OFR – Chapter 73 Chat.

Ten minutes later.

Mu Bai, sitting in his Shuimo Linju apartment, had finished negotiating terms with Zhao Zhi.

In addition to Douyu offering him a 30% rebate on streamers’ earnings, they also granted him a special privilege: 200 streamers with a 40% rebate on earnings.

This meant that he could give 200 people the privilege of receiving a 40% rebate on their streaming earnings.

A 40% rebate was already considered a high rate, comparable to what most family guilds on Douyu received.

As for the smaller perks, Mu Bai asked Zhao Zhi to include them in the contract and have it mailed over.

After finalizing the terms, they exchanged a few pleasantries before each went back to their own business.

Mu Bai glanced at Wang Yuwei’s profile and saw that her live stream was scheduled from 4 PM to 10 PM, so he didn’t linger on Douyu TV any longer.

“Knock, knock.”

At that moment, a knock sounded at the door. He knew it was the food delivery he had ordered. He opened the door, took the delivery, and placed it on the table.

The lunch was plentiful, and while eating, he continued watching a TV series.

Soon after finishing his meal, his phone buzzed with a notification of a successful QQ friend request.

“Hmm? Looks like the request went through.”

Mu Bai glanced at his QQ messages and saw that his friend request to Modu Li Shao had been accepted.

Li Shao from Shanghai was a long-time customer of his online store.

He remembered that during the first auction of an Arowana fish, the best one had been bought by Li Shao.

However, when it came time to pick it up, a friend from Nanjing collected it on his behalf, not Li Shao himself.

This person not only liked Arowana fish but also had a passion for rare flowers and plants.

He opened the chat window.

Li Shao’s voice message: “Shopkeeper, do you have any rare flowers and plants? Hahaha, I knew Zhenpin Tian wouldn’t disappoint me.”

Listening to the voice message, Mu Bai noticed that Li Shao’s laugh did indeed have a slightly eccentric tone, as Mi Xuan had mentioned.

However, Mu Bai didn’t mind. After all, how someone laughs is their own business.

Mu Bai started typing and chatting with Li Shao.

A few minutes later, he sent pictures of the rare Pink Queen and Red Queen plants.

Soon, they reached a deal.

Even though Mu Bai could tell that Li Shao was eager to buy them immediately, he didn’t take advantage of the situation by raising the price and instead sold them at the regular market price.

After all, maintaining trust was important for the future development of his online store.

The Red Queen and Pink Queen, which complemented each other, were priced similarly to a highly prized individual specimen.

“26 million yuan— not expensive at all. Shopkeeper, you’re more trustworthy than a few business owners I know in real life. If you ever come to Shanghai, hit me up, and I’ll treat you to a meal.”

Li Shao sent this message.

Mu Bai glanced at it, replied politely, and then listed the Red Queen and Pink Queen on his online store.

Within a minute of being listed, Li Shao purchased them.

They exchanged a message expressing mutual satisfaction with the transaction, and then each went about their business.

As for the shipping arrangements, Mi Xuan would handle it. All Mu Bai needed to do was wait for the courier to pick up the items.

“Oh, right. I should talk to Mi Xuan about hiring another customer service representative.”

Mu Bai suddenly remembered the need for another customer service rep. While the online store wasn’t always busy, during peak times, Mi Xuan could get overwhelmed.

Now that he had taken on the “One Ruler” side quest, even though it mainly involved controlling other family guilds, once the family grew, he would need someone to help manage things.

He didn’t trust recruiting websites for this position.

After interacting with Mi Xuan over the past few days, Mu Bai found that, regardless of her character in other areas, she was a serious and responsible worker.

“Yeah, I’ll go with her.”

With that thought, Mu Bai started chatting with Mi Xuan again.

…

Around 1 PM.

In a humble jade shop on Nanjing’s North District commercial street.

Mi Xuan, who was having lunch, heard a notification from her phone— a special alert for a friend marked with “Special Care” on QQ. She quickly wiped her hands and opened QQ to check the message.

