Girls' Wishing Tree

"Hey? But I don't speak Chinese! What's the point of a Chinese live stream?"

"Music and beauty products can both transcend language." Gao Muying patted Miao Meng's shoulder and said, "Unfortunately, we don't have any beauty product supply channels in China right now, so we can't broadcast beauty products for the time being."

"Huh?" Miao Meng seemed a little surprised that Takagi Sakura suddenly mentioned doing business.

"What's wrong? Do you have a channel?"

"No, I didn't either... well... I just thought it was a little strange for Sakura, a shrine maiden, to suddenly talk about doing business..."

"Running a shrine, supporting the band, hiring Red Ginger and her, all costs money." Ying rubbed her fingers together. "There's no such thing as a no-brainer when it comes to money. The beauty industry becomes outdated very quickly, and it's so product-intensive. Not selling products in the beauty industry is like not selling snacks in the food industry!"

Miao Meng's face flushed red - she was that idiot who was in the beauty industry but didn't sell any products. She relied on the little advertising dividends from the platform and couldn't even afford a decent electronic drum set. The drum set she bought only supported five drums and three cymbals. When she went out to play real drums, she treated the cymbals as treasures...

Ying continued, "If it's livestreaming games or travel, it's different. This kind of livestreaming can earn a lot of rewards, and gaming companies and tourist attractions will often collaborate with them. Even if they don't sell gaming peripherals or outdoor gear, there are still ample channels for monetization. If you want to promote products, poor product selection can easily damage your reputation."

Miao Meng, who had never thought about this before, nodded repeatedly: "Yes, Ying is right. Then how do we live broadcast on the Chinese platform?"

"The guitar interview video we posted has already been reposted on a Chinese website. Although submissions are reposts, not original content, we only have a few thousand followers even if we post it ourselves." Gao Muying pulled up the website's backend to show Miao Meng: "I plan to do a few live broadcasts to let fans in the Chinese-speaking area know that we are authentic and that we value their opinions."

"Why do we need to run a Chinese area?" Miao Meng was a little confused.

"Because the Chinese community can monetize faster, the popularity we've gathered online in Tokyo depends on merchandise and offline performances. Few people are willing to give money online. But if you speak Chinese, you can receive more tips, and selling merchandise across borders will also be a profitable business in the future."

"But, to show my respect, I need to learn the other person's language..." Miao Meng took out her phone and started downloading foreign language software: "If it's machine translation—"

"I can." Ying held Miao Meng's hand.

"Huh?" Miao Meng's eyes widened, as if she couldn't believe that a witch who was about the same age as herself could speak the language of a distant continent.

"I learned a little when I was a kid." Ying raised her lips at Miao Meng. "Many Chinese characters have the same meaning in Chinese and Japanese, or very similar ones. During the Tang and Song dynasties, Japanese borrowed a lot of vocabulary and pronunciations from Chinese. Chinese is a ideographic language, not a phonetic one, so even though Chinese characters have been passed down in the two countries for thousands of years, there are still many similarities. Moreover, after the Song Dynasty, there was also some exchange of writing systems between the two countries. During the Meiji period, Japanese translated many words from the West, many of which are used in modern Chinese."

"Wow, Ying is amazing!" Miao Meng rubbed her hands together and said, "Then please ask Ying to lead me in the live broadcast!"

"Okay, there won't be many people watching the first live broadcast. We can use a small account to record the slices ourselves. We won't need it when we have Slice Man in the future." Gao Muying glanced at Miao Meng and said, "Get ready. The live broadcast will start in fifteen minutes."

"Gu." At this moment, Sayu's stomach growled.

When Takagi Sakura heard this somewhat embarrassing voice, her face suddenly turned red.

She was a dryad who ate just for the sake of eating—if she didn't want to savor the food, she could simply not eat anything.

But Sayu and Meowmu are both human beings, and they definitely won’t be able to hold on without eating. Especially Sayu, who only ate a piece of bread yesterday and hasn’t eaten anything since arriving at the shrine, and hasn’t eaten anything since morning.

"I'm sorry, I was a little too engrossed." Sakura smiled apologetically. "As an apology, I'll treat you to lunch and buy something for Sayu."

