Chapter 78: Is it tough on him, Heaven?

Speaking of the end, AP suddenly shifted the topic:

How about this: I'll also go live later; you duo queue with me on mic, I'll share some of my popularity with you, and I can also help keep your stream active.

Liang Yan was stunned for a moment.

No wonder it's the big brother persona—you're actually pretty nice!

Moreover, you're quite good at adding drama for yourself...

Liang Yan naturally wouldn't refuse, and immediately replied, "Sure."

AP glanced at the time:

"It's almost time; get ready, I'll go live first, when you're in the game send me a message and I'll pull you into the team."

"OK."

Liang Yan responded, opening the League of Legends European server client while continuing to fiddle with the streaming software.

The software had already been downloaded; it's a streaming tool made by Mouse Platform itself, and Liang Yan had familiarized himself with its operation and settings over the past few days, so it wasn't difficult.

After Liang Yan set up the screen layout, he tested the microphone; everything was fine, so he found AP in his game friends list and sent a "go".

【You're pretty quick!】

AP had already gone live on his end, typed a reply, feeling uneasy, he also gave a reminder to the stream's viewers, then took off his headset and ran over to check Liang Yan's screen, seeing that Liang Yan had actually set things up properly, he was momentarily surprised.

"Not bad, pretty good!"

AP patted Liang Yan's shoulder, gave a compliment, then returned to his seat,

"Go go go, let's go!"

"Don't rush, it's not time yet."

"... Alright, then hurry up!"

"Mm, you first attend to your big bosses."

"Your big boss?"

"Your big boss."

"What the heck?"

"Your audience."

"Oh... the big bosses... that makes sense!"

On the other side, Lao Zhang sat in his seat, having early opened Liang Yan's personal page on Mouse Platform, having followed him since the first day of his account; now Lao Zhang occasionally refreshed, sometimes suspiciously checking the network for disconnections, watching more nervously than he had been during his own first stream.

Others also shouted from time to time:

"Start!"

"Why isn't it started yet?"

"Hurry up, brother!"

"I think you're just here for the spectacle, not minding the fuss... get lost!"

At East Zone 1, 21:00 sharp, Liang Yan promptly clicked the "Start Streaming" button on the streaming software.

Lao Zhang refreshed the webpage at the same moment, saw the streamer had gone live, and in an instant clicked in.

However, although Lao Zhang's hand was quick and the Ji Di network speed was fine, unfortunately the first person to enter the stream was not him.

Lao Zhang didn't even make it into the top ten.

At the exact moment Liang Yan went live, dozens of viewer entry notifications instantly popped up in the stream's side info bar, and they kept increasing.

A massive barrage of danmaku exploded instantly, refreshing at extreme speed, like a waterfall washing over the retinas of everyone watching this stream.

【It's live! It's live!】

【Here】

【lol, lol, lol】

【Ah ha, went live!】

【Hello, stream host】

【As soon as I heard European Electric went live, I came right away】

【Was here】

Countless viewers swarmed in.

The danmaku mixed with viewer entry notifications like a volcanic eruption, while various eye‑catching colorful info boxes floated upward—those were the viewers' subscription and gift notifications.

Mouse Platform streamers have many ways to earn income; excluding sponsorships, which temporarily ordinary streamers don't get, revenue from viewer subscriptions (monthly members, similar to a certain site's captain, also tiered) can account for over 70% of a streamer's income, gifts (Mouse Platform's proprietary virtual currency) make up 10%~30%, and finally some platform‑event leftovers usually total less than 10% altogether.

Moreover, just like domestic streaming platforms, Mouse Platform streamers have a portion of all earnings from streaming taken by the platform—usually half—while big streamers can negotiate a higher split in their contracts.

Liang Yan is under a club contract, with a revenue split of 60‑40.

Just a few seconds after going live, Liang Yan's stream channel already had over a hundred subscribers; even if all a hundred were the lowest tier, that would have already contributed $300 in revenue, and judging by the current trend, subscriber growth shows no sign of stopping—in fact, the growth rate is accelerating.

Such a scene was even more intense than when top‑tier player Ou Cheng first went live back in the day!

Liang Yan also didn't expect to have such explosive popularity right at the start of his stream; he stared for a moment, then cleared his throat and, smiling at the camera, said:

"Hello everyone, I'm Firrrrrre, the substitute jungler for G2."

"This is my first stream; please take care of me."

"If you think it's okay, you can hit follow; if you're also willing to subscribe to my channel, that would be great, blah blah blah..."

AP looked bewildered.

This composed and proper opening, this fluent English, and damn it, it's a Berlin accent!

Good grief, he actually knows that the London accent is no longer fashionable in Europe, because the Brexit referendum is just a few days away, so he went with the trend and learned a Berlin accent!

Could he really be a streaming genius?

This scene, this popularity!

Comparing again with my initial debut broadcast...

AP is blown away!!

The rest of the people in the training room felt much the same; watching Liang Yan's livestream with gifts and subscription notifications popping up nonstop, they felt not a shred of envy, because they knew they could never reach such popularity, only feeling shocked, and also proud to have participated as Liang Yan's teammate in witnessing this.

At this moment, no one harbored any doubt about whether Liang Yan would blow up.

Even if he quit right now and tore up his player contract, he could absolutely achieve financial freedom through streaming. Given time, he might even grow into a top-tier streamer comparable to Doublelift, Imaqtpie, etc., with over ten thousand concurrent viewers!

It's just that his channel's subscriber growth speed is ridiculously fast!

In just one minute, heck, he broke 500, and several dozen of those are the highest-tier subscriptions; roughly calculating, this already exceeds two thousand dollars in revenue!

Not even counting the gifts!

An achievement that countless small streamers on Mouse Platform dream of, this kid heck achieved it in just one minute!

Lao Zhang was also completely stunned.

At this moment, he had the same doubt as AP:

My brother……could he be a streaming genius?!

After coming to his senses, Lao Zhang got so excited that goosebumps rose all over his body; he immediately grabbed the mouse and without hesitation gave Liang Yan's livestream a triple of likes, subscriptions, and gifts.

From now on, he can hold his head high and speak loudly in the domestic streaming scene:

Eh, what's that supposed to be?

My brother, a top streamer on the world's number one streaming platform.

Several thousand a day!

Awesome!