Chapter 45

"Jingming, Jingming." Li Miaomiao suddenly sent a message.

"Miaomiao, what's up?" Xu Jingming's expression softened when he faced his girlfriend.

"Bring us four beauties, and let's form a team of five." Li Miaomiao shouted, "Don't worry, Xiaqing is here too, so it won't be too tiring for you."

"Coming." Xu Jingming replied with a smile.

He could feel Miaomiao's concern for him, possibly knowing that he wasn't in a good mood today, and had pulled him into a team battle.

Whoosh!

By accepting Li Miaomiao's team invitation, Xu Jingming directly entered the battle space and saw his four female teammates.

They were Li Miaomiao, Kong Jie, Xiao Zeng, and Dai Xiaqing.

"Senior Brother." Dai Xiaqing had always admired her senior brother. When she was a child, Xu Jingming was already a well-known prodigy. By the time she started school and entered her teenage years, Xu Jingming had already reached the top of the world martial arts competition, becoming a world-class expert.

"Xiaqing." Xu Jingming nodded with a smile, "You're pretty strong. I saw that Wang Xiangu ranked you on her list of top experts."

"I'm just at the bottom." Dai Xiaqing modestly replied.

Since childhood, her father, Dai Tongda, had taught her martial arts. She had a high talent, and by the age of seven, Dai Xiaqing could make teenagers cry. Later, she also became a professional female martial artist.

Perhaps due to growing up in a single-parent family, or from practicing martial arts from a young age, Dai Xiaqing was very strict with herself and could endure a lot of hardship.

In the virtual world era, she never relaxed. Wang Xiangu ranking her among the top 100 in Xia Country was a testament to her efforts.

"Being in the top 100 in Xia Country is quite impressive." Xu Jingming praised, "Maybe one day, you'll surpass me."

"I still have a long way to go compared to Senior Brother." Dai Xiaqing immediately said.

"Stop chatting, let's queue for the battle." Li Miaomiao urged, as she, Kong Jie, and Xiao Zeng had already clicked "Ready."

Xu Jingming and Dai Xiaqing also clicked.

The virtual system started the queue.

"Miaomiao and Kong Jie are at the Sun level, Xiao Zeng is at the Silver Moon level, plus two God levels. This team is quite interesting." Xu Jingming laughed, as team invitations could only be sent to teammates within one major level of oneself.

Li Miaomiao, now at the 8-star Sun level, could invite the God-level Xu Jingming and Dai Xiaqing, as well as the Silver Moon-level Xiao Zeng.

"Wow."

The queue was successful, and the countdown for the battle began.

"It's starting." Xu Jingming and Dai Xiaqing were very relaxed. With two of them leading three rookies, they could easily dominate.

"Take it seriously, I'm going to start a live stream." Li Miaomiao said.

"Don't worry." Xu Jingming, Dai Xiaqing, Kong Jie, and Xiao Zeng all became more serious, as countless fans were watching, and they needed to maintain their image.

Li Miaomiao already had many fans, and by frequently teaming up with Xu Jingming for live streams, she had gained even more followers.

Although Xu Jingming himself didn't do live streams, his girlfriend did! This was the best way for fans who liked Xu Jingming to watch his live streams.

...

In the virtual world, Cheng Zihao's personal space.

It was a magnificent celestial palace floating in the clouds.

"Boss, the C-round financing was successful. We now have 3 billion yuan in cash." Zhou Feng said excitedly.

Cheng Zihao sat there, sipping celestial wine, enjoying the beautiful scenery of his celestial palace, and said calmly, "Calm down. The virtual world is the biggest economic growth point for humanity. My three companies were already worth several billion, and now combined, they have a first-mover advantage. I'm willing to invest heavily, and we are now among the top ten live streaming companies in the country. Raising 3 billion yuan is nothing."

"Is the performance bet too much pressure?" Zhou Feng asked, "If we fail the bet..."

"What do you know?" Cheng Zihao glanced at him, "How many great opportunities can a person encounter in a lifetime? The virtual world is the biggest opportunity I've encountered! When an opportunity comes, you must act decisively! At this moment, we must invest heavily and sign more and more streamers to capture a larger market share."