"No...you don't have to buy anything." Sayu waved her hands quickly.

"You still have to help me with work, so you'll need several sets of clothes. I can't let you work in your school uniform all the time, can I?" Takagi Sakura walked over and took Sayu's hand. "Let's go, we still have a mattress and some daily necessities to buy."

Sayu's fingers gripped Sakura's hand tightly. "Can I really... stay here? I see everyone here is so talented. I only played drums a little in middle school, I can't be this good."

"It's okay, you can learn while doing odd jobs. If you do a good job at the shrine, you can work here for a few more months. Currently, I'm the only shrine maiden in the shrine, and we just hired two people to help run the store." Takagi Sakura took Sayu out of the shrine.

Miao Meng was a little curious about Sayu, but did not ask directly.

Sayu's expression was strange, but after Sakura repeatedly emphasized concepts like "work" and "part-time job", her expression actually improved a little.

The more they get along, the more Miao Meng feels that there is some kind of mysterious attraction to Ying.

Maybe live streaming with Ying can make my channel, which has been doing little, really popular?

Chapter 76 Shrines, Festivals and Monsters: 35, Chinese Live

Of course, Takagi Sakura couldn't let Sayu sleep in the rehearsal room all the time - with a mattress, she could sleep in the same room with her.

In fact, Sayu was sleeping alone, and Sakura was sleeping under the cherry tree, but she was not going to tell Sayu this secret.

After eating, the three of them bought some more things and returned to the shrine carrying large and small bags.

Their first live broadcast in Chinese also began after a short break.

During the live broadcast, Gao Muying changed into a shrine maiden's costume, and Miao Meng also carefully put on makeup.

The two sat in the training room and started today's live broadcast - they did not liven up the atmosphere at the beginning, but instead Miao Meng played the drums and Gao Muying played the violin, and they performed a few simple songs live.

Takagi Sakura hung a sign in the live broadcast room that read: Live music broadcast from Aikuo Sakura Shrine in Toshima District, bilingual interaction in Chinese and Japanese, 100 people can watch and start chatting.

The two beautiful girls playing the music are still quite attractive, especially when Takagi Sakura didn't use a heavy filter - there are many anchors in the beauty zone on this platform, and they will turn on the skin smoothing very high during the live broadcast. The real people look like dolls after image processing. What's more, they have to add a lot of "forbidden techniques" of "space distortion" and ask for tips in a low voice.

But Takagi Sakura and Meow Meng are very naturally beautiful, especially Takagi Sakura who plays the violin in front of the camera, her beauty is almost all-round.

At this time, some comments have recognized Takagi Sakura:

[Is she the guitar shrine maiden who interviewed several guitarists?]

[Is it really possible to interact in Chinese?]

[You play the violin very well.]

Takagi Sakura took a look at the backstage and saw that more than 60 people were watching. She knew that the popularity of Chinese video sites would be relatively inflated, and even the live broadcast platform itself would use the number of people to make jokes, such as calling out billions of online views for a certain e-sports player.

"Thank you very much for watching! Yes, I am Sakura Takagi, the shrine maiden of Sakura Shrine in Toshima Ward, Tokyo. I have interviewed several famous guitarists recently!" Sakura said this in Chinese.

Several question marks flashed across the barrage in an instant.

This shrine maiden spoke Chinese with perfect pronunciation, without any of the weird accent that most people in Tokyo have when speaking Chinese, just like a native Chinese speaker.

Ying knew that this was questioning her identity, so she waved and called Miao Meng over, switching the language to Japanese: "Miao Meng, come and say hello to everyone!"

Miao Meng sat down next to Ying, waved at the camera, and used the Chinese she had learned during dinner: "Nihao... Wo is..."

Seeing Miao Meng holding back her words, Ying took the initiative to say, "Miao Meng doesn't speak Chinese. She's a drummer and a beauty blogger! If you have anything you want to say to her, I can translate!"

Although Miao Meng didn't understand what Ying said, he knew that she was helping him out.

"Thank you." Miao Meng said softly.

"I told them to ask me to translate if they have anything they want to say to you." Ying repeated it to Miao Meng in Japanese.

