Chapter 9:Pay attention to quality!

The anchors just find it laughable.

Does Lin Ran let the audience brush whatever they want? Are all these dozens of live rooms her own home?

These live audience members don’t even listen to the anchor’s words, right?

Brother Tao suppressed his anger. He didn’t dare to vent or provoke in the live broadcast room. He still smiled and said, “It’s useless. The audience won’t listen to you. We all got up early and rushed here with difficulty. We all rely on the audience to eat, so let’s be understanding of each other!”

Lin Ran didn’t buy it at all. “You just latch onto the trend if there’s heat, casually infringing on others’ privacy. If this is how you conduct yourselves, I can only say it’s hard for me to understand. Why not let netizens judge? Do you think your anchors are doing the right thing?”

Suddenly, a female anchor exclaimed, “Ah… my live room… it’s getting spammed!”

She had just glanced at the barrage and found that some audience members were already sending messages like “Anchors, pay attention to your quality and go home early.”

At first, it was just a few scattered people, but now the number was increasing rapidly, with almost all the barrage messages saying the same thing.

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Many people began asking in the live rooms: Why are we spamming “Anchors, pay attention to your quality and go home early?”

But with the barrage picking up momentum, nobody answered. These curious people couldn’t help but search online. Some enthusiastic netizens began explaining the ins and outs of the situation to the newcomers.

For a while, the live streaming platform was very lively.

“Um… sorry.”

A young female internet celebrity saw the situation wasn’t good and quickly apologized, “I’m sorry, Miss Lin, I got up early just to let my fans see you, because they really like you. I didn’t mean to disturb your work. I’m really sorry, I… I’ll leave now.”

She was an experienced anchor and knew how to handle such situations. Trying to argue would only attract more criticism, so it was better to admit the mistake, apologize, and seek forgiveness, which would show a good attitude.

As she spoke, she indeed put away her phone, apologizing to the fans as she walked towards the theater’s entrance. “Sorry about that. It’s the anchor’s fault this time. The anchor apologizes. Since we’re up so early, why don’t we go see if we can meet some handsome guys in the park?”

The other internet celebrities followed suit, first apologizing to the audience, then closing their live broadcasts and apologizing to Lin Ran.

Now even Brother Tao didn’t dare argue. He accompanied them with a smile and said, “Sorry, miss, it’s my fault. Next time, let me treat you to a meal! I’ll leave now, so I won’t delay your rehearsal…”

Lin Ran stopped him as he turned to leave. “Wait a minute!”

Brother Tao’s heart skipped a beat. He didn’t want to shut down the live broadcast directly, but he was afraid Lin Ran would say something embarrassing at this moment, so he was a bit hesitant. He forced out a smile, “Beauty, is there anything I can do for you? How about I buy you breakfast? What do you want? My treat!”

But Lin Ran just asked, “I want to know how you guys knew about our rehearsal time. Not many people know about this time.”

Brother Tao relaxed when he saw that Lin Ran wasn’t continuing to blame him. He opened his phone and said, “This person sent me a private message. I didn’t believe it at first, but I thought, What if I could get some footage… so I came over. Sorry for the disturbance; it won’t happen again.”

Lin Ran saw that it was an account called “Time Storm” and took a screenshot with her phone.

Brother Tao continued, “When I asked, when I came, and others also rushed over after receiving a message from this account. Yeah, the villain is this person. We were just fooled by him, that’s all!”

He saw that Lin Ran didn’t continue to trouble him, so he quickly turned around and escaped.

The person called “Time Storm” only sent the rehearsal time and didn’t make any demands, apparently not for personal gain.

Lin Ran could almost immediately figure out who would do such a thing. It was probably Cao Xinyu who had some opinions about her, which prompted him to do something that harmed others but not himself.

However, this was only her speculation. She had no evidence to prove that “Time Storm” was Cao Xinyu, so she couldn’t do anything about him.

Fortunately, those internet celebrities finally left, and they could continue rehearsing.

Zhang Yupeng watched as those internet celebrities left, finally feeling relieved, and announced that the rehearsal would continue.

He sat in the front row of the audience seats, watching the magicians rehearse, and took a casual glance at his phone.

His eyes suddenly widened.

Trending first: “Lin Ran: Anchors, pay attention to your quality and go home early!”

What’s going on?

He hadn’t checked his phone for a while, so how did Lin Ran end up trending again? And even reached the top of the trending list?

Even the “Miracle Magic Troupe” followed suit and trended. Many people were looking to buy tickets for the show, but the tickets had long been sold out, and even scalpers didn’t have any.

In many live rooms, there were barrage messages like “Anchors, pay attention to your quality and go home early,” which made the anchors laugh and cry.

