Xie Sen logged into the Star Network and first checked the rankings of live streaming platforms on Brandt Star. Then, he clicked directly on the information page for the first platform, Tik Tok, to check the requirements for hosts and broadcasts.
He reviewed it carefully and concluded that, simply put, there were no requirements.
Anyone with a verified ID could become a host. There were no barriers to entry. The only requirement was the necessary equipment. As for the content, there were no requirements. Anything could be broadcast, including adult content that was banned in modern times. The only requirement was choosing the right audience.
He relayed the results to his contracted beasts and curiously asked, "Have you thought about what to broadcast?"
"Fighting!" Giant Tigermon eagerly responded.
Spotted Giant Leopardmon softly said, "I can be cute."
Black
Giant Leopardmon: "I'll be cool." Giant Wolfmon: "I can sing." Giant
Rhinomon: "I can crush rocks with my rhino horn."
Giant Lionmon: "I can roar like a lion."
Two Giant Elephants said, "Give us a bucket of water, and we'll spray it."
Xie Sen was surprised. It turned out they weren't just talking nonsense; they'd already considered the content! And they seemed pretty reliable. He suspected the Giant Rhino's performance was inspired by the chest-breaking rock scene on TV!
After hearing about it, he actually had several projects he wanted to see. Aside from the cute lion and wolf howls, the other ideas seemed quite interesting.
"Asen, is it possible?" The contracted beasts blinked their large, round eyes, looking at him expectantly, and asked simultaneously.
Xie Sen nodded, "Sure, but forget about the lion and wolf howls for now, as it would be bad if they startled anyone. Until we find a suitable project, you can just be the audience!"
The Giant Lionmon and Giant Wolfmon's tails faltered in frustration, and Xie Sen rubbed his paws. "There will be jobs suitable for you, and the audience is important too."
The Giant Lionmon's golden mane was smooth and shiny, and its muscular limbs were powerful and beautiful. The Giant Wolfmon was particularly handsome with its snow-white fur. Its pointed ears were covered in fuzz, and when they flicked cleverly, they were particularly tempting to touch.
Xie Sen couldn't think of a suitable role for the two, but he figured, with their outward appearance, someone would enjoy just lying there and watching.
The two were incredibly easy to coax, their tails wagging cheerfully.
After Xie Sen calmed them down, he contacted Sun Mao and told him he was going to livestream the contracted beasts. He concealed his desire to make money, simply saying it would help people better understand them.
Sun Mao was a bit surprised and heaped praise on him. "Asen, you're so kind! Many people will never see these contracted beasts. You're doing a great job by livestreaming, and it will also deepen children's understanding of them."
Xie Sen coughed awkwardly. He hadn't given it much thought; the real reason was something quite mundane: money.
Sun Mao then asked, somewhat worriedly, about safety. Xie Sen replied with assurance, saying it would be fine.
Sun Mao said he would ask the feeding staff to cooperate. Xie Sen thanked him and hung up.
Xie Sen then went online to buy livestreaming equipment. While waiting for it, he applied to become a livestreamer. His content would be about the daily lives of the contracted beasts, targeting everyone.
His application was quickly approved, and the system assigned him a livestream assistant named 808. Shortly after, 808 added him as a friend and sent him a series of livestreaming instructions, concluding with, "Your target audience is everyone. Please be careful not to broadcast content inappropriate for children. When will the livestream begin?"
"This afternoon."
"Okay, if you have any questions, please contact me." 808 then disappeared.
Brant Star has many livestreamers, and each assistant manages a large number of livestreamers. Their salaries are tied to the livestreamers' tips, so most of their attention is focused on popular livestreams. Newer livestreamers only need to occasionally remind them to stay within the rules.
After reading the livestreaming instructions, Xie Sen purchased two large wooden barrels. Considering the giant rhinoceros performance, he opted for a solid metal plate instead of a large stone. A
large stone would be lost if shattered, and the broken stone would be scattered everywhere. Stepping on it could embed itself in the paws of the contracted beasts, injuring them. A metal plate, on the other hand, would only dent.
