It's human nature to gamble.

This has been proven by countless historical examples as early as the Flame Dynasty, and even earlier in the Flood Era. In modern times, human civilization has gradually developed, life has become richer and richer, and people's gambling habits have become more and more intense.

Combining the traditional year-end test of arts and gambling at Hongshan College should start from the era of big live broadcasts.

Since Yuan Shi and Qingyue jointly submitted a live broadcast platform construction plan to Zhu Junshen, Hongshan University has been at the forefront of the live broadcast era.

Based on the core technology mastered by Qingyue, Bai Xiao, the pioneer of live broadcasting, is the leader in popularity, and the live broadcast platform of Hongshan Academy has spread all over the entire Great Qin Empire in the first time, and its influence has even penetrated all the way to the Shengyuan Continent.

And the benefits of the live broadcast are also clear at a glance: as an anchor, you can get the interaction of thousands of demon Taoists in the Blur Domain, and the level of magic consciousness can be thousands of miles a day. As a live broadcast platform, it can not only intercept part of the revenue for public use, but also carry out various commercial operations on the basis of high popularity!

The chief designer of the construction of this live broadcast platform can be described as a wizard of commercial operation. In the beginning, Hongshan Academy only sold some high-value-added peripheral products, such as palace jade liquor, or jewelry pendants with the name of the anchor...... But soon, Hongshan people developed a more advanced business model: gambling.

As long as it's related to the live content, there's nothing to bet on. For example, guess how many decibels of screaming will be caused by a certain anchor surnamed Gao who can eat dozens of catties of rice in a meal, or how long it will take for a person to play hide and seek with a wealthy girl surnamed Sun before he raises his hand to admit defeat......

These guessing items, the platform itself does not participate in betting, only a slight commission from it, but only one of the commissions, is like a mountain of income, the audience's enthusiasm to participate in betting, almost refreshed the cognition of anthropologists!

Even the chief designer of the live broadcast platform himself couldn't help but exclaim when he saw the first financial report.

"The dividend ratio to the old man is still too much!"

And taking this as an opportunity, the era of big live broadcasts that really spread all over the East and West continents suddenly kicked off. White Night City, Brilliant Valley of Border County, Qingjun and other places are not far behind, and they have begun to push their own anchors and even live broadcast platforms, each of which has its own magical powers, some cooperate directly with Hongshan College, some imitate copycats with their own technical reserves, and some go off the rails and win with curious live broadcast content...... For a while, the live broadcast business was also booming.

The Shengyuan Continent went further, under the brainstorming of the Shengyuan Council, they reversed Qingyue's Bright Moon Divine Power as soon as possible, and made localized improvements, and built a large-scale live broadcast platform in the Shengyuan Empire, both in terms of resource utilization efficiency and the popularity of the platform, they caught up with the pace of the pioneers of the Red Mountain in a short period of time.

But for Hongshan College, the emergence of these competitors is not a bad thing, because these various live broadcast platforms and anchors will only expand the market wider and wider, and cultivate more and more live broadcast audiences. Then as the leader in the live broadcast industry, Hongshan will only sit back and reap its benefits.

Around October, after a few months of development, the live broadcast business has become a mass entertainment project that has penetrated into the ordinary class. Because at the end of September, the Broken Data Laboratory officially launched a reality projection device, which can project the picture in the Blur Domain to reality at a very low cost for ordinary humans to watch. Moreover, the production capacity of the equipment is very amazing, and it has been laid to many main cities of the Great Qin Empire in just half a month, covering a very wide area.

And in November, during the year-end test of Hongshan Academy, live streaming has become a hot topic in the entire Great Qin Empire, and even the peddlers and pawns will discuss their favorite anchors after dinner.

At this time, the year-end test of Red Mountain College is undoubtedly the most eye-catching live broadcast project.

First of all, this is a competition of demon daoists, and everything in the demon world is actually quite attractive to ordinary people, including the previous entrance test, mid-year test, etc., which have attracted the attention of quite a lot of people.

Secondly, compared with the previous test, this time the test method is more "entertaining", and the supporting services are more complete. Even ordinary people who don't understand the theory of the Devil's Way can enjoy watching it.

Prior to this, even if some video materials of the duel of the demon masters were circulated to the people, most ordinary people could only watch the excitement, why are there these supernatural changes, and what are the considerations of the demonic Taoist when using supernatural powers...... Then it is unknown.

