Chapter 47: Chapter 47: Always Play Games With a Smile
Cai Lolita’s guess was spot on.
Although Gu Bai plans to establish a livestreaming guild, he’s not interested in building it slowly himself. Isn’t it more appealing to just acquire one directly?
Actually, there’s not much difference between a livestreaming guild and a talent agency, except that the former is on a smaller scale. A talent agency makes their artists famous in the entertainment industry and then monetizes their fame.
A livestreaming guild does the same with its streamers. Both are nearly indistinguishable.
Following Gu Bai’s instructions, Cai Lolita directly contacted her boss and explained the general situation. Cai Lolita’s boss promptly accepted Gu Bai’s friend request.
Once the friend request was approved, Kong Long, the boss of Cai Lolita’s guild, greeted Gu Bai.
"Hello, President Gu."
Gu Bai, however, wasn’t in the mood for niceties and cut to the chase: "Hello, are you interested in selling your guild?"
"???
Kong Long was completely dumbfounded.
What was going on? He thought Gu Bai added him on WeChat to discuss cooperation. After all, short videos and livestreaming are essentially the same business, with lots of crossover.
"What does President Gu mean by this?"
"I mean it literally. I intend to purchase your livestreaming guild."
As Gu Bai spoke, he asked Cai Lolita to send over their guild’s information.
The guild, aptly named "Dinosaur Guild" by the boss at the time, currently boasts more than 700 streamers, though less than 100 are actively streaming. Within the whole Douyu platform, it probably doesn’t even make the top 30.
That’s all the information Cai Lolita could provide, just the basic data that’s publicly available.
"President Gu, you’re not joking, right?"
"I see no reason to joke about something like this."
Honestly, Kong Long was very tempted by Gu Bai’s proposal. He had long wanted to sell the guild, but no one was willing to take it on. Originally, several million were invested to establish Dinosaur Guild, so he wasn’t ready to just abandon it. Plus, while the guild isn’t profitable, it balances its expenses, sparing him from having to fund it himself, so it was just put on hold.
"President Gu, I need a few days to think it over. If I’m genuinely interested in selling, I’ll get back to you within the next couple of days."
"No problem."
Gu Bai was not in any rush. It’s rare for a business deal to be settled over a few WeChat messages. Besides, he planned to have Li Zhun look into the Dinosaur Guild over the next couple of days and register an investment company.
Since he had a target in mind, he needed to prepare in advance. Right now, he’s essentially a lone wolf. When the real acquisition talks begin, it would have to be handled by Xingnai Media’s legal department.During these days, he also needed a thorough investigation of the guild. Although Gu Bai is wealthy, he doesn’t want to be taken advantage of. As the saying goes, a Divine Rich spends generously but wisely; those recklessly splashing money without care are just nouveau riche.
After settling this matter, Gu Bai didn’t continue the conversation and reopened Douyu, wondering what to do with 100,000 Fish Fin still in his account.
This time, however, he didn’t return to Cai Lolita’s livestream room.
Lu Wei’s livestream room was bustling with activity.
Lu Wei was currently Douyu’s flagship streamer, the biggest traffic hub on the platform. Little did anyone know that this room would permanently go dark in just a few months.
At the moment, he was playing the hit single-player game "Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy," which had a simpler Chinese name, "Digging Upward for Success."
"You should smile while playing games, not look grumpy. Watch this, hehe, I’m playing with a smile."
At this moment, Lu Wei’s eyes were fixed on the screen, fully focused on controlling the small man in the pot.
With a splat, the man in the pot fell from a height again.
"Screw this game!"
After sliding back down several more times, Lu Wei held his head and wept in front of the camera during the livestream.
"Like a wailing ape, truly desolate!"
"The ape cries three times, tears soak the hem!"
"With the rush of the wind and a high sky, the ape howls in sorrow!"
"Look at him bawling with joy..."
"The chat is filled with poets..."
The livestream effect was explosive, with the screen completely covered by the barrage of comments, obscuring the view.
"Guys, I can’t stand this damn game for even one more second. I just want to delete it from my computer right now!
I’m going to play League of Legends now. Anyone interested in joining me, sign up in the chat!"
At this moment, Gu Bai converted all 100,000 Fish Fin in his balance into Super Fires and sent them out.
"User ’Gu Bai’ has sent 50 Super Rockets to streamer Lu Wei. Come to the livestream room to grab treasure boxes!"
The room already had millions of viewers, and the 50 Super Fires pushed the view count beyond ten million.
"Wow! Thank you, Brother Gu Bai, for the support with 50 Super Rockets! From today, Brother, you’re my lifelong friend, and you won’t regret trading those 50 Super Fires for a friend like me!"
Before Gu Bai could say anything in the chat, a dazzling gold Emperor rank user entered the livestream room.
