Chapter 1

If you were reborn, what would you do?

This question used to exist only in novels, but who would have thought that after waking up, the entire world had changed!

Looking around the underground rental room, which was only about six square meters, there was a bed, a computer desk, a computer, a microphone, headphones, and small speakers on the table. There was even a wooden guitar in the corner!

A brand new celebrity calendar hung on the wall, and the large numbers clearly showed the current year: 2007!

Yes, Tang Feng had been reborn! And it wasn't just any rebirth! To be precise, he had traveled to a parallel world.

From 2015 to 2007!

The Earth was still the Earth, and China was still China, but it had changed from the original republic to the current Huaxia Empire. The Huaxia Empire was an ancient country with a five-thousand-year-old civilization and was a major and powerful country in the world today, with only the American Empire and the European Federation able to match it.

It implemented a constitutional monarchy system, where the emperor, empress, crown prince, and princesses, though without real power, had a significant influence in the public, especially the current emperor and empress, who had a great impact on improving people's livelihood, education, and cultural propaganda, and were deeply loved by the people.

The Huaxia Empire had a strong martial spirit from the beginning of its establishment. After more than a hundred years of development, the country's strength was unprecedented, and it was at the world's top level in both military and technological economic aspects. However, the cultural and entertainment industries were relatively weak. Since the current prime minister took office, there has been a strong emphasis on the development of cultural and entertainment industries, with many supportive policies, especially in the protection of copyrights, which was unprecedented. As a result, there was almost no piracy, and this had led to unprecedented development in the cultural and entertainment industries in recent years.

Continuing to integrate his memories, Tang Feng found that everything in this world had changed, except for the history of the feudal period!

The familiar Baidu was gone, and the most popular search engine was now called Tian Sou.

The most popular instant messaging software was not QQ but QC.

The big names in online literature were not the ones he was familiar with, and the familiar works were all gone.

The familiar TV shows, movies, and variety shows were all absent in this world.

For Tang Feng, this world was both familiar and strange. It was familiar because he had integrated the memories of this world's Tang Feng, but it was strange because the things he was familiar with in his mind did not exist in this world. This body's Tang Feng was part of the "Jing Piao" (Beijing drifters) clan, who had come to Beijing to pursue his dreams a year ago.

His current job was an unsigned broadcaster at the famous online video chat room, Starlight Stage.

Starlight Stage was one of the two major giants in China's online video chat rooms, and its parent company was a listed subsidiary of the internet giant Starlight Group. It had over ten thousand signed broadcasters and more than 200 million registered users, with over 50 million monthly active users.

Broadcasters were divided into signed and unsigned. Signed broadcasters enjoyed different levels of base salaries and benefits based on their performance and used the rooms for free. Unsigned broadcasters did not enjoy base salaries and had to pay to use different levels of chat rooms.

The revenue sharing with the website was also different. Signed broadcasters and the website shared revenue 50-50. For example, if a gift was worth 100 Starlight Coins, the broadcaster would receive 50 Starlight Coins, which could be directly exchanged for 0.5 Huaxia Yuan. Unsigned broadcasters received the same share of Starlight Coins as signed broadcasters, but the exchange rate was 80%, meaning 100 Starlight Coins could only be exchanged for 0.8 Huaxia Yuan.

Tang Feng was currently an unsigned broadcaster. After all, this was an era of the "eye economy," where female broadcasters were more popular. Almost 90% of the signed broadcasters were women, as the advertisements clearly showed.

Tang Feng rented a video chat room with a capacity of 1,000 people, which cost 100 Huaxia Yuan per month.

Of course, broadcasters did not rely solely on gifts for income. They also had "guardians," and the fees paid by each guardian went entirely to the broadcaster.

There were several levels of guardians: Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Diamond.

A Bronze Guardian cost 50 Huaxia Yuan per month, a Silver Guardian cost 200 Huaxia Yuan per month, a Gold Guardian cost 1,000 Huaxia Yuan per month, and a Diamond Guardian cost 5,000 Huaxia Yuan per month.

