I created the myth of the Great Old Ones.

It wasn't that Qin Tiantian had a strong appeal, but rather that after she forwarded it to the streamer's group, several streamers clicked on it, and in no time, several virtual streamers in the Old Days Video Network's live streaming area started watching the same video.

For streamers, pleasing the audience is very important. Anyone can sing or play games, and they can show that through videos. Therefore, what is needed more during a live stream is the ability to create entertaining content and the ability to improvise.

Some streamers can't sing or play games, but they're good at creating entertaining content. They're bad at everything else, but they're masters of creating entertaining content, which attracts them a lot of fans.

It's important to know that the streamer's income from viewers' accounts and the tips received during the live stream make up the majority of their earnings. Therefore, in order to enhance the entertainment value of their shows, streamers often like to find interesting videos to stream.

For example, horror videos are great material. Viewers feel tense and excited when they watch the videos, and they like to see other people's reactions to the videos. There is probably a sense of schadenfreude in them as well.

Especially when watching horror videos that I've already seen, I know where the most intense moments are, and I'm even more excited to see the streamers' reactions.

Therefore, Lu Ban's video quickly spread among the streamers.

If it were just a horror video, people would have watched it together. But some people looked at the uploader and thought, "Wow, isn't this the creator of the heartbeat counting video from last time?"

I keep getting ripped off by livestreamers.

The last video not only became a minor hit among streamers, but it also provided more material for the Ghost O section of the old video website, giving Lu Ban a chance to enter this year's Ghost O All-Star competition.

In the first couple of days after it became popular, people watched Lu Ban's original video, then watched Lu Ban's Ghost O video, and then watched Lu Ban's Ghost O video's Ghost O video. It really made everyone remember the face of this handsome guy who likes to court death.

However, this did little to help Lu Ban's goal of gaining followers. It's like many emojis; everyone uses them, but very few people actually know the stories behind them or who they belong to.

Most people are just repeating overused jokes.

Lu Ban doesn't mind these things like repeating a grade or using overused tropes; he's happy as long as he gains more followers.

He watched as the video's views increased with each refresh, and the number of comments, bullet comments, and likes also climbed steadily. He felt a sense of satisfaction, like watching the numbers grow in an idle game.

Lu Ban glanced at the comments casually.

[Brothers, this is from Trump, type "protected" in the chat!]

[I'll remember this uploader; they specialize in doing things that even living people wouldn't do, things that seem supernatural.]

[After watching the video, the final special effects were really good and very realistic. Is the uploader a professional at this?]

What's the background music at the end? Does anyone know?

[Where is the UP planning to go on his next adventure? I think that haunted hotel in the north of the city would be a good fit.]

Am I the only one watching this mukbang video? What brand is that self-heating rice?

This video is so good, I can't be the only one watching it. I have to share it to give back to society.

Of course, these are all relatively friendly comments.

He didn't care about the malicious comments or those that directly attacked Lu Ban.

As mentioned before, the fact that people are frightened and then come to curse actually proves that Lu Ban's videos are very effective.

This wasn't the first time Lu Ban had edited this type of video. While editing, he paid attention to four points.

The first point is to stir up the audience's emotions.

The audience's emotions cannot be kept in a tense state for too long. If the audience is always tense, they will be psychologically prepared for the suspense and horror scenes, which will weaken the impact. That's why Lu Ban edited in scenes of himself eating to ease the pace.

Horror movies often feature scenes where the protagonist escapes danger and goes through their daily life, giving the audience a sense of security before suddenly disrupting it, which is even more effective.

The second point is that it cannot truly resolve the issue.

Lu Ban's actual experience was far more dangerous than what was shown in the video. He almost completely resolved the incident, but what the audience saw was his helplessness, only managing to defeat a few mannequins before fleeing in panic. This was partly to keep the audience in suspense about the unfinished events, making them look forward to Lu Ban's next adventure.

On the other hand, the way to completely resolve the incident is not "horrible" at all. The so-called horror is to keep the truth behind the curtain and keep the audience from understanding what happened, so as to guide their imagination.

Thirdly, while it's called a horror video, it can't actually be really dark and terrifying. Lu Ban's goal isn't to scare people to death, but to get more views, more attention, and more fans.

If the video is very scary, its reach will definitely be greatly reduced, because many people won't even click on it just by hearing the name, let alone follow it.

This is why many enduringly popular scary videos often have a common name and an ordinary opening, just to lure people in and scare them!

Finally, and most importantly.

The most important thing about making videos is having fun. Lu Ban loves to insert eating scenes into his adventure videos, and then play horror movies while he's eating! Next time, he plans to bring some ingredients and cook on the spot!

The background music Lu Ban used when Du Danping played was a combination of Du Danping's performance recorded by him in his "Last Words" and that "Midnight Piano Music". It had a slightly attention-grabbing effect, but it didn't completely overwhelm people's minds. The effect was quite good, and children who couldn't sleep liked it very much.

