Chapter 7

As a rookie streamer who had only broadcasted once, he had surprisingly gained a million followers overnight thanks to the momentum of this topic.

Countless netizens left him private messages and comments, hoping he would stream soon and wanting to contact him to beg for a fortune-telling session.

While Lin Fan was sleeping soundly, his phone notifications blew up.

Over on this side, Lin Fan had been asleep since a little past 12:00.

Because he had overdrawn so much energy, he actually slept in one go until past 5:00 PM. When he woke up again, the sun was already setting outside, leaving only afterglow.

He stretched lazily, rubbed his eyes, and prepared to order takeout.

After all, there was already a decent balance in his account now; he no longer had to worry about the shop going under or not being able to afford a meal.

Thinking of this, he fished his phone out from under his pillow, wanting to order takeout, but was left completely dumbfounded by the dense wall of private messages and notifications on the phone.

What the hell? I only slept for these few hours, is my phone about to explode? Why is it so hot? Why are there so many things and messages?

Lin Fan felt something was amiss.

Beep.

Today's front-page push: The fortune-telling master you have never seen, he gained a million followers in a single day through live streaming!

Looking at this message, Lin Fan's eyes lit up.

This was a straight-up competitor. Who was so badass to actually gain a million followers in a single day? He had to tap it to take a look.

As a result, the moment he opened his phone, he discovered that this person was actually talking about himself.

After skimming through the content, Lin Fan found that this marketing account had blown him out of proportion, making him sound unfathomably mystical.

Lin Fan was a bit dazed. Since when did he have a million followers?

Were today's marketing accounts getting a bit too exaggerated?

Ding-ding-dong-dong-

Countless more private messages flooded in, and Lin Fan suddenly realized that his streaming account seemed to have blown up.

After logging into the platform, he found that his follower count had gone straight from 50,000 to 1,050,000!

He tossed his phone onto the bed in a panic and jumped down from the mattress.

Good heavens, this couldn't be a dream, right?

He pinched his own face. Finding that it stung a little, he then picked up the phone again and saw that his follower count was still 1,050,000. Only then did he realize that during the short while he was sleeping, he had truly gained a full million followers!

Whoever said the live streaming industry was hard to do, and whoever said new media had no traffic, he would immediately rip that person's mouth apart.

This was the age of traffic! Just because of a single live stream, he had actually gained a million followers!!!

With such a massive follower base as his backing, was he still afraid of having no way to earn Heavenly Secrets Points in the future?

Let us invite the next victim!

No, wait, it should be the next predestined person!

Chapter 8: Am I a person who breaks the rules just for two rockets?

The next day, Lin Fan got up bright and early, tidied himself up, timed it right, and started his broadcast promptly at 10:00.

Having hit the trending searches yesterday, he was secretly pleased with himself and made up his mind to walk this path of live streaming, deciding to broadcast regularly and with high quality so that his followers would only grow and grow.

Although he disdained being an internet celebrity, the more followers he had, the better he could promote their profession.

The reason his physical store was in such desolate business was because many people still couldn't tell the difference between charlatans and true fortune-tellers.

It could be said that fortune-telling was a branch of feng shui and metaphysics, but charlatans indeed swindled people.

It was precisely because too many charlatans peddled scams under the guise of fortune-telling that they muddied this market, causing fortune-tellers to become unadulterated scoundrel swindlers-virtually like rats crossing the street that everyone beat up.

On one hand, Lin Fan started live streaming because he wanted to make money, and on the other hand, he wanted even more to clear the names of true fortune-tellers!

Thinking this way, he grew increasingly motivated.

In the middle of the night yesterday, he even went to the market to buy some fill lights and various streaming equipment to make today's broadcast even more professional and high-quality.

The moment he started the stream, his mood was actually quite apprehensive. After all, a night had passed, and he hadn't made any public response, all to keep the audience's appetite hanging. He wasn't sure if the audience would buy into this routine.

#LiveStreamingFortuneTellingRound2#

Who would have known that the moment he turned on the stream, he realized he had overthought it.

Within a few seconds, the number of people in the stream room instantly surged from five people to 50,000, because countless netizens had already staked out their spots in advance.

View count: 999+?

Oh damn, truly powerful.

Lin Fan had barely been live for a few minutes, and thousands of people had already poured in!

Though upon a second thought, it was normal.

After all, he made it to the trending searches yesterday!

And he was even in the top three of the trending list!

Today's highlight moment had arrived, and Lin Fan had to take advantage of this heat and momentum to harvest a wave of followers.

[Waiting for Fanyifan: Great Master! You're finally broadcasting! The flowers I've been waiting with have all withered!]

[Master, you made us wait so miserably and anxiously. I'm here to beg for a fortune-telling session!]

[Did you know, Qing Xiaohe was dragged away by the police uncles! You are way too godly!]

[Can Master accept me as a disciple?!]

[Bean Sprouts: Anchor, anchor, quite punctual. Countless of us water friends have been camping out here long ago!!!]

[Lunchbox No. 1: Fan God, Fan God, we have already established your support squad overnight. Our fan name is Lunchbox, Lunchbox.]

[Fish Lover: Anchor, notice me. I really want to beg you for a reading, no matter the cost!]

