Chapter 43 - Money Withdrawal! Minotaur Recruitment Plan!
The next day, Richard finally could withdraw the rewards he had earned on Douyin.
It had been over a month since he crossed over.
In the live stream, many netizens had silently followed him for over a month.
The first cash out, nearly two million, Richard had spent conservatively, managing to make it last for a month.
Of course, this was also because he only needed to use the gold coins of this world to pay the wages of workers on his territory. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have been able to hold out for so long.
Buying cement was the major expense.
Now, this wave of withdrawals could be used to purchase more things.
Over the past month, Richard had earned over fifteen million yuan. Such income would probably rank in the top ten among Douyin streamers before his crossover.
He also noticed that someone named “Douyin Operator Zhang Lele” seemed to often give him rocket rewards, probably wanting to contact him to discuss signing a contract.
However, Richard ignored the person.
Damn, I’ve crossed over… How can I sign a contract?
Not to mention he couldn’t even go to the other party’s company, let alone mail his ID.
So, let’s leave it at that for now. Richard’s popularity was not low, and his income was high. The other party couldn’t possibly not let him continue streaming. Moreover, it wasn’t so easy to mess with the live stream bound by the system.
In any case, Richard didn’t worry too much.
After withdrawing the money, he spent the day buying a large quantity of red bricks, cement, and new weapons.
He found the factory shop where he had previously bought bows and arrows, negotiated with the owner for a while, and spent a considerable amount of money to order 200 more powerful bows and a large quantity of arrows.
These were for the fox people.
Richard planned to form a dedicated group of fox archers.
Then he bought some crossbows.
Now, there were already twenty crossbows in his storage space. Since there hadn’t been any battles yet, having too many wasn’t necessary and just took up space.
With this, Richard could achieve a continuous shooting effect by constantly changing crossbows.
After all, using bows and arrows required arm strength, and after shooting too many arrows with a high-powered bow in succession, the arms would become somewhat strained.
In addition, Richard bought a large quantity of bread, chicken legs, vegetables, and other foodstuffs.
After shopping, Richard arrived at the construction site with the two cat girls and began another day of live streaming.
As soon as Richard went online, the live broadcast room became lively.
【Anchor, why are there so few people?】
Someone noticed that there were significantly fewer people at the construction site and couldn’t help asking.
【Haha, maybe the anchor couldn’t afford the wages.】
【Come on, let’s help the anchor.】
【…】
[Uncle Next Door] rewarded with 1 rocket. Comment: Is this enough to pay for two people’s wages?
Immediately, others began to reward in the broadcast room.
Richard glanced at the live chat and explained, “The locust plague is coming, so…people have run away.”
【What? A locust plague?】
【The anchor’s off to a bad start.】
【It’s time for the army of foodies to come out.】
【Send out three thousand foodies, enough to sweep away the locusts.】
【Fried with some salt and chili powder, crunchy with every bite!】
【Fried, steamed, grilled, any way works.】
In the broadcast room, after Richard’s remark, netizens began brainstorming ideas, even more actively than the anchor himself.
But Richard no longer paid attention to the live chat. Instead, he headed towards Minotaur Tieling.
At this moment, Tieling was carrying a huge rock on his shoulder, moving it towards the city wall.
【666, Brother Minotaur is as strong as ever.】
【Anchor, shoot more footage of Minotaur one of these days.】
【What a spirited young Minotaur!】
Tieling’s popularity was quite high; as soon as he appeared, some viewers who had been quietly watching before began to speak up.
Clang!
After placing the huge rock on the city wall, Tieling climbed down from the ladder.
“Oh, master is here, greetings, master!” Tieling saw Richard approaching and quickly greeted him respectfully.
This guy could eat his fill every day since arriving at Richard’s territory, so you can imagine how happy he was. As for working at the construction site, it was nothing to him.
Richard asked, “Tieling, which tribe did you live in before?”
Tieling, looking simple-minded, replied, “I used to live in the Barbaric Stone Tribe. It was a tribe full of Minotaurs, but we were all struggling to get enough food. One day, I went out hunting in another forest, and those damn goblins ambushed me. They sold me to slave traders, and then I met the master.”
“How many people are in your tribe?” Richard asked.
“Master, there are more than eighty people in our tribe,” Tieling replied.
Eighty wasn’t a large number, but considering the scarcity of Minotaurs, eighty was already quite a lot.
Richard pondered for a moment and said, “You know the locust plague is coming, right?”
“Yes, master, the people in the tribe are definitely going to go hungry,” Tieling replied.
Richard said: “It can be estimated that many will starve to death.”
When Minotaur Tieling heard Richard’s words, his eyes started to turn red.
【Why do I feel like Brother Bull is going to be tricked by the anchor?】
【Same feeling.】
【Hang in there, Brother Bull!】
【……】
Richard continued, “Actually, I’d like to help them, but unfortunately, they’re in the beast territory…”
Thud!
Before Richard finished speaking, Minotaur Tieling knelt down with a thud.
【666, indeed tricked.】
【We were just waiting for you to kneel!】
【Cute Brother Bull…】
【Cool cool!】
In the live stream, the netizens were quite amused.
After Minotaur Tieling knelt down, he said, “If master is willing to take us in, I’ll go back and persuade them to come work for master, even fight for master, as long as there’s food every day, even if master doesn’t pay, it’s fine!”
【Such low demands~】
【Brother Bull, do you know you’re an internet celebrity now? Have some standards!】
【Confirmed by sight, Brother Bull is straightforward!】
【……】
Netizens in the live stream were laughing as they watched.
Meanwhile, at the construction site, Richard contemplated for a moment and said, “Get up, alright, but you need to hurry, locusts will be here soon.”
Minotaur Tieling nodded heavily and said, “Don’t worry, master, at most in five days, I’ll bring them here.”
“Take this!”
Richard took out a big backpack and threw it to him.
“There’s some food and water in there, enough for you to eat on the road, you can leave now.” Richard said.
【The streamer indeed had it planned out, poor Brother Bull.】
【From ancient times, deep affection can’t hold, tricking people’s hearts is the way!】
【We don’t know, we dare not ask!】
【……】
Minotaur Tieling was deeply moved again, “Thank you, master, Tieling will definitely bring them back!”