After all, the only person marked as “Special Care” on her QQ was Mu Hao.

And right now, she practically depended on Mu Hao for her livelihood.

The majority of the online store’s revenue came from Mu Hao, and since she was also the customer service rep he had hired, receiving several thousand yuan in tips every month, she had shifted her work focus entirely to him.

She now fully understood why so many girls willingly became “kept women.”

Because being backed by a wealthy patron really did feel great.

No longer did she have to hustle to make ends meet. She didn’t need to chat with a client until midnight just to secure a jade order worth 10,000 or 20,000 yuan.

As long as she took care of her wealthy patron, everything was provided for.

With this mentality, Mi Xuan had mistakenly assumed that the 50,000 yuan bonus from Mu Hao was his attempt to keep her as a mistress.

After all, she had checked their addresses and found they weren’t far apart. If he wanted to keep her, it wouldn’t be inconvenient.

If Mu Hao really was the 19 or 20-year-old age listed on QQ, and if he was handsome, then being kept wouldn’t be bad at all…

“Pfft, pfft, pfft! Why am I always having such wild thoughts?”

Shaking her head in disbelief, Mi Xuan noticed a message from Mu Hao and immediately stopped eating to chat with him.

“Mu Hao, whatever you need, just tell me. I’ll do my best to help.”

During their conversation, she learned that Mu Hao had something important for her to handle: hiring another customer service representative.

“Alright, Mu Hao. My cousin also runs a Taobao shop, but it doesn’t get much traffic. I’ll ask her to help me. She can handle the smaller customers and new clients, while I’ll take care of the high-spending ones, the ones who spend over 500,000 yuan.”

Mi Xuan replied to Mu Hao. She felt their relationship growing closer, which made her happy.

“You handle the ones spending over 2 million yuan. I’ve just created a group chat, and I’ll invite you in. We’ll discuss the rest there.”

“Okay, got it!”

After replying, she received an invitation from Mu Hao to join the group chat, which was named “Dust and Glamour.”

Without hesitation, she joined and found that, for now, it was just her and Mu Hao.

“Mu Hao, I’m here.”

At this point, she noticed that Mu Hao had changed his group name to “A Little Cold.”

“Huh? What a strange name.”

She didn’t know why Mu Hao had changed his name to “A Little Cold,” and since she wasn’t familiar with the live streaming industry, she didn’t know about the legendary exploits of the wealthy patron once known as “A Little Cold.”

A Little Cold: “Alright, the next thing we need to discuss is related to the live streaming industry.”

Smart Star: “Tell me, Mu Hao, I’m listening.”

The two of them continued their conversation in the group chat. After seven or eight minutes, Mi Xuan understood what Mu Hao was aiming for.

It seemed that in the future, many teams from the live streaming industry would be looking to join Mu Hao, and her role would be to help manage these teams as his chief steward.

Though she supported everything Mu Hao did, the thought of so many beautiful female streamers possibly joining him made her send a crying emoji to @A Little Cold: “Mu Hao, if all those gorgeous streamers flock to you, will you end up ditching me?”

…

In his Shuimo Linju apartment, Mu Bai smiled and shook his head when he saw her message.

“We’re discussing serious matters. Stop overthinking.”

He then continued discussing contracts and agreements for onboarding live stream teams with Mi Xuan. After all, controlling these family guilds in the live streaming industry required signed agreements.

Without contracts, these guilds— full of industry veterans— could easily go back on their word. While Mu Bai wasn’t too bothered by this, he still despised betrayal.

After about three or four hours, he had explained everything to Mi Xuan in detail.

Smart Star: “Got it, Mu Hao. Tomorrow I’ll have a lawyer draft a contract template for you to review.”

“Alright, good.”

Mu Bai chatted with Mi Xuan a little more before closing the conversation.

While she might not fully understand the live streaming industry, she was diligent enough, and that was all that mattered.

At this point, he glanced out the window and realized that, before he knew it, night had fallen and the sky had darkened once again.