Chapter 55: Silver Rankers
Author: Black Lantern (黑色花灯)
Link: https://book.qidian.com/info/1009922190
Translated by Gumihou
At 12:05 pm, there were already many people on Ye Fei’s channel. Although they did not see a notice for Ye Fei’s broadcast for today, many established fans have already accustomed themselves to waiting at his channel at around this time.
Tasting Everything Under Heave, I Am a Foodie, Tao Tie and a few others were some of the first fans and were very supportive of Ye Fei. Therefore, as soon as it was close to noon, they all rushed to his channel.
Since Ye Fei had not started his broadcast yet, Tasting Everything Under Heaven could not make use of his microphone privilege. He could only comment through the chat system.
“I say, will Deity Ye start his broadcast at 12:10 today?”
Tao Tie, “Should be. Though I haven’t seen any notices on the QQ homepage, Deity Ye is a man with a strong sense of time. He should not change the time of his broadcast.”
I Am a Foodie, “I feel the same, let us wait for a while.”
“I wonder what Deity Ye will make today? Do you know? After watching yesterday’s broadcast, I had some Scrambled Eggs with Tomatoes at a restaurant, but it’s just not the same.”
“Haha, I thought I was the only one suffering. Looks like Tasting Heaven Bro is the same, ah.”
“This Deity Ye is truly harmful, ah. If I watch more of his broadcasts, wouldn’t I lose interest in more dishes? What should I do then?”
I Am a Foodie sent up a smiley face, “I have experienced the same issue. However, whenever I am eating other food, I will think of Deity Ye’s cooking and pretend that the ordinary food I’m eating was made by Deity Ye. That way, the food suddenly became more palatable.”
“Excellent! As expected of an experienced foodie. Foodie Bro, this transfer method is definitely useable.”
“There’s no choice, ah. Otherwise, I can no longer stomach my regular food, ah.”
While these people were chatting with each other, a new group of people suddenly entered the channel en masse. The usernames of these people were very odd. They called themselves Silver_01, Silver_02, all the way to Silver_12.
“F*ck me, it’s a mob. What are they doing here?” Tasting Everything Under Heaven exclaimed.
In fact, this kind of situation was something that often happens in the broadcasting world. When a group of viewers with similar usernames suddenly appeared, they are either there to make trouble or cheer the broadcaster on. However, it was unclear what these people were here for.
Tao Tie sent out a message that asked, “Hey, Silver Men, are you here to cheer or jeer [2]?”
[3] Silver Men?
You’re the Silver Man, your whole family are Silver Men, ah!!
“Ye Fei’s fans are too vulgar,” My Heart Soars declared in the Silver Ranker’s Forum.
“Right? They are too insulting.”
“Even so, there are quite a lot of people in Ye Fei’s channel. The broadcast hasn’t even started yet, but there are already nearly 20,000 people. For a Bronze Stare Rank 2 Broadcaster, this is quite unusual.”
“Who knows, it could all be fake.”
“How could he fake so many viewers?”
“Unclear, I can only say that there are too many people who wanted to be famous now. Anyway, the broadcast seems to be starting, let’s go and have a look.”
It was currently 12:10pm.
Ye Fei’s broadcast has officially started.
The camera turned on and showed… [1] Ye Fei asleep in front of his computer.
[1] Everyone collapsed.
“… …”
F*ck me, what is this situation?
Now that the broadcast has officially started, Tasting Everything Under Heaven could use his mike privileges again. He shouted, “What the heck?! Yesterday Deity Ye was in a daze, today’s he’s actually asleep?!”
QQ Platform’s staff, “… …”
“Supervisor, Deity Ye is… is…” Tang Xiaomin was also losing her cool, she could only turn to stare helplessly at Feng Tianlai.
Feng Tianlai smacked his forehead, muttering, “F*ck, it’s finished. Deity Ye had really gone overboard today. Does he still plan to broadcast under such a mental state? Falling asleep in front of the camera, just what kind of broadcast is this?!”
“Supervisor, what should we do, ah? The broadcast has started, we can no longer adjust the time now.”