But, after all, it was just a joke. The anchors didn’t take it seriously, and some experienced anchors even took the lead in playing along with the joke.

【Actually, I’ve always felt that someone should manage these internet celebrities who ride on others’ popularity.】

【Exactly, they don’t care about the lives of the people involved, randomly disrupting others’ work, and still claim they’re promoting others.】

【She’s too daring to say that. If it were someone else, they might have some reservations.】

【Haha, I don’t know if she has low emotional intelligence or a high IQ, but I quite like how she argues with people.】

【My internet mouthpiece! There are many self-media platforms like this that ride on popularity without any bottom line. It’s really disgusting, but unfortunately, fans still support them. I can’t understand it.】

【Next time I encounter an anchor with no sense of boundaries like this, I’ll just spam “Pay attention to your quality.”】

Zhang Yupeng could only sigh that this online world was truly magical.

It had to be said that Lin Ran was too reliable… No, now she was his niece. No, she was practically his daughter! Even closer than his own daughter!

Thinking like this, he watched Lin Ran rehearsing, feeling more and more pleased with her.

After the rehearsal ended, Zhang Yupeng specifically went backstage, smiling at Lin Ran, and said, “The day after tomorrow is the formal performance. Ran, you go back and rest well, eat more delicious food.”

The other members of the magic troupe: “…”

In the evening, Lin Ran received a message from Qi Ruizhe, inviting her to have hot pot together with Liu Zhe. There wasn’t any particular reason, just that all the tickets for tonight’s show were sold out, and everyone would be getting three times their usual pay, so they wanted to celebrate in advance. Plus, Lin Ran had just joined the magic troupe, so it was a sort of welcome for her.

Also, since Lin Ran trended again today, Qi Ruizhe could see she was going to be a big deal in the future, so he wanted to solidify their relationship. He was treating, and of course, his partner Liu Zhe would come along too.

Lin Ran agreed without hesitation. It saved her the money for dinner, and she actually liked eating hot pot.

But she added a reminder, “I can’t eat shrimp or crab, so don’t order those.”

“Allergic?” Qi Ruizhe asked.

“Yeah, I get a rash,” she replied.

“Don’t worry, I won’t even order shrimp balls!”

Qi Ruizhe might seem casual, but he was quite thoughtful. He specifically booked a private room, saying he was afraid that media people might disturb them during dinner. After all, Lin Ran had also trended, and being recognized wasn’t always convenient.

After Lin Ran entered the private room and took off her mask, she saw that Qi Ruizhe was already drinking beer.

He chuckled, “If we could have a full house every time in the future, I’d be so satisfied. Lin Ran… no, let me call you Ah Ran, it’s more friendly.”

Lin Ran wasn’t being formal with them, busy putting some large meatballs into the pot. She casually replied, “Sure, then I’ll call you Brother Qi, we’re all a team, no need to be polite.”

Liu Zhe had been keeping his head down. He opened a can of beer, took a sip, and then stood up to help Lin Ran put some vegetables into the pot.

“This… this cow brain just needs a quick blanch,” Liu Zhe said quietly. “You can eat it now, or it’ll get tough if we cook it longer.”

After hesitating for a moment, he used a ladle to scoop up the cow brain and put it into Lin Ran’s bowl.

“Thank you, Brother Liu.”

“No… no need to thank me.”

Lin Ran never hesitated to accept a free meal. Her appetite astonished Liu Zhe. “I… I thought skinny girls like you would be full after eating just a little…”

Lin Ran glanced at him and said, “Didn’t Brother Qi treat? Why is Brother Liu worried about this?”

Liu Zhe’s face flushed red, and he waved his hands repeatedly, “No, no, I… I didn’t mean that… I don’t mind you eating a lot…”

Lin Ran knew Liu Zhe wasn’t good with words and didn’t tease him further. “I know, Brother Liu is worried I’ll overeat. Don’t worry, I won’t.”

Liu Zhe finally breathed a sigh of relief. He was afraid he might accidentally say something to upset Lin Ran. He had always admired Qi Ruizhe’s outgoing personality, but unfortunately, he couldn’t emulate it.

When they had eaten almost enough, Qi Ruizhe had already finished a jug of beer by himself and mumbled, “Ah Ran isn’t the pretentious type; you don’t have to be too nervous. Girls with this kind of personality are the easiest to get along with. I used to worry she wouldn’t be easy to get along with, but luckily… hehe, from now on, we’re… brothers!”

“Ruizhe, stop drinking; you’re going to get drunk,” Liu Zhe said, seeing his face turn red from drinking.

Seeing that Qi Ruizhe had indeed drunk quite a bit, Lin Ran suggested taking him to the rooftop to get some fresh air. Just a bit of beer and the cool breeze would probably sober him up.