Lin Xingjiao would express gratitude as usual when there were gifts, and sing when there were no gifts. Occasionally, the audience would greet him and he would respond, but he had developed the habit of turning a blind eye when asked to turn on the camera.

　　The one who had just made a long string of comments, “Cat Eating Bamboo”^[1]Maochizhu —mentioned in previous chapter, saw that he didn’t reply, so he sent him a private message with a longer string of comments.

　　Lin Xingjiao looked at it with a bit of embarrassment. He could feel the kindness of this enthusiastic audience, but the problem was, first of all, his computer didn’t have a camera. In fact, Lin Xingjiao didn’t dare to show his face. He did learn a lesson from being intercepted by Wei Ke last time. He was not sure if he would be recognized by Lu Qi’s fans if he showed his face now.

　　It feels quite tenuous.

　　Lin Xingjiao and others also watched the video of Lu Qi live streaming the scene of him waking up a week after the hype had died down. Lu Qi used his mobile phone to live stream the video, so the picture was not very clear.

　　After watching the video, he saw photos of him photoshopped by Lu Qi’s fans on the Internet, as well as photos that were secretly taken before he was blocked, which he couldn’t delete completely.

　　Although he doesn’t look very similar to his real appearance, because it’s too blurry, no matter how good the fans’ photo-editing skills are, they are still limited by the conditions in terms of restoration.

　　Simply put, the photos circulating online do not reveal Lin Xingjiao’s true beauty.

　　If the real person was standing in front of him, or if half of his original appearance was restored, Lin Xingjiao would not have been scolded so badly before. Many people would actually be speechless. Although the malice on the Internet will be magnified, there are still many people who love appearance online.

　　Cat Eats Bamboo: [Anchor, is it really not possible? QAQ]

　　This persistent and well-meaning viewer kept posting, and Lin Xingjiao finally couldn’t help but tell him, “Thank you, but it’s really not convenient for me to show my face. The top ten is only temporary, and there may be changes, and I may not be able to make it.”

　　Lin Xingjiao was being modest. Lu Mi took a look and saw that his current data was first, and there was a huge gap between him and the second place, so it was impossible for him to not make it to the finals.

　　As for why the host refused to show his face, most people couldn’t help but wonder if the host was really not good-looking after hearing what the host said. Lu Mi was the same. The more Lin Xingjiao refused, the more curious he became.

　　By the way, he also knew the CEO of Chili Live, who had asked him before whether he wanted to invest, but Lu Mi had no money at that time and refused. Instead, Lu Qi invested some money casually.

　　Lu Qi’s “little bit” was not a small amount for the then-startup Chili Live. Simply put, it accounted for 60% of their start-up capital, and now Lu Qi holds about 20% of the controlling stake in this live streaming platform.

　　Now Chili Live has become the leader in the industry. Lu Mi can’t help but beat his chest every time he thinks about it. He was reluctant to part with it at that time. If he had sold his sports car, he could buy ten better sports cars now.

　　However, as the platform developed, Lu Mi wanted to buy shares again, and he had already made money at that time, so he chose to use the money from the five sports cars to ask Lu Qi to buy shares. Seeing that he was so persistent, Lu Qi sold them to him.

　　As for the “Twilight Competition” mentioned in the barrage, Lu Qi also knew that it was the resources that the platform initially tilted slightly towards newcomers. It wasn’t much, but it was better than nothing.

　　When Lu Mi thought of this, he glanced at the number of fans of the young anchor and almost popped his eyes out. He finally understood why the barrage was so lively and wanted him to show his face.

　　He is a newcomer and, if I remember correctly, he has only been live streaming for about ten days, but now he has 20,000 fans.

　　It’s pretty good.

　　Lu Mi knew that even with the gifts he gave him at the beginning, he still couldn’t keep most of those fans. With the current number of fans, either the small anchor bought them again, but that should be unlikely. If he bought fans during the competition, the platform would find out and block the live broadcast room. In other words, he must have grown them himself.

　　This… is quite fast.

