Gu Ting almost lost her composure. She had heard of people investing in a company, but she had never heard of people investing in a prize draw. Yet, the comment section exploded like a lit firework, with the bullet comments falling faster than the blink of an eye.
“Fellow cultivator, you are truly a god among men. Count me in for a share!”
“I’ll take ten shares!”
“What’s ten shares? I’m in for a hundred shares!”
“…”
A bunch of netizens who didn’t even know each other were tearing each other apart online all for the sake of money.
Gu Ting went from her initial shock to gradual numbness, and finally to amusement. Pinching her chin, she pondered, “That sounds somewhat interesting. It’s not like it’s impossible. However, most of the platform’s prize draws usually range from a few hundred to a few thousand yuan. Finding one worth tens of thousands is rare, and high-value ones are hard to come by. Taken together, this investment might not necessarily be worth it.”
What if the netizens invested too much and the won prize money couldn’t even cover the costs? Wouldn’t that be a waste of effort?
Seeing her fans arguing endlessly again, looking completely infatuated with money, Gu Ting simply made a decision on the spot. “How about this: tonight, I’ll randomly draw a few orders. If I win, half of the proceeds will be given back to everyone through a draw. Anyone who has registered a fan card can participate. You don’t have to rush to get a fan card right now; wait until the streamer finishes drawing, and then you can decide whether to get one or not.”
The fans in the bullet comments agreed unanimously, each one rubbing their hands in extraordinary excitement.
Manager Wang, who was observing silently from the side, noted that although Gu Ting’s streaming style was raw and she wasn’t a fast talker, she certainly knew how to put on a show and stir up the emotions of the fans in the livestream room. For a novice streamer, this was already more than enough. Most importantly, she seemed to be born with good financial luck—so good it was practically absurd. Most of the viewers in the livestream room came specifically for her “wealth-attracting” physique. For a newcomer who had only streamed for two days, this was her natural appeal; adding too many artificial touches would only make her blend into the crowd.
After observing for half an hour, Manager Wang left silently.
Inside the streaming studio, Gu Ting habitually went to the wealthy second-generation streamer’s room first to enter a draw. After winning, she randomly picked a few other rooms to participate in prize draws. Things were different now compared to before; previously, she thought she simply had a bit of luck with wealth, and she couldn’t be sure if she would win. Now it was different. She could be almost certain that as long as she participated, she would definitely win. The more times she entered a draw, the more times a hundred percent winning rate would manifest… This probability wasn’t just terrifying; it was spine-chilling.
Gu Ting decided to maintain a low profile. Especially on the internet, anything could be infinitely magnified. She was currently like a child carrying a treasure, and keeping a low profile was the only way to stay safe.
She entered three draws at random, and as expected, she won all of them. Although the amounts weren’t large, when she distributed half of the proceeds through a lucky draw, it still attracted a massive wave of fans to participate. The reason was simple: because this money was personally drawn and distributed by Gu Ting, participating in the draw was equivalent to absorbing another wave of her financial aura!
Right after Gu Ting finished distributing the wealth, within less than a minute, a gift effect suddenly filled the entire screen of the livestream room. A blindingly bright spaceship swept across the screen. According to the fans, this spaceship was worth 5,000 RMB!
Before Gu Ting could even react, two super rockets worth 2,000 RMB each soared up one after another. The magnificent special effects and sound effects of the three gifts hit Gu Ting’s heart like Cupid’s arrows.
It turned out that no matter how brilliant and beautiful fireworks were, they couldn’t compare to the moving sight of real gold and silver from spaceship and super rocket special effects.
Gu Ting smiled widely. “Thank you to Emperor Chang for the spaceship and the two super rockets.” Spending nine thousand yuan right off the bat was incredibly dominant. No wonder this netizen named “Chang” carried the glittering prefix of “Emperor”—it was all built on a foundation of real gold and silver!
