Abstract Art Award Winner

As the fire escalated, Kris's team quickly scapegoated the most extreme and potentially troublesome fans to divert attention and try to salvage their already ruined public image. At the same time, they were also trying to appease themselves and other parties who might be affected: Look, it wasn't me who ordered it, I've already dealt with it, don't blame me.

Although the methods hurt many fans, the attitude was indeed there, and quite ruthless at that.

Zhou Le chuckled and shook his head.

Okay, at least you're sensible.

Since the other party had gone to such lengths, he decided not to bother with this trivial matter any longer.

After all, arguing with someone who is about to completely fade away is a waste of your emotions.

He tossed his phone aside, no longer paying attention to the farce over there, and instead devoted himself entirely to filming the new drama.

In "You Are My Glory", he plays Yu Tu, an aerospace designer.

Although it is essentially an idol drama and doesn't involve much aerospace professional content, in order to better portray the character, not only did the production team hire a professional aerospace consultant, but Zhou Le also found a lot of materials to study himself.

So, after the crew finished work, Zhou Le could often be seen holed up in his hotel room at night. He would turn on his computer and livestream himself drawing, surrounded by various blueprints, documents, and textbooks. The blueprints were some publicly available, non-classified early spacecraft design drawings that he had specially obtained.

Good evening. No games tonight, let's do some studying.

He waved to the camera, and then actually started looking at the data while scribbling and drawing on paper, muttering to himself, "Hmm... this orbital calculation formula... the aerodynamic shape of the return capsule needs to take angles into account..."

The viewers in the live stream were completely bewildered:

Yu Ke: "??? Did I enter the wrong live stream? Whose live stream is this?"

Xiaohan: "Le'er, what are you doing? What are you drawing? Teletubbies design sketches?"

yPA: "Wow, while others are filming, you're preparing for graduate school entrance exams?"

Chen Zhou: "Is this the world of academic geniuses? Even playing an idol drama is this hardcore?"

Black Bone Receiving Golden Elixir: "Happy, Mom's scared, don't draw any state secrets!"

yPA: Holy crap, a male mom? @BlackBoneGoldenEmperor!
Seeing this comment, Zhou Le looked up and smiled, then picked up a finished drawing and waved it at the camera: "Don't worry, it's confidential. These are old design drawings that can be found online, public information, used to help with understanding."

"Filming is filming, but I still know my limits. Would I touch anything truly confidential?"

When Zhou Le gets tired of drawing or can't keep up with the knowledge points, he will switch to relaxation mode.

"Alright, my academic prowess trial card expires today." He saved the blueprints, skillfully opened Honor of Kings, and said, "Let's play a few rounds to relax."

The fans cheered with joy.

TSANG: "Wait a minute, what should we do to relax?"

Zhou Le didn't reply to that, but instead directly teamed up with a girl whose game ID was unfamiliar and started playing in-game voice chat.

"Hello? Can you hear me?" Zhou Le asked.

"I can hear you~" A female voice came through the earphones. The voice was crisp and melodious, with a sweet laugh in it. It was very pleasant to listen to.

Tao Jian: "Holy crap! That voice! Which girl is it?"

Taking advantage of the cold wind: "It sounds so good! Are you in the industry? Is she your sister-in-law?"

2177: "It doesn't sound like Dilraba's voice. Dilraba's voice is softer. Could it be a new hero?"

SS Typhoon: "Hahaha, Naza will arrive on the battlefield in thirty seconds!"

Young Master Swordsman: "Xiao Tian will arrive on the battlefield in twenty seconds!"

Nanshan Yibei: "Brother Le, what do you think? Sister Meng has entered the live stream~"

The live chat exploded instantly, with people frantically speculating about the identity of the beautiful female voice.

Zhou Le glanced at the comments, a mysterious smile playing on his lips, but he didn't reply: "Stop guessing, just watch the gameplay, I'm going to carry this game."

In the game, he picked Guan Yu and carried the team with amazing skills, while the girl played Yao and obediently hung on his head, occasionally exclaiming "Wow!" and "So awesome!" Her sweet voice made the viewers in the chat exclaim that they couldn't stand it.

While playing the game, Zhou Le would occasionally chat with the girl about it, but he remained tight-lipped about her identity.

This further fueled the audience's intense curiosity.

No one knew that on the other side of the screen, the girl wearing cute pajamas, holding her phone, watching Guan Yu dominating the battlefield and her own MVP rating, smiling with her eyes crinkling, was none other than Dilraba.

