At the start, I tricked the school beauty, and ended up with twins?

"That last ad totally caught me off guard!"

"It's absurd, just utterly absurd, but why do I feel like I've seen this scenario before?"

"Poking the commenter above, Gu Yu's first greeting video on Dou Ying was an advert!"

"...Sweet mandarin! Advertising on the official news channel!"

Gu Yu's final statement had the audience in the livestream utterly stunned.

At first, they had thought Gu Yu would say something impassioned, but it turned out to be a sudden advertisement!

Is this company really that broke?

The chairman himself has to do the promotion?

Most people were completely baffled, but some longtime fans who had been following Gu Yu and Lin Xinyue's life account saw it as nothing out of the ordinary.

When Gu Yu had joined the Dou Ying platform, everyone thought his first video would definitely be some sweet talk to woo the fans.

But his first video was an ad for the company's new game, Summoning God Dragon.

Now, advertising the new game in the news livestream again seemed quite normal to the old fans.

"Mr. Gu, this..."

It took Cheng Nong a while to recover from this maneuver, looking at Gu Yu with a puzzled expression.

Did Gu Yu no longer care about his image?

A company chairman personally advertising was indeed a bit of a letdown.

"Uh, hahaha, what's wrong? Do I need to pay you for the advertisement? No problem, just ask my partner to report to finance later."

Gu Yu also looked puzzled at Cheng Nong, and it took him a couple of seconds to realize that his recent action was somewhat inappropriate.

How could he advertise in someone else's livestream without paying?

Freeloading was simply too shameful!

"No... no, that's not what I meant. I'm not trying to ask for advertising fees."

Cheng Nong knew Gu Yu had misunderstood his point, but seeing Gu Yu's serious gaze, he held back the words he had intended to say.

Advertising fees... he really needed them.

Living solely on his salary, he was indeed strapped for cash, and of course, he would be happy with more money.

He glanced at the comments in the livestream, expecting uproar, but instead, he found the livestream unexpectedly harmonious.

Many people did not oppose Gu Yu's advertising actions too much.

Of course, Cheng Nong also knew it was because the advertiser was Gu Yu; if it had been someone else, the livestream would probably have exploded in criticism.

Gu Yu's fans were very loyal.

Fans are much more tolerant when dealing with their idols than they are with other people.

"Where in the world is this land filled with flowers..."

Suddenly, Gu Yu's phone rang, and he looked down to see it was Chen Tian.

Old Mr. Chen was calling him at this time, but he had no idea why.

He didn't immediately answer the call but rather stood up and said to Cheng Nong, "I'm sorry, gentlemen, I have to deal with something now; we'll chat more next time, here's my business card."

Gu Yu pulled out a business card from his pocket and handed it to Cheng Nong, then hurried out of the reception room.

Cheng Nong didn't even have time to exchange a few polite goodbyes.

Looking at the plain white business card in his hand, Cheng Nong gave the cameraman, Du, a helpless smile.

Though he had many more questions he wanted to ask Gu Yu, he knew that Gu Yu had already said enough for today.

Continuing to probe would have seemed very impolite.

Since Gu Yu had voluntarily given him a business card, it also implied that Gu Yu would still accept his interview later, and he had successfully connected with Gu Yu.

Seeing his rapidly increasing follower count and the popularity of his live-streaming room, Cheng Nong was very excited.

The fact proved that as long as one could identify the right target for reporting and present the actual content of the news truthfully, a large number of people would still watch the news.

The gradual decline of the news industry and the loss of media credibility were closely linked, as people could not see the real situation or understand firsthand information, naturally, they would no longer watch the news.

By initiating news live broadcasting, his interview with Gu Yu today also proved that this path was indeed feasible.

After all, what is fresher than live broadcasting in news?

Of course, live broadcasting also meant taking on the corresponding risks since no one could foresee what might happen during the broadcast.

If something that the official level disallowed occurred, it would definitely be banned.

The risks were great, but the audience was gathered quickly. Read new chapters at My Virtual Library Empire

Cheng Nong was not afraid of risks, he was only afraid of being an unknown reporter all his life.

"Dear audience members, because Mr. Gu has an urgent matter to attend to, today's interview will end here!"

"But please be assured, if there is a chance next time, I will continue to bring you the story of Mr. Gu! Thank you for watching, and the morning news will end in five minutes."

Cheng Nong straightened his clothes and microphone, then stood in front of the camera to announce the end of the interview.

He glanced at the time, the morning news was live-streamed from seven to eight o'clock, and it was now fifty-five past seven.

He decided to end it early.

At the same time, he left the audience with a suspense, that he would interview Gu Yu again next time, and upon saying this, the follower count instantly skyrocketed.

This also showed that there were indeed too many people interested in Gu Yu on the internet.

"Go Anong! You will definitely become a top broadcaster!"

"Followed, if you interview Gu Yu next time, you definitely need to notify everyone with a video!"

"It is rare to see such hardworking and competent young people in the news media, we could chat privately."

"..."

Cheng Nong seriously read every comment in the live room, suddenly, a Dou Ying account named Wan Qi caught his attention.

He knew this person, who was also a journalist, but unlike him, Wan Qi was a freelance writer.

He ran his own media account, recorded his own news videos, and wrote his articles, being a quite capable independent media worker.

He was also among those who were at the forefront of this industry.

Wan Qi's video style was generally serious and very eye-catching due to his choice of topics, such as the dark sides of society or exposing little-known market manipulation.

These news pieces were often not reported by official media and were only covered by independent media.

However, since filming such videos involved substantial risks, generally, people would not bother to use such material.

It should be noted that in the past, official media also had many counterparts who, driven by journalistic ideals, went deep into the lower social strata or secretive capital circles to unearth the truth.

But the vast majority of them did not end well.

Although these people received widespread praise from the public after the news broke out, they often suffered persecution due to impacting someone else's interests.

They were called undercover journalists.

Wan Qi's previous profession was as an undercover journalist, who gained broad attention for exposing hygiene issues at a certain dairy factory.

Similarly, Wan Qi also faced persecution, he resigned from his job, was forced to conceal his whereabouts, and hid in obscure corners to continue his ideal profession.

Cheng Nong didn't understand why Wan Qi would reach out to him.

But he still proactively contacted Wan Qi via private message.