And there is also an objective fact that compared to those truly mature demon Daoists, the students in the academy are too far behind in terms of supernatural expressiveness, and ordinary people who are used to watching master demon dao duels are actually not enjoyable to watch student performances.

For a mature demon Taoist, even if it is only the level of silver spikes, fighting in the ring has the power of calling for wind and rain, the power of heaven and earth changing color, elements, time and space, thoughts, and things...... Countless dazzling special effects are enough to make ordinary people fascinated. On the other hand, teenage students, not long after they first set foot in the path of the Demon Dao, the magic weapons in their bodies are not yet mature, and they may only have one or two magical powers that can be used, and they are very rigid when they fight.

What's more, most college tests do not require actual combat, and many times it is purely students standing on the stump to shoot the target, and then the examiner announces the score. This ornamentality only depends on the appearance of the students and examiners, and has almost nothing to do with the magic way!

But this time, the end-of-year test is different, as students enter a special map with a well-designed story, and have to go through a complex story and complete a series of challenges. And throughout the process, there will be quite professional demon masters who are responsible for the whole audience, and there are many of them who are high, like the demon masters and even great masters of the immortals.

This is really a once-in-a-lifetime feast for ordinary people. Even if you don't consider the level of magic skills, just watching hundreds of students play role-playing games is a new form of entertainment.

What's more, the audience can also actively bet during this period, and if you are lucky, you will be able to enjoy a villa with a sea view!

Therefore, when the two women's avatars in mid-air gradually dissipated, the atmosphere in Hongshan City became even hotter.

The diners in the restaurant were talking vaguely while hastily pulling the authentic Hongshan Nancheng flavor in the boss's impatient eyes.

"How are you going to bet?"

"Let's talk about which one to focus on, and then how to bet, the test of the five grades, there must always be a focus, how about focusing on graduates? It stands to reason that the strongest strength should be the most exciting?"

Before the words fell, a big man at the next table burst out laughing, and the authentic fried liver starch paste of Hongshan Nancheng flavor sprayed directly on the opposite face, and the latter looked at the developed deltoid muscles on the shoulders of the big man who were still exposed in late autumn and early winter, and silently wiped his face with a handkerchief without saying a word.

But the big man said: "You are too layman, these five grade tests, only the first grade is worth seeing, and the rest are pure!"

The big man's voice was so loud that one sentence made the noise of the entire restaurant silent, and he didn't feel that he was influencing others at all, and said endlessly.

"This year, this Hongshan Academy, there are only the first year worth paying attention to, and there are only two people worth paying attention to in the first year, one is Bai Xiao, the other is Qingyue, the fame of these two people can be said to be famous in Hongshan and even in the entire Great Qin Empire, and Qingyue is even better in this......

As soon as these words came out, the man on the other side who was silently wiping his face couldn't help it.

"What you say is ridiculous, what's even better is obviously Bai Xiao, don't rely on your strength to talk nonsense and mislead friends from afar. The story of those two Snow Mountain people, who of us Hongshan locals doesn't know? Compared to the Demon Dao Princess who was favored by the Great Grandmaster from the beginning and cultivated with all his might, Bai Xiao's experience is more legendary and his strength is stronger, when he went to the border county, he could even fight with the ring-bearers in Brilliant Valley, why should Qing Yue compare with him? Isn't it true that the Red Mountain Academy also divided him and everyone else in the first year into two groups to feel that his strength was balanced?"

These words made many diners in the restaurant nod their heads constantly.

Even if they are not locals of Hongshan, since they have come here, most people will know the outline of the story of Bai Xiao and Qingyue. The enthusiasm for the test live broadcast is high, and he has investigated the information early on, and he knows the stories of these two legendary figures clearly.

Objectively speaking, Qingyue's performance in the past year is worthy of the great grandmaster's favor for her, but on the other hand, Bai Xiao's legendary storytelling is far above Qingyue, so that many people secretly slander the great grandmaster for being really blind on the snowy mountain, and mistakenly gave the most brilliant jewel to the past, no wonder he has been a grandmaster for many years and is still poor......

And this strong man who eats fried liver crazily, but he insists that Qingyue is better, and he is challenging everyone's common sense.

