Chapter 744 - 763: They’re All Here, What Do You Think?
Chapter 744: Chapter 763: They’re All Here, What Do You Think?
In an unfamiliar room, a middle-aged man in a white shirt was also keeping an eye on Jiang Qiuqiu’s community, but he—was no fan.
As he watched the number of posts on the front page about where the crabs had gone multiply, his fingers trembled slightly. A bead of sweat trickled from his forehead into his collar.
’Damn it.’
’Are these people insane?’
’It’s just a couple of crabs. Are you the only ones allowed to buy them? Can’t anyone else? What is there to even discuss!’
Watching the topic climb higher on the trending list, he clenched his fists. In the end, he couldn’t take it anymore and pulled out his terminal to dial a familiar number.
"What is it?"
"Mr. Qian... we have a problem."
The person on the other end paused for a moment. "The deal is done. What else could there be?"
The man in the white shirt quickly explained what was happening on the Star Network.
The younger man sounded extremely annoyed. "You got paid. Deal with it yourself—"
His attitude was terrible. The dismissive tone, as if he couldn’t be bothered to solve the problem, made the man in the white shirt extremely uncomfortable. He finally snapped, "I know what you bought those crabs for."
"..."
"Alright, alright. We’ll get our PR team on it, how about that?"
"Fine. Just handle this quickly. And about buying that tech... I can pull some strings for you."
It’s unclear what else the two of them negotiated, but the color slowly returned to the man’s face as he leaned back in his chair.
Not long after, a group of users claiming to be former "Ju people" flooded into Jiang Qiuqiu’s food community. They explained that after the great "platform war," they had stayed behind on Federation Live. Out of shame, they had rarely posted, preferring to just lurk.
So this time, when they saw everyone saying how easy it was to steam crabs, they were inspired to act and bought up the stock.
And just like that, the one hundred million crabs were accounted for.
But...
’Then again, what they said made sense.’
’Juju has so many powerful fans. It’s entirely possible some of those tycoons hired people to snap up the crabs. The rest of us in the community should just wait for the next batch.’
’The rapid-harvest ones will be ready in just fifteen days, anyway.’
The uproar seemed to gradually die down.
-
The Spirit Healing Department was scheduled to be away for over a month, so Jiang Qiuqiu had been spending all her recent time in the training rooms.
Since she had the time, and her roommates had also been ramping up their practice, the four of them had a rare opportunity to train together.
Jiang Qiuqiu partnered with Michelle, while Meng Chun teamed up with Liu Tingting. The two pairs then began their 2v2 assault training.
At first, they were all a little unaccustomed to this combat mode, but the more they practiced, the more they got the hang of it, grew familiar with the routine, and even started to find it fun.
Around three in the afternoon, it was time for Michelle to start her daily livestream.
She said she was going to go off to the side to practice alone, but Jiang Qiuqiu stopped her. "Why? You can just stream from here. Our 2v2 practice is going great."
"But..." Michelle felt it would be weird to have Qiuqiu appear on her stream.
Seeing her conflicted expression, Jiang Qiuqiu couldn’t help but laugh. "When you usually train with the others, do you go somewhere else when it’s time for your stream?"
’Not really,’ she thought. ’Unless I’m doing a solo stream, I’m usually with Meng Chun and Tingting.’
"But you’re different—"
"How am I any different? Go on, start the stream!"
Her casual attitude made it impossible for Michelle to refuse her roommate’s kindness, so she activated her portable camera bot.
The four of them then found a spot in a corner of the training room and continued.
"Hey, it’s me. Yep, I’m in the training room."
Michelle wasn’t very popular on the New Star platform. Her fan retention was mediocre at best. She’d had a brief moment of fame thanks to her looks, but because her streams were rather plain and she didn’t interact much, that popularity quickly fizzled out.
However, like sifting for gold, the process had left her with a few loyal "nuggets."
Some people just had a taste for it; they wanted to watch a stream that was unremarkable but highly professional.