CSGO Unboxing Streamer: A Charity-Driven Tycoon

Chapter 357 is truly a massive bug-ridden operation!
A live stream with three million viewers has broken the record for the highest number of viewers since the beginning of the live streaming industry.

When Lu Yiming announced that the betting would begin, the engineers in the Shark platform's technical department turned pale with fright. If each bet counts as one visit, with three million people in the live stream, even if only one-tenth of them participated, that would still amount to 300,000 visits.

Moreover, the process of a user placing a bet involves more than just one visit.

Fortunately, Lu Yiming needed time to open the market, and the entire technical department immediately became busy.

five minutes later.

The betting application was approved, and as the players saw the betting options in front of them, they all poured their free fish balls into the options they approved of.

There are three options in total.

No, two or less, or more than two.

The most frequent bets were on two or fewer balls, while the odds for no balls and more than two balls were split 20/80. The total betting volume quickly surpassed 10 billion.

What does 10 billion fish balls mean?
One million fish balls are worth one thousand yuan to a streamer, and after tax they get eight hundred. Ten billion fish balls are worth eight million after tax!

The market has been open for three minutes, and only one minute has passed.

soon.

Once the closing time has arrived.

Looking at the number of fish balls displayed on the interface, Lu Yiming exclaimed in surprise, "Good heavens! Two hundred and thirty billion fish balls! This must be a record-breaking number!"

It's more than just breaking records.

They're way ahead!
Only a handful of streamers can reach hundreds of millions in viewership; this requires creating a certain atmosphere beforehand.

There are very few companies like Bao Ge that have broken 100 million in betting volume, and the record of breaking 1 billion was previously set by Lu Yiming.

At this moment, the live stream chat was flooded with comments about actual high-stakes gambling. Normally, such comments would be blocked, but Lu Yiming's live stream didn't have so many restrictions. The fish balls were free, so there was no problem involved. Although there were transactions in secret, they belonged to the gray industry. As long as Lu Yiming himself didn't get involved, there was absolutely no problem.

As for whether Lu Yiming will touch this, even if someone spreads a rumor, no one will believe it.

Lu Yiming never hesitated when unpacking. After sealing the disc, he immediately restarted the game client. The moment he entered his inventory, the first item he saw caused the chat to be filled with question marks.

Well known.

In CSGO, the first item displayed after opening a case using the scratch-off method is the last item you opened. Lu Yiming's last item was the Riptide Weapon Case.

At this moment, what is shown on the screen is a butterfly knife.

[Damn! It broke even right away! Judging by the brightness, it's at least a basic upgrade!]

[Automation-grade ~ It doesn't feel as cool as the M9 bayonet ~ but the bright red blade is really nice! I feel it would look great with red gloves!]

This knife shouldn't be too expensive, right? I feel like it's worth buying one to play with if it's under 10,000 yuan.

[Upstairs! Haven't you been looking at the market for years? I'd believe you if you went to the market now and found a butterfly knife for under 10,000!]

[Take off! Instant break-even! Worth at least 10,000!]

Be bold! At least 17,000! Hahaha~

【.】

The number of times Lu Yiming was struck by lightning at the opening was not uncommon. A butterfly knife instantly filled the atmosphere of the live stream. Apart from new users and Lu Yiming's fans, the rest of the live stream viewers were people who came from other live streams on the platform to join in the fun.

Influenced by Lu Yiming, most people are familiar with the value of CSGO skins. Although some people don't quite understand why the comments mentioned that the knife is worth more than 10,000, it doesn't stop them from being amazed when they consider that price in their own purchasing power.

Looking at the jewelry in the image, Lu Yiming noticed that apart from the butterfly knife in the upper left corner, the other jewelry was quite ordinary.

At this moment, Lu Yiming laughed and said, "Alright! The first group of people to go up to the rooftop has appeared!"

As his voice fell.

Many viewers who were just surprised by the successful drop were stunned, and then their faces fell with a bitter smile.

As the saying goes, "a gamble can turn a bicycle into a motorcycle," and with high odds, there are bound to be gamblers. However, those who placed bets that couldn't be withdrawn suffered total losses, and the live chat was filled with both jokes and wails.

But unboxing is obviously not interesting.

At this moment, Lu Yiming said, "How about this! The 300,000 given by the platform doesn't count. If I draw a red or gold item, I'll draw 1,000 of 100-star items. If I draw ten Glocks, that won't count either. But if I draw an emerald, I'll count it as 2,000 items, how about that?"

