Love? The Reborn Me Just Wants to Obtain Rewards

Chapter 70: Chapter 65: A Downward Strike from the Veteran Cunning Fox

Shearing Pei Shuyu’s wool, Su Huai was serious about it.

But he was in no rush, leisurely washing up, going to bed, taking care of various class affairs, and then finally opening up the Gou Star platform.

Donning the identity of an unregistered guest, he began to wander around the platform, collecting information.

Live streaming is a big circle, within which there are dozens, if not hundreds, of smaller circles, each distinct from the others.

The year 2016 was a bit early for Su Huai, as it wasn’t the environment he was most familiar with, so he had to ensure his preparation was first-rate and meticulous.

However, regardless of now or in the future, every platform has its own tone, never the same as another.

Take Er Ya, for example, everyone’s impression is definitely of a male anchor yelling into the mic, then during a PK battle chanting with rises and falls: “Brothers, help me… tackle him!”

Or take a certain hand, where behind you have a row of oddly-shaped lackeys, with the big brother shirtless, wearing large sunglasses, at the very front, a group of rural non-mainstreamers there ludicrously howling: “XX marching out! Not a blade of grass will grow!”

Or a certain fish: “One card application, can’t buy being cheated, can’t buy being fooled, but can turn into a motorcycle to honor our parents!”

Then there’s the currently popular Six Rooms, 100 tickets for 1 centimeter, and not a single word more can be written.

The principal’s Panda TV is even fiercer, nearly half of the late-night female anchors add 200 V, and then… thus early next year, they’re hammered for it, talked to for the second time.

Later, Douyin became the most regulated, and because of its regulation, insanely competed over looks, content, and guild output…

The major tone of a platform can determine what kind of mainstream players it has, and naturally also indirectly determines how anchors survive.

Source: Webnovel.com, updated on ɴονǤ0.ƈο

Understanding this is very important.

Returning to his most familiar domain, Su Huai appeared extremely confident, calm, and patient.

He crawled through various rankings, entered various live streaming rooms, collected all sorts of activity information and rewards, and also observed how top male and female anchors PK’d and interacted.

For a whole hour, he didn’t step foot into Pei Shuyu’s room.

But the harvest from this hour could probably outdo what many players blindly play for a year.

At the very least, he figured out the main tone of the Gou Star platform and the type of its mainstream players.

People who play live streaming can generally be categorized into four conventional types.

It’s not about spending money or freeloading, but rather different starting points.

The first type is the casual type.

They spend time just for fun.

Most of them don’t spend money, while a small part does.

But they are not penniless losers; they are comparatively more rational, understanding that life is more important, the normal entertainment-type.

The second type is the venting type.

They play on platforms merely to vent; those with money become big brothers themselves, those without money follow the big brothers to save face.

They rush where there’s excitement, particularly invested, with extreme members even creating thousands of layers of posts defending unrelated anchors on forums.

The platform acts as a haven from life, or a second world for solace of the soul.

Interestingly, this type is quite polarized; either they are foul-mouthed old brothers who can’t manage to spend much, or they are the platform’s big brothers, clamoring with followers and generously tipping.

They are the source of both black and loyal fans and the main contributors to the platform’s popularity.

The third type is the career-oriented type.

For example, big brothers who want to form guilds spend money heavily in the beginning.

For example, warehouse merchants active on the platform, ticket scalpers, and special brokers.

For example, managers, lackeys, and opportunists who mingle with big brothers and anchors for advantage.

For example, various scammers.

For example, dream protectors who wish to turn their lives around by dating an anchor…

Really, all sorts of oddballs exist, but indeed there are quite a few people who have made money off the platform, like the first two batches of monopoly merchants of a certain hand, who each made at least a few million in assets.

The fourth type is the thrill-seeking type.

This category can be further divided into two types: one for money, one for sex.

In 2016, most platforms had games with high payout rates.

The GDP of small platforms was 50% supported by games, with nearly half the players being game enthusiasts.

The larger platforms were stricter, so instead of having games, they let the anchors walk the fine line.

At the current time point, the Huya platform’s anchor lotteries were very lively, Panda followed suit, and Douyu was not so wild; Chen Shaojie’s current attitude was neither encouraging nor opposing it.

As for why he went crazy later on, the reasons were quite complex and aren’t discussed for now.

Anyway, there’s currently a large group of players on the network who enjoy playing minigames on live streaming platforms; they curse when they lose, and reward the anchor when they win, with the main draw being the thrill.

But these people are inherently users of the live streaming platform; they liked live streaming first and then grew to like playing games.

Later, when Chen Shaojie went down a dark path, he attracted many people who didn’t play live streaming to come and gamble away their fortunes, including not a few middle and high school students, which truly deserved condemnation.

The other major category of the thrill-seekers, of course, are those who pursue anchors for sex.

Those without money rely on their wit, and those with money use it to smash their way in.

However, those who spend money often don’t get to enjoy the so-called benefits; this is the most illogical, yet also the most logical outcome.

From a human nature perspective, love-struck big brothers who throw money around and legitimate female anchors only have two ways of interaction.

The first way is where the big brother is very aggressive.

The female anchors carefully pamper the big brothers, afraid they’ll leave if they’re not happy.

But female anchors are human too; their emotions have limits. It’s already exhausting to broadcast every day, and after broadcasting, they have to coax a high-and-mighty ruler; it’s bound to be tiring.

This one-sided, unceasing dedication can’t possibly foster affection, just weariness and annoyance, and at such times, companionship-type players in the live streaming room are particularly apt to sneak in.