Bai Ye's thoughts stirred, and he connected to Tie Tou's livestream.
*Beep~*
The two livestreams linked up. A young man with a buzz cut and an arrogant expression appeared, wearing sunglasses backward on his head.
The moment he saw Bai Ye on screen, his eyes surged with ecstasy, and his body trembled slightly with excitement.
"You're Ye, right? I heard you already have over two million people in your livestream? You dare to look down on me, Tie Tou, and our Tie Family Army! Today, I, Tie Tou, will teach you the rules of this industry!"
"Let's not waste words, let's PK directly! Come on!"
He roared loudly, his neck veins and blood vessels bulging, as if afraid no one could hear him.
Bai Ye said calmly:
"First, I haven't said anything about looking down on anyone; second, your shouting reminds me of a line of poetry: 'In the cold and desolate ravines, high apes often let out long cries.'"
"???"
Some of the viewers were bewildered.
A few quick-witted people immediately burst into laughter.
[King of Arguing sent Douyin Gift No. 1 x1]
"Ye Ge means that in dark and cold places, there are always petty people shouting senselessly."
[More Sophisticated Than Chicken Essence sent Carnival x1]
"I think it means: In places that cannot see the light, there are always beasts that are not human, making annoying noises."
Seeing their explanations, the over 2 million fans were instantly amused.
"Hahaha, Ye Ge means that dog thing isn't human!!"
"Ye Ge is so artistic! He scolds people with such flair!"
"Well said! When I see people who shout their lungs out like this, trying to please the crowd, I get inexplicably annoyed!"
Tie Tou's expression turned grim. Although he didn't understand what Bai Ye was saying, he knew it wasn't anything good.
With an angry face, he roared, "What nonsense! Come on, PK!"
Bai Ye didn't want to waste any more time with him, and he was too lazy to talk about the usual punishment segments of PK.
"500,000 people already!!!"
Tie Tou, unable to contain his joy, sent a PK challenge.
Seeing the PK duration was set for 10 minutes, Bai Ye directly refused.
"To beat you, 5 minutes is enough."
Tie Tou's expression was displeased. The longer the duration, the more traffic he could siphon.
But clearly, Bai Ye wasn't giving him that chance.
He gritted his teeth and said fiercely, "Start!"
He sent another PK challenge, and Bai Ye agreed.
"Mute!"
The PK above directly began in frantic combat mode.
"Brothers, kill! Kill all these people who look down on others!"
"I, Tie Tou, will definitely vent this anger for my Tie Family Army today! Even if he's the number one streamer on Douyin, I'll take him down!"
Tie Tou played extremely exciting and uplifting music, shouting loudly to ignite the audience's passion.
Some fans were influenced and indeed sent many gifts.
His own team, guild, and e-commerce controlled top streamer accounts also began to shower him with gifts.
Each time, the sound waves increased by millions.
For a mere five minutes, in a PK of this magnitude, there was no concept of building momentum or sneak attacks; the time simply wasn't enough.
The more aggressively they gifted, the greater the chance of winning.
On Bai Ye's side, there was no need for him to play bombastic music or say touching words.
His fans, filled with anger, took action themselves, showering the livestream with all sorts of gifts, big and small.
The truly wealthy patrons like "Youth is Ambitious" and "Sister is Very Fierce Oh" even sent ten Carnivals at a time.
Consequently, the sound waves also increased by millions.
"Xiao Daimei, Ye Ge is PK-ing with Tie Tou!"
Xiao Daimei was still livestreaming when her screen was suddenly flooded with messages from fans.
"Ye Ge is PK-ing? And with Tie Tou? No way, right?"
Xiao Daimei was confused.
She looked at Bai Ye's profile, which had two pieces of information marked:
1: Everyone should believe in science.
2: No PK.
The fans quickly explained: "Tie Tou used underhanded tactics to provoke Ye Ge!"
Xiao Daimei confirmed and became anxious.
Tie Tou, she had heard of him; he was a professional PK streamer! His e-commerce and guild backing were incredibly strong. How could Ye Ge, who had just risen, compete?
Midway through her game, she immediately said to her three teammates, "Brothers, I'm sorry, something came up at home, I have to go first!"
"Something came up at home?"
Upon hearing this, the fans couldn't help but laugh wickedly.
Xiao Daimei returned to her livestream and immediately entered Bai Ye's livestream.
Indeed, she saw Bai Ye engaged in a fierce PK with Tie Tou.
After inquiring and understanding the specific details of the situation, Xiao Daimei's little face flushed with anger: "Brothers, go and help Ye Ge! Take down this despicable and shameless Tie Tou!"