Facing dozens of pairs of questioning eyes in the entire crowded restaurant, the strong man sneered a few times, put down the small bowl of authentic Chengnan flavor, and said: "So you are laymen, and you can see the strength and weakness only by looking at the surface? Is it really that simple, does Hongshan City still dare to open a gambling plate? The great grandmaster saved the young man and the girl on the snowy mountain at the same time, but only picked Qingyue as his apprentice, is it really his vision? His fortune is already bad enough, if he is still blind, how can he be firmly in the second position of the human grandmaster? Can't you think about these questions?"

This rebuke did make some people who didn't know the details hesitate, but the diner on the other side who was sprayed with the authentic Hongshan Nancheng flavor fried liver did not let go: "What you said is simply avoiding the important and trivial, no matter how good the great grandmaster's vision is, there are also wise people's mistakes, and the gambling plate in Hongshan City is not betting on Bai Xiao Qingyue's heads-up victory, but in any case, Bai Xiao has countless glorious resumes to prove himself in the past half a year, and Qingyue is overshadowed in comparison, you can't deny this, right?"

The strong man continued to sneer a few times, and responded: "Overshadowed? This is what you laymen can say! I'm afraid Bai Xiao himself will laugh out loud when he hears it, no, he will probably be so angry that he will kill you on the spot! Let me ask you, what is Bai Xiao's status in the Snow Mountain Tribe? He is the son of a leader! He is the only prince in the Great Qin Empire! And what is Qingyue's origin? The daughter of an ordinary witch and Zhu, her status is very different! That's fine, there is also a girl from the snow mountain named Lan Lan, who is the granddaughter of the chief Wu Zhu, this position is not easy to find similar cases in Qin, let's just think of it as the eldest son of the Lu family, the identity and status are similar to the prince, as for the appearance and strength, those who have seen it have naturally seen it, so why did Bai Xiao fall in love with Qingyue, who was still unknown at the time, but gave up Lan Lan, who was obviously more compatible, have you considered the reason?"

The question is obviously much deeper, and many people are immediately speechless, and even many single dogs bark angrily.

The strong man was at ease, as if he had long been out of the low-level interest of being single, and said with the attitude of a passer-by: "Of course, it is because Qingyue has the potential to make Bai Xiao agree, even when she is down and embarrassed, Bai Xiao thinks that she has the ability to match himself, so he will like her." When men and women interact, what love at first sight, the vows are all fake, the two sides will inevitably have a rough trade-off of each other's value in their hearts, Bai Xiao believes that the other party has a value no less than his own, and he will never give up!"

Such an esoteric theory has completely exceeded the understanding of most diners, and even the restaurant owner who specializes in the authentic flavor of Nancheng has an expression of listening to the sky, lying on the counter with round eyes.

The strong man looked a little more interested and continued: "Everyone knows what happened after that, Qingyue was favored by the great grandmaster, the dragon entered the sea, and soared into the sky, although it is true that it is not as conspicuous as Bai Xiao's achievements, but think about it, a person who can still interact with Bai Xiao on an equal footing in the predicament will inevitably take off when he comes to the right environment. In comparison, Bai Xiao is in an unfamiliar environment, carrying out his own cultivation that he is not suitable for, and the legendary story after that relies more on his past accumulation, so you can use your brains to think about it, which of the two is progressing faster? Which one is stronger at this stage?"

There was silence in the restaurant for a while, which formed an unusually sharp contrast to the noise of the surrounding shopping streets.

Because of this problem, most people really haven't thought about it before!

Qingyue's low profile is not only her own wishes, but also the great grandmaster's deliberate suppression of relevant news, so many people don't know much about this demon princess, they only know that she caused a sensation when she first came to Hongshan City, but she was soon drowned in Bai Xiao's light. In the next half a year, what she has experienced and how much she has grown is completely unknown! People only think that Bai Xiao is so strong, it is impossible for anyone to match him, but listening to this strong man's explanation, it seems that things are not so simple?

After contemplation, there is naturally silence.

And such a strange appearance has also attracted many curious diners to come to watch, this authentic Hongshan Nancheng flavor is in front of the early shop, and there is a faint crowd of people!

In the face of a large audience, some people will be timid, and some people will be more impassioned, this strong man who likes to eat authentic Chengnan style fried liver is obviously the latter, while reaching out to add a bowl of authentic Chengnan flavor bean juice, while gushing.

