Chapter 8: New Internet Trends
Lu Chen's hometown is Binhai City in eastern Zhejiang, which is a beautiful seaside town.
His father Lu Qingsheng started his business very early. When Lu Chen was in elementary school, he was already a well-known entrepreneur in Binhai. Although Lu Chen could not be said to have grown up with a silver spoon in his mouth, he could barely be considered a rich second-generation.
However, there are unexpected events. In the second year of Lu Chen's study at Jianghai University, due to the outbreak of the international financial crisis, the operation of local foreign trade enterprises in Binhai City suffered a serious impact. Lu Qingsheng's business suffered a huge loss and faced the risk of bankruptcy.
Large sums of money could not be recovered, and banks and suppliers came to his door, which eventually led to the break of his capital chain!
The company's assets were liquidated, his villa was auctioned, and even the car he used for transportation was towed away
Although Lu Qingsheng tried his best to turn the tide, he was exhausted and sick, and soon passed away, leaving behind his wife Fang Yun and three children, Lu Xi, Lu Chen, and Lu Xue.
Lu Chen's fate changed dramatically, from a rich kid that everyone envied to a poor man. Even his girlfriend left him and he had to rely on part-time work to make a living.
With the loss of the pillar of the family, his mother Fang Yun, a gentle, kind and strong woman, bravely stood up and took on all the responsibilities.
Fang Yun sold all her property, including the jewelry she had brought as a dowry, moved to a rental house with her children, signed a repayment agreement with the creditors, and began to work hard for a new life.
After the initial pain and torture of failure, Lu Chen did not give up on himself and sink. In order to help his family pay off the huge debt, he applied for social practice in advance at the beginning of his senior year, and went north to Beijing alone with 800 yuan of savings from part-time work.
Until now
The water rushed over his body, and drops of water splashed on the stained floor tiles.
As if sprinkled in Lu Chen's heart, the difficult memories grew wildly like weeds, occupying his mind!
"You said you, crying like a child."
"You won't love me a little more!"
Suddenly, a ghost-like singing voice penetrated the wall and rushed into Lu Chen's ears like a magic sound filling his brain.
Oh my god!
He shivered involuntarily in fear, quickly turned off the faucet, and wiped the water off his body with a bath towel.
The singing next door continued, making Lu Chen feel like crying!
However, the sad emotions brought by the memories of the past were diluted a lot.
After wiping his hair and hurriedly changing into a clean set of clothes, he left his small house and ran to the door of the next door.
He reached out and knocked on the door, but no one answered, but the door was not closed, and the howling that made people powerless to complain continued to come out from the crack of the door.
"Brother Li, what are you doing?"
Lu Chen simply pushed the door open and shouted into the room, "Noise pollution will be fined!"
Li Feiyu, a salesman at a car 4S store in Beijing, lived in this room and had a good relationship with Lu Chen.
Lu Chen knew that Li Feiyu liked pop music very much and would often howl with his tone-deaf voice, but he had never been so "passionate" as today - it was simply unbearable!
If he continued to sing, the tenants in other rooms would probably come over to protest.
The scene in front of him made Lu Chen stunned.
Although they lived in the same large basement and the same partitions, Li Feiyu's room was undoubtedly much more luxurious than Lu Chen's. The floor was covered with laminate flooring, the walls were all covered with wallpaper, the Simmons bed and furniture were basically new, and there was even a small refrigerator in the corner.
Li Feiyu was sitting in front of a computer desk, wearing headphones and singing into a microphone with an intoxicated look on his face. The 24-inch LCD screen showed the real-time image captured by the camera, and there were several rows of flashing subtitles.
What is he doing?
Lu Chen walked over curiously and patted the other person's shoulder.
"Wow!"
Li Feiyu, who was caught off guard, jumped up in shock and almost knocked the microphone away.
Seeing that it was Lu Chen, Li Feiyu was greatly relieved. He quickly took off his headphones, patted his chest and said, "I was scared to death. Xiao Lu, why are you here? Are you attracted by my singing?"
He laughed with a smug expression.
Lu Chen said disdainfully, "Attract? I just want to see how you can be beaten to death!"
At this time, he noticed that his image appeared on the LCD screen, and the number of bullet comments suddenly increased!
"Wow! A handsome guy is here!"
"Brother Fei, Brother Fei, please give me the Fei signal number, Fei signal number, length and size, and nude photos of the handsome guy!"
"Could it be that the host's breeder came to feed him?"
"What breeder? It's obviously engine oil, the host's good engine oil!"
"I want to listen to singing, I don't want handsome guys, I want to listen to singing, I don't want handsome guys!"
"23333333333~"
"..."
As the barrage increased, shining stars began to appear on the screen, shining brightly and very beautifully.
In the information bar on the right side of the screen, rows of system messages were refreshed at the same time.
System prompt: Crystal Jelly (Bronze II) gives the host 100 stars!
System prompt: Crystal Jelly (Bronze II) gives the host 100 stars!
