Chapter 1534: Chapter 1534: Economic Downturn
Lin Heihu’s journey to transform his live streaming career was surprisingly smooth, aside from a few minor obstacles at the beginning.
In the end, it’s because there are just too many patients in the nursing center now, with the latest batch reaching five hundred... four people.
That is to say, excluding those four high-priced patients, the nursing center admits a batch of patients every month, with each person paying five million, resulting in a monthly income of two and a half billion!
The nursing center is still expanding, and Hua Hua’s ultimate goal is to expand to two thousand people and reduce the nursing fee to two million—not because they’ve run out of land or don’t want to expand further, it’s just that they can’t manage it, even with Xiao Wu’s help, they’ve reached their limit.
As for reducing the fee to one million, they do want to, but no one understands how to nurture or control the "gu"... so what’s the point?
These are far-fetched ideas. Currently, among the five hundred patients, about 400 odd people are willing to live stream—not because they want to show off, but because they genuinely want to communicate more with their family and friends, it’s a basic need for patients.
However, Lin Heihu’s live streaming is just three hours—anyone who’s done live streaming knows that three hours a day is quite substantial.
To say the least, if each patient streams for ten minutes, that’s only eighteen patients per three-hour session.
If all 400 patients want a turn, twenty days wouldn’t be enough—and by then, most would be discharged.
At this point, those who talk about portrait rights and privacy rights mostly stay silent—even if they don’t participate in the live streaming, they won’t spoil the fun for other patients.
Then comes the problem... how to handle the insufficient spots?
There are indeed patients who are not short on money, directly telling Lin Heihu—stream me first tomorrow, name your price.
After all, everyone has seen that Liu Yuting has taken four high-cost patients this session—problems that money can solve, are they really problems?
In fact, among these five hundred people, there are those who can easily produce tens of millions in treatment fees, but they’re already queued up, so why make a fuss?
After all, there are nearly 400 other people waiting for live streaming, spending some money to communicate with family sooner—isn’t that worthwhile?
Some have already spent all they had on treatment, so they negotiate with Lin Heihu—could each person have a shorter live streaming time?
Some don’t like hearing that, saying this is a scarce resource, we’re competing by paying, it’s also approved by Director Liu Yuting, if you don’t have money, then don’t compete—everyone is moving toward recovery, going home directly to give family a surprise, isn’t that better?
If not for the part after the dash, this logic seems ridiculous, but with the latter part, it becomes quite normal—you won’t die, it’s not like leaving a will, why indulge in this high-end consumption?
But Lin Heihu’s logic... is different from Liu Yuting’s, he’s about harvesting faith, so the more people, the better, right?
So he straightforwardly announced, starting tomorrow, I’ll increase live streaming time to six hours—three hours in the morning, three hours in the afternoon, and each person... three minutes of live streaming.
Calculating it this way, one day can stream for 120 people, and in four days, everyone gets a turn, that’s not bad.
Someone suggested, I can pay more, can I get some extra streaming time—I’m not particularly rich, just want to chat more with my family.
Lin Heihu, having been a local deity, understands what people are considering, so he says for me, money means nothing, I want to promote positive energy, considering equality for all—even though I started live streaming, money and all that, I don’t really care.
Then someone got upset, saying Director Liu allows cutting in line as long as you pay.
"Don’t talk nonsense with me," Lin Heihu dismissively replied, with a full Northeast accent, a "circle insider" vibe, "Director Liu’s cutting in line is extra, my brother, you think my sources are worse than yours?"
"Want extra cutting in line? Sure, a million a minute, if you have the money just step forward!"
A million per minute for live streaming, truly no one can afford that, it’s too exorbitant—a few hours of such costs could break the bank even for an additional patient.
However, there was someone determined, "Little brother, I’ll pay a hundred million to put another person on live stream, okay?"
This person discovered a business opportunity during treatment, not only recovering the treatment costs but also doubling their investment isn’t just a dream.
Don’t laugh at their overconfidence, oftentimes opportunities are right there, whether you grab them or not depends on you—worried it might upset the nursing center? Please, we are talking business, no disrespect to the center.
"That’s definitely impossible," Lin Heihu casually shook his head, "Elder Feng is my big buddy, my boss, he gives me face by necessity, but for other small streamers trying to get in... forget it, even spreading your legs won’t work!"
The next moment, Feng Jun’s voice came from Gao Qiang’s walkie-talkie, "Xiao Lin, dare to smear me again and see what happens?"
Lin Heihu turned and glared at Gao Qiang, "You little rat sold me out!"
