Tuesday afternoon, 2:20, Cloud Dream Live Streaming Platform.
Over three million audiences gathered in advance in a live broadcast room that hadnāt started yet, patiently waiting for the broadcast.
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This live broadcast room, which hadnāt aired once since registration, already mysteriously had over six million followers.
Among these six million fans, more than a third are from overseas.
The reason behind all these is simple ā this is the live broadcast room of Cloud Dreamās Boss, Lincoln.
And now, only ten minutes are left before Lincolnās āLive Stream to the Sky.ā
Netizens who have free time, even those who donāt play games, are here to join the fun because theyāre interested in it.
Lincolnās identity is a combination of āscientific research geniusā, āgame developerā, āstartup celebrityā, āsuper internet celebrityā, etc. People interested in Lincoln have never been limited to players alone.
Itās just that the player group is relatively unique, hence they can access more content created by Lincoln and have stronger emotions for him.
An obvious manifestation is that only players would persistently send him razor blades in the mail.
At this moment, the topics being discussed in the live broadcast room are not limited to games.
Indeed, there are many players talking about āCard Kingā, āMahjong Godā, āJurassic Parkā, and āRaise Dinosaursā. But also not uncommon are keywords like āJourney Planā, āRehabilitation Planā, āLin the Richā, āPrank Masterā, and so on.
However, of course, most of them are discussing the content of this live broadcast:
āA twin-wing propeller fighter, such an ancient thing, is this an update for Night City?ā
āNo way, Night City already has modern helicopters. Whatās the point of bringing out an airplane from a hundred years ago?ā
āWill it be a new game? Like air combat and flying planes?ā
āI donāt care about these. I just want to know: Boss Chasing Wind has given away 500,000 red packets today. If we refer to Lincolnās net worth and make a proportional conversion, does he have to send out 50 billion red packets?ā
āMakes sense! How can Cloud Dreamās own live streaming platform let others steal the spotlight? It must be taken back!ā
āTotally agree! And how can 50 billion be enough? Boss Lin is always generous, at least 100 billion!ā
āIāll throw out a number: 500 billion!ā
ā1 trillion!ā
āCloud Dream Stocks!ā
In the midst of the increasingly inflated daydreams, ten minutes quickly passed.
With gentle music playing, the live broadcast room lit up, and Lincolnās live broadcast began.
The event for the lottery drawing, which had already been shouted to the āGalactic Colonization Chiefā, finally stopped.
Lincoln stood on a vast race track beside an airplane covered with a black curtain, waving and greeting everyone in front of the camera.
āGood afternoon, everyone!ā
āDid you have a good lunch?ā
āTo ensure enough physical and mental strength to deliver a wonderful live broadcast for you, I had a very sumptuous meal at noon!ā
Lincoln started the show leisurely.
The comment section heated up a level, and everyone enthusiastically responded to his greetings:
āOffice workers can only eat takeaway.ā
āI brought my own lunch! Aiming to retire at 35, I wonāt spend an extra cent!ā
āBoss Lin, thereās a bug in your live streaming platform! Why are there no fan cards, no monthly membership, and no gift options?ā
āA draw! Lin the Rich, wonāt you draw several billion to celebrate the start of the live broadcast?ā
āEveryone knows that thing beside you is an airplane. Is there any need to cover it up?ā
Under this level of audience discussion, itās impossible for Lincoln to see every comment clearly.
However, he and Mavis have long considered this issue. Many repetitive and meaningless comments were merged automatically after being sent out.
As for the unique ones, with the help of Mavis, Lincoln can pick out some of the most-discussed keywords and topics, so he doesnāt have to worry about interaction issues.
For example, the number of live broadcast room viewers is still climbing rapidly, already skyrocketing from 3 million before the broadcast to over 7 million, and still rapidly rising with no signs of stopping.
Thus, Lincoln isnāt in a hurry to start, picking a few of the most concerned topics for interaction:
āGifts, memberships, and such are available. You should have seen them in other anchorās live broadcast rooms. But I wonāt open it here. Save your money for a good meal or save up to retire early instead of wasting it on me. Your purchase of Cloud Dream consoles and games is already the best support for me.ā
āYou still need to eat well. Without a good body, everything is in vain.ā
āA draw? Wanted, wanted! I originally planned to draw at ten million viewers, but since you all are so eager, letās start directly!ā
As soon as the words fell, a lottery option popped up, and everyone quickly clicked [Participate in Lottery] without even looking.
The number of participants surged, instantly exceeding one million.
Then, they noticed the content of the drawā
[Winning Quota: 100 people, Prize: One box of Zhili Beauticianās Razor]
A bunch of question marks popped up immediately and were merged by the comment system, leaving the last comment asā
The number insideććis still rising rapidly.
