6: Chapter 6 Demonic Sound Reward

Douyin, China's hottest short-video and live-streaming platform, possesses a charm that is omnipresent, reaching a staggering breadth of audience.

From eighty-year-old men to three-year-old children, everyone can find their own brand of fun here.

A certain rich second-generation surnamed Wang, hailed by netizens as the 'National Husband,' even created a legend among the super-rich by tipping over ten million in a single night.

It could be said that he achieved godhood in one battle, a feat still discussed with relish by countless netizens today.

Since then, Douyin has become a paradise for the wealthy to spend money like water, where stories of one super-rich tycoon after another and their interactions with streamers play out.

This gold-digging land has also attracted countless dreamers harboring hopes of getting rich overnight.

Qin Yi, the former rich second-generation, had also once squandered money on the Douyin stage, sharing joyful moments with streamers.

However, as his family business went bankrupt, he gradually faded from this bustling scene.

Now, with ten million sitting quietly in his bank card, Qin Yi desperately needed an outlet, and Douyin tipping undoubtedly became his fastest route to spend it.

He lightly tapped his phone screen, entered the [Live] section, and randomly chose a female streamer's room.

The network buffered for a moment, and before the live broadcast image was even clear, a charming voice came through: "Ying ying ying, fam, I lost again..." The voice was cloyingly sweet, with a hint of coquettishness.

Qin Yi hadn't put on his headphones yet and had forgotten to mute his phone, so this delicate voice naturally drifted into the driver's ears.

The driver glanced at Qin Yi, a sly smile flashing in his eyes as if he had found a kindred spirit: "Young man, you use Douyin too?"

Qin Yi smiled somewhat awkwardly, muting his phone while casually responding, "Yeah, haha, I just watch it when I'm bored."

The driver, however, became excited and began to incessantly share his own experiences of watching live streams: "Haha, Douyin is great; there are so many young and beautiful girls in there. To tell you the truth, I also like watching those streamers and often give them tips."

"Is that so?" Qin Yi picked up the conversation with interest. "Then it seems you're quite the tycoon, Master Driver."

"Oh, I'm just playing around with small amounts," the driver waved his hand, his face full of smiles. "In the live rooms, those pretty girls wouldn't even look at me in real life. But on Douyin, as long as I tip a little, they call me 'Brother' this and 'Brother' that, so affectionately."

...

The driver was immersed in his own memories, talking to himself, while Qin Yi didn't take it to heart at all.

At this time, the atmosphere in the live room was heated. A girl with a curvaceous and graceful figure was standing in front of the camera. She was wearing a JK uniform—a white slim-fit shirt paired with a blue-and-white pleated skirt—looking youthful and still like a student.

A sweet smile hung on her face. Despite having just lost a live PK and being punished with twenty squats, her enthusiasm remained undiminished.

"Welcome... Brother 'Yi Lao Yong Yi' to the live room!"

The girl was panting, her voice trembling slightly as she welcomed the new viewer. The account with the nickname 'Yi Lao Yong Yi' immediately caught her attention.

'Yi Lao Yong Yi' was Qin Yi's Douyin account.

As for why he chose such a nickname, it was naturally because Qin Yi had originally hoped to rely on his father so that his life could be 'forever at ease'...

However, looking at the current situation, things had gone against his wishes. It was even possible that his father would have to rely on him to make a comeback.

On the other end of the live stream, Qin Yi was currently staring intently at his phone screen, not noticing the girl's welcome.

His mind was entirely focused on how to spend the ten million in his bank card as quickly as possible.

This girl had lost miserably in her last live PK and was punished by the opposing female streamer to do twenty consecutive squats.

Just as she finished her punishment, she saw a Rank 30 account enter the room.

This account didn't have a follow or a Fan badge, and the username was one she was seeing for the first time—a textbook 'wild' big shot.

Although Qin Yi's account was only Rank 30, which might not mean much in the rooms of big streamers with thousands or tens of thousands of people online,

in a small streamer's room like this, which usually only had a few hundred people and occasionally broke a thousand, a Rank 30 account was already considered a small tycoon.

"Brother Yi Lao Yong Yi, if you like Leer, you can give Leer a follow. Follow me so you don't get lost!"

"What does Brother like to watch? Leer is quite good at dancing. How about I dance for Brother..."

As the girl spoke, she played a dynamic dance track, swaying her body to the melody with graceful and moving steps.

"Brother Yi Lao Yong Yi, if you think Leer's dancing is okay, could you help Leer by following and lighting up the Fan badge? It only costs 0.1 yuan..."