While waiting for his takeout, he discussed the order of the performance with his contracted beasts. After going through the details, he instructed two audience members, Gigantomon and Gigantowolf.
"After they've finished, you should call out softly, loudly, and then clap your front paws together."
The two quickly learned to clap, and Xie Sen couldn't help but rub their necks. It was so adorable! Gigantomon's paws clapping against its fierce face was a stark contrast.
Gigantowolf, already handsome, subconsciously twitched its ears as it clapped, a truly adorable sight.
The bucket and metal plates soon arrived. He filled the bucket with water for Gigantomon to practice with, then explained how to use the plates to Gigantowolf.
Everything was ready. The live broadcast equipment arrived, along with the installers. The installers were taken aback by the sight of the contracted beasts. Their large size and ferocious appearance made their presence felt particularly intimidating.
With Xie Sen's reassurance, the installer managed to calmly install the equipment. He installed two cameras: one on the left wall, facing the same direction as the TV, and one above, offering a bird's-eye view.
After the installer finished, Xie Sen turned on the live stream and asked him to adjust the wide angle to ensure all the contracted beasts were in frame. He then thanked him.
The installer was initially confused as to why they'd set up livestreaming equipment in such a place, but now that he understood, he looked at Xie Sen with shock. "Are you planning on livestreaming them?"
Xie Sen nodded. "Yes, please help me spread the word. The streamer's name is Contract Beast."
"Okay," the installer agreed immediately. After leaving the gold medal, he immediately posted a status on his personal account: "There's a new streamer livestreaming high-level contracted beasts. Their name is Contract Beast!"
Soon, a friend replied: "Are you kidding? They don't like being filmed. A touch or a flick of their tail can break the equipment. Besides, high-level contracted beasts aren't common, and some of them come from unusual families. Who would use them for livestreaming?"
The installer didn't reply. He had already gone to look for the contracted beasts' livestream rooms. Although the broadcast hadn't started yet, he paused the screen on the livestream interface and squatted down to start.
Xie Sen checked with the contracted beasts about their preparations. After confirming they were all set, he leaned against the left wall, just out of frame. He flipped on his personal wristband to watch the livestream and turned on the livestream equipment.
The contracted beasts instantly appeared on the bracelet's virtual screen. They formed an arc with four of them in each row, lying forward with two rows of space between them. They all looked at the camera that Xie Sen was pointing at, making their first appearance.
Xie Sen looked at the popularity value, which was only 300. The ratio of people to popularity on the Douyin platform was 1 to 10, which meant there were only 30 viewers. This surprised him. After all, it was his first broadcast, and he suspected that the system had given him a lot.
He said, "Welcome everyone to the contracted beast live broadcast room. I will introduce them to you now."
"Giant tiger beast." After Xie Sen shouted, the giant tiger beast raised its big head and roared at the screen, shaking its tail.
By the time Xie Sen finished introducing the eight beasts one by one, the popularity had exceeded 1,000. He glanced at the barrage of comments.
"Ahhh, what kind of treasure live broadcast room did I cut into? Who opened the live broadcast? This is too awesome!"
"Wow, that's so cool! I've always dreamed of seeing a Giant Tigermon, and I didn't expect to see one on the livestream."
"What a beautiful Giant Wolfmon! So powerful and beautiful! This is unbelievable!"
"It's so unbelievably low! No, I have to promote it on my personal platform."
Xie Sen smiled at this. "Thank you all for your support. Today's the first broadcast. If you like it, please follow us and help spread the word. Next, the contracted beasts will bring you a talent show."
Two Giant Elephants stood up from the back row, one on the left and one on the right, circling offscreen. Soon, they each hooked the handle of a large wooden barrel with their trunk and carried it towards the center.
Once they reached the center, the Giant Elephants lowered the barrel, inserted their trunks into it, and then withdrew. One of them sprayed water to the left, the other to the right, creating a beautiful arch in the center.
"Oh my god! I'm giving away 100 pieces of animal food!"
The gift notification sounded from the livestream platform. The notification was played out loud, so all the contracted beasts, except Xie Sen, could hear it.