"You need to know when to quit," Gao Qiang rolled his eyes, "The boss takes care of you, show some gratitude... I’m telling you, no one owes you, don’t get carried away."
Gao Qiang’s words seemed to reprimand Lin Heihu, but everyone understood, this guy with sunglasses and a big mask truly had the support of the nursing center’s hidden big boss.
Actually, most cancer patients being cared for here understand well that the big boss of the nursing center is definitely not Liu Yuting, and it’s unlikely to be Li Shishi either—could people who can pay five million fall for such shenanigans?
As long as the information isn’t too blocked, most would know that Luohua Manor next door is the real owner behind the scenes of the center.
And how influential Luohua Manor is, just ask around anywhere and you’ll know.
So, bringing in another person for live streaming is unnecessary, it has nothing to do with any under-the-table deals—the hidden big boss only acknowledges this person.
Hence, the live streaming the next day progressed quite smoothly, with most patients pre-preparing their lists—if I can stream, I hope you can contact whomever in advance.
Notifying friends and family in advance is quite normal, for patient relatives to enter the live streaming room, it takes a process—you can’t waste precious streaming time waiting for friends and family to log in or... download the app, right?
However, this led to another issue, that friends and family who received advance notice often couldn’t enter the streaming room punctually and on time—since it’s like this, why not log in ahead of time and hang out there.
On the flip side, even if you miss the crucial moment, not being there during the stream—my name is always listed, isn’t it? It’s a matter of attitude.
So... many names rushed into the live stream room as Lin Heihu entered, and more people continuously flowed in afterward.
This session had a professor from the Normal University, upright and with numerous students, who got cancer and entered Luohua for treatment, deeply concerned by countless disciples.
Although the professor’s personal achievements weren’t high, as he wasn’t adept at networking or focused on improving his personal skills, the disciples he taught were very competent—even the disciples of disciples could become Changjiang Scholars.
Disciples praying for the teacher, moments shared in their circles could have an incredible impact—good karma follows good deeds.
Just to see this professor, over 20,000 people flooded into the live stream room.
Although many were just students seeing their teacher posting in their circles, came to join in on the fun, it can’t be denied, students at this age, holding a phone each, are no strangers to live streaming.
So once the live stream room opened, over 20,000 people rushed in within ten minutes, not comparable to those with 500,000 viewers in an instant, but certainly, each ID was real.
So starting the second day, the number of viewers in the live stream room steadily increased, with more than 20,000 at the peak and four to five thousand at the lowest, a significant portion being curious onlookers.
If Lin Heihu wanted to be a traffic-driven streamer, this amount of popularity would be insufficient, but as a live stream introducing cancer patients, the flow wasn’t low.
Guo Junsheng, in his early thirties, is a security guard in a Zhengyang office building, usually clocking in and working honestly, not overly generous or stingy, no one knows he’s the heir of demolition with dozens of houses rented out, only working to keep himself entertained.
Work can be a bit boring, that’s why he became fascinated with watching live streams, occasionally rewarding cute streamers.
In general, he doesn’t compete for wealth because he knows he earns ’principal money,’ without external riches—yes, rent is actually principal money, with a fixed amount every month, can’t compare to those with outside income.
For the high rental income every month, his expenses are high too—also paying in installments to buy other houses.
Anyway, he doesn’t feel he has the right to flaunt wealth, going to work also saves him from socializing with his fellow demolition heirs, which else saves a lot of expenses.
Of course, he doesn’t spend lightly, but occasionally indulges himself, can also have an unforgettable night with a certain streamer.
In short, his routine is quite dull, it’s normal to wander aimlessly on live stream platforms.
Seeing the title "Cancer Care Live Stream," he instinctively didn’t consider it, but seeing 7,000 to 8,000 viewers, he got curious and decided to take a look.
Initially, he thought this was a health supplement seller, after watching for a while he realized it might be a sham, so he closed it and left.
After wandering aimlessly for a while, he saw this live stream room again, surprisingly discovering: still over 5,000 viewers?
Coming back after a while, he found there were more than 6,000 viewers again... Are there really that many idle people?
Guo Junsheng was an idle person too, so he clicked back to watch, and after a while finally understood: supposedly this place where the streamer is, can reliably treat cancer now.
Deep down, Guo Junsheng didn’t believe any of this, thinking he had only ever heard of stars buying fans, now private hospitals are buying fake patients?
Indeed, the economy isn’t great, competition has become this fierce.
(Updated to invoke monthly tickets.)