Tycoon: From Rags to Riches

Chapter 146: Chapter 137: Prince Heng

The twin sisters’ live stream channel, which originally had only a few hundred viewers, suddenly exploded to nearly ten thousand. All of them were drawn in by the constant notifications pushed by the TikTok system.

The once-sparse chat was now flying by at a frantic pace.

"Carnivals 99+? Seriously badass!"

"Today has really been an eye-opener, holy shit!"

"A do-or-die match? Playing for such high stakes?"

"Who’s Prince Heng? I’ve never heard of this tycoon before!"

"Damn, I wouldn’t even spam ’Little Hearts’ like that. This is too exaggerated!"

"Obviously, that male voice from the beginning was Prince Heng. He’s with the twin sisters. I bet they’re both about to get ’schooled’ tonight!"

"Big Brother Prince Heng, promise me you’ll let them go home, okay?"

"Go home? Going home tomorrow morning still counts. And a hotel is also a home!"

...

Countless comments scrolled by. By the time the PK battle ended, the notification reading "[Prince Heng] sent Carnival ×99+," which had remained unchanged, had silently updated to "[Prince Heng] sent Carnival ×199+".

In other words, Gu Heng had just sent a full 200 Carnivals.

"Xiaobingbing!"

"So, do you admit defeat or not!"

The twin sisters’ faces were flushed red with excitement.

Gu Heng had gifted them 200 Carnivals. The gifts alone were worth 600,000. Even after the platform took half and their agency took its cut, they would still pocket nearly 200,000.

Keep in mind, for their other work here, they had to force smiles and drink with clients, and the two of them together only made 200,000. But just now, they had only performed two dances and had already received over 200,000 in gifts.

On top of that, they also gained an overwhelming amount of traffic and became a massive trending topic.

This PK battle tonight, once the news had time to marinate, would surely be clipped and reposted by countless content farm accounts. The steady stream of traffic from those accounts would benefit the sisters for a long time to come.

In short, the benefits were immense.

"I concede."

"Wholeheartedly and completely."

Bingbing came to her senses, a wry smile on her face.

’Sending two hundred Carnivals just to win this PK,’ she thought, ’you really think I’m worth the trouble, Big Bro!’

’This is a textbook case of using a cannon to kill a mosquito!’

"Quickly, quickly!"

"The punishment! The punishment!"

Shuyu, who had a lively personality to begin with, could barely sit still.

"A bet’s a bet!"

With that, Bingbing cleared her throat and, in her most cloying, cutesy voice, began to lay on the praise. Each syrupy-sweet "Brother Hangwang" was paired with her pure, lovely, and beautiful face.

It was a good thing Gu Heng was made of sterner stuff. A more ’sensitive’ man might have been... coaxed to completion by her voice alone.

"Ask her for her location."

Gu Heng gestured to Shuyu with a lift of his chin.

Shuyu froze for a second before quickly relaying his question. "Xiaobingbing, where are you?"

"I’m in Zhonghai,"

Bingbing replied honestly.

"You’re not at home?"

Shuyu was a bit surprised.

Bingbing replied, "A domestic cosmetics brand invited me to their Double 12 event, so I’m here in Zhonghai for a business trip..."

Suddenly, before she could finish, a look of shock appeared on Bingbing’s face.

At first, Shuyu and Shuyue didn’t know what was happening. But when the TikTok system notification, [Prince Heng has gifted a Carnival in Bingbing’s live stream], appeared at the top of their screen, they suddenly realized Gu Heng had gone over to Bingbing’s channel.

"Wow!"

"Welcome, Brother Hangwang, to my live stream!"

"Thank you for the Carnival, Brother Hangwang!"

Bingbing’s expression shifted from shock to delight, and she immediately put on her cutesy voice again.

The twin sisters instinctively turned to look at Gu Heng, their eyes holding a hint of pouty resentment.

’What’s this supposed to mean?’

’Is he cheating on us right to our faces?’

But given Gu Heng’s status, if he wanted to show off, so be it. They didn’t dare say a word.

Gu Heng was direct. After gifting 10 consecutive Carnivals in Bingbing’s stream, he sent a scrolling banner comment: "Want to come hang out near The Bund?"

When Gu Heng’s comment scrolled across the screen, the fans in Bingbing’s stream went wild.

"I’m literally shaking! Can you really do whatever you want just because you’re rich?"

"Bingbing, I’ll gift you my breakfast money for tomorrow! Please don’t agree to go with him!"

