Chapter 31: Very Well, So This Is How You Want to Play?

Dai was left dumbfounded, staring at Jiang Yun’s live broadcast on her computer screen.

“Wait, guys, are all Brother Yun’s fans this bizarre?”

She had barely finished her sentence when she saw a warning from the super moderator pop up in her own streaming room.

[Please mind your language, streamer!]

Dai: ???

“Hey, what’s your problem, super mod? I’m just watching Brother Yun’s stream! If you want to warn someone, warn him! I’ve put up with you all night! It’s always Yun and Mozi making dirty jokes, so why do I keep getting warned? Don’t you know—”

Before she could finish, her streaming room went black.

A single message appeared in the middle of her screen:

[The streamer has violated the rules and is currently under review…]

Her viewers burst into laughter at the sight.

“Hahaha, serves you right for questioning the super mod!”

“Dai really got the short end of the stick tonight. She didn’t do anything, kept getting warned, and in the end, her stream got shut down.”

“Hahaha, the old lady’s stream was just as entertaining as Brother Yun’s tonight!”

“Honestly, I’m curious too. Why didn’t Brother Yun get warned, but Dai did?”

“Who knows, maybe he got a warning but since he just started streaming, they only gave him a slap on the wrist.”

“Let’s go, guys, time to head over to Brother Yun’s stream.”

Dai stared miserably at her suspended streaming room.

The moment she was banned, she immediately filed an appeal.

But the final decision was…

[The streamer has violated community guidelines. To protect the platform environment and maintain order… stream banned for eight hours.]

Staring at the result, Dai was nearly overwhelmed with confusion.

This wasn’t the first time her stream had been suspended. Usually, a quick appeal would get it resolved, unless it was a serious infraction. Everyone knew that streamers like her, unless they crossed a major line, wouldn’t be banned for long. If the ban lasted too long, the platform and the guild would suffer the losses, not the streamer.

Bewildered, Dai quickly contacted her guild, wanting to know what was going on and why the platform was acting so strangely.

The guild’s response was simple, just one sentence.

“Take a guess—now that your stream is down, where do you think your viewers have gone?”

At those words, Dai immediately realized what was happening.

She glanced at Jiang Yun’s stream, still playing on her computer.

Jiang Yun!

The Sharkstream platform wanted to sign Jiang Yun!

Dai had been collaborating with Jiang Yun for several days now, and her viewers were all well aware of him. With the great entertainment value Jiang Yun provided tonight, if her stream went down now, her viewers would naturally flock to his stream—at least most of them.

So, the platform’s ban on Dai wasn’t aimed at her personally; they wanted to see how well Jiang Yun could attract her audience. If he could, and showed potential to become a top streamer, the platform would reach out and offer him a contract with Sharkstream.

Back when Dai first became popular, the platform did the same for her. Other similar streamers during her time slot were all throttled, and she alone was promoted. That was one of the key reasons she shot to fame so quickly.

Now, the platform was using the same tactic on Jiang Yun, apparently seeing his potential to become a star.

But recalling what Jiang Yun had said to her and Mozi at the hotpot restaurant that afternoon, Dai couldn’t help but smirk.

“The platform’s little scheme is going to fall flat~” she said, a touch of schadenfreude in her voice.

The platform’s strategy would only work if Jiang Yun was interested in signing.

...

Meanwhile, on the other side, Jiang Yun—having calmed down—was staring in confusion at the rapidly climbing viewer count in his stream.

In just a few minutes, his live audience had soared to over sixty thousand! There were already more than seven thousand VIPs.

These numbers were on par with the platform’s top streamers.

Jiang Yun knew he’d gotten a bit of a boost in popularity recently, with more viewers joining his stream, but it hadn’t started out like this. When he’d just gone live, the count was barely twenty thousand.

How had it tripled in an instant?

Soon enough, he found the answer in the chat.

“Brother Yun, the old lady got warned and then banned by the super mod for watching your stream.”

“Her stream is gone, so we’ve come to join you!”

“Brother Yun, the old lady lost her stream because of you.”

“Did you not get a warning from the super mod? Dai got banned for watching you curse people out.”

Reading these comments, Jiang Yun tilted his head, puzzled.

What?

Dai got banned by the super mod for watching his stream?

Sure, he’d been swearing quite a bit, but was that really enough to get someone’s stream directly shut down?

Thinking this, Jiang Yun glanced at his own stream’s status.

No warnings from the super mod.

“Huh? Dai’s stream is gone? But I haven’t received any warnings.”

He said this to his viewers, still perplexed.

His comment made the audience laugh even harder.

“Hahaha, you curse people out and don’t even get a warning, but she loses her stream just for watching.”

“Alright, Sharkstream, if this is how you play, don’t blame the old lady if she quits on you!”

“Oh no, she’s probably crying in the bathroom right now.”

“Sharkstream’s favoritism is getting out of hand!”

“Maybe it’s because Brother Yun isn’t a top streamer yet, so he’s not being closely watched by the super mods?”

“Makes sense!”

Perhaps to support the viewers’ speculations, not long after their messages appeared, Jiang Yun finally got a warning from the super mod.

[Please mind your language, streamer!]

The moment the warning popped up, the stream’s entertainment value hit its peak.

Jiang Yun: ...

“Alright, alright, I get it. Have it your way,” he said, waving his hand, sounding a bit resigned.

He then looked toward the fan who had just connected via voice chat.

Perhaps unable to withstand Jiang Yun’s earlier outburst, the fan had disconnected at some point.

Seeing this, Jiang Yun addressed his viewers: “You guys, what are you trying to pull? Look at that person just now—paid two thousand to get cursed out, and Dai even lost her stream because of him. What’s the point—”

Before he could finish, a notification appeared in his backend system.

Jiang Yun clicked it open.

[User (Yun, Draw Me) has applied for a minor’s refund. Refunded gift: Super Rocket. Refund amount: 2000.]

Seeing this, Jiang Yun’s face fell instantly.

He posted the message for his viewers to see, then clapped his hands expressionlessly.

Clap! Clap! Clap!

“Alright, alright, this is how you’re all going to play, is it?”

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