ACIFITFDB – Chapter 12

“My name is Aunt Zhou, and my livestreaming channel is ‘Farmer Aunt Zhou.’ I have over five million fans and am the biggest internet celebrity here. You’ve come to the right person. Come in, the livestreaming room is in the villa. Have a seat first.”

Qin Xian followed.

Huang Quxie behind him quickly asked, “Uh, Aunt Zhou, I’m with him.”

Qin Xian turned his head, his black pupils fixed on Huang Quxie, and questioned him with a look: Who is with you?

But Huang Quxie was determined to go in together, even getting close to Qin Xian and acting as if they were very good friends.

Never mind, this person doesn’t have ill intentions.

Aunt Zhou scanned Huang Quxie like she was picking a dog at a dog market, and Qin Xian observed her expression.

Clearly, she was not satisfied.

“Fine, you can come help out. But I’ll tell you upfront, you’re here to learn. Not only will I not pay you, but you’ll also need to pay a three-thousand tuition fee.”

Aunt Zhou smiled when money was mentioned.

But Qin Xian’s brows furrowed.

He was most short of money right now. After paying the rent, his bank card balance would only last two months.

There was also an extra mouth to feed at home now.

“I can’t afford that much money right now.”

Aunt Zhou stood with her arms crossed at the entrance of the villa, the golden rings on her fingers sparkling. She said aggressively, “No money? What are you here to learn if you have no money?! Get out, get out!”

Huang Quxie said obsequiously with a smile, “Aunt Zhou, please don’t be angry. How about this, we’ll work hard to help you sell more goods. We’ll help out here more!”

Aunt Zhou’s eyes rolled a bit abnormally, and she gave them a nearly pure white eye roll before reluctantly nodding. “It’s fine for now, but you must make up the three thousand after you earn money. Otherwise, you won’t be able to make a living in this line of work. I’ll make sure your livestreaming channel can’t even be opened.”

Huang Quxie showed some reluctance. He calculated for a while before agreeing, “Okay, as long as I can earn money, I’ll definitely pay you back.”

Aunt Zhou saw the change in his expression. People who calculate more are easier to control.

“Alright, you can come in. Don’t touch anything randomly. Everything here is merchandise for the livestream. Oh, right, bags and phones need to be placed in the cabinet outside. We have no choice; it’s to prevent ill-intentioned people.”

Qin Xian nodded and directly put down his backpack, then took out his phone. But before turning it off, he glanced at the messages.

Two missed calls and over a dozen WeChat messages. All from Lin Qizhi.

Qin Xian clicked on them:

[Brother Qin! Your dog is so fierce,呜呜呜, I almost got bitten.]

[It ran down the stairs and slipped, rolling down.]

[But I successfully threw the dog food into your room. Next time I’ll be more careful and only open the door a crack.]

Qin Xian frowned and replied: [You don’t need to feed it anymore. Be careful, there might be greater danger. I put a large bag of dog food in the room and poured some water. If it’s hungry enough, it’ll eat.]

If it doesn’t eat, it starves to death. It really doesn’t make things easy.

“Hurry up, don’t dawdle.” Aunt Zhou’s urging came from behind him. Qin Xian turned off his phone and stuffed it into his bag. He then took out a few Snickers bars and put them in his pockets.

Huang Quxie also put his things away, and the two followed Aunt Zhou into the villa.

The villa was very dark, with most of the windows blocked by various boxes.

From the entrance hallway to the living room, corridor, and rooms, it was piled high with boxes of express deliveries.

Qin Xian glanced at the stickers on the delivery boxes. There were skincare products, medicines, health supplements, and more.

These items were not sealed very well, and the entire villa had a foul odor. The corners of the cardboard boxes showed signs of gnawing by rats, and there were some rat droppings in the gaps.

Upon reaching the second floor, the light finally became a bit brighter. But this light was not sunlight from outside, but various artificial lights.

The second-floor hall was cluttered with livestreaming props piled on the floor. Every room was lit, and the sounds of men and women selling goods could be heard from inside.

