After Clearing the Infinite Flow, I Tamed the Mad Dog Boss - Chapter 12

Chapter 12

“My name is Aunt Zou. My livestream channel is Farmhouse Aunt Zou. I have more than five million followers, and I’m the biggest influencer around here. You could say you came to the right person. Come on, the streaming room is inside the villa. Come in and have a seat first.”

Qin Xian stepped forward and followed her.

Behind him, Huang Quxie hurriedly said, “Uh, Aunt Zou, I’m with him.”

Qin Xian turned his head. His black eyes locked onto Huang Quxie, silently questioning him: Who said we’re together?

But Huang Quxie had clearly made up his mind to go in with him. He even edged closer to Qin Xian, putting on an act like they were very close.

Forget it. This guy didn’t seem to have a bad heart.

Aunt Zou swept her eyes over Huang Quxie like she was picking out a dog at the pet market. Qin Xian watched her expression.

It was obvious she wasn’t too satisfied.

“Fine. You can help out. But let me make this clear first. You’re here to learn, so not only am I not paying you, you each need to pay three thousand yuan in tuition.”

The moment money came up, Aunt Zou smiled.

Qin Xian, however, frowned.

What he lacked most right now was money. Once he paid the rent, the balance in his bank account would probably only last two months.

And now there was another mouth to feed at home.

“I can’t come up with that much money right now.”

Aunt Zou stood at the villa entrance with her arms crossed, the gold rings on her fingers glittering. She snapped aggressively, “No money? If you don’t have money, what are you here to learn for?! Get lost!”

Huang Quxie smiled ingratiatingly. “Please don’t be angry, Aunt Zou. How about this? We’ll work hard to help you sell more products. We’ll help out more around here too!”

Aunt Zou’s eyes rolled strangely twice, showing them an almost completely white-eyed glare before she reluctantly nodded. “That’ll do for now. But once you make money later, you must pay the three thousand back. Otherwise, don’t even think about making it in this industry. I’ll make sure you can’t even get your livestream room up and running.”

Huang Quxie looked somewhat unwilling. He calculated for a moment before agreeing. “All right. As long as I can make money, I’ll definitely pay it back.”

Aunt Zou took in every change in his expression. The more calculating someone was, the easier they were to control.

“Fine. Come in, then. Don’t touch anything. Everything here is inventory for my livestreams. Oh, right, leave your bags and phones in the cabinet outside. Can’t be helped. It’s to guard against people with bad intentions.”

Qin Xian nodded and put down his backpack directly, then took out his phone. But before turning it off, he lowered his head and glanced at his messages.

Two missed calls and more than a dozen WeChat messages. All from Lin Qizhi.

Qin Xian tapped them open.

[Brother Qin! Your dog is so scary, waaaah. I almost got bitten.]

[I ran down the stairs and slipped, then rolled down.]

[But I still managed to throw the dog food into your place. Next time I’ll definitely be more careful and only open the door a crack.]

Qin Xian frowned and replied: [You don’t need to feed it anymore. Be careful, there may be even greater danger. I left a big bag of dog food in the room and poured water too. If it gets hungry enough, it’ll naturally go eat.]

If it refused to eat, it could starve to death. It really didn’t give anyone a moment’s peace.

“Hurry up. Stop dawdling.” Aunt Zou’s urging came from behind him. Qin Xian turned off his phone and stuffed it into his bag. Then he took a few Snickers bars out of the bag and put them in his pants pocket.

On the other side, Huang Quxie had also put his things away. The two followed Aunt Zou into the villa.

The villa was extremely dark. Most of the windows were blocked by all kinds of boxes.

From the entryway to the living room, the corridors, and the rooms, the place was packed with delivery boxes piled one after another.

Qin Xian glanced at the labels on the boxes. There were skincare products, medicines, health supplements, and so on.

The packaging wasn’t very well sealed, and a foul smell filled the entire villa. The edges of the cardboard boxes showed signs of being gnawed by rats, and there were rat droppings in the gaps.