At this time, barrage of comments floated across the screen again.

[Is she a shrine maiden who plays guitar well?]

"I'm a shrine maiden, but today... I'll play the violin for everyone and chat with them." Takagi Sakura shook the bow twice.

Miao Meng's eyes widened as she watched the number of viewers continue to rise. "Hey, Ying, there are over a thousand people watching our live broadcast, right?"

Ying knew the livestream's audience was heavily inflated, and the only way to see the actual livestream was to go backstage. But to complement the show, she feigned joy. "Wow, seriously! If this keeps going, by the time the show ends, there will probably be 10,000 people watching our livestream, right?"

[B station you are extremely evil, Sakura girl treats ghost soldiers as real people hhh]

[Showing 1000, but only 100 people actually viewed it.]

The comments rushed to explain to Sakura.

Ying saw the comments, stared at the camera, put down her violin, and sighed softly: "Oh? Is that so? I thought we were famous!"

Seeing Ying's performance, netizens immediately started giving gifts. Although they were small things worth a few cents, Ying still expressed her gratitude.

[With this attitude towards learning Chinese and responding to livestream viewers, it can definitely be done.]

[After watching so many Japanese girls on B station, it’s true that the anchor’s Chinese is the best.]

"Ah, when I was a child, my family were expatriate workers and took me to live in China. Now I'm a shrine maiden." Sakura gave a brief explanation and threw out the setting she made up.

Someone gave gifts again, this time it was SC.

[Can the host sing a Chinese song?]

"Thanks to the netizens for the SC! Since I got the SC, of ​​course I have to be satisfied! I wrote a Chinese song for Popipa before, but they never sang it, so let me sing it myself! I said before that I wouldn't play guitar, but for SC, I'm going to break my promise! Sayu! Give me the guitar!"

Ying took the guitar, climbed the scales, then adjusted the knob on the headstock and began to play and sing simply.

Flowers Bloom in Parting.

The point that this song was criticized for is that the lyrics and music arrangement cater too much to the trend of the short video era, there is a lack of changes in repetition, and the chord progression is simple.

But if it's a live performance instead of a recorded release, these aren't issues.

"When separation blooms, new branches stretch out, like winter goes and spring comes, waiting for the snow in my heart to melt..." The song itself is not difficult. Sakura's sweet voice and excellent voice control ability make this homesick song performed very well.

The number of people in the live broadcast room also increased rapidly. After singing this song, Ying sang Popipa's "StarBeat" and two old Chinese songs. The actual number of people in the live broadcast room exceeded one thousand, and she also received more than one hundred RMB in tips.

"Thank you for your support!" Takagi Sakura waved happily. "Thank you everyone! We have released four episodes of guitarist interviews! The fifth episode will be released tomorrow! The guest being interviewed is Roselia's Hikawa Sayo! This time, it will be released simultaneously on the Chinese platform!"

Ying didn't broadcast live for too long, keeping the duration to about an hour and a half.

After finishing the livestream, Ying leaned her guitar against the speakers and stretched. "Ah, this livestream was pretty good. I gained over two thousand followers. I'll post a few more clips tomorrow using my second account. I'll probably get a little more. Sayu, can you edit videos?"

"Ah... no." Sayu lowered her head a little embarrassedly.

Today was her first day working at the shrine, but except for some odd jobs, she hadn't done anything Takagi Sakura had asked her to do very well.

"It's okay, I'll teach you." Gao Muying walked out: "Take a rest first, and come back to edit the video in the evening."

Miao Meng suddenly spoke up: "Ying's live broadcast is amazing. Can I do more live broadcasts with Ying? I also want to learn how to gain popularity through live broadcasts."

"Of course, you can't learn from me, but you can live broadcast together. However, my live broadcasts will not be very frequent. Next time if you live broadcast on PosTube or somewhere else, you can call me to connect. The band can rehearse together again in a few days and try to be as perfect as possible." Gao Muying did not refuse Miao Meng's request.

PS: I wish all my fellow book readers a happy New Year’s Eve! Happy family! And a prosperous Year of the Snake!