"Welcome ’I am Principal Wang’ to the live stream room."
I have to say, Douyu really has a grasp on the users’ desire to show off, the entrance effect for this Emperor status is incredibly cool.
For this account, anyone who’s been watching live rooms on Douyu wouldn’t be unfamiliar with it. It’s the account of Principal Wang, the boss of Panda TV next door. However, with Panda’s rise, this account rarely appears on Douyu anymore.
Seeing Principal Wang enter his live room, Lu Wei quickly welcomed him, but Principal Wang ignored him and directly posted two words on the barrage.
"Gu Bai?"
"It’s me."
"I just logged into Douyu and saw someone send 50 Super Fires. When I saw the ID was Gu Bai, I knew it was you. What’s up? Are you looking down on my Panda temple? Don’t want to come play at my place?"
Gu Bai certainly knew Principal Wang was joking, so he replied, "Just started streaming, haven’t figured out how to play yet."
The two started chatting on the barrage like this.
High-level barrages stay on the screen for a long time, so viewers in the live room watched as Principal Wang and the big shot who sent 50 Super Fires treated the barrage like a chat app and spammed 666.
Lu Wei realized what was happening at this moment.
It seems this "Gu Bai" who sent me 50 Super Fires has quite some background; not to mention the value of the Super Fires is already 100,000, just his familiar relationship with Principal Wang indicates he’s not simple.
"The two big shots leaving me out makes me feel awkward."
Hearing this, Gu Bai in front of the screen also chuckled.
"Let’s forget about this sworn brotherhood; I sent gifts just to ask if you could carry me in games."
Speaking of games, Gu Bai is deeply in love with League of Legends. Even though his rank has never reached Silver, he always adheres to one principle—LOL tortures him thousands of times, but he treats LOL as his first love.
As a former professional player, even though retired for a long time, his game skills should definitely be enough to carry me, right?
"No need to say more! With your 50 Super Fires, you have a permanent seat in my live room. From now on, I’m your exclusive companion. Just let me know when the boss needs something! I’ll log in right away!"
The barrage erupted.
"666, the look of a bootlicker!"
"Is this the legendary money can make Lu push the millstone?"
"LBWNB!"
Ignoring the barrage, Lu Wei asked, "Which region is Gu Bai from?"
"Ionia, ID*."
"As expected, big shots are different from us mortals, even your ID is poetic."
The barrage couldn’t hold back anymore.
"Get lost!"
"I’ve never seen someone so good at bootlicking!"
Gu Bai sat in front of his computer and logged into his account.
Principal Wang also sent a barrage in the live room: "Playing games? Count me in; I have another person here."
"Sure, Principal, log in directly, we’ll assemble a Galaxy Battleship and dominate the canyon!"
Lu Wei exaggeratedly acted in front of the camera. It’s undeniable he understands streaming very well. With Principal Wang and Gu Bai playing games with him, the heat in his live room will surely skyrocket, as he’s riding on the fame of Principal Wang and Gu Bai.
A few minutes later, all four of them entered the room.
As soon as Gu Bai entered the room, he heard a comical voice: "Yo, Principal, why is Lu Wei, this sneaky whale banana, here to play games?"
No doubt about it, this is the future king of Douyu’s new era, PDD, also known as the hanger pillar.
PDD was a former player from IG, and Principal Wang was his former boss. So now, PDD is still streaming on Panda officially. Usually, cross-platform interaction isn’t allowed, but with Principal Wang here today, the platform turned a blind eye. Although the boss is from a rival stream room, creating a competitive relationship, there’s no need to make a fuss over minor details that would make both platforms lose face and appear petty.
"MMP, can you, this pig, play games with your grandfather?"
The game hadn’t even started, and the two of them interacted directly.
Watching the interaction between the two, the live room audience also laughed out loud. Although the Super Fire’s heat time had passed, the live room heat was over ten million, completely overshadowing other channel hosts.
"Principal, where are you now?"
"At Qin Fen’s house, want to come over?"
Before Gu Bai could speak, Qin Fen’s voice came from Principal Wang’s microphone: "No way! Until the deal between you two is completed, I won’t allow Gu Bai to come to my house. I’m afraid he’ll secretly drive my car away!"
"I think it’s better not. I’m afraid if I go, Brother Qin might eat me alive."
Watching Gu Bai and Principal Wang chatting, Lu Wei and PDD tacitly quieted down.
As for the live room audience, they speculated about Gu Bai’s identity. They knew Principal Wang, after all, such a high-profile rich second generation is hard to ignore. They also recognized Qin Fen, another super magnate, so someone who could chat and laugh with them like Gu Bai definitely wouldn’t be simple.
The lurking news anchors have already thought out tomorrow’s live room titles.
"Top Divine Rich Appears in Lu Wei’s Live Room!"