[Justice Little Brother: The person above, stop talking big empty words-how much are you actually willing to shell out? I'll drop two rockets first, anchor, look at me.]

Immediately, two rocket special effects flew across the screen, making Lin Fan's mouth stretch wide with joy.

[Lin Fan: Dear netizens, everyone please don't get excited yet. I don't even know why I inexplicably made it to the trending searches, but today I will take on some more questions, and secondly, do another reading for everyone. Because my personal energy is limited, please refrain from spamming the chat, otherwise I won't be able to keep up with the replies.]

[Love Tiger Oil: Anchor, anchor, I've already gifted two rockets, quickly notice me.]

[I Have Money to Travel: Does the OP have to be so petty? Only two rockets and you're swaggering around here. Get in line behind me, I'm dropping ten.]

Immediately, ten rocket special effects lit up the screen in dazzling splendor.

[Social Anxiety: Hey, hey hey, are we all rolling this hard already? Coming straight out the gate with ten rockets, I'll gift ten sports cars-does anyone dare compete with me?]

[Netizen 526482: The Master is not that kind of person. Do you think the Master would be seduced by your vulgar money? The Master views money as dirt! Master, look at me, I have enough sincerity.]

[Netizen: Master, notice me!]

[Me!!!]

[Begging for a reading!]

Barely a minute had passed, and the comment section had already exploded.

Countless comments flooded in simultaneously like a tidal wave, dazzling Lin Fan's eyes.

Following the dazzling screen-openings of two rockets and ten rockets, continuous gifts swarmed into the live stream room like fireworks.

Lin Fan's eyes revealed joy, and he hurriedly cleared his throat.

[Lin Fan: My dear netizens, I am not that kind of person. Regardless of whether you gifted two rockets, ten rockets, or a sports car, we must all play by the rules.]

[Lin Fan: Since the person who gifted the two rockets just now was at the very front of the line, it shows we have an affinity, so I'll draw you.]

Even though Lin Fan was already overjoyed in his heart, on the surface he still put on the appearance of an otherworldly expert who was calm and detached.

Furthermore, right off the bat, he selected one person and declared he would read their fortune.

A truly devoted fan-pampering king!

Lin Fan figured that since the person who gifted the two rockets first had given them a good start, he chose them.

[Netizen Clear Breeze and Bright Moon Shine on My Heart: Wow, so excited! The Master actually selected me. Is the Master going to connect a video call? I'm so ecstatic.]

Looking at the internet handle Clear Breeze and Bright Moon Shine, it should be a girl. Seeing this, Lin Fan's eyelids twitched. How come every time he picked people, they all turned out to be girls? Yesterday, after connecting a video call with that little internet celebrity Qing Xiaohe, although he became popular, he was slapped with the high hat of being sent to the police station right after getting his fortune read. He was still somewhat unhappy about it.

I do my fortune-telling earnestly, yet you guys insist on sticking a shit-cap on me. As long as you don't do guilty deeds, isn't that enough?

Without realizing it, Lin Fan puffed up his cheeks in anger.

The screen flashed with a beam of light, and the two successfully connected.

To his great surprise, the person on the opposite end was a pretty, pure-looking young beauty, who at a glance did not look like an anchor.

This girl wore a bob haircut, possessed an exquisite and cute doll-like face, and was very kawaii.

Fair skin, and big, watery eyes that blinked sparklingly as if they could speak-resembling what the internet called a cat-type girl.

Because she was chosen, her face was slightly flushed, and her large eyes blinked flutteringly, veiled in a layer of mist. Due to nervousness, her slender eyelashes batted back and forth, and her eyes shone brightly, catching people's hearts off guard.

She was an authentic high-attractiveness, soft-and-cute little cutie!

She even looked a bit like that certain celebrity Mi Mi, appearing pure and lovely. She was probably a fresh college graduate, not the kind of alluring, flashy internet celebrity.

Seeing this, Lin Fan secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and his complexion also tended to calm down.

He spoke like a gentleman: "Hello, beauty, what would you like me to tell your fortune about? I see you're quite young, you should still be in school, or just graduated."

The named Jiang Xueyan experienced a flash of delight in her eyes. She was still somewhat nervously rubbing her hands together:

"Hello, Master Lin. I'm a member of your newly promoted fan squad-I joined your fan squad yesterday. I'm looking for you because I want you to help me read a fortune, since I haven't been playing on this platform for long, but I've encountered a lot of unlucky things recently. I'm serious and don't mean to trick you. I know you can calculate a lot of things, so I'm being very sincere. Please help me out~"

As expected, cute girls had a nice voice, sounding like oriole birds. Unlike that Qing Xiaohe, who always pinched her throat and spoke in a pretentious, affected manner.

[Good-for-Nothing: Oh damn, Master, what kind of luck is this? Every time you can connect with a beauty, and this one is way prettier than that Qing Xiaohe-the pure and lovely type. Loved, loved!]

[Flying Fish: What to do? I want to watch the Master connect with different beauties every day, it could practically run as a television series. I'm starting to ship this cp.]

[Netizen 10086: As expected, a beauty's luck is truly good. I spammed the chat so many times, yet the Master never noticed me even once. Sobbing!]

[Flurries of Flying Petals: This beauty speaks very sincerely, she must have truly encountered some trouble. Quickly help the little sister, though!]