UCS Chapter 77.1

Zhou You was a well-known internet celebrity who did outdoor live streaming.

 

She was beautiful, especially those eyes—dark and bright. Combined with interesting content and high emotional intelligence, she had transformed from a small internet celebrity to a major one with over a million followers in just one year. Later, she even fell in love with her top donor—a young rich second-generation heir.

 

The young rich second-generation truly loved her. He withstood pressure from his parents and got engaged to her, and she didn’t disappoint him either. Her gracious behavior in front of her boyfriend’s parents eventually won the approval of her future in-laws.

 

Just like today—she was allowed to attend a birthday banquet as the young rich second-generation’s fiancée. This was equivalent to her somewhat difficult mother-in-law telling her that she acknowledged her as a daughter-in-law.

 

“Ah Zhe, is this birthday banquet very important? You seem a bit nervous.”

 

Zhou You’s boyfriend finished adjusting his tie, stepped back a bit to take a good look, then withdrew his hand with satisfaction.

 

The young rich second-generation nodded, his excitement barely contained in his expression, “Baby, do you know whose birthday banquet this is?”

 

“Whose?”

 

“It’s the Gao family patriarch’s birthday banquet.”

 

“What?!”

 

The Gao family? Was it—was it that Gao family?

 

Zhou You’s beautiful eyes suddenly widened. She had a guess in her heart but didn’t dare voice it.

 

The young rich second-generation nodded vigorously, “That’s right, it’s that Gao family.”

 

Zhou You’s face immediately flushed red. She opened her mouth, wanting to speak but stopping herself, asking somewhat incoherently for the first time, “Then—then how did they invite us?”

 

However, the rich second-generation wasn’t offended. Instead, he puffed out his chest somewhat proudly, “It shows our family has been developing well recently and caught the Gao family’s attention.”

 

When someone is so far above you, you can’t even generate jealousy—only admiration remains. Even having your name mentioned alongside theirs feels like an honor.

 

Zhou You’s engagement to the young rich second-generation already represented crossing one social class, but the young rich second-generation’s family compared to the Gao family—who knew how many levels separated them?

 

City B had four major families. The Gao family wasn’t among these four major families, yet their status was even higher.

 

From this, the Gao family’s influence was evident.

 

Going to such an important occasion for the first time, Zhou You also became somewhat flustered. This engaged couple helped each other adjust their clothes, heading to the banquet with turbulent emotions.

 

Zhou You looked out through the car window.

 

Where they were going was the Gao family’s ancestral home.

 

Through the car window, she could see this continuous, undulating mountain range, which was said to be entirely part of the Gao family’s ancestral home.

 

After getting out of the car, she looked up at the ancient-style gate before her. For a moment, she couldn’t think of other descriptive words, only thinking that TV dramas were still conservative—just the Gao family’s gate alone was far more magnificent than the palaces in TV dramas.

 

Looking at the people coming and going, many were figures who could only be seen on television and in magazines. Immediately, her nervousness reached its peak.

 

But having been a streamer for so long, she still had basic facial management skills. She tried to greet people around her as gracefully and generously as possible, attempting to leave a good impression.

 

More and more people arrived. Familiar faces gathered in small groups of three or four to chat, and many people formed social circles on the spot.

 

Aside from the Gao family patriarch’s birthday banquet, almost no one could gather so many people from their circles so completely.

 

Zhou You and the young rich second-generation found a gap and ran to a quiet place. The two looked at each other and deeply tried to calm their heartbeats.

 

Even though they had mentally prepared themselves, they hadn’t expected their psychological preparation to be insufficient.

 

The young rich second-generation looked around, found the restroom, and waved to his girlfriend, “Baby, I’m going to the restroom. Can you wait for me outside?”

 

Zhou You nodded.

 

Though there was no one around here, the nervous emotions in her heart couldn’t be calmed for a long time.

 

When she got nervous, she would instinctively open her fan group. These fans had accompanied her through all the ups and downs. In her heart, these fans weren’t just fans, but friends and family she had never met.

 

In the fan group, her fans were discussing.

 

“It’s almost live streaming time. Wonder where Youzi will stream today?”

