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At 6.50 p.m., Qi Wu and Qin Jiayan arrived at the streaming room.
The production team had provided fifty individual streaming rooms, each equipped with top-notch broadcasting equipment. It was a testament to the productionâs substantial budget.
Qu Man, stationed in the control room, was connected to all the contestantsâ earpieces. âAttention, all contestants. You have ten minutes to adjust your equipment. After that, you will commence your streams using the accounts we sent the details of to you earlier. Be mindful of your words and actions. We will be monitoring you. â
After delivering those instructions, Qu Man turned off her earpiece.
Once the instructions were done, Qin Jiayan turned to look at Qi Wu.
To his surprise, she was looking at him too.
Qin Jiayan felt a pang of nervousness. âHave you changed your mind?â
âI was waiting for you.â
With an earnest voice, Qi Wu continued, âI donât know how to operate this equipment.â
Qin Jiayan let out a sigh of relief. He rubbed the back of his head. âThatâs alright. I know how to use them.â
After their interactions, Qin Jiayan formed a general understanding of Qi Wu. She could exude the calm aura of a big shot, but at times, she would show an endearing and naïve side.
Once their broadcasting equipment was set up, Qin Jiayan anxiously waited for 7.00 p.m.
He had adjusted most of the lighting and camera angles to focus on Qi Wu.
In his mind, he believed nothing would captivate the audience more than her.
At exactly 7.00 p.m., everyone started streaming.
Qin Jiayan picked up his phone. He could feel the cold sweat on his palms.
He awkwardly grabbed a tissue and wiped his hands with it. Out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at the upper right corner of his screen where the viewer count would be displayedâo. As expected.
However, before he could dwell on the disappointment, he received a game invitation from Qi Wu.
Turning around, he saw Qi Wu winking at him. âI want to try out a new hero.â
All other thoughts were immediately pushed aside. âWhich hero would you like to play?â
âThe elf with the bow and arrow.â
Qin Jiayan hesitated for a moment due to her choice of words but quickly understood what she meant. He nodded. âIâll play support and protect you.â
Thus, while the other contestants struggled to engage their viewers with various talents and gimmicks, Qi Wu and Qin Jiayan just played games.
To ensure that every contestantâs stream ran smoothly, the control room had a wall of screens dedicated to consecutively monitoring all of the streams.
Hence, as other contestants tried desperately to garner viewers, Qi Wu and Qin Jiayanâs stream was particularly eye-catching.
Qu Man silently stared for a whole minute before turning to Song Qi, who was equally silent.
Song Qi gritted his teeth. âAre they for real?â
Qu Man did not immediately respond. Instead, she checked the stats on her tablet.
On the day before, they had made a social media post officially announcing the stream session.
Due to Qi Wuâs sudden entry into the entertainment industry and her absence on social media, many of the fans would end up commenting on the showâs posts instead.
âWhereâs the angel? Tell us now!â
âChaoyang TV, right? Theyâve started already! Wait for me, my angel!â
âI wonder what sheâll be streaming. Iâm looking forward to it!â
As a result, these tans were now scouring countless live streams, and many had already found Qi Wu.
The viewer count in their stream was no longer at o.
Qu Man grinned slightly and did not respond to Song Qi.
Meanwhile, in Chaoyang TVâs backstage management chat group.
Administrator 01: Who set channel 6533xx to Talent Show? Shouldnât it be in Gaming?
Administrator 05: My bad. Iâll go and change it now!n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
Administrator 05 immediately rushed over to the stream in question.
When he saw the angelic face in the camera, he could not help but mutter, âYou canât blame me for this. Arenât streams with good looks usually in Talent Show?â
When he looked up at the game taking up two-thirds of the stream display, he froze in shock.
âThose skillsâ¦
He did not say anything else and hurriedly switched the stream over to the Gaming category.
Thus, an hour later, Qu Man casually glanced at Qi Wuâs stream and realized that the number of viewers had already exceeded 30,000.
This was unbelievable for two amateurs.
Especially sinceâ¦their chat was so much more active than the streams with 100,000 viewers.
â101, why is the support even more aggressive than the DPS?â
âNew streamer? I never thought I would be watching torture during a stream these days. Is it because sheâs pretty?â
âSheâs too pretty +1. She may be bad, but I canât get angry with that face.â
âAlthough sheâs a noob, her support is amazing! None of them wants to fight the DPS now. They have all been scared away by the support.â
âSupport, please play something else! Itâs a waste of your talent!â
Qu Man was confused.
As someone who did not pay attention to games, she did not understand what the comments were talking about.
Sensing that something was amiss, Qu Man quickly went to investigate.
In the end, she realized that the Chaoyang TV staff had mistakenly assigned Qi Wu and Qin Jiayanâs stream to the wrong category.
This discovery left her unsure whether to laugh or cry. However, as she observed the stream, she could not help but think that Qin Jiayan might have accidentally entered the wrong competition
Even though she did not have much gaming knowledge, it was apparent that eSports was a more fitting field for Qin Jiayan.
Just as Qu Man was about to instruct the staff to change the streamâs category, several usernames with special effects entered the stream.
âUser GAL-Chenfeng has entered the stream.â
âUser GAL-Luanluan has entered the stream.â
The moment those users with shimmering special effects joined, the viewer count in the upper right corner surged rapidly.
In less than 3 minutes, the viewer count in Qi Wu and Qin Jiayanâs stream had exceeded 100,000.
Qu Man was at a loss for words.
How were they going to recategorize the stream now?
She stared in disbelief and stayed on the stream to watch.
GAT.-Chenfeng: Is this âUnskilled_Chargerâ?
The comment was highlighted and pinned to the top of the chat.
âItâs the captain of the eSports team GAL!â
âAah, itâs Chenfeng!â
âWait! Unskilled_Charger? The unaffiliated player who rejected all the major teams in the country?â
âHe looks so delicate and tenderâ¦Oh, no! My heart skipped a beat!â
âMove aside, lady. Iâm here to watch actually skilled players!â
At that moment, Qi Wu seemed to sense something and slowly raised her head.
On her phone screen, her archer character had been surrounded by three opponents. By the time the support arrived, her screen had already turned black.
The support silently stopped there for a second before switching to DPS equipment and killing off all three opponents.
The three opponents immediately spammed question marks in the game chat..