"Holy crap, a heart of the universe!"
"A big shot has appeared..."
"I was just wondering why no big brothers were giving tips, and now the screen is exploding..."
"Do you know why there were no big brothers? Because Sister Qiao doesn't know how to act cute..."
"No way, the Streamer looks so delicate, she doesn't know how to act cute??"
"Guess why she changed from a charm Streamer to a sales Streamer; this is the reason."
Bai Xiaoxiao caught a glimpse of the golden light exploding on the screen, and her hands paused for half a beat in the middle of her game.
If this were the past, she would have cried out in surprise at such eye-catching effects.
But after following Jiang Cheng and seeing many grand scenes, she was now merely surprised.
She casually asked Qiao Yinyin, "Wow, the bullet chat says this is a heart of the universe? I've heard of them but never seen one. How much does one cost?"
Qiao Yinyin was using a spatula to flip the ham sausages. Her gaze swept over the gift notification in the corner of the screen.
Her tone was flat: "18,888 TikTok coins each, which translates to about two thousand yuan."
As she spoke, she looked up at the camera and smiled, exceptionally calm: "Thank you, Brother Long, for the heart of the universe."
After Jiang Cheng sent two more Hearts of the Universe, he sent a private message to Qiao Yinyin's wechat.
Jiang Cheng: "It's me..."
Seeing this, the two looked at each other, and the corners of their mouths couldn't help but curl up.
Qiao Yinyin immediately beamed at the phone camera and used her thumb and index finger to make a finger heart.
In response, Jiang Cheng sent another two Hearts of the Universe.
Seeing this, Qiao Yinyin immediately said to Bai Xiaoxiao, "Thanks again to Brother Long for the Hearts of the Universe. Brother Long, could you join the fan club and get a badge? Brother Long..."
Seeing Qiao Yinyin deliberately pinching her voice to act cute for him, Jiang Cheng, on the other side of the phone screen, couldn't help but laugh out loud.
Although Jiang Cheng didn't usually watch livestreams, at this moment, he suddenly understood the psychology of those who enjoyed watching them.
After joining the fan club, Jiang Cheng sent two more Hot Air Balloons.
"Waoo, Brother Long, don't send any more. If you want to support me, buy some ham sausages. Our ham sausages are zero-additive, the ingredients are very pure, and we use black pork. There's a discount if you order now~~"
As she spoke, she specifically brought the fried ham sausages close to the camera. The glossy skin looked exceptionally appetizing.
If this were a normal situation, Jiang Cheng would have cracked a joke: "Let Brother eat the sausage, Girl. Believe it or not, if Brother's big investigation goes down, I'll poke out all your tax evasions?"
Since the two Girls were livestreaming, Jiang Cheng simply teased, "The tips I gave can be considered as me treating you guys to a meal."
After saying this, Jiang Cheng casually clicked on two TikTok No. 1s.
Seeing this, Bai Xiaoxiao spoke up, "Brother Long, can you follow me too? My TikTok ID is Bai Xiaoxiao~~"
After saying that, Bai Xiaoxiao took advantage of the surge in popularity brought by Jiang Cheng's tips to start her explanation: "Earlier, Sister Qiao asked me how I usually eat these ham sausages. Look here, folks. Usually, when I get this sausage, I like to smell it first to see what it's like. If it smells right, I'll take a lick to get a taste. If the flavor is right, ah, we'll lick it again. If the saltiness is just right and the meat aroma is strong enough, we'll nibble it down bit by bit along the edge of the sausage."
Bai Xiaoxiao's explanation instantly made the livestream room explode again.
"Huh? Did I come to the wrong livestream room??"
"It's all because that man is lustful. Can you blame the man??"
"You big sausage Girl~~"
...Seeing the number of online viewers soar to 120,000, Bai Xiaoxiao felt a small surge of excitement.
Seeing Bai Xiaoxiao making such suggestive jokes, Jiang Cheng didn't feel any displeasure.
Jiang Cheng wasn't the kind of man with a high need for control.
She was like this when he first met her. He found it interesting before they were together, so there was no reason to look down on her after they were together.
Besides, which Streamer doesn't put on a show during a livestream these days??
Making money isn't shameful.
The Girl didn't take anything off or do anything inappropriate; she was making money with her own wit.
Jiang Cheng wouldn't look down on her; he would only respect her.
Seeing Jiang Cheng add two more TikTok No. 1s, Bai Xiaoxiao continued, "Everyone can try the way I eat. Remember, we must eat in order. Don't just take a big bite right away, or we won't be responsible if the meat juices splash out on you."
Soon, with Jiang Cheng's tips and Bai Xiaoxiao's detailed explanation, the number of orders instantly skyrocketed.
