Daily life in Zongman

Fujiwara Haru called out, "Wait a moment, take this back."

He handed over some marshmallow skewers and a cup of mushroom soup. Shima Lin was a little moved: "Well, I came to thank you."

"It's okay. I've already received your thanks, so I'm sharing this with you. Let's try it together. The roasted marshmallows and mushroom soup are both great."

Shima Lin took it: "Thank you."

After watching her leave, Fujiwara Haru distributed the marshmallows, then moved the folding chair to the campfire and started roasting the marshmallows.

Hoshino Ai and Glass moved to the sides, and Futaba looked at them and moved to the opposite side.

Along with the crackling sound of burning wood, the marshmallows began to emit a sweet aroma. Fujiwara Haru thought for a while, took out his mobile phone to search for the song, and pressed the play button.

The looping banjo string sounds started, slowly joined by the harmonica, followed by the flute, drums, bells, whistles, piano, and cello.

Instrumental Music: Travelers Encore.

The simple music that keeps looping brings people an extreme sense of relaxation. As the surface of the marshmallow becomes crispy, Fujiwara Haru presses its surface, peels it and eats it.

The sweeter and softer texture inside is particularly good. Take a sip of mushroom soup, and the smooth warm water flows into your stomach. Your limbs also become warm, and you feel full of comfort.

No one spoke anymore, and they all roasted marshmallows quietly together. Fujiwara Haru listened to music and looked up at the sky. The stars were twinkling in the curtain.

The sun fell into the sea and shattered into the moon and stars, which flowed on the water, sparkling.

Fujiwara Haru sighed sincerely: The sky is so beautiful~

After giving away a cup of mushroom soup, a paper cup was missing. Glass did not return to the trunk to get a new one. Instead, she used the lid of her thermos cup to scoop some soup.

She noticed her lover looking up at the starry sky, and after drinking some mushroom soup, he also lay back in the chair and admired the night sky together.

Hoshino Ai looked up with some curiosity, then lay back quietly on the chair.

Futaba was roasting marshmallows, and after a while, she also raised her head.

The sky outside the city is particularly bright.

Late at night, everyone was sleeping soundly in the tent. The sound of raindrops could be heard, hitting the tent and making continuous white noise.

Sleep more soundly.

The next day at noon, we all returned by bus together.

The car was very quiet. Futaba was resting with an eye mask on, Naoko was quietly gazing at the scenery outside the window, and Fujiwara Haru and Hoshino Ai were browsing their phones.

It was just as quiet as when I arrived, but the atmosphere was much more harmonious.

Everyone is doing what they like, without trying to please anyone or taking special care of anyone.

The entrance examination began a week later. It turned out that being good-looking did have advantages, and Hoshino Ai successfully passed the entrance examination for the private Fengzhiqi School.

In April, when cherry blossoms are in full bloom, the high school entrance ceremony begins.

Chapter 147 Virtual idol debuts!

During the entrance examination, Fujiwara Haru discussed with the three interviewing teachers a topic about whether to join the kendo club and whether to serve as the club leader.

Fujiwara Haru refused to join the kendo club and made it clear that he would no longer participate in the national kendo competition.

By April, his average physical fitness had exceeded 10 points, a gradually exaggerated value.

He is now much better than before, and compared with his opponents in previous national competitions, he has completely crushed them.

The game has lost its fairness.

When Fujiwara Haru participated in the National Kendo Competition, he felt a warm current in his body. With the help of Sister Shendong, it would trigger automatic operation. Each time, he could restore a large amount of physical strength (vitality) and vaguely feel a little stronger.

At that time, he did not practice formally, and relied entirely on natural operation, so his physical fitness did not increase sharply. After many times, his physical fitness was improved from the level of junior high school perfection to the level of senior high school perfection.

When competing in kendo with others, one relies more on skills rather than brute force. Now that he thinks about it carefully, when he participated in the kendo competition before, he met ordinary people, who, like him, were all people who had not practiced.

I haven't encountered any extraordinary being who could roar and burst out with energy, or who could concentrate his breathing and strike ten swords in one second, or who could close his eyes and concentrate and throw out a sword.

Everyone's fight was very simple, just seizing the opportunity and trying to react with one strike to win.

