The Essence of Livestreaming Lies in the Script
Two hours later, in what was formerly No Man's Land Zone 42, hard-hitting anchor Burrlett was looking around blankly.
The reason for adding "original" is that at this moment, this place has lost all the elements that could define it as a "No Man's Land".
It was a process that left even the spectators who watched the whole thing completely bewildered, amazed the professional demolition team, and scratching their heads at the master architect who designed the Asgari City.
They watched as the city was demolished and destroyed, until everything settled down. In the No Man's Land, there was no one left, not a single building still functioning, and no one left to stand.
Seemingly having finally figured out what had happened, Burrlett, sitting atop the small mountain of "corpses," finally shivered, then said with a face full of grievance:
"Hey, don't these thugs use friend-or-foe identification when they fight these days? I didn't even use any force and they killed themselves... I watched the fight, the live stream is proof, I didn't use any real force from beginning to end!"
[Yes, yes, I can testify, the building started it.]
[Yes, we all saw it, it was the house that hit you!]
[Exactly, the load-bearing columns turned into a honeycomb structure on their own.]
[Yes, you just happened to be passing by; it's not your fault.]
[Yes, yes, the murderers were thugs and Ghost Hand, it has nothing to do with you.]
Under Burrlett's "sophistry," the surprised and bewildered audience finally reverted to their usual amused selves. Unconcerned that it was none of their business, they immediately launched into a frenzy, with various seemingly excusable but increasingly off-putting remarks flowing across the screen.
And all of this reached its climax with the appearance of a colorful bullet screen—
[This is Black Steel International Security Company. Given the streamer's excellent problem-solving skills, we would like to establish a long-term cooperative relationship with you...]
"Damn it, don't frame me! What kind of attack capability? The whole thing was recorded right here! I didn't do anything!"
Mr. Burrlett vehemently denied any wrongdoing, and just then, a verified account suddenly spoke up:
[Thanks to the streamer for pointing out the design flaw. We will be making a series of optimizations to the architectural structure of Asgari City in the future.]
As the account with the ID "[Official Account of the Asgerry Architectural Association]" posted its message, a flood of comments erupted in the chat.
[Holy crap, my supervisor just gave me a last-minute assignment to calculate how region 42 was decommissioned...]
[Me too, I also need to draw stress structure diagrams.]
[Where are the modification blueprints? The Lawless Zone has basically been modified already; looking at the original design blueprints is useless!]
[Damn, I think I'm also an architecture major, what should I do if I'm hesitant to open a mobile number?]
A group of architecture students groaned, but this only amused the rest of the audience.
The joys and sorrows of people are not the same. The thugs of Lawless Zone. 42 lost their lives, the owner of Lawless Zone. 42 lost his money, and the architecture students and professionals had extra work. But these people are only a minority. For the vast majority of viewers, these ups and downs are just seasonings to make the fun more real and concrete.
"Sigh, the streamer is tired too. I need to find a reliable lawyer, so I'll end the broadcast now." Feeling the swarm of [knowledge], Feng Xue decisively ended the broadcast at lightning speed, leaving a group of viewers who were just celebrating looking at the black screen in confusion.
Having accomplished all of this, Feng Xue looked at the extra Tag on her account, her expression becoming somewhat subtle.
Because that wasn't the "Lucky Person" he wanted, but rather the "demolition worker"...
"So I guess I went a bit too far..." Feng Xue mentally learned her lesson and jumped down from the mountain of human bodies. Thanks to the fact that everyone in the cyber era has a prosthetic body, a large part of the people who made up this mountain were still alive. As for how long they would live, that would depend on when they woke up or when they were rescued.
However, based on Feng Xue's understanding of this era, she believes that it won't be long before major Newspaper Agency, media organizations, and Self-Media flock to the scene, so there's no need to worry too much.
He easily entered the lower levels of Asgari City, bypassed the surveillance cameras, changed his identity, and arrived at the Blackthorn Ghost Catching Agency. He took out his Phantom Phone and began editing the live stream script.
Creating a script for a live stream is a tricky thing because its core lies in shaping the "persona," but at the same time, it's important to avoid making the videos homogenous.
For example, if you want to create a character Martial Arts Master, then you naturally have to let him show off his martial arts skills. But if he shows off his martial arts skills in every video, the audience will get tired of it.
The key to a good script is to stay on topic while ensuring each video offers something new.
Take Burrlett as an example. His character is Tough Talk, resilient, strong-willed, and has a tough stage presence. So his script design revolves around summoning ghosts and fighting. Summoning ghosts simply means that the audience can see the ghosts but he can't. But if it's always the same routine, the audience will lose interest.
That's why Feng Xue came up with all sorts of fancy tricks like Ghost Fights Ghost, Ghost Fights Human, and Ritual Ghost Summoning Cannot See Ghost, all to enrich the "Cannot See Ghost" character while preventing aesthetic fatigue.
Dunn follows the same formula; his character is a serious-looking, nonsensical ghost-catching comedian. The key is to use a serious face to be funny, and his scripts focus on the characteristics of different ghosts, the "science popularization" for the audience, and the diversity of ghost-catching methods.
As for the two ghost-hunting company employees, they are actually the easiest to deal with, because their specialty is selling products. So all you need to do is write articles according to the requirements of selling products and then connect them with ghosts. It's not difficult at all.
The most difficult one, however, was Mr. Augustus.
Because his scripts are the most homogeneous.
His persona is that of Iron-Blooded Tough Guy, gritty hero, like a popcorn movie protagonist. If you really want to put it in perspective, you could just compare him to a Hollywood movie protagonist. But if you think about it carefully, you'll find that these so-called movie protagonists are themselves quite similar.
Therefore, his focus was actually on the popcorn special effects.
But those enemies weren't his doing, which meant everything had to be improvised.
Of course, this doesn't mean Feng Xue doesn't need to design the script; in fact, it's precisely because of this that he needs to design the script.
He planned to design a speech that would subtly provoke Augustus in those corporations and vested interests capable of assassinating him, but not to an excessive degree, thereby guiding his assassins to complete the on-location filming.
This was undoubtedly a very difficult task. Feng Xue spent most of her time on this task every day, apart from live streaming. Even so, Augustus did not encounter the expected enemies in every speech.
"How about taking a risk and provoking the Red Banner Consortium? We've already offended them by taking down the War Bishop; all we need is to add fuel to the fire..."
As Feng Xue was pondering this, she suddenly froze. A spark ignited within her body, and a new Supernatural Tale Entry appeared.
Only...
"Good heavens, they actually managed to condense this thing first..."