“Babies, click on link number two! Our weight-loss pills are safe, absolutely no worries!”

“Got cancer when you’re old? Western medicine can’t cure it; you need our folk remedies! Take this ‘Hundred Diseases Demon-Removing Powder’ for three months, and the tumor will slowly disappear…”

“Sisters! Don’t worry about acne and blackheads. Our product clears your pores from the inside out. Apply it and sleep, and when you peel it off the next day, you’ll find a lot of dirt stuck to it…”

Truly a scene of demonic revelry.

Aunt Zhou led the two into a room on the right side of the corridor. Two other people were sitting inside and immediately stood up when they saw them.

On the left was a young girl in a low-cut top. She risked exposure with any slightly larger movement, but she was on the verge of being scandalous.

On the right was a scrawny young man, but he had makeup on, making his complexion look ruddy.

The two were very respectful to Aunt Zhou… or rather, fearful.

Seeing her enter, they immediately stood up and lowered their heads, like timid maids in Qing Dynasty dramas.

Then, upon seeing Qin Xian, both of them were stunned.

The young girl couldn’t help but ask, “Aunt Zhou, is this a newcomer?”

She was somewhat jealous and worried. A newcomer with such looks would quickly become Aunt Zhou’s new favorite.

“Yes, you two take them under your wing. Let them get familiar with the process and participate in the evening livestream.”

Aunt Zhou gave a few instructions and then got up to leave. As soon as she left, the respectful expressions on the man and woman’s faces vanished.

The young girl smiled and reached out to pinch Qin Xian’s face, but he dodged directly.

“Hey, why are you dodging? Let me see if your face is real or fake. It’s so enviable, you don’t even need makeup with looks like that. Little brother, what’s your name?”

Qin Xian replied coldly, “Qin Yi.”

The young girl chuckled, “A fake name, right? But whatever, we use stage names a lot in this line of work. My name is Annie, call me Sister Annie.”

“I’m older than you.”

“It doesn’t matter if you’re older; in our industry, it’s all about seniority.” Annie had clearly fully integrated into this system of hierarchy and even enjoyed bullying newcomers.

She continued, “Listen to me carefully later. Remember the livestreaming process and these products. You have good looks, so you can be on camera.”

Then she pointed to Huang Quxie and said, “You won’t do. Your style doesn’t match our livestreaming room at all. You’ll be on the side helping out, handing things to us, understand?”

Huang Quxie fell silent. Was his face really that unattractive?

At this moment, the other man also spoke up. He frowned at Qin Xian, “He’s not suitable for our livestreaming room either, is he? Don’t most of our viewers male?”

Annie said, “But men don’t buy much from us. Today we’re selling weight-loss pills, so attracting some girls would be better. I think you’re just jealous because you’re not as good-looking as him, tch.”

The man’s face turned red with anger, “Who the hell is jealous of him?! Fine, I want to see how much he can sell.”

The two had Qin Xian and Huang Quxie stand to the side and began to explain the livestreaming process, work content, and products in detail.

Half an hour later, the made-up Annie and Qin Xian sat opposite the camera, adjusting the livestreaming feed.

However, no matter how Annie adjusted the beauty filters after sitting next to Qin Xian, it didn’t look right. She always looked much inferior to Qin Xian next to her.

“Ha, whoever is ugly is embarrassed.”

Annie yelled at her companion, “Who are you talking about! I’m not doing this anymore! You and him will be on camera today!”

The man saw this and quickly shook his head, “I don’t want to either… In that case, hey, what’s your name?”

He gestured to Huang Quxie.

Huang Quxie quickly replied, “My surname is Huang. How about you call me Huang Er?”

The man rolled his eyes, “Are you trying to debut as the ‘Poor and White’ duo? Forget it, you and him will be on camera selling today. We two will teach you from the side. Just do as we instruct, understood??”

Huang Quxie readily agreed and sat down next to Qin Xian without any stage fright.

