrived at our destination, a north wind, much colder than the south, blew towards us.
I looked at the local temperature displayed on the system, 7 degrees.
It's only mid-October in the game, but the temperature is already below 10 degrees Celsius. The mainland's Snow City is indeed worthy of its reputation.
Xia Yao took Chen Weihan to ask for directions and headed straight to the resident management center.
Parker, the NPC in charge of the local land, was overjoyed to see them.
It's too cold here. Unless they receive relevant tasks, basically no players are willing to come here, let alone settle down here. Parker followed diligently all the way, fearing that her big sponsor would fly away.
Xia Yao first looked at the miniature model indoors, and decided on three places in her mind. She asked Chen Weihan, who thought the locations were good, so Xia Yao asked Parker to take them to see them in person.
In the end, she decided on a vacant land of more than 1,000 square meters.
Parker sighed and said hesitantly, "Gentlemen, I still suggest you buy that piece of land."
Xia Yao: "Why?"
Parker: "Although the area just mentioned is smaller, only 600 square meters, you see, there's a lot of open space all around. If you want to expand in the future, you won't have to worry about lacking land. This area is initially larger, but there are shops around it, and they can't be demolished or moved. If you want to develop further in the future, I'm afraid it will be restricted."
Chen Weihan suddenly realized what was going on and turned to look at Xia Yao: "Master, I think what he said makes sense~"
Xia Yao smiled and nodded: "Mr. Parker does make sense."
Parker smiled innocently.
"But," she changed the subject, "I didn't say I only buy residential land."
What? !
Chen Weihan was shocked.
Parker was even more stunned.
"You, you mean you want to buy all the surrounding shops?!"
The author has something to say:
P.S. The system initially allocates only 120 square meters of guild space. Some readers might wonder, if Sword & Rose, with such a small membership, is already crowded, how will other guilds with over 100 members survive? Good question. The answer is: 1. Not all guild leaders are as considerate as Xia Yao, and 2. Lower-level members must find other accommodations, whether in a hostel, a hotel, or even in a tree.
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