Just as Chu Ran had expected, the moment he sent out that Weibo post, it drew the attention of countless Meme Lovers and Imperial mutts.
Damn, it had been so long since I saw him that I thought Ran Chu had been buried already.
Streaming? This Lord had been worried I wouldn't have anywhere to flame you. Brothers, get those reports ready when the time comes.
What the hell are you even promoting here? Do you have any fans on Weibo? Do you think we'd give you money?
At that moment, EDG's female operations staffer walked over to Chu Ran, her brow carrying a trace of concern.
For Chu Ran, all he had to do was post on Weibo and do some streaming.
But for operations staff like them, there were far more things to consider.
The pressure was huge!
EDG had already been drowning in controversy, and now this living ancestor had shown up without even raising their salaries.
"Uh, miss, although I know I'm handsome, you don't have to stare at me like that. I'm still a baby who just turned eighteen this year."
Chu Ran turned around and winked at the operations staffer, making her laugh in exasperation.
"I don't date younger men."
"Then I can rest easy. After all, as a boy out in the world, I still need to protect myself."
Hiss—!
Red Temperature Value +35
Annoyance appeared on the operations staffer's face. She felt like she was about to red-temperature, so she immediately got to the point. "I'm just reminding you that today, just play some games on stream. Figure out how to create some program effect yourself, but absolutely, absolutely do not mention Uzi."
"Can I mention Jian Zihao?"
Pfft!
"Neither is allowed!" The operations staffer was going crazy. Her pretty face twisted slightly as a growl rose from her throat. "Handsome little Chu Ran, I'm begging you, okay? Please don't stir up controversy again. After you finished the Solo Competition that day, my colleagues and I worked three straight all-nighters."
"Oh, did Coach Abu give you overtime pay?"
What do you think?
"Just watch yourself, okay? The bullet comments might be pretty ugly when you start streaming. Keep your emotions under control."
"Don't worry, I'm very emotionally stable. I never red-temperature easily. Besides, as long as these viewers are willing to donate money to me, they can flame me however they want. I'm very magnanimous." Chu Ran grinned, then added, "Next time you work overtime, I'll make Coach Abu give you overtime pay."
Fuck your mother!
The operations staffer didn't want to talk to Chu Ran anymore. He was just too infuriating.
After she left, Abu came over to Chu Ran as well, mainly to observe the effect of Chu Ran's first day of streaming.
Among all the players in their club, not one of them was any good at streaming.
Ming Kai had the highest livestream popularity, but he couldn't loosen up in the livestream room. He was like a stuffy gourd. The popularity in his stream was entirely propped up by his own fanbase.
The other one was Scout. His streams didn't have much effect either, but plenty of Little Fairies donated money to him.
"Keep your mentality steady later. I've arranged for operations to be your moderator. If there are bad bullet comments, they'll mute them for you."
"Don't worry about it. There aren't many people in this world who can break my defense."
At that moment, Meiko suddenly leaned over. "Brother Ran, look at this. A son went gambling, and his mother worked serving dishes to pay off his gambling debt."
"Get lost!"
"And this one, ten thousand short of saving his wife."
"Tian Ye, believe it or not, I'll make you wear your long johns backward tonight?"
"Didn't you say your defense wouldn't be broken?"
After messing around for a while, Chu Ran finished setting up his livestream room, then went live and began queuing on the Korean server with Deft.
Huya livestream room.
The stream was titled "Welcome, All You Tough Guys, Come Fence with Me," and its popularity shot up to a terrifying several hundred thousand the instant it went live.
All kinds of greetings for Chu Ran sprang up like spring bamboo shoots after rain. The operations staffer was numb; she simply couldn't ban them all.
Almost every damn one of them was a hater!
Seeing this, Chu Ran smiled and greeted the countless viewers in the livestream room.
"Hello, everyone. I'm Easy, EDG Club's top-lane player. Thanks to all my fans for the support. Today, I'll be playing Korean server Challenger-ranked games with Deft. New friends might not know Deft or me."
"Let me introduce us. Deft, Samsung Blue's runner-up ADC, spent Season 5 and Season 6 beating up the World's Number One ADC. And me, Easy, All-Star Solo Competition champion, who also defeated the World's Number One ADC in the Solo Competition."