 

“I think that stream where she visited empty-nest elderly and cooked and delivered food to them was great. That village is near my home—it’s famous for being an empty-nest elderly village. Ever since Youzi went there and made the village popular, it also caught the local government’s attention. Now the elderly’s lives are much better.”

 

“Our Youzi does all positive, uplifting things.”

 

Looking at the back-and-forth discussion in the fan group, Zhou You suddenly remembered that due to being overly nervous, she had actually forgotten to request time off today.

 

She was just about to switch to her livestream page to post a leave notice when unexpectedly, a male voice suddenly came from behind her.

 

“Hmm? You’re a streamer.”

 

Zhou You spun around abruptly. Standing before her was a handsome man in a pink casual suit, with amorous peach blossom eyes and a neatly trimmed beard.

 

Zhou You was stunned, and her heart, which had just barely calmed down, began racing wildly again, “Are you—are you Senior Cheng?”

 

Anyone who had paid attention to the beauty industry had heard of Cheng Zeqi’s name to some extent.

 

Unlike Gao Shi, Cheng Zeqi was very happy to show himself in front of cameras. According to Gao Shi, he was like a peacock showing off its plumage. Therefore, many people could recognize his signature peach blossom eyes.

 

Cheng Zeqi smiled and nodded, saying, “Sorry, I just saw you standing here alone and was worried you might need help with something. I was going to come ask you, but accidentally caught a glimpse of your screen. I saw it said fan group—are you a streamer?”

 

Zhou You nodded dazedly.

 

Cheng Zeqi smiled, “That’s great! Then miss, I wonder if you could do us a favor?”

 

…

 

Zhou You’s steps were light and airy, nearly forgetting about her boyfriend who was still in the restroom.

 

When the young rich second-generation saw Zhou You walking over in a daze, he quickly stepped forward, “Baby, where did you go? I called you but you didn’t answer—I was worried sick.”

 

The usually gentle Zhou You, however, raised her head proudly and for the first time didn’t respond to her boyfriend.

 

“Ah Zhe, I—I just saw beauty master Cheng Zeqi and a young master from the Gao family.”

 

“They said they want to commission me to do a livestream.”

 

Her rich second-generation boyfriend nearly dropped his jaw in shock, “What? A livestream?”

 

“But aren’t there reporters on site? And I remember the Gao family already hired professional livestream staff. Why would they still need you?”

 

The rich second-generation’s words truly held no malice—he was simply puzzled. Never mind him, even Zhou You didn’t understand. Right now it felt like being in a dream, unable to believe she had actually received livestream authorization.

 

Cheng Zeqi had told her that for this livestream, aside from the attending celebrities, she should try not to film the guests’ faces directly. The celebrities had been notified about the livestream agreement and could be filmed. Additionally, she could film the Gao family’s environment. However, most importantly, she must clearly capture the announcement the Gao family would make after the cake-cutting ceremony.

 

Zhou You naturally had no objections.

 

In fact, even just taking a few photos would bring her tremendous traffic, not to mention the Gao family had promised her promotional rights for a line of earphones.

 

Anything associated with Gao family products was something countless people would fight tooth and nail to compete for, yet it had fallen into her hands so easily.

 

She was determined to make this livestream absolutely perfect.

 

…

 

Cheng Zeqi put his arm around Gao Shi’s shoulder, saying, “How about it? I’m still more thorough than you thought, right?”

 

Gao Shi didn’t refute, teasing, “Old Cheng is finally reliable for once.”

 

Cheng Zeqi’s proud expression showed his tail practically wagging to the sky.

 

“See, I told you! The livestream platform you found is formal enough, but it doesn’t have much traffic. They basically don’t have entertainment livestreams either—people who usually watch streams on that platform are mostly company executives following industry trends.”

 

“So if you’re going to find someone, find these more down-to-earth, widely influential major streamers to do the livestream.”

 

“Think about it—the entertainment industry and entertainment livestream circles actually overlap significantly. Many celebrities are now livestreaming to sell products online. People following Lele’s situation on Weibo have high overlap with livestream viewers.”

 

“Having entertainment-oriented streamers do the livestream is the way to properly tell them about Lele’s real identity. Let’s see who still dares say our Lele is riding on that movie king’s popularity!”

