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Chapter 36 Who let Xia Shen out of his cage? (2)

On the bustling pedestrian street, Zheng Xingqi stood in the secondary center position with a basketball tucked between his legs, feeling extremely nervous.

It's impossible for him not to be nervous; this is the first time in so long that he has stood in front of the camera in this kind of image.

Everyone was wearing leather jackets and pants, big gold chains, and large sunglasses.

Especially their team leader, who was standing in the center, was bald. With that look, they didn't look like dancers at all, but rather like thugs and hooligans.

This was their idea after careful consideration.

In short, since we've already chosen the path of no return, we might as well go all the way down it.

Isn't it just about grabbing attention and standing out? Isn't it just about playing awkward and tacky games?
Let's go all out and give it our all!

This time, they even chose to do a live stream outdoors.

In fact, everyone was very nervous.

Zheng Xingqi felt heavy-hearted, truly pondering whether it was possible, whether he could save their team one last time. Today truly was the day to decide!

At this moment, their appearance exuded an aura that was not to be trifled with, directly attracting the attention of tourists and passersby. This caused the tourists to gather in their direction and whisper among themselves.

"What's going on here? Is this some kind of performance?"

"Is it a live stream with a camera?"

"He's a spirited young man, but he doesn't look like a respectable person."

"But what's the point of a young man carrying a basketball under his arm? Can they even handle it?"

"Social dance? Or basketball?"

"Never mind, let's take a look first."

The desire to watch excitement has always been ingrained in the DNA of the Chinese people.

However, just as the crowd had gathered, the group stood motionless for several dozen seconds.

The member at the front of the crowd, holding a camera stand, gave an 'OK' sign. The captain, with a shaved head and wearing sunglasses, suddenly spoke up: "A tall building rises from the ground, and glory depends on ourselves. Bowing and scraping is for respect, and standing tall is for giving orders!"

It's hot and I'm irritable. If I don't smile, don't bother me!

music!

At a command, the teammate pressing the play button on the speaker immediately launched into a powerful melody.

Several people, including Zheng Xingqi, started to move. The basketball in their hands spun rapidly and steadily, and their feet began to slide in a synchronized dance.

This sudden action caused everyone around to gasp in surprise.

The group members in charge of filming shouted, "Welcome everyone to our live stream! We'll bring you the coolest content and the most awesome dances! Please give us a little heart! Send us a gift and stay young forever!"

The synchronized movements were once Zheng Xingqi and his team's forte, but also the most basic of skills they disdained to demonstrate.

These are all very basic dance moves. Even with the addition of freestyle basketball elements, which Zheng Xingqi isn't particularly good at, he believes it's impossible for him to make any mistakes while performing these moves.

The accompanying music was also a modified version of Xia Shen's song.

The new version is even simpler and more direct than Xia Shen's version.

If Xia Shen's version also takes into account a range of musicality, it at least has a good listening experience and is quite enjoyable.

So, the version he came up with can be described in one sentence: it's incredibly tacky.

All of Xia Shen's parts have been removed!
All melodic variations were changed to direct chromaticism!
The sound effects library is full!
This is real earthy pop; even Xia Shen's style isn't strong enough.

In short, it's free sound effects, just various English phrases output by Minecraft in the sound effects library, and the library is being expanded on top of that for free.

Add until you can't add any more! Add until you can't add any more!
Of course, Xia Shen's "wa kou wa kou" was also retained, and it remains the most iconic part of the entire song.

Anyway, we've given up now.

"Sharing the live stream! Wow!! It's getting big viewers!! Five thousand people! Wow!!! Ten thousand!! You guys are amazing!!"

The members of the group holding the filming equipment were so excited that their voices cracked.

Everyone who was dancing, including Zheng Xingqi, felt a surge of emotion upon hearing this, their hearts pounding, and they put even more effort into their movements.

Then, the movement changed, the basketball touched the ground, and they began dribbling step by step.

Every time they dribbled, their heads would twitch.

Their movements were synchronized and fluid; they no longer stayed in one place to broadcast live.

But more and more people gathered around, taking out their phones and joining the crowd. "Wow, these people are really something."

"At first glance, it looks like something out of a jarring, tacky thing. But after looking at it for a while, most people can't stand it."

"This is too difficult."

"Has the barrier to entry for becoming an online influencer and live streamer become so high?"

"Awesome!! Going shopping today was the right decision!"

The team members in charge of filming were also in a state of high excitement: "There are 50,000 people in the live stream!!"

"Thank you so much for the likes, everyone! Thank you!"

"Wow!! Thank you so much, my brother, for gifting me two carnival tickets!! Thank you!!"

Traffic exploded!
The live stream lasted for two hours.

I clearly didn't prepare much content!

It was clearly just a preliminary attempt!
It was all a desperate act of self-destruction!

However, what they ultimately received was a response far exceeding anything they had ever experienced!

The live stream was so popular that it caused congestion at the scene, and security guards had to keep moving people around because the stream was not reported to the relevant authorities.

The reaction was far beyond everyone's expectations.

Even after the live stream ended, everyone collapsed to the ground, feeling a sense of unreal fantasy as they looked at the data that was being fed back.

For the first time in just one night of live streaming, they had so many viewers.

In the past, the professional content and meticulously choreographed dance moves could not attract a regular audience of even a few hundred people.

Tonight alone, they've reached more viewers than all their previous live streams combined!

It directly surpassed the average of 8 regular viewers in the live stream!

The number of viewers reached a staggering 1.2 million!

The gifts he received were so numerous that he was overwhelmed, totaling an astonishing 29 yuan!
This is after deducting half from the platform's revenue; this is the amount that actually reaches them!
How outrageous is that?!

The account's comment section was filled with a row of new followers!

Wow, I've discovered a gem of a streamer!! Follow!

"How should I put it? You guys are so unsophisticated, but so awesome, a kind of unsophisticated yet cool vibe."

"This is something that most people really can't handle."

"Holy crap, I looked at your old videos, what happened to you guys?"

"They went all out for traffic, and it seems to actually work; now we have traffic."

"Keep it up! You guys are the kind of streamers who are both meaningful and skilled!"

"This song is a bit too corny, can you change it?"

"The songs above just don't feel the same if the songs are changed, actually."

"Keep it up! I'm following you guys!!"

At this moment, Zheng Xingqi and the other members of the group all felt tears welling up in their eyes.

It's that feeling of "after hardship comes happiness".

Zheng Xingqi finally found a new path. Their dance troupe became famous overnight, and various short videos went viral online.

Many people had never even seen this combination of basketball and dance before, and they were all captivated by it.

Some people might scoff at it.

However, more people saw the quality of their performance, which made their names known far and wide.

Zheng Xingqi also embarked on a new path.

And the other songs on Xia Shen's album, perhaps as a chain reaction brought about by Zheng Xingqi, also began to become popular one after another.

Especially after several of his songs became popular, some people discovered something extraordinary.

That is, Xia Shen's songs with female vocals—these voices sounded incredibly familiar to them.
(End of this chapter)