"So there's no doubt about our strength. Tonight, we'll have a great hunt on the Korean server. You can also learn more about the playstyles and ideas used in high-level games."
The moment he opened his mouth, Abu, the operations staffer, and everyone else beside him froze.
Hadn't they told him not to mention Uzi?
And he started right off by saying World's Number One ADC?
The operations staffer shot Chu Ran a look. Chu Ran turned back, spread his hands, and looked aggrieved.
Where had he mentioned Uzi? What, was the World's Number One ADC Uzi?
In a flash, the barrage of comments was completely disarmed.
Fuck you! Ran Chu, are you sick?
What a beast. You're still here farming Little Dog's popularity. You don't even want your damn face anymore.
666666, bro, say no more. Ten bucks is a token of my appreciation.
I can't bear it anymore. The moment you opened your mouth, it was Jian Zihao.
??? The trolls are going too far. The World's Number One ADC is Jian Zihao?
Holy crap! That's right, fair and objective! Straight to the point!
Looking at the dense barrage of attacks, Chu Ran flashed a sunny smile. He hadn't originally planned to keep fighting the Imperial mutts.
But if they delivered themselves to his door, what else could he do?
"Farming Little Dog's popularity? The way you put that... what temperature was his bathwater today?"
"Besides, what championship has he won that I need to farm his popularity?"
In an instant, everyone sitting beside Chu Ran had their bodies tremble. The operations staffer's vision went dark.
She wanted to quit.
This was impossible!
Sure enough, once Chu Ran said that, the bullet comments in the livestream room instantly exploded.
66666! Genius, an absolute genius!
Your nationality is gone, bro.
This Lord is fucking done with your mom, Ran Chu. Does a Solo Competition championship even count as a championship?
What? A Solo Competition championship doesn't count as a championship? Then which brain-dead idiots were bragging before the match that Uzi would definitely win the Solo Competition?
If Jian Zihao won the Solo Competition, it was overflowing with prestige. If he didn't, it was trash. The Imperial mutts really understood double standards.
What the hell, "what temperature was Uzi's bathwater today?" That line is going to become Bible!
What championship has the World's Number One ADC won exactly? Why can't I find it?
Haters like you disgust This Lord. Someone like Ran Chu will never reach Little Dog's heights in his entire life!
Little Dog conquered every AD player; he just couldn't conquer the mouths of haters like Ran Chu.
The livestream room's popularity grew more and more intense. The operations staff couldn't bear it anymore and hurriedly cut off Chu Ran's microphone, their eyes practically pleading.
"I'm begging you, take it easy."
"They came looking to get flamed. Is that my fault?" Chu Ran shrugged, looking somewhat helpless.
Abu had a headache as well. He had wanted to see Chu Ran's livestream program effect, but he hadn't expected things to explode so spectacularly just minutes after the stream began.
"Huya issued a warning. Little Ran, just stream peacefully. Ignore those bullet comments."
"Oh!"
Chu Ran nodded, then immediately enabled "fans only can comment."
It instantly made many Imperial mutts who had been cursing nonstop feel like their brains had crashed.
Fuck you!
That's disgusting!
You had to follow on Weibo to comment, and now the livestream room required a fan badge too.
"Alright, I won't talk to you guys much more. You're all too enthusiastic, and there are too many bullet comments for me to read. It's better now, though. But why is no one talking?"
"Come on, officers? You keep claiming to defend your idol, but your idol isn't even worth a single light badge in your eyes. Looks like your idol's value in your hearts isn't all that high, huh?"
Hiss—!
Once those words came out of Chu Ran's mouth, the countless Imperial mutts lingering in his livestream room felt the temperature steadily rising.
Chu Ran's streaming state also drew the attention of Ming Kai and the others, their faces all filled with amazement.
If this wasn't genius, they couldn't think of anyone else who was.
He was using his life to create livestream effect.
At that moment, Abu was giving Chu Ran countless thumbs up in his heart.
He saw a rising livestream superstar. Even if Chu Ran performed poorly once the LPL regular season officially began, Abu would still keep him at EDG. EDG needed talents who knew how to make streaming entertaining.
