Matrix Survival: I Get A Random Chest Every Day

Chapter 642 483: No! Comment! Allowed! (4.4K)

"Interview? Me?"

Li Zheng looked at Bai Xiaosheng in confusion, "What's there to interview about me... wait, are you broadcasting my movements live?"

If he remembered correctly, wasn't Bai Xiaosheng from Nine Heavens?

"Yes, we've been focused on Mr. Li since the event started." Bai Xiaosheng didn't deny it, nor did he mention that he had once shifted the camera to those girls giving out freebies at the request of some LSPs in the live chat.

"A rare opportunity like this, aren't you broadcasting your Nine Heavens Legion? Does your boss know?" Li Zheng couldn't quite understand; isn't a competition that all players are watching a perfect promotional opportunity?

From the legion's perspective, shouldn't Bai Xiaosheng be broadcasting the experts on Nine Heavens' side?

"This is our boss's decision."

Bai Xiaosheng didn't elaborate further, as his interview time was limited and he quickly shifted back to the main topic, "A significant portion of the audience not participating in the competition has complaints about your practice of charging for occupying the Lava Mountain Range map. What do you have to say about this, Mr. Li?"

Complaints.

This word was used very subtly.

Even someone like Li Zheng could tell that Bai Xiaosheng was sugarcoating it.

The so-called 'complaints' likely meant that the viewers had probably cursed his ancestors down to the eighteenth generation.

After a moment of contemplation, Li Zheng asked back, "Do you want my answer to be official, or heartfelt?"

'Official' meant choosing pleasant nonsense to say, while 'heartfelt' was less defined.

"This is a live broadcast, not a TV station. Mr. Li, feel free to speak your mind." Bai Xiaosheng adjusted the camera in his view, trying to focus on Li Zheng's face without filling the entire frame, leaving some space around.

"Oh, then I'll be heartfelt."

Li Zheng nodded and earnestly replied, "No comment!"

The simple four words left Bai Xiaosheng and all the viewers watching the live broadcast utterly stunned.

"What the... 'No comment!' I thought Li Zheng would start cursing. How disappointing!"

"Exactly! Li Zheng's temper is too good. If it were me, I'd have sworn at the camera for two minutes."

"Good temper? Are you serious, commenter above?"

"LOL... those slanderers who fell to Li Zheng's hands have something to say: Li Zheng's temper is really good~"

"This? This is a screen-owning move. If this event didn't separate the audience from the players, I would suspect Li Zheng has already started a killing spree."

"What's this called? This is called ignoring! What good does it do for those trolls to curse harder? The guy simply doesn't engage, it's a classic punch on cotton."

Bai Xiaosheng glanced at the comments and found that almost all of them in his live stream supported Li Zheng, with only a scarce few maintaining a neutral stance, acting purely as bystanders.

But for the sake of the broadcast effect, Bai Xiaosheng certainly couldn't let Li Zheng off the hook like this; anyway, he was a special correspondent, invincible during the interview process.

Grinding his teeth, Bai Xiaosheng probed further, "Regarding the fee-for-entry command just issued by Mr. Li, I have an immature idea and wonder if it aligns with Mr. Li's intentions."

He opened his mouth to continue but was stopped by Li Zheng raising his hand, "Drop that immature idea. I'm just purely trying to earn some points while I can."

"Uh..."

Bai Xiaosheng shut his mouth, growing increasingly anxious inside.

If this interview didn't produce something substantive, it wouldn't align with his usual 'taking advantage of every situation' style.

Seeing that there were still over two minutes left, Bai Xiaosheng ignored Li Zheng's deterrence, switched the camera to his face, and continued speaking to himself, "Actually, everyone only saw that Li Zheng gave the command to charge for entry just now, but didn't think deeply about the reasoning behind it."

"Firstly, don't know if everyone noticed, but the area of the Lava Mountain Range is much smaller than the other five scenes, and it can accommodate an extremely limited number of players."

"If players are let in randomly, others are bound to fight over territory again."

"Secondly, if it's opened for free to others, with such a safe place available, will they still be eager to tackle the other five bosses?"

"As everyone knows, players are much easier to deal with than bosses, right?"

"This method, although aggressive and damaging to others' favorable impression of the Starting Point Legion, I think Mr. Li's intention was certainly for the greater good."

"Am I right?"

Bai Xiaosheng's speculation and understanding left Li Zheng dumbfounded. It took him a while before he reacted and nodded, "Ah... yes, yes, you're right!"

How come I didn't know I cared so much about others?

Li Zheng sighed inwardly, thinking to himself, I really am a saint.

Then he loudly shouted into the distance, "Guys, the price we set earlier is too low, it's not getting under their skin! Tell 'em, starting now, anyone who wants to come in has to pay five times the previous price!"

Bai Xiaosheng: "..."

He never expected that his nonsense actually made Li Zheng raise what was originally a somewhat reasonable price to an outrageously high level.

His comment was just for the sake of the live broadcast effect; as long as Li Zheng nodded, he could cover for him afterward in the live stream, give some forced explanations, and absolutely carve out a distinctive path amidst this broadcast trend.