Chapter 54: Did Not Sleep Well Last Night
Author: Black Lantern (黑色花灯)
Link: https://book.qidian.com/info/1009922190
Translated by Gumihou
As a side note, Gumi really likes the word ‘nyoom’
Since it was a direct order from the Supervisor, Tang Xiaomin looked through her PP Contacts, but after poking her phone for a bit, she could only shake her head and said helplessly, “Supervisor, it’s only around 8 o’clock, Ye Fei is not online at all.”
Feng Tianlai was stunned. A few moments later, he said, “Then, just sit in front of the computer and wait for him. Once he’s online, get the details from him and let me know.”
“Yes.”
“Well, that’s all we can do for now. Everyone, you may return to whatever you were doing until we have further news.”
Everyone returned to their seats.
At about 10 o’clock in the morning, most of the staff arrived at the office. Some of the broadcasters had also started to broadcast. Broadcasters who began their performance in the early mornings were generally less talented. That’s because even though viewer traffic was low, they do not have to compete for scraps with other more popular broadcasters. That way, they could still secure a small fan base.
Today was a special exception. A few great deities have woken up rather early and were already online. They were the people from the Silver Ranker Forum.
After hearing Drama King’s explanation yesterday, every one of them had been driven a little mad. A Bronze Star Rank 2 Broadcaster suddenly shooting up the ranks and became Million Yuan Broadcaster? That was like having a 3-year-old riding on their necks and peeing on their heads. Completely unacceptable.
Once their chat ended, nearly all of them flocked over to watch Ye Fei’s recorded broadcast. Many even studied it in minute detail late into the night, but in the end, they could not figure out the reason behind Ye Fei’s success.
This morning, they had once more converged on the forum to discuss the matter.
“I’m just curious, ah. I’ve watched this Ye Fei’s broadcast all day yesterday, but I don’t see anything unique about it. Why are people throwing so much reward at this commonplace broadcast?
“I too studied late into the night. Your sis, I only went to bed after 1 o’clock, but I might have some idea.”
“Silver Tongue? Did you see something? Tell us, ah.”
“Haven’t you noticed? Before this Ye Fei makes a dish, he would introduce his main ingredients. What fancy schmancy rose oil, super wild tomatoes from the Golden River Plains and eggs from the foot of Mount Changsan. All those high-sounding and expensive ingredients must have attracted the attention of the viewers. I’ll admit, his cooking skills were a little better than most, which is probably why the viewers were willing to sponsor him.”
“En, I have noticed this too, Here I was wondering just what kind of talent this Ye Fei had displayed. When all is said and done, it is just the result of some clever talk.”
“This kind of cheap trick won’t hold up long. Viewers aren’t stupid. Once they realise Ye Fei’s trick, they will abandon Ye his program. Don’t believe me? You can all head towards Ye Fei’s channel and take a look. Yesterday’s event was just an anomaly.”
“I happen to be free today, so I’ll pay a visit.”
“Silver Tongue, you had better use a sock puppet account, otherwise too many viewers would recognise you. Once they see you, they’ll want to talk to you and might even ignore Ye Fei’s broadcast, ah.”
“Haha, that’s even better. It just shows that Ye Fei’s broadcast cannot be compared to our Storytelling Section, ah.”
“Hahaha, Silver Tongue, are you sure this is a good thing to do?”
“I want to go and have a look too. Since I’m not too busy today, I can give myself a holiday and see what kind of stunt this Ye Fei plans to pull today.”
“Me too, let’s all form a mob.”
“I say, is this the right thing to do? An entire mob of Silver Star deities entering a Bronze Star broadcaster’s channel, aren’t you afraid of shocking Ye Fei?”
“That Ye Fei deserved to be shocked. That fellow actually dares to ride on top of us Silver Star rankers and flip the skies over our heads deserves to be shocked.”
Thus, a bunch of Silver Star broadcasters got together and formed a mob. After that, they quietly sneaked into Ye Fei’s channel.
Morning, 11 o’clock.
After getting up early in the morning, Ye Fei plonked himself in front of the computer in a daze [1] after trying, and failing, to convince the System to give him a little hint of what he should do later. Since he had a bad night, his brain still felt a little groggy.
However, when he remembered that he still has the broadcast to look forward to, he perked up a little.
11:40 pm.
Ye Fei finally logged into his PP Account. Suddenly, a deluge of messages flooded his monitor. Notification prompts started pinging non-stop, so he clicked on the bouncing notification bell. He found that a lot of people had been sending him messages, some from people he knew, and more from strangers.
Among them was Tang Xiaomin’s bouncing icon. So, he clicked on it.
“Deity Ye, are you awake?”
“Deity Ye, it’s 9:30 now, why are you not online yet?”
“Deity Ye, have you disappeared? If you see this message, could you reply?”
“Deity Ye, I am Tang Xiaomin, a statistician from the Fine Food Section. Do you still remember me?”
