Daily life in Zongman

The excitement in her heart made her cheer involuntarily, rolling on the bed with her phone in her arms, until her head accidentally hit the headboard. Then she cried out, rubbed her head, and stopped rolling excitedly.

"Hey, where should we go to have some fun? Let's spend some unforgettable time together with Ah P. It would be best if we could have sex right afterward."

Hoshino Ai began to think carefully.

"Hotel? That's too straightforward. Amusement park? Too exhausting, I'll be out of energy at night. Watching a horror movie? Hmm..."

"Let me think... In the book, going out for sex usually involves choosing a hot spring hotel... Right! A hot spring hotel!"

"First, we'll enjoy Kaiseki cuisine together, then soak in the hot springs, and then naturally..."

“Perfect plan!”

Only in Hoshino Ai's bedroom could be heard her joyful laughter, full of pride and anticipation.

She fell asleep very late with anticipation and excitement, and when she woke up, she found that the surprise and the accident happened on the same day.

After the first virtual anchor's clone project caused a stir yesterday, a fan of Hoshino Ai made a ghost video to promote Hoshino Ai yesterday evening. After fermenting overnight, the video appeared on the homepage of the website.

Naturally, the number of views of this ghost video began to surge immediately after it appeared on the homepage!

When many DDs lost the ability to watch live broadcasts, they saw someone recommending Hoshino Ai, so they naturally ran to watch the historical live broadcast slices and videos with the mentality of having nothing to do anyway and watching someone else.

After that, they clicked "follow" on the excellent content, and the number of fans of Hoshino Ai began to soar, and her popularity also greatly increased.

This is a surprise.

The accident happened in the afternoon.

Someone has unboxed the 20 most famous virtual anchors. Although the addresses and contact information are not detailed, the real names and photos are all available.

The box-opening incident broke out when no one was prepared.

The earliest source of the unboxing information was at 1 p.m., and by around 5 p.m., this information was already known to everyone in the virtual live broadcast circle.

Hoshino Ai looked at the headshots of the twenty virtual anchors and spotted her own without having to search. She was in the first row, third. Apparently, they were ranked by follower count?

However, her current fan count has reached 103 million, surpassing the previous second place by fans. By the end of tonight's chat, the gap will widen further. And by the end of tomorrow's one million fan commemoration live broadcast, the gap between the two will be completely widened.

Hoshino Ai is very clear that she is on her way to the throne of the virtual live streaming circle.

She looked at all the photos of the anchors that were exposed. There were two people she knew. Their photos were very clear and there was no malicious ugliness. They were just as they were, just like the photos of herself that were exposed.

Hoshino Ai doesn’t know where the photos of other anchors come from, but she knows where her photo was leaked.

Previously, the school required her to fill out some information and also a photo. She wore a sweatshirt to take the photo and print it. The photo that has been leaked now is this one.

The information was given to the school, and this photo was only used here.

【It’s really unreliable. 】

After complaining about school in her mind, Hoshino Ai didn't pay much attention to it. She didn't care that she was being unboxed. She continued to prepare for the live broadcast, and during the preparation period, she sent text messages to harass A P.

She didn't take it to heart, nor did she realize that among the twenty virtual anchors that were exposed, her photo was the best. To be more direct, the most perfect, attractive and beautiful one among these virtual anchors that were opened was Hoshino Ai.

When she saw the unboxing information just now, she did not compare herself with others. Firstly, she did not have this habit. Secondly, in her daily life, she felt that there were many girls around her who were almost as beautiful as herself, and the extra points she got from her beauty accounted for very little in her mind.

However, the operation team behind Hoshino Ai took it very seriously. They reminded her that fans might ask about the "box opening" incident during the live chat tonight, and asked her to be prepared for questions. At the same time, she should not bring up the matter proactively and try not to involve this aspect in the topics she chooses.

Hoshino Ai opened the little notebook of "topics to save the conversation when it's dull" and deleted "The school's safety measures are really unreliable." She didn't quite understand why she wasn't allowed to talk about related topics, but she just did what she was told. After all this time, she hadn't been cheated by the team behind the scenes.