Feng Tianlai loosened his tie, “Don’t panic yet, let’s just… keep watching first.”
The group of Silver Men were also stunned.
“F*ck, this anchor is really… something, ah.”
“Hahahaha, I really admire this fellow, ah. The broadcast has already started but he is still asleep in front of the camera.”
“F*ck me, I really admire him, ah! You’re a genius, ah!!”
“Drama King! You were beaten by this guy yesterday?”
Drama King, “… yes, but he was not asleep yesterday.”
While everyone else was either laughing or crying at the sight of Ye Fei’s sleeping Face. Ye Fei stretched his arms over his head. He rubbed his eyes and blinked at the number on his screen. There were a little over 20,000 people on his channel now. Not bad.
“Everyone, apologies but I did not sleep well last night. I accidentally fell asleep while waiting for the broadcasting time.”
Tasting Everything Under Heaven spoke, “Deity Ye, would this influence the broadcast? Why don’t you go and rest first? It’s fine, even though we really want to watch your broadcast, but if you broadcast now, your exhaustion could affect the quality of your performance.”
Tao Tie also sent out a message, “That’s right, ah. Deity Ye, your health is important. There’s no need to push yourself too much.”
Ye Fei smiled and said, “It’s alright, I am not that pretentious. Right, let us start the broadcast.”
With that, Ye Fei stood up and made his way to the kitchen. An invisible camera followed Ye Fei.
While Ye Fei was making his way to the kitchen, I Am a Foodie sent up a large thumbs up emoji, “Deity Ye is such a conscientious broadcaster, ah. For the sake of his fans, he would sacrifice his health. To support Deity Ye’s fighting spirit, I, Foodie, have prepared HX¥200,000. So long as his performance did not fall short of his normal style, I shall reward him directly.”
Tasting Everything Under Heave also said, “That’s right, Deity Ye’s broadcast is very fun, but the most important thing is his attitude towards his fans. This is something even more commendable. I have prepared HX¥100,000, ready to be given out anytime.”
Tao Tie sent out a lol emoji, “I just received payment for some goods yesterday and shall not fall behind today. I match your HX¥100,000.”
Everyone else was also moved by Ye Fei’s fighting spirit and began pledging their amounts. Some were more, others were less. There were some who pledged in the tens of thousands, while more pledged a few yuans.
Even so, with over 20,000 fans, the pledges alone reached upwards of seven or eight hundred thousand.
The Silver Rankers Forum people who had come to watch Ye Fei’s performance nearly collapsed. As the number of pledges went up, their eyes nearly roll out of their sockets.
“F*ck me, like this also can?”
“M*therf*cker, the broadcast haven’t even started yet, but he had already gotten a few hundred thousand pledges?”
“Th- th- this… my golden alloy dog eyes, ah! This is too m*therf*cking incredible. How can this be?”
“I have a sudden urge to spit up blood. Surely the loyalty level of his fans shouldn’t be so high?”
“F*ck, these are true die-hard fans, ah. They don’t care about the broadcast at all, just rushing to throw their money at the broadcaster.”
“In the future, if anyone told me that Fine Food Section fans are all mud turtles, daddy will inform them that there’s a creep of golden tortoises there, okay?”
Meanwhile, the QQ staff were all clenching their fists excitedly. No matter what broadcast Ye Fei would do today, the fans have already made their pledges. They were already winners!
Meanwhile, Ye Fei had no idea what was happening in the channel. He had left his laptop in the living room and had just reached the kitchen.
As he stood in the middle of the gorgeous kitchen, Ye Fei mentally asked, “System, what are we making today? Where are the ingredients?”
[Gumihou: The peanut gallery is so hilarious]
[1] Some small adjustments
[2] Cheer or jeer
The actual term here is 砸场子还是捧场子 ‘lift the stage or smash the stage’, which, while poetic and invokes the imagination, a little too cumbersome for internet slang. Hence, replaced with ‘cheer or jeer’.
[3] Silver Men or Silver People: A special type of beggar inspired by street performers who used metallic paint to transform themselves into living statues.
People who paint themselves silver to entertain others
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWLyyWX0qiE
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