Many of Xiao Daimei's fans were also Bai Ye's fans. Hearing her command, they immediately flooded into Bai Ye's livestream to support him.
Xiao Daimei herself directly sent 50 Carnivals!
After a little over two minutes.
The sound waves on both sides exceeded 100 million.
Bai Ye: 108,974,715
Tie Tou: 112,836,906
Tie Tou had a slight lead.
Bai Ye's livestream viewership: 4.21 million
Tie Tou's livestream viewership: 1.01 million
This was an unprecedentedly grand PK match!
However, on Bai Ye's side, the wealthy fans were starting to feel the strain.
The most generous few, like "Youth is Ambitious" and "Sister is Very Fierce Oh," had each spent almost a million, actual Great Xia currency.
Yet, even in this situation, they were still falling behind.
Tie Tou continued his fierce assault, his aura incredibly arrogant.
Bai Ye's fans couldn't hold on any longer, their heads drooping.
"Ye Ge, we're sorry, we can't keep up!"
"Ye Ge, we're sorry!"
Many fans were extremely disheartened. They had eagerly joined the PK with Bai Ye, only to expect such a miserable defeat.
They felt they had let Bai Ye down.
"Brother Tie, Ye's fans are weakening!"
Tie Tou's assistant happily informed him.
Tie Tou's team was astonished that Bai Ye's fans could actually send gifts worth tens of millions.
Keep in mind, they were all spending their own money to send gifts to themselves!
The team, guild, and e-commerce, with their combined forces, had only managed to tie with Ye's fans!!
If he also had a company, e-commerce...
Tie Tou dared not imagine.
This Ye had an incredible ability to attract money!!!
"Don't let up, keep pushing his health bar down!"
"Yes, Brother Tie!"
Arrangements made, Tie Tou continued his livestream.
Next, he was going to start recouping his investment!
"We're going to win against Ye! We're going to defeat this number one streamer on Douyin!"
"Thank you all my family members for your support, thank you to the brothers and sisters on the leaderboard. I, Tie Tou, am immensely grateful and will never forget your kindness!"
"To thank everyone! Today, I'm bringing you two waves of benefits."
Saying this, Tie Tou had his assistants bring out an e-commerce product.
"This is Malaysian Bird's Nest, originally priced at 1888 yuan per box. But today, I've demanded that the merchant offer a discount in my livestream. What discount? One-tenth! That's right, only 188 yuan!"
"The quality has been officially certified! Everyone can rest assured, since you've all supported me so much, I will never let my family members suffer any loss!!"
"The other wave of benefits is a U.S. health supplement, a set costing 4888 yuan, but today, it's also discounted to one-tenth..."
Tie Tou frantically promoted the products while the audience was fully immersed and incredibly excited.
The results were excellent. The two products on display were selling thousands per second.
Gaining both fame and fortune!
Tie Tou was beaming with pride.
Meanwhile, on the other side.
Bai Ye said gratefully, "Everyone, there's no need to apologize. Thank you all for supporting me so much! Honestly, I'm very touched!"
Up to this point, Tian Lan Entertainment Company and Niu Niu Group had not made their move. They wanted to see just how strong Bai Ye's fans truly were!
The results exceeded their predictions; they were outrageously strong!
Almost every fan was willing to send gifts, more or less!
"Everyone can probably see that the opponent has e-commerce and guild support, otherwise, we would have won long ago."
Seeing Tie Tou selling goods while PK-ing, Bai Ye's fans were furious, gnashing their teeth and cursing Tie Tou for his shamelessness!
And looking at Bai Ye's 150 million sound waves, trailing far behind Tie Tou's 210 million, they felt a sense of despair.
"Hmm??"
Among these over 4 million viewers, one viewer noticed Tie Tou's sales products and became serious.
She turned to her computer, tapped away furiously, and then picked up the phone.
She was wearing a blue work uniform and was in the Great Xia Administration for Industry and Commerce office.
Their bureau had just received a tip-off: the explosive streamer Ye was selling counterfeit and harmful products!
With Ye's massive fanbase and influence, the Great Xia Administration for Industry and Commerce immediately dispatched personnel to investigate!
Bai Ye smiled, "Everyone, don't be sad. We won't lose this PK!"
"???"
The fans were confused.
And as soon as Bai Ye finished speaking, his livestream was filled with commotion.
A shocking special effect appeared: another angel, wielding a giant sword and clad in silver armor, flew across the livestream!
[Little Tian Student sent Guardian Angel x100]
"What is this gift?"