Tang Feng currently had six guardians: three Bronze Guardians, two Silver Guardians, and one Gold Guardian.

Most of his income came from these six guardians. As a male broadcaster, his appeal was limited, and during each live stream, only about 500 people watched, with no more than 50 paying users.

In the other world, Tang Feng had played music and been an amateur singer when he was young. After getting married, he used his savings to open a music and video store. In his free time, he would read novels, watch DVDs, and variety shows, living a simple and peaceful life. He never expected that the world would change so drastically after one night.

The original Tang Feng in this world came from a poor family, with parents who were simple farmers. After graduating from high school, he didn't get into college and followed the villagers to work. Tang Feng's luck had never been good. At first, he worked as a migrant worker, which was considered a high-income job, but the contractor ran away with the money. Later, he became a street singer and was discovered by a talent scout, signed with a shell company, and was scammed out of his savings. He had also washed dishes, been a game proxy, and now worked as a ghostwriter for a studio during the day and streamed on the Starlight Stage at night to earn extra money.

Before Tang Feng could think more, it was already 6:50 PM. Today was January 1, 2007, New Year's Day, and it was also a special day because it was the birthday of his only Gold Guardian, Xiao Zhu. Tang Feng had promised Xiao Zhu that he would celebrate his birthday during the live stream.

Tang Feng set his live streaming time from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM, a total of three hours.

In fact, during his usual live streams, Tang Feng would generally sing songs, tell a few jokes, and chat with the people in the chat room.

He opened the Starlight Stage live streaming companion, logged in, and adjusted the microphone and speakers.

At 7:00 PM, the live stream officially began.

"New friends, old friends, everyone, Happy New Year!" Tang Feng smiled and greeted the camera.

Looking at the number of people in the room, Tang Feng sighed inwardly. There were only about 300 people. Video live streaming was not so formal; it was essentially an interaction with the audience. In his world, Tang Feng had also watched live streams, but he had only watched female broadcasters.

"On this New Year's Day, Xiao Feng sends his blessings to everyone!"

"May your happiness increase like government documents; may your appearance improve like a political project; may your troubles decrease like company benefits; may your income increase like national taxes; may your stocks rise like housing prices; may your friendship last like a leader's speech; may your good mood be present every day like a department meeting; and may my blessings reach you as quickly as a leader's inspection..."

Gold Guardian Xiao Zhu: "Hahaha! Brilliant! Young Master Feng!"

Silver Guardian Egg's Sadness: "Hahaha! Young Master Feng, continue, continue!"

"..." The public chat screen quickly filled with messages.

"Today is the birthday of our Gold Guardian, Xiao Zhu. I have specially written a song for Xiao Zhu, 'Pig's Song,' to wish Xiao Zhu a happy birthday!" Tang Feng said with a smile, sending a virtual cake to Xiao Zhu.

Gold Guardian Xiao Zhu: "Love it, love it! Haha, 'Pig's Song,' is it Young Master Feng's original work? I didn't expect Young Master Feng to be so talented!"

"Since it's original, there's no accompaniment. Hmm, wait a moment!" Tang Feng left the camera and returned a while later with a wooden guitar.

"A 'Pig's Song' for Xiao Zhu, wishing Xiao Zhu a happy birthday, and also to all the viewers in the room, wishing everyone good luck in the Year of the Pig!"

"Pig, your nose has two holes, and when you have a cold, your nose runs."

"Pig, you have dark, dark eyes, and no matter how hard you look, you can't see the end."

"Pig, your ears are so big, but you can't hear me call you silly when you flap them."

"Pig, your tail is curly, and even when you run and jump, you can't leave it behind, oh."

"Pig head, pig brain, pig body, pig tail, a well-behaved child who never picky eats, sleeping until the sun is high."

"Never brushing teeth, never fighting!"

"Pig, your belly is so big, and it's clear you can't bear the hardships of life."

"Pig, your skin is so white, you must have been born into a wealthy family in your past life, oh."

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