The viewers in the live stream are going crazy with guesses.

But Dilraba is an actress after all, so she can still change her voice slightly.

The audience naturally couldn't guess.

Or even if you guess it, you'll be lost in the crowd.

Zhou Le then used Guan Yu to win another game.

But gradually, the audience stopped paying attention to who Zhou Le was playing with and started focusing on the game itself.

Mengyauu: "This Yao girl... needs to improve her awareness [doge emoji for protection]"

Taking advantage of the cold wind: "Hahaha, Chun Chun is just a pendant, all thanks to the God of Music carrying four of them, my sister is lying there perfectly fine."

"If my girlfriend were like this, I would have..."

Other audience members immediately retorted with laughter:

Mr. Liang 91: "Hilarious! You talk as if you have a god of music who can carry you to victory? Get a King-level account before you speak!"

Eight parts gentleness: "What's with the sourness? They're happy to take care of her, and the little sister's happy to lie down. Who are you, a monster, to object?"

July: "If Zhou Le were to carry me, I'd be even worse than her! I'd just AFK in the fountain and yell '666!' Brother is awesome!"

While running and hugging, he said, "Admit it, you're all just jealous that this girl's Yao is able to ride on the head of the God of Music's Guan Yu!"

As Zhou Le operated the game, he glanced at the comments, his style as always: throwing a brick could kill a whole bunch of male characters.

He was about to say something like, "It's just for fun, don't take it too seriously," when his attention was suddenly drawn to the ID prefixes and the flashing level icons following them of several fans.

Some of the higher-level ones even reach level thirty.

It's not like you can get there by simply sending free gifts or giving small tips. He initially thought it was the overall level on Douyin, but suddenly he felt like that wasn't the case.

"Wait a minute," Zhou Le suddenly spoke up after a spectacular four-hit combo, his tone filled with obvious doubt and a hint of seriousness, "that 'Le Bao's Astronaut,' and 'Does Brother Le have any boogers left today?' and 'Teacher Zhou's Leather Swallow,' how come you guys are all at such a high level?"

The comments section immediately erupted with explanations, tinged with a sense of boastfulness and self-righteousness:

My small eyes widened: "I've reported them for using light boards and memberships!"

100 Days of Abstinence: "Monthly memberships are available! Annual memberships are even more expensive!"

Le Bao's astronaut: "Yes, you've been with us for so long, spending a little money is nothing."

Teacher Zhou's playful swallow: "Brother Le, I've already signed up for memberships eighty years in the future!"

Zhou Le's brows furrowed immediately, and his hands slowed down subconsciously, almost getting caught by the enemy hero who had respawned: "Wait, stop, stop! Why are you spending money on this? Don't you have money to burn? What's wrong with this money? Buy yourself some good food and drinks, buy some ribs, buy some nutritional supplements for your parents, or even donate it to Project Hope or an animal rescue center!"
"I won't even say thank you for the money you give me, what's the point? What are you guys getting out of this? If you spend money on other female streamers, they'll at least say thank you, and maybe even dance or sing for you."

His tone was very serious, clearly showing his disappointment and frustration.

I don't usually read the comments, and I turned off the gift function since I started streaming, so I haven't paid much attention to it.

"Does Brother Le still have any boogers left today?": "I just wanted to support you."

Teacher Mao's puppy: "Other people's fans are all spending money, if we don't, we'll lose face... I'm afraid you'll be overshadowed..."

Aksu: "It's nothing, just a little money, pocket money..."

Citric Acid: "Watching your live stream is fun, so I'll consider it a ticket purchase..."

"Even a little money is money! Pocket money doesn't grow on trees!" Zhou Le was getting a little anxious, so he simply controlled Guan Yu to return to the city and looked at the camera seriously. "Really, there's no need, absolutely no need."

"You're spending this money on me, and I won't thank you, really not. In fact, I'll feel uneasy, like it's a complete waste. What good will it do me? I'm just here doing abstract things, playing games, and chatting with you guys. You can just take it for free, right? Isn't that great?"

What he said was extremely true.

The comments section was filled with laughter, but some viewers expressed their helplessness:

It's a bit hot in the summer: "But that's how the platform is. You can't send colored bullet comments or advanced bullet comments without turning on the light board..."

This season: "Without a membership, some special effects comments can't be posted and are easily buried..."

Zhou Laosi: "These are the platform rules, there's nothing we can do about it, Brother Le..."

