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Chapter 247: From This Point On, the Scripted Livestream Begins

"Come on, let me toast everyone!"

Chen Xiu, sitting at the head of the table, stood up with a glass of beer in his hand and toasted the table next to him and the table next to him.

After drinking one cup, everyone else followed suit, and then they put down their cups and did not drink any more.

The lunch was a last-minute treat from Chen Xiugang during his live stream. Everyone had to go back to work after the meal, so it wasn't appropriate for them to drink too much.

Chen Xiugang sat back down and was about to pick up his chopsticks to eat.

When I looked down, I saw neatly arranged dishes in my bowl. The dishes were simple in style, but they were all my favorites.

With a soft chuckle, Chen Xiu turned to look at Su Xiao, who was pretending nothing had happened.

"Thank you, Sister Xiaoxiao."

After taking off her suit jacket, Su Xiao's upper body curves resembled an hourglass. The sleeves of her shirt, rolled up to her elbows, revealed a section of fair and white wrist, which she was supporting her chin with a clenched fist.

Hearing Chen Xiu's sudden thanks, she slowly turned her phoenix eyes and asked, "What are you thanking me for?"

"Thank you for having Xiaoyu and her team wait outside the live stream room, and thank you for making such thorough preparations."

"Even if I don't tell them to wait outside, you'll probably send someone to call them eventually, right?"

"The atmosphere was right, but who knew Ma Yun would go so far..."

As soon as these words were spoken, a voice came from Chen Xiu's right side.

"Exactly! Why would Ma Yun do this? Ali is still a major shareholder of Didi. Isn't he afraid of affecting Didi by exposing its weaknesses like this?"

As Su Yu spoke, she kept putting food into her mouth.

It must have been tough on him; with his mouth bulging from eating, he still managed to speak clearly.

Su Xiao rolled her eyes at him and said, "After Didi merged with Uber's domestic business, it has become the absolute oligopoly in the online ride-hailing market. In addition, it has no plans to go public in the next few years. A few words of discussion with unclear circumstances will only affect Cheng Wei personally, and will not be enough to affect the company."

Why did Ma Yun do this? Does he have a problem with Cheng Wei?

"I don't understand this either. Why is that?"

Su Xiao turned her gaze to Chen Xiu, and Su Yu also curiously came closer.

Chen Xiu glanced to the left and right, shrugged, and said, "Actually, it's not that complicated. Sister Xiaoxiao has already explained the reasons. Ma Yun knows that this matter will not affect Didi, so she went to tell her."

"As for whether it will affect Cheng Wei, that's not within his consideration. In recent years, he has always acted without restraint and spoke without any scruples."

"What did he say to you just now?" Su Yu asked curiously.

Su Xiao's eyes also revealed the same questioning meaning.

Chen Xiu picked up her bowl and said while eating, "It's nothing. He wanted to participate in Douyin's Series B financing, but I casually brushed him off. Then he wanted to drag me to some banquet, saying he wanted to introduce me to some friends. I didn't have time, so I just said I would next time. He seemed quite satisfied."

Upon hearing this, the siblings exchanged a glance and both gave a dismissive smirk.

Based on their understanding of Chen Xiu, "next time" would definitely be on a date that doesn't exist, like January 32nd.

"Sister Xiaoxiao, how were the live stream results this time?"

"The total number of viewers exceeded 2000 million, with a peak of 103.5 million concurrent viewers. Fortunately, we added servers, otherwise the live stream would have been unable to handle it."

"With this influx of traffic, the number of users will increase even faster. Once the first quarter ends and the data from our collaboration with Taobao comes out, we will officially launch our Series B financing round."

"Um……"

Seeing the difficulty on Su Xiao's face, Chen Xiu put down her bowl and moved closer to her.

Smelling the refreshing scent of TF orange blossom oil, Chen Xiu asked gently, "What's wrong?"

Su Xiao leaned closer to him, while simultaneously giving her brother a "get lost" look.

"Even with an increase in user base and a successful partnership with Taobao, the amount of funding raised is still less than $10 billion, which is still some distance from Musical.ly's acquisition offer."

"Try negotiating with Musical.ly, talk to banks about loans, there's always a way. If all else fails, spin off TikTok and raise another round of funding..."

As Chen Xiu presented her multiple solutions, Su Xiao's eyes brightened, and the worry between her brows lessened considerably.

"The plan to spin off TikTok and raise more funds is feasible..."

"We'll discuss the specifics when we get back to Shanghai tomorrow night. Let's eat first."

Chen Xiu forcefully interrupted Su Xiao's work mode and handed her the chopsticks.

Taking the chopsticks, Su Xiao thought for a moment and said, "One last thing: after the live stream ended, many self-media bloggers said that we were doing a scripted live stream..."

“Aren’t we just playing along with the script?” Chen Xiu said matter-of-factly.

After all those dramatic scenes, there's no doubt it was all scripted! He's the lead, Ma Yun is the second lead, and the rest are just extras…

Seeing his open-minded reaction, Su Xiao expressed her concerns.

“I’m afraid that other livestreamers will follow suit and create all sorts of scripts to grab attention.”

"They tried to copy them, but they couldn't get so many celebrities and Ma Yun to help them out. At most, they could only come up with some small storylines or sensational jokes."

"These are fine, but I'm worried that there will be content that skirts the line again..."