Before the livestream began, Xie Sen had told them that the streamer would receive half the prize for gifts from viewers, and he had also given them the prices of the various gifts.
Beast food was the simplest tip, worth one star coin each, meaning this "Oh my god" had tipped a hundred star coins.
Other tips included 10, 100, 1,000, and 10,000 star coins, for shuttles, aircraft, spaceships, and spacecrafts, respectively. Just as
Xie Sen was about to express his gratitude, the roars of lions, wolves, and tigers filled the livestream with excitement. The eight contracted beasts, six different species, roared with excitement.
Xie Sen was startled, staring at the contracted beasts, their eyes sparkling as they lashed their tails wildly. He felt like he was seeing a bunch of bumpkins. How could they be so excited over a hundred star coins?
His heart, which had been racing, gradually returned to normal. He patted his chest and warned, "Watch the volume... Excuse me, everyone, they're expressing their gratitude."
Remembering Xie Sen's warning, the contracted beasts immediately fell silent, their tails dangling limply to the ground, their chins resting on their paws, their eyes blinking at Xie Sen, their eyes etched with a look of "I'm wrong."
"Oh my god, this is so cute! Are high-level contracted beasts this adorable?"
"Host, you're so mean! Don't be mean to them!"
Xie Sen's mouth twitched. How was he mean? He'd just given a normal reminder, in a normal voice and tone, hadn't he?
"They're indeed high-level contracted beasts. Their IQ is incredible!"
"'Random A' gave a shuttle."
"'Cute' gave a flying vehicle."
"..."
The sounds of presents continued to flow, and the contracted beasts' eyes lit up, their tails wagging uncontrollably, though they were restrained and didn't bark.
The Giant Elephantmon finished their performance, each carrying a barrel and leaving the center. The Giant Lionmon on the far left of the front row and the Giant Wolfmon on the far right, like audience members, gave low meows of excitement, then touched their paws and began to applaud.
"Is this... so cute?"
"Oh my god, Giant Wolfmon is so beautiful! Those jewel-green eyes, that big fluffy tail, I want to touch it!"
"Giant Lionmon's solid muscles make my blood boil just looking at them. Even clapping is so cute!"
Xie Sen smiled at the comments and said, "Next..."
He said this when he suddenly realized that the live stream on his personal device had disappeared. He immediately checked the live stream equipment. There was nothing wrong.
The contracted beasts looked at him in confusion. The next performer was Giant Rhinomon. The usually calm beast was unusually excited, scratching the ground with its front paws, silently urging Xie Sen on.
Xie Sen checked the messages while saying, "Wait a minute, the livestream is interrupted."
The messages were from 808, two in total: "Just received a report that you're botching your data. I checked, and in ten minutes, your popularity went from 300 to over 60,000, and it's still rising rapidly. The data is wrong, so I'm blocking your livestream."
"Didn't I show you the livestreaming instructions? You're not allowed to botch your data. You're doing it like that, it seems your family is quite wealthy. You can broadcast to kill time, but you're not allowed to botch your data. You have 24 hours to rectify the problem. If you do it again, you'll be permanently blocked."
Xie Sen was inexplicably blamed and was furious: "I didn't botch your data. Have you seen my livestream?"
808: "I'm very busy and don't have time to watch your live broadcast. The data won't lie. Don't try to get away with it. Any cheating will be exposed under the data."
Xie Sen didn't bother to pay attention to him. He went to the anchor page, clicked on the blocked information reminder, and then clicked on the appeal. The reason was: "I didn't cheat the data. If you have any questions, you can watch my live broadcast history recording."
After submitting the appeal application, he switched his personal bracelet to the live broadcast interface. Although the live broadcast was gone, the people in the live broadcast room were still there, and they had posted a lot of comments.
"What's going on? Is it crooked? Is the host disconnected from the internet?"
"This is a gift for you. Change to some better equipment! I haven't seen enough!"
"I just heard about the live broadcast post on the forum. What's going on?"
Xie Sen replied to the comment: "I'm sorry, because I'm a new host, my data was too good before, and the assistant thought I was inflating the data and directly blocked my live broadcast room. I have already submitted an appeal."
