Global Live Streaming: From Streamer to Divine God

"Boss, Minnie's recent shows have been somewhat over the top, I've told her, but she doesn't listen to me, maybe you should check it out now!"

Zhu Shouxin rubbed his tired eyes and glanced at the time.

August 11th, 11:59 PM.

"Alright, leave it to me, you should get off work... take care of your health and be careful driving at night."

After hanging up, Zhu Shouxin found a secluded place to park his car, surrounded by dim lighting, he dared not turn off the engine, so he kept the car's headlights and taillights on to avoid any accidents.

He opened the live streaming platform of his company on his phone, found Minnie's live room in the most prominent recommendation column on the homepage, clicked in, and the car was instantly filled with loud music and a screen full of gifts and flowers.

The pink room, right in the center facing the live camera, was a hot-bodied, delicately featured beauty swaying to the dynamic music!

Zhu Shouxin held his chin with one hand, watching and thinking deeply.

This was a well-known female host he had managed to poach from a major live streaming platform, and simply the signing fee had cost nearly a million. Having spent such a large sum, he naturally had done thorough research on her.

The industry was facing increasing scrutiny and becoming more rigorously regulated. The golden days of growth had been missed, and for a new emerging platform like Zhu Shouxin's, constant caution and care were necessities.

After thinking for two minutes, he had a plan, promptly booted up his laptop, logged into the company's management backend with the highest authority, got in touch with the preening Minnie, sent her a long list of suggestions, then waited.

One minute later, the popularity of the live room didn't drop; on the contrary, it reached new heights. Hearing Minnie coyly thank him in her sweet voice, Zhu Shouxin chuckled, left the live room, and prepared to start the car.

It was at that moment an unexpected discovery made him stop his actions. After returning to the homepage, the recommendation spot that belonged to Minnie suddenly switched to an unfamiliar live room.

"Spirit Live Streaming Room?"

Zhu Shouxin knew or recognized most of the hosts and programs in his company, or at least had a general impression. But where did this Spirit Live Streaming Room come from, and why didn't he have any recollection of it?

Was it a new show recently signed by another editor?

Even if it was, you shouldn't give it such a key recommendation spot!

The logic was simple: all important contracts had to go through him. In Zhu Shouxin's memory, there was definitely no such program. And for general contracts that imposed too few restrictions on the hosts—if you gave them such an important recommendation spot and it became popular, other live streaming platforms would surely come poaching...

By doing this, wouldn't the company be using its own resources to help the competition?

With confusion and annoyance, Zhu Shouxin clicked on the live room.

Upon entering, the scene he saw made him pause.

An ancient, elegant building, a group of people dressed in court attire, and in the center of the screen, an anciently dressed young man holding an unconscious person!

A slight move, a change of position, Zhu Shouxin could clearly see what the person being held was...

"Hiss~~"

He let out a cold gasp—it was a corpse, a dead body.

Blood-red, bulging eyeballs, a twisted, fierce face, blood oozing from the mouth like spring water, the corpse's spasm-like twitching...

In the live broadcast, people were screaming, crying, collapsing and kicking, running and shouting in panic... The height and angle of the camera were fixed, stabilizing the image. Even though it was silent, the hysterical breakdown and panic of the live scene were clearly conveyed. Even through a mobile phone, even in the confined space of the car, Zhu Shouxin felt a chill rush to his brain...

The live broadcast continued. When he saw a middle-aged man with the standard appearance of a eunuch who managed to stabilize the situation as soon as he appeared, Zhu Shouxin snapped back to reality.

"Interesting..."

"Very realistic production, perfect effect, especially the actor playing the corpse—just like the special effects in a big-budget film!"

"This show has potential, the editor who signed it has an eye for talent... but the contract must be handled cautiously, not to be trifled with!"

Zhu Shouxin checked the viewer count.

11,986 people!

The performance was mediocre, lacking support, in need of focused resources.

With that assessment in mind, he no longer cared about the ongoing live broadcast on his phone, and logged into the company's backend through his computer, searching through the database documents...

After a long while, he frowned.

Nothing?

Impossible!

Could the contract still not be entered?

Who could be so irresponsible?

It was the early hours of August 12th. It wasn't a good time to call and ask questions. Holding back his anger, Zhu Shouxin logged back into the management backend and pulled up a list of all online program hosts, examining it carefully!

Still nothing?

Damn, was this a bug?

Next, Zhu Shouxin used his highest authority to search through all the company's records, documents, annotations, programs...

Ten minutes later, he was stunned!

Spirit live streaming, spirit live streaming... Spirits!!

In an instant, cold sweat attacked his entire body. He shuddered, grabbed his phone, and wanted to throw it out of the car.

But the car window was closed, and that small delay allowed him to cool down.

Looking uncertainly at the phone, and the screen on the phone, he finally realized the eerie aspects of this live room.

The interface was completely different from his company's, starkly different.

It was very basic, with just a video playback window, an online viewer count, a follow icon, a button to download the client...

And its title description: "Live Streaming the Myriad Realms of Mystery, Experience the Splendor of Great Worlds..."

Zhu Shouxin could hardly believe such preposterous happenings had crossed his path.

It was at that moment that Li Xu turned back, his eyes meeting Zhu Shouxin's through the live broadcast screen!

Although the hand signals weren't very skilled or accurate, Zhu Shouxin understood their meaning.

So this wasn't a pre-recorded video?

Then what was it, what was it?

With such questions, Zhu Shouxin continued to watch...

That night, his car never started again.