After confirming Hoshino Ai's status, discussing internally, and communicating with her immediate supervisor, the support team, including Ogihara Sayu, decided not to remind her that "Your beauty will attract many DD fans." This perception could lead to negative consequences. After all, this isn't 2018, when virtual streamers first exploded in popularity. It's already 2019, when large-scale virtual streamers are becoming standardized. Fans now prefer more authentic streamers, who react more realistically to issues and emergencies.

This is a test of the virtual anchor's own character, emotional intelligence and ability to respond on the spot. Hoshino Ai has performed well in these three aspects in the past, which is a secondary reason why the operation team made this decision.

As for the main reason, the direct boss said: "Let her play."

After dinner, the livestream of virtual anchor "Xingye Yuai" opened on time as usual. Unlike other virtual anchors who wait for the audience to arrive and give some warm-up remarks before officially entering the livestream, Xingye Ai is accustomed to warming up her voice first and waiting for the audience.

Accompanied by the uniform barrage in the live broadcast room: [☆☆☆☆☆☆]

Tonight's live broadcast has officially begun. In Hoshino Yuai's live broadcast room, most of the cheering barrages will have "☆", which is her signature pattern.

After a short break after the singing session, the accompaniment music started and the singing also sounded in the live broadcast room.

When the song ended, the number of people in the live broadcast room had exceeded 10,000, the barrage was dense, and SC was constantly popping up on the side.

After waiting for the song to finish, Ai Hoshino paused the music and said, "Today is a live chat. If you want to listen to the songs, you can come tomorrow. Tomorrow is the one million fan commemoration song! ~"

SC: [The fans left with regret. Come back tomorrow. See you tomorrow, Ai-chan.]

SC:【☆☆☆Ai-chan☆☆☆】

Barrage:【☆☆☆Ai-chan☆☆☆】

Barrage: [Can you show me that again? That one, subject one.]

Barrage: [Is this the most beautiful Vtb? He sings beautifully.]

Hoshino Ai turned on the camera on her desktop and pointed it at her hands. She didn't respond to the comments for the time being and continued chatting at her own pace: "Let's start today's chat and draw cards!"

The virtual character in the live broadcast room drew a card, and in reality, she also took out a pile of cards and drew cards simultaneously, accompanied by the voice broadcast: "Ding → Ding → Ding!"

She flipped over the first card in the stack. It had a blue border. Hoshino Ai confirmed the content and read out: "Blue Chat Card - Have you eaten yet? ~ Classic discussion about eating~"

She said part of this sentence in Chinese and then in Japanese. Her Chinese was quite standard, which triggered a large wave of Chinese barrages on the screen.

Barrage: [Hey, don't tell me, this V is learning Chinese, that's so authentic! This is a complete conspiracy, there must be an expert behind it, but stupid tape, I will fall for your conspiracy! ]

SC:【☆☆☆☆☆☆】

Barrage: [Ding Di?~Ding Di?~Ding Dao?~Ding Di?~Dao Dao Dao?~]

Barrage: [Stop singing, stop singing, how come you can hear Jingye City songs on the Internet. ]

Ai Hoshino has more than 900,000 fans on Bilibili. Even when she is live streaming on YouTube, many people climb over the wall to watch, so the comments are very mixed. She cannot reply to every comment, and most of the time she just glances at it and continues with her own chat.

He placed the drawn card in the middle of the shooting area and started chatting: "Speaking of which, I was late for the live broadcast yesterday, so I got up late today, so I didn't have breakfast. But I had a good lunch and dinner. I cooked beef curry for lunch and chicken curry for dinner."

"Don't ask why it's all curry. It's cheap, delicious, and affordable, which is great. It's also nutritious and easy to make."

"What do you mean by lazy? I cook for myself, okay? Don't frame me! And if you don't control the heat properly when cooking curry, it won't taste good if it gets burnt."

