Chapter 287 - We Have to Actively Share Boss Pei’s Burdens and Look for Work on Our Own! (1/2)

At night…

Qiao Liang accessed Aili Island and looked through the newest episode of Products of the Gods. The passionate gamers had already pushed him to first place in the gaming channel and third place in the entire site.

At the rate things were going, reaching first place in the entire site by the next day was not a faraway dream for Qiao Liang.

He clicked on the video and scrolled down to the comments section. When he read the praises that his fans had for him, he felt satisfied.

Look, this was a true first-tier UP Master.

A first-tier UP Master only needed to casually upload a video for it to rank among the top videos on all of Aili Island!

While feeling immensely pleased himself, Qiao Liang also felt grateful towards Boss Pei.

If Boss Pei had not produced a game that could generate so much discussion, Qiao Liang would not have had a chance to produce a video like that. He would not have stood out among the other gaming content creators. After reading comments from all the bootlickers, Qiao Liang prepared to exit the browser and continue editing the first episode of Repent and be Saved’s complete walkthrough.

Although Qiao Liang wanted to wait for some time before uploading it, the game was getting extremely popular now. He had to grasp the opportunity to ride on its popularity.

If every episode of his complete walkthrough could be ranked among the top videos on Aili Island, he would obviously gain a lot of new fans. The amount of sponsored partnerships he would receive in the future would naturally increase as well.

Qiao Liang posted an update. “The first episode of the walkthrough is officially in production! Stay tuned! Also, many friends have told me that their hardware is not good enough for the game. I suggest that you try the game at a high-end internet cafe. For my friends who are in Jingzhou, I especially recommend Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. It’ll give you the perfect gaming experience for sure. Of course, the only flaw is that you won’t be able to blame the hardware if you die.”

He took the chance to advertise Fish-Catching Internet Cafe on Boss Pei’s behalf.

After making his presence known on the site, Teacher Qiao finally moved to close the browser. At that moment, he received a private message.

He clicked it and realized that it was from another UP Master.

“Hello, Teacher Qiao. I am a content creator and an exchange student from the United States. My name is Hao Shuaiqi. I love Repent and be Saved, too, and I am thinking about livestreaming the game on Link Live. I hope to be able to use some of your content, and I’m wondering if that’s okay with you. Thank you.”

Qiao Liang paused. He had an impression of this UP Master.

He was an exchange student from overseas. He spoke shabby Mandarin, but his videos were quite good. He was also quite popular on Aili Island.

He clicked the user’s display picture and verified that it was him.

Qiao Liang was elated. He quickly replied, “Of course!”

Qiao Liang knew about Link Live. It was a new livestream platform started by a certain popular chat software.

In China, they had ZZ Live-Stream, which was also a relatively new livestream platform.

However, Link Live was started much earlier overseas. There were more functions, and it was more user-friendly. Naturally, it was also more popular than the local ZZ Live-Stream.

If this foreigner could live-stream Repent and be Saved on Link Live, wouldn’t he be glorifying traditional Chinese culture?

What’s more, if Qiao Liang became friends with this UP Master, they might be able to collaborate in the future. Wouldn’t that be a win-win situation?

Thus, Qiao Liang immediately agreed to the UP Master’s request. He also specifically mentioned that if Hao Shuaiqi met with any problems while playing the game, he could ask Qiao Liang for help. Qiao Liang promised to help him seriously.

After all, Repent and be Saved was a complicated game. There were also many secondary plots and riddles which made use of traditional Mandarin. Given the foreign UP Master’s shabby Mandarin, Qiao Liang was certain that he would be confused.

Both of them chatted for a little while more and built a pleasant relationship. They officially became friends and agreed to discuss their experience in the game regularly.

Hao Shuaiqi also expressed interest in recording his Link Live livestreams and uploading them on Aili Island. He hoped that Teacher Qiao would share his videos when the time came.

October 8th, Friday…

At Fish-Catching Internet Cafe’s Huanyu Tianjie branch…

Ma Yang and Zhang Yuan were seated at the resting area in the internet cafe. The latest episode of Products of the Gods was playing on the big screen.

“Brother Ma, the internet cafe is becoming more and more popular now. That’s why I always say Boss Pei is far-sighted.” Zhang Yuan scanned the internet cafe which was already more than half-filled. “Do you think Boss Pei had planned for all of this? Did he know that the game would become so popular after its release? Did he know many people would try and play the game at the internet cafe? Was that why he told us to open this store as quickly as possible and to open three others at the same time?”

Ma Yang giggled. “That’s for sure. Brother Qian would never do something he’s not confident in. I think he must have planned for all of this.

“Speaking of which, I secretly went to Xing Le Internet Cafe the day before—the cafe that copied us and claimed to be on a ‘high-end path’. Guess what I saw. The computers lagged when I tried to run Repent and be Saved. The hardware just could not run the game smoothly at top-quality!” Zhang Yuan paused. “It couldn’t? Aren’t Xing Le Internet Cafe’s computers high-end as well?

Ma Yang shook his head. “I saw their specifications. They’re a far cry from the computers you set up. They must have cut corners. Our computers-monitors, peripherals, and all —cost more than twenty thousand yuan in total. One system unit alone could cost more than ten thousand yuan.

“From what I observed, a system unit in Xing Le Internet Cafe costs five thousand yuan at most. Can they even be compared?

“It can barely run Repent and be Saved. The graphics and quality have to be adjusted downwards, and the gaming experience is only average.

“Haven’t you realized? The people playing games at our internet cafe are mainly playing Repent and be Saved.

“What happened with Chen Lei had already made our Fish-Catching Internet Cafe relatively well-known. Then came the nameless restaurant’s success and Quanmin Reviews’ ratings. Now, we are extremely well-known in Jingzhou!

“Every time someone mentions a high-end internet cafe in Jingzhou, everyone thinks about Fish-Catching Internet Cafe.

“Brother Qian really emphasized the true essence of internet cafes!”