However, Fujiwara Haru is well aware that there are mysteries in the world, and there is a hidden extraordinary world.

Then why were there no practitioners participating in the National Kendo Competition, resulting in a heated melee with swords flashing and swords clashing?

Fujiwara Haru thought about it and felt that it must be the simplest reason: unfairness.

The gap between those who have practiced and ordinary people is too great, so great that skills can no longer make up for it. They should have their own competitions for extraordinary people and will not participate in ordinary people's competitions.

After confirming that he was officially on the path of cultivation, Fujiwara Haru decided not to participate in the national kendo competition anymore.

"Fujiwara-kun, you should be very aware of your talent in kendo. It would be a shame if you didn't join the kendo club."

The teacher conducting the examination looked regretful.

"Thank you for the compliment. I'm very clear that I will not be joining the Kendo Club, nor will I participate in the Kendo Competition again."

"This...hey..."

The three teachers who interviewed him discussed for a long time, asked the same questions several times, and then sighed with regret and approved his admission.

Fujiwara Haru was also an excellent student in addition to kendo, so there was no reason for him to fail. However, because of this, at this entrance ceremony, the freshman representative was not him, but someone else.

I heard from Futaba that the teacher had approached her to speak on stage, but she had directly refused. Unlike Fujiwara Haru, she didn't like being in the spotlight. She simply asked for the benefits of the individual club and then enrolled normally.

At the subsequent entrance ceremony, Fujiwara Haru found himself being stared at by many people, but he was already used to it. It had been like this since junior high school, so there was nothing to worry about.

Going to school with Glass, Futaba, and Hoshino Ai in the morning and going home together after school was like returning to the last days of the third year of junior high school. The only difference was that everyone went home separately at the end and no longer gathered together to help each other study.

After returning home, Glass will study on her own for a while, and then learn cooking with her mother Yaeko. At night, she will rest, watch TV and go to bed. She has a very healthy and regular routine.

Futaba found a person in charge to build the laboratory, so she didn't have to keep an eye on it. After school, she went home and mainly used the virtual helmet to further learn the knowledge she had previously recorded in the apocalyptic world.

Hoshino Ai has been learning how to livestream as a virtual idol, preparing to officially debut as one soon. She received her avatar from Mrs. Izumi during the Lunar New Year holiday, and she's been familiarizing herself with the controls while also organizing inspiration for her livestream content.

Honestly, the avatar created by Izumi-san is impeccable in both movement and detail. The only problem is that the initial version was too cheesy, with all sorts of minor details that were off-color and expressions that were alluring. It wasn't until she changed into a beautiful outfit and was redesigned that she became much more pure.

Hoshino Ai hopes to reach a wider audience, rather than just those who come to watch her for some erotica.

Fujiwara Haru didn't offer any assistance with livestream operations. His understanding of virtual idol livestream operations was superficial, far inferior to that of professionals. The small studio previously arranged for the bank's butler to be established had already been set up, with more professional operations staff responsible for related matters such as marketing and fan maintenance.

What he needs to do now is to make more decisions on matters big and small, such as deciding Aijiang's future live broadcast trends, or arranging the creation of subsequent video content, or asking the operator to come up with a promotion plan.

Simply put, he is the producer, responsible for making decisions and determining future plans.

The first week of school passed quickly, and it was the first Saturday of April, April 4th.

“Happy birthday!~”×4.

"Thank you."

bang bang bang

Accompanied by the sound of small fireworks exploding, Fujiwara Haru celebrated his 15th birthday.

The midday sun was very warm. Sister Shendong, Glass, Futaba, and Hoshino Ai were all having a barbecue in the yard. After playing for an afternoon, everyone went home around dinner time.

Fujiwara Haru was very happy. It was great to have a lively birthday. After cleaning the yard with Sister Shendong, she returned to the room.

Today's birthday party will be held at noon, not only to facilitate the afternoon barbecue, but also because he has something to do tonight.

Saturday is the day when office workers get off work and students have holidays. It is also the busiest time on the Internet. Hoshino Ai’s debut day is tonight!

As the live broadcast room opens, the carefully crafted live broadcast room cover begins to appear on the push page. Some live broadcast previews that have been preheated in advance and the purchased push streams work together at this moment to attract people to enter the live broadcast as soon as it starts.

