Chapter 60: Chapter 60: Moderators Get to Work
Watching the lively livestream room, Gu Bai was also lying on the sofa, engrossed.
"Still over 60,000 points short, is there any bro who can send three Super Fire gifts and catch up? I’ve already spent all my 500 yuan allowance for this month."
"I sent two planes, but it’s completely useless. The bro from the female streamer’s side is incomparable to ours; they send rockets at the drop of a hat."
"Ming is not a PK streamer, no need for this setup, losing is losing."
Looking at the comments in the live chat, Gu Bai was chuckling.
These fans were all so serious, working hard to rally votes for Lu Wei. No wonder in later years, streamers stopped calling fans ’buddies’ and started calling them ’family’ instead.
Your family isn’t this close; fans not only spend their own money but also help promote the streamer, earn nothing themselves, and end up hearing the streamer thanking XX buddy for their support, grinning wide.
Gu Bai hadn’t bought any titles; although he had spent 200,000 yuan before and was over level 50, high levels in Lu Wei’s room were common. Levels seventy or eighty are hard to notice, let alone a level 50 account like his.
Feeling spirited, Gu Bai also directly deposited 100,000 yuan, just to kill time. After all, he hadn’t done such things in his past life and now with money, it was a novel experience.
His current mindset was probably that of those Divine Rich in the livestream rooms.
The livestream industry developed quickly, and with many wealthy individuals, people like Principal Wang were not few. Many tycoons gift items to female streamers, showing that many spectators indeed have money; real patrons exist.
But if you truly take everyone spending money on the platform as Divine Rich, that’s just nonsense.
The livestream circle may not be large, but the waters run deep.
The visible Divine Rich, apart from a few actual bosses, mostly are platform plants, guild accounts, or people the streamer themselves invited to gift, to showcase their popularity.
But regardless of how you slice it, the ones who inevitably suffer are those ordinary viewers tightening their belts. To borrow a line from "Let the Bullets Fly," it’s like tycoons leading the spending, inducing other users to gift, then returning the tycoon’s money unchanged, accumulating the earnings for profit sharing.
The logic is clear to almost everyone, but some people, upon seeing a streamer greet them as ’buddy,’ just can’t help but lose their heads once in the broadcast room.
Gu Bai also couldn’t be bothered to uphold justice; these are consensual matters, let alone he plans to earn money in the livestream industry himself.
With 100,000 Fish Fin credited, Gu Bai directly sent out 10 Super Fires, causing the PK bar to surge by 200,000 points, instantly surpassing Feng Mogu.
"666, President Gu has arrived!"
"President Gu is generous!"
"True to President Gu, starting with 10 Super Fires."
Gu Bai’s previous spree of sending 50 Super Fires in the livestream room was still fresh in memory; how could the room’s hardcore fans forget? Coupled with Gu Bai’s interaction with Principal Wang that day, Lu Wei’s fans had long conjured him as a super-rich second generation.
"Thanks to President Gu for the 10 Super Fires support!
Does President Gu not play games today?"
Originally bored, chatting with viewers, Lu Wei quickly expressed gratitude upon seeing Gu Bai send 10 Super Fires. Though 10 Super Fires were nothing in his eyes, the sender being Gu Bai meant a lot, as Gu Bai could be his future boss.
Seeing Lu Wei’s question, Gu Bai also typed a few words.
"Not playing today."
Although there were computers in the hotel, probably League of Legends wasn’t downloaded, he’d need to download it himself, it was too much trouble, totally dispelling the lazy Gu Bai from the thought of playing games.
But Gu Bai didn’t explain to Lu Wei, just dismissed it with a simple "not playing."
Explain?
Completely unnecessary, would anyone explain to a store why they are not buying something?
If even customers are gods, then a gift-sending boss is even more so in a streamer’s eyes.
Feng Mogu had finished singing a song.
And eagerly asked Ming: "I heard President Gu showed up on your side?"
Gu Bai sending Super Fires was immediately relayed to her by viewers from her room.
"Indeed, Gu Bai made a grand entrance with ten Super Fires."
"Then I’m definitely losing this PK, even President Gu supports you, what’s the point in competing?"
Feng Mogu said with a helpless smile in the livestream room.
Rules in the livestream circle were well understood; no matter how big the conflict between streamers, they could never afford to offend the bro, because today’s bro might be at your competition’s tomorrow, and no streamer would fail to give face to a bro.
Gu Bai was aware of the back-and-forth between Lu Wei and Feng Mogu, but as long as they were still mortals immersed in earthly smoke and fire, it’s unavoidable to be worldly. Receiving praise, Gu Bai certainly felt happy.
But after Feng Mogu’s praise, while Gu Bai was pleased, the bro in her own room wasn’t.
Eggshell was one of the long-standing bros in Feng Mogu’s room, probably having sent several million yuan over the year. Whenever Feng Mogu had PK matches, if he was there, she’d never lose, earning him the nickname "Feng Mogu’s Guardian" on Douyu.
