"Hello, is this Ms. Xing Biqi?"
"Yes, it's me. You are..."
"I'm a fool with no money." A slightly familiar male voice came from the other end of the receiver.
"Ma... Ma has no money?" Xing Biqi's eyes suddenly widened and he became tense.
"Yes, it's me. I'm sorry that I got your contact information through the registration information on Weibo. I'm calling you so late because I have something I want to talk to you about. Is Ms. Xing free now?"
The girl sat up, held her phone in silence for a moment, and nodded: "Do you want to buy the souvenir in my hand?"
"Yes." Ma Noqian's voice on the other end of the receiver was very calm: "You are very smart, so I will get straight to the point. Please tell me how much you are willing to pay to sell me the souvenir given by the master of Time and Space UP."
"Have you contacted all the interactors of this live broadcast?"
"Miss Xing is the second one."
"I'm sorry." Although neither party could see each other through the phone line, Xing Biqi still smiled and bowed slightly: "The souvenir given to me by the UP master is very meaningful. I don't want to sell it, so I hope you can forgive me."
"To exchange a rock with only commemorative value for a large amount of wealth that can change the quality of life, Ms. Xing's intelligence should make a more rational choice."
"Thank you." Xing Biqi said firmly: "I really don't want to sell it. Mr. Ma, please ask someone else."
"Don't rush into making a decision. We can meet and discuss it in detail."
"No need for now. It's an honor to speak with you. Goodbye Mr. Ma."
After saying that, the girl hung up the phone decisively and immediately turned on airplane mode.
Putting down her phone, she lay back on the bed, played with the rock in her hand for a while, then hid it in the pillow again, turned off the desk lamp, closed her eyes, and prepared to sleep.
But no matter how I turned around, five minutes, ten minutes, and half an hour passed. She still didn't feel sleepy at all.
Everything that happened today was like a dream to an ordinary person like her.
"if… "
"It would be great if Chen Yu could be here..."
…
A night of silence.
The next day, the Chen family in Lanhe Community.
"Buzzing..."
The cell phone vibrated suddenly, making Chen Yu wake up.
He looked around for a long time, then vaguely picked up the phone, pressed answer, and put it to his ear: "Hello? Who is it?"
"Chen Yu, you finally answered the phone! Where were you yesterday?"
"Oh, Xing Biqi." Sitting up, Chen Yu rubbed his eyes: "I went out to play yesterday. My phone was left at home and turned off. What, is something wrong?"
"I...I'm just a little worried, nothing else."
"It's so noisy over there."
"Ah... a little bit."
“…”
“…”
The two of them were silent for half a minute on the phone.
Xing Biqi couldn't help but ask: "Do you know what I did yesterday?"
"I don't know, what are you doing?"
"Didn't you watch the live broadcast of the Overtime Review yesterday?"
"No."
"Then watch the video first, and then you will know. Don't regret it."
"What do you regret?"
"You'll know after reading this. I'll hang up now. I'm a bit busy. I'll call you later..."
After hanging up the phone, Chen Yu stretched expressionlessly and looked at the time displayed on the screen: "Is it already ten o'clock in the morning?"
"Well, it's ten o'clock. Good morning, Mr. Chen." Xiao Taohong jumped off the seat and pouted: "Did that human female call?"
"Yeah." Chen Yu changed the subject: "Has the edited version of the live broadcast been released?"
"Everything has been released, and the data is rising very quickly."
"How fast?" He yawned as he got out of bed and mumbled while getting dressed.
"On the Bilibili platform alone, one hour after its release, the number of clicks exceeded 34 million. It was about three times the previous number."
"..." Chen Yu paused and turned to look at Xiao Taohong: "One hour? Thirty-four million views?"
"Yes." Xiao Taohong nodded: "Including the data from all platforms such as Douyu, Zouyin, Kuaishou, Youtui, etc., the total number of clicks has almost reached 900 million."
"There will be many clicks from duplicate IPs."
"Yes. But even excluding these, the number of global Internet users watching videos in this hour will not be less than 300 million. And during the evening peak, there will be a surge."
After changing clothes, Chen Yu walked out of the bedroom, washed his face in the bathroom, then returned to the room, turned on his phone and browsed the news.
Compared with the carnival of self-media last night, even some mainstream media are no longer silent. The headlines on every page focus on a hot topic.
That is - "Overtime Review"
“When you wake up in the morning, the world changes.”
"Why am I always the last to know?"
"That's awesome! I stayed up late to watch all the edited videos. I didn't search all the extra live broadcasts. I was wrong!"
"Can officials from various countries give an explanation?"
"I was born and raised in the Magic City, but I never knew there was a maglev subway at my doorstep. (Crying and laughing)"
"I want to watch the live broadcast! I want to watch the live broadcast!"
"Everyone, calm down and listen to me. It's all a dream."
"An interactor sold a souvenir last night for 37 million..."
Chen Yu felt complicated as he scrolled through the comments and messages related to him.
There is both the satisfaction of being popular and the sense of achievement of being recognized, the sense of control that affects the entire human society, and the worry about how difficult it will be to advance in the future...
"It's really just one step at a time."
Exiting the browser, he clicked on the WeChat software, thought for a moment, and quickly sent a series of messages to Xing Biqi with his thumb.
[Chen Yu: "Fuck! Fuck!"]
[Chen Yu: "You were actually chosen? What kind of bullshit luck is this?"]
[Chen Yu: "Awesome! You are treating me today! You are so awesome!"]
[Xing Biqi: "Okay, hehe, I'll treat you tonight. (blushing)"]
[Chen Yu: "You wanted to find me yesterday, right? What a shame. What a mistake."]
[Xing Biqi: "Who told you not to take your mobile phone? There's no point regretting it now."]
[Chen Yu: "I want to die, it's so uncomfortable."]
[Xing Biqi: "What are you talking about?! I took a lot of videos and photos. I'll watch them with you after school."]
[Chen Yu: "Let's watch the details together!"]
[Xing Biqi: "I will also give you a gift! Class is over, let's talk back.~"]
"Is that the souvenir?"
Putting down the phone, Chen Yu scratched the base of his ears: "Is that useless thing useless? It's better to sell it..."
"Mr. Chen." Xiao Taohong's eyes flashed red: "Do you want to mate with that female at night?"
"You fucking farted!"
"I think she might lose her temper."
"What?"
"Tear!"
Xiao Taohong opened her arms and burst out of her clothes in an instant: "Skills have specializations. Trust me, Xiao Taohong, I am professional in this area."
"... Where is my forty-meter sword?"
"Throw Proxima Centauri."
“…”
…
Two minutes and twenty-five seconds later, Chen Yu and Xiao Taohong appeared at the Forbidden Forest Airport of the Floating Castle, fully dressed.
"Mr. Chen, where are we going?"
"Send express mail to fans."
Following the steps, he jumped into the R-type deep space ship, then put on a Peking Opera mask, turned around and shouted: "Can you please stop being so slow?"
"Mr. Chen..." Xiao Taohong pursed her lips: "You were too fast."
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(End of chapter)