CSGO Unboxing Streamer: A Charity-Driven Tycoon

Chapter 119 Tests and Reactions

Lu Yiming's daily live stream routine is divided into two parts.

The first part is naturally opening chests, which goes without saying; lucky chests rely on dropping gold.

The second part is playing CS:GO matches.

It can be said that Lu Yiming is not only an unboxing streamer, but is also gradually becoming a technical streamer in the eyes of his fans.

His skill in high-level games is widely recognized.

Especially when playing duos with Eggplant, it's easy to tell who has better skill level than whom.

At the same time, it can be seen that Lu Yiming is very adept at playing high-level games.

He can be distracted by interacting with the comments without affecting his gameplay.

This evening.

When he finished the unboxing segment, he invited Eggplant to play duo.

Eggplant suddenly said, "President Lu! If you're so good, why don't you try playing professionally!"

As soon as these words came out.

This set the tone for Lu Yiming's comments.

[That's true! When Mr. Lu gets serious, he could totally be a professional gamer!]

[Is it a bit difficult for Mr. Lu to play professionally? Isn't he past the prime age for professional gaming?]

[CS:GO requires both skill and experience, and there are plenty of veteran players on the field; Lu Zong isn't an exception.]

[Haha! This reminds me of a saying: "Why not go pro and make a name for yourself, instead of staying here as a small-time streamer?"]

[Speaking of which, domestic CS:GO teams mostly just play in small tournaments in Asia, right?]

[TyLoo's best international result last year was reaching the Major main event, but they only made it to the semifinals. However, they have great potential, having reached a world ranking of 11th!]

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at this time.

Lu Yiming smiled when he heard Eggplant say that.

He then looked at the comments from the viewers in the live chat.

He shook his head and said, "I have no intention of going pro. I don't have that in my life plan. But if you guys are interested in the competition, I do have an idea, but we'll have to wait until the platform is set up!"

This is the second time Lu Yiming has mentioned the platform during the live stream.

Upon hearing this, the viewers' eyes lit up.

Skipping the topic of playing professionally, I started asking him about the current progress on the platform.

Lu Yiming laughed and said, "I'd conservatively estimate it'll be October! The closed beta will probably be earlier. We've hired a team to develop a powerful anti-cheat program, but it's very demanding on graphics cards, so whether you guys will be able to play it by then is questionable."

Lu Yiming also wanted to take this opportunity to test the opinions of his viewers.

At this moment, I was multitasking, focusing on the changes in the live chat.

It can be seen that they were all asking him what graphics card he needed.

He said slowly, "You'll probably need at least a 1080p to play it."

CSGO does have some requirements for graphics cards, but they are not very high.

A mid-range graphics card is generally sufficient.

Just like the computer Lu Yiming previously built for 3,000 yuan, equipped with a second-hand 1070 graphics card, whose performance was about 30% lower than that of the 1080, and which cost a little over 1,000 yuan, taking up the bulk of his 3,000 yuan budget.

However, the 1080 is considered a consumer-grade graphics card.

A brand new one costs over three thousand yuan on the market.

Graphics cards are currently in high demand.

Even a used 1080 costs over two thousand yuan, and don't expect after-sales service if you buy one. For someone who only plays with computers but doesn't understand them, this is nothing short of a gamble.

The comments on the live stream showed little reaction to the requirement for a high-end graphics card.

It's an atmosphere where everyone seems to have a 2080TI.

Instead, they are more concerned about whether his anti-cheat software is reliable.

This made Lu Yiming laugh and say, "Don't worry about that! Apart from physical cheating issues like sticking tape on the screen and getting boogers on it, other cheating methods like wallhacks, aimbots, headshots, and chest locks simply won't exist on my platform!"

This statement highlights a sense of self-confidence.

This has made fans eagerly anticipate Lu Yiming's platform.

soon.

The comments section started mentioning the idea that Lu Yiming had mentioned earlier.

They all began asking Lu Yiming what his plans were.

Some people are even speculating that he's planning to start a team or something.

Regarding these bullet comments.

