6: Brother, am I pretty?

"Five hundred and fifty thousand! Nice!"

"Youyou, you're amazing!"

"But you said I can't 'fleece' them again in the short term, so how am I supposed to make money?"

[host, you're so silly. Haven't you heard of 'antiques'?]

"Right! Why didn't I think of that!" Wang Chen slapped his thigh, sounding vexed.

"Isn't Falsehood Becomes Truth perfect for those swindlers selling fakes!"

"As long as they dare to claim it's real, then it becomes real once I buy it."

"Haha, Youyou, you really are my lucky star."

[Serving the host is Youyou's duty.]

Having found a direction, Wang Chen didn't dawdle. He opened the Doubao app on his phone and typed in "Yi City antique trading addresses."

Quickly, Doubao listed all the antique trading locations in Yi City and provided a detailed introduction to each place's "specialties."

Resisting the urge to go immediately, Wang Chen put down his phone and rubbed his temples.

"I should brush up on some antique knowledge first. Even though what I buy will definitely be genuine, I can't act like a complete sucker."

"It won't be too late to go tomorrow!"

...At ten o'clock that night, Wang Chen was half-asleep.

A notification from TikTok's backend showed that Du Ruoxi had sent a private message.

Ruoxi: "Yang Yang, I'm about to start my stream. Are you coming to see Ruoxi? (Expectant)"

Before Wang Chen could reply, perhaps fearing he might misunderstand, Du Ruoxi sent another message.

Ruoxi: "It's enough if Yang Yang can come. You don't need to send gifts. I'll be very happy just seeing you there."

King Lazy Sheep: "Okay, I'll be there in a bit."

After cramming antique knowledge all afternoon, Wang Chen's head felt a bit swollen.

Exiting the private messages, Wang Chen got out of bed and washed his face to freshen up.

Coming to the living room, he "threw" himself onto the sofa, skillfully opened TikTok, clicked on "Friends," and found that Du Ruoxi was already live.

On the screen was an exquisitely made-up, stunning face.

She sat before the camera, her perfectly shaped oval face glowing under the warm lights.

Her eyebrows were like willow leaves, naturally stretching across her forehead;

Perhaps because she was wearing colored contacts, her pupils were light brown, looking clear and spirited.

The corners of her eyes tilted up slightly, and with the light blush on her cheeks, she looked even more charming.

She wore a light mauve lipstick, her lips full and rounded, the corners slightly upturned in a sweet smile.

She was dressed in a lotus-root-colored qipao with a faint lotus pattern embroidered on the collar.

Her jet-black hair was pinned back, with a few stray strands hanging beside her ears, swaying gently as she adjusted her posture.

Altogether, she exuded a gentle, classical charm.

[Du Ruoxi's Stunning Outfit]

Wang Chen was momentarily dazed!

Since he had known Du Ruoxi, he had never seen her look like this.

She was simply like a fairy from a painting!

At this moment, Wang Chen suddenly thought of a line from the 'Book of Songs · Odes of Wei · The Great Lady':

"Her hands are like soft sprouts, her skin like congealed fat. Her neck is like a tree-grub, her teeth like melon seeds. Her forehead is broad and eyebrows curved like a silkworm moth. Oh, the charming smile! Oh, the beautiful eyes!"

Snapping out of it, Wang Chen clicked into the livestream room.

Du Ruoxi seemed to have been staring at the public screen.

The moment Wang Chen entered, Du Ruoxi's eyes lit up.

"Welcome, my King Lazy Sheep!"

39⑯ King Lazy Sheep: [Ruoxi is so beautiful today!]

Seeing the words Wang Chen typed on the screen, Du Ruoxi instantly beamed with joy. She stood up and did a spin in front of the camera as if "showing off."

"Really? I'm wearing your favorite qipao today."

When Wang Chen was at the "door" earlier, Du Ruoxi was sitting. Now that she stood up, Wang Chen realized she was wearing a knee-length qipao. The side slit was just right, and she wore nude stockings on her legs.

