At first, Chu Chu had found Chen Yang's livestream rather boring. However, after watching it through, she realized it was anything but dull.
His livestream was thrilling!
The ginseng was buried deep in the mountain, hidden beneath the soil. The mountain was vast, and no one knew if he'd be able to find it. And even if he did, they had no idea what grade the ginseng would be. The enormous uncertainty made it incredibly exciting.
Especially when Chen Yang finally unearthed the wild ginseng, the entire livestream chat went wild.
The gifts flooded the screen as a group of wealthy viewers competed to shower him with donations. This was unprecedented on the Flyfish platform.
Chu Chu was certain that if Chen Yang kept producing high-quality streams like this, he was destined to explode in popularity.
"I have to tell the general manager," she muttered to herself. "Chen Yang's popularity is still soaring, and if other platforms catch wind of it, we might lose him."
She grabbed her phone and contacted her manager immediately.
Meanwhile, online, clips from the livestream were being shared and went viral across multiple platforms.
On Douyin (the Chinese version of TikTok), a user named Xiao Bei, a loyal fan of Chen Yang, had started cutting and editing the parts of the stream where Chen Yang had tamed Big Black. After yesterday's broadcast, he began uploading videos from Chen Yang's livestreams, and today, he continued to post many more.
The titles were clickbait, but they were extremely attention-grabbing:
"The Last Beast Tamer, Chen Yang!"
"Chen Yang teaches you how to dig for bamboo shoots—10 tries, 9 successes! A must-have skill for young people!"
"Shock! Chen Yang finds wild ginseng after just five minutes in the mountains!"
"40-year-old He Shou Wu emerges, Chen Yang's record-breaking achievement!"
"Encountering a century-old wild ginseng in the dead of night—Even the White House can't sit still!"
The titles were typical clickbait, but they worked wonders.
From the moment Xiao Bei posted his first video, it quickly hit over 100,000 views and received tens of thousands of likes. Comments flooded in by the hundreds. By the time he posted the last video featuring the century-old ginseng, the views shot up to over a million in just one hour, and the likes surpassed 100,000. The comments surged into the thousands.
"At first, I thought this was clickbait, but after watching, this is real!"
"It really is a century-old wild ginseng! Incredible!"
"This streamer's going to become a millionaire overnight."
"I'm so jealous."
"I've seen other videos—this streamer really knows his stuff about medicinal herbs."
"Am I the only one who thinks this streamer is handsome?"
"This streamer is going to blow up!"
On Weibo, a trending topic emerged: #Handsome Streamer Plays In The Mud And Earns A Million A Day#.
Within just two hours, this topic shot up to the top of the trending list, drawing even more attention. These videos were shared, liked, and commented on by thousands, garnering a lot of attention.
Even several other livestream platforms took notice.
Yang Hai, an operations staff member at Tiger Shark Livestreaming platform, had just finished dinner when he was scrolling through Weibo and stumbled upon the viral videos.
"Streamer earning a million a day? This is a joke, only casual viewers would fall for this," he muttered.
"But hey, it's clickbait, could be interesting. I'll take a look."
He clicked on the video, and after watching it, he scrambled to watch a few more. By the time he was done, the only thing running through his mind was two words: "Holy crap!"
He immediately opened the Flyfish Livestream platform.
Although Tiger Shark and Flyfish were direct competitors, they both kept an eye on each other's streams. Yang Hai was shocked to find that this popular streamer hadn't been signed by anyone yet!
"What the hell is wrong with Flyfish? They haven't signed this guy yet?" he cursed. "This streamer is gold, and they've missed him?"
Yang Hai quickly tried sending Chen Yang a message, but by the time he reached out, Chen Yang was already offline. His message was left unread.
Desperate, Yang Hai decided to act fast.
"I have to call my boss!" he thought and immediately dialed his manager's number.
"Hello, manager? I've found a super promising streamer! This guy is going to be huge!"
"Oh? You've found one? Just sign him then," his manager replied nonchalantly.
Yang Hai quickly responded, "This streamer is actually on Flyfish."
"Oh, they're not signed?" the manager asked.
"No, I checked. He's been streaming for just two days, and I don't think Flyfish has noticed him yet."
The manager was skeptical. "Two days? What can you really tell from two days of streaming?"
"You don't know, manager," Yang Hai said urgently. "On his first day, his viewership broke 70,000. And today, it's over 400,000! He's already trending on Douyin, Weibo, and Tieba. People are talking about him everywhere!"
The manager paused for a moment. "What kind of content does he do? Gaming?"
Yang Hai replied, "No, it's actually a rural lifestyle stream. Yesterday, during the livestream, he found a century-old wild ginseng. There were a bunch of rich viewers offering millions to buy it from him!"
The manager was intrigued. "Send me the videos."
"Got it," Yang Hai said, already in motion.
Thirty minutes later, the manager called Yang Hai back.
"Nice job, this is definitely a golden opportunity. Get in touch with him immediately."
"I tried, but he's offline," Yang Hai explained, frustration building.
"Keep trying. Leave more messages, he'll get back to you eventually."
Yang Hai agreed. "Got it, I'll keep bombarding him with messages."
The manager hung up, while Yang Hai spent the rest of the night frantically sending message after message, trying to get in contact with Chen Yang.
Meanwhile, Chu Chu, who had also contacted her higher-ups, was doing the same thing—bombarding Chen Yang with messages from Flyfish's side.
The next morning, Chen Yang woke up early. After taking care of his two dogs and preparing their meals, he finally sat down to eat. He couldn't help but laugh to himself—he felt more like a nanny than a streamer at this point.
After breakfast, he headed into the backyard, holding the Spiritual Earth he had won in the lottery. He spread the soil in the vegetable garden, even though it was only enough to cover a small area.
The garden had been abandoned for a while, and he didn't even have any seeds to plant. But Chen Yang was confident that, in no time, he would revive the garden and make it bloom again.
Once the garden was sorted, Chen Yang fired up his livestream.
"Good morning, everyone!" he greeted cheerfully.
It was only 7:30 a.m., and not many people were online at this time. However, as soon as Chen Yang went live, a few hundred viewers immediately jumped in.
"Good morning, hubby!"
"Hubby, you were so tired yesterday, and you're still up so early today?"
"Are you going back up the mountain today?"
"Go dig for ginseng again! I'll carry your hoe for you!"
"I'll carry Xiao Bai for you!"
"I'll massage Big Black!"
"I'll shout 666!"
A barrage of playful comments filled the chat.
Chen Yang smiled and said, "Actually, I am going into the mountains today, but not to dig ginseng. That's all pure luck."
"I'm going to gather some wood to make a box for the He Shou Wu and ginseng, so I can send it to Zuiwo."
"Big Black, Xiao Bai, we're heading into the mountains now!"
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