Barrage: [I get it, Ai-chan can even burn curry, so awesome! ]

"Hey, hey! What do you mean by overcooking the curry? Don't think I didn't see you were trying to harass me!"

"I just accidentally burned it once when I first started learning to cook, so I realized that burnt curry doesn't taste good. I absolutely, absolutely never burned it again after that, okay!"

"Don't throw away the burnt food for you to eat? Oh, no, I ate it all myself. It's not good to waste food. Even though burnt food doesn't taste good, it's still good to eat. You can't just throw it away."

Hoshino Ai got into the groove, and the livestream went on smoothly. She occasionally interacted with the comments, and occasionally thought of something interesting and just said it to herself. The livestream went really well, with the number of viewers in the livestream room increasing at a noticeable rate, reaching the top of the livestream interface not long after it started.

When there are more people in the live broadcast room, the comments become messy. Occasionally, everyone will brush ☆☆ together, and soon she can only see SC, which will stay at the top for a while after the reward.

SC: [Ai-chan, please be sure to answer this question. Will you, or more precisely, the company behind you, start a clone project?]

Hoshino Ai saw it, took out her phone and typed outside the camera: "About this, let me ask Ah P."

"I replied immediately! The answer is... there will be no clone plan!"

"So, Ai-chan, I have to run back and forth for the live broadcast. This answer is also expected. The hateful vampire capitalist A-P has been staring at Ai-chan and exploiting her."

"Very sad to say, okay, it's decided, we'll talk about it later and then start playing the game for a while!"

SC: [Ai-chan, you're slacking off on live streaming again while playing games.]

"You're framing me! I haven't even started fighting yet! I just had this thought, I didn't do it. You're framing me!"

SC:【☆☆☆Moyu Aijiang☆☆☆】×3.

Under the guidance of the three consecutive SCs, the barrage also began to repeat this message: [☆☆☆Moyu Aijiang☆☆☆]

After more than ten minutes of joking around, the topic finally faded away. Hoshino Ai continued drawing cards and started a new topic of conversation: "What are the detailed arrangements for the one million fan commemorative song?"

"Huh? When did I write this card? Will tomorrow's live broadcast lose its surprise if I tell you about it?"

Hoshino Ai was a little confused, so she took out her phone and said, "Everyone wait a moment, I'll ask Ah P if I can tell you about this."

"Em... I didn't reply immediately. Looks like A-P went to play games. Damn it! I was still trying to chat with the live stream, and the vampire capitalist A-P went AWOL to play games!"

"Then let's reveal some information and briefly talk about tomorrow's live broadcast arrangements."

"I'll start playing games after we finish chatting! Hehe, Ah P isn't watching, so I can play games now!"

Hoshino Ai happily revealed some of the content of tomorrow's live broadcast, raising fans' expectations again.

New fan SC: [I heard that it’s V who has the best looks, can Ai-chan show her face? ]

"No, I'm not the most beautiful, am I? There are so many anchors, many of them are prettier than me."

New fan SC: [Changing the subject, I get it, there’s no such thing as a good-looking anchor with 100,000 subscribers who doesn’t show his face~]

"Eh? I didn't try to change the subject, I just answered honestly. What's with 'no face reveal if you don't have 100 subscribers'? I didn't say that, did I? And I already have 105, ah! Now I have million followers. Thank you all for your support! ~"

Hoshino Ai barely understood the message using her self-taught Chinese, but mistakenly interpreted "subscriptions" as "follower counts." In reality, the message meant "no face reveal without 100,000 gifts." Besides misunderstanding the meaning of the words, she also didn't understand the meaning of the message, which, after all, was a play on an event.

In July 2019, a self-proclaimed "beautiful anchor" lost her face covering during a livestream, revealing her unattractive features. The stark contrast between her sweet voice and unattractive appearance, coupled with her previous lack of face recognition, deceived a large number of her fans. After the incident went viral, some trolls mocked those who don't show their faces but instead portray themselves as "beautiful" anchors, claiming they require 7 subscribers (or tips) to view them. The subtext was to mock those who don't show their faces as clowns.

