"The fan growth phase in our account doesn't really need any adjustments! Let's wait until our fan base reaches a hundred thousand before making any changes!"
"Speaking of which, when did you learn those good-luck sayings? Have you been practicing beforehand?"
"Hehe! After all, we're streamers in front of the camera; gotta have a little talent, right? I secretly learned it from watching northeastern streamers on Er Ya!
I didn't expect to be so impressive today! Tsk, tsk, with all these gift tips, don't I get a share too?" Meng Fan said boastfully.
When it comes to gift distribution, Zhang Yang and Meng Fan didn't shy away from the topic. They've known each other for years, enough to understand each other's personalities, so even with such a sensitive topic like money, they can discuss it openly.
As front-camera streamers, this new job doesn't have professional technical guidelines or industry standards, so whether or not to share the tips isn't clear.
Sharing them makes sense, as people contributed effort, and they should get a part of the tips.
Not sharing them is also understandable since Zhang Yang pays Meng Fan a salary.
However, Zhang Yang's response this time surprised Meng Fan a bit.
Zhang Yang said solemnly, "About how to handle these gift tips, I want to discuss it with you!!
I know you don't care much about money, so I'll be blunt!
Before you respond, let me share my personal thoughts. I want to use the money from our live tips to do something meaningful!"
"Huh? What are you planning to do?" Meng Fan was taken aback.
Seeing Zhang Yang so serious, Meng Fan thought he was going to talk about the percentage of the cut or something, but to his surprise, Zhang Yang's thoughts had leaped in a completely different direction.
Zhang Yang gazed into the distance and said faintly, "If we were in the initial stage of startup and extremely lacking funds, I would, of course, treat all this tip money as part of our live streaming income without second thought and use it as such!
But I think we've moved beyond that low level of just solving basic needs! We should have a bit of a spiritual pursuit!
I want to consolidate all the fans' tips and, when we have enough money, quietly to build a Hope School!
We may not be entrepreneurs, but since we're benefiting from the era's dividends, we should show some gratitude!
Additionally, this idea, aside from satisfying personal desires, also has practical benefits!
For the future development of live streaming, a streamer needs to have an extremely distinct strong persona!
Living off the internet, no one can guarantee they won't slip up someday. Besides enriching us on a spiritual level, doing such good deeds is also a trump card.
If you ever take a wrong turn or attract malicious people, it also serves as a protector!
You can see it as vanity or idealism, but that's my personal opinion. What's your take?"
"Building a school! There's nothing much to say, let's build it! If we don't have enough money, I can pitch in some!"
Without dwelling on Zhang Yang's personal emotions or deep thoughts behind the decision, Meng Fan directly agreed.
"Uh, don't you think I'm showing off too much?"
Meng Fan's straightforwardness caught Zhang Yang off guard.
Meng Fan took another sip of bottled water, "There's no showing off in supporting the Hope Project and building a school!
If there is, I hope there'd be more of such showing off! Honestly, Yang Ge, I think this idea is just too cool!
We'll secretly save the tip money and build a school when we have enough! Then, I can say I've contributed to the country and people; it's a great thing that gets my blood pumping just thinking about it!"
"Alright! With your words, I'm content! Let's hurry and eat, we've got more to do after filling up!"
"Eat what? Cook on-site?"
"Seeing how well you performed today, I'm treating you. Let's hit the snack shop at the village entrance and eat whatever you'd like!"
In the following days, the duo of Zhang Yang and Meng Fan hosted several more reservoir fishing live streams. Overall, things were mostly as Zhang Yang had predicted, with traffic currently in an explosive growth phase, making it the perfect time to expand and stake their territory.
In just a week of broadcasting, the live channel "Wild Fishing on the Lake," personally overseen by Zhang Yang, officially surpassed the milestone of a hundred thousand followers!
Under the outdoor fishing vertical category, Zhang Yang's account, registered less than a month ago, became a leading channel.
While Zhang Yang and Meng Fan's new account progress was smooth and astonishing, the Black Pit Jianghu trio, which had an earlier account application, wasn't having such a smooth time recently.
In recent days, Wang Yan and Han Qiang ran into a troublesome issue.
A Hebei netizen, known as Brother Eight Hundred Pounds, openly heckled Wang Yan in the live chat, claiming a record catch of eight hundred pounds of Black Pit carp singlehandedly and challenging the Black Pit Jianghu trio to a showdown.
Post-2018, when the Black Pit industry matured, an eight hundred pound catch was hardly impressive; even a thousand-pound single-hand catch wasn't unusual. The small fish company CEO Zhang Shuo, nicknamed Iron Arm Atom, easily caught a thousand pounds in specially designed high-density pits, much like having a meal.
But at this point in time, many true Black Pit releases might not even reach eight hundred pounds.
Annoyed by others' bragging, Wang Yan went head-to-head in the live chat with Brother Eight Hundred Pounds, escalating from initial skepticism to actually arranging an offline fishing contest.