Every dozen seconds or so, Jiang Cheng would send a gift worth over a thousand.
Within just two minutes, the livestream room entered the top ten of the sales rankings.
Once it hit the rankings, some alternate accounts from other similar livestream rooms soon mixed in.
Seeing Jiang Cheng tip constantly, Qiao Yinyin only gave a simple finger heart.
The ID "Zhang Young Master Takes You Flying" began to suspect that Jiang Cheng was a shill hired by Qiao Yinyin.
After clicking into Qiao Yinyin's link and seeing the sales figures for the ham sausages, his face turned crazy with jealousy.
Before Qiao's Ham Sausages came out, his family's ham sausages could sell over 1,000 packs a day.
But since Qiao Yinyin started livestreaming on TikTok, their sales had plummeted to only a hundred or so packs a day.
Even their traffic had been largely snatched away.
Tonight, he had even spent money to buy traffic for his own stream.
Unfortunately, even with bought traffic, he couldn't keep people.
He immediately began to send bullet chat messages using the 'Zhang Young Master Takes You Flying' account.
"No way, you're being so perfunctory over a heart of the universe? Just because you're a bit pretty and popular, you're slacking off..."
After this sentence floated across the screen, someone below started to explain.
"Sister Qiao is just like this. Is this big brother new here???"
Seeing someone respond to him, 'Zhang Young Master Takes You Flying' immediately replied: "I'm definitely not happy. When I tip a heart of the universe elsewhere, they'd at least stick their butt out for me and do a 'heart-to-breast' gesture??"
"Wow, this big brother is already level 45. He must have tipped at least three hundred thousand elsewhere??"
"A level 45 big shot hasn't even joined the fan club; he must be new. Tycoon, give a tip and let Sister Qiao do a 'heart-to-breast' for you."
Looking at the netizens' comments, 'Zhang Young Master Takes You Flying' felt even more disgruntled.
It was true; he had already tipped over three hundred thousand to other Female Streamers.
Usually, as long as he made some money, he would go tip at night. After tipping a few times, he could get a date.
But with business being bad lately, he hadn't tipped for over a week and had been taking care of himself for two weeks straight.
He was already suppressed and full of frustration.
At this moment, he only wanted to ruin Qiao Yinyin's livestream room.
Thinking this, and with the netizens egging him on, "Zhang Young Master Takes You Flying" sent a "Rocket."
After sending it, he added a bullet chat: "Qiao Yinyin, don't just thank him! Didn't you see the Rocket I just sent? And you, the woman next to her (Bai Xiaoxiao), come on, give Brother a 'heart-to-breast'."
This Rocket, along with those two bullet chat messages, instantly made the livestream room explode.
The so-called 'heart-to-breast' was a pose most commonly used by Streamers who pushed the boundaries of decency.
It involved using two hands to press out a heart shape around a certain area.
Although some Stream Viewers had joked along with him just now,
When he actually started to harass Qiao Yinyin, most of the fans spoke up for her one after another.
"Who is this? Such foul language!"
"If you want to see suggestive stuff, go somewhere else."
"Is something wrong with this person??"
Looking at the provocative bullet chat on the screen, Qiao Yinyin's face instantly turned cold, and her fingers tightened slightly around the spatula.
Bai Xiaoxiao frowned even more and was about to snap back when she was stopped by a look from Qiao Yinyin.
As a TikTok millionaire Internet Celebrity, she had already been on an intangible cultural heritage TV broadcast.
Now that she was livestreaming, every word and action would be magnified. Directly arguing would be beneath her.
Qiao Yinyin quickly held her hand. Her face was a bit cold, but she still said to the camera, "Did this Young Master Zhang wander into the wrong room? We are a food livestream room. If you want to see that kind of thing, just keep scrolling down."
Seeing Qiao Yinyin so calm, Bai Xiaoxiao also calmed down.
She began to silently chant in her heart: "Making money isn't shameful, the customer is king."
Hearing this, "Zhang Young Master Takes You Flying" immediately spammed the screen and even sent three "Rockets" in provocation: "I tip gifts just to make you listen! Give me a 'heart-to-breast' now, or have that woman next to you sing a song for me as an apology, otherwise I'll hire shills to raid your room today!"
Seeing this, Jiang Cheng's face darkened on the other side of the phone.
He took a screenshot of "Zhang Young Master Takes You Flying's" ID, then opened the phone's background apps to find the manager of the TikTok operations department and sent the screenshot over.
"This account, ban it immediately."
After sending it, Jiang Cheng had just switched back to TikTok when he saw the manager's reply.
"Understood, President Jiang. Give me a few minutes, I'll pass the order down immediately."
With the casual tipping from just now, Jiang Cheng's level had reached 32.