Hoshino Ai naturally couldn't understand the meaning of this sentence, but she was also used to not understanding what Chinese SC was saying, so she responded sincerely: "Sorry, I don't understand this SC very well, can you explain it to me?"

Other people's SC: [Ai-chan, don't bother with him. He's here to cause trouble. Vtb is just like that. Just play games. Don't bother with people who are looking for trouble.]

SC:【☆☆☆Ai-chan☆☆☆】

New fan SC: [I just want to ask if you can show your face on the live broadcast, I will immediately give you a reward of 100,000! ]

"Ah, no tipping required. If possible, I hope the communication can be friendly. If there's a song you want to hear or other requests, just ask. There's no need to discuss the tipping amount."

"As for whether I can show my face during the live broadcast, I need to ask Ah P about this."

As Hoshino Ai said this, she typed a message outside the shooting area and sent it to A P to inquire.

New fan SC: [Why do I have to ask about everything? Isn’t the company too involved? ]

Hoshino Ai waited for a moment, then confirmed that the message had remained unread, put away her phone, and replied to the comment: "No, actually the company doesn't care about that much. It's just that when I was a newcomer and wasn't very familiar with live streaming, I would ask about everything I encountered. I still have this habit now."

"Most of the time, I can do whatever I want. For example, I'm supposed to do a live chat now, but if I want to play games, they won't stop me. The company is really good."

"Hmm, Ah P, who only knows how to exploit me, still hasn't replied. Looks like he's really out playing games. Good news, it's time to start a thrilling APEX!"

"Then, I'm not sure if I can show my face live on the air. Let me think about it..."

On the live broadcast screen, Hoshino Ai's virtual image made a pensive expression and raised a finger: "Anyway, the photo has been exposed. I just showed my face briefly, so it doesn't make much difference!"

With the sound of the chair moving, Hoshino Ai stood up and put her hand on the camera: "Everyone wait a moment, I'll adjust the camera."

Barrage: [Really? Is this true or not?]

Barrage: [What the hell? Are you serious? Show your face!]

Barrage: [Ah?!]

New fan SC:【？ 】

"Ah, this camera is fixed in place. It can't be adjusted directly. It looks like I need to use tools."

Barrage: [I understand why you're playing this game.]

Barrage: [I understand, I understand. This is probably just a topic to delay time. Next time, put on makeup and use beauty filters before showing your face. After all, you are a virtual anchor. How can you be a virtual anchor if you are really good-looking?]

Barrage: [Lots of new fans, I don't believe Ai-chan would lie, she always speaks her mind.]

Hoshino Ai didn't see the barrage. She was trying to adjust the camera and found that one end of the camera was fixed. Then she remembered that she had originally only intended to shoot the desktop, so she locked it to be on the safe side.

But this did not pose a problem for her. As the entire fixed camera stand was lifted up, the picture in the live broadcast room started from the lower abdomen of her body in a beige home dress, to the pectoral muscles that had developed due to rich nutrition, and then to the face that attracted everyone's attention.

The barrage in the live broadcast room was cleared.

Hoshino Ai sat on the chair, adjusted the live broadcast screen, put the shooting screen on the main interface, and then greeted the camera.

"Hello everyone, I'm the new Vtuber Hoshino Amei~ I'm 16 years old and in high school. My live streaming time is from pm to pm during school hours, and from pm to am during holidays. However, if I'm playing games, it might be later. Please be kind! ~"

He also said this in Chinese haltingly.

The barrage of comments in the live broadcast room exploded at this moment.

SC: [Huh? No? Ai-chan, what's the difference between your real self and your virtual self? Why can't I see it?]

SC: So beautiful!

SC:【Perfect Vtuber!】

SC: [As everyone knows, I have always been a fan of Ai-chan, and that has never changed! ]

SC: [I thought the real name Hoshino Ai in the unboxing information was fake, but it looks like it couldn't be more real!]

SC: [It's so perfect! It's not an exaggeration to say that she's the most beautiful Vtb in history.]