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Chapter 74 - Chapter 74: Competing on Connections, Are We?

"Siyu, did something happen?"

Fei Xiao noticed Lin Siyu's little face puffed up in anger.

Meng Xi also looked over.

"Uh... is there something special about this?"

After reading it, Fei Xiao still didn't understand the implication. In her past life, she was just an 18-year-old guy and hadn't really understood the streaming industry.

Moreover, many memories of her past life were becoming increasingly faint in her mind.

"Although I don't know much about it, a B-tier contract is definitely bullying."

"Aren't they treating me like a 'cutie'? With our strength, they only offer a B-tier?"

Lin Siyu was visibly displeased, though she whispered some things without letting the public hear.

Not to mention that the number of viewers in the stream had already exceeded one hundred thousand, and it would definitely increase further.

If one were to consider Fei Xiao's current market value, they probably wouldn't even be qualified to meet her.

Even in the future, when Fei Xiao treats people to dinner, they would only be fit to sit at the kids' table.

(B-tier contract, not bad! Getting one on the first try.)

(Is the person above okay in the head? With Sister Fei Xiao's status, is this all they get?)

(This kind of life-risking wild clout-chasing probably won't last long anyway, so it's quite reasonable!)

(Bullshit! The Streamer has her own Pokémon; they'll live at least longer than you keyboard warriors.)

(The Streamer at least had official verification; the platform is being way too disrespectful!)

(What nonsense! Who knows if it was just a coincidence? Haven't they still not received national recognition? At best, they're just a small Streamer.)

(I feel like the Streamer needs to recognize her own weight and not be too greedy.)

(What? You haters dare to mock our Sister Fei Xiao? Keyboard, come to me!)

Although they couldn't hear the conversation of the three clearly, the audience saw the content on the phone perfectly.

This matter even nearly caused an explosion on the internet.

After the streaming information of Fei Xiao and the others was broadcast, many people already believed it, and there were also those waiting for an official explanation.

...

Inside an office sat a fat man, looking at the stream on his phone with a lecherous expression.

On the streaming screen was Fei Xiao's familiar face.

"Not happy? That's not up for you to decide."

At this moment, the sender on the phone was Lin Siyu, who was asking in a 'friendly' manner.

(Are you kidding me? Not to mention future development, just looking at our current streaming performance, it shouldn't be this low, right?)

The man sneered upon seeing this.

(First of all, the Streamer didn't have high popularity before. It's only because I saw the Streamer's situation improving slightly that I specifically gave the young lady a chance. The young lady should also be aware of the impact of monsters now; offering a B-tier contract is really quite sincere.)

After sending the message, the man ignored it, his face full of mockery.

When he learned that the Streamers were just college students, and there was even a girl who probably didn't have much education, evil thoughts arose in his heart.

Just in case, he even did a little investigation into the backgrounds of the three, and there was almost nothing special.

Except for that most beautiful coser, but he was sure the other party shouldn't be anything major.

The most critical thing was that this woman's appearance was simply... Having seen countless women, he took a liking to her at a glance. By suppressing her a little now, wouldn't it be easy to manipulate her later?

Thinking of this, the man's smile became even brighter.

However, if this person had paid more attention to the previous streaming content, he would definitely regret his current actions.

...

...

"Damn it! The other party refuses to say anything more!"

Lin Siyu had finally managed to see some improvement in her streaming, she really didn't expect...

"How about I get someone to help?" Fei Xiao tentatively suggested.

However, Lin Siyu just shook her head.

"Don't worry about him for now."

"Do you have an idea? Are you going to contact your parents for help?"

"Of course not! I wouldn't ask them for help! At worst, we just won't sign! Anyway, once we become famous in the future, we won't need it."

Lin Siyu put away her phone and followed, imagining the future in her mind..

Fei Xiao was quite curious about this.

"Speaking of which, your family background shouldn't be bad, right? Then why does it feel like you're desperate for money?"

"Oh! My family situation is okay, I just want to rely on my own efforts!"

"Is that so?" Fei Xiao's eyes were full of disbelief. Who with an average family background lives in a villa?

Seeing this, Lin Siyu could only stammer out her true thoughts: "I just wanted to prove that I could do it on my own, so I snuck off to another city."

Meng Xi just rolled her eyes at this.

If this girl didn't happen to have a house left behind here, and didn't have her own care, could she have survived until now?

It's a case of being unable to do anything, yet insisting on doing some streaming.

"So~ what were your streaming prospects like before?"

"The future wasn't exactly bright, it was just that I couldn't take a single step forward."

Meng Xi spread her hands and spoke the truest thoughts in her heart.

Fei Xiao suddenly felt less surprised; no wonder the smile on Siyu's face hadn't really stopped during the streams these past few days.

Lin Siyu just scratched her head awkwardly.

"Then Siyu, if you hadn't met me, what would you have done if the streaming didn't work out?"

"Oh, then there's only one way!"

Lin Siyu clenched her hands tightly and soon let them go, her little face full of pain.

"I would just have to go back and inherit my dad's hundreds of millions in family assets."

Fei Xiao:??? Audience:???

How are you able to say such shameless words with such a sorrowful expression?

(Damn! Damn it, the Streamer actually managed to flex!)

(My protective instincts that just rose up suddenly vanished.)

(The Streamer is definitely doing this on purpose! I'm really impressed, some people are born in Rome!)

(So the Streamer was the one hiding the deepest!)

...

...

"I give up! I don't want to walk anymore!"

"I... agree too."

Lin Siyu and Meng Xi leaned against a big tree, not wanting to take another step.

There was no help for it; they had started out around 10 AM, and now it was almost 3 PM, yet they hadn't encountered a single Pokémon.

Not counting lunch time, it had been nearly 4 hours.

"Uh, then let's rest in the shade ahead."

...

"Sigh, I'm exhausted. Let me check the comments... Huh? Alright! Playing dirty with me, are you?"

Lin Siyu sat down, looked at her phone for a second, and jumped up in anger.

"Why are you so jumpy?"

Meng Xi was sitting right next to her, and that jump almost scared her.

Lin Siyu pointed at the phone screen and fumed.

"Our stream was banned half an hour ago! The reason is actually that we were maliciously spreading dangerous information! Doesn't that mean we walked for so long without recording, so it was all for nothing!"

Fei Xiao and the other looked, and sure enough, it was banned.

Because it was an automatic drone recording, they hadn't noticed.

But your focus...

"Damn! Just because I won't sign, they resort to this!"

Lin Siyu was so angry she almost wanted to call her dad directly.

"Since that's the case, it's a good time for me to make a call."

Meng Xi immediately guessed who Fei Xiao was going to call.

"You're going to tell Old Ye and the others, right? But for such a small matter, will it..."

"It's fine, the number left is for situations like this."

"Mm-hmm, Sister Fei Xiao makes sense. I forgot we had this idea. He just thinks we don't have any background, let's see Sister Fei Xiao give the platform a surprise."

"Then... alright."

Meng Xi felt it made some sense, as for Lin Siyu, she was just watching the fun without thinking it was a big deal.

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