Rewards Are Sweet

Chen Zhao logged into his streamer account.

A barrage of notifications exploded all at once, giving him quite a start!

First were the dense, endless streams of donation alerts; he had received over a hundred gifts in total!

Chen Zhao was completely dumbfounded. He hadn't even gone live today, so how had he received so many gifts?

Is the streaming industry really this hot right now? Do people donate even when the streamer isn't home?

The comments in the chat room were also dizzying:

Coco Sweetheart Is Me: "So the streamer wasn't cheating! Followed!"

NetEase Player No. 1: "Wuwuwu, the streamer is so pitiful, getting hammered by hackers despite not cheating! Followed!"

Successor of Lao Ba: "Ollie-ge, drink it up! You're awesome, streamer!"

Little Bunny Used by Bear to Wipe Butt: "Big Streamer, Wolf Brother sent you gifts to apologize, did you see? I followed suit and sent one too."

It took Chen Zhao a long time to process what was happening. It turned out the investigation into the cheating accusations from yesterday had concluded. After realizing they had wronged an innocent person, many people felt bad and sent gifts as an apology. Many others had turned from haters into fans. That was why the chat room was so lively.

Fine, at least his name had been cleared.

He checked his personal profile interface, and his follower count had reached 17,620!

Nearly twenty thousand followers!

On the second day of streaming, nearly twenty thousand followers—this speed was unheard of. Many gaming streamers work their fingers to the bone, streaming day and night for years, and might not even reach ten thousand followers. Chen Zhao's achievement would probably make many struggling streamers want to pass out from frustration.

He looked at the gift interface again, and Chen Zhao almost stood up in shock!

His withdrawable balance already showed 10,800 yuan! According to the streaming platform's rules, for a new, ordinary streamer like Chen Zhao, the gifts received are split 50/50 with the platform after taxes. This meant that after taxes, the fans had gifted 21,600 yuan, and after the platform took its 50% cut, he had earned 10,800!

This is... this is way too fast!

Chen Zhao rubbed his eyes several times, shocked, before confirming he hadn't misread the number. It was indeed 10,800 yuan.

Can this... be withdrawn now?

Chen Zhao's first instinct was to withdraw the money. After all, money only counts as his once it becomes cash or a bank balance. Leaving it in the streamer account, no matter how much there is, is just virtual and can't be spent. He was currently broke, so he definitely wanted to withdraw it.

Chen Zhao checked the streamer withdrawal guidelines in the backend, followed the instructions step-by-step, linked his bank card, went through SMS verification and identity verification, fiddled with it for a long time, and then clicked withdraw.

After waiting for three seconds, his phone suddenly chimed. He picked it up to look—it was a bank transfer notification.

10,800 yuan received!

It had actually been withdrawn to his bank card!

Chen Zhao was ecstatic and shocked, his mouth hanging open wide enough to fit a watermelon!

This is too intense!

The fan-daddies are amazing!

He had rent money, food money, and even the tuition for the first semester of university was covered!

Enough talk, to reward new and old customers, let's start the stream immediately!

Chen Zhao put on his headset, opened the game, and went live. If he had been a bit lazy when he started streaming yesterday, today he was full of spirit and high morale. The reason was simple: he could actually make money!

The number of people in the chat room immediately began to climb. Many users who followed Chen Zhao received the notification that he was live and rushed over to watch.

In just one minute, over four thousand people had arrived. And the number kept rising.

"Thanks everyone for coming to watch me play PUBG, and thanks to the many big shots for the gifts. I've been quite busy lately, so I can only stream for a round or two in the evenings. I'll add more streams on the weekend," Chen Zhao said.

"For the first round tonight... let's do a solo-squad match! Solo-squad is the most difficult, so I'll take on the challenge as a way to thank you all for the gifts."

Anyone who has played PUBG knows what a solo-squad match is. It means playing alone while all other teams have four members. During combat, other teams can provide cover for each other and attack in turns, but he has to be a lone wolf, fighting by himself. It's a very high-difficulty mode.

While chatting with the audience, Chen Zhao selected the most common Island Map, squad mode, and disabled auto-matching.

After a short two-second wait, the game began.

Chen Zhao appeared in the Quality Plaza.

The Quality Plaza was as chaotic as ever; some people were jumping around like monkeys, others were crawling on the ground like caterpillars with their butts in the air. There were people punching each other, others sprinting wildly—all sorts of things.

Chen Zhao didn't have the mood for such nonsense; he stood in place, looking up at the sky, waiting for the countdown.

Soon, all players boarded the plane and flew toward the island.

The voice chat on the plane was noisy:

"Any handsome guys want to team up?"

"Listen up, everyone on the plane! P City showdown! Whoever doesn't jump to P City is a coward!"

"The girl I just teamed up with, where are we jumping?"

"I'll say it again! Anyone who doesn't jump to P City is a coward!"

The plane was simply too noisy, making his ears ache. Chen Zhao opened the mini-map, took a quick look, marked a small housing area outside P City, and jumped!