Chapter 46: Chapter 46: President Gu, Should I Make You a Room Manager?
In the end, Qi Man got out of the car without saying anything.
Watching Qi Man’s back, Gu Bai rolled down the car window: "Think it through, you can contact me anytime. The relationship between us is up to you to decide."
He could clearly feel Qi Man’s body tremble; she must be hesitating, right?
But Gu Bai didn’t care about these things and directly drove towards the male dormitory.
Indeed, Qi Man is beautiful, the most beautiful girl he’s met so far, but so what? He doesn’t care.
If Qi Man agrees, it would only mean spending some money to have an additional partner in soul and body. If she disagrees, what does he lose? Nothing, and from the rumors in the last life, Gu Bai thinks Qi Man should know how to choose. Maybe it’s just because Gu Bai spoke too frankly and too bluntly that it’s hard for her to accept at the moment.
When doing business, why complicate things that can be resolved in a few words? Isn’t it tiring?
When Gu Bai parked the car and returned to the dormitory, he found that there was no one there. He turned on the air conditioning, played a few games, and finally, after five consecutive losses, contentedly put down the mouse.
"My skills have improved. It seems that in some time, I’ll be able to reach Silver rank."
Feeling a bit tired from playing, he immediately lay down on the bed and fell into a deep sleep. When Gu Bai woke up, it was completely dark, and the dormitory was still empty.
After a while, Gu Bai opened the dorm group chat.
Gu Bai: "Where have you guys gone?"
By the time Gu Bai finished freshening up, there was finally a reply in the group.
Deng Bo: "I went home, not coming back tonight."
Wen Cunming: "I took my ID and went out to play games all night with a new junior I just met."
Then a photo of the GreenTree Inn Business Hotel was sent.
Lou Xun: "Is it a wrestling game? If you don’t mind, can I join?"
Wen Cunming: "Pigeon kisses."
Lou Xun: "I went out drinking with a few fellow townsmen tonight, not coming back either."
Gu Bai looked at the chat record and didn’t reply, directly calling Zhang Yumeng’s number.
"Where are you?"
"I went to Suzhou and Hangzhou with my teacher. What’s up? Miss me?"
"Then that’s all."
After saying that, Gu Bai directly hung up the phone.
On the other end, Zhang Yumeng was dumbfounded, what kind of maneuver was this?
The upgraded emotionless detachment?
Gu Bai sighed.
He didn’t expect that he would end up a solitary man one day.
After spacing out for a few minutes, Gu Bai suddenly remembered what Cai Lolita said during the day, so he immediately took out his phone and downloaded the Douyu APP.
In his past life, although Gu Bai had watched a few live streams, they were all game streams, let alone tipping the streamers. At that time, his financial situation did not allow him to do such extravagant things.
Opening the APP, Gu Bai first registered an account, and when filling out the username, he thought for a moment and directly typed the words "Gu Bai."
Hmm.
Using his real name is just his style, high profile.
In 2017, Douyu didn’t have as many flashy things as it would in the future; the interface was what it was supposed to be, and the homepage featured recommended live rooms of several big streamers.
"Chen*."
"Lu*."
"Ah Leng."
Three homepage recommendations, two late streamers.
Even if he had never watched their streams, Gu Bai had heard of them.
He’s not really a fan of any streamer and has no interest at the moment in prematurely lighting incense for deceased streamers. In the search bar, he typed "Cai Lolita," and after a click, he was directly transferred to Cai Lolita’s live room.
Gu Bai was just a newly registered small account. Even if Cai Lolita wasn’t a big streamer, there were quite a few people in her live room, and no one would notice him.
In front of him, Cai Lolita was wearing a mask and a lolita dress, holding a selfie stick while walking under the night sky at the Bund.
"I won’t be streaming games for the next few days. I just arrived in Shanghai and plan to settle down here! Currently, I’m still house hunting, so I’ll stream outdoors a bit these days whenever I have time."
As soon as she finished speaking, the comment section started to flood.
"Baozi, why did you suddenly go to Shanghai?"
"Go up the Oriental Pearl Tower and do a house dance for us, I’ll tip a rocket!"
"I have a roommate who’s terminally ill and before he dies, he wants to see what it looks like when Baozi takes off her mask..."
Cai Lolita looked at the comments, picked a few high-level fan tags and replied: "You guys also know my live streaming can only be considered a side hustle, my main job is still making short videos. I signed with a media company these days and plan to develop in Shanghai! If there are any friends in Shanghai, you can come find me to hang out!"
"I’m at the Bund now, dropping by immediately, please wait a moment."
"Brothers, today is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! Can you single-handedly ’kill’ Cai Lolita depends on your guts! Three years in jail’s worth it for the thrill!"
Gu Bai found the comments below amusing.
He had just met her in person today, and the system’s attractiveness attribute for Cai Lolita was just barely over 80, not particularly stunning. Her outfit was what caught attention. If compared for real, Yi Yiyi could surpass her any day.
"Baozi, they say there are tons of handsome guys and beautiful girls in Shanghai. Show us if there are any!"
