Chapter 91 - Increasing Popularity (2/2)
Chen Ge ignored He San’s celebration and asked directly, “What happened last night during my livestream? Why did my followers and views grow so tremendously?”
“Since you started your livestream last night, the number has been growing, but it was incredibly slow until you started to play the Pen Spirit game. Someone created a thread on the app forum exposing Qin Guang for his plagiarism and then even attached your first livestream.” He San’s voice turned sharp from indignation. “Qin Guang’s livestream plagiarized your content down to the analysis, set, and even the identity of the killer, who was played by an actor! The evidence was right before their eyes, but Qin Guang’s fans refused to admit it. They started to slander your name in the thread, saying that it was you who was mimicking their idol.”
“Probably just the 50-cent army 1 , nothing unusual. Then what happened next?”
“Many viewers went to Qin Guang’s livestream to demand an explanation, but Qin Guang pretended not to have seen them. Not only that, he banned any viewers who brought up your name. However, with his high popularity and the all-in promotion by the platform, there were 800,000 viewers at the start of his livestream, and with the chat scrolling so fast, his team missed some of your mentions. Thus, a number of his viewers who were curious came over to your livestream.” He San got increasingly excited. “The highest viewers during your livestream was 50,000 but it was the combination of passersby, paid viewers, Qin Guang’s fans, and your own fans; it was a mess! You don’t have any mods in your livestream, so even after the livestream had stopped, the chat kept going for another half an hour. By the way, thanks to this chaos, your livestream entered the Popular Ranking for the midnight session. Congratulations, not many newbie hosts can enter that ranking so early in their career.”
Chen Ge could imagine the chaos in his livestream last night, but it was a blessing in disguise since his follower number did have a tremendous increase. After all, he was not lacking in content but exposure.
“Slow down. After all, that was just my second livestream.” Chen Ge talked for a few more minutes with He San before hanging up.
He looked at the private messages that he had received from the other users of the app. Most of them were curses, but there were a few who could not stand Qin Guang’s bullying and chose to send Chen Ge their support.
Near the bottom of his inbox, Chen Ge recognized a familiar user handler. The profile picture was similar to the studio that had harassed him before. The message warned him to not resort to dirty tricks, or he would make sure Chen Ge was unable to survive on this platform.
If another host saw this, they might have been afraid, but Chen Ge was different. Livestreaming and posting short videos were merely ways for him to promote his Haunted House. After blocking this account, Chen Ge exited the app and picked up the black phone.
“Mu Yang High School (Scream Factor 2 Stars): The setting up of the scenario has been completed, you can now go down to the subterranean level to visit it.
“Warning: Mu Yang High School is considered part of the four-star scenario, School of the Afterlife; its space is twice the size of a normal scenario. Please familiarize yourself with the interior layout before putting it to use.”
After looking at the message on the phone, Chen Ge sat up in bed. The size is twice normal scenario’s? Wait… don’t tell me, the whole of Mu Yang High School has been moved here?
He put on his shoes and ran to the first floor, peeled off the wooden boards, and peered downward.
The abandoned underground parking lot had been given a new look. The stairs had signs of being charred, the darkened corridor was littered with unfinished test papers, the doors to the classrooms creaked in the darkness, and shadows could be seen flitting between the upturned tables.