āThis canāt be the shit I sent you, right?ā
āWhat do you call taking from the people and giving back to the people, huh?ā
āFuck, a new concept of raffle!ā
āAs expected of the richest man! So generous, a hundred prizes in one draw!ā
āWho! The! Hell! Needs this shit anyway?ā
āYouāre telling me this is a raffle? This is a clearance sale, isnāt it?!ā
Quentina was busy dealing with the new office building matters, so the little matter of clearing inventory was naturally put aside for now.
Lincoln thought it would be a good idea to put this to use by having a raffle.
Just because he doesnāt need it doesnāt mean others donāt, right?
There must be someone who needs it!
āBesides, if you win it and donāt need it, you can sell it for money too!ā
Lincoln ignored the excited protests in the comments and smoothly activated his active skill ā [Topic Shift]. He spoke up, āThank you for the gifts sponsored by the players, now letās proceed to the main event!ā
Turning around, he grabbed the curtain beside him and yanked it hard!
But the curtain was quite uncooperative, only moving a short distance.
Lincoln pulled harder!
And harder once again!
It took three tries before he finally pulled down the entire curtain, revealing the twin-wing propeller fighter underneath.
The plane itself was nothing special. Though the twin-wing propeller plane might not be very common in real life for ordinary people, everyone has seen it at least in books and movies, so it wasnāt anything novel.
But this plane had a special paint job:
The main body of the plane was a classic bright yellow, but only painted in the middle area. The edges of the wings and the body were painted white.
Moreover, where the yellow and white met, there were no smooth curves but sharp square edges, with some scattered yellow squares invading the white area.
At first glance, it looked like a LEGO plane assembled from small yellow squares, and the edges of this LEGO plane were disintegrating and falling apart bit by bit.
Of course, this was inspired by the āMy Worldā theme paint job.
By now, the players hadnāt realized it yet, and only reacted after the fact ā
Lincolnās claim of flying a plane was actually in reality!
They all thought it would be in the virtual world!
āThatās pretty daring!ā
āI fly a plane in Night City like a boss, but I wouldnāt dare to imagine it in reality!ā
āStarting with something so intense! No wonder heās the man Iāve set my sights on!ā
āS.E.5aĀ·modified! One of the finest performing fighters of its time! Stronger power, more manageable, equipped with shooting coordinators, and luxurious dual seating! Advanced, invincible!ā Lincoln introduced the plane enthusiastically to everyone.
āConsidering that I am a newbie ā my virtual world flying experience is obviously not recognized in the real world, weāve set up a dual pilot, dual operating system to ensure safety.ā
A pilot timely walked into the frame and stood by Lincolnās side.
āThis is an experienced test pilot: Nelson.ā Lincoln introduced the test pilot to everyone, and then sent Nelson to his seat first, kindly reminding him to fasten his seatbelt.
After making sure he was buckled in, Lincoln clapped his hands and several technicians from the factory immediately entered the frame, pushing equipment to quickly install the last component.
āFinally, let me introduce you: the Vickers Machine Gun!ā
Nelson, sitting in the back, widened his eyes in shock! He immediately tried to unbuckle his seatbelt to leave the plane and stop Lincolnās actions.
āConsidering the regulations, Iām obviously not allowed to fly the fighter jet, so this is not a real machine gun.ā
Nelson, who had already stood up, breathed a sigh of relief and slowly sat back down, re-fastening his seatbelt.
āAlthough this fellow is also made of all metal, with flawless mechanical structure, and looks like a machine gun, sounds like a machine gun, shoots like a machine gun, and can even work perfectly with the shooting coordinatorsā¦ā
Nelson yanked open his seatbelt and stood up once again!
āBut it can only shoot rubber bullets, so this is still a toy gun.ā
Nelson hesitated before sitting down again but didnāt buckle up his seatbelt. Instead, he stared intently at Lincoln, waiting for his next words.
The live streaming room had burst into laughter: āHahaha,ā āToo bad,ā āBeing inhuman on a daily basisā and other comments flew by like a stream.
However, Lincoln stopped messing around, stepped forward to help install the machine gun, and quickly entered the cockpit.
Without any hesitation, he started the ignition!
āKa-da, ka-da, ka-da āā
āKa-ka-ka-ka-ka āā
āWoo~woo-woo āā
Everything went smoothly!
The fighter broke away from the runway, slowly gaining altitude until it embraced the vast sky!
Flying always stirred emotions, and the live streaming audience, with their perspective following the twin-wing plane as it ascended higher and flew faster, couldnāt help but exclaim excitedly.
Seizing the opportunity, Mavis immediately initiated the second round of the raffle!
[Raffle Quota ā 500 people! Prize ā A box of Zhili Razor Blades!]