When Cai Lolita heard this, she thought of Gu Bai whom she saw today and said, "I just got to Shanghai not long ago, and tonight is the first time I’m out. But speaking of handsome guys, I have to tell you, my new boss is incredibly handsome! Even more so than those oppas in Goryeo!"
"I don’t believe it! I don’t believe there’s anyone more handsome than me in this world!"
"Really? You think he’s handsome just because he’s rich, right?"
"That upstairs is right, a man with a lot of money is the most handsome."
Cai Lolita noticed the barrage was going in the wrong direction and quickly explained, "He really is handsome, but he seems truly rich too. After joining the company, I heard from colleagues that our company just started not long ago and had a two billion investment. You know Little Sweet, right? She’s part of our company."
"My wife is also part of your company?"
"Shut up, she’s obviously my wife."
"Everyone disperse, Little Sweet explained to me for a long time, and I finally forgave her."
Those who watch live streams and short videos are about the same crowd, which indirectly reflects Little Sweet’s current popularity.
As for Gu Bai, watching Cai Lolita praise him in the live stream made him feel gratified. This employee is not bad, deserves some reward.
Gu Bai didn’t feel that Cai Lolita was talking about someone else, like Li Zhun with his burly build could be considered handsome? As for Zhao Weiwei, don’t even mention it, complete case of looking like a weakling.
Thinking of this, Gu Bai directly opened the recharge interface and topped up 200,000 Fish Fins.
As for why so little.
He was just watching the stream to pass time for fun, spending millions all the time, is he a fool?
His system doesn’t have any forced spending tasks, why tip so much? To scatter wealth or what? Spend money on Zhang Yumeng, maybe open up new possibilities, spend on Qi Man, and you can have more fish in your pond, isn’t that great?
Of course, if there’s someone really good-looking and can have a friendly match, Gu Bai wouldn’t refuse. After all, gifting is no different from direct transfer, right?
Suddenly.
Cai Lolita, who was chatting with viewers in the live room, saw the screen filled with special effects.
"User ’Gu Bai’ has gifted the streamer Cai Lolita 50 Super Rockets, come to the live room and grab the treasure box!"
Gu Bai had no interest in playing dumb to outsmart, like making Cai Lolita do tasks first, then out of anger for being ignored as a new account, using Super Fire as a face-slap.
Isn’t it better to just reward straightforwardly?
Why create so much fuss?
"Wow! Thank you, Brother Gu Bai, for 50 Super Fire! Thank you, Brother Gu Bai!"
Although Cai Lolita is not a top streamer, she has a loyal bunch of fans in her live room. Super Rockets have been received before, but seeing someone like Gu Bai send 50 Super Fire in one go was a first, and she shouted out excitedly. With many people on the Bund, all eyes turned to her, but she continued to thank profusely, not caring about her image at all.
Actually, even for top streamers, moments of 50 Super Fire aren’t common. But since this is the Douyu Annual Ceremony period, various wealthy patrons and guild leaders emerged, so the audience wasn’t surprised by big tips.
"The boss is confused!"
"Spend rationally, boss!"
"Does Baozi also want to compete for the annual award? Is this a guild account?"
As time passed, the live room’s popularity instantly broke 5 million, directly hitting the hot list.
And Gu Bai, a newly registered account, instantly reached Level 51.
After the initial excitement, Cai Lolita thought while looking at the top of the contribution board where "Gu Bai" was prominently displayed, her company’s boss is Gu Bai, and this account is also Gu Bai. If there’s no connection, she wouldn’t believe it even if beaten to death.
She tentatively asked, "Are you President Gu?"
Gu Bai knew he’d be recognized after gifting, so he simply typed "hmm" in the bullet screen.
Seeing she guessed right, Cai Lolita quickly said, "Thank you, President Gu, how about I give you a room mod?"
After pondering for a while, Cai Lolita didn’t know how to thank Gu Bai. When big patrons appeared in the live room before, she would offer a room mod or something.
Besides giving a room mod, what else could she do? Give Gu Bai her WeChat? But he’s her boss! Would he care?
Gu Bai chuckled and sent another bullet message.
"No need."
Since Gu Bai declined, Cai Lolita didn’t insist. Giving her boss a room mod seemed ridiculous anyway.
The live room audience sensed something was off and started sending messages.
"President Gu?"
"Under-the-table deal?"
"Has my beloved Baozi already left me?"
Seeing the comments, Cai Lolita explained with a smile, "Do you remember the incredibly handsome boss I mentioned earlier? That’s him! I’m his employee now. Isn’t it normal for the boss to tip an employee?"
"666, 50 Super Fire, 100,000 just like that to an employee."
"President Gu, is your company hiring? Do I stand a chance? I’ve been professionally unclogging drains for thirty years, with me there, your company’s drains will never clog!"
"Other people’s boss tips 100,000, my boss makes me work overtime every day, can’t help but cry..."
Gu Bai didn’t pay attention to those comments, instead, he told Cai Lolita, "Give me your guild boss’s contact."
Cai Lolita quickly sent her own WeChat and her guild boss’s WeChat to Gu Bai backstage.
She vaguely guessed what Gu Bai wanted to do.