"Believe in the influence of the virtual world!" Cheng Zihao stood up, his eyes filled with passion, "Just wait and see, our company's valuation will continue to skyrocket, reaching hundreds of billions or even trillions. We control a large number of live streaming rooms and streamers! That means we control a large amount of traffic, and a large amount of traffic... can be converted into revenue!"

"Look, even my brother, who is so cautious, wants to invest in the company." Cheng Zihao sneered, "When I was down and out, he ignored me. Now he wants to invest, but he only values the company at 5 billion yuan. Dream on!"

"Boss, but your brother doesn't need you to make a performance bet." Zhou Feng said.

"Valuing the company at 5 billion yuan is like robbing me!" Cheng Zihao said, "I must control my shares now, otherwise, how can I raise the next round of financing? Don't worry, the virtual world has only been open for a month, and it's the hottest track! Our company will grow rapidly like a snowball. Before long, you'll see that the performance targets in the bet are nothing."

"Yes, Boss, you're right." Zhou Feng could only flatter.

"Go." Cheng Zihao waved his hand, and Zhou Feng disappeared.

Cheng Zihao sat there, sipping celestial wine, and couldn't help but complain, "The virtual world officials really know how to make money. Except for the initial wooden house and clothes, everything else in the virtual world costs money, even a slice of watermelon or a cup of tea. Although the prices are much lower than in the real world... it's all virtual data, almost no cost."

"For example, this bottle of celestial wine? 108,000 yuan for a bottle? They really know how to rip people off." Cheng Zihao couldn't help but take another small sip, feeling as if he were in a dream, "But it really is delicious, better than any drink in the real world."

Living in a celestial palace and drinking celestial wine, Cheng Zihao opened the spectator platform.

"Let's study the market." Cheng Zihao spent more than five hours every day on the spectator platform to deeply understand the changes in the live streaming market.

"Li Miaomiao is live streaming again?" Cheng Zihao noticed this live stream.

He had always been paying attention to Li Miaomiao.

In the live stream, a battle was taking place. On Li Miaomiao's side, there was one man and four women. Xu Jingming, dressed in modern sportswear, held a long spear and followed Li Miaomiao.

The two of them were fighting together!

When one enemy came, they both went up.

When three enemies came, they still went up together! With Xu Jingming's help, Li Miaomiao was slaughtering the enemies, continuously reaping them.

"Xu Jingming and Li Miaomiao? They're living a pretty sweet life." Cheng Zihao watched the couple show affection, and his joy from the successful financing diminished, feeling quite annoyed.

What he most wanted to see was the woman he couldn't pursue living a miserable life, crying and begging to come to him.

"Xu Jingming's strength has dropped to the third tier, he's getting worse and worse." Cheng Zihao muttered, still feeling frustrated and annoyed.

He lightly tapped and invited his friend Zheng Bailong.

"Wow."

Zheng Bailong appeared in the celestial palace.

"Boss, why did you suddenly call me?" Zheng Bailong smiled.

"Brother Long, I need your help." Cheng Zihao pointed to the Li Miaomiao live stream, "Xu Jingming and Li Miaomiao have some grudges with me. I don't like them! I don't have big demands, just want to humiliate them in the virtual world battles!"

Zheng Bailong looked at the live stream: "They have five people, with only Xu Jingming and Dai Xiaqing at the God level, and the other three are rookies! Don't worry, humiliating them will be easy. Do you want me to help cripple them and let you take the kills?"

"That would be even better." Cheng Zihao felt itchy.

"They are a team of five, so we also need a team of five, with similar average strength... the probability of being matched is high." Zheng Bailong thought, "We can wait for them to finish one round and be ready for the next, and we'll also be ready!"

"Good, you arrange it." Cheng Zihao said.

Zheng Bailong directly called out in the team group: "Teng Ya, Old Lei, come over... help the boss play a couple of rounds."

"Sure thing."

"Coming."

Their White Dragon team was funded by Cheng Zihao's company, and occasionally helping the boss play a couple of rounds and bullying the weak was quite normal.