CH 50

The finals of the live competition still spanned half a month, with the semi-finals eliminating twenty broadcasters in the first week, and the last week being the real competition.

At this stage, the organizers didn’t need to rely on broadcasters to increase their broadcast time to generate popularity. In order to make the competition more fair for the remaining fourteen players, the finals adopted a round-robin system, with a fixed competition time and number of games each day. The final ranking was still determined by points.

Winning a game added points, while losing a game deducted points. The entire competition system widened the gap between the rankings of the broadcasters, and ultimately highlighted the top few with the best skills.

Xie Yao had firmly held the top three since the semi-finals, and his amazing technical skills during the competition had amazed countless onlookers.

It’s not that there were no privileged candidates after the change in the competition format, but Xie Yao was like a star shining particularly brightly among them.

Since its recent high-profile recruitment, Cat Claw TV had entered the public’s view with a very strong posture.

Many people looked at Cat Claw TV’s sudden emergence with a mentality of watching a show, thinking that even though this new platform was rich and powerful, it lacked experience and might be suppressed by other established platforms and ultimately exit the market in a sorry state.

But it didn’t happen.

Surprisingly, even after recruiting so many popular broadcasters, including SUS, Cat Claw TV still seemed to be at ease. From the initial promotion to the later normal operation, everything demonstrated the great strategic planning behind Cat Claw, making them an existence that was born to make people jealous.

Jiang Song and his father, who occasionally gave guidance from behind the scenes, were the ones hiding their talents and biding their time.

Cat Claw had just been officially launched, and many things still required Jiang Song’s personal involvement. He was so busy that he hardly had time to rest, but fortunately, although his father had become a figurehead, he still paid attention to everything and left behind several secretaries and managers who were industry leaders.

During the day, Jiang Song worked seriously and occasionally chatted with his children about things that were not nutritious, testing the waters through a layer of window paper. In the evening, he left on time and handed over everything to his secretaries, then worked hard with Xie Yao.

But fortunately, although Jiang’s father became a hands-off manager, he didn’t completely ignore everything. The secretaries and managers he left in the company were all outstanding in the industry.

During the day, Jiang Song focused on his work, occasionally chatting with children and engaging in some unproductive conversations. They would test each other through a layer of paper on the window. At night, he would leave on time, handing over his work to his secretaries before turning to work hard with Xie Yao to run their own business.

Cat Claw TV was home to many top-tier gamers and the kings of the Honor of Kings section, who had been unbeatable for years, along with a god-like player named Praise.

After Jiang Song retired, his contract with Shark TV expired not long after. Although he didn’t renew his contract, he still had his position, and Shark TV naturally didn’t actively push him out. They kept his live streaming account in storage.

However, after Cat Claw went public, Jiang Song quickly packed his bags and moved to his own platform.

Since he wanted to promote Maozhu, he naturally couldn’t do without his own traffic. Jiang Song had been streaming every day for a month straight.

But the live streaming content was a bit hard to describe.

: Good evening.

Jiang Song put down his phone and leaned back in his chair.

He was wearing his usual clothes, his hair was still dripping with water, and his skin was slightly red, indicating that he had just taken a shower. Although Jiang Song had no expression on his face, it still gave people a sense of sensuality.

Hundreds of comments calling him “husband” scrolled by in the barrage.

: Checking in.

: Husband, dry your hair faster!

: A month ago, I thought I would get tired of seeing Praise’s face every day. A month later, I’m slapping myself in the face. Praise, what kind of god-like looks do you have!!!

: Oh my god, the post-shower picture is killing me!

: Are you still watching livestreams or just watching livestreams today/dog’s head?

Jiang Song leaned back and casually added “husband” to the list of blocked words in the live chat, causing half of the barrage to disappear immediately.

He knocked on the table with his right hand and said, “Today, I will explain the finals of the live streaming competition to everyone.”

Praise had been livestreaming game commentary for over a month, every day without fail, with only one person as the subject of his commentary: the SharkTV’s Yao Yao Princess.

As a result, even fans who had no idea who Yao Yao was before had been forced to learn all of her gaming habits, thanks to Jiang Song’s persistent promotion.

Nevertheless, fans of Jiang Song continued to come to the livestream every day, solely because Praise would laugh when he watched Yao Yao’s livestream!

Praise actually laughed! He even did joint livestreams with that little anchor!

During the first couple of days, Praise’s fans almost suspected that he had been replaced by someone else, and some even wanted to start a fight with him. However, as this happened more and more frequently, fans gradually accepted it, and even became numb to it. There were even quite a few people who climbed over to SharkTV because of Jiang Song’s persistent promotion.

Yao Yao’s fans were extremely grateful to Praise, and their relationship with him was like that of a family. Their CP fans were even more passionate than those of Jiang Song himself.

Praise had a huge following, and any King-level anchor would envy him.

So far, Praise had only shown such preferential treatment to Yao Yao. The faster Yao Yao rose to fame, the more jealousy it attracted, and rumors about Yao Yao selling out to Praise were spreading like wildfire.

The people behind the scenes thought that Praise’s fans would continue to support him and attack Xie Yao by flooding into his live stream and criticizing him until he quit the game. However, they didn’t expect that Praise’s fans not only got along well with Xie Yao’s fans but even enjoyed watching his streams.

Well, it’s only natural. Putting oneself in the shoes of a fan, of course, one would want their favorite person to smile and talk more, rather than having a poker face that could scare children just by looking at photos.