With the enhancement of the stockings, her beautiful legs made Wang Chen—who hadn't "eaten meat" in three years—feel his mouth go dry! He swallowed hard!

"Good heavens!"

"She truly deserves the system's S-Class Goddess rating. Once she dresses up, she's absolutely lethal!"

There were only a dozen or so people in the livestream room. As Du Ruoxi spun around, the bullet chat immediately became lively.

26⑩ Shi Potian: [The streamer is way too beautiful! I'm in love! (Heart)]

14 Old Gong: [Typing with both feet to prove my innocence.]

39 Fengxin Suoai: [Streamer, show us your legs.]

20⑧ Gui Ling: [Big Bro really has status; as soon as he arrives, there's fanservice.]

...Seeing the funny netizens' teasing, Wang Chen also cheerfully sent a bullet message.

39⑯ King Lazy Sheep: [Your legs look great (Smirk)]

Du Ruoxi was quite thin-skinned. Unable to handle the "passionate" netizens, her cheeks flushed red.

She was shy!

Wang Chen stopped teasing her. He opened the recharge interface and chatted with Du Ruoxi while topping up his account, occasionally bantering with the other netizens.

In three transactions of 100,000 each, a total of 300,000 was successfully recharged, bringing his diamond balance to 3 million.

Then, Wang Chen opened the Mystery Mall for TikTok gifts and unlocked those limited-edition decorations one by one, picking a "Dragon-Riding Ranger" to equip.

He then clicked on Membership and Star Guardian, directly opening a yearly membership and three months of Star Guardian (a fixed amount of 1,280 diamonds per month).

His status was maxed out.

39⑯V-Year King Lazy Sheep: [Go do a PK.]

"Yang Yang, we agreed you don't need to send gifts. Let's just chat!"

39⑯V-Year King Lazy Sheep: [Go on, be good!]

"Alright then, I'll randomly connect with someone."

Normally, Du Ruoxi rarely initiated PKs. Most of the time, she only did one if a Big Bro in the room requested it or if she was really bored.

Even if a Big Bro requested a PK, it would usually just be a few planes or sports cars; there were rarely large amounts of support. Not to mention the other "retail users," who were mostly "freeloaders."

Spending money? Impossible.

Haven't you seen that Du Ruoxi has been streaming for almost half a year, yet her gallery is still for newcomers? The ones lit up every week are basically just those few "Kid's Meals."

Logically, with Du Ruoxi's looks and figure, she shouldn't lack a Big Bro to protect her, and her gallery should have been filled long ago.

But this is the current state of the TikTok streaming world.

With the help of makeup, beauty filters, and lighting, there are thousands upon thousands of beauties on TikTok, each more beautiful than the last! Their figures are all amazing!

Unless you're a cheater like Wang Chen with a system, you simply can't see the difference.

Without some talent or special skills, trying to make it big in the streaming industry is harder than climbing to heaven.

As of now, the number of streamers on TikTok has approached 200 million.

The "Big Bros" who truly have the ability to spend are less than 2 million.

A one percent ratio.

It's equivalent to a hundred streamers "competing" for one Big Bro.

Furthermore, many "Big Bros and Big Sisters" have been hurt or scammed before.

So the current streaming industry has formed a "deformed" circle.

In the future, Big Bros and Big Sisters will only become fewer, and the streaming industry will become harder and harder to survive in.

Today's audience isn't stupid either. You can't make them willingly open their wallets with just a few words.

Many people might be willing to empty their savings for a few "sweet words" from a telemarketer, but when it comes to a streamer, most people might not even spend 9.9 yuan.

Why?

Because what they want is "emotional value." You give me emotional value, and I'll give you a sense of experience in your stream.

Moreover, "playing on the edge" has become the norm. Doesn't this saying circulate in the streaming world?

"Not playing on the edge? How do you expect to get traffic?"