Lu Yiming laughed and said, "As for the team, I do have a tiny bit of an idea to set one up for fun, but I feel like it would be pointless to do it, so I might as well just have a whole tournament to play around with."

The poor skill level of professional CS:GO players in China is mainly due to the poor environment.

It would be a waste to create a team in this environment, since there aren't many talented people to choose from.

Lu Yiming felt it was unnecessary to hire outside help.

Even if Lu Yiming was willing to spend the exorbitant transfer fee to a foreigner, he didn't feel it was something he absolutely had to do.

Creating a low-barrier-to-entry competition makes all the difference.

This can improve the CSGO gaming environment to some extent.

It can also drive traffic to their own platform.

Even if Lu Yiming lost the money, he didn't feel any heartache.

His words made the viewers' eyes light up.

They all inquired about the type of competition.

At this moment, Lu Yiming revealed his still-developing idea.

"I'm planning to collaborate with universities and internet cafes to gather 100 teams from across the country. The initial competitions will be held online, but once the top 16 teams are selected, the matches will move offline. I'm going to give the champion a prize of one million yuan. What do you think about this kind of competition? Could it be successful?"

Speaking of which.

Lu Yiming couldn't help but laugh and said, "Of course! There must be a threshold for the players, otherwise the competition will not be interesting if it is all weak teams. The ladder ranking of my platform will be their entry ticket! Don't blame me for doing this. After all, I am not doing charity. I have to make a splash after investing tens of millions in this platform."

The viewers can understand this.

At this moment, they were excitedly discussing the feasibility of the competition in the live chat.

Especially some of the fans who are still in college.

They've even started calling on friends and family to warm up for the competition, which is still in its infancy.

That night.

The topic of conversation in Lu Yiming's live stream revolved around this competition.

Many viewers also offered him advice.

Some people have even started discussing how much the tickets for the finals should cost.

The news began to generate heated discussion throughout the CS:GO community after Lu Yiming ended his stream that evening.

The heads of the other three domestic platforms also discussed the matter after receiving the news.

However, the discussion resulted in all of them ignoring it.

There are very few CSGO tournaments in China right now.

Not many people are paying attention to it.

They basically lose money but gain publicity.

This kind of competition, which involves the entire population, can be said to result in losses no matter how much money is spent.

While CSGO is said to have over 500,000 daily active players, in reality, the highest number of players per hour is only around 100,000.

This still includes the data from their community servers.

To put it bluntly, no matter how much buzz Lu Yiming generates in this competition...

In other words, Lu Yiming helped them expand the pie at his own expense.

They just have to sit back and wait to be served.

As for the anti-cheating measures that Lu Yiming mentioned, they considered it a complete joke.

As a result, Perfect World, as the domestic agent of CSGO, and at this crucial time when it was about to launch its own battle platform, forwarded a message from a CSGO blogger, which was exactly the plan that Lu Yiming mentioned during his live stream.

It is clear.

They didn't consider Lu Yiming's platform a competitor at all.

The date came to June 4th.

It has been exactly three months since the novel "Zhu Xian" was completed.

This morning.

Orange, the editor I hadn't contacted in a long time, sent me an emoji—a two-dimensional cartoon girl avatar with an expectant expression, as if she was longing for something.

This is the third time she has sent this emoji since the completion of the novel "Zhu Xian".

Lu Yiming, who had just finished a game, was preparing to make an excuse, just like the previous two times.

But then the door was pushed open.

Fu Xiaoli, holding a tablet, ran excitedly toward him.

After coming to his side.

Place the tablet in front of him.

While scrolling through the pictures, he excitedly exclaimed, "Yiming! We've successfully drawn the first chapter!"

Battle Through the Heavens is the second work that Lu Yiming obtained from the parallel universe literary works extractor.

The system has marked it as Platinum.

There are two reasons why it hasn't been posted yet.

The failure of Zhu Xian made Lu Yiming realize that the so-called Platinum level was not something he could achieve great success simply by bringing it into this world.

Rather, it's possible that the work itself has achieved considerable success in the parallel world of "Earth".

The success of a novel is greatly influenced by the current environment.