　　The Chili platform mainly broadcasts live games, and the number of fans is not that good. The top one has only two million fans, which is already very good for a newcomer.

　　When Lu Qi arrived at the company, he ran into Lu Mi who was in shock.

　　A few days ago, Lu Mi would howl with him at eleven or twelve o’clock every night about the troublemaker newcomer, and it seems that the problem has been solved today.

　　As soon as Lu Qi arrived, Lu Mi stood up and gave him the largest office chair to sit on. He stood aside and couldn’t wait to share with Lu Qi the shocking facts he had just seen.

　　”Uncle! Do you know what I just saw?”

　　”Just tell me.” Lu Qi didn’t like people keeping him in suspense, and he was too lazy to guess. The main reason he came today was that Lu Mi cried so miserably a few days ago. He came to check on his mental condition, and now it seems that there is no problem.

　　”That’s the new anchor. Do you remember him? Oh, no, you asked me for his ID. Maybe you are one of his 20,000 fans.”

　　”If you have nothing to say, then stop talking.” Lu Qi was obviously dissatisfied with this analogy. What did he mean by one in twenty thousand? It was as if Lin Xingjiao had become the one he wanted but could not get. However, he did pay attention to it and was watching the show.

　　He knew about the agreement between Lin Xingjiao and Tianyang Company.

　　I also know that Lin Xingjiao needs to have 100,000 fans within two months.

　　Jin Tianyang told him that although he didn’t care much, Jin Tianyang wanted to feel at ease.

　　After that day, Jin Tianyang went back and thought about it, and still felt that his emotional intelligence was lacking. Finally, at a dinner party, he approached Lu Qi again and specifically explained to him how he had handled Lin Xingjiao.

　　As a shareholder, Lu Qi also understands the recommendation mechanism of Chili Live. Newcomers will receive certain support at the beginning so that they will not have a cold start, which would dampen their enthusiasm. Therefore, getting started is not difficult, but the difficult part is the road ahead.

　　Many singing anchors have either stopped doing it or switched to become game anchors because they have seen the limitations of the market. Some have given up directly, while others want to seek greater development prospects.

　　Over the years, the data speaks for itself: no newcomer has ever been able to accumulate 100,000 fans with just the recommended resources at the beginning.

　　When the initial false prosperity is over and the newcomers become old, there will be a long period of being on the bench and performing one-man shows, and perhaps only a few loyal fans will stick around.

　　”He participated in a new artist support event, and his growth was normal. After the event, his fans reached 50,000.”

　　What Lu Qi said is still a little on the high side. It is very likely that there is nothing at all.

　　In his opinion, it is impossible for Lin Xingjiao to gain 100,000 fans within two months.

　　Lu Mi exclaimed, “Ah!” He did not question Lu Qi’s vision. Countless facts had proved that Lu Qi was right.

　　”Today is the penultimate day of the primary election, but the recommended positions will get better later. I am still thinking about reaching 100,000.”

　　”impossible.”

　　Lu Mi glanced at the length of the little anchor’s live broadcast today, which was five hours. In fact, he said before that Lin Xingjiao could reach 100,000 only because when chatting in between singing, Lin Xingjiao mentioned that the goal was to have 100,000 fans.

　　Lu Mi remembered it, and now that Lu Qi said this, he was a little hit, but Lu Mi quickly cheered up and even played a big game.

　　”It’s true.” Lu Mi said slowly.

　　”Whatever you say.” If this matter involved someone he didn’t know, Lu Qi wouldn’t bother to have such a meaningless argument with Lu Mi. A week would prove that he was right.

　　Now Lu Qi only refuted casually. He couldn’t figure it out. Could Lin Xingjiao cast a curse?

　　Lu Mi also started to get serious. He was silent for a long time, and suddenly said, “I think it’s possible. Do you want to bet?”

　　Lu Qi raised his eyebrows: “How do you want to bet?”

　　Lu Mi calculated what he had and said through gritted teeth, “Just use my 10% stake!”