Given time, punching Douyu's Wu Wu Kai and kicking Panda's PDD would be no problem!
Just as the livestream room's popularity was soaring, Chu Ran and Deft matched with a game.
But the moment they entered, the first pick, who had originally been assigned support, threw out a string of Korean.
"Brother Hekui, what did he say?"
"First pick wants top lane. If he doesn't get it, he feeds!"
"That harsh? Fine, give it to him. Brother Hekui, I'll play support with you. I happen to have a really fun support pick."
"Huh? Then play it." Deft paused, then silently picked EZ.
Many Imperial mutts in the livestream room were laughing gleefully. They had finally seen Chu Ran get shut down for once.
But right after that, the smiles on their faces vanished.
Chu Ran let out a furious roar that sent all their blood pressure soaring.
"Coach Abu, get me a bottle of AD Calcium Milk!"
"I'm a little tired. Let me have some milk first!"
Bang!
Abu staggered, while Meiko, who had been drinking water, choked. Water sprayed out of his nostrils.
Ming Kai looked horrified, massive waves crashing through his heart. Could you really stream like this?
At that moment in RNG Club, Uzi shut Chu Ran's livestream room with a red face, then punched Xiao Hu in the thigh again, drawing out a scream.
And the Imperial mutts, who had stopped flaming after seeing Chu Ran enable fans-only comments, could no longer hold it in at this moment.
Consider this money your coffin fund, Ran Chu!
You damn bastard, you'll do anything for money, even throw away your dignity.
The LPL is truly finished. Little Dog brought so much honor to the LPL, yet a rookie is smearing him like this and still hasn't been banned.
This is truly chilling. I believe no one who has watched Little Dog play would act like Ran Chu.
"No, are you guys even being reasonable? What's wrong with me drinking AD Calcium Milk? Why are you saying I'm fighting Uzi again? I have no rights now, is that it? Drinking milk has become his exclusive privilege?"
All at once, everyone at EDG Club burst into thunderous laughter, while the live chat and gifts flooded Chu Ran's livestream.
Awesome, but I can only give you a 98.4 because all I can say is you're a 1.6!
I really can't bear it anymore, bro. It feels like you said nothing, but also somehow said everything.
I'll go first: a halftime feed!
I'm so jealous of Uzi's treatment. When he gets tilted during matches, he can drink milk.
Exactly, exactly. It makes no sense. Uzi is allowed to drink milk, but Brother Ran isn't allowed to drink AD Calcium Milk?
When Abu handed him a bottle of AD Calcium Milk, Chu Ran raised his brows. "Coach Abu, why is there only one bottle? If the viewers see this, they'll think EDG can't afford milk. One bottle for everyone—I'm treating today!"
In an instant, Chu Ran drained the AD Calcium Milk in one gulp. The livestream room's popularity grew even greater, and then he picked Twitch support, making Deft curse outright.
Luckily, Deft had already seen it coming and picked EZ. He had known that Chu Ran was up to no good.
He looked harmless on the surface, but he was full of bad intentions.
Meanwhile, at Snake Esports' base.
Zz1tai saw the enemy lineup and was instantly startled. "Holy crap, Twitch support? What kind of talent is this?"
"Easy. I'm watching his stream."
"Ran Chu? Then it makes sense. He probably isn't playing support properly and just came to disgust people, right?"
Zhu Kai looked at Zz1tai, then said, "You should start streaming too. You can ride his popularity while you're at it. His popularity is terrifyingly high right now."
"That wouldn't be good, would it?" Zz1tai said in a deliberately cutesy voice. At this point in time, he had yet to evolve into the absurd Boy he would become in the future.
"Didn't you say your Viktor was ridiculously strong? This is the perfect chance to ride the popularity and show viewers how strong Snake Esports' new mid laner is."
"Oh." Zz1tai nodded, then caught sight of the livestream image in Zhu Kai's hand and saw Chu Ran drinking AD Calcium Milk.
He immediately felt thirsty as well. Looking at Zhu Kai, his eyes filled with longing.
"Coach Zhu, could you heat up a cup of milk for me?"
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