"Holy crap! It's a Guardian Angel! A special gift exclusively for wealthy patrons costing 10,000 yuan!"
"I've heard of this gift! Guardian Angel, a special gift that only appears for accounts that have spent over 20 million!"
"They're spending a million in one go! Who is this person?"
Not only ordinary viewers, but even wealthy patrons like Xiao Daimei and "Youth is Ambitious" were shocked.
*Boom*
Before they could recover, another batch of Guardian Angel special effects appeared.
[Brave Niu Niu sent Guardian Angel x100]
These two were major contributors. Simultaneously, many new wealthy patrons suddenly appeared.
[Horizon sent Carnival x100]
[Soaring Niu sent Carnival x100]
Bai Ye's health bars: 180 million, 250 million, 310 million!
He rapidly pushed Tie Tou back and then began to dominate.
"What's going on?"
"Family members, hit him, hit him to death, push him back!"
Seeing victory within reach, the situation suddenly reversed. Tie Tou's expression turned anxious and furious.
However, his assistant ran over tremblingly.
"Brother Tie, Ye's side also has companies and merchants involved. They're even sending Guardian Angels one hundred at a time!"
Tie Tou's expression was one of horror.
"Sending one hundred at a time?"
"That's a million, a million, being invested? Who's over there?"
"Tian Lan Entertainment Company, and also Niu Niu Group!"
"It's over!"
Tie Tou's pupils widened, his mind exploding.
Tian Lan Entertainment Company was stronger than his guild, and Niu Niu Group was even more so – a world-class enterprise. His e-commerce backers combined couldn't match a single one of them!
"Losing is losing, getting scolded is getting scolded! I've already made money anyway."
Tie Tou consoled himself.
In just a few minutes, he had sold 800,000 boxes of Malaysian Bird's Nest and 500,000 sets of U.S. health supplements.
The total sales revenue was close to 400 million.
And the cost of these two products—Malaysian Bird's Nest at 4 yuan and health supplements at 10 yuan!
400 million, almost all profit!
With a 10% commission, he could get 40 million!
It was worth it!
The PK ended.
Bai Ye: 510 million sound waves, Tie Tou: 290 million sound waves.
Bai Ye won!
In his livestream, 5 million viewers cheered and roared with joy.
On the other side,
"I'm sorry, family members, I lost! I couldn't get justice for you."
Tie Tou continued to pretend.
"Ye, you're ruthless!"
Saying this, he wanted to close the connection and sell more goods while the momentum was still high, but he suddenly found that his livestream functions had failed.
The product links for his sales also suddenly disappeared.
"???"
Those viewers who wanted to continue buying goods filled the screen with questions about why they couldn't purchase.
"Quick, look, is the internet lagging or something?"
Tie Tou hurriedly called for his assistant.
At this moment, an official announcement from Douyin appeared in his livestream.
[Douyin Official: Attention! Received a notice from the Administration for Industry and Commerce. Tie Tou's livestream sold counterfeit and inferior products, therefore, Tie Tou's operational permissions are restricted. Friendly reminder: Viewers who have already purchased, please return your items promptly.]
"???"
Before the audience could react, another announcement scrolled by.
[Great Xia Administration for Industry and Commerce: Malaysian Bird's Nest, after testing, was found to contain no protein components and is classified as a flavored sugar water beverage. U.S. health supplements contain a large amount of sildenafil and other harmful ingredients.]
*Boom*
The over 6 million viewers in both livestreams instantly erupted.
On Bai Ye's side, a crowd cheered and burst into laughter.
"Holy crap! That bold? Publicly selling counterfeit and inferior products? It's over for you!"
"Tie Tou, Tie Tou, let's see how 'iron-headed' you can be this time!"
"The most hateful are those who sell fake health supplements! They cause so much harm!"
"Congratulations to Tie Tou for getting a state-provided room and board, starting at 3 years!"
"Pride precedes a fall, arrogance precedes disaster. Don't be too arrogant!"
"Hahaha!"
On Tie Tou's side, the 150 million viewers were filled with curses.
"Refund!!!"
"Scammer!"
"People's hearts are fickle, we treated you like family, and you treated us like the enemy?"
"What do we do?"
"What do we do?"
Tie Tou and his entire team descended into chaos.
Suddenly, before they could devise a strategy, a group of police officers burst into the livestream office.
"Don't move!"
"Hands behind your head!"
Then, Tie Tou's livestream went black.
Searching again, it showed as banned.
Viewers: !!!
The plot twist left everyone stunned.