Divine Culinary Broadcaster – 0016 – Strongly Recommended

Chapter 16: Strongly Recommended

Author: Black Lantern (黑色花灯)

Translated by Gumihou

 

As someone who had spent a long time mucking around the bottom rung of society, Ye Fei had long been made strong and tough. Much like a cockroach, his will to live was strong. The more society tramples upon me, the brighter daddy’s soul will shine!

If the System automatically removes 90% of my income, all I have to do is make more money to get out of the poverty line. So long as I invest more time and effort on live broadcast and make HX¥100,000 in one go, I can still get HX¥10,000 even if the System take away 90% of my money.

If he could reach HX¥200,000, he will receive HX¥20,000, if he could reach HX¥300,000 or HX¥400,000… or even a whole million… he could easily make hundreds of thousand yuans in one go. Hahaha! At that point, he would be considered a [1] gold collar earner, ah!

The simple minded often find ways to make themselves happy. Thus, the more Ye Fei thought, the happier he became. He was as motivated and as he had been miserable just a few minutes earlier.

“Live broadcasting, I must put all my energy into live broadcasting and go into the big leagues. Only people who dares to risk big will earn big, that way, I can quickly earn loads of money and buy myself a house, a car, a woman… ah, no, um, take a wife…”

With such lofty goals in mind, he once again found his will to struggle ahead.

While Ye Fei was quietly puffing himself up with all these outrageous fantasies, there was an upheaval within the QQ Broadcasting Platform.

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It was around this time that someone had noticed something abnormal about QQ Broadcasting’s recommendation page. Mixed into the list of popular broadcasters from Song & Dance and Storytelling Section was a nobody from Fine Food Section. Not only that, this guy was an Iron Star Rank 1 newbie.

“F*ck, QQ’s management must have gone mad. Otherwise, how do you explain the wild broadcaster from the Fine Food Section in the recommendation list?”

“Tut~ moreover, that guy is merely an Iron Star Rank 1 noob, ah. Just what kind of mess is QQ in?”

“Ye Fei? Who is this Ye Fei, ah?”

“Never heard of him, ah. An Iron Star newbie… do you think he’s the adopted son of QQ’s boss? Otherwise, how did a new guy like him make it into the recommendation page, ah? Moreover, he’s so strongly recommended too.”

“Yi~~ even the recommendation blurb is very nicely written Look, it has words like ‘Fine Food’s Rookie Star’ and ‘First of its kind’ written on it.”

“Haha, first of its kind? Just what kind of broadcasting could Fine Food do? Any random broadcast from our Song & Dance could beat Fine Food hands down.”

“The same goes with our Storytelling Section, Gushing Rivermouth could decimate them in 10 minutes.”

“I guess QQ’s administrators’ brains must have been squashed by a door. Otherwise, why on earth would they give a Fine Food broadcaster such a prominent position on the recommendation page?”

“Right? Now and then some random small veteran would make it here, but this Ye Fei was a complete noob. Just what is going on?”

Thanks to this little addition to the recommendation page, the outside world was thrown into a furious discussion, the chat rooms had never been as rowdy as today.

Even the few semi-popular broadcasters from the Fine Food Section could not keep their calm.

They, of all people, understood just how precious the recommendation page of the QQ Platform was. Leaving recommendation tag aside, just getting an additional written blurb after making it depends on their luck.

However, now an Iron Star Rank 1 rookie was given the most high-profile recommendation possible, complete with a nicely written blurb.

Devourer of Rivers & Peaks’ eyes practically turned green at the sight of the special recommendation tag.

“The f*ck is going on? This Ye Fei bastard actually received a special recommendation tag?!”

Chimp clicked his tongue, “Tsk, tsk, looks like there’s going to be some big changes at QQ. If any random noob could go on the recommendation page, aren’t they just putting the veterans in a difficult position?”

Devourer of Rivers & Peaks glanced at Chimp, “You mean, the platform is planning to push this guy forward?”

Chimp said, “Aren’t they doing just that? A noob who gained so much reward on his very first broadcast in just two hours would definitely catch the attention of the people upstairs.”

“But, he’s still just an Iron Star Rank 1 broadcaster. With the platform’s resources being so limited, I could accept them giving him a space on the recommendation page, but to give him the special recommendation tag and a nicely written blurb on top of that? What would veteran broadcasters think?”

“The purpose of the broadcasting platform is to make money, the ones who could bring in the money would be pushed forward regardless of whether they are new or not.”

