Chapter 252: It's a Pity We Met Late
Xia Qing saw his message and replied, "Who are you?"
"I'm the president, OW, of Dream Guild. I started to follow you yesterday. Both your looks and talents are quite impressive.
I think you have great potential on the live streaming platform, so I want to sign you," the fat man replied.
Xia Qing was in her rented apartment now, with the background in the video being a backdrop she bought.
When she saw the fat man's reply, she hesitated for a moment: Dream Guild? She hadn't heard of it.
Before deciding to become a host, she had looked into the large and medium-sized guilds on the TT live streaming platform in detail.
Her goal was clear, to sign with a large guild where she could enjoy the shade of a big tree, and if she caught their attention for promotion, her development was certain to be much better than in a small guild.
Her family was struggling at home, with both parents out of work.
She needed to earn money to support her family and repay debts; the three million given to her by Qin Hao, she would return it with her own efforts.
"Many guilds have approached me, I am considering," Xia Qing replied to him.
During her few days of live streaming, indeed, many scouts and guilds had come to her with offers, but she had not signed with any.
Because these were all small guilds, not the medium to large-sized ones that she had in mind.
Seeing her reply, the fat man's heart sank a bit, sensing from her tone that she might already have a target in mind.
"What should we do, Second Brother?" the fat man turned and asked Qin Hao.
Qin Hao: "How should I know what to do? You're in charge of this."
After some thought, the fat man replied to Xia Qing: "Are you planning to sign with a large guild?"
"Exactly, large guilds have strong financial backing, more recommendations, and more popular hosts. I think my prospects for development there would be better."
The fat man: "You've just started with the TT live streaming platform, right? If you want to sign with a large guild, are you prepared to make sacrifices?"
"What do you mean by that?" Xia Qing sent back a reply.
The fat man spoke earnestly, "I've been around the TT live streaming platform for six or seven years, and I know very well how murky things are here.
Large guilds have strong financial resources and lots of promotional opportunities, and there are many popular hosts, but they won't give you these things for nothing.
Have you heard of the host Milk Tea from Starlight Guild?"
Xia Qing: "I have, a very popular female host on the TT live streaming platform."
The fat man: "When she first signed with Starlight Guild, she was shelved for half a year.
Do you know how she got popular later? She became the mistress of one of the senior executives in Starlight Guild and then got various promotional resources and opportunities to co-host with big names.
Everything I'm telling you can be checked, and this is just the tip of the iceberg.
Your beauty stands out. If you go to those large guilds, there's a ninety-nine percent chance you'll be preyed upon.
Also, contracts with large guilds usually last for over ten years. If you don't agree and want to leave, it's nearly impossible, and it would be too easy for them to blacklist you."
Reading the fat man's long lecture, Xia Qing fell into deep thought.
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The fat man continued, "Our guild has just been established, and although we can't compare with those large guilds in terms of strength,
we are a guild with dreams, aspirations, and principles.
Concerning the contract, we won't be as overbearing as the large guilds. If you're unhappy, you can leave at any time without fear of being preyed upon or shelved."
Qin Hao spoke up, "Let me add one more thing: if you sign with us, you will receive strong support."
The fat man paused for a moment, then sent another message: "You are excellent in many aspects.
If you sign with our guild, you will receive strong support. Our guild is new, but financially we are not comparable to a small one."
At that moment, he didn't care if he was boasting or not; as long as he could sign Xia Qing, that was all that mattered.
Xia Qing was indeed somewhat shaken; she was worried about being sidelined in a large guild.
Struggling to make ends meet and saddled with debt, she could not afford to be sidelined, but she also did not want to be preyed upon; she just wanted to live an open and honest life.
Xia Qing replied, "Thanks, I'd like to think about it."
The fat man: "Okay, let's add each other as friends. Whenever you decide, we can get in touch at any time."
After adding each other as friends, they stopped chatting.
Fatty turned to Qin Hao and said, "Hao, I think it's time we show the strength of our guild."
Qin Hao: "What do you mean?"
Fatty: "I mean, how about we flash some cash her way, let her objectively know the strength of our guild. That's a plus.
If she figures it out, she'll definitely look for our guild first."
Qin Hao nodded slightly: "How much are you planning to tip?"
Fatty: "Five thousand? If we tip too much without being contracted to a guild, we can't cash out."
Qin Hao thought for a moment and said, "That's too little, it should be at least ten thousand."
"Alright then."
After saying that, Fatty recharged tens of thousands into his account, where one yuan corresponded to 1T coin on the platform.
There were many kinds of gifts in the live streaming room, including ones for one jiao, one yuan, five yuan, ten yuan, and Qin Hao even saw a few gifts that cost 999 yuan each.
Fatty picked a gift worth ten jiao, which was a handshake.
You could gift up to 1314 handshakes at a time, and Fatty's mouse started clicking away "da da da".
Banners of gifts floated up in Xia Qing's live streaming room in an instant:
Dream Guild OW Little Fatty: Recruiting anchors, once sent Qingtian 1314 handshakes X1
Dream Guild OW Little Fatty: Recruiting anchors, once sent Qingtian 1314 handshakes X2
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A set of 1314 handshakes equalled 131.4 yuan, and Fatty tipped a hundred sets, which made it 13,140 yuan.
As he reached the 88th set, a broadcast banner appeared at the top of various live streaming rooms:
Dream Guild OW Little Fatty: Recruiting anchors, lavishly sent Qingtian 1314 handshakes X88 sets, shocking the audience.
Although this server-wide banner lasted only a brief two or three seconds, it drew quite a number of people, bringing several hundred viewers to Xia Qing.
"Thank you for the tip, Little Fatty, thank you, really thank you."
Xia Qing was excited as it was the first time she had received so many tips.
Before Fatty tipped, the contribution leaderboard in her room only totalled three hundred yuan, all small amounts given by her followers.
After thanking him in the live streaming room, she sent Fatty a private message: "Thank you."
Fatty: "No need to be polite, whether you sign with our guild or not, I'll bear no grudge, even if it's just making a friend.
I believe you have great potential and a limitless future. Just don't forget me, alright? Really, if you make it big, look out for me."
Xia Qing: "I'll take your kind words, thank you."
Visitors in the streaming room were also stunned: "Wow, the plane is taking off."
"Boss is so generous, thanks for rewarding our Qingtian Goddess."
"Is Qingtian Goddess going to sign with Dream Guild? This guild seems to have some strength by the looks of it."
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In the streaming room, Xia Qing began to speak, "I've been live streaming for several days, constantly adjusting my computer and equipment.
Finally got everything tuned today, so I'll sing a song for Little Fatty, brother, and all the fans in the streaming room."
"Wow, the goddess can sing too? I want to listen."
"How about 9277?"
"I want to hear a lovely love song."
Fatty, hearing Xia Qing calling him Little Fatty, brother, couldn't help but giggle in front of his computer.
"Smack"
Qin Hao slapped him impatiently: "Laugh again and I'll kill you."