"Is there something wrong with this assistant? This kind of content is only a problem if the data is not good, right?"
"Don't you investigate? Come and take a look and you will know that it is definitely not inflating the data. It must be stealing the traffic of the familiar host to hinder the new host!"
"Too much! I still want to see the giant leopard beast!"
"Rubbish! I'm so curious about what the next show will be!"
Xie Sen looked at the comments, turned off the bracelet, and comforted the contracted beasts who were very excited but then felt disappointed. He looked at the background data and smiled, "Very impressive! In just ten minutes, you have almost earned enough money for a day's food."
The contracted beasts shouted excitedly. The black giant leopard beast said, "Live streaming really makes money!"
Xie Sen laughed, "That's not necessarily true. You make money because you are very popular."
As he was speaking, the giant tiger beast roared towards the door. Xie Sen turned around and saw Maine walk in. He checked the time and realized that it was time to get off work.
He rubbed the tiger beast's neck. "You two should rest for today!"
He turned off the livestreaming equipment. Maine approached. "Is this newly installed?"
Xie Sen nodded and told him about the livestreaming. Then, angrily, "Accusing me of cheating for no reason is simply insane."
Maine put his arm around his shoulders and walked out with him. He paused in thought. "What kind of contract did you sign?"
"I'm not sure when the contracted beasts will return to the forest. It's a no-base-salary contract, so you can stop the livestreaming at any time," Xie Sen said.
"Terminate the contract and switch to another livestreaming platform," Maine said.
Xie Sen nodded. "Yeah, I thought so too. Just find a smaller platform that doesn't block my livestreaming for no reason."
The two returned to the apartment and had dinner together. Then, they went to their respective rooms. Xie Sen trained the plants while Maine attended to business. After
Xie Sen finished training the plants and showered, Maine remained in the adjacent bedroom while he lay down on the bed.
Xie Sen was a little puzzled. They had been sleeping together for days, and Maine was very clingy. This was the first time he'd been alone so late.
He went to the next room. The door was open. He stood in the doorway and looked in. Maine sat on a stool, his eyes fixed on the virtual screen, his fingers rapidly tapping on the virtual keyboard.
He knocked on the door. "It's late, aren't you going to rest?"
Maine turned to look at him, his expression gentle. "It'll be done soon. You should rest first."
Xie Sen nodded and returned to his room. He lay in bed, half asleep and half awake, feeling the bed dip slightly. The next moment, he was pulled into a warm embrace, followed by delicate kisses along his forehead.
Xie Sen's lips moved, and just as he was about to say "stop it", they were sealed. After a long struggle, Maine finally released him, whispering, "You sleep."
Xie Sen fell into a deep sleep. Maine kissed him for a long time before resisting the urge to continue and holding him to sleep.
The next day when the two were having breakfast, Maine handed him a document: "This is the contract, take a look and see if there is anything that needs to be modified."
Xie Sen opened it in surprise, and after reading the beginning, he couldn't help but be surprised: "You opened a live broadcast company?"
"It was a branch of the company before," Maine said, "I won't interfere with you, you can broadcast whatever you like, it's just that the company is new and may not be popular."
Xie Sen smiled: "It's okay, they have their own popularity, and it saves a lot of trouble... The 1:9 profit ratio is too high, let's follow the industry regulations, you also have to spend money to maintain the website, if you don't agree, don't sign it!"
He said so, Maine had no way to refuse, so he changed the profit ratio and sent a new one. Xie Sen didn't hesitate and was about to sign, Maine said: "Wait until the contract with Vibrato is terminated before signing."
Xie Sen smiled: "I almost forgot." The contract he signed can be terminated at any time, but if he signs with another company before the contract is terminated, it will be a breach of contract and he will have to pay a high penalty.
He opened his bracelet to request a contract termination, but just as he submitted the application, 808 sent him a message: "Sorry, I made a mistake yesterday. The live broadcast room has been reopened. You can start live streaming anytime." "
No need, just approve the termination application."