Once they reached the second floor, the lighting finally brightened a little. But the light didn’t come from sunlight outside. It came from all kinds of lamps.

The second-floor hall was a mess, with livestream props piled all over the floor. Every room had its lights on, and inside came the voices of men and women hawking products.

“Babies, tap Link Number Two! Our weight-loss pills are all safe, absolutely worry-free!”

“Got cancer in old age? Ah, Western medicine can’t cure that. You still have to look to our folk remedies! Keep taking this bottle of Bai Bing Qu Mo Fen for three months, and the tumor will slowly disappear…”

“Ladies! Don’t worry about pimples or blackheads. This product clears your pores from the inside out. Stick it on before you sleep, and when you peel it off the next day, you’ll find lots of dirty stuff stuck to it…”

What a circus of demons.

Aunt Zou led the two of them into a room on the right side of the corridor. Two other people were sitting inside, and the moment they saw someone come in, they immediately stood up.

On the left was a young woman in a low-cut top. If she moved even slightly too much, she would flash someone, yet it still hovered right on the edge of suggestive without crossing the line.

On the right was a skinny young man, all skin and bones, but with makeup on his face that made his complexion look rosy.

Both of them were very respectful toward Aunt Zou… or rather, afraid of her.

As soon as she entered, they immediately rose and lowered their heads, looking exactly like meek little maids in a Qing palace drama.

Then they saw Qin Xian, and both of them froze for a moment.

The young woman couldn’t help asking, “Aunt Zou, is he new?”

She was a little jealous and worried. With looks like that, this newcomer would soon rank as Aunt Zou’s new favorite, wouldn’t he?

“Yes. Show them the ropes. Let them get familiar with the process and join tonight’s livestream.”

After giving a few instructions, Aunt Zou turned and left. As soon as she was gone, the respectful expressions on the young man and woman vanished instantly.

The young woman reached out with a giggle, trying to pinch Qin Xian’s face, but he dodged her outright.

“Hey, why dodge? I just wanted to see whether that face of yours is real or fake. It really makes a person jealous. Looking like that, you don’t even need makeup. Little brother, what should I call you?”

Qin Xian answered coldly, “Qin Yi.”

The young woman laughed. “Fake name, huh? Whatever. People in our line of work use screen names all the time. I’m Annie. You can call me Annie-jie.”
“I’m older than you.”

“Being older doesn’t matter. In our line of work, only seniority counts.” Annie had clearly fully immersed herself in this rigid hierarchy, and even seemed to enjoy bullying the newbie.

She went on, “Listen carefully to what I say later. Remember the livestream flow and these products. You look good, so you can be on camera.”

Then she pointed at Huang Quxie. “You can’t. You don’t fit the vibe of our livestream at all. You’ll work beside us, pass things to us, got it?”

Huang Quxie fell silent. Was his face really that bad…

At that moment, another man spoke up too. He frowned at Qin Xian. “He doesn’t really fit our livestream either, does he? Isn’t our audience mostly men?”

Annie said, “But men don’t usually buy our stuff. Today we’re selling diet pills, so it’s better to attract some girls. I think you’re just jealous that he looks better than you, tsk.”

The man flew into a rage. “The hell is jealous of him!? Fine, let’s see how much he can sell.”

The two of them had Qin Xian and Huang Quxie stand aside and began explaining the livestream schedule, job duties, and products in detail.

More than half an hour later, Annie, now made up, and Qin Xian sat facing the camera, adjusting the livestream frame.

But after sitting next to Qin Xian, no matter how Annie tweaked the beauty filter, it never looked right. She always seemed far outshone by Qin Xian beside her.

“Ha, whoever’s ugly is the one who’s awkward.”

Annie shouted at her companion, “Who are you calling ugly! I quit! Today you can be on camera with him!”

The man hurriedly shook his head. “I don’t want to either… Here, um, what’s your name?”

He gestured toward Huang Quxie.

Huang Quxie answered immediately, “My last name is Huang. How about you call me Huang Er?”