If Xie Yao can make Jiang Song happy, then his fans will like him. That’s the mentality of Praise’s fans.

Putting aside how jealous some people are, on Jiang Song’s live stream, the screen stayed in the initial state for more than ten minutes without any change, and the barrage was expressing their anxiety.

: Today is the last week of the finals. Why is Yao Yao late? This will make him lose a game, won’t it?

: Is there something that delayed the little anchor?

: Wow, Brother Jiang’s expression looks like he got stood up by his date.

: I just checked the live stream of the shark tv next door. The first game of the semi-finals has already finished. Yao Yao might have a hard time catching up.

: No way! How can he lose to him again!

Jiang Song’s live stream was very anxious, and Xie Yao’s side was also like an ant on a hot pot.

At the time of the end of the semi-finals, Xie Yao was leading by a narrow three points compared to the second place in terms of game scores.

But Xie Yao’s fans didn’t have a chance to celebrate yet. They didn’t expect that during the score settlement, the second place, who had the highest tipping amount, was awarded an additional ten points, which directly surpassed Xie Yao and won the first place in the semi-finals.

At that time, Xie Yao’s and Praise’s fans were almost driven insane.

Previously, Xie Yao didn’t encourage his fans to keep tipping him for the game, just for the ten points he could get in one game. He often mentioned not needing to tip, and even when Praise tipped him at that time, Xie Yao stopped him.

But in the finals, after suffering losses from the opponent, fans were secretly competing and monitoring the tipping amounts of other streamers to prevent them from surpassing Xie Yao.

The fans did not expect Xie Yao to be the one to make a mistake, and they were all very anxious.

Jiang Song was a bit irritated, but since he was broadcasting live, he couldn’t show impatience directly. He just furrowed his brow.

Recently, Jiang Song and Xie Yao have become closer, chatting happily on WeChat. However, “Boss Jiang” has been absent from his live streams for over a month, replaced by someone who comments on his game every day.

Xie Yao didn’t ask, and Jiang Song didn’t say, but they both knew what was going on.

Xie Yao has started telling Jiang Song about everything, big and small. If he has to be late due to something important, he will let Jiang Song know in advance.

Although Xie Yao didn’t say why, Jiang Song knew that he was taking this competition more and more seriously, and there was no reason for him to be silent and late.

Jiang Song tapped his finger on the tabletop and, in front of everyone in the live stream, boldly picked up his phone and dialed Xie Yao’s number.

The phone rang twice before Xie Yao picked up.

“Brother Jiang”

This was the first time Jiang Song had heard Xie Yao’s voice on the phone, but the first thing he noticed was the anger in the small streamer’s voice.

“…What’s wrong?”

But without asking for details, Xie Yao had already followed up: “There was an issue in the livestream room, I couldn’t get in. Xiao Fang said it was a server error and they were urgently fixing it.”

Xie Yao’s tone would unconsciously become more docile when talking to Jiang Song, but this time it was full of anger.

Jiang Song glanced at the time and saw that eighteen minutes had passed since the 7:00 pm start of the match. Some had already finished the first round, and Xie Yao’s score had gone from seven points behind the first place to seventeen points behind.

He scrolled the mouse and dragged out the overall score of the livestreamed match. With a quick glance, he saw that nine people’s scores, except for Xie Yao, had not changed. Obviously, they were experiencing the same “technical difficulties” as Xie Yao.

But unlike the others, Xie Yao was not in the top seven of the total score ranking.

Jiang Song closed his eyes.

Xie Yao was already angry, but hearing Jiang Song’s heavy breathing on the other end, it was clear that he was also angry. Strangely, Xie Yao became much calmer.

He even comforted Jiang Song: “It’s okay, it’s just one round.”

Whether it was intentional or unintentional, with so many livestreamers having issues and so many viewers watching, the organizers would not allow the technical difficulties to last too long. At most, it would hold him back for one round.

Jiang Song tapped the desktop without speaking, but his gaze shifted to the donation amounts behind the first place. His expression was a bit heavy.

Xie Yao didn’t know what he was thinking over the phone, but after two seconds, he chuckled.

“Xiao Fang came to find me. He said the problem has been fixed.”

As soon as Xie Yao finished speaking, Jiang Song’s livestream room lit up, and the young man holding the phone appeared on the screen.

“Good evening, I’m Yao Yao.”

During the livestream, Xie Yao was holding a phone in his hand and his face remained expressionless as usual, making it difficult to tell if anything was different from usual. The conversation between him and Jiang Song was not heard by the fans in the livestream room, and others did not know why Xie Yao was late.

After Jiang Song hung up the phone, Xie Yao put down his phone.

“Earlier, there was a problem with the platform and I couldn’t enter the livestream room. Sorry for being late.”

Xie Yao didn’t plan to hide the problem from the platform. Moreover, there were so many other anchors who had encountered problems, and it was impossible for the platform to hide them all.

As expected, the fans were angry when they heard this.

: What? Such an important competition and the platform crashed. Shouldn’t there be some compensation?

: ??? Damn, only Xie Xie had problems before. Is this targeted?

: It’s over. The neighbor has already started the second round.

Xie Yao behaved very calmly after entering the livestream. His hair had grown longer this month, and his bangs covered a small part of his eyes. When he lowered his head, it made people unable to see his expression.

“It’s okay, only ten minutes late. We can catch up.”

He spoke in a relaxed tone.