What else?
I agree!
Faced with the overwhelming frenzy in the comments section, Lu Yiming smiled and shook his head.

Continue reading.

The speed was so fast that you could only see the afterimage of the ornament flash by. Just after the number of ornaments reached the eighty-eighth, a red ornament flashed by.

Viewers who timed it perfectly would select and send the pre-entered comments.

The Desert Eagle soars across the waves.

To be honest, although this accessory is of the Secret level, Lu Yiming doesn't really like this skin.

of course.

This is just a matter of personal taste, but when he saw the comments saying that the gun skin was ugly, Lu Yiming nodded in agreement and said, "It really isn't very good-looking~ In this box, I think the only decent gun skin is that FAMAS, but that gun is rarely used, so the price will probably be very cheap!"

[Got it! CEO Lu likes this FAMAS! Brothers, stock up now!]

[I've already stocked up! But why is the buyer you, bro?!]

[Haha~ You guys are really something! But this Famas game was actually pretty good! There are only a few Famas skins left, right? I think stocking up on Factory New Unique skins is worthwhile!]

【.】

Lu Yiming rarely comments on the beauty or ugliness of accessories anymore; mainly because as long as he says a skin looks good, the price will immediately go up.

Lu Yiming wouldn't interfere with normal market fluctuations, but he felt it was best to prevent someone from maliciously manipulating prices and making his fans pay for it.

New jewelry is beyond the control of merchants; they can say whatever they want, and the final price will ultimately follow market trends.

The comments section is full of people talking about "tun".

Lu Yiming said speechlessly, "I'll say it again! Use accessories within your spending range! Don't think of accessories as an investment. I don't care, I can afford to lose everything, but it's different for you. Most of you are students, so you don't need to bother with expensive accessories! In the end, it's all about skill when the game starts! If you're capable enough to come to the RSS youth training program, you can choose a main set from my inventory after you become a full member!"

This statement is absolutely true.

On the day of the RSS finals, his brand-new Dark Gold 661 appeared in the hands of the free agent Ye Qunfei, and even now, Ye Qunfei will occasionally take it out to show off during their daily live streams.

This is a piece of jewelry worth millions; the fact that he lent it to his teammate shows that he trusts the person very much.

With this pistol drawn, combined with the knife from before, it's now one gold and one red. As agreed, Lu Yiming needs to draw 2000 100-star tickets, each worth 298, which adds up to approximately 600,000. Continue reading.

When you see the 100th box, it means the opening results of the Riptide Weapon Box have come to an end. Getting one gold and one red box out of 100 boxes is considered pretty lucky, especially if you get the Butterfly Knife.

Next came twenty silver-clad USPs, which Lu Yiming didn't quickly glance at.

"Tsk tsk~ Even seasoned veterans are in for a tough time this round~"

"Hey~ this looks alright~ but it's at least within this range!"

"This is a huge loss! It's probably badly damaged! Anyone want it? Forget it! I'm not giving away this kind of junk!"

"Oh dear, it's slightly worn again! What a pity! Couldn't you have given me a brand new one?"

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Lu Yiming used two USPs, Gunshot Killer and Hunter, alternating between them. He wanted a USP covered in silver to commemorate the past.

During his most difficult period, after clearing out his inventory of junk and buying the Operation Pass, he recovered a lot of health by getting 100 stars.

The collection is given away for free when you open two stars at eighty stars, but when you open a silver-clad item at twenty stars, you get a brand new item.

He remembers it vividly; he was so excited he almost fainted. The gun was quite expensive at the time, and he successfully sold it for 1,800 a week later.

The screen showed 118 pieces of jewelry. Of these 18 silver-clad USPs, Lu Yiming didn't see one that looked brand new.

The Silver-Clad series of skins is very susceptible to wear and tear, with a fixed wear level of 0.06 or higher. Therefore, even brand new skins will show some noticeable signs of wear.

Lu Yiming's previous mention of starting with four zeros meant that he wanted to start at 0.060000. If such an estimate were true, the price would probably skyrocket.

Seeing the second-to-last piece of silver-clad armor, its wear and tear was quite exaggerated, Lu Yiming shrugged and said, "It's over! Looks like I'm going to lose for nothing! I'll try to get a few hundred more stars later!"

After he finished speaking, he flipped through the pages and looked at the last piece of clothing, which was covered in silver. Then his expression froze.

"Holy crap! What's going on? Is there a bug?"

Lu Yiming rarely showed such a surprised expression.

