Chapter 64: The Cross-Dressing Game Streamer is Actually… (16)
Collapsing with other streamers is not uncommon in the streaming industry. Many platforms even host PK (player kill) events where streamers compete against each other. To put it bluntly, it’s a way to get fans to spend money. The winning streamer gets bragging rights, and even if they lose, the platform still makes money.
However, there are no PK events between different platforms. What’s more, Huo Xian isn’t even a signed streamer with Xianyu. Zhao Xiyou didn’t invite him for a PK but to share fans, or simply put, to cross-promote.
Huo Yuan scoffed at this. Zhao Xiyou had just over a million followers, how could he compare to Huo Xian who had over five million? Saying it was cross-promotion was clearly him coveting Huo Xian’s fans and wanting to draw traffic to himself.
However, Huo Xian didn’t refuse.
Huo Yuan: [???]
Huo Xian smiled as he stroked his fur: “There are six people in the collab. Besides me, the other five are all Qingguo streamers. If I’m not mistaken, Qingguo is behind this collab. Their goal is probably to get me to return to Qingguo.”
[Will you go back then?] Huo Yuan asked.
Huo Xian didn’t answer, only smiling: “Are there not enough rich people on Xianyu?”
Huo Yuan understood. Huo Xian had no intention of returning to Qingguo.
Of course, agreeing to Zhao Xiyou’s collab wasn’t entirely purposeless. With Zhao Xiyou’s scheming mind, he knew very well how to quickly and steadily increase his popularity. Plus, signed streamers have assistants assigned by the platform. It’s not difficult for assistants to communicate privately and familiarize themselves with each other to cross-promote traffic. Therefore, Huo Xian could be basically certain that today, apart from Zhao Xiyou, the popularity of the other four Qingguo streamers would not be lower than Zhao Xiyou. Since traffic was being offered to him, why shouldn’t he fight for it?
The time for the collab arrived quickly. Huo Yuan had already posted an announcement in the fan group, and the stream title was also changed to “Collab”.
At 7:50 PM, Huo Xian entered the ZZ room.
Zhao Xiyou had been waiting in the room for a long time, and the other four Qingguo streamers were also present. They were chatting enthusiastically when Huo Xian entered. Being the last one to arrive made him seem like the biggest star.
On the surface, Zhao Xiyou and the others didn’t have any objections. Zhao Xiyou acted as a bridge, introducing Huo Xian and the Qingguo streamers to each other. The four Qingguo streamers were also gaming streamers, and they had all been streaming Immortal Realm recently, playing different classes.
This collab wasn’t about streaming Immortal Realm, but two mini-games. One was the classic game Draw Something, and the other was Bunnies Are So Cute. Huo Xian had heard of the former but had no idea about the latter.
[Huo Xian, show them what real skill is!] Huo Yuan was full of fighting spirit.
As a former art teacher, Draw Something was tailor-made for him. However, the fun of collabing wasn’t just about drawing, but the jokes produced during the process of passing drawings. Entertaining fans was the key.
Compared to the natural rapport between Zhao Xiyou and the other five, Huo Xian seemed like an outsider. Oh wait, he was an outsider. And whenever fans in the stream felt he was being left out, Zhao Xiyou would always cue him at the most critical moment, acting like a senior taking care of him.
The drawing officially began.
The first round was the idiom group. Each player received a random common idiom from the library. Huo Xian’s first word was “Autumn Harvest, Winter Storage” (Qiū Shōu Dōng Cáng). Seeing this word, the bullet chat was instantly filled with “Holy crap, so hard right from the start”.
Huo Xian glanced at the bullet chat, his tone unhurried: “Is it hard? I think it’s quite simple.”
While speaking, he quickly operated the mouse to draw on the left side of the answer area. He first drew a stick figure wearing a hat and holding a sickle, then switched to orange-yellow and drew a patch of gold in front of the figure. The seemingly messy strokes formed a recognizable wheat field, symbolizing the autumn harvest. Then for the right area, he still drew a stick figure first, but the figure’s head was invisible, replaced by a huge sack carried on the shoulder. The figure’s other hand reached forward. In front of the figure, Huo Xian drew a small house, with the figure reaching out to push the door. In the last ten seconds or so, he quickly drew a string of footprints on the figure’s path, a snowman not far away, and even had time to add a red nose and a scarf to the snowman. In the last three seconds, he switched to a fine brush to outline a few gusts of cold wind. Although the drawing was simple, anyone with eyes could see it was a snowy winter.
For the viewers in the stream, Huo Xian’s drawing was definitely a visual feast.
“Oh my god, Yuanyuan’s Boyfriend, your drawing skills are too awesome. Are you some runaway famous painter?” The streamer next to Huo Xian exclaimed repeatedly, without exaggeration. Huo Xian humorously replied: “Just escaped, don’t laugh at me.”
In Draw Something, drawing well has its advantages, but bad drawings also have their comedic points. Huo Xian had already left an impression of being schizophrenic on his fans, so no one was surprised when he laughed out of the frame seeing others’ “crooked melon and cracked date” drawings. Anyway, the fans were also dying of laughter.
After a few rounds, no, just one round, Huo Xian was no longer unfamiliar with the others. Moreover, the number of online viewers in his stream had increased significantly.
