City Adventure: Starting Reward One Billion - Chapter 6: Gift Spree

Exiting the WeChat interface, Lin Dong opened the TikTok app. Whenever he had free time, Lin Dong enjoyed scrolling through TikTok. Upon seeing that the broadcaster he followed, Xue Weier, was currently live, Lin Dong clicked to enter.

Xue Weier was someone Lin Dong had followed since the early days of his time on Douyin. He had been following her from the very beginning, and it had been over a year now. Lin Dong could be considered one of her first fans. Starting with just a few followers, she had gradually accumulated over a million fans.

The number of viewers in her livestream had also grown from a handful to several hundred.

Although Xue Weier had the potential to become even more popular, she limited her livestreams to audio only, not revealing her face. This choice made it challenging for her to attract the big spenders on Douyin, as most viewers preferred watching attractive girls. Despite her excellent voice and singing skills, she remained a small broadcaster, not attracting significant attention.

During the period of Jiang Shan’s unrequited love, Lin Dong hadn’t visited Xue Weier’s livestream for nearly a month. However, as soon as he entered the stream this time, he heard her familiar voice singing “Chixin Juedui” (Absolute Infatuation).

“I give my heart so sadly, you’ll never understand. Why force myself to fall in love with everything about you? You cruelly force me back; I’m on guard, tightly closing the door, silently counting my tears.”

Hearing this song, Lin Dong’s eyes became moist. Unrequited love always seemed to have no resolution.

Licking the boots, licking until the end, ultimately ending up with nothing.

As the song finished, the gifting in the livestream resumed. However, the gifts were relatively small, ranging from a few yuan to a couple of hundred yuan, nothing exceeding that.

Xue Weier thanked each person individually.

“Thanks to Brother Xinyu for the gift.” “Thanks to Brother Gaoshan Liushui for the gift.” “Thanks to Sister Xin for the gift.”

Lin Dong felt that he had enough money now, so he decided to send some gifts to the broadcaster he liked. Using the system balance to recharge his Douyin account, Lin Dong directly added ten million.

After recharging, he began sending gifts to Xue Weier.

He chose the most expensive gift, the World Star effect.

Xue Weier, in her livestream, thanked those who sent gifts one by one. She usually received a few hundred gifts in a few hours, which she found quite satisfying.

She was also willing to show her face, but due to the dormitory situation at school and her three roommates, it wasn’t convenient. They were all casually dressed in the dorm, and as a music major, she didn’t want people to gift her just for her looks but for her singing.

Some big spenders had even messaged her privately, wanting to meet her and offering to support her financially, but she had refused. She felt that such actions resembled a transaction, and despite needing money, she wasn’t willing to do that.

Suddenly, Xue Weier felt a flash of light in her livestream.

“Is this the World Star effect?”

In her over a year of live streaming, she had never received a World Star effect, even though she had seen others receive it in different streams.

A World Star effect cost two thousand, and she usually earned this amount in a week. Yet today, someone was gifting her a World Star effect?

Before Xue Weier could figure out who was sending the World Star effect, the second time the light flashed.

The third time…

The fourth time…

The continuous World Star effects illuminated Xue Weier’s livestream.

(One Matchstick sends X10 World Star effects to the broadcaster Xue Weier) (One Matchstick sends X11 World Star effects to the broadcaster Xue Weier) … (One Matchstick sends X66 World Star effects to the broadcaster Xue Weier)

Such a continuous stream of more than sixty-six World Star effects not only flooded the livestream but also became a promotion for the entire Douyin channel.

All of a sudden, numerous livestreams saw that a tycoon had appeared in Xue Weier’s stream.

“Wow, an unknown broadcaster unexpectedly has a tycoon in the livestream. Let’s go check it out.”

“Wait for me! I’m going too.”

Xue Weier’s livestream was suddenly inundated with a large number of onlookers, and the viewer count skyrocketed from a couple of hundred to over a thousand, with the numbers still increasing.

“Thanks to One Matchstick for sending X World Star effects. Thank you, thank you!”

“Mwah mwah, Snow loves you!”

Xue Weier was somewhat excited, not knowing what to say. The World Star effects continued without stopping.

(One Matchstick sends X666 World Star effects to the broadcaster Xue Weier) … (One Matchstick sends X999 World Star effects to the broadcaster Xue Weier) … (One Matchstick sends X1314 World Star effects to the broadcaster Xue Weier)

Finally, Lin Dong stopped sending World Star effects at 1314, feeling a bit tired. Xue Weier’s livestream exploded, reaching a hundred thousand viewers.

“Damn, Matchstick bro is awesome.”

“Matchstick bro is mighty.”

“Matchstick bro, do you need a follower?”

Xue Weier, on the other hand, was utterly stunned.

What did 1314 World Star effects mean?

In terms of money, it was more than two million.

She could receive about one hundred and thirty thousand, half of which was already a huge sum.

She checked the gifter’s list and found that One Matchstick had followed her a long time ago but had never sent a gift until today, when they sent so many.

Xue Weier immediately sent a private message.

“Thank you for the gifts, Matchstick. Can I add you on WeChat?”

Lin Dong, upon seeing Xue Weier’s private message, shared his WeChat ID.

In a short while, she added him.

“Matchstick, thank you for the gifts.”

“No worries, I’ve been listening to your songs for so long without sending any gifts. It feels a bit embarrassing, so I decided to make up for it all today.”

“Thank you for your support, Matchstick. If you have time, I’ll sing for you privately. I’m Xue Weier. What’s your name?”

“I’m Lin Dong.”

The two chatted a bit about unimportant things. In three sentences from Xue Weier, two of them were thanking Lin Dong.

Lin Dong stood in front of the three-meter-tall French window, looking at the night view of the Yangtze River outside. It was bustling, charming, and beautiful.

He took a few pictures of the night scene with his newly purchased phone and posted them on his Moments.

Caption: The night view by the Yangtze River is still charming.

Lin Dong didn’t usually post on Moments, but today he was in such a good mood that he couldn’t resist.

After posting on Moments, Lin Dong felt a bit tired. He lay down on the luxurious king-size bed in the bedroom, which was four meters wide, and fell asleep.

Lin Dong was asleep.

However, some people on Douyin couldn’t sleep, especially those big broadcasters.

Big broadcasters ranked one, two, or three on the charts were easily gifting over a million. But that was all from the guild, and they couldn’t pocket any of that money. The real money was in the tips from the viewers who hadn’t joined any guilds.

Just now, a small broadcaster’s livestream had someone directly gifting over two million. Moreover, this small broadcaster wouldn’t have a guild supporting her, making it evident that there was a big spender involved.

Why was there still such a fat leek that hadn’t fallen into their bowls?

Some broadcasters had already started researching Xue Weier’s livestream, hoping to lure this tycoon over to them.