808: "I'm sorry, it was my mistake. Our platform is the largest live streaming platform. You'll have a bright future if you broadcast on it. Don't be impulsive. I promise this won't happen again."
Xie Sen: "I'm not impulsive. I'm rational. I must terminate the contract."
808: "I won't approve it yet. Think about it."
Xie Sen frowned. Maine glanced at the screen: "As long as all the information is provided, the termination application will be automatically approved within 24 hours. Don't worry." Xie Sen
nodded: "I'll go to the Gold Medal to talk to the contracted beasts later, and then go to the welfare home. What are your plans?"
"With you," Maine said.
The two of them went to the Gold Medal together, and then to a relatively remote welfare home built halfway up the mountain. It was a long-established welfare home that had previously served as a refugee shelter.
Xie Sen was playing ball with the children. Maine didn't join in at first, just watching from the side. Later, Xie Sen pulled him over to join in, and he took on the role of picking up balls for the children.
They left just before lunchtime, following a path that had been carved through the mountain. The path sloped down on either side, gradually reaching the parking lot on the platform ahead.
As they were walking, they heard screams from the right, accompanied by a whirlwind of sand and rocks.
Three tall males suddenly fell from the higher slope to the right, tumbling down in front of them. They crawled, their faces terrified, glancing at the edge of the hill.
Then, a massive eagle beast flew down the hillside and stomped directly towards the three. They screamed in fear, rolling to avoid the attack before they could even get up.
Xie Sen looked at the bird in surprise. "Eagle beast!"
The eagle beast landed not far from Xie Sen and called out to the three. It raised its right wing and flapped it violently, sending them tumbling backwards. It then extended its left wing in front of Xie Sen.
Xie Sen raised his hand and pinched its wings, and the voice of the Eagle Beast immediately appeared in his mind: "Asen, they are so bad. I heard them say they wanted to harm you, so I followed them all the way. When they were about to attack, I flapped my wings and blew them away!" Xie
Sen looked at the three people who rolled ten meters away and had many wounds on their bodies: "Thank you, do you know who asked them to come?"
"They called him 'Madam'." The Eagle Beast tilted its round head.
Xie Sen turned around and told Maine what the Eagle Beast had said. Maine didn't argue: "It must be Rui Luo's father. You wait for me here."
After he finished speaking, he walked towards the three people who were completely wiped out before they could even make a move and were looking confused. He stepped on the calf of one of them, his face cold: "What did Soria order you to do?"
"Kill you, and then take away the people around you."
Maine's eyes suddenly became gloomy: "With you?" He asked coldly, "Do you want to die?"
The three people hurriedly shook their heads. Maine said: "If you don't want to die, do as I say."
After hearing what Maine said, the three people ran away in a hurry. After they ran away, one of them wiped the sweat from his head: "Why did this Eagle Beast attack us inexplicably?"
"The person next to Maine seems to be Xie Sen, the plant-type beast master. The Eagle Beast was very intimate with him just now. Could it be that they ordered it?" "
I said, why did you run to such a remote place with nothing to do? You must have known that we were going to take action and deliberately messed with us!"
"How did they know?"
One of them looked at the soybean-sized metal particle Maine had just left behind. "He told us to take advantage of the situation and put this on Soria. What do you think this is?"
"I've seen Maine's profile. He's a top student in the Information Department."
"Oh my god, he couldn't have been monitoring Soria for a long time, so he knew we were going to take action."
"I think it's possible. Soria lied to us, saying he was just a child who had just come of age and hadn't been bonded. He didn't say he was so powerful at all. We almost died here."
"We're not getting involved in this mess. Although Maine is young, he's not easy to deal with. Let the Kes family handle it themselves."
Seeing Maine return, Xie Sen asked, "What did you say to them?"
Maine glanced at him. "Nothing." He could handle these shady matters alone.
The two of them found a restaurant for lunch, then returned to the shuttle and rested in the back seat. Maine held Xie Sen's arm, resting his chin on his shoulder, watching him browse the web.
Xie Sen was browsing the forum when he saw a popular post at the top. "Super cool live broadcast room, high-level contracted beasts are so cute!"