Chapter 77 Shrines, Festivals, and Monsters: 36, Drawing Inferences

"The host has introduced five guitarists to the audience on the show. The average first-week play volume reached 930,000, with each episode exceeding 500,000 in the first week. The favorable rating is 93%, exceeding 50%. Rewards include a random instrument playing skill (advanced), 2300 shining points, and a random tree demon spell (simple)."

A week after the fifth interview was released, the system prompt sounded on time.

[Host-directed random draw.]

[Host obtains skill: Pipa Performance (Advanced).]

[The host has gained the ability to play the pipa, surpassing most professional pipa players and becoming a recognized master.]

[The host's finger dexterity has increased.]

[Host's guitar playing has reached intermediate level.]

[The host completes the task of upgrading guitar playing skills to intermediate level, and is rewarded with 630 shining points.]

Takagi Sakura felt a little amused and helpless - she had been practicing guitar for so long without any progress, but ended up getting the pipa performance, and she was able to "learn by analogy"?

Is there some truth to the joke on the Chinese internet that the guitar is a ducat?

[Host Qisan and Sijiu will conduct a random lottery.]

[The host obtains the simple-level dryad spell: Great Memory Restoration.]

[The host can create a hardwood stick out of thin air in his hand to help people recover their memories, but there is a certain chance that using this spell will cause people to forget more things. What is going on?]

It was another useless tree demon spell, but now she understood that simple tree demon spells were actually not very useful.

Even the plant communication that she had previously thought would be very useful was only so-so in practice.

Plants don't remember who came, what they said, or who was an abnormal animal. Their memory is used to record things like when it didn't rain for a while and when birds built nests on them.

Takagi Sakura picked up the guitar and tried it out. She did improve a lot when playing at high speed. And when she played, for some reason she started to want to play the pipa.

Not only was it difficult to find a pipa in Tokyo, but the premium was also horribly high, so she had no choice but to pick up her phone and order a pipa online. While waiting for the international package to arrive, she accidentally saw a prompt.

Three days later, it was time for the band to rehearse again.

If Momoka and Nina's band broke up before their first live, she would have to think about what kind of wig to buy herself.

So, she decided to go to Taoxiang to see how Taoxiang was preparing.

Zhi and Rupa would come in almost every day to review the repertoire, while Miaomeng would post practice videos to the band group. Only Momoka and Nina had almost no news. Nina would send a few emojis every day, but Momoka hadn't sent any messages at all. Two days ago, Sakura had texted Momoka to check on her, but she told her not to worry.

In the past few days, Sayu has become familiar with the basic work of the shrine. Takagi Sakura bought her several sets of shrine maiden costumes and let her work as a shrine maiden at the shrine during the day, and do what she likes at night.

Sayu had the idea of ​​becoming a shrine maid, so Takagi Sakura was trying to correct it - she only gave Sayu a little money for food, and then asked Sayu to practice drums at the shrine every morning. Her drumming skills were not very good, but this was a way to stop her from thinking about it.

Takagi Sakura said something to Sayu and went out to take the subway to Momoka's place.

What surprised Ying was that the location Taoxiang sent her was not in a building, but by the river.

Now that the weather has turned cold, why are you running to the river? Are you going there just to enjoy the cold wind?

Takagi Sakura didn't think much about it and took the subway directly to the location sent by Momoka.

The situation that appeared before her was beyond her expectations - not only were Momoka and Nina here, but there was also a guy she had met before but could not say she was familiar with.

The first time Sakura Takagi was a support musician, she replaced the bass singer who was drunk and hospitalized. At that time, the members of SICKHACK showed her the video of the singer, so even though she had never seen him before, she remembered the appearance of the bass singer.

A girl named Hiroi Kikuri was sitting on the side of the road with a bass on her back and a charging digital speaker next to her. She was leaning lazily on the flower bed, her hair hanging lazily on her shoulders, slightly restrained at the end with a leather hoop. Next to her were three boxes of "Demon Slayer" wine, one of which was already deflated.

This kind of wine has a high alcohol content and is not expensive. Its status in Tokyo is equivalent to China's "Erguotou". Anyone who drinks it in big gulps can basically be called a "drunkard".