With the cannon fodder script in hand, it is easy for the king to change his fate

At 7 p.m. sharp, Shennong's live broadcast room started broadcasting on time.

Azhen and the other guild members immediately flooded in, sending lively comments and occasionally sending small gifts, making it quite a lively scene.

Besides guild members, some Qingmeng Valley players who had heard the news and knew about Shennong also came to join in the fun. As the first broadcast of a new streamer, the live broadcast room does not seem deserted at the moment.

However, this situation is quite different from the original one.

Before Shennong's live stream even started, the client had been giving away red envelopes in the world chat and announced that there would be benefits to be had if viewers tuned in to Shennong's live stream at 7 PM. The benefits that prompted such an announcement were indeed substantial. This alone was enough to attract players, especially free-to-play players, as it offered a rare opportunity to obtain high-level sets, crop seeds, and items that could only be purchased with real money in the game.

When Shennong started his live stream at 7 o'clock, the client once again called out to the world, inviting a large number of people to come and support him.

Once most of the people had arrived, she helped Shennong draw various benefits in the live stream while also showering him with large gifts, propelling this newcomer to the top of the popularity charts, and naturally, making him number one on the gift leaderboard as well.

Even if Shennong is good at this game and does a good job with his live streams, if the client hadn't made such a big splash when he started streaming, would he have been able to climb to the top of the popularity so quickly? Obviously, it would have been very difficult.

Azhen glanced at the people constantly flooding into the live stream. Many were indeed real people, but some were low-level accounts, likely from Qingmeng Valley who came to watch the excitement. Firstly, Shennong had some fame through his connection with the client, and secondly, Shennong had some acquaintances in that game, so it wasn't surprising that some people came to join in the fun.

"New streamer, first day of live streaming, thank you for your support, both new and old friends."

You could tell that Shennong was still a little nervous.

He watched from the backstage as the number of viewers kept increasing, but the increase was not significant. So far, there were only a few hundred people in the live stream, and he was extremely dissatisfied with this number.

This was not what he expected; it shouldn't have been this way according to his thinking.

He had planned everything perfectly, and he thought he had grasped Qian Ruo's personality from their interactions. Sometimes he felt that she had a bit of inferiority complex and a lack of love in her bones. He didn't know Qian Ruo's true identity and appearance. He thought she was the kind of person who grew up in an incomplete family with a severe lack of love, who was afraid to get close to people but craved their attention and recognition.

After all, a truly confident person wouldn't be the way Qianruo acted when she was with him.

So, by chance, an idea came to me.

He thought that someone like Qian Ruo, who stood firmly by her side even when the whole world didn't believe her, would be different, and might even get closer to her. Someone like him, who buys those sets in the game without batting an eye, could live very well if he gained the other person's approval and even just let a little bit of his resources slip by.

His original idea was to have an online relationship with her.

She's usually quite generous. Teaming up with her for exploration and leveling up always brings a lot of benefits. If you develop that kind of relationship, he won't even need to ask. He could just reveal that he's a poor student, and she might figure out some benefits for him on her own.

She's the kind of person who doesn't owe anyone anything. Even when playing games, she thinks of her teammates and makes sure no one gets taken advantage of—a typical people-pleaser. It's just that many players don't have the chance to get close to her, so they might not realize it.

Shennong never expected that his carefully laid plans, which he considered a great success, would turn out so quickly after Qianruo returned, making it seem as if he had played no role at all. In fact, she rejected him even more firmly than before. His previous plan was to pursue an online relationship if possible, and if they could meet in person, that would be ideal. If not, he would try to leverage her resources to his advantage.

Seeing that there were still only a few hundred people in the live stream, and the number of viewers was growing very slowly, he felt very frustrated.

How did that happen?

Even with the help of Qianruo and the guild's reputation, few people still came to see it.

Neither Qianruo nor the other members of the guild thought to help him by making a public announcement in the world chat to invite everyone to watch the live stream. If they could give out some red envelopes or something, more people would definitely come.

That was bad enough, but the gifts he received in the live stream were either free for signing in, or only worth 1 yuan, 2 yuan, or even 0.1 yuan. Obviously, this was not what he had expected, but he couldn't say anything. He even had to thank everyone for their gifts as much as possible and fully express his surprise at receiving them.

In his mind, if he could win over Qianruo, she should send him several of the platform's biggest gifts to attract viewers from other live streams to watch and grab the gift boxes. Then, he could showcase his gaming skills and live stream style, and maybe he could attract real fans.

Damn, this is so annoying.

With so few people and so few gifts, can a live stream really be successful?

Why couldn't he win over Qianruo?

Azhen had no idea what Shennong was thinking, but she knew he was definitely not feeling well.

She is also paying attention to her popularity. Obviously, as a new streamer, without a contract, the platform will not promote her, and without big spenders giving her gifts, her popularity will not rise.

The players from Qingmeng Valley who came to join in the fun were only vaguely familiar with the name Shennong.

He has only just started broadcasting and hasn't established a fixed style yet. He's neither a streamer who can keep people interested with entertaining content, nor a streamer who can retain viewers with his talent, nor a streamer who focuses on his looks. He probably doesn't have any plans to show his face yet.

As we all know, without some kind of niche, it's incredibly difficult for a game streamer to quickly rise to prominence. Even those technically skilled streamers who focus solely on gameplay often remain buried within the platform, finding it very difficult to succeed unless they encounter other favorable conditions.

"It looks unlikely to exceed a thousand people. I checked, and people are coming and going, mostly just watching for the spectacle and leaving. The few lucky bags Shennong is giving out aren't enough to keep people here for long," 997 analyzed. "It seems like he didn't specifically plan any program for this broadcast; it's really just a broadcast. Is he hoping someone will give him a push?"

"Keep dreaming." A-Zhou replied with a laugh, "There aren't that many free lunches in the world."

[If he can't pull it off, won't the host's plans fall through?] 997 never imagined he'd be worried about this. [Should I give him a push?]

Azhen replied, "What's the rush? He's got plenty of ideas and tricks up his sleeve. Just wait and see; he'll likely have more to come." (End of Chapter)