A level 32 account entering a livestream room immediately brought with it a shining special effect.
Seeing Jiang Cheng return, Qiao Yinyin put down her spare phone and said sweetly to Jiang Cheng, "Welcome back, Brother Long."
"Zhang Young Master Takes You Flying" heard this and started stirring up trouble again: "Stop faking it. A blank account tipped you to level 35? He's from your agency, right?? Girl, you really know how to act. Tipping yourself, you might as well just buy traffic."
After saying that, he painfully sent a Super Rocket.
"Someone like me who really tips is the real big brother. Get it straight, don't wag your tail at a fake account."
After speaking, he deliberately tagged Jiang Cheng: "Don't you want to be a big shot? If you have the guts, compete with me in tipping! I'll tip three Rockets, do you dare to tip three Hearts of the Universe? If not, stop posing here!"
In the bullet chat, some people advised Qiao Yinyin to "ignore him."
Some also broke into a cold sweat for Jiang Cheng.
After all, one heart of the universe was worth six Rockets. Three of them were nearly six thousand yuan. Such a comparison was clearly not worth it... Seeing no movement from Jiang Cheng's side for over ten seconds, the corner of "Zhang Young Master Takes You Flying's" mouth curled into a smile. However, before he could type more mockery, countless brilliant "Hearts of the Universe" poured across the screen like a continuous meteor shower, rising and blooming. The entire livestream interface was submerged in golden light effects. The gift notification bar scrolled frantically. Seeing this, "Zhang Young Master" originally wanted to hold on and tip more Rockets. But then Jiang Cheng switched directly to the "Server-wide Announcement."
In 2018, tipping 100,000 TikTok coins would trigger a server-wide notification.
Soon, notifications began popping up across the entire platform.
"User Brother Long gifted heart of the universe x10 in Qiao Yinyin's livestream room, totaling 188,880 TikTok coins!"
"User Brother Long gifted heart of the universe x10 in Qiao Yinyin's livestream room, totaling 188,880 TikTok coins!"
In just a few seconds, gifts worth nearly eighty thousand RMB washed away the discordant bullet chat and the Super Rocket in an almost brutal fashion.
Some Stream Viewers who were previously spamming the chat were now silenced as the entire livestream room fell into a brief freeze from this wave of gifts.
After the silence came an explosion.
The bullet chat in the livestream room became lively again.
"I... am I blind??? Forty Hearts of the Universe??"
"Holy shit! Are you setting off Hearts of the Universe like firecrackers??"
"Brother Long is awesome!!! (Voice cracking)"
"Where's that 'Zhang Young Master' who just tipped the Rocket? Still calling yourself a real big shot? Come out and take a few steps now. Does your face hurt?"
"Hahaha, this is a true god-tier Tycoon! You have the nerve to call that Rocket a gift?"
Under the continuous bombardment, the ID "Zhang Young Master Takes You Flying" seemed to be frightened by the display and didn't make a sound for a long time.
But because he didn't speak, some old fans who already supported Qiao Yinyin began to mock him in the chat.
Feeling like he was losing face from the mockery, he bit the bullet and sent another message:
"Heh, anyone can put on an act. It seems you're really willing to spend a lot of money. Who would believe a ham sausage seller could have a real big brother??"
This was just being unreasonable.
Anyone with eyes could see that this level of tipping was definitely not something a normal agency operation could do.
But before the Stream Viewers could argue back, an even more shocking scene occurred.
Jiang Cheng tipped several more times.
Only this time, behind his "Brother Long" ID, an extremely cool and rare badge suddenly appeared.
Next to the badge was a small line of text—[TikTok Technology · Strategic Investor].
This tag flashed by, but it was like a thunderclap on dry land, instantly igniting the entire livestream room!
"???? What did I just see??"
"Investor?? An investor in TikTok???"
"Holy shit! Brother Long is one of the owners of TikTok??"
"No wonder tipping is like a game to him... he has shares in this platform!"
"Zhang Young Master Takes You Flying, you're finished. You've kicked a titanium plate! Questioning fake gifts right in front of the platform's investor??"
Actually, Jiang Cheng himself hadn't expected such a tag to be added to his account.
If he wasn't mistaken, when he messaged the operations manager earlier, he only told him to ban the other person's account.
But this suddenly appearing tag was clearly the work of that sycophant.
Now, "Zhang Young Master Takes You Flying" was completely silent.
Qiao Yinyin looked at the ID with the special badge on the screen, her heart pounding.
An indescribable sense of security and pride welled up in her heart.
Not just her, but even Bai Xiaoxiao was completely stunned.
They knew Jiang Cheng was very rich and were well aware of the companies he started, but they didn't expect Jiang Cheng to also be an investor in TikTok.