The man rolled his eyes. “Are you trying to debut as the Poverty Duo? Forget it. Today you’ll be on camera selling with him. We’ll coach you from the side. Just do what we tell you, got it??”

Huang Quxie agreed readily and sat down beside Qin Xian without the slightest stage fright.

Watching the dark skin on his face turn rosy-white on the screen, he cried out, “Oh my god. If my mom came to watch this livestream, she wouldn’t recognize me. This is so weird. Should we just turn off the beauty filter?”

“Fine, fine, turn it off, turn it off! We start in five minutes. This product stream goes until 10:30 tonight. If you need the bathroom, go now.” Annie was getting impatient.

Huang Quxie was shocked. “But we haven’t eaten yet. You don’t serve dinner here?”

Annie turned around, rummaged through a pile of boxes, and tossed a bag of compressed biscuits at them.

“We get one lunch a day. The rest of the time, snack on whatever products you can find.”

Qin Xian caught the biscuits with one hand. He lowered his head to look at them, unable to find a production date, a food quality and safety mark, or an ingredient list.

A total no-name product.

Qin Xian immediately pulled out two Snickers from his pocket and gave one to Huang Quxie.

Huang Quxie clutched the Snickers, so moved that he completely lost control of his expression. He turned to Qin Xian and said, “Brother, my good brother! You’re too kind! I thought you’d stay cold to me forever. I didn’t expect you to be cold on the outside and warm on the inside.”

Qin Xian wordlessly leaned away, his disgust obvious.

Huang Quxie: …

The two of them quickly took care of their biological needs, and when they came back and sat down again, the livestream had already started.

Annie took the stage first wearing a mask, and explained today’s situation to the viewers in a soft voice.

“That’s right, because I got acne on my face and don’t look pretty anymore, I invited a special guest to host tonight’s livestream! Let me introduce him to everyone. This is Qin Yi, a very handsome guy. And right now there’s absolutely no beauty filter on him at all; this is just how he looks. Isn’t he prettier than a lot of celebrities? And over here is Huang Er.”

She interacted with the viewers for about ten minutes before handing the livestream over to Qin Xian and the others, placing the products they were promoting on the table as well.

Qin Xian picked up the product and looked at it without saying a word.

Annie gestured at him nonstop from off-screen: Smile! Smile a little. You need to have a smile!

Qin Xian ignored her completely.

Even Huang Quxie couldn’t help breaking out in a sweat.

Wasn’t this guy here to learn how to do livestream sales and make money? What was with the not talking? Or were mute people able to do livestreams now too?

But since his partner wouldn’t talk, it had to be him.

“Hahaha, Qin Yi, you’re so cool. As expected of a handsome guy. Then hold up the product and show everyone, and I’ll introduce it.”

Qin Xian obediently brought the product up to the camera.

Huang Quxie watched the comments and replied, “Ah, this is a weight-loss product, not a medicine. According to Sister Annie, she lost ten jin after taking it for a month.”

“It’s blocking Qin Yi’s handsome face? Okay, okay, Qin Yi, lower the product a little.”

Qin Xian silently did as he was told, perfectly embodying the persona of a mute.

Huang Quxie’s mouth, on the other hand, never stopped. “Does this weight-loss product have a test report? No? How could it? It’s made by our village.”

The bullet comments immediately filled with question marks: [They dare sell self-made diet pills?]

Off to the side, Annie, who was drinking water, choked and quickly steadied her breathing before rushing up to salvage the situation. “Yes, yes, we do! Message customer service privately and they’ll send it to you! They’re new and not familiar with the business yet, but our products are absolutely safe!”

As she spoke, Qin Xian in the back simply took the pills and looked them over from all angles before saying to Annie, “This thing doesn’t seem to have any safety mark either. Sister Annie, how did you choose the product?”

“You!” Annie was almost mad to death. Those few words alone had already completely caused a livestream disaster!!

Looking up at the comments, it was indeed getting lively.

[Oh? A live meltdown? Didn’t they sell this diet pill last time too?]

[And you still want to sell it to us? So you’re not just after our money, you’re after our lives too.]

[Family, should we file a report together?]