“It’s unavoidable for live streams to follow a script, since everyone wants to gain followers. We just need to do a good job of reviewing them. If the situation you mentioned occurs, just ban them. Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater.”

"Okay, I'll talk to Xiaoyu later and ask him to improve the review system."

"Tell me what?"

Su Yu rejoined the conversation, and just as Su Xiao was about to say something, Chen Xiu blocked her way.

"You guys eat first, I'll take this call."

After saying that, he took out his vibrating phone, and the caller ID on the screen was none other than Lei Jun.

Chen Xiu stared at her phone, stunned for three seconds, unable to recall having any contact with Lei Jun in the past few months. She gestured for everyone to be quiet, then answered the phone with a puzzled look: "Hello, Mr. Lei, long time no see. How have you been?"

"Hehe, it's so-so. Um, Mr. Chen, are you free tomorrow? I'd like to invite you to dinner to talk about some things."

"I'm going home for Chinese New Year tomorrow night, is morning okay?"

"Sure, sure, then I'll treat you to dim sum."

Hearing this, Chen Xiu guessed that Lei Jun really had something to discuss with her, and immediately arranged a time and place with him.

After hanging up the phone, seeing Su Xiao's concerned look, Chen Xiu simply gave a nonchalant smile.

Seeing this, Su Xiao felt relieved and began to eat her meal.

"Everyone, keep eating. I won't be going back to work with you later."

Everyone readily agreed, and the dining table became lively again.

……

After lunch, Chen Xiu bid farewell to everyone and returned to Wanliu Academy by car.

Meng Ziyi is still filming "Day and Night" in Dongguan City, and he has been staying there recently.

As he stepped into the entryway and turned to close the door, Chen Xiu heard a whoosh of wind behind him, and then a pair of warm, soft arms wrapped around his neck from behind.

The sudden warmth, when it touched their necks which were glowing from the outdoor temperature, sent a shiver down their spines.

"Ouch~~, Brother Xiu, you're so cold!"

"You're quite warm."

Chen Xiu turned around to look at Dilraba, who was wearing only a black silk nightgown, barefoot, and with her hair in a bun.

The room has a constant temperature and humidity system, so even when it's freezing cold outside, the room maintains a comfortable temperature of 26 degrees Celsius.

Staring at the powder puff on her small face and the shimmering eyes of the girl, Chen Xiu said, "Have you had lunch yet..."

Before he could finish speaking, his lips were already pressed together in a kiss.

Caught in the sudden attack, Chen Xiu began removing his armor, preparing to go into battle lightly equipped. But before he could lighten his load, his small hands were already skillfully operating the equipment.

Reba removed his equipment and then began to use basic attack skills to deal damage.

Chen Xiu's basic conditions far exceed those of ordinary people, so ordinary basic attacks cannot cause any damage to him; only his ultimate skill can have some effect.

Then, his casual basic attack, when applied to Dilraba, resulted in a damage boost comparable to an ultimate skill.

Moreover, the basic attack has the characteristic of having no cooldown time and can be activated continuously.

In the final five one-on-one laning matches, Reba lost four consecutive games, while Chen Xiu narrowly lost the last game, achieving a complete victory!

After the battle ended and they finished showering, the two of them lay down on the sofa.

After a moment of tenderness, Dilraba lifted her slightly messy bun and looked at Chen Xiu with dreamy eyes: "Brother Xiu, I have to go back to Hengdian to continue filming tomorrow."

"Yes, I'm going home for the Chinese New Year too."

Celebrities' holidays and vacations are never synchronized. Dilraba took on the role of the female lead in "Nirvana in Fire 2," and filming just started last month.

These past few days, she's only been taking leave from the production team to promote the premiere of "Eternal Love," and she'll have to go back as soon as she's done.

Hearing that Chen Xiu was going home for the Chinese New Year, Dilraba's regret lessened somewhat: "Can I come to Shanghai to see you? As long as the film crew arranges fewer scenes, I can take the high-speed rail to Shanghai."

"I won't be home for more than a few days. I'll be back to work. You just focus on filming."

"Ok."

"you are not happy?"

Chen Xiu turned her head to look at Reba and caught a clear hint of sadness in her eyes.

"no!"

As soon as Reba looked up to deny it, her eyes met Chen Xiu's.

The two stared at each other for a moment, then she chuckled awkwardly and raised her hand to show the universe between her fingers: "A little bit."

"If you're unhappy, just say it out loud, and then let's leave it here and not let it affect you for too long."

As she spoke, Chen Xiu reached out and picked up Reba.

Leaning against his chest, listening to his relentless heartbeat, Reba couldn't help but recall the scenes from the live stream just now.

"Brother Xiu".

"Ah."

"During the live stream just now, you said that you created Douyin to settle those employees?"

"To say that would be a bit shameless. In everything I do, I always think of myself first, and then I think of the people around me."

Chen Xiu lowered her head and kissed Qin Reba's forehead, her attitude appearing genuine and sincere.

"Although I can enjoy reading by myself, it's hard for me to be happy if the people around me are unhappy. Only by always being at the forefront can I protect the people I care about."

Am I someone you value?

"What a silly question."

"Tell me! I want to hear you say it yourself..."

Chen Xiu whispered something in her ear, and Reba's chuckles lingered in the living room for a long time.

(End of this chapter)