Eggshell felt displeased hearing Feng Mogu’s words.
What do you mean?
Are you looking down on me, President Eggshell?
Haven’t been on for a few days, since when did Douyu have a President Gu?
Thinking of this, I immediately sent 20 Super Fires to Feng Mogu.
Usually, whenever he watches a livestream, he stocks up some Fish Fins in his account, just to ensure that when Feng Mogu is getting attacked, he can jump out as the savior immediately and not mess up because he didn’t have time to top up. Right now, his account holds over 300,000 Fish Fins.
Seeing the big boss in her stream gift her Super Fires, Feng Mogu quickly thanked him in her unique voice.
"Thank you, President Eggshell, for the 20 Super Fires! President Eggshell is so generous!"
The viewers in Feng Mogu’s stream all posted "so generous" in the comments, and Eggshell felt quite proud seeing these comments.
In reality, Eggshell isn’t some big boss, he’s just a nouveau riche who does nothing all day. His family was relocated, and they got several apartments, which is significant since it’s in the pricey area of Yangcheng. The relocation changed his entire life; selling one apartment is enough for him to enjoy eating, drinking, and playing, and he can rent out the remaining apartments.
It’s often that people who suddenly become rich need recognition from others.
In real life, those truly wealthy bosses disdained mingling with someone like him, and he didn’t want to spend money to keep those who would only flatter him. But with livestreaming, it became his source of happiness.
No one knew his identity, and as long as he was willing to spend money, he was President Eggshell, and everyone had to respect him, which made him feel very significant, turning the livestreaming world into his second world, spending most of his time in various streams when not eating or drinking.
Suddenly, Eggshell saw a few comments in the stream that made him a little annoyed.
"President Eggshell, stop sending gifts. The President Gu on the other side is not an ordinary Divine Rich; even Principal Wang treats him with great respect."
What do you mean? Look down on me, President Eggshell?
In the real world, Eggshell might not even qualify to approach the circle of someone like Principal Wang, but in the streaming world, could he be afraid?
You know, Principal Wang hasn’t even spent as much as he has been spending on Douyu for so long!
Just then, he saw the other stream’s PK bar skyrocketed again, rising by 800,000 PK points, followed by Lu Wei’s voice of thanks.
"Thank you, President Gu, for the 40 Super Rockets!
President Gu, you come to my stream once with 50 Super Fires, if you come a few more times, I wouldn’t need to stream anymore; you alone could support me."
"You’re too ugly, I really don’t want to support you."
"Wow, Ma Fei, President Gu’s move right there is truly ruthless!"
Seeing Lu Wei and Ma Fei clowning around on the screen, Gu Bai shook his head with a smile. No wonder he’s Douyu’s top streamer now; he really understands streaming. Just for this reason alone, Gu Bai could confidently say that as long as he doesn’t make any reckless decisions, and considering he had a word with him in advance this time to avoid any cheating incidents, he can guarantee that Lu Wei will remain popular in the livestreaming golden period for the next few years.
With his influence, Gu Bai could also make a fortune in the streaming world.
Not just money, but also fame.
With three minutes left in the PK, Feng Mogu’s stream’s PK bar overtook again, with Eggshell sending 100 Super Fires, worth 200,000, the most he’s ever spent over the years.
Listening to Feng Mogu’s thanks, Gu Bai didn’t pay much attention.
He’s already spent 100,000; he’s not interested in topping up more, he’s just doing it for fun. There’s no need to win or lose, even if he wins, what’s it to him?
So no matter how the viewers in Lu Wei’s stream called out, Gu Bai didn’t continue. He’s not someone who gets caught in the moment and sends gifts recklessly, not caring about anything else.
He has the money; he could spend another billion if he wanted to, but there’s really no need.
Even if he plans to give * 10 million in the future, it would be for commercial purposes. Otherwise, why would he spend 10 million just for fun?
million could get her to do some unspeakable things with a famous celebrity in the entertainment industry.
Gu Bai continued watching *’s stream for a while, chatted briefly, and was about to leave when suddenly a large group of fans with Feng Mogu’s badges flooded into Lu Wei’s stream.
"A level 55 account without a title, President Gu? Hilarious!"
"A level 55 account without a title, President Gu? Hilarious!"
These people started spamming as soon as they came in, leaving Gu Bai, who hadn’t exited the stream yet, bewildered.
Lu Wei, being a veteran streamer, immediately knew these people were here to stir the pot and commanded, "Mods, get to work, mute all the spammers and kick them out of the stream, those without permissions I’ll get the super mods!"
The majority of the ones spamming and stirring the pot were fans of Feng Mogu’s family. Normally, they would assess the situation before deciding on muting, but who were they targeting with this?
His boss!
Bringing this drama to his stream and affecting his boss? Muting is light punishment, not only should they be muted, but also kicked out.
Offend Feng Mogu?
Who cares about Feng Mogu? Can she provide him with a 5 million signing fee every year?