At this moment, many viewers did not react, but soon the question marks on the screen, along with some reminders, made them look at a certain spot again, and they were immediately as shocked as Lu Yiming!
A USP clad in dark gold and silver?

What's happening here?
Well known.

Collectible and souvenir skins do not have a unique gold option. However, the Silver-Clad USP is displayed as StatTrak and has a counter under the muzzle, which means that it is not a simple display error, but that Valve has actually created a unique gold model for this gun.

Are collectibles about to be released in "dark gold" tiers?

This is the reaction of most CS:GO players in the current live stream.

However, some people disagreed, since many people were watching Lu Yiming's live stream while unpacking the boxes, and some commented in the chat that they had opened hundreds of boxes but had never seen anything like it.

In this regard.

Lu Yiming picked up his phone and said, "Don't worry! We'll find out by making a call!"

Although he never engages in any human intervention, Lu Yiming, as a shareholder, can directly contact Valve. He made a call to customer service, which is dedicated to serving shareholders, and was then directly transferred to the technical department.

Lu Yiming communicated entirely in English, then hung up the phone, looked at the live stream camera, shrugged, and said, "I found out! It's probably a bug! There will be a non-stop update in thirty minutes; they're probably already busy on site."

The current time is around 10:40 AM in China, which is evening for Valve. You can hear the frustration in the other person's tone as they are about to have to work overtime.

At first, he didn't realize it, but now Lu Yiming recalled that on the first day of Operation Torrent before his rebirth, there was indeed a bug with the unique collectible item, which seemed to have resulted in a Nine-Headed Serpent weapon. However, it was fixed on the second day, preventing the creation of more unique collectible items.

But this time it only takes thirty minutes to solve, so Lu Yiming suspects that the Dark Gold Nine-Headed Serpent probably won't come out, since the probability of triggering this bug is extremely low.

A little incident.

Lu Yiming re-examined the USP in front of him and immediately laughed, "The dark gold item is probably going to be removed! But it feels brand new! Looks like I don't need to keep trying to draw it later!"

At this moment, everyone was still lamenting that he was going to lose his unique USP, and they all said that he should try to keep it.

Lu Yiming laughed and said, "Don't try to keep anything outside the rules. Let's keep watching. Maybe there's more hidden gold waiting for us."

Continue reading.

Starting with the 121st piece of jewelry, it's all Glock. The appearance of Glock in the picture successfully diverted most people's attention.

At this moment, the screen was flooded with emeralds.

Lu Yiming hadn't expected to get an emerald as his first item. He hadn't used any skills this time; he relied solely on his passive luck.

The viewers were happy because getting an Emerald would allow Lu Yiming to draw 2000 more 100-star items. Currently, there were many viewers but few items available in the live stream, so they wished all ten items would be Emeralds.

Looking at the comments section.

Lu Yiming shook his head with a smile and said, "How could all ten pulls be like that? These things aren't that easy to get! Besides, there's still a 50% chance of getting an M4, right?"

The words fell.

He flipped through the boxes, then his expression froze. Unconvinced, he flipped through the next box, this time finding an M4. His pupils dilated when he saw the fourth box.

He eventually reviewed all ten Glocks. Although some weren't emeralds, four out of the six Glocks he obtained were emeralds, meaning the emerald drop rate reached two-thirds!

This made Lu Yiming exclaim in surprise, "Holy crap! This is a ghost!"

Compared to Lu Yiming's surprise, the viewers started to celebrate. The four emeralds meant that Lu Yiming would need to spend 8,000 100-hearts. Although he was probably the denominator, at least the chance of him becoming the numerator had increased.

At this moment, Lu Yiming dialed Valve's internal phone number for the second time.

This call lasted a bit longer, during which Lu Yiming could see that many people in the chat said that Glock's drop rate was very high, with some people opening ten times and getting eight Glock items.

Lu Yiming immediately relayed this feedback to the other party.

随后对方告知了他检测结果，挂断电话陆一鸣看向直播间的观众说道：“破案了！他们居然将p1p2p3p4绿宝石单独分开！也就是说现在开这个箱子，结果无非就是p1格洛克、p2格洛克、p3格洛克、p4格洛克、绿宝石格洛克、M4A4合纵，各占六分之一的概率！”

The words fell.

The viewers in the live stream stared wide-eyed.

While many exclaimed that this was possible, some savvy individuals had already opened the boxes, since it meant they could try their luck with the Emerald.

Lu Yiming chuckled and cursed, "This is a massive bug-hunting operation! Couldn't they have tested it thoroughly before releasing it?"

(End of this chapter)