"Of course, if Bai Xiao and Qingyue go to fight that kind of simple and rough ring battle, of course Bai Xiao will win, but the test of Hongshan Academy is not an arena competition, but a stage where the two sides are placed on an extremely complex stage, testing the demonic cultivation, theoretical knowledge, interpersonal skills, etc. of both sides, and this kind of comprehensive duel, do you really think Bai Xiao has an advantage? Which of the glorious achievements he has achieved in the past has been achieved by relying on something other than combat effectiveness?"

For a while, the restaurant was even more silent, and the onlookers outside the restaurant whispered and began to shake their heads.

So the strong man was even more proud: "I won't belittle Bai Xiao's ability, but in this kind of comprehensive test, of course I will be more optimistic about Qingyue!"

The diner on the opposite side couldn't help but retort: "According to what you say, if Qing Yue is no less than Bai Xiao, or even surpasses it, why does Hongshan Academy make such a strange grouping? Bai Xiao is in a group of people, and everyone else is in a group?"

The strong man laughed and said: "Isn't this simple? First, this is the year-end test of the Red Mountain Academy, not a confrontation competition like the Blazing Feather Island Conference, and the results of the competition are not directly related to the ranking! Even if Bai Xiao loses, if he continuously eliminates more than 140 people on the opposite side before losing, leaving only Qingyue as a bare-pole commander, which side do you think is the winner? Who can get the top of the school year? Second, the grouping of more than 100 people is not an advantage, on the contrary, it is a test proposed by the academy to Qingyue! Think about it, those more than 100 people, but from all over the world, many of them are from wealthy families, even if Qingyue has excellent talent, there is no relationship between superiors and subordinates between them, why should they cooperate with Qingyue to fight? Everyone has their own thoughts, and a plate of loose sand is the norm. And Qingyue's strength lies in her comprehensive ability, so whether she can integrate the strength of more than a hundred classmates is the test given to her by the academy, if she can't do it, it will be equivalent to Bai Xiao throwing a spear off target, which is a serious mistake. So from this point of view, Qingyue is fighting with a heavy load at all, so in the eyes of Hongshan Academy, which side really has the upper hand, there is no need to say more, right?"

Hearing this, not to mention the spectators who came in a hurry and blocked outside the restaurant, even the diner who was sprayed with fried liver all over his face at the beginning of the most fierce rebuttal, was silent, and his face was cloudy.

In the restaurant, there are faint whispers of discussion.

"Do you think he has a point?"

"It doesn't sound like a problem, the logic makes perfect sense, I was also curious before, what is the magic of that Qingyue, which makes Bai Xiao die ......"

"Yes, if it weren't for Lan Lan, it would be fine, obviously there was such a cute suitor, but he turned a deaf ear, now that I think about it, maybe Qingyue is really unexpectedly powerful!"

"Wait, women are too powerful, shouldn't they be deducted points?"

"Tsk, it's really shameful for you to think like a scumbag, no wonder Xiaofang broke up with you!"

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After causing a lot of discussion among the crowd, the strong man who liked the authentic flavor fried liver in the south of Hongshan City got up and left, and disappeared into the corner of the shop street in the admiring eyes of everyone.

However, as soon as he turned the alley, the confidence and detachment on the strong man's face were swept away.

Because at the end of the alley, a woman of low stature, but with a majestic appearance, was staring straight at him.

The strong man hurriedly took two steps forward, leaned down, and knelt on one knee: "Helper......"

The woman waved her hand, and although the gesture was reckless, it had an irresistible force, and lifted the strong man with knotted muscles up.

"Let's report the results directly. ”

The strong man hurriedly bowed his head and said: "Everything is in the plan, I have successfully incited everyone present, and I noticed that two percent of them directly changed their betting plan." ”

The woman nodded: "Very good, continue to carry out your mission, change places, change the set of words, and don't let people notice anything wrong." ”

"Rest assured, everything is in plan!" said the strong man, although he still lowered his head, his expression was excited.

To make this woman who controls the entire underground world of Hongshan South City say "very good", that is an achievement that thousands of people in the Snake Gang dream of!

This is a real big man who calls for wind and rain, although her reputation is not good, and many people don't even know about her existence, but her power is illustrated with a relatively simple example.

As long as she says a word, all the authentic Nancheng flavors that are now popular in the shop street will all be turned into hot and sour noodles! Millions of people in the entire Nancheng don't want to eat anything but hot and sour noodles!

The deterrent power of the Snake Gang Xiaoqing is so appalling!

But she obviously had no intention of abusing her power, and said: "Continue to induce people to bet on Qingyue, and then we can maximize our profits." ”