"There's such a rule?" Zhou Le was taken aback. He usually streamed as he pleased and had never really studied these details carefully. He immediately put down his phone and started examining the background settings of the streaming software on his computer. "Let me see if I can turn off these fancy, pay-to-play features... This fan badge and this membership... can I set them to be free..."

He frowned, his fingers sliding across the mousepad as he carefully examined the various settings options, muttering to himself, "What is all this... fan affinity... gift-giving effects..."

After fiddling around for a while, he discovered that the platform's rules were deeply entrenched, and he personally could not completely disable these core pay-to-win features.

Finally, he found a compromise: he changed the condition for "allowing the light board to light up" in the settings from "none" to "following the streamer for more than 180 days".

"Alright, I've set it up," he said, seemingly relieved after doing so. But feeling it wasn't enough, he picked up his phone again and said, "From now on, you'll have to follow me for more than six months before you can activate the light bar and become a member. Once you activate the light bar, it won't disappear, which should discourage some people from making impulsive purchases. I'll call the platform's customer service again and ask if they can turn off all these features in my live stream room for me, and that will be the end of it."

The viewers in the live stream were stunned.

The screen was instantly flooded with "???" and "No, Brother Le!"

And then there's this: "This is the first time I've ever seen someone cut off their own path to wealth!"

The call connected quickly, and Zhou Le put it on speakerphone. His tone was polite but direct:

"Hello, is this platform customer service? This is Zhou Le. I'd like to inquire about my personal live stream. Is it possible to disable all paid features? Like, viewers can't stop subscribing to light sticks or memberships, right, disable them all... No? Why?... Oh, it's a platform regulation; streamers don't have that permission... Okay, I understand, thank you."

After hanging up the phone, Zhou Le looked at the camera with a helpless expression and shrugged: "Customer service said it's not possible. The platform has regulations that allow streamers to turn it off."

Well, there's nothing I can do about it. I didn't set the rules, but like I said, please, please don't spend any money. It's unnecessary and a complete waste. Just watch for fun. Think of me as an electronic cricket or a virtual pet, chirping a couple of times, moving a couple of times, playing a couple of games for you. Just have some fun, that's all. Support freebies.

But Zhou Le's actions led many people who had been following him for a long time to ultimately make a purchase.

Zhou Le was also helpless about this.

In the days that followed, Zhou Le would go live for a while whenever he wasn't busy in the evenings.

The content is very casual: sometimes he continues to draw his "spacecraft design drawings" while explaining some basic science knowledge. Although most of the audience is confused, they still think it's very impressive.

Sometimes I play Honor of Kings to show off my skills, and occasionally I'll team up with that "mysterious girl" with the nice voice for a duo queue.

Sometimes I just play music and chat with everyone, answering some strange and abstract questions.

Once, when they were having a great time chatting, he even pulled out his old pilot's license from the bottom of his suitcase and showed it off. It had his photo and various certifications on it, which caused a burst of exclamations in the live chat: "Is there anything you can't do?" and "Honey, how many more surprises do you have that I don't know about!"

time flies.

After the initial training session with the production crew.

"You Are My Glory" has officially started filming.

Although director Wang Zhi is young and has less directing experience compared to other directors he has worked with, he is good-tempered, communicates smoothly, and is willing to listen to the actors' opinions, especially with the two absolute leads, Zhou Le and Dilraba, whom he almost fully cooperated with.

We strive to maximize their personal charm and chemistry as a couple, with everything done to enhance the drama's effect.

Zhou Le would sometimes take the initiative to discuss some details about aerospace design in the script with the director and put forward his own ideas: "Director Wang, I think when Yu Tu is discussing this model optimization scheme with the teacher here, his eyes can be brighter, and his tone can be more confident and even have a subconscious excitement and pride."

Because this is something he is extremely familiar with and passionate about in his field, just like how professional players talk about game mechanics...

Director Wang Zhi nodded: "That's right. What Teacher Zhou said makes sense. You've studied this much more deeply than I have, and you feel like you've got it right. Just go with what you feel is right. Dilraba, when you take over the role later, pay attention to Brother Le's emotions."

Zhou Le often complained to his assistant in private that the production team was just making trouble for him by hiring a director who would cooperate with him.

The film crew's work proceeded smoothly.

Meanwhile, the topic of Kris has finally reached its climax after a period of legal proceedings.

All previous denials, assertive statements, and lawyer's letters have become pale, laughable, and utterly ridiculous in the face of the police's official and authoritative report.

The topic #Kris was criminally detained according to law# has emerged.

The internet exploded immediately. (End of Chapter)