Most of the new viewers came from Zhao Xiyou and the other five. Without a doubt, among a group of gaming streamers with entertaining drawing skills, suddenly a painter-level master appeared. It was hard not to be curious. Opening Xianyu, searching for the nickname, and clicking into Huo Xian’s stream, they saw his heavenly face at a glance. Who would want to leave? Not only did they not leave, but they also called their friends to watch the handsome guy together.
Huo Yuan tallied the data of the six streamers’ rooms. Including Zhao Xiyou, the five Qingguo streamers all had a certain amount of data loss, while Huo Xian’s stream had been growing, and the growth rate climbed gradually over time.
The second game, Bunnies Are So Cute, was a bunny-themed level-based game. Each level required several players to cooperate to pass. Although simple, it tested tacit understanding and was quite taxing on friendships and voices. Overall, the entertainment value and effect were quite good.
Three hours later, the collab ended.
Huo Xian thanked the gifts in the stream. Surprisingly, although the individual gift amounts were not large, the total amount was close to the day he soloed [Blood Demon Pool].
After finally thanking the gifts, the bullet chat was still full of joy, probably because people could let loose during the holidays?
He selectively answered some questions obviously prepared by water friends: “I don’t know when the next collab will be. In fact, apart from Bu Yiyi, I met the other five streamers for the first time today. It was a bit awkward, after all, we are not streamers on the same platform.”
【Then does the streamer want to go to Qingguo to stream, so you can be on the same stage as Yiyi? (^?^*)】
“I’m not considering going to other platforms for the time being. Changing platforms frequently makes fans suffer.” Huo Xian replied.
【The streamer can sign with Qingguo and become an officially signed streamer. Qingguo’s treatment is very good~】
The fans were not stupid. Frequently mentioning another platform in a Xianyu streamer’s room and lobbying the streamer to sign was clearly a spy sent by Qingguo. Only a platform like Qingguo, which climbed up from a third-rate platform, would use such means to “snatch” streamers. Did they really think their Xianyu had no face and no supporters?
Xianyu fans stood up, and the Qingguo spies mixed in with the new fans immediately had a hard time.
Huo Xian spoke up at the right time: “Pay attention to bullet chat civility. Friends from Qingguo, thank you for considering my future, but I currently have no plans to change platforms, let alone sign a contract. If you like my stream, you can follow me. If you find switching platforms troublesome, you can also choose not to follow, no need to make it difficult.”
His words not only did not stop the Qingguo spies but instead attracted a wave of ridicule, such as “Using Qingguo to get popular and then jumping platforms, turning your back on people, ungrateful”, “Thinking you’re self-righteous now that you have a few stinking fans”, etc., which were really unpleasant to hear.
Huo Yuan acted extremely fast, banning anyone who posted ridicule and sarcastic remarks one by one.
“I stream on Xianyu. Today was the first time I accepted a roommate’s invitation to collab. The process was very joyful. Although I’m not familiar with the new friends, we get along fine. Not going to Qingguo is not to incite a war between the two platforms, but my personal choice. I hope those who want to stir up trouble will rest their minds and not make trouble out of nothing.” Huo Xian said unhurriedly. When he wasn’t smiling, people could feel his aura even across the screen.
He spoke bluntly, and some fake fans hiding in the bullet chat eager to make a move didn’t know whether to continue leading the rhythm.
A perfect opening, an imperfect ending.
“Yuanyuan.” After closing the stream, Huo Xian waved to Huo Yuan.
Huo Yuan jumped onto Huo Xian’s hand, leaned close to him, touched his nose with his nose, and comforted: [Huo Xian, don’t be angry. At worst, you can block the bullet chat when you stream in the future and not interact with them. They can watch if they want.]
Hearing this, Huo Xian was slightly surprised: Where did he show that he was angry?
For that little thing about streaming? It really wasn’t necessary. Getting angry over such a small thing would make his anger too cheap.
However, since he could get comfort from his boyfriend, he didn’t mind being angry for a bit.
“Sigh, I’m so angry my head hurts.” He reclined the swivel chair and lay down, conveniently hugging Huo Yuan to his chest, gently massaging his temple with one hand.
Huo Yuan became nervous upon hearing this and quickly gave him a full-body check, but found nothing. However, anger damages most of the body’s organs, especially the liver. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that anger increases toxins in the liver and harms the human body.
[Huo Xian, you can’t be angry. Anger hurts the body.] Huo Yuan said while leaning close to his head, replacing him to help massage his temples.
“I’ll try.” Huo Xian enjoyed the softness of the little cat paw pads.
Huo Yuan couldn’t comfort people, so he could only work hard to help alleviate his symptoms with practical actions.
After a while, Huo Xian said again: “My chest feels tight, breath is a little unsmooth.”
Huo Yuan immediately said: [I’ll help you smooth it.]
He jumped onto Huo Xian’s chest, then was stumped again. His paws were small and limbs short. Smoothing his breath couldn’t be as effective as Huo Xian smoothing his fur. What should he do?
“Step on it, step on it and it will be fine.” Seeming to see his difficulty, Huo Xian suggested.
[Really?] Huo Yuan was a little suspicious, but his movements were not sloppy at all. And he didn’t know if it was his illusion, but this stepping action… was so familiar.
So familiar.
Familiar.
Um…
Isn’t this a cat kneading (making biscuits)?!
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