If "Zhu Xian" felt like a novel from fifteen years ago to Lu Yiming, then "Battle Through the Heavens" felt like it was from at least ten years ago.

Its performance after release might be slightly better than that of Jade Dynasty.

But it's very limited.

therefore.

After Fu Xiaoli had the idea of adapting his novel into a comic, he never published it.

of course.

There's also the factor that there are too many things to take care of.

At this moment, Lu Yiming took the tablet handed to him by Fu Xiaoli and looked at the results of her studio in the past half month.

soon.

Under Fu Xiaoli's expectant gaze.

Lu Yiming turned to look at her and smiled, "Not bad! Very good! Excellent!"

Three consecutive affirmations.

This made Fu Xiaoli's lips curl upwards, and she couldn't help but chuckle smugly.

In the studio, she served as both a producer and an assistant to the line art specialist.

Although she also wanted to be the lead writer, she was quite aware of her own abilities. At the same time, Lu Yiming didn't want her to be too overworked, so serving as the assistant to the line drawing clerk was her last act of defiance. At this point, she gained Lu Yiming's approval.

This proves that her efforts during this period were not in vain.

Naturally, I was overjoyed.

At this moment, Lu Yiming also asked the question he was most concerned about: how many chapters of the comic could be drawn in a month?

Upon hearing this, Fu Xiaoli thought for a moment and then said, "Xiao Qing said that as long as the script can keep up with the pace, updating weekly is not a problem."

Weekly updates.

This is quite a challenge for a comic book artist.

In China, weekly webcomics typically consist of 30 to 40 panels per episode, equivalent to 5 to 6 pages in a traditional print comic.

Works with faster update cycles only have 15 to 20 frames.

At this moment, Lu Yiming turned his gaze back to the tablet in his hand. After counting, the first chapter had about 120 panels and 30 pages.

The content of the first chapter of this comic corresponds to the first three chapters of the novel.

If we can maintain this standard and achieve weekly updates in the future.

This efficiency is quite good.

However, Lu Yiming still felt it wasn't enough.

He immediately turned his gaze back to Fu Xiaoli and asked, "Is there a way to update more than one chapter per week? Just follow the standard of thirty pages."

Upon hearing this, Fu Xiaoli looked troubled.

She kept a close eye on the entire comic's creation process.

One chapter a week was already a stretch, but she naturally had to confirm Lu Yiming's request, and then dialed the chief writer's number in front of Lu Yiming.

"What? Two chapters a week? Thirty pages of standard content? Sister Xiaoli! Just kill me already!"

The hands-free mode was not enabled.

But Lu Yiming could hear the writer's voice breaking down.

Main writer: Su Xiaoqing.

After graduating from university, I aspired to become an independent cartoonist.

But after two years of working for love, he found that he could barely afford to pay his rent. He had no choice but to give in to reality and look for a job. Just then, he saw a job posting that Lu Yiming had posted online.

Because of her art style, Fu Xiaoli noticed her and she successfully stood out from hundreds of job seekers.

As for why so many people are seeking employment.

The main reason is that Lu Yiming offered a very generous price.

Monthly salary of 10,000 yuan, including meals and accommodation.

After becoming a full-time employee, it is promised that with performance-based pay, monthly income could potentially exceed 20,000.

This is enough to drive many domestic comic artists who are still struggling to make ends meet crazy.

at this time.

Lu Yiming gestured for Fu Xiaoli to bring the phone over.

After taking the phone, she said softly, "What if the performance bonus doubles?"

The performance bonus was set by Cao Siyun.

According to the standards of the manga industry in Japan.

So it is.

The first chapter that Su Xiaoqing submitted was so long.

It's obvious she's after the top performance bonus.

Lu Yiming had met with people from his studio before, so Su Xiaoqing could naturally recognize his voice.

The studio is closed today.

Su Xiaoqing is resting in the apartment arranged for her by the studio.

His expression was originally one of grief and indignation.

After Lu Yiming said these words, their sorrow turned to joy.

He grabbed the calculator at lightning speed.

A loud "reset" sound made Lu Yiming on the other end of the phone twitch his brow.

soon.

