Chapter 14

These commenters were not wrong. With Leah's current popularity, the other streamers would not even spare her a glance, much less compete with her. Charles thought it over. It seemed like he had to help Leah gain some popularity first. What should he do? Just as he was in a dilemma, someone suddenly sent him a private message. He clicked on it and saw that it was the customer service account! "Thank you for supporting our platform… I'm your exclusive customer service agent. Please come to me directly if you need anything!" Charles was a little surprised. He had a personal customer service agent? Wasn't this a bit much? No, on second thought, not at all. After all, he had just registered a new account and already topped up 100 million dollars in it. He was definitely a VIP now… It only made sense that the platform would try to retain a customer like him. Money really did make the world go round. Charles immediately replied, "Put Cutie Lealea's livestream on the front page right now." Every streamer on the front page was a titan in their own right, with at least a million followers… Cutie Lealea had less than 100 viewers in her room… As a result, the customer service agent stayed silent for a long time. This infuriated Charles. He topped up another billion dollars and sent another message. "Get me your manager. Ordinary customer service agents are not qualified to serve me!" This time, the reply came quickly. "Deepest apologies, Mr. Kind King Charlie. I'm the customer service manager. The agent just now has been fired, and we've fulfilled your request. Please go to the front page to check!" Charles immediately turned to the front page. As expected, Cutie Lealea's livestream was there, taking up the highest place. Finally satisfied, Charles did not argue with the customer service manager any further. "Who is Cutie Lealea? Is she a new streamer that the platform poached from somewhere else?" "I don't see her name among the top dogs on the other platforms!" "F*ck… We've been tricked. She's just a small-time streamer!" "What's she doing on the front page? Is she the boss' relative or something?" "Why would the boss' relative need to work for pocket change? There has to be a bug in the system!" "I'd do anything for a bug like that! Gimme, gimme!" The other major streamers' fans were in an uproar. They were all trying to guess who Cutie Lealea was and why she had suddenly appeared at the top of the front page. Some people joined out of curiosity. When they saw she was a small-time amateur, they quickly claimed they were tricked. They assumed it was just a bug in the system, so they left one after another. However, there were also many people who stayed behind. The number of viewers in the live-stream increased from forty to fifty to two hundred… That was enough for a popularity contest. Charles left another message in the chat. "Lealea, now's your chance. Take advantage of your popularity to challenge someone. That way, you can catch even more attention!" This time, no one objected to Charles' suggestion. All of them convinced Leah to issue a challenge. Leah agreed and picked someone at random. The stream she chose was that of a sexy woman dancing seductively. "Shall I punish you if you lose, little girl?" The sexy woman looked absolutely confident, as though she was already certain of her victory. "How will you punish me?" Leah was not afraid. After all, she had even resorted to eating chili peppers! "You're still a kid, so I won't bully you. If you lose, I want you to bark like a dog!" said the sexy woman with a giggle. The thought alone was so humiliating. Still, Leah had to go all out if she wanted to gain more popularity. "Then you have to bark like a dog too if you lose!" Leah replied. "Hahaha… I won't lose!" The sexy woman was brimming with confidence. There were nearly 1,500 viewers in her livestream room, and all three of her biggest supporters were here tonight… She had even peeked into Leah's room with her alternate account. Sure, Leah had two to three hundred viewers, but she had less than a hundred dollars worth in gifts. Her viewers were all freeloaders, so they would not give her more gifts during the contest. That was why she was certain she would win. Leah was nothing to her. The contest began! A red line and a blue line collided fiercely on the screen… In just an instant, the red line was pushed back until it was almost invisible. After all, Leah only had a small handful of gifts. As for the sexy woman, she quickly received 10,000 gifts, then 100,000… If converted into cash, these gifts would be worth several thousand dollars. Leah was practically being pummeled. Her viewers were also leaving in droves. She started from two to three hundred viewers, but soon there were only twenty or thirty left. Leah was completely disheartened and so embarrassed that she was tempted to leave the stream. However, she was a woman of her word. She was already mentally preparing herself to bark like a dog. When there were only ten seconds left… Charles, who had been silently watching the screen, smiled. Looking at the sexy woman dancing in her stream, he said calmly, "Don't celebrate just yet!" He pressed his finger on the gift options, shooting a hundred consecutive rockets into the sky… Everyone in the chat was stunned. "Wtf 100 consecutive rockets… Are you kidding me?" "When was 100 consecutive shots even a thing? How come I didn't know?" "I thought the most we could do was ten consecutive shots! Where did this come from?" Charles had just asked the customer service manager to customize this function for him. Sending ten at a time was too slow. Heck, even a hundred at once was not satisfying enough for him… He had already asked the customer service manager to make him some thousand shot and ten thousand shot versions. The customer service manager immediately rushed the programmer to work faster. The poor guy was going bald from the stress. "You lost, sis!" 100 consecutive rockets were worth 100,000 dollars. The other streamer only had five or six thousand dollars worth of gifts. In other words, not only had the sexy dancer lost, she had suffered a humiliating defeat! "Bark like a dog!" "Bark like a dog!" "Bark like a dog!" … Countless people began to chant in the chat. The sexy woman only scoffed. "I never said I would bark like a dog if I lost!" On one hand, it was true that she did not say those words exactly, because she insisted she would not lose... but she was clearly making excuses now. Leah was so mad that her face turned red. "Consider this a lesson, little girl! Don't be so naive in the future!" the sexy woman said arrogantly before ending their connection. "Don't worry, I'll teach her a lesson for you!" Charles reassured Leah in the stream. "How are you going to do that, Mr. Tycoon?" "Will you report her? There are plenty of people just like her, though. Reporting won't work!" Charles did not respond to the other comments. He had already joined the sexy woman's livestream. "Kind King Charlie, you're here! Welcome!" the sexy woman exclaimed excitedly as soon as she saw Charles. He had splashed 100,000 dollars in one go, after all… Every streamer would love a viewer like him! The sexy woman even thought she had Charles' attention with her charms. "I'll give you a chance. Apologize to Cutie Lealea and bark like a dog ten times. If you do that, I'll pretend nothing happened." Charles posted in a comment. "Are you an idiot?!" The sexy woman was stunned. Since Charles was here to pick a fight, she insulted and then blocked him in an instant. Without a second thought, Charles contacted the customer service manager!