While dancing, the girl kept an eye on the bullet chat and the constantly scrolling comment area.

However, this Wild big shot seemed completely unmoved, not saying a single word since entering her live room.

Of course, this wasn't because Qin Yi was intentionally acting cool; it was just that his mind wasn't on the dancing girl at all right now.

Additionally, since the phone was muted, all of Qin Yi's attention was focused on recharging Moyin coins.

He had a serious expression, his fingers rapidly tapping on the screen, pouring money into Douyin in increments of one hundred thousand.

Why one hundred thousand?

It was because Douyin, for the sake of account transaction security, only allowed a maximum of one hundred thousand per recharge.

Otherwise, Qin Yi would have loved to recharge the entire balance of his bank card all at once...

However, after ten consecutive recharges, spending one million huaxia currency to buy ten million Moyin coins, he didn't hear the System's cashback notification.

Note: The exchange ratio between Moyin coins and huaxia currency is 10:1.

It seemed that he actually had to spend the recharged money for it to count as consumption...

To verify his theory, Qin Yi decided to pause the recharging and casually opened the gift list.

The gift list contained all sorts of gifts, ranging from a few cents or a few yuan to hundreds or thousands, covering every price point.

Of course, to give everyone a sense of participation, there were also some free ones, such as the free 'Little Hearts'.

However, the more expensive the gift, the cooler the special effects.

Furthermore, tipping expensive gifts made it easier for the streamer to notice and subsequently thank the donor.

Some viewers, just to get the streamer to notice them and hear the streamer call their name, would get caught up in the moment and recharge money to tip.

Tipping is like a drug; once you start, it's very hard to stop.

Just like the taxi driver currently driving.

Just to have the streamer call him 'Big Brother' a few times to satisfy his vanity, he was willing to tip over a dozen yuan to the streamer.

Of course, not all gifts can be sent by everyone; the live platform still has to cater to the feelings of the big shots.

After all, wealthy people love privileges!

Some gifts with Rank restrictions require the account to reach a corresponding Rank before they can be tipped to the streamer.

Some big shots, for the sake of their vanity and face, will compare themselves to and compete with other big shots.

Once these big shots lose control, they become lambs to the slaughter in the eyes of the live-streaming guilds, fish on the chopping block...

Some say that the live platforms are being heartless by doing this.

Qin Yi didn't see it that way.

In Qin Yi's view, although the live platforms exploited human weaknesses, from another perspective, it could be considered a win-win-win.

It maximized the live platform's revenue, allowed the MCN guilds and streamers to earn money, and satisfied the tycoons' vanity in spending lavishly.

It could be called killing three birds with one stone!

However, for ordinary people who lack the ability to spend but also have low self-control, live tipping is an endless abyss.

Currently, Qin Yi's account is Rank 30, and the most expensive gift he can tip is the five-clawed golden dragon.

A single five-clawed golden dragon is worth 10,000 Moyin coins, which is 1,000 huaxia currency.

If it were an ordinary person, they would certainly hesitate to spend a thousand tipping a streamer.

But Qin Yi had no reservations; anyway, no matter how much he spent, during the novice period, the System would return it twofold.

Thus, Qin Yi clicked on the five-clawed golden dragon gift.

The live room's bullet chat scrolled, followed by the phone vibrating as a majestic five-clawed golden dragon roared and circled across the screens of all the viewers in the room.

[Yi Lao Yong Yi sent five-clawed golden dragon * 1]

At the same time, the wonderful System notification sound arrived as expected in Qin Yi's mind.

[Ding! Detected that the host has spent 1,000 huaxia currency to tip the virtual gift 'five-clawed golden dragon'. The System has determined this transaction to be authentic and valid. During the novice period, for all expenditures, the System provides double cashback. 2,000 huaxia currency has been credited to your account!]

Immediately after, an incoming payment SMS from China Merchants Bank arrived.

[China Merchants Bank] Your account 2046 received a credit on July 01 at 11:00, huaxia currency 2,000.00, available balance 9,003,699.00.

Heh heh, sweet!

Having verified his guess, Qin Yi no longer had any reservations and began recharging like crazy!

Recharge -> Enter amount -> Confirm -> Enter password -> Pay!

[Douyin Reminder: You have successfully purchased 1,000,000 Moyin coins!]

Recharge -> Enter amount -> Confirm -> Enter password -> Pay!

[Douyin Reminder: You have successfully purchased 1,000,000 Moyin coins!]

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