 

Gao Shi chuckled softly, “grandfather thinks the same way. Our Gao family’s child has no need to ride on anyone’s popularity to become famous.”

 

…

 

Zhou You’s livestream started right on time.

 

As soon as it began broadcasting, fans flooded in, popularity soared, and it quickly shot to the top of the rankings.

 

“Here we go, here we go, Youzi.”

 

“Did Youzi upgrade her equipment? Today’s filming equipment is so clear—much clearer than before.”

 

“Good afternoon, Youzi.”

 

At first, these were just ordinary greetings, but gradually, fans discovered the biggest highlight of this livestream.

 

“Holy shit? What’s the situation with Youzi’s title??”

 

“The Gao family? Which Gao family?”

 

“Ah… did she type it wrong? Though that Gao family is indeed holding a birthday banquet, but…”

 

Facing everyone’s confusion, Zhou You took a deep breath and appeared in front of the camera.

 

This was her first time seeing this kind of floating, auto-following camera.

 

When she first saw this camera, her mind was full of: Has technology already developed to this extent?? Will everyone have a hovering motorcycle soon???

 

Zhou You greeted everyone, smiled at the camera, and said, “Babies, I’m currently livestreaming from the Gao family—yes, that Gao family you’re thinking of.”

 

After saying this, she quickly added, “This time it’s with the host family’s permission! It’s not secret filming.”

 

The bullet comments went silent for a moment, then poured down like an avalanche.

 

“Ah, what?”

 

“Holy shit, the Gao family? Is it the Gao family I’m thinking of? Is it? Is it?? Someone tell me, I’m going crazy!”

 

“This… I quite like Youzi too, but isn’t this publicity stunt going too far? Youzi is a streamer with a million followers, that’s right, but she’s still just a streamer. How did she get into the Gao family?”

 

“Someone mentioned earlier, didn’t Youzi say she was engaged before? Her boyfriend’s family seems to have a pretty good background, right?”

 

“It is pretty good, but her boyfriend’s family probably can’t reach the level of big shots like the Gao family.”

 

The Gao family was very mysterious and never engaged in publicity stunts. The only times people saw them were at annual product launches, with new products that looked like they came straight out of sci-fi movies displayed alongside.

 

Today, a streamer was actually claiming to livestream the Gao family’s birthday banquet.

 

Whether it was real or fake, the topic “Gao Family Birthday Banquet Livestream” shot up to the top of trending searches like a rocket, followed by a blood-red “EXPLODING” tag.

 

The bullet comments in the livestream were densely packed, layer upon layer. Youzi had no choice but to adjust the comment filter to maximum level to barely see any faces.

 

She explained to the audience, “Um, hello everyone, I’m Youzi. Today, I’m livestreaming the Gao family’s birthday banquet.”

 

“Let me clarify again—this livestream is authorized by the host family. I repeat, this is not secret filming, not secret filming, not secret filming!”

 

She then took out her usual portable filming equipment and used two camera angles to show everyone the camera that was filming her.

 

“Look, this is the new product provided by the Gao family. How is it? Doesn’t this camera have that very… um, cinematic feel?”

 

A round object the size of a ping pong ball was floating in front of Zhou You. No flying wings were visible on it—it looked like it was simply floating in mid-air.

 

“???”

 

“Am I seeing things? What is this thing?”

 

“Has technology already developed to this extent? Did I time travel?”

 

“When can this be mass-produced? I just want to know when it can be mass-produced?!”

 

“Who could refuse a cool camera that flies in mid-air, circles around you, and films 360 degrees without blind spots?”

 

“I sell cameras, and I can responsibly say that from Youzi’s livestream footage, this camera’s flight is very stable and maintains the same height consistently. It also has AI capture functionality that ensures the streamer’s face is always facing the camera directly. What’s even more valuable is that while meeting all these conditions, its image quality is extremely clear—even clearer than most cameras on the market. It’s already professional-grade. So this camera is already a finished product, meaning the Gao family might launch this camera within the next two months, though whether it can be mass-produced is uncertain.”

 

“Is what you said above true or false?”

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