"Seriously? Big Brother Prince Heng, you’re asking the streamer to meet up offline and you’re not even trying to be discreet about it in front of us?"

"Damn it, is he doing this to our faces as fans?"

"Reject him now, or I’m unfollowing immediately! I’ll never send you ’Little Hearts’ again!"

...

The chat scrolled on, filled with the fans’ outrage.

Soon, the Level 65 Big Bro in Bingbing’s stream also spoke up.

"Heh..."

"Our Bingbing is a good girl. She never meets up with people offline."

"Prince Heng, stop dreaming. There’s no way Bingbing would ever agree."

However, just as the Level 65 Big Bro finished speaking...

Bingbing was seen hesitating for only a moment before quietly asking, "Brother Hangwang, where on The Bund are you?"

Level 65 Big Bro: "???"

Level 65 Big Bro: "!!!"

Hearing this, Gu Heng couldn’t help but smirk.

"I’ll have Shuyue and Shuyu send you the location."

Gu Heng sent another scrolling banner comment, showing no intention of being discreet.

After posting the comment, he gifted another 20 consecutive Carnivals and then promptly left Bingbing’s stream.

"Thank you, Brother Hangwang~"

Bingbing saw that Gu Heng had left, but she still thanked him warmly.

At that moment, the number of comments in Bingbing’s stream exploded once again.

"Meeting a whale offline late at night... what do you guys think they’re going to do?"

"What else? They’ll role-play. Prince Heng can be the Education Bureau Chief, and Bingbing can be the elementary school principal. Then Prince Heng can repeatedly ’inspect’ Bingbing’s ’elementary school’!"

"LMAO, Bingbing is doing that Level 65 Big Bro so dirty, not leaving him a shred of dignity!"

"Prince Heng is the real deal. He went from Level 1 to 53 in just a few minutes. The man really treats money like it’s nothing!"

"I really hope Big Brother Prince Heng has a ’photography’ hobby!"

"Bingbing, you’re coming home tonight, right? Please, promise me!"

"SOB SOB SOB, Bingbing, you can do whatever you want with the whale, just please don’t kiss him, okay?!"

...

While her male fans were having a collective meltdown, Bingbing ended her stream without a moment’s hesitation.

What is the core competitive advantage for a streamer who gets by on their looks?

It was never the number of viewers in the stream, but the number and quality of their patrons.

Why do many female streamers who normally only have a few dozen viewers still stream tirelessly and have incredibly high PK Levels?

It’s because they have a stable of patrons who gift them money every single day.

And for a major influencer like Bingbing, if she wanted to take her career to the next level, she needed a top-tier patron to back her.

In other words, she needed a patron who was the equivalent of a nuclear weapon in her arsenal.

You don’t use it normally, but when you do, it’s world-shaking and utterly invincible.

Clearly, Gu Heng was exactly that kind of top-tier patron.

Even though Bingbing didn’t know what Gu Heng looked like or how old he was, since he had invited her to meet up—and with the twin sisters there as well—she naturally wouldn’t pass up such a perfect opportunity to connect with a top-tier patron.

’As for whether something more would happen after they met tonight, she wasn’t thinking about that for now. While she was eager to connect with a top-tier patron, she wasn’t the kind of girl who would do anything and everything just to lock one down.’

’If she truly had no bottom line, with her looks and figure, she would’ve become a top-tier influencer with tens of millions of followers long ago.’

’There was some money, she had to admit, that she just couldn’t bring herself to earn.’

In fact, it wasn’t just Bingbing. Most of the female influencers on the yacht tonight were like her; they still had some basic principles.

Don’t be fooled by the fact that they all took gigs as party companions; for most, this was as far as it went.

Chatting and having a few drinks.

If things were to go any further, they were selective about who it was with.

After all, their own incomes were already quite good. They weren’t so desperate for money that they couldn’t afford to be picky.

Some were picky about looks, others about age.

Some were picky about personality, others about chemistry.

Of course...

...the prerequisite was always that the man had to be rich and have high social status.

After Bingbing logged off in a flash, Gu Heng turned to the twin sisters and ordered, "Send her the location."

"Okay."

Shuyu replied obediently.

Even though the number of viewers in the sisters’ stream had surpassed 20,000, reaching an all-time high for their careers, they didn’t hesitate for a second. Following Bingbing’s lead, they also ended their stream in a flash.

On the yacht, Gu Heng felt the intensely hot gazes on his back. He couldn’t help but let out a faint, nonchalant chuckle.

"Does anyone else want to dance?"

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