… …
Seeing the dozens of messages from Tang Xiaomin, Ye Fei was speechless. Especially since the first message was sent at 8:20 in the morning. That’s a bit too early, ah.
Ye Fei had a fairly good impression of this Tang Xiaomin, therefore, he tapped on the keyboards and replied to her.
“Sorry, I just got up.”
There was no way he was going to say that he had gotten up early in the morning and had been sitting in a daze in front of the computer all this while.
Back at the QQ Platform.
Tang Xiaomin, who had been getting more and more anxious, suddenly jumped up at the notification from her PP Account. When she saw Ye Fei’s avatar bouncing in place, she screeched and shouted, “Supervisor, Deity Ye just replied!”
Feng Tianlai had not returned to his office at all. Instead, he had been floating among the statisticians’ tables like an anxious spectre. He was really afraid that Ye Fei would not broadcast today.
When he heard Tang Xiaomin’s shriek, he nyoomed over to her side and asked, “What did Deity Ye say?”
Tang Xiaomin clicked on Ye Fei’s avatar. “Supervisor, Deity Ye said he just got up.”
Feng Tianlai, “… …”
Oi, my people all came to work at 7 o’clock just to wait for you, but you only woke up after 11 o’clock. Aren’t we too pitiful?
“Asked him about the time and content of today’s broadcast… wait, don’t bother asking for the content. It’s probably futile. We just need to know if he’ll broadcast today.”
Tang Xiaomin nodded and typed, “Deity Ye, what time will you broadcast today?”
Ye Fei sent a smiley face and answered, “The same time. 12 noon. However, I had a bad night last night and am still a little woozy. So today’s broadcast might not be too good.”
Tang Xiaomin immediately became anxious, she hastily turned to Feng Tianlai, “This is bad, Supervisor, come quick.”
Feng Tianlai’s loomed so close to the monitor that [1] Tang Xiaomin had to back away from his dinner plate size face. When he saw Ye Fei’s answer, he felt both cheered and anxious.
Cheered that Ye Fei would broadcast today.
Anxious about Ye Fei being a ‘little woozy’. It could really negatively impact his broadcast, ah.
Feng Tianlai considered for a moment, then said, “Xiaomin, asked if Deity Ye needs a little time to adjust. It’s fine for him to broadcast at around 5 or 6 o’clock. It’s the time when most people got off work and viewer numbers would be good too.”
“But, we’ve been waiting since 7 in the morning, ah. It’s been a few hours. If he broadcasts at 5 or 6 o’clock, we’ll have to wait even longer, ah.”
“Are you not willing?”
“W-willing!”
Tang Xiaomin quickly turned to her computer and fired off a message, “Deity Ye, if you’re not feeling too well, you can change your broadcast time to 5 or 6 o’clock, ah. Take the time to properly rest.”
Ye Fei sent a thankful expression emoji, “No need, a broadcast only last 1 or 2 hours only. It will pass quickly. I should be fine. Moreover, there are already viewers waiting on the channel. If we postpone it now, it will affect the viewer’s feelings.”
“But, Deity Ye, a lack of sleep could seriously affect the quality of a live broadcast. I remember a Silver Star broadcaster from a different section who broadcasted after staying awake all night and making so many mistakes that his fans nearly drowned him in their spit. Why don’t you…”
“No issue, I don’t have that many fans yet. Even if everyone spits at me twice, I won’t drown.”
Tang Xiaomin, “… …”
“Supervisor, Deity Ye did not want to change the time. He wanted to start his broadcast at 12 noon. He said that changing the time will affect the viewers’ feelings. What should we do?” Tang Xiaomin asked Feng Tianlai anxiously.
Feng Tianlai was also flustered. He kept pacing back and forth, muttering to himself, “This Deity Ye, looks like he really cares for his viewers, ah. However, this is also not good, ah. If his condition is not good, it could easily adversely affect his broadcast. He’s still new, just a few mistakes and the reputation he had built for himself could disappear in a flash.”
“What should we do? Deity Ye is the most popular deity in our section now. If he messes up today’s broadcast, we…” Liu Ping also jogged over, his tone very anxious.
Feng Tianlai flapped his hand at him, “Don’t speak. Let me think.”
He spent 10 minutes thinking.
At 12:05, Feng Tianlai still has not thought up a good solution.
“Supervisor, it’s time,” said Tang Xiaomin.
Feng Tianlai stopped pacing. He gritted his teeth and said, “Go ahead. Let us all just go ahead as usual. Everyone do your job, start the broadcast!”
[Gumihou: … I don’t know why these people are so disdainful of Ye Fei’s ‘clever talk’? Isn’t the entire Storytelling Section founded on ‘clever talk’?]
[1] Some small adjustments
[1] Some small adjustments
[2] 芬妮蓝裙 – Fanny Blue Dress, actually from the word ‘Tiffany Blue’ dress
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