818 An Innocent Live Broadcast Hostess (1/2)

”How's everything? Are you ready? Is anything missing?” Zhang Zian asked after walking into the aquarium.

”Master, everything is set. Just rest assured!” Wang Qian and Li Kun assured him in confidence.

”I should be fine. Maybe I'm not quite familiar with certain tasks… I'm afraid of making mistakes.” Jiang Feifei seemed a bit nervous.

”Don't worry. It's the first time for everybody. All you need to think is––If there is a mistake, it must be the customer's fault. That will do,” he said to comfort them.

”…Fine.” Jiang Feife didn't know if he was joking or not; she nodded in agreement anyway.

The big clean-up started early in the morning. The aquarium was squeaky clean––but since the lighting was dark, the dirt would not show regardless.

Colorful lights brightened up rows of aquarium tanks. Newly installed chillers directed cold and hot water to their appropriate tanks through different water tubes hidden under the tanks, completing the heat exchange.

”Store Manager, I have a question,” Jiang Feifei said. ”Why not keep the corals and the fish in the same aquarium tank? Wouldn't that save both work and materials––not to mention look better?”

With the exception of a few aquarium tanks, the fish and the corals in the shop were kept separately.

Zhang Zian nodded. ”You are right; it would save us work. But you need be aware that we sell the fish––we don't keep the fish forever. It's indeed prettier when fish and corals are kept together. But after the fish and corals have formed a stable ecosystem, then someone suddenly buys the fish away, how can you refuse to sell them? If a crucial link is missing in a stable ecosystem, things can easily go wrong. Therefore, it's better to keep them separate––except in the display tanks, which are not for sale.”

Both the fish and the corals in the tanks were very dynamic. Usually a new batch was brought in before the older batch had been sold out. It was very hard to keep fish and corals together, as it was not as simple as dumping fish into a coral tank. For an aquarium, it was not worth the trouble.

”There's another reason. Fish often get sick and medication is needed. Sometimes you even have to disinfect the entire tank, scrap the entire ecosystem, and start over again. This is called 'restarting the tank.' If we mix the fish with the corals, it would be too expensive to restart the tank,” he explained further. ”It's indeed nicer to keep the fish and corals together, but it's not a good way to do business.”

”Oh, I see.” Jiang Feifei understood everything.

Zhang Zian toured around the shop and didn't find anything wrong.

”Oh right. I wanted to ask––do you watch live broadcasts?” he asked.

”We do!” Wang Qian and Li Kun suddenly had their spirits boosted after hearing this.

”I don't watch live broadcasts. I don't have time, nor any interest.” Jiang Feifei shook her head.

Zhang Zian asked again, ”What kind of broadcasts do you watch then?”

”Games!” Wang Qian and Li Kun answered in one voice.

”There are a lot of gaming broadcasts. Whom do you follow? Does it have anything to do with how pretty the host is?” Zhang Zian continued to ask.

”Emm…” The two of them hesitated and didn't answer right away. ”I don't think so? We follow the funniest hosts. It doesn't have anything to do with their faces… Most game broadcast hosts are ugly, while the hostesses abuse the retouch function. We only watch the game, anyway. It doesn't matter how pretty or ugly they look…”