Rebirth of an Anchor Ch. 3

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He had no choice but to accept it and start planning his new life.

His home was located on the top floor of an international apartment complex in the East Fourth Ring. Two hundred square meters of open space, with a home theater, study, gym, and walk-in closet—all fully equipped. Judging by the place, the rent alone had to be at least thirty or forty thousand a month, not to mention the cost of the furnishings and decorations.

There was no way anyone could mistake this for a student's "rental apartment."

When Xie Anran opened the massive wardrobe that reached up to the ceiling, he saw a row of women's clothes and designer bags. Looked like Xie Ran was still the same as before—fond of dressing up and obsessed with luxury.

In the media room, Xie Anran found a full set of streaming equipment. The sound card, microphone, and camera all looked top-tier just from their appearance, and the wear on the mic stand showed they'd already been in use for quite a while.

It seemed like Xie An had started live streaming long ago—and was making a fortune from it. After all, in his last life, Xie An had been that mysterious, elusive top-tier streamer. He rarely went live, but whenever he did, his performance was worth a fortune. Countless rich fans—both men and women—were willing to throw huge sums just to hear him sing a song.

Maybe Xie An had been supporting the "family of three" with nothing more than that stunning face and his magnetic voice... right?

Haiyou Live Streaming Platform was one of the top platforms in the streaming industry.

When the wave of livestreaming quietly spread across the country, no one expected that such a huge business opportunity was hidden in it. You could never imagine how bored netizens could be—they would spend tons of time and money just to watch a complete stranger eat, play games, do makeup, or pet cats.

What was even scarier was that livestreaming culture, just like influencer culture, had an enormous power to make stars. In this internet era, as long as you had popularity and traffic, you had money.

Sui Yuan had caught that opportunity. Though he was a newcomer, he had a sharp eye. Leading a few elite team members, he built Haiyou Live into a self-contained entertainment kingdom.

Sui Yuan had started so early that by now he barely had any competitors left. He had already entered a stage of maintaining his success, gradually perfecting Haiyou Live's system and creating its own exclusive culture.

Haiyou Live had two main channels under it: Entertainment and Gaming.

The Entertainment channel, as the name suggested, focused on beauty and fun. It was divided into several sections like Heavenly Voices, Hot Dance, Foodie, and Cute Pets. The usual content included singing, dancing, mukbangs, and other entertainment streams—with the Hot Dance section being the most profitable one.

The Gaming channel was easy to understand—it focused on game streaming, divided into different sections by game titles. Games like "League of Legends" and "Overwatch" were among Haiyou Live's most popular territories.

Xie Anran stared at the Haiyou Live client, hesitating.

If he became a streamer, he would have to turn on the camera, turn on the mic, learn to control his presence on screen, sit in front of people, and face his shyness and inferiority.

That was the thing he hated the most.

But only this way could he get close to Sui Yuan.

Xie Anran turned on the camera and looked at the pale, lifeless face on screen—a shut-in wearing framed glasses, his expression stiff and blank. He closed his eyes, thinking that maybe he should just swallow his resentment quietly, let it go, completely cut ties with Han Shu, stop longing for Sui Yuan, and go back to being a useless loser drifting through life.

But even after a long time, Xie Anran still couldn't convince himself.

That belief circling in his mind only grew stronger—this time, he couldn't back down again. He had to find a way to become Haiyou Live's number one streamer, because only with absolute strength could he have the right to stand beside the person he liked.

Without a second thought, Xie Anran registered a channel, submitted his ID information, and sent in a contract application.

With the experience of living a second life, Xie Anran knew there was a perfect opportunity right in front of him—at the end of 2015, "King of Glory" had just launched. When it first came out, people mocked it, and no one expected that within just over a year, it would dominate the entire market.

Streaming "King of Glory" was Xie Anran's best choice right now. After all, in his previous life, he had been Han Shu's substitute player, and that was the very game he played every day—he was already skilled at it.

Maybe at first, the game wouldn't be that popular, but as long as he grabbed the chance, in just one year he could build himself into a streamer with millions of followers.

At least in his last life, Han Shu had reached the top position on Haiyou Live within that same amount of time—with his help.

The feeling of blowing up in fame had been so intoxicating that when Han Shu graduated and several media companies came offering contracts, he refused to debut. As a signed streamer, he could exchange popularity for a fixed commission, and that alone earned him over ten million yuan a year—never mind the massive gifts split fifty-fifty with the platform.

With that kind of money, why would Han Shu ever bother starting from scratch in showbiz?

Thinking back to his last life again, Xie Anran's heart throbbed painfully. That feeling of being suddenly betrayed by someone he had trusted completely—he never wanted to experience that again. Maybe he was just destined to be lonely, with no friends, walking alone down a road with no clear direction.

Xie Anran turned on the microphone, did a sound check, then pressed the "Go Live" button.

At the same time, the higher-ups of Haiyou Live's gaming channel were holding a voice meeting, gathering a dozen or so game streamers to discuss pioneering the "King of Glory" section.

"Pioneering streamers" referred to those who were the first to start streaming a newly launched game.

The "King of Glory" section was a newly opened category under the gaming channel, but it was still very quiet. To warm things up, the channel executives had no choice but to persuade a few streamers to switch over. "Switching groups" meant moving from one section to another.

After the higher-up explained the purpose of the meeting, the dozen or so streamers all went silent—no one answered.

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