45 “You think a heartless capitalist can make me turn back? Pah! (1 / 2)”

The live stream was bustling, with countless trolls driving up the heat, pushing Ark into the top five on the platform, followed by an endless stream of new viewers.

Within the week, Ark’s standout streaming data had caught everyone’s attention.

If Ark paid close attention, he would notice several accounts with guild TITLES entering the live stream.

But right now, he was chasing airdrops with a young heiress, the two of them maneuvering characters on a motorcycle, weaving through the wilderness, with an airdrop slowly descending in the sky ahead.

“Are we going after the airdrop?”

The young heiress, after tipping Ark, switched back to the game interface and noticed he was heading that way, so she asked sincerely.

After over a week of learning, she knew that an airdrop was a supply drop containing various resources. However, airdrops were limited and often led to competition.

Previously, when Ark played with her, they were more conservative, either playing it safe as ‘ground wizards’ or hiding in houses as ‘sixth players’ picking up leftovers.

Today, he first took her to G Harbor, and now they were chasing an airdrop, a much more aggressive move than usual.

“Yes, today we play for the thrill.”

Fangzhou, brimming with joy, laughed heartily as he watched the live stream’s viewership soar. He was so thrilled that he didn’t even care about any haters.

Where are the haters? This is clearly a shower of riches!

The guild assistant, who had been observing for a while, finally sent out the first barrage of messages.

Xingchen Guild – Xiaowei: “Fangzhou, our boss wants you to give him a call.”

However, this inconspicuous message was immediately drowned out by the overwhelming barrage and vanished in a flash.

Xiaowei was dumbfounded. As Fangzhou’s former live stream moderator, her messages were always highlighted and never buried.

But now, without the ‘moderator’ tag, her messages were like stones sinking into the sea.

Undeterred, Xiaowei sent out several more messages.

Xingchen Guild – Xiaowei: “Brother Zhou, our boss wants you to call him back.”

Xingchen Guild – Xiaowei: “Brother Zhou! The guild is calling!”

Xingchen Guild – Xiaowei: “Host! If you see this message, please return the call!”

Xiaowei’s spamming led to many viewers’ dissatisfaction, and they retorted without hesitation.

“What kind of lousy boss deserves a call from Zhou himself? Get lost!”

“Xingchen Guild? I remember Fangzhou used to be with this guild, right? Why are they looking for someone in the live stream now? Don’t they have a private way to contact him?”

“Who cares if they do or not? The live stream is hot right now. Asking the host to return a call is just trying to spoil it for everyone else, pah! What nonsense!”

Xiaowei hadn’t expected her spamming to attract so much abuse. She felt wronged and didn’t dare to send any more messages.

She was just the messenger, after all. It was so unfair.

With no other choice, Xiaowei switched to her phone’s interface and messaged the guild boss, Zhou Yongde.

“Boss, his live stream is too popular. He can’t see my messages, and he’s not answering my calls either.”

Zhou Yongde was watching Fangzhou’s live stream and saw all the insults from the audience. His already sour mood turned even worse.

He replied to Xiaowei: “I know. Don’t worry about it anymore.”

Then, he finally sent out his first message in the live stream.

Xingchen Guild – Boss Zhou: “Fangzhou, you’re quite popular, huh.”

45 Want me to turn back for a heartless capitalist? Pah! (2/2)

Since Zhou Yongde was the guild boss and had spent a lot of money in Fangzhou’s live stream for research purposes, his messages were not drowned out but were quite prominent.

Unfortunately for him, Fangzhou had just received an airdrop and was busy playing with a Kar98k sniper rifle, with no time to pay attention to him.

Even if he saw Zhou Yongde’s message, he acted as if he hadn’t, taking the rich heiress to the highest point of the mountain to snipe at those coming up behind, hoping to scavenge.

“Bang! Bang!”

Two shots took down two people, with two more hiding behind rocks.

Fangzhou peeked out and then quickly pulled back. The two indeed fired a couple of shots but missed, only to be taken out by Fangzhou’s precise headshots.

“Brilliant! What a move to advance by retreating!”

“Hey, no, why does this 98K rifle feel so smooth in his hands, yet it’s useless in mine?”

“HAHAHA, that slick maneuvering, he’s got quite the knack for it, impressive!”

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Ark saw everyone’s praise and took a rare moment to respond.

“Welcome to my live stream, folks. Just enjoy the show and have a good time.”

Upon seeing Ark’s disregard, Yongde Zhou’s anger flared up, unable to maintain his composure, he directly threw shade.

“After all, you were once under my Starlight Guild, is this how you treat your former boss?”

Ark glanced over and let out a cold laugh.

Where was this boss when the live stream was struggling? Did he support even a little bit?

The young man’s pleasant voice echoed in the live stream, audible to everyone.

“Have you ever seen a worker, exploited to the bone, turn around and thank the capitalist?”

After saying this, Ark ignored Yongde Zhou and continued to guide his wealthy patron through the game.

The shrinking safe zone was quite far from them, driving would be faster.

Perhaps it was Ark’s words that resonated with countless workers in the live stream, and Ark’s long-time fans began to explain.

“This unscrupulous boss wanted to sign Ark to an oppressive contract when he saw Ark’s popularity waning, offering a mere two thousand a month!”

“He doesn’t think back to when Ark was at his peak, how he boosted the other Starlight hosts, playing them like pawns.”

The audience instantly understood Ark, and they began to curse Yongde Zhou.

“Pah! What kind of boss is that, just a greedy capitalist, acting all innocent after taking advantage!”

“Don’t even mention the former boss not spending money, even if he treated me to a meal, I’d still find the stench of capitalism on him too strong!”

“Yeah, what’s there to reconcile? Just because Ark’s now popular again, you want to cozy up? Disgusting, you guilds!”

Not only did Yongde Zhou not receive any kind words from Ark, but he also unexpectedly endured a barrage of insults from the netizens, fueling his rage and embarrassment even more.

He left a message saying “Ungrateful,” then slinked away from the live stream.

He had indeed wanted to discuss a contract renewal with Ark, as after the broadcast of the romance variety show, Ark’s popularity had surged, and so had the live stream revenue. Yongde Zhou thought of exploiting him further.

But now, Yongde Zhou furiously smashed his phone against the wall, his eyes seething with malice.

“Ark! You’ll regret not accepting my toast, see how I’ll destroy you!”

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