The live broadcast screen shows the virtual image of Hoshino Ai. She has a tall ponytail full of girlishness hanging down behind her head, and is wearing a set of refreshing and beautiful clothes. She gives people a fresh and comfortable feeling at the first moment, and the first impression is perfect!

"Good evening, can you hear me?"

"I can hear it, that's great. This is my first live broadcast. Thank you all for watching my live broadcast."

"My name is Hoshino Amei. I'll give you a detailed self-introduction later. Now, please let me sing three songs."

Hoshino Amei, the name Hoshino Ai gave herself, she longs for love that is as continuous as raindrops.

As the guitar prelude sounded, the live broadcast room fell into silence for a short time. After taking a deep breath, Hoshino Ai spoke.

"Ne~ If I could preserve these fragments of memories with a name, it would be a [treasure]."

For her first livestream, Hoshino Ai didn't start with a casual chat. Instead, she sang to warm up the audience, planning to introduce herself in detail once more people showed up. The song she chose was from her favorite band, After School Teatime.

"Meeting Angels" kicked off the show, "U&I" livened up the atmosphere, and "Don't Say Lazy" concluded. With the platform's promotional push, the number of people online at any one time in the livestream reached 600 in just over ten minutes.

It was a dream start. According to the estimate before the operation, without the support of seniors and starting alone, at the end of the first live broadcast, if the maximum number of simultaneous connections could be 300, it would be considered a success, and 500 would be a great success.

It’s already a huge success, and it’s just the beginning, a dream start!

As the ending of the song faded away, Hoshino Ai breathed a sigh of relief and began to reply to some SCs she had accumulated. After replying in unison, she began to introduce herself.

"Vutber, let's introduce ourselves in a Q&A session! It's time to start asking questions!~"

Her voice was full of joy, and it seemed that she was in a good mood at the moment.

Accompanied by the background drumbeats, Hoshino Ai began to introduce herself in the form of questions and answers.

"What's your name?"

"Hoshino Ai~"

"How may I address you?"

"Love is fine~"

"What type of Vutber are you?"

"Gamer, Idor!"

"When is your birthday?"

"August 4th!"

"How old are you?"

"15 years old!"

The Q&A session in the live broadcast room lasted for two minutes. After the settings and information were explained clearly, it was time for the last part of the Q&A.

"What is the dream you want to achieve?"

“Financial freedom!”

"Finally, let me say something to everyone."

"I'm cute~ Please give me money~"

Not long after this sentence was finished, a large amount of SC: 500 appeared in the live broadcast room.

"500 dollars?"

"500 dollars!"

"Thank you~ Thank you..."

"Money?~Money?~Money?~"

Hoshino Ai started singing impromptu. She was truly happy at the moment. She had only just started the live broadcast for less than an hour, and she had already earned so much. Who could not be happy? Who could not be unhappy!

As she said before: "I really love my fans' money! I will tell everyone that I love their money. This is true love!"

She exchanged her sincere love (shit) for the most real money.

The number of people in the live broadcast room began to grow rapidly. As Hoshino Ai's sincere and money-loving personality was exposed, more and more people came to watch the fun.

After the impromptu singing session, Hoshino Ai resumed her prepared songs, starting with songs from After School Teatime and ending with songs from Hatsune Miku. She responded to comments from the audience and sang songs requested by the SCs, gradually transforming passersby into fans.

The live broadcast ended in the early hours of the morning. Hoshino Ai said goodbye to the audience and closed the live broadcast room.

She lay down on the chair, and the screen of the mobile phone on the table lit up, and a message from Ah P came.

[The highest number of people received at the same time that night: 1023]

【New fans today: 5615】

Today's estimated income: $730

Ai Hoshino held up her phone and cheered: "Great! Seven hundred dollars a day, just..."

She took out a calculator and did some calculations, then continued to cheer: "It will be paid off in just three years!"

In fact, Hoshino Ai did not earn that much. Out of the $730, $500 came from tips for operating a small account. After deducting the $500 and the platform's share, her income tonight was pitifully small.

If she wants to get off to a hot start, the initial investment is very high. The cost of krypton gold for the first live broadcast today alone has exceeded thousands of US dollars, and the cost of her equipment and logistics personnel has also exceeded ten thousand.