Artists under the Rebirth of the Coal Boss

Chapter 179 A Version Ahead of Its Time! Light a Cigarette!

Lin Xingzhu shook the empty cigarette pack and said, "Sister Jialing, could you get me a pack of cigarettes?"

Lin Xingzhuo's words caused another stir in the public chat...

Light Dance's Flight: "A new hero?"

What I'm eating isn't noodles, it's loneliness: "Sneaking a bite?! Does Hai Zao know?"

Sweeping around with a mop: "Is that Jiale Ling? She seems to be an internet celebrity who likes the Classic of Mountains and Seas..."

Night Breeze: "It must be Xing Shen's assistant. I saw in an interview that he was filming in Hengdian."

The chat area during Ai Shangzhen's live stream was buzzing with discussion.

"Come on! Starfire!"

At this moment, a female voice with a Cantonese accent appeared in the live broadcast camera, accompanied by footsteps.

A mature woman in her thirties or forties, dressed in a relaxed and sexy home outfit, wearing a dark green silk slip dress that shimmered with a soft glow, with thin straps draped lazily over her shoulders, slowly walked over, holding a pack of cigarettes.

Liu Jialing took out a cigarette case, pulled out a Furongwang cigarette, and handed it to Lin Xingzhuo.

Lin Xingzhuo was busy operating the equipment and had no time to pay attention. He said, "Light a cigarette!"

Liu Jialing paused for a moment, then took out a lighter. Her fingertips trembled inexplicably, and the cigarette quivered slightly.

Click...click...the lighter only emitted a few faint sparks...

Press again! Click!
The lighter finally lit up, igniting the tobacco, and was then offered to Lin Xingzhuo's lips, who was completely engrossed in his work.

The most memorable moment of YY Voice in 2009 was "Jialing lighting a cigarette"!!!

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The chat area in the live stream exploded.

Orgrimmar Warrior: "Holy shit! Liu Jialing!!"

"I'm not eating noodles, I'm eating loneliness: 'Is Mary from Infernal Affairs lighting a cigarette? This is a ruthless woman who even dared to kill Ni Kun! Aren't you afraid of getting killed?!'"

Fallen Angel: "Lin Xingzhuo is so powerful! Liu Jialing lighting his cigarette!! That's awesome!"

Night Breeze: "Sister-in-law's cigarette-lighting skills are boundless! Lin Xingzhuo only has this one skill, and Liu Jialing's cigarette-lighting surpasses 99% of her contemporaries! She deserves the same treatment as the Cannes Film Festival Best Actor!"

Orgrimmar Warrior: "This is truly an unprecedented and unparalleled imperial throne for the production crew! Sister Ka-ling lighting a cigarette! No actor in any Hong Kong film crew would even dare to dream of such a thing!"

Believe in Brother Chun and you'll gain eternal life: "Sister Jialing personally lighting a cigarette? Star God's status is off the charts!!"

Sweeping the world with a mop in hand: "Liu Jialing! So beautiful!!"

Carrying a mop to sweep the world: "Liu Jialing becomes more and more charming as she gets older; she wasn't as attractive when she was younger. Personally, I think her role in 'Zero Zero Cop' was the peak of her beauty."

Light Dance Flying: "No, Liu Jialing's most beautiful period was when she filmed 'Days of Being Wild' with her brother."

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Just as predicted, the live stream chat exploded!

I've got a fully automated minecart in Minecraft without any redstone machinery!
The trio of Lin Xingzhuo, Ai Shangzhen, and Ming Jingnan have made sandbox game history! They've broken a new record in Minecraft!

Lin Xingzhuo exhaled a puff of smoke calmly, appearing nonchalant and as if to say, "Don't be obsessed with me, I'm just a legend."

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At this moment, Ai Shangzhen's assistant noticed something was wrong with the live stream.

The number of viewers in the live stream kept increasing...

Passersby who came specifically to watch the live stream kept increasing its popularity!
7500……7900……8000……8300……9000……9500……

Ai Shangzhen's live stream finally reached 10000 viewers! The live stream experienced noticeable lag because in 2009, YY Live still relied on the PC platform, mobile live streaming was not yet widespread, and the capacity of the live stream room was limited by the server, with a maximum capacity of about 10,000 people per room.

In actual daily operations, the number of online users in a single room is more than sufficient.

Top streamers' rooms rarely reach this limit unless a major event occurs.

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Ai Shangzhen's live stream was even featured on the YY Voice homepage by the management team!! And it was manually pinned to the top of both the gaming and entertainment channels, two of the most popular channels!
After YY Voice redirected traffic to its gaming and entertainment sections in 2009, even phenomenal streamers like Hong Lei, Jiu Ju, and Wei Kun didn't have the same level of popularity!

No one could have imagined that a pixelated sandbox game, which is relatively obscure in China, could become so popular!
Of course, this also involves the PR teams behind Liu Jialing and Lin Xingzhuo working in concert with YY officials...

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The combo effects in the room are dazzling, a scene of extravagance and decadence!
Gifts like lollipops, perfume, roses, clapping, balloons, necklaces, beer, diamond rings, and sports cars were being offered in sets of 520, 999, and 1314!
They even appointed eleven kings and twenty-six dukes in one go!
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Ever since "Mu Chengxue," an amateur singer from Yizhou Zigong, was invited by a game guild to perform on the YY channel, viewers spontaneously tipped her 100 yuan, marking the first recorded case of virtual tipping...

YY Voice, the official platform, quickly recognized this demand, proactively recruited talented live streamers, and launched an electronic contract system.

This initiative brought 10 livestreamers under standardized management, establishing the oldest profit-making loop of "performance, tipping, and revenue sharing."

After that, grassroots performers overflowed from the gaming channel and became unstoppable.

By 2009, YY Voice's entertainment user base had for the first time rivaled that of its gaming users.

Previously, YY was mainly used by players of games such as World of Warcraft and CrossFire.

Today, the number of karaoke, chat, and talent shows in entertainment guilds has surged, reaching parity with gaming guilds, becoming a new growth engine for the platform...

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In 2009, YY Voice had not yet entered the era of the booming "super-rich economy".

Third- and fourth-tier live streamers can earn hundreds or thousands of yuan per session, while top live streamers like Ge Bao, Xuan Shang, and Feng Xiaozheng can earn over ten thousand yuan in gifts per session.

However, Ai Shangzhen's version was clearly a step ahead of its time!
That's absolutely outrageous!!!

According to data provided by YY's operations backend, the total value of the gifts exceeded one million yuan. After the split, Ai Shangzhen received 500,000 yuan, plus an additional 330,000 yuan in title income.

After this feat, Ai Shangzhen became an overnight sensation, becoming a top-tier live streamer on YY Voice!
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Meanwhile, Ai Shangzhen declined invitations from the newly established "Hip Hop Era" entertainment guild and Royal Family guild.

Several orange-clad and yellow-clad individuals in the live stream room began preparing for a guild called the Star God Clan...

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The live stream ended with Liu Jialing interacting online for a few minutes...

Lin Xingzhuo declined Liu Jialing's invitation to have a drink at 89 Bar. Exhausted, she turned off her computer and fell asleep instantly.

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Lotte World Hotel near Mnet TV station in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, South Korea.

Mina was fast asleep on Ai Shangzhen's bed, hugging a Miffy plush toy.

Ai Shangzhen and her assistant were busy editing the live stream video and uploading it to YouTube and Cyworld.

buzzing...

My phone on the table vibrated, and I saw that it was a call from Ahn Joon-young, a producer at Mnet.

Ai Shangzhen looked disgusted and promptly hung up the phone.

(End of this chapter)