System prompt: No plane shooting tonight (Black Iron V) gives the host 100 stars!
System prompt: The New Yorker (Silver IV) gives the anchor 100 Starlight!
System prompt: The New Yorker (Silver IV) gives the anchor 100 Starlight!
System prompt: The New Yorker (Silver IV) gives the anchor 100 Starlight!
System prompt: The New Yorker (Silver IV) gives the anchor 100 Starlight!
System prompt: ...
Lu Chen was a little dumbfounded, but he understood it.
In the past one or two years, a new form of mass entertainment has emerged on the Internet, that is, online live broadcasting for all.
In the beginning, live broadcasting for all was mainly aimed at online games. Many game masters broadcast their games or game processes to the audience as anchors on the live broadcast platform to earn popularity and reward income.
Because live broadcasting for all is closely related to the entertainment needs of netizens, it quickly flourished, and famous live broadcast platforms such as Sky Live, Whale TV, and Star Dream Qiyuan emerged, as well as a large number of anchors of different types.
And the content of live broadcast is no longer limited to games. Singing, dancing, playing, talk shows and various outdoor life contents have appeared, attracting a large number of netizens to participate.
Lu Chen studied computer science in college. Although he was busy working and rarely went online in the past two years, he still knew about the new popular live broadcast on the Internet, but he didn't have time to get in touch with it before.
Li Feiyu was undoubtedly broadcasting live. He was the so-called online anchor!
What puzzled Lu Chen was that with Li Feiyu's hoarse voice that could scare away the whole street, how could anyone come to listen to him sing, and it seemed that there were quite a few people listening?
The status bar at the top of the screen showed that the number of star fans following the anchor "Little Feige ABC" was 1425, and the number of online popularity reached 287 - more than the customers who listened to Lu Chen singing at Forget-Me-Not last night!
It's not that he doesn't understand, but the changes in the online world are really too fast!
"Hahaha"
Lu Chen was in a daze, Li Feiyu burst into laughter, leaned over and said to the microphone: "Thank you for your tips, let me introduce you, this is my good buddy Xiao Lu!"
"Xiao Lu, say hello to everyone!"
Lu Chen hadn't come to his senses yet, and nodded subconsciously and said: "Hello everyone!"
New comments immediately appeared on the screen.
"Handsome guy Nihao, looking for a date!"
"Xiaolu? What a cute name, I like it!"
"Xiaolu! Xiaolu! Xiaolu! Xiaolu! Xiaolu! Xiaolu! Xiaolu! Xiaolu!"
"..."
Three black lines suddenly appeared on Lu Chen's forehead.
Li Feiyu laughed and said, "It's not this little deer, it's Lu from Ludi, the land army. Although Xiao Lu is not as handsome as Fei Ge, his singing level has reached one tenth of Fei Ge's. Do you want to listen to him sing? If you do, brush more stars!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the barrage and stars floated up at the same time!
"I want to!"
"No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No!"
"Fei Ge is here to cheat the stars again!"
"The anchor sells motor oil and earns a million a month!"
"I want to listen to the handsome guy sing!"
"..."
System prompt: The New Yorker (Silver IV) gives the anchor 100 stars!
System prompt: The New Yorker (Silver IV) gives the anchor 100 stars!
System prompt: The New Yorker (Silver IV) gives the anchor 100 stars!
System prompt: The New Yorker (Silver IV) gives the anchor 100 stars!
System prompt: The New Yorker (Silver IV) gives the anchor 100 Starlight!
System prompt: The New Yorker (Silver IV) gives the anchor 100 Starlight!
System prompt: The New Yorker (Silver IV) gives the anchor 100 Starlight!
System prompt: ...
ID New Yorker is probably a rich man, he actually got a hundred Stars in one go, and gave away 10,000 Starlight!
Li Feiyu was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth. He put his hands on Lu Chen's shoulders and let him sit in his seat, and then said with a smile, "Xiao Lu, you take care of the place first, I'll get you a guitar!"
After that, the guy ran away.
Lu Chen really didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but he didn't feel disgusted. It was his first time to contact online live broadcast. Thinking about his image appearing on hundreds of computer screens and communicating with hundreds of people at the same time, it felt very fresh.
While waiting for Li Feiyu, he briefly studied the anchor platform called [Starlight Show] and found that it had many functions.
But before Lu Chen could study it clearly, Li Feiyu couldn't wait to send his guitar over.
This little Fei brother helped Lu Chen adjust the microphone, turned off the accompaniment music playing in the computer, and brought mineral water. He was so attentive that he almost made the bed, folded the quilt, massaged his legs and tapped his back!
Lu Chen sat in front of the computer with his guitar in his arms, facing the microphone and camera, and his mood gradually calmed down.
His idea was simple, just to help Li Feiyu and experience the online anchor to satisfy his curiosity.
At this moment, Lu Chen would never have thought that his life would take a different path because of this!
(End of this chapter)