Trillionaire's Slice of Life

"Tiger Bro is awesome, but hey, what's a Half-step Grandmaster?"

"The person above must be a primary school student, to not even know what a Half-step Grandmaster is. You at least know about the top ten Great Grandmasters of Hua Country, right? What? You still don't know? You must have heard about the Shaolin Abbot, Master Lianshang! A so-called Half-step Grandmaster is someone just a notch below the Shaolin Abbot. Get it now?"

"The person above is talking nonsense. The Shaolin Abbot is the numero uno in martial arts. Forget a few Half-step Grandmasters, even if the other nine Great Grandmasters banded together, they might not be a match for Master Lianshang. A mere Half-step Grandmaster? Master Lianshang could handle a hundred of them with one hand tied behind his back!"

"Although I'm a Shaolin fan too, you're going a bit too far, aren't you? Master Lianshang is indeed formidable, but that was his peak strength twenty years back. Let's leave everything else aside, but isn't Master Lianshang over ninety years old now? A ninety-something-year-old monk, and you expect him to take on a hundred Half-step Grandmasters? Dream on!"

"Indeed, all the top ten Great Grandmasters were selected twenty years ago and many have aged, some are even long gone. There's probably not a single one who can really fight anymore. Right now, the ceiling of combat strength must be these Half-step Grandmasters. What a pity, Hua Country will not see another Great Grandmaster...!"

"Ignorant child, leaving everything else aside, where would you put Master Jiang Dingnan of Jiang? Just months ago, at the underground fighting championship in Zhongzhou City, Master Jiang knocked down a Half-step Grandmaster with a single punch. That vigor, I fear it's even closer to that of his prime twenty years ago. Who dares say there are no real Great Grandmasters in martial arts? Oh, with your kind of perspective, you'll probably never see a true master in your lifetime!"

"What are you all even talking about? Great Grandmasters in martial arts? Half-step Grandmasters? A post-2005 girl here, totally not getting it, waaaah!"

...

As the fan known as Zhongzhou Big Tiger sent ten consecutive 'super fires,' causing a colossal splash on the screen, the promotional effects of the gifts soon became apparent. Not long after, the live-streaming room's audience count soared beyond three thousand five hundred, with the popularity index hitting over three hundred thousand. This was now Rong Duo'er's most attended live broadcast in her one-year streaming career.

She watched as the screen filled with barrage after barrage of fan comments, covering the screen like an overwhelming flood. For Rong Duo'er, who usually only had a few hundred fans during most streams, this performance was off the charts!

She certainly didn't dare to neglect the top gifter that had just swamped her with presents and promptly aimed her phone's camera directly in front of her. There, a group of middle-aged men was eagerly sharing something with each other.

Rong Duo'er, as a young girl of the new age, wasn't interested in any martial arts Grandmasters. Having been born when the era of martial arts Great Grandmasters slowly came to an end, a girl raised on Korean dramas and chasing after celebrities naturally couldn't appreciate the charm of Hua Country's martial arts. Therefore, apart from feeling that the middle-aged men opposite her all had quite an imposing aura, she didn't have any special impression of them.

However, as the four middle-aged men appeared on the live broadcast, the already frenetic comments section turned even denser. Simultaneously, several fans, including Zhongzhou Big Tiger, started sending gifts in a flurry.

Of course, not every fan had the status of an 'emperor' like Zhongzhou Big Tiger, so even though the number of gifts increased, the prices weren't as extravagant as the 'super fires,' mostly ranging between tens to hundreds of RMB.

Even so, for Rong Duo'er, who was merely a lower-tier streamer, this was still a delightful turn of events.

Holding the phone, Rong Duo'er leaned toward it and whispered her thanks. Since there were people all around, she didn't dare speak loudly, afraid of drawing attention to herself.

"Streamer, if you dare interview those big shots over there, I'll send you ten more super fires! No, make that twenty!"

Emperor-status user Zhongzhou Big Tiger sent the message. He had just managed to send another two super fires and from the start of the stream until now, he had sent a whopping twelve super fires. Each of these top-tier items cost two thousand RMB, and twelve amounted to a total of twenty-four thousand RMB.

While small gifts kept coming in the live broadcast, the combined value of all the gifts from everyone over this time didn't match a single super fire from Zhongzhou Big Tiger.

This just showed how significant this big spender was to the live room. Without him, Rong Duo'er's livestream might be hot, but the earnings would be modest.

That's why those streamers would fawn over the big spenders.

At this moment, Rong Duo'er was hesitant. On one hand, she really wanted those twenty super fires, a total of forty thousand RMB.

On the other hand, she feared causing a scene and getting kicked out of the hall. If that happened, she'd lose her chance at the huge streaming success on hand.

While Rong Duo'er showed her hesitation, the middle-aged men opposite her, who all exuded an extraordinary presence, suddenly burst into loud laughter, and one of them stood up from his seat.

The middle-aged man who attracted the gaze of the entire hall appeared to be around thirty-five or thirty-six years old. Standing about 1.85 meters tall with broad shoulders, he was wearing a thin white shirt that highlighted his well-developed chest muscles.

After standing, the middle-aged man slowly approached the stage. He then focused intently, seemingly mustering something within him.

Rong Duo'er, utterly clueless, instinctively aimed her phone's camera at him, not understanding what the Half-step Grandmaster intended to do. The stage in front of her was a five-meter square platform, about a meter high, with four poles each 1.2 meters high at the corners, connected by ropes to form the ring.