Seeing his dark face turn from fair to rosy on screen, he exclaimed, “Oh my god, my mom wouldn’t recognize me if she watched the livestream. I’m not used to it. Can we turn off the beauty filters?”

“Fine, fine, turn it off, turn it off! There are five minutes left before we start. This sales event will last until 10:30 PM. If you need to use the restroom, go now.” Annie was very impatient.

Huang Quxie was shocked, “But we haven’t eaten yet? There’s no dinner here?”

Annie turned and rummaged through a pile of boxes, pulling out a packet of compressed biscuits and throwing it to the two of them.

“One meal a day, lunch. Other times, just snack on some of the products.”

Qin Xian caught the biscuit with a quick grab. He looked down at it, unable to find a production date, a food safety mark, or an ingredient list.

Definitely a three-no product.

Qin Xian directly took out two Snickers bars from his pocket and gave one to Huang Quxie.

Huang Quxie held the Snickers bar, his expression of gratitude overflowing. He turned to Qin Xian and said, “Brother, my good brother! You’re too kind! I thought you’d always be cold to me, but I didn’t expect you to be cold on the outside and warm on the inside.”

Qin Xian moved his upper body away speechlessly, his disgust evident.

Huang Quxie: …

The two quickly took care of their physiological needs. When they returned and sat down, the livestream began.

Annie first appeared wearing a mask and explained the situation to the livestream audience in a gentle voice.

“Yes, because I have acne and don’t look beautiful, I’ve invited special guests to host tonight’s livestream! Let me introduce you. This is Qin Yi, a great handsome guy. He’s not using any beauty filters right now, and he already looks like this. Isn’t he better looking than many celebrities? And this here is Huang Er.”

After interacting with the audience for about ten minutes, she handed over the livestream to Qin Xian and the two, placing the products to be promoted on the table.

Qin Xian picked up a product and looked at it, his expression blank and silent.

Annie kept gesturing at him from off-screen: Smile! Smile, you need to smile!

Qin Xian ignored her.

Huang Quxie also couldn’t help but feel awkward.

Didn’t this guy come to learn how to livestream and make money? What was the meaning of him not speaking? Or could mute people also do livestreams now?

But if his partner didn’t speak, he had to be the one to talk.

“Hahaha, Qin Yi is so cool and aloof, truly a handsome guy. Then show the product to everyone, I’ll introduce it.”

Qin Xian obediently brought the product closer to the camera.

Huang Quxie looked at the comments and replied, “Ah, this is a weight-loss product, not medicine. According to Sister Annie, she lost ten jin after taking it for a month.”

“Am I blocking Qin Yi’s handsome face? Okay, okay, Qin Yi, move the product down a bit.”

Qin Xian silently complied, perfectly portraying the persona of a mute.

Huang Quxie’s mouth didn’t stop, “Does this weight-loss product have any inspection reports? No, why would it? It’s all made by our village ourselves.”

The bullet comments immediately showed a string of question marks: [You dare to sell weight-loss medicine made by yourselves?]

Off-screen, Annie, who was drinking water, choked and quickly calmed her breathing before rushing to salvage the situation, “Ah, yes, yes! Please privately message customer service, and we’ll send it to you! They’re new employees and not familiar with things. Our products are absolutely safe!”

As she spoke, Qin Xian behind her was looking at the medicine left and right, then said to Annie, “This thing doesn’t seem to have any safety markings either. Sister Annie, how do you choose your products?”

“You!” Annie was almost infuriated to death. These two sentences had already completely caused a livestreaming disaster!

She looked up at the comments and, as expected, they had become lively.

[Oh? A live disaster? They sold this weight-loss medicine last time, right?]

[You still want to sell it to us? You’re not just trying to get our money, you’re trying to kill us.]

[Family members, let’s report them?]

Author’s Note:

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It’s on the charts, but the clicks only increased by five, hahahaha [noob]. It seems there aren’t many people with the same XP? Or is the title not good? Should I change the title? Maybe no one will reply to me, but do you angel investors have any title suggestions? If I adopt one, I’ll send you a big red envelope [pitiful].