I Become The Richest Man With A monthly Salary of Twenty Thousand Yuan-Chapter 768 - 520 Fermentation_2

"No problem," Yun Long said, his eyes lighting up.

"Great! Your word is enough." After speaking, Yun Long patted Xia Liang on the shoulder.

On the other side, the Protectors from the Qingyun City Police Station, upon hearing that Xia Liang would visit their station later, were all aglow with excitement. It wasn't just because of Xia Liang's magic, but also because of his other abilities, such as his mysterious hypnotism. Some of the older Protectors even knew that this God Xia had been called Master Xia two months ago—a real Immortal.

Then, Yun Long gestured with a wave of his hand. "Take all the internet celebrities away. Let's wrap this up!"

Nearby, Yun Bing had wanted to say something to Xia Liang, but she was restrained by Yun Long's presence. She ended up just giving a quick greeting before commanding all the Protectors to escort the internet celebrities away.

In just a moment, the area in front of the building was cleared. The residents of the community came up to greet Xia Liang, and after exchanging a few pleasantries, they dispersed.

Once everyone had left, Xia Liang headed towards his home.

「Meanwhile, the scene that had unfolded in the community was just beginning to gain traction online.」

Yun Long's lecture to the internet celebrities was especially praised by countless netizens, who hailed him as the most justice-minded police chief. His detailed account of Xia Liang's recent societal contributions was cited as the primary reason for his viral fame. It allowed viewers to profoundly understand the risks Xia Liang had faced while saving people.

Without a professional explaining it, the audience might have thought that Xia Liang's feats of magic were as simple as eating and drinking. But now, after Yun Long had finished speaking, they realized that even the slightest mistake could have cost Xia Liang his life.

Therefore, the entire online audience once again held Xia Liang in solemn respect. Some even suggested that the country should launch a special initiative to encourage everyone to learn from Xia Liang's deeds. What began as a spontaneous joke among netizens ended up topping the trending searches that very day.

「At the same time, inside the Qingyun City Police Station, the captured internet celebrities skipped the interrogation stage entirely.」

They were made to sign and fingerprint their confessions to a charge of disturbing social order before being placed in detention.

In the detention center, a single oversized cell housed over forty internet celebrities, men and women together. This was something Qin Feng had arranged specifically to make their lives miserable. Normally, men and women were detained separately. However, Yun Bing made an exception for them. Although their offenses weren't severe, their behavior was extremely deplorable and disgusting, and they showed no signs of remorse. Besides, these people would be released in five days.

This was already the maximum punishment, but no one knew whether they would cause trouble for Xia Liang again after their release.

At that moment, inside the cell, a young man in his twenties dressed as a magician sat on the floor, his eyes filled with defiance.

"Damn, who does he think he is? Just because he's famous, he's all that? He can even get the goddamn police to protect him and arrest us."

"Did he forget why he's so famous? It's all because we small-time internet celebrities shared his videos and wrote positive comments that helped them spread so rapidly online. We're the ones who made him!"

"We just went over to live-stream his life. We're all just trying to make a living. What's wrong with that? And he used the Protectors to arrest us? So impressive, huh!"

This man completely ignored the real reasons for Xia Liang's popularity, instead attributing all the success to himself and blaming Xia Liang for all his problems.

Another internet celebrity chimed in, "The boss is right. That magician's move was ruthless. But what can we do? This is his turf, and nobodies like us are completely ignored."

"But there's no way we're swallowing this insult. He dared to fob us off with a magic trick for a three-year-old, so let's get serious with him!"

"Didn't he say it himself? If his magic doesn't work within a day, he's at our disposal, haha!"

His words immediately piqued the interest of the other internet celebrities. In no time, everyone joined the chorus denouncing Xia Liang and brainstorming ways to punish him once they were out.

"I think we should make him run around Qingyun City naked. How's that for an idea? We'll follow him with our cameras. Tsk tsk, just imagine the views pouring in. You think we won't be able to recoup our losses then?"

"And we'll make him reveal all his magic secrets! Make him bring out all his props so there are no mysteries left. We'll be heroes!"

"Even better, let's find him an old lady in her seventies or eighties and make him date her. That's a great gimmick! Audiences these days love that kind of alternative content."

"I think he should perform seventeen or eighteen tricks, and we'll expose the secret behind every single one. Not only would that satisfy the audience's curiosity, but it would also knock that arrogance of his down a peg."

"He should have to be like me and play a beggar for a day! Make him eat leftover slop from a restaurant. Now that would be explosive!"

The group of internet celebrities grew more and more excited as they talked, forgetting their hunger, forgetting they were in a detention center, and forgetting how Yun Bing had arrested them in the first place. At that moment, their minds were consumed with how to torment Xia Liang to extract even greater benefits from him.

Gradually, night fell. After the internet celebrities finished the food delivered by the guards, they slowly began to fall asleep.

「Around two in the morning, the entire detention center became quiet and deserted.」

Over thirty internet celebrities slept on a large communal bunk, with snores rising and falling intermittently.

Brother Ji Li was one of them. He had never liked studying and had dropped out of middle school. After drifting through society for a few years, a friend introduced him to the world of live-streaming.

He saw other anchors rake in money after streaming for just two or three hours a day. But when he streamed, he would only attract a handful of viewers. Even after broadcasting for over a dozen hours until his throat was raw, having gone through hundreds of boxes of throat lozenges, his fan count still hadn't broken ten thousand.

He had been on the verge of quitting the industry and getting a factory job when he saw the Street Magician Xia Liang suddenly go viral. A fan in his stream suggested he ride on Xia Liang's coattails and "shear some wool" from him, saying it might be his ticket to the top.

And just like that, Brother Ji Li felt he had a chance again!

He traveled hundreds of miles, spending several hundred Yuan on a train ticket to Yangcheng. He successfully found the main group and arrived at the residential community where the Street Magician Xia Liang lived.

He immediately started a live-stream. In just over ten minutes, his viewer count shot past one hundred, and his fan count finally broke ten thousand. Brother Ji Li felt certain he had made the right move.

What happened next went exactly as he had imagined. With Xia Liang's appearance, his stream's popularity soared to over ten thousand, with more than two thousand concurrent viewers and a fan value of fifty thousand.

It was as if the status of a ten-million-fan internet celebrity was waving at him.

Therefore, after joining forces with everyone to pressure Xia Liang into performing the wish magic, he resolutely knelt on the ground and shouted his wish—"I want to become a major internet celebrity with ten million fans!"

The wish was unrealistic; it was something he wouldn't dare to imagine even in his wildest daydreams. But it was his ultimate dream.

Although he was now locked up in a detention center with the others, all he had to do was hold on for five days. As soon as he got out, he could demand that Xia Liang fulfill his promise. Then, by relentlessly shearing wool from him, the dream of becoming a ten-million-fan celebrity would no longer be a dream.

If Xia Liang could do it, so could he, Brother Ji Li!