Chapter 51:
After washing up, Tang Yu started his stream as usual.
This time, he didn't use the Geo Archon role-play card. After all, he wanted the viewers to like him, not the Geo Archon.
{Host himself on camera. No liking? Then don't watch.}
With Hu Tao and Silver Wolf absent and no Geo Archon cosplay, Tang Yu cleverly chose a title with extreme survival instinct to avoid getting flamed.
After setting everything up, Tang Yu sat in his streaming chair and went live.
Originally, he thought with this title and no girls or cosplay, not many people would show up.
But the moment he went live, Tang Yu was shocked by the dense wall of barrage messages.
{The hero has arrived! Welcome our hero to the stage.}{The hero has arrived! Welcome our hero to the stage ×5000.}
The entire screen was filled with variations of "The hero has arrived! Welcome our hero!"
This left Tang Yu completely stunned.
But he quickly figured it out. The viewers must have found out from somewhere that he had subdued the cult.
For some reason, a trace of secret joy rose in Tang Yu's heart.
He never imagined being treated as a hero by others would feel so wonderful.
"Thank you everyone. I don't deserve the title of 'hero' yet," Tang Yu said to the camera with a humble smile.
In his opinion, he had simply stumbled into subduing a bunch of weak cult members. That didn't make him a hero.
Real heroes were the PLA soldiers who guarded the country year-round. The armed police who fought drug dealers constantly.
However, the viewers didn't see it that way.
The fact that Tang Yu had taken down so many cult members made him god-like in the eyes of ordinary people.
{Host, no need to be humble—you absolutely deserve it!} {Wuwuwu! My sister was also deceived by a cult—it destroyed our family. Thank you, host, for ridding society of evil!} {Yeah! Cults are like cockroaches—impossible to completely eliminate. So many victims!} {No words needed, host—please accept my gifts.} {.....}
To express their gratitude, netizens spammed gifts like crazy.
{Gift Info: My Name Is Hu Tao sent Airplane ×520 and commented: Host is badass. Only someone like this deserves this Hu Tao, hehe!} {Gift Info: Xuanyuan Pavilion – Xuanyuan Mo Xue – Dao sent Rocket ×40 and commented: Host, I followed you before you blew up. Didn't expect you to be able to fight too—insane! Taking down so many people is unbelievable!} {Gift Info: -Rrharu0027il- sent Super Rocket ×5 and commented: I don't have much money—this 10k+ is my entire week's pocket money. All going to you. Keep going, host!} {Gift Info: Green Branch Kite sent Flowers ×5201314 and commented: I always knew the host was handsome and strong. Just curious—do you like guys or girls? If guys, we can fence~! I can top or bottom!} {.......}
The screen was a dazzling storm of gift effects—Tang Yu could barely see.
He quickly checked the backend.
Less than half an hour into the stream, gift revenue had already surpassed 1 million yuan.
This money-making speed was far faster than before.
Most importantly, this time Hu Tao and Silver Wolf weren't here, and he wasn't cosplaying the Geo Archon.
This was all earned by his own ability.
Thinking of this, Tang Yu's smile finally became completely relaxed.
"Thank you all for the gifts," Tang Yu said to the camera once again, expressing his gratitude.
The moment the words left his mouth, his live room popularity skyrocketed straight up and instantly claimed #1 on Douyin's overall live ranking.
Da Sima entered the live room! Dai Mei'er entered the live room! PDD entered the live room! Da Ma Hou entered the live room! UZI entered the live room! Tang Daxian entered the live room!
Countless special-effect barrages flew across at the same time.
{Haha! This is what you deserve.} {Badass! You're the pride of us streamers!} {Tang Yu, Douyin's #1 spot is yours from now on.} {Liu Mou comes to congratulate—please accept my humble gift, host.}
Immediately after came the gift notifications.
{Gift Info: Da Sima sent Super Rocket ×888 and commented: Douyin's Da Sima brings fans to congratulate!} {Gift Info: Dai Mei'er sent Super Rocket ×888 and commented: Douyin's Dai Mei'er brings fans to congratulate!} {Gift Info: Da Ma Hou sent Super Rocket ×888 and commented: Douyin's Da Ma Hou brings fans to congratulate!} {...}
Douyin's top-tier streamers suddenly descended on Tang Yu's live room and sent their congratulations!
This scene left Tang Yu stunned.
He genuinely hadn't expected these streamers to give him so much face! They all came to support him.
And looking at the gift comments, it was obvious they had planned this together.
Right then, he smiled and thanked each one individually.
Meanwhile, Tang Yu's fans had their mouths hanging open in shock!
In all their years of watching streams, they had never seen a lineup like this.
Badass! Absolutely badass!
Every single one of these visiting streamers was a top-tier Douyin creator.
Any one of them would be a headliner on any other platform.
And now they were collectively showing up to congratulate Tang Yu.
The meaning behind this was enormous.
{WTF! Never seen anything like this in my life! Even when Da Ma Hou joined Douyin, the welcome wasn't this big!} {Yeah! Tang Yu is badass! Douyin just gained another top streamer—that's Tang Yu!} {Haha! Compared to other influencers, Tang Yu is actually very positive energy. A streamer like this is worth following!} {.......}
Douyin Headquarters!
CEO Li Weigang was also shocked by this phenomenon.
Because Tang Yu's early popularity wasn't very high, Douyin hadn't invested much energy in him.
They focused more on Hu Tao and Silver Wolf.
But after communication, Hu Tao and Silver Wolf weren't willing to sign private contracts with Douyin.
So they had set the matter aside.
But today, without Hu Tao or Silver Wolf present, Tang Yu had claimed #1 on the overall popularity ranking.
This proved Tang Yu had truly blown up.
Immediately, Douyin's CEO called his subordinates and held an emergency meeting specifically about this.
And the theme of this meeting was:
How to sign Tang Yu?
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