"PK, starting now."
A few words appeared on the screen and then appeared progressing bars beneath it. Now both of the progressing bars are "0", between which the countdown of 10 minutes had started.
"9:59"
"9:58"
…
"Hello, Vicky." Sonia waved her hands to Vicky whose screen name was "Vicky Shepard".
"Hello," said Vicky carelessly. There was no time for her to talk nonsense with Sonia, as Vicky was inwardly eager for the 100,000 yuan prize.
Vicky had a clear mind. Having doing live streaming for such long time, Sonia must know better than her. On the contrast, Vicky had only started it for a few hours. She would definitely lose the competition if following Sonia's pattern. The only chance to win was to insist on her own style.
"Dear fans, tell me all your requirements as many as you have. As long as you give me enough rewards, Vicky will certainly satisfy you. Those fans now in Sonia's chat room, you may also switch to mine, if you like me."
In Sonia's chat room, some people started scolding Vicky for talking arrogantly and impolitely.
Sonia, however, wasn't angry at all. Instead, she made explanations for Vicky. How could Sonia didn't know what kind of streamers was liked since she was doing live stream for some time? Those generous,pretty, polite and nice streamers were more popular among the audience. A streamer like Vicky, who was aggressive and vied for fans at the very beginning, could make a living by live streaming, she must be dreaming.
Sonia's progressing bar had started to increase, sure enough. Some of the audience in her chat room, however, went to Vicky's and most of whom abused Vicky.
Staring at the screen , Vicky just ignored the abusive bullet screen comments and she was only focusing on the ones which was useful.
"Reddy: Filling a pail of water and watering yourself from the head. A [Monday Gun](equalling to 300 yuan)"
"MissMe: Finishing a bottle of cola at a breath. A [Magic Book](equalling to 99 yuan). Remember to violently shake it before drinking."
"BIGDADDY: Putting two pens into your nose and holding them for 30 seconds. A [High Energy Alert](equalling to 88 yuan)
…
"Okay. Reddy, I'll do it right now. Don't forget the rewards please. Others fans may also reward me if you are happily watching my show. Thanks to you a lot."
Finishing her words, Vicky got a bucket of water at once and came in front of her phone camera, "I'm going to pour the water, dear fans. Please remember to give me rewards if you are amused."
Standing there, Vicky folded her arms over the chest and closed her eyes tightly. Her two roommates lifted the bucket and then the icy water came pelting down from her head. What a cool feeling.
Vicky was soaked and the makeup on her face was even messed. Short sleeve shirt was sticking to her body. The color of her bra and the contour were partly seen.
The audience got excited in the bullet screen comments. A heap of "666" had flashed through the screen. Besides those who had sent requests rewarded a [Money Gun], others also started sending gifts, including lots of [Necklace], [Bikini], and [Lucky Charm] which cost a few coins; along with some [Ferrari] and [High Energy Alert].
The progressing bar of Vicky had reached over 14,000; while it was only 500 for Sonia.
Vicky was overjoyed in the heart for seeing her progressing bar was much better than Sonia's.
Despite falling far behind, Sonia appeared not to worry at all. She was dancing at the beginning. After seeing Vicky's hard performance, Sonia seemed to become a fan of Vicky as well.
"Vicky is so hardworking that I have never seen a streamer work as hard as her. I should also follow her chat room to learn from her." Sonia showed the audience her phone that she did follow Vicky. She then propped her head watching Vicky in silence, as if she was a "Buddha-like" streamer.
Humph! Don't make fool of me that you were tricking me. I wouldn't believe you. The 100,000 prize was mine. No one could ever take it. Vicky thought.
"MissMe", I'm drinking cola now. Don't forget the rewards please." After saying so, Vicky took a 500ml bottle of Coca-Cola bought by her roommate. Following the request to shake it hard, Vicky smiled opening it and then put the bottle in her mouth immediately.
The carbon dioxide rose from the bottle rapidly and the volume of bottle expanded soon. The cola almost rushed into Vicky's throat which was made itchy; some even rushed into her trachea. That was quite uncomfortable.
Vicky was made sick, but she tightly shut her eyes once thinking of the 100,000 yuan. Vicky forced herself not to spray the cola out.
Instead, she swallowed the cola mouthful by mouthful. Brown cola continuously flew from her mouth down to her chest.
Vicky did finish the 500ml cola at a stretch.
She had a long burp while speaking and almost got choked with tears by the pungent smell.
Vicky didn't think she was humiliating herself. The only thing in her mind was money for which she was willing to do anything.
Then Vicky also satisfied others' weird requests.
Giving herself a heavy slap;
Eating a length of toilet paper;
…
Vicky had followed whatever they asked.
The rewards were great and continuously sent by the audience. The progressing bar of Sonia had been compressed by Vicky's and was barely seen. Vicky's progressing bar was 27,000; while Sonia's was only 2,000. There were 2 minutes left. It appeared that Vicky was going to win for sure.
At this time, having been silently watching Vicky's terrible performance, Sonia lightly murmured,"It's just getting started."
"Dear fans, I'm going to sing The Chill for you and you may send me gifts if you have," Sonia said so. She then turned on the accompaniment of The Chill, of which the sound was pretty loud like a song for a battle.
"Breeze growing cold fading into night
Searching high and low running out of light
Cant let it go, try as you might…"
Sonia sang quite well, which was one of her unique skills for live streaming.
Vicky thought in her mind, ‘Sonia must have been driven insane by me. Singing such an upset song with these distinct disadvantages, how could you want them to sent you gifts? Everyone liked jollification and big activities. You were an streamer with 20,000 followers after all. What a shame!’
"Give me more gifts, my fans. There are 2 more minutes that we will win." Holding a full basin of water, "I got more water", Vicky pour it on herself.
Sonia were not affected at all. She kept singing and even started dancing. With dress moving, Sonia looked like a pure fairy.
"Casting away, moments from before
Love in an ocean, you say its desert on the shore"
She then transferred to male voice as if the song was really sung by a man, which had surprised the all the audience in their chat rooms.
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