Soon, Emperor Chang arrived with his colorful and extraordinary bullet comments: “Go onto CS98 and draw a weapon. If you draw it, name your price. Do you accept?”
During her student days, Gu Ting had watched streams and knew about this shooting game. While other shooting games were famous for being fun and having a large player base, CS98 was famous for its jaw-dropping pay-to-win nature. The entry barrier was extremely high; ordinary people couldn’t play it at all. Even those with a bit of money would only get slaughtered inside. Only those truly wealthy individuals and rich second-generation heirs had the capital to keep playing this game. After all, the weapons in the game easily cost tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even millions of yuan. To play this game, one needed to start with at least a million yuan. What ordinary person could afford that?
This was destined to be a substantial piece of business. A wealthy second-generation heir was rushing to give her money; how could she refuse?
“I accept. I’ll create a new account, and we’ll start drawing as soon as the game finishes installing.” Gu Ting was overjoyed in her heart. Wasn’t this the perfect entertainment value for the stream? She could earn money and create great content for the show—why not?
The Orange Success streaming studio was specially set up for broadcasting, so the network speed was naturally lightning fast, and the computer specifications were excellent. In no time at all, CS98 was downloaded and installed.
With absolute focus, Gu Ting created an account and logged into the game. Under the chaotic guidance of the netizens, she found the page to purchase weapon cases. Then, under the watchful gaze of tens of thousands of eyes, she silently topped up one hundred yuan. In this game, one hundred yuan could only purchase two and a half weapon cases. Compared to the netizens who easily deposited tens of thousands at a time, she was no different from a beggar.
However, from another perspective, this also proved that the top-tier weapons in CS98 were truly difficult to obtain. It wasn’t a guarantee that spending money would get you one; it also required good luck.
The fans were speechless for quite a while, continuously spamming “…” in the comments.
“One hundred yuan. Even though you are the Deity of Prize Draws, I have to say the streamer is being a bit too disrespectful to CS98.”
“Will someone please tell the streamer that CS98 and platform prize draws are truly not on the same level?”
“When other people open weapon cases, they top up one or two million yuan. My goodness, the streamer straight up omits the word ‘million’!”
“Streamer, the profit you’re making as a middleman isn’t just a price difference; you’re practically pocketing everything, bones, skin, and all!”
“It’s here, it’s here! That familiar flavor is back! Although I also think one hundred is too little, given the bloody, twenty-year experience of the professional dog catcher from last time, I’m silently backing the streamer.”
“The streamer’s number one visual fan, Little Fairy Baba, has arrived to protect the most beautiful streamer in the world, Ms. Gu!”
Gu Ting was already used to the viewers’ skepticism and didn’t feel much. Instead, she manipulated the mouse to directly click on the two closest cases to purchase them. She didn’t even perform the redundant action of turning the page, acting so casually that it didn’t look like she was drawing a top-tier weapon, but rather like she was casually buying two big buns by the roadside.
However, before officially opening the cases, Gu Ting still closed her eyes for a brief moment to adjust her expression, making herself look a bit nervous and anxious so the viewers could feel a sense of immersion.
When she opened her eyes again, she didn’t leave a single second of breathing room for the viewers. She picked up the key and opened the case. Before the weapon could even fully manifest, a burst of blinding golden light erupted from inside the weapon case. The fans who knew the game boiled over on the spot. And when a top-tier weapon appeared before everyone’s eyes, the knowledgeable fans acted completely frantic.
“Wow wow wow wow!!!! (Suspected of losing all capacity for language)”
“I am completely losing my mind!!! Who understands this, family!!!”
“Could this be the legendary FG47 that hasn’t dropped across the entire server until now? The first and only one on the whole server!!! I have witnessed history!!!”
“The streamer my Little Fairy Baba likes is simply the absolute best, no arguments accepted~~~”
“Ms. Gu, I am interested in purchasing this weapon. Please take a look at your private messages.”