She got the results.

After her performance doubles, her monthly income will reach nearly 30,000.

At this moment, she patted her chest and said, "No problem! As long as the script can keep up with the pace, I definitely won't mess it up!"

There is no creative bottleneck in adapting novels into comics.

It just means there's no more time to slack off.

For working people.

Money earned through hard work.

That's called compensation.

It is what they deserve.

The money was earned by slacking off at fishing.

That's what you make money from.

These two are different in nature.

But as long as the boss pays enough, most workers are willing to sacrifice their time off from slacking off.

of course.

It's hard for anyone to do that. Only a nouveau riche like Lu Yiming, who makes money too quickly, would not treat money as money. For him, time is much more important than money.

Su Xiaoqing's answer was exactly what Lu Yiming had expected.

After returning the phone to Fu Xiaoli, I looked at the message sent by the editor on the screen.

After thinking for a moment, Lu Yiming replied, "I'm already writing it, and it's also being adapted into a comic at the same time. The plan is to release it at the same time as the comic by the end of this month or next month. I don't know if this will cause any conflict with my cooperation with the platform."

Is there a conflict?

There must be.

According to the contract with Zhongdian Novel Network.

When books are signed on their platform, authors also lose the initiative to utilize the copyright of their works.

Orange, the editor, was the first to see the message from Lu Yiming.

His brows were furrowed at this moment.

Novels are usually adapted into comics only after they become popular.

This was directly translated into comics during the creative process.

She had never heard of such a thing.

Generally, when signing a contract for a novel, the author is required to make a commitment.

That is, whether the novel is an independent creation and has full copyright.

This choice directly affects the contract signing outcome and is also key to ensuring that the author bears full responsibility for any future copyright issues.

It can be said that once the choice is no.

Forget about signing a contract.

After asking the editor-in-chief and receiving a positive reply, Ju Zi returned to her workstation and messaged Lu Yiming, "No! If the copyright is incomplete, your new book will not be able to be signed."

This result was within Lu Yiming's expectations.

However, it's not entirely without a solution.

Top-tier authors can enjoy certain privileges, such as signing electronic copyright agreements with websites. However, Lu Yiming certainly doesn't reach that level yet, but if his performance is good enough, he should be able to influence the website.

After Lu Yiming expressed his thoughts.

Orange replied with a wry smile, "Without signing a contract, there's no exposure, and without exposure, there's no way to achieve anything."

The editor's words were a very subtle way of saying that Lu Yiming was having unrealistic expectations.

But upon hearing this, Lu Yiming remained confident.

After all, he was reborn from the future.

The current promotion model for novels mainly involves platforms using advertising investment and exposure to promote popular works, thereby driving traffic to the platform and increasing the number of basic users. Based on user preferences, the platform then recommends author data to them, achieving internal traffic utilization and monetization.

This pattern will change in a few years.

Short videos will become the biggest channel for book promotion.

A book can take a month and a half from its initial release to its availability on the shelves.

Relying solely on platform promotion to its own users, a collection count of tens of thousands is the most one can achieve, and that's only for top-tier authors and best-selling books.

However, with widespread promotion, short videos can easily garner tens of thousands of likes within a few days.

At this moment, Lu Yiming's lips curled up and he said softly, "If I update 100,000 words and can get at least 10,000 favorites within three days, update 10,000 words a day and keep the readership above 50%, could you help me contact the editor-in-chief to discuss the possibility of cooperating only on electronic copyright?"

For the novels on the platform.

Results are paramount.

A hit novel can even bring traffic to a platform.

Instead of relying solely on the platform's own traffic.

This is also the core reason why the platform makes concessions when dealing with top-tier authors.

When the editor, Orange, saw the message, she was stunned for a moment.

He then replied, "If that's really possible, it might work, but how would you do it? You can't exactly pay for promotion yourself, can you?"

Lu Yiming only replied with a standard smiley face emoji.

This surprised the screenwriter, Orange, to the point that her mouth gradually opened wide.

It's quite obvious that this is Lu Yiming's plan.

She wanted to ask something else.

But it didn't feel like this was the question she should be asking.