“Hmph~ if things continue in this way, who knows how many of the veterans will be angered. QQ Platform is really playing with fire, ah.”

“By the way, Devourer. A Few days ago DD Broadcastings contacted me. They want to know if we are interested in switching over to their side. What do you think?”

Devourer of Rivers & Peaks was stunned. A short moment later he shook his head, “Chimp, although QQ Platform is a bit chaotic now, I don’t want to switch platforms. After all, I have fans here. It’s better to stick it out with my fans.”

Chimp nodded, “That made sense. However, DD Broadcasting is more powerful than QQ in many ways. If you switch over, you will be given better aid and bigger space. Moreover, their number of users is no joke, QQ absolutely can’t compare with them. So, there’s no need to worry about losing your fan base.”

Devourer stared at Chimp for a bit, “You’re asking me to seriously consider DD Platform?”

Chimp’s answer was a little hum, “For now, let’s see what QQ Platform does. If they continue to ignore senior broadcasters, my advice is for you to transfer to DD. Moreover, that guy told me that they had approached a lot of other QQ broadcasters as well, not just us. It sounds like they have met with other broadcasters with meaningful intentions.”

Devourer of Rivers & Peaks sucked in a long cold breath of air. He said, “F*ck, they are basically aiming to destroy QQ by digging under their foundation, ah. That’s way too radical.”

Chimp tsked, and said, “Whether they are or not has nothing to do with us. It’s all business after all and anything goes. After all, why did we go into broadcasting? For the money, of course. Therefore, whichever platform could give us more money and better aid should be our priority. After being in this field for so long, you should be clear about this. For a broadcaster to make money, they must have a good fan base, supportive platform and consistent performance.”

Devourer of Rivers & Peaks answered with a little ‘en’. He thought for a while and said, “I still want to stick with QQ for a little longer. If things don’t look well here, we can move to DD.”

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At the same time in other sections.

Great Deities under Song & Dance and Storytelling Sections as well Medium-Level Deities from less popular sections were also talking about the matter among themselves. Each of them secretly deliberating over their future in this business.

A Great Deity from the Fine Food Section by the username of Iron Stomach sent this message to Little Greedy Cat.

“QQ really shot itself in the leg, ah. Why would they put a noob on the recommendation site and a special recommendation tag? At the very least, this would draw two to three thousand fans to the channel, ah. If it’s even a little bit interesting, even four or five thousand fans is possible.”

As the two strongest performers within QQ’s Fine Food Section, they would often connect with each other and exchange information.

Little Greedy Cat sent a smiley face emoji, followed by a two palms upward emoji to indicate ‘Who Knows?’.

“Could it be possible that this Ye Fei has some connections within QQ? Otherwise, I really can’t see why they would waste their resources like this.”

Iron Stomach, “If this Ye Fei is some sort of crown prince [2], competition for resources under Fine Food Section would be even more intense.”

Little Greedy Cat, “That’s for sure, our recommendation rate is already quite poor, this week I only got an avatar recommendation, no write-ups.”

“Aren’t I the same? We’re both in the same boat.” Iron Stomach unhappily revealed this bit of news.

Little Greedy Cat smiled, “Actually, I’ve taken a look at Ye Fei’s broadcast, it’s definitely something original. While the rest of us focused on eating, this guy actually made a gourmet dish. His show actually suited the section name better too, it looked like a lot of people liked this kind of thing.”

Iron Stomach gave a loud laugh, “What’s so fun about looking at that? If cooking can stir up interest, then all the chefs in the world would turn to broadcasting. You just wait, this is just a flash in a pan, after a while, no one would bother to follow it anymore. In Fine Food, eating is king.”

“Hi hi, what you said made sense. This little cat likes to eat delicious food, by the way, Iron bro, would you like to make a challenge tomorrow?” Little Greedy Cat sent out a cheerful face emoji.

Iron Stomach answered with an ‘en’, “I’m really angry today, just thinking about that noob climbing over our heads really made my blood boil. We should show this guy what we’re made of, otherwise, we won’t have any standing within the Platform. We have to somehow kick him off his high horse.”

“You have a plan?”

Iron Stomach sent a widely smiling emoji, followed by a news link.

Little Greedy Cat looked over the link and cried, “Iron Bro, are you crazy?!!”

 

[Gumihou: Ah, veteran broadcasters, I support you!!]

 

[1] Gold collar – as opposed to ‘white collar’ workers.

[2] Crown Prince – slang for nepotism

 

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