“Buying at a high price, guaranteed to satisfy you…”
Gu Ting didn’t understand weapons and only knew that this wasn’t the dagger Emperor Chang needed, so she didn’t take it to heart at all. She turned around and went to open the second case. Another burst of golden light flashed, and after the light faded, another ice-cold gun lay inside the weapon case.
Gu Ting’s heart was even colder than the gun. Drawing twice and neither being the dagger meant she would have to keep topping up, right?
She had no choice but to pinch her nose and top up another hundred yuan. This now brought her total to exactly enough for three weapon cases. She simply pushed forward in one breath, opening all three weapon cases in the blink of an eye. The golden light flashed repeatedly before her eyes, and what finally remained in front of her was a long sniper rifle, a pistol, and a dagger—unfortunately, it still wasn’t the one Emperor Chang wanted.
Gu Ting’s face turned faintly green. Just as she was preparing to top up once more, a conspicuous “Emperor” title scrolled across her vision, with the appended text reading: No need to draw anymore.
Gu Ting gritted her teeth, speaking with a bit of unyielding defiance, “Emperor Chang, trust me, I can definitely draw the dagger you want!”
The bullet comments below broke into a chorus of ghostly wails and howling:
“I beg of you, please truly stop drawing. If you keep drawing, someone might actually try to assassinate the streamer out of jealousy!”
“The hardest to draw and lowest drop-rate top-tier weapons across the entire server were swept clean by you with a mere two hundred yuan, and you still want to keep drawing? What you are drawing isn’t a prize; you are slapping the faces of those rich people who spent millions or tens of millions of yuan!!!”
“Streamer, stop while you’re ahead. If you keep drawing, it won’t be good for either of us, because I will truly go insane with envy!”
“Ms. Gu, last time you said you were short of a grandson. Actually, since childhood, I’ve always wanted a beautiful grandmother. Please consider me…”
The bullet comments refreshed too quickly, making Gu Ting dizzy. It wasn’t until “Emperor Chang” patrolled the streets in a high-profile manner once again that a message appeared: “The first long gun and that final dagger—I want both. Private message me.”
Only then did Gu Ting stop her hand from topping up. No matter what, as long as she could satisfy her “customer,” it was fine.
Only now did Gu Ting have time to read the bullet comments. Through the popular science provided by the comments, Gu Ting learned that these five seemingly ordinary weapons could fetch a high price of at least nearly 2 million yuan in the game. In particular, the long gun drawn first was the only one across the entire server—a prime tool for wealthy players to show off—and its price was unpredictable.
Upon learning the amount, Gu Ting thought: “…” What happened to keeping a low profile? How did drawing a weapon result in another 2 million yuan? Sigh, my strength simply doesn’t allow me to keep a low profile! Who understands this, family?
Now, this was great. The entire world knew she had won an apartment from a prize draw, won 600,000 yuan from scratch-offs, and won 2 million yuan from drawing weapons. It was said that one shouldn’t flaunt their wealth; what on earth was she supposed to do now? Not only that, ever since she traveled back, she always carried a faint, inexplicable sense of crisis. It was this very sense of crisis that made her afraid to be too high-profile.
While Gu Ting was fretting over her exposed 2 million yuan worth of assets, she opened her backend to handle her private messages. Emperor Chang’s private message contained no nonsense whatsoever: The long gun and the dagger, 1.2 million. Gu Ting agreed on the spot, planning to complete the transaction after ending the stream.
The fans in the livestream room could guess from the smile Gu Ting couldn’t suppress that she must have sold them for a good price, and each one couldn’t help but feel both bitter and envious.
Just as Gu Ting was rejoicing, her phone suddenly rang. The caller ID displayed: Brother Chong.
Gu Ting answered the call. “Brother Chong?”
“Hehehe… You still remember Brother Chong? I thought you had completely forgotten about me.” The other party’s voice sounded as if it had been crushed by pebbles, indistinct and muddy in tone. “Three-Good Citizen Ms. Gu, the 5 million yuan you owe me—it’s time to pay it back.”
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