Seeing that the data showed a much larger increase than in the previous days, Lu Ban had another brilliant idea. He edited several key scenes, such as Du Danping's ghost playing the piano and the scene where he turned around and encountered a mannequin with strange eyes, into a short video of less than ten seconds and uploaded it to his personal account on Tomorrow Online.

Since fans are counted across all platforms, aren't the fans who are online tomorrow also fans?

Some fans followed me on Tomorrow Online and also on Old Video Network. Doesn't that mean one person can do the work of two?

If you follow me on Weibo, that would be a triple taboo!

As for Aishouyi Video Network and Daocaoren Video Network, Lu Ban spent a long time trying to understand the user agreements and video copyrights of these two websites, so he could only put them aside for the time being.

Moreover, considering that the website might promote the video if it were released exclusively on the first day, he didn't bother with it.

"At this rate, he should be able to gain 100,000 followers in a month, right?"

Lu Ban even had the idea of ​​actually going to find a place to create some supernatural mini-games or explore and generate buzz.

Thinking of this, Lu Ban couldn't help but feel grateful to Qin Tiantian.

Although the two only met once, and Qin Tiantian asked him if he was alive the first time they met, he still found Qin Tiantian reliable when it mattered most. He would definitely share anything scary with her first!

"The traffic generation effect is so good, I don't know whether to be happy or sad."

Lu Ban scrolled through the comments.

What surprised him most was that all the viewers assumed that Du Danping's appearance at the end was a special effect, and thus believed that Lu Ban was actually a special effects content creator in the technology section.

I should be a content creator in the lifestyle section.

He looked at the comments section asking how the special effects were done, thought for a moment, picked up his account, and replied with a message.

"This is not special effects. Please do not imitate it. It is extremely dangerous."

Lu Ban saw several people reply to him within two minutes of sending the reply.

This content creator is quite humorous and seems to focus on building a persona.

[I get it, this isn't special effects, it's a prop!]

[UP's special effects are amazing! They look more realistic than any AAA game.]

Is this a live-action advertisement for some game?

[UP, you say this isn't special effects? Are you trying to tell us that ghosts really exist?]

"..."

Lu Ban thought for a moment, but still didn't continue to explain.

Special effects it is.

Anyway, the Jiangcheng Grand Theater is such a remote place that ordinary people can't go there, let alone go there in the middle of the night to look up at the stars like Lu Ban did. There's no danger there.

He also saw that someone had left a message asking about the performer.

[I'd like to ask about this performer's character setting. Does his playing the piano cause people to die?]

Lu Ban became interested.

"This performer possessed extraordinary abilities in his lifetime. He played to fight against the great being from Aldebaran. To be precise, his performance was to protect others. At the same time, in the starry sky, there are many great beings we do not know watching Earth. A single glance from them is enough to cause disaster. In this world, the more you know, the easier it is to fall into madness!"

He typed a whole string of characters in a flurry.

This attracted a lot of replies.

[This is hilarious! They're still trying to set up some premise!]

[It's normal to bring up ghosts and monsters, but why are aliens involved? Does that mean ghosts are created by aliens?]

[The uploader's character, who seems obsessed with courting death and is also paranoid, is actually quite realistic. I love it!]

[From the supernatural to science fiction: What's so scary about aliens? We can just shoot them down with an F-16!]

[This uploader is quite interesting, I've followed them!]

I believe it, I still believe in Area 51, Roswell, the Crystal Skull, and the Tunguska event! UP, what's your address? Let's chat!

"...The crystal skull is a fake."

Lu Ban replied briefly, then stopped paying attention to the comments section.

Sure enough, just like with psychologists, most people wouldn't accept such a fact.

Lu Ban didn't care.

It's unlikely that a normal person would come into contact with those strange things, and it's unlikely that a normal person who has come into contact with those strange things would survive. Apart from Lu Ban, the others who survived are probably not quite normal.

reasonable.

Just then, his phone, which was on the table, vibrated. Lu Ban saw that it was a WeChat message from Qin Tiantian.

[Wangchuan]: Which building do you live in?

Chapter 031: Such a positive person!

[Still motionless]: ?

[Wangchuan]: It's all your fault! I can't sleep after watching your video!

[Still motionless]: Thank you for the compliment.

[Wangchuan]: ? ? ?

[Wangchuan]: Am I praising you...?

[Stay still]: If you can't sleep, you can exercise, as exercise can help you fall asleep.

[Wangchuan]: Get out of here!

[Wangchuan]: Tell me where you live, I need to stay the night!

[Standing still]: ? Are you sure?

Qin Tiantian suddenly became a little more sober after reading Lu Ban's reply.

Yes, it's really not right for a young girl like me to go to the house of a man I've only met once in the middle of the night and ask for a place to stay.

But being home alone is so scary!

It's so late, taking a taxi alone is terrifying!