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Clap, clap, clap...
In the hotel lobby, seven or eight onlookers stepped closer and all applauded vigorously. Especially the young man who had volunteered to lend Chen Xu a knife; he clapped particularly hard, his eyes still glowing.
Chen Xu was quite satisfied with this effect, believing that the audience in the livestream room must be equally impressed.
To practice throwing cards with pinpoint accuracy, he spent several evenings. Playing cards are thin and soft; only when spinning at high speeds can they cut through a carrot.
It's easy to make a card spin, but keeping it accurate is difficult. A slight deviation in force or angle means the card could fly anywhere.
Furthermore, the thin card is easily influenced by airflow, so there can be no wind; it can only be done indoors.
Over the past few days, after returning home from work, he had been practicing constantly. He went through over a dozen decks of cards and cut his hands several times before reaching this level.
Within five meters, his accuracy had exceeded 90 percent.
He walked over, feeling very satisfied with Dai Zixin's shocked expression. Those watching the livestream should also have similar reactions, right?
Let's see how you criticize now.
On the surface, he pretended to be calm and casual, saying, "See that? You have to cut it like this, each piece the same length. To achieve this, the secret is—"
"Measure with a ruler."
At this moment, whether in the livestream room or on-site, no one was listening to his serious nonsense. All attention was on the carrot with four cards inserted into it.
Even the hotel staff on duty in the lobby curiously gathered around.
One by one, they took out their phones and started taking pictures of the carrot.
Chen Xu continued, "If everyone thinks I sliced this carrot well, give some gifts, please."
On the other side, seeing people continuously sending gifts in the livestream room, Dai Zixin looked delighted and gave Chen Xu a thumbs up. Then, recalling what he had just joked about her, her face instantly fell.
From her reaction, Chen Xu knew he must have collected quite a few gifts this round and was quite satisfied that his efforts over several evenings had paid off.
After a while, Dai Zixin, looking at the comments in the livestream room, couldn't hold her expression anymore. She looked at him hesitantly and finally spoke, "They want to see you perform again."
Chen Xu looked a bit troubled, "Well..."
Dai Zixin felt like laughing at his poor acting, cleared her throat, and said, "They are pretty sincere. Just perform one more."
Chen Xu understood immediately, "Since Zixin asked, let's continue." With that, he picked up another carrot...
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After the livestream ended, the two of them went to Chen Xu's room to split the gifts.
"This time we got more than three thousand in gifts."
Dai Zixin took out a notebook, opened it, and glanced, "Along with my own livestreams over the past few nights, I received more than a thousand in gifts. Altogether, it's about five thousand. Thirty percent is fifteen hundred; that's seven hundred and fifty each."
Hearing her, Chen Xu looked at her seriously and said, "I've known you for so long, and there is something I've always wanted to tell you."
Dai Zixin blushed a little, feeling inexplicably shy, "You, don't..."
"You're really nice." Chen Xu said sincerely.
Dai Zixin's face froze, her mind a little fuzzy, and seeing his earnest face, she deflated instantly.
Suddenly, she felt very tired. She suspected that if she continued to interact with him like this, she would soon have a breakdown.
After a while, she remembered something important and spoke again, "This money might have to wait until after the payroll to give you. I just bought a lens yesterday and have no money left."
"No problem, just keep track."
Chen Xu waved it off, unconcerned. Her character was still trustworthy.
He asked about something, "By the way, I heard that if you join a guild, the share is much higher, like fifty percent. Is that true?"
These days, he had done a bit of homework on the streaming industry and learned a bit.
Dai Zixin frowned and said, "I don't like guilds."
Chen Xu nodded, understanding her stance, and didn't press further.
After all, the livestreams were mainly her affair, he could only be considered a partner. It's fine to offer suggestions, but he needed to respect her decisions fundamentally.
Dai Zixin glanced at him and explained, "Joining a guild does have many benefits, like more exposure opportunities and a higher share, plus they help operate the streamers. But this way, streamers lose a lot of freedom, I don't like that."
She toyed with her phone and said, "I'm streaming purely out of interest. Seeing the number of followers increase makes me happy. I want to stream whatever content I please. If I join a guild, I'd have to manage everything, and it would lose its charm. It wouldn't be fun anymore."
So young and willful.
Chen Xu thought to himself, it was evident her family background wasn't poor, and her worries about money likely only stayed on the level of not being able to buy the latest phone model or something.
However, why did he feel a bit envious?
Having the capital for such willfulness, nice indeed.
He stood up to end the conversation, "Come on, it's about time."
Dai Zixin checked the time. It was just a few minutes till eight, and they were just about to assemble. She jumped up, "Oh no, I still need to go back to my room to grab my swimsuit."
Chen Xu grabbed the bag with the swimsuit, opened the door, and saw a woman standing outside about to knock, which startled him, "Secretary Guo? Why are you here?"
It was Luo Xiyun's secretary, named Guo. Chen Xu usually had quite a bit of interaction with her.
"I need to talk to you about something." Secretary Guo said, her eyes looking past him.
Behind him was Dai Zixin, who felt a little uneasy getting stared at by Secretary Guo. She said, "You two talk, I'll go back to my room." After saying that, she slipped away.
Chen Xu also noticed Secretary Guo's ambiguous expression but didn't care much. Normally, his closeness with Dai Zixin had already sparked rumors at the company. He couldn't be bothered to clarify.
"Why don't you come in and talk?" he invited.
"No need, I wouldn't want anyone to misunderstand." Secretary Guo laughed, hinting at something, then got to the point, "It's like this, Mr. Luo hopes that through this team-building activity, colleagues can open up to each other, so there is more camaraderie at work. So during the hot spring session, someone needs to spice things up, steer the conversation a bit. So, I came to find you."
You've got the wrong person, haven't you?
Chen Xu was a bit stunned. Normally in the company, he kept a low profile and rarely spoke much. How did Secretary Guo end up finding him?
He didn't have this talent for liveliness at all.
When he politely expressed his lack of this skill, Secretary Guo laughed and said, "This afternoon when playing basketball, didn't you do quite well? Don't worry, I will assist you then." Saying that, she walked away, not giving Chen Xu any chance to refuse.
Seriously, this is just pushing